Person:Aaron Thomas (2)

612.3//306.0 AARON THOMAS (AFN:NXT8-B1) He was born 1 Oct 1723 at Somers in the Colony of Connecticut, now Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut. In 1742 the family moved to Stafford, CT about 10 miles to the east. Aaron had met Alice Chittester when both families were living in Somers. On 24 April 1747 in Somers he married ALICE CHIDESTER (AFN:NXT8-C6) of Suffield or Sheffield, the township next to Sommers.(9: ) She was born 17 June 1728, the daughter of WILLIAM CHITTESTER and EUNICE HOLLISTER. They had 9 children:

.1 DOROTHY (THOMAS) VAN WINKLE 1748-?...............................THE MAIN LINE 153.0 .2 MARY "MOLLY" (THOMAS) DECKER c1749-? .3 ELSIE (THOMAS) HOWE c1750-? .4 LOIS (THOMAS) LORD c1753-? .5 CHARITY S (THOMAS) DEXTER ANDERSON c1755-? .6 AARON II c1756- 1831 .7 BENJAMIN 1759-? .8 JOSEPH 1761-1831 .9 RACHEL (THOMAS) LILLIE 1763-1838

The family moved to Litchfield County, CT in 1747. In 1755 Moses and Aaron Thomas were members of a committee of 104 Connecticut families who were granted land by the Indians, in the Valley of the Delaware River in Wayne County, PA.(7:30) This was a dubious deed at best achieved by trickery.(7:30; 11:34,35) The family moved west, likely going to Kingston, New York and then to Port Jervis on the Kings Highway, now called the Old Mine Road or route 209. This would be a long perilious journey by wagon.(5:131) They arrived in June 1760 in Cuchetunk, now Milanville, Wayne County, Pennsylva­nia, where they were among the early settlers. They may have replaced Simon Calkin and Timothy Skinner who left in 1761 after warnings from the government of Pennsylvania about Connecticut settlers not being wanted on land claimed by Pennsylva­nia.(11:5,34,35,45) The family settled on the about 1/2 mile south of Calkin's Creek on the west side of the Delaware River on the 100 acres Aaron had selected on a previous trip to the area. After the Indian Raid of 1763 the family moved down river and settled about 1.7 miles south of Calkin's Creeks on the Pennsylvania side.(11:viii; 12: ) Aaron was called Rev and may have been a Minister, but did not have a church. He may have married some of the couples and this is why there is no record of so many marriages. In 1775 Aaron had his land surveyed and applied for and received a warrant from the state of Pennsylvania. Aaron Thomas served as a Private in Captain Peter Mills Company of Artificers during the Revolutionary War. Aaron signed some legal papers in 1774/75.(7:231) Aaron and Alice lived the rest of their lives on the farm he had homesteaded in 1760. Aaron and Alice died prior to c1810.(5:21,25,54; 3: ; 7:64,81,230-232; 9: ;10:67)

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Find A Grave.

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