Thomas Whitson

1796 - 1864  (68 years)

• Name	Thomas Whitson
  Birth	7 Feb 1796	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Abolitionist and, along with his wife, an operator of a well-documented stop on the Underground Railroad.
  Death	24 Nov 1864
  Burial	Sadsbury Friends Burial Ground, Christiana, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I33209	Tulpehocken Genealogy
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas Whitson,   b. 27 Sep 1760, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 Jun 1826, Sadsbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Hannah (Whitson) Starr,   b. 3 Feb 1765, New Garden, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 20 Apr 1836, Christiana, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F12112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Hobson,   b. 10 Nov 1800   d. 18 Jun 1887 (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	1827
  Children	1. Thomas Whitson, Jr, Esq   2. Rebecca W (Brinton) Whitson,   b. 3 Feb 1832   d. 29 Oct 1903 (Age 71 years)   3. Francis Whitson,   b. 18 Mar 1834, Pennsylvania, USA d. 23 Mar 1910, Christiana, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F12114	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Son of Thomas Whitson and Hannah Starr. Abolitionist and, along with his wife, an operator of a well-documented stop on the Underground Railroad. The obelisks on either side of the upper gate of the cemetery were donated in memory of Thomas and his wife Martha by their son Thomas. Ref: "Our Testimony Against the Sin of Slavery", Nancy Plumley, The Journal of Lancaster County's Historical Society, Vol. 117, No.2/3, Spring/Summer 2016.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156831127/thomas-whitson.