Register Report for Catharina Wurtz Generation 1 1. Catharina Wurtz-1. She was born on 19 Mar 1762 in Frederick County, MD. She died 1804 in Frederick County, MD. John Thomas [1]. He was born on 29 Apr 1759 in Frederick County, MD [1]. He died on 05 Apr 1796 in Frederick County, MD [1]. Notes for John Thomas: General Notes:   Last Will and Testament   Will of John Henry Thomas, husband of Catharina Wurtz, dated August 17, 1804, proved March 5, 1805, Frederick County, Maryland Wills, Liber GM-RB #1, pages 93-95. "In the Name of God Amen. I John Thomas of Frederick County and State of Maryland being weak of body but of perfect mind and memory do make and publish this my last will and Testament. First I give and bequeath unto my Eldest Son Joseph Thomas all that part of my land which lies North East of the Lane which divides my dwelling plantation from William Johnson's and by a line in the direction of the said lane to strike the nearest corner of a tract of land called Mountain Field and containing the following tracts (to wit) par of a tract called Burgesses Lott about eleven acres a part of Delashmutts Folly about sixty acres a part of another tract called Long Hope about fifteen acres and that tract called Mountain which was conveyed to my Father by a certain Thomas Duckett all the said tracts or parcels of land I give unto my said son Joseph Thomas his heirs and assigns forever as also one man slaved named John and one boy slave named Isaac I give the said salves to him and his heirs forever. Secondly I give and bequeath unto my son Jacob Thomas his heirs and assigns forever all the residue and remaining part of my real estate as also one female slave named Susanna and her son named Stephen to him and his heirs, and it is my will that my said Son Jacob shall pay into his elder brother Joseph the sum of Two Hundred Pounds Current Money over and above what I have before given him on account of his Land being unimproved and it is my will that the said Sum of Two Hundred pounds be paid to my said Son Joseph or his Legal representatives in eight equal annual payments, my will further is that all the rest and remaining part of my personal Estate shall be sold by my Executors to Interest and both principal and interest to be paid to my said Sons of their legal representatives in Equal proportion when they respectively shall arrive to the age of Twenty one years. And I do hereby appoint Conrad Young and John Ramsburgh Junr. executors to this my last will and Testament hereby revoking all other wills made by me."         John Thomas and Catharina Wurtz. They were married on 13 Apr 1783 in Frederick County, MD [2]. They had 4 children. i. Philip Heinrich Thomas. He was born on 23 Dec 1787 in Frederick, Maryland, USA [1]. He died Aug 1804 in Frederick, MD [1]. ii. John Peter Thomas. He was born on 02 Mar 1791 in Frederick County, MD. He died on 23 May 1796 in Frederick County, MD. Burial in Frederick County, MD. iii. Joseph Thomas. He was born on 06 Jun 1795 in Frederick County, MD. He died on 26 May 1823. Burial in Young Family Cemetery, Locust Valley, MD. 2. iv. Jacob Thomas [1, 1]. He was born on 24 Dec 1797 in Maryland. He married Ann Sophia Bowlus. They were married Dec 1825 in Frederick County, MD. He died 1877 in Clark County, OH [1]. Page 1 of 3 Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:13:19 PM Register Report for Catharina Wurtz Generation 2 2. Jacob Thomas-2 (Catharina Wurtz-1) [1, 1]. He was born on 24 Dec 1797 in Maryland. He died 1877 in Clark County, OH [1]. Sophia Bowlus [1]. She was born on 07 Apr 1807 in Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, USA [1]. She died 1895 in Maryland, USA [1]. Jacob Thomas and Sophia Bowlus. They were married on 19 Dec 1825 in Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, USA [1]. They had 17 children. i. John Henry Thomas [1]. He was born on 04 Oct 1826 [1]. ii. Richard Thomas [1]. He died 1893 in Colorado, USA [1]. iii. Elizabeth Thomas [1]. iv. Joseph Thomas [1]. He died in San Diego, Californ, Iowa, USA [1]. v. Amanda Thomas [1]. vi. Annie Thomas [1]. vii. Alda Thomas [1]. viii. Charles Thomas [1]. ix. Josephine Thomas [1]. x. Harmon Thomas [1]. xi. Edward Thomas [1]. xii. Margaret Thomas [1]. xiii. Alice Thomas [1]. xiv. Maggie Thomas [1]. xv. Lizzie Thomas [1]. xvi. Anna Thomas [1]. xvii. John H Thomas [1]. Ann Sophia Bowlus. She was born 1805 in Maryland. Jacob Thomas and Ann Sophia Bowlus. They were married Dec 1825 in Frederick County, MD. They had 8 children. i. Elizabeth Thomas. She was born 1834 in Maryland. ii. Margaret Thomas. She was born 1836 in Maryland. Page 2 of 3 Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:13:19 PM Register Report for Catharina Wurtz Generation 2 (con't) iii. Josephine Thomas. She was born 1838 in Virginia. iv. Amanda Thomas. She was born 1840 in Maryland. v. Joseph Thomas. He was born 1842 in Maryland. vi. Charles Thomas. He was born 1844 in Maryland. vii. Mary Thomas. She was born 1847 in Maryland. viii. Mahala Thomas. She was born 1850 in Maryland. Sources 1 Ancestry.com, One World Tree (sm) (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d.). Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc. 2 Frederick Maryland Lutheran Marriages & Burials 1743-1811, page 33 by Frederick Sheely Weiser. Page 3 of 3 Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:13:19 PM