Known primarily through the records of his children, baptised in 1779 in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland.[1][2] Married an Amy (Parsons? Pynne?)
Research notes
One history notes: Emma and Catherine Thistle ... were granddaughters of Thomas and Catherine Thistle and the daughters of Thomas and Amy/Amee Thistle of Harbour Grace /Carbonear and had a sister Susannah and a brother Thomas Pynne Thistle[3].
Sources
↑Birth of daughter Susannah Thistle:
"Canada, Newfoundland Vital Statistics, 1753-1893"
citing Birth, Harbour Grace, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada, Provincial Archives, St. John's
FamilySearch Record: QK9Y-QH59 (accessed 3 October 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 9398-279G-QN Image number 00475
Susannah Thistle baptised to Thomas Thistle on 11 Dec 1779 in Harbour Grace, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada.
↑Birth of son Thomas Pynn Thistle:
"Canada, Newfoundland Vital Statistics, 1753-1893"
citing Birth, Harbour Grace, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada, Provincial Archives, St. John's
FamilySearch Record: QK9Y-31CV (accessed 3 October 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 9398-279L-FN Image number 00474
Thomas Pynn Thistle baptised to Thomas Thistle on 26 Aug 1779 in Harbour Grace, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada.
↑ Newfoundland Family Histories Families linked to the Noels & Newells Thistle/Touzel? Accessed 2020.
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DNA Connections
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:
Thistle-229 and Thistle-213 do not represent the same person because: Hi, the thistle born 1730 is the father, and the Thistle born 1735 is his son. I may have the incorrect wife for one of them. Let me check it out.
Thanks