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Author: Mark Andrew Davis
Thomas Oman/Omans was born on 8 April 1760 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He married Rebecca Spooner on 2 January 1780 in Dartmouth, and their known children were:
Peter was born on 1781.
Caleb was born on 1782.
Rebecca was born in about 1783.
Desire was born on 2 May 1785.
James S. was born in about 1787.
Rehuama "Amy” was born on 18 January 1788.
Job was born on 1792.
Roxy Lydia was born on 1796.
Thomas married again to Mary “Polly” Peet Camp on 11 February 1822 at Nelson, Madison County, New York. The known children of Thomas and Mary were:
Elizabeth L. was born on 5 August 1825.
William Peet was born on 1828.
She also had children from her first marriage.
During the American Revolution, Thomas enlisted as a Private in April or May 1775 at New Bedford, Massachusetts, in the Company of Captain Thomas Kempton of the Regiment of Colonel Ebenezer Sprout. They immediately marched north, camping a mile and a half north of the Roxbury meeting house. Later, he was stationed near the “Punch Bowl” sign, a small community on the Muddy River that was later incorporated into Brookline. They were “…employed at fort building…” when they were not on guard duty. They marched towards Bunker Hill but learned of the defeat and returned to the station. Just before his eight-month term expired, he re-enlisted for an additional three months under Captain Benjamin Dillingham as a coastal guard at Brookline. At the end of the second term, he returned home.
On 16 April 1776, he re-enlisted for another eight-month term in the Company of Captain Thomas Crandon of New Bedford. During that term, he was engaged in building Fort Phoenix on the east side of the River at Fairhaven, which would help protect the New Bedford harbor. When his term expired, he was discharged by Captain Crandon.
He re-enlisted in April 1777 for eight months in the Company of Captain Benjamin Dillingham of New Bedford. This Company's primary duties were to guard New Bedford's harbor and go out on alarm along the coast. In the months leading up to October, the Company requisitioned boats at the harbor to ferry troops to Tiverton, Rhode Island. The Army had planned an invasion at Aquidneck, which failed, and the Company remained at Tiverton for about forty days. When his term ended, he was discharged and sent home.
Thomas enlisted in the artillery Company of Captain Perez Cushing of Boston on 30 April 1778. He was again stationed at New Bedford on coastal guard duty and answering alarms, on the west side of the river, across from Fort Phoenix. During that summer, the Company went to Rhode Island again and camped at Howland’s Ferry. They crossed over to Aquidneck Island on 29 August 1778 to be in the first line of battle during the engagement with the British. They were unsuccessful in their attempts and left the island and returned to Howland’s Ferry. A few days later, they returned to New Bedford, and the British attacked. Their Lieutenant Metcalf was killed, along with fourteen of their men. He completed his term and was discharged.
The name Thomas Oman appears on the payroll of Captain Thomas Crandon’s Company, under the command of Colonel John Hathaway, where he served six days as a sergeant, starting on 2 August 1780. He served a total of about 35 months.
He died on 7 May 1841 in Eaton, Madison County, New York, and was buried at Eaton Village Cemetery.
Sources:
Find a Grave.com, digital record, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed 11 July 2020), memorial for Thomas Omans Sr., Find A Grave Memorial # 155779316, Easton, New York.
Sons of the American Revolution, National Society, Louisville, Kentucky. Primary application of Donald James Omans, National Number 136898.
Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. Micropublication M804, roll 1845. Washington: National Archives. S/W807.
Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. VI, Massachusetts. Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Company, 1891, page 651.
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