Jeremiah Thomas (Y-DNA)

Status summary

Completed as of March 20, 2022:

• Recruiting additional direct male-line (Y-DNA) descendants of John Bursley (with a priority on descendants of his grandson, John Bursley III) for NGS/WGS SNP testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com

Still to do as of March 20, 2022

• NGS/WGS test multiple Jeremiah Thomas direct paternal (Y-DNA) descendants to firmly place family clade as well as discover any subclades unique to descendants lines

Biography

For more information see: White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 2 (son John), Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, 1993

First Generation

Jeremiah Thomas was born Middleborough about 1659, son of David Thomas and Joanna _____. Jeremiah died Middleborough 2 Feb 1736. He married twice, first Barnstable 25 Feb 1784 Lydia Howland and second, Taunton 20 Apr 1720 Mary SANFORD Durfee (no children). By his first wife Jeremiah had eleven children (Middleborough): Nathaniel (1685/6), Sarah (1687), Jeremiah (1688/9), Elizabeth (1690), Mary (1692), Lydia (1694), Thankful (1695), Jedediah (1698), Bethiah (1701), Ebenezer (1703) and Priscilla (1705).

Second Generation

Nathaniel Thomas was born Middleborough 2 Jan 1686 and died aft 1758 (deeded land to sons). He married before 1722 Abigail Ransom and they had five children (Middleborough): Prudence (1722), Nathaniel (1726/7 likely d.y.), John (1728), Seth (1731/2) and Jeremiah (1735/6).

Jeremiah Thomas (II) was born Middleborough 14 Feb 1688/9 and died there 8 Jan 1763. He married Middleborough 12 Dec 1718 Miriam Thomas and they had nine children (Middleborough): Mary (1719-1723), Miriam (1721), Lemuel (1723), Lydia (1725), Martha (1727), Charles (1729), Jeremiah (1731-1733), Sarah (1733/4) and Deborah (1736/7-1747).

Jedediah Thomas was born Middleborough 19 Aug 1698 and died there 20 Dec 1777. He married Middleborough 12 Mar 1723/4 Lois Nelson and they had nine children (Middleborough): Hope (1724), Jedediah (1726/7), Elizabeth (1728/9), Lois (1732), Mercy (1734/5), Abiah (1737), Joanna (1739), Isaac (1742) and Foxwell (1746).

Ebenezer Thomas was born Middleborough 1 Nov 1703 and died bef 7 Oct 1771 (will probated). He married Middleborough about 1731 Anna Ransom and they had seven children (Middleborough): Rachel (1733), Priscilla (1736/7), Ebenezer (1738/9), Mary (1741/2-1747), Thankful (1744/5-1754), Ransom (1747-1747) and Jacob (1749).

Third Generation

John Thomas was born Middleborough 4 Aug 1728 and died Woodstock, VT 2 Dec 1793. He married (int. Middleborough Mar 1752) Mercy Shaw and they had four children (Middleborough): George (1752), Azubah (1754), Hannah (1757) and Nathaniel (176301788 unm.)

Seth Thomas was born Middleborough 8 Feb 1731/2 and died aft 28 Apr 1780 (deeded land to brother). He married Middleborough 18 Dec 1760 Mary Barrows and they had two children (Middleborough): Robert (1761) and Fear (1764).

Jeremiah Thomas was born Middleborough 18 Feb 1735/6 and died there 12 Dec 1798. He married Middleborough 15 Jan 1761 Susannah Thomas and they had six children (Middleborough): Ransom (1762), Jeremiah (1764), Silas (1766), Abraham (1769/70), Elizabeth (1771) and Jacob (1774).

DNA Results TBD

NGS/WGS testing

NGS/WGS testing of patrilineal (direct male line Y-DNA descendants) of Jeremiah Thomas would identify the haplogroup for the family and possibly define subclades for descendants.

External Links and References

• White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 2 (son John), Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, 1993