Thomas
Dike
Shumway
Born in Pascoag, Providence County, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Son of Noah Shumway
and Elizabeth Hill (Stiness) Shumway
Brother of
Lucy Dike Shumway
Husband of
Mary Anna (Morton) Shumway
— married
29 Jul 1863 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Lucia Morton (Shumway) Lord
Died
at age 69
in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts [uncertain]
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Biography
From T. A. Wright's "Genealogy of the Shumway Family in the United States", 1909, page 161: "Dr Thomas Dike Shumway (7 Noah 6 Noah 5 Peter 4 Jeremiah 2 Peter 2 Peter 1) b. Oct 21 1838 at Pascoag, R.I., d. Nov. 4, 1907. m. Mary Anna Morton, July 29 1863 and resided in Plymouth, Mass. where she was b. Jan 19 1840. A newspaper clipping of 1892 gives an account of a testimonial banquet tendered by the Commercial Club of Plymouth to Dr TD Shumway in recognition of his work in the promotion of the building of the Plymouth & Middleborough Railroad, the speeches at which made complimentary references to his energy and untiring effort in pushing this public work. He became President of the Company controlling that line. The only child: 907 Lucia Morton b Oct 19 1864 m to Alonzo Lord in Nov 1895."[1]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
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~6.25%
~25.00%
Rob Stafford 
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AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Anonymous (Cain) Thielen :
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