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State of Service: NH
Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
Photo by permission: P. Z. Horton, Tennessee Society SAR
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Author: PZ Horton III
Nathan THOMAS was born on 20 Mar 1721 in Voluntown, New London, Connecticut, USA as the sixth child of William THOMAS and Patience STEWARD. He had ten siblings, namely: Survia, Amos, Daniel, Temperance, Hannah, Elizabeth, Patience, Aaron, Mary, and Israel. He died on 27 Jun 1790 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA. When he was 19, he married Hepzibah FARR, daughter of Samuel Benjamin FARR and Hannah WHITNEY, in 1741 in Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
Nathan THOMAS lived in Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA between 1732–1747.
He was counted in the census in 1776 in Hinsdale, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA.
He served in the military in 1776 (Cpt Houghton's Company, Col Baldwin's Regiment).
He signed his will on 09 Jun 1790 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA.
He was buried on 28 Jun 1790 in West Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA (West Burying Ground).
Nathan THOMAS and Hepzibah FARR had the following children:
1. Mary THOMAS was born on 11 Jan 1743/44 in Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. 2. Nathan THOMAS was born on 12 Nov 1745 in Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. 3. Patience THOMAS was born on 31 Jan 1747 in Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. She married Abel Stockwell in 1767 in Windham, Vermont, USA. 4. Hepzibah THOMAS was born about 1749 in Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. 5. Polly THOMAS was born about 1751 in Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. 6. Elizabeth THOMAS was born about 1753 in Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. She died in 1830. 7. William THOMAS was born on 16 Feb 1749 in Greenwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. 8. Israel THOMAS was born about 1755 in Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. 9. Sally THOMAS was born on 18 Mar 1760 in Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. She died on 28 Mar 1842 in Hinsdale, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA. She married William BURNHAM on 05 Jun 1780 in Hinsdale, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA. 10. Daniel THOMAS was born on 28 Feb 1763 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA. 11. Aaron THOMAS was born on 10 Oct 1766 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA. He died in May 1767 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA. 12. Amos THOMAS was born on 10 Oct 1766 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA. 13. Abigail THOMAS was born on 14 Mar 1768 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA. She married Soloman Stanclift in 1797 in Halifax, Windham, Vermont, USA. 14. Lydia THOMAS was born in 1770 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA.
Nathan was one of the first white settlers of Chesterfield, New Hampshire when it was still Massachusetts Territory. He traveled by canoe up the Connecticut River. On Christmas day of 1764 Nathan began to build his homestead on the fertile east bank of the River at Chesterfield. In 1776 he signed the town's Declaration of Independence and joined the Continental Army in the state of New York. After that tour he was one of the principal suppliers of lead for bullet making during and after the war.
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