Jane Thomas

Female 1708 - 1783  (74 years)


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  • Name Jane Thomas  [1
    Born 13 Mar 1707/08  Merion Meeting, Montgomery Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1783  Upper Saucon, Northhampton Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I257  Paul's Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2018 

    Family Thomas Owen,   b. 26 Jun 1709, Gwynedd, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1773, Upper Saucon, Northhampton Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 18 Apr 1736 
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2018 
    Family ID F207  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Sister of Richard Thomas who married Margaret Owen

      From the Burial Record of Merion Meeting Graveyard (1725-1746), Montgomery County, PA http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/montgomery/church/merion03.txt
      Elizabeth, wife to Abel Thomas, 8 Mo. 18, 1736. She was Elizabeth
      Humphreys, and was married to Abel Thomas at Merion, 3 Mo. 19, 1693.
      The Abel Thomas property, in Lower Merion, was near the Philadelphia City
      Line, joining Old Blockley township. A Thomas homestead (remodelled) still
      stands, on the old Merion and Darby road, near Overbrook Station.
      Witnesses to the marriage of Abel Thomas of Merion, batchelor, and
      Elizabeth Humphrey, spinster. Rees and Katharine Thomas; Daniel and John
      Humphreys.
      Among the children of Abel and Elizabeth Thomas was a daughter Jane.
      4, 18, 1736. Thos. Owens, son of Owen Owens, of Sockham (Saucon) Bucks
      Co. Pa. and Jane Thomas, dau. of Abel of Merion, at Merion Meeting
      House. Wit: Mary and David Owen; Abel, Elizabeth, Richard, Margaret and
      John Thomas.
      Also, a daughter Sarah, who married James Moore, son of John Moore, of
      Blockley, 9, 3, 1720.
      A daughter Margaret who married Samuel Rhoads, son of Adam of Darby, 7,
      30, 1737.
      A son John, who married Jane Roberts, dau. of John Roberts of Merion, 8,
      6, 1743.
      A daughter Ellin who married Jonathan Shoemaker of Phila. at Merion
      Meeting, 1,6,1746-7.

  • Sources 
    1. [S270] Will of Thomas Owen 1764 Northampton Co PA.

    2. [S264] Will of Jane Owen 1773 Northampton Co PA.


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