Elizabeth Thomas

Female1784–after 1850

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Thomas was born in 1784, in Frederick, Maryland, United States, her father, Peter Thomas, was 27 and her mother, Margaret Russell, was 26. She married Phillip Boyer on 8 April 1806, in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Skelton Township, Warrick, Indiana, United States in 1850. She died after 1850.

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Family Time Line

Phillip Boyer
1779–1817
Elizabeth Thomas
1784–1850
Marriage: 8 April 1806
Solomon Boyer
1806–
Philip Boyer
1807–
Levi Boyer
1809–
Rebecca Boyer
1810–
Abraham Boyer
1811–1901
Sarah Boyer
1812–1889
Elizabeth Boyer
1814–1886
Mary Boyer
1815–

Sources (4)

  • Elizabeth Boyer in household of Abraham Boyer, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Elizabeth Thomas, "Maryland County Marriages, 1658-1940"
  • Elisabeth Thomas, "Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    8 April 1806Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States
  • Children (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion

    Age 2

    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

    Age 3

    The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

    1803

    Age 19

    France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

    Name Meaning

    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.

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