Ancestry of
Taylor Swift

Singer and Songwriter

Josiah Thomas

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Taylor Swift — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 260 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1695 
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  • Death Date:
  • 14 Jun 1764 
  • Death Location:
  • Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Stedman
  • Marriage Date:
  • 5 Jul 1715 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Lebanon, New London, Connecticut 
  • Children:
  
  

  Thankful Thomas

  Josiah Thomas

  Mary Thomas

  Rebecca Thomas

  Josiah Thomas Jr. (Ahnentafel No:130 )

  Anne Thomas

  John Thomas

  Hannah Thomas

  • Notes: 

  • Josiah Thomas was mentioned in his son Josiah's will in 1757 as he was still living at the time.

• Sources for Josiah Thomas

  • ¹ Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, 1757, Harford, Connecticut, Case #3213, Probate file for son Josiah Thomas Jr.
  • ² Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, Probate date 1766, Litchfield County, Connecticut, Will of Josiah Thomas.
  • ³ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Kent, p. 87, Death records for children of Josiah and Mary Thomas.
  • ⁴ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Kent, p. 87, Death record for Josiah Thomas.
  • ⁵ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Lebanon, pp. 161-162, Birth records for children of Josiah and Mary Thomas.
  • ⁶ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Lebanon, p. 162, Marriage record for Josiah Thomas and Mary Stedman.
  • ⁷ The American Genealogist, 1937, Vol. 14, p. 176.

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