When Samuel Thomas was born on 13 September 1794, in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States, his father, Evan Irwin Thomas, was 37 and his mother, Elizabeth Hubbard, was 28. He married Elizabeth A. Isley on 4 June 1816, in Madison, Madison, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Macoupin, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Township of Woodville, Greene, Illinois, United States in 1870. He died on 22 December 1873, in Greene, Illinois, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Carrollton City Cemetery, Carrollton, Greene, Illinois, United States.
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English, French, Walloon, Breton, German, Dutch, Flemish, Danish, Greek, West Indian (mainly Haiti and Jamaica), and African (mainly Tanzania and Nigeria): from the personal name Thomas, of Biblical (New Testament) origin, from Aramaic t’ōm’a, a byname meaning ‘twin’. It was borne by one of the disciples of Christ, known for his scepticism about Christ's resurrection (John 20:24–29). The Th- spelling is organic, the initial letter of the name in the Greek New Testament being a theta. The English pronunciation as t rather than th- is the result of French influence from an early date. In Britain, the surname is widely distributed throughout the country, but especially common in Wales and Cornwall. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed many cognates from other languages (e.g. Assyrian/Chaldean or Arabic Toma and Tuma , Albanian Toma and Thoma , and Slavic surnames listed in 3 below), and their patronymics and other derivatives (e.g. Polish Tomaszewski and Slovenian Tomažič; see Tomazic ). In France, this surname is most common in the Vosges and Brittany. The name Thomas is also found among Christians in southern India (compare Machan , Mammen , and Oommen ), but since South Indians traditionally do not have hereditary surnames, the southern Indian name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Native American (e.g. Navajo): adoption of the English personal name Thomas (see 1 above) as a surname.
Germanized or Americanized form of Polish Tomas , Tomasz, and Tomaś, Sorbian Tomaš (see also 4 below), Croatian Tomaš and Tomas , Slovenian Tomaš and Tomaž, Czech and Slovak Tomáš, all meaning ‘Thomas’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesThe following Samuel Thomas history is from a letter written by one of my cousins to his sister. I have removed more personal portions of the introductory letter and have made a few minor edits that …
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