Wade & Webb Family History

Etheldred Watson Thomas1799–1877

Jewell · Alabama · Coosa · Socapatoy

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  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Documents (1)
  4. Places
  5. Timeline
  6. Open questions
  7. Notes

Birth

  1. 6 Feb 1799 Jewell, Warren, Georgia 1

Marriages

  1. 19 Aug 1824 Melinda McKinney, at Tuscaloosa, Alabama 4

Death and burial

  1. 1877 Burial: Coosa, Talladega, Alabama
  2. 19 Jul 1877 Death: Socapatoy, Coosa, Alabama 10

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Spouse, 19 Aug 1824
Melinda McKinney 1810–1881
Children
Charlott Sears 1833–?
Seaborn Jones Thomas 1848–1926
Houston Thomas 1841–1857
Amanda S Thomas 1837–1916
Frances Amelia Thomas 1835–1870
Mary Jane Thomas 1850–?
Etheldred Watson Thomas Jr 1847–1910
William Horton Thomas 1830–1862
Patrick Thomas 1834–1865
Elverena "Ellen" Thomas 1840–?
Julius C Thomas 1845–?
Mary Jane Thomas 1827–1885

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Etheldred Watson Thomas
  2. Husband of Melinda McKinney
  3. Eli Harris McKinney Sr.
  4. Emma Louise McKinney, daughter
  5. Lila Walden, daughter
  6. Hilda Webb, daughter
  7. William Albert Webb Wade, son

Husband of 2nd great-grandaunt of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Etheldred Watson Thomas was born at Jewell, Warren County, Georgia, on 6 February 1799, according to the FamilySearch tree, which gives no source for the date or place and does not name his parents.1 Annie Norman's compiled genealogy Thomas Maxwell of Virginia and Georgia (1956), a secondary source, gives the same date of birth, under the spelling Ethelred Watson Thomas, but no birthplace or parents.2 A source imported into FamilySearch from Legacy family-tree software also gives his birth name as "Ethelred Thomas."3

On 19 August 1824 he married Melinda McKinney, a daughter of Harris McKinney, in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, according to the tree; the Alabama marriage index entry attached for 1824 has the names withheld.4 Norman gives the year as 1825 and calls his wife Verlinda McKinney, "daughter of Harris and Jane (Ivey) McKinney."5 On the same page, in the book's Thomas section, Norman names Seaborn Jones Thomas, born in Warren County on 23 November 1794, who married Charlotte Ivey, a sister of Jane Ivey, Melinda's mother.6 Inference The passage does not say how Etheldred and Seaborn Jones Thomas were related, but Etheldred and Melinda named a son Seaborn Jones Thomas, which suggests a family tie between the two men.6

The federal censuses of 1850 and 1860 list Etheldred Thomas as the head of a household in Coosa County, Alabama, in 1860 in the county's 2nd Subdivision, and that of 1870 lists him as E. W. Thomas.7 An 1880 census entry for "Erv Thomas," with Melinda in his household at Socapatoy, is attached to his wife.8 Inference Since Etheldred had died in 1877, that household was probably headed by one of their sons, perhaps Etheldred Watson Jr., whose name the indexer misread; the original page would show.8 The tree names twelve children, born between 1827 and 1850, among them William Horton (1830–1862), Patrick (1834–1865), Etheldred Watson Jr. (1847–1910) and Seaborn Jones Thomas (1848–1926).9

He died at Socapatoy, Coosa County, on 19 July 1877, the date Norman also gives; the tree gives his burial place only as "Coosa, Talladega, Alabama," and the Find a Grave index records him as Etheldred Watson Thomas.10

Documents

  1. 1956 Thomas Maxwell of Virginia and Georgia: the McKinney, Moore and Thomas allied families (Harris McKinney and Jane Ivey) Annie Norman, Thomas Maxwell of Virginia and Georgia and His Descendants, with a Number of Allied Families (Macon, Georgia: J. W. Burke Co., 1956) · book

Places

  1. 1799Jewell
  2. 1824Tuscaloosa
  3. 1850–1860Coosa
  4. 1877Coosa
  5. 1877Socapatoy

Timeline

  1. 6 Feb 1799BirthJewell, Warren, Georgia
  2. 19 Aug 1824Marriage, Melinda McKinneyTuscaloosa, Alabama
  3. 1850ResidenceCoosa, Alabama
  4. 1860Residence2nd Subdivision, Coosa, Alabama
  5. 1870ResidenceAlabama
  6. 1877BurialCoosa, Talladega, Alabama
  7. 19 Jul 1877DeathSocapatoy, Coosa, Alabama

Open questions

None recorded yet.

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LHBT-H8H: birth 6 Feb 1799, Jewell, Warren, Georgia, no source attached; no parents in the tree back to the text
  2. Thomas Maxwell of Virginia and Georgia: the McKinney, Moore and Thomas allied families (Harris McKinney and Jane Ivey), Annie Norman, Thomas Maxwell of Virginia and Georgia and His Descendants, with a Number of Allied Families (Macon, Georgia: J. W. Burke Co., 1956): p. 407: Ethelred Watson Thomas, born Feb. 6, 1799; died July 19, 1877 back to the text
  3. Legacy NFS Source: Etheldred Watson Thomas - Published information: birth-name: Ethelred Thomas: Legacy NFS Source: Etheldred Watson Thomas, published information: birth-name Ethelred Thomas back to the text
  4. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LHBT-H8H: marriage 19 Aug 1824, Tuscaloosa, Alabama "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957", , FamilySearch, [name withheld by request], 1824. Record: [name withheld by request], 1824 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LHBP-LVV (their page): parents Harris McKinney and Jane Ivey McKinney back to the text
  5. Thomas Maxwell of Virginia and Georgia: the McKinney, Moore and Thomas allied families (Harris McKinney and Jane Ivey), Annie Norman, Thomas Maxwell of Virginia and Georgia and His Descendants, with a Number of Allied Families (Macon, Georgia: J. W. Burke Co., 1956): p. 407: Married Verlinda McKinney, 1825. Born June 5, 1811; died Dec. 9, 1881. Daughter of Harris and Jane (Ivey) McKinney back to the text
  6. Thomas Maxwell of Virginia and Georgia: the McKinney, Moore and Thomas allied families (Harris McKinney and Jane Ivey), Annie Norman, Thomas Maxwell of Virginia and Georgia and His Descendants, with a Number of Allied Families (Macon, Georgia: J. W. Burke Co., 1956): p. 407, Thomas: Seaborn Jones Thomas, born Nov. 23, 1794 Warren Co., Georgia … Married Charlotte Ivey … Sister of Jane Ivey who married Harris McKinney FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LHBT-H8H: child Seaborn Jones Thomas (1848–1926) back to the text
  7. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Etheldred Thomas, 1850. Record: Etheldred Thomas, 1850 "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, Etheldred Thomas, 1860. Record: Etheldred Thomas, 1860 "United States, Census, 1870", FamilySearch, E W Thomas, 1870. Record: E W Thomas, 1870 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LHBT-H8H: residences 1850 Coosa; 1860 2nd Subdivision, Coosa; 1870 Alabama back to the text
  8. "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Melinda Thomas in entry for Erv Thomas, 1880. Record: Melinda Thomas in entry for Erv Thomas, 1880 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LHBP-LVV (their page): residence 1880, Socapatoy, Coosa back to the text
  9. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LHBT-H8H: children Mary Jane (1827), William Horton (1830–1862), Charlott (1833), Patrick (1834–1865), Frances Amelia (1835), Amanda S (1837), Elverena (1840), Houston (1841), Julius C (1845), Etheldred Watson Jr (1847–1910), Seaborn Jones (1848–1926), Mary Jane (1850) back to the text
  10. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LHBT-H8H: death 19 Jul 1877, Socapatoy, Coosa, Alabama; burial 1877, Coosa, Talladega, Alabama Thomas Maxwell of Virginia and Georgia: the McKinney, Moore and Thomas allied families (Harris McKinney and Jane Ivey), Annie Norman, Thomas Maxwell of Virginia and Georgia and His Descendants, with a Number of Allied Families (Macon, Georgia: J. W. Burke Co., 1956): p. 407: died July 19, 1877 "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Etheldred Watson Thomas. Record: Etheldred Watson Thomas, Find a Grave Index back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to Etheldred Watson Thomas (6)
  1. 1824Etheldred W. Thomas, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"
  2. 1850Etheldred Thomas, "United States, Census, 1850"
  3. 1860Etheldred Thomas, "United States, Census, 1860"
  4. 1870E W Thomas, "United States, Census, 1870"
  5. Etheldred Watson Thomas, "Find a Grave Index"
  6. Legacy NFS Source: Etheldred Watson Thomas - Published information: birth-name: Ethelred Thomas