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unclear, but definitely allied with the Protestant
Associators by the late spring of 1690; closely
associated with Lionel Copley (1648-1693).
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELEC-
TION: ca. 1,400 acres in Anne Arundel County
(741 acres of which was held for his stepchildren).
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: buried On April 7, 1708,
in St. James' Parish, Anne Arundel County. PER-
SON AL PROPERTY: TEV, £567.0.3 and 3,600 pounds
of tobacco (including 1 servant, 6 slaves, and 81
oz. plate); FB, £43.5.7. LAND: 1,500 acres in Anne
Arundel County.
THEAKSTON (THACKSTONE, THEAK-
STONE, THAXTON), THOMAS (?-1698). IM-
MIGRATED: by 1675, probably as a free adult.
RESIDED: in Kent County; Cecil County by 1692.
CHILDREN. SON: Thomas, who married Mary.
DAUGHTER: Elizabeth, who married Thomas
Rasin. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RE-
LIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS
AND ACTIVITIES: son held no known office. OC-
CUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Cecil
County, 1692-1693 (elected to the 1st session of
the 1692-1693 Assembly to fill vacancy). LOCAL
OFFICES: justice, Cecil County, 1694-1697; cor-
oner, Cecil County, 1694. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRI-
VATE ISSUES: probably opposed Revolution of
Protestant Associators, 1689. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: at least 1,750
acres in 1690; 1,150 acres in 1692. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: inventory taken August 12, 1698,
in Cecil County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
£373.16.0 (including 2 servants, 3 slaves, and
books); FB, £239.4.6. LAND: ca. 1,150 acres.
THOMAS, CHRISTOPHER (?-?). IMMI-
GRATED: mid-1630s probably as an indentured
servant. RESIDED: Kent Isle. PRIVATE CAREER. RE-
LIGIOUS AFFILIATION: probably Protestant. SO-
CIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: probably arrived as
servant to Thomas Butler; free by 1637/38; dis-
appeared from records after 1638/39. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: probably indentured servant;
planter, 1638/39. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE
SERVICE: Assembly, present 1637/38, Kent Isle,
1638/39.
THOMAS, EVAN (1738/39-1826). BORN: on Jan-
uary 21, 1738/39, probably in Prince George's
(later Frederick) County; youngest son. NATIVE.
fourth generation. RESIDED: "Mt. Radnor,"
Montgomery County; moved to Baltimore City
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between 1807 and 1811, where all of his children
resided. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Samuel
Thomas (ca. 1702-1780), a Quaker elder, son of
Samuel Thomas (ca. 1655-by 1743) and wife Mary
Frances Hutchins. MOTHER: Mary (1710-1753),
daughter of Richard Snowden and wife Elizabeth
Coale. HALF AUNT: Margaret Snowden, who mar-
ried John Contee (1722-ca. 1796). BROTHERS:
Samuel (1733-by 1780); Philip (1735-1754). SIS-
TERS: Mary (1731 -by 1780), who married Samuel
Thomas; Elizabeth (1736/37-by 1780). FIRST
COUSIN: Richard Thomas (ca. 1728-1806). MAR-
RIED on December 26, 1766, at Indian Spring
Quaker meeting house, Rachel (?-1825), daugh-
ter of Gerard Hopkins and wife Mary Hall. CHIL-
DREN. SONS: twins Philip and Samuel (1774-both
in 1775); Philip Evan (1776-1861), who resided
in Baltimore City and married on April 20, 1801,
Elizabeth, daughter of Robert George; and Evan,
Jr. (1781-?), who never married. ADDITIONAL
COMMENT: sons Philip and Evan were instrumen-
tal in the creation of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road, the first commercial railroad in America.
Philip was its first president. DAUGHTERS: Mary
(1768-?), who married in 1786 Elias Ellicott; Ann
(1771-?), who married in 1790 Thomas Poultney;
Elizabeth (1779-by 1825), who married Isaac Ty-
son; and Margaret (1783-1783). ADDITIONAL
COMMENT: The Poultney, Ellicott, George, and
Hopkins families, into which Thomas and his sons
and daughters married, were prominent in the
leading commercial, banking, and manufacturing
firms of Baltimore City, 1825-1830. PRIVATE CA-
REER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-
TION: Quaker, an elder; clerk of the Baltimore
Yearly Meeting, at least 1795; member of the
Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting,
1796 until death. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
Gent., by 1770. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE, called
a farmer and planter interchangeably. PUBLIC CA-
REER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Conventions, Fred-
erick County, 1st, 1774, 2nd, 1774. Thomas be-
lieved that the actions of the first Convention
were consistent with Quaker principles and he
supported them. Eventually, however, he con-
cluded that the actions of the Convention might
lead to war, and although he returned as a del-
egate his length of service is questionable. LOCAL
OFFICE: Committee of Correspondence, Lower
District of Frederick County, elected 1774. STANDS
ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: suffered financial
hardship during the Revolution for refusing to
take the oath of fidelity and for declining to pay
taxes levied for the support of the war. He sup-
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