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- Peter Thomas and Sarah Stedman both of "Springtowne" declared their intentions of marriage before Chester Mo. Mtg., 1 mo. 1st, and 2 mo. 5th, 1686, and were married 2 mo. 15th, 1686, at John Simcock's house in Ridley. They afterward removed to Willistown and settled on a tract of 528 acres, on Crum Creek, next above Francis Yarnall. Peter died 4 mo. 5th, 1722.
Their children, so far as known, were Lydia, Peter, Jacob, and Joseph.
Peter married 28 May 1711 at Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania to Elizabeth Goodwin, daughter of Thomas Goodwin and Elizabeth, his wife.
Together they were parents to the following children:
- Jacob Thomas
- Sarah Thomas
- Peter Thomas Jr
- John Thomas
- Thomas Thomas
- Isaac Thomas
- Elizabeth Thomas
- Mary Thomas
- Rachel Thomas
- James Thomas
- Lydia Thomas
Peter was named executor of his father's estate by his will dated 29 Dec 1719, proved 3 Jul 1722.
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Source(s):
- Philadelphia County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Will Book D:316.
- Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Goshen Monthly Meeting Minutes.
- Hinshaw, William Wade. William Wade Hinshaw's Index to Unpublished Quaker Records. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania: Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College. Monthly Meeting: Goshen Monthly Meeting; Archive Reference: EE 140.
- Cope, Gilbert, Henry Fishwick, and Joseph Lemuel Chester. Genealogy of the Sharpless Family, Descended from John and Jane Sharples, Settlers Near Chester, Pennsylvania, 1682. Philadelphia: for the family, under the auspices of the Bi-centennial committee, 1887.
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1690 - 1765 (75 years)
