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David Thames (1780 - 1840)

Rev David Thames
Born in Bladen, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , , and
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
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Died at age 60 in Grays Creek, Cumberland, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Profile last modified | Created 15 May 2013
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Biography

David's birth is recorded on his headstone at the Thames Cemetery, Grays Creek, Cumberland Co NC as 18 Oct 1780.[1]

He married three times. His wives were:

  1. Hannah, LNAB unknown, b.c. 1780, died 9 May 1823
  2. Nancy, LNAB unknown, d. 26 Oct 1825 no children
  3. Dorothy Autrey, b. 22 Sep 1800 d. 22 Aug 1840

David died 15 Nov 1840, according to his headstone.

David's estate file is found at the North Carolina Department of Archives and History.[2] When he died, he had the following surviving children named in the estate papers (named in order as they appear on a court record):

  • David
  • Harriett m. William Davis
  • Lucy m. James Plummer
  • Elizabeth m. Charles MacAllister
  • James
  • John
  • Calvin
  • Joseph
  • William
  • Margaret m. John Cade
  • Mary/Dorothy m. Henry Evans
  • Amos

Children who had already died were:

  • Jonathan, b. 1806 d. 1809
  • Sarah b. 1809 d. 1810
  • Lydia b. 1815 d. 1816
  • Nancy b. 1829 d. 1840
  • Thomas b. 1831 d. 1840
  • Sophia b. 1836 d. 1840

Sources

  1. ↑ Find-A-Grave memorial ID 20133400, David Thames
  2. ↑ North Carolina Estate Files 1663-1979, Cumberland Co, David Thames (1840)


Acknowledgments

Thank you to Barbara Corley for creating WikiTree profile Thames-106 through the import of export-BloodTree.ged on May 12, 2013.





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Karen (DeMoss) Daye
I don't understand how all of her DNA matches are spelled Thames. On Ancestry her father is listed as Rev. David Thames (the elder). There is a marriage record for the Rev. David Thames and a Margaret Landcaster when they were both young. Many of his other children are listed as half-siblings. The closest sibling would be Lydia Thames. Her brother Jabez had a brother named John. Jabez and Cinthia/Cintha spoke of their brother Amos and the Alamo. She was born in Cumberland County, North Carolina. There are other tintypes in my family collection that look just like Cornelius Thames of Alabama. I would love to know more about this family and get my info correct. Thank you.
posted by Karen (DeMoss) Daye
Martin-17123 Lilly Martin
Karen, I think you should remove Cinthia as a daughter on this page. There are no records connecting her to this man, and he left records which record his kids, and none are Jabez, Cinthia, or Amos of the Alamo.

I will look for her actual father.

Best regards, Lilly Martin

posted by Lilly Martin
Thames-675 Becky (Thames) Thames-Simmons
Hi Karen. The marriage record for David Thames and Margaret Landcaster shows they married in 1847. That David was Rev. David's son. The marriage record was transcribed incorrectly as 1817 - if you zoom in on the marriage bond, you can see it's actually 1847. Here is a link to the image: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZZ-W9D4-S?cc=1726957 When you look at the county register, it also shows 1847: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZZ-X9C5-K?cc=1726957

I and other Thames researchers (there's a dedicated group of us here on WikiTree) are really interested to see the tintype of Cornelius Thames of Alabama. He has many descendants, and no one has ever seen a photograph of him. Can you upload a scan/pic of it to his page? We sure would appreciate the kindness. Thanks!

Also, do you have the source for Jabez and Cintha speaking about a brother Amos at the Alamo? How was that documented? Amos the son of Rev David was not at the Alamo, tho he did participate in the Siege of Bexar, which occurred before the battle at the Alamo. I don't find an Amos Thames or Amos Timms on the Alamo list of Defenders or Survivors:

Defenders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alamo_defenders Survivors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Texian_survivors_of_the_Battle_of_the_Alamo

posted by Becky (Thames) Thames-Simmons
edited by Becky (Thames) Thames-Simmons
Thames-675 Becky (Thames) Thames-Simmons
Cinthia Timms was not a Thames, but Timms. They are two distinct families. Rev. David's children are well established by his estate records, and there was no Cinthia among them. Her 1850 census record shows she was born in TN; Rev David did not live in TN. She should be removed as his child.
posted by Becky (Thames) Thames-Simmons
edited by Becky (Thames) Thames-Simmons

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