Solomon Thomas, Jr.^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1717 - 1811  (94 years)

• Name	Solomon Thomas  [3, 4, 5]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	25 Mar 1717	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Oct 1811	Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States   [3]
  Death	09 Oct 1811	Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I312684223280	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Lydia Alford,   b. Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America d. 31 Aug 1799, Canton Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  Marriage	Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  Family ID	F1817	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM) REPO: @R01@; ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; ; SOLOMON THOMAS: Solomon Thomas was bor SOLOMON THOMAS: Solomon Thomas was born in February 1724 in Stratford, CT and in 1754, at the age of 30, married a local young lady named Lydia Alford. Lydia was born in 1734 and was the daughter of Nathaniel Alford Sr. and Experience Holcombe. Both the Alford and Holcombe families were from Simsbury and are listed in the 1790 census for that town. By 1755, when Solomon and Lydia had a son Samuel Sr., many of the Connecticut colonists were unhappy with the fact that they were ruled by England, but could not vote in the English Parliament. The English attempted to tax the American Colonies by passing the Townsend Act in 1767. This act placed a tax on goods sent to the American Colonies from England. The most famous example of this was the tax on tea. In 1767, tea was as important to most people as coffee is to many people today. Solomon Thomas and his extended family lived through a very important part of our early American history. In fact, several of them were living in Connecticut in 1774, when the First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia to begin to establish the rights of the colonies. Solomon Thomas was in his early fifties when several thousand militiamen left Connecticut in 1775 for Massachusetts and were placed under the command of Colonel Israel Putnam from Pomfret. Soon promoted to General, it was General Putnam who said at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Boston, "Don't fire until you see the white of their eyes". Solomon and Lydia Thomas continued to live in Simsbury, Connecticut after the Revolutionary War and the 1790 U.S. Census shows them both still living there. Lydia his wife reportedly died around 1800 and Solomon then moved to Louden, Massachusetts, in that same year, with his grandson. He died in Louden in 1804. SOURCES: Stantford, CT Vital Records (1639-1854) Barbour Collection. Solomon, son Solomon & Sarah, b Feb __, 1724/25 1790 US Census (Page 49) Solomon Thomas (Head Of Family) Hartford County, Simsbury, CT Free White Males o f 16 Years & Upward, Including Heads of Families: 1 Free White Females Including Heads Of Families: 2 1800 US Census (Page 972) and CT Census (Page 242): Solomon Thomas (Head Of Family) Hartford County, Simsbury, CT Free White Males 45 Years And Over: 1 Free White Females 10 Thru 15: 1 Free White Females 45 Years And Over: 1 Died 1804 (No Further Census Info) Date and Location are generated Date and Location are generated !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA

  
  

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