"Ancestrees"

Thomas COULSON ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

  General Notes:

Thomas came with his father to Germantown, PA as an infant. He later moved to West Nottingham, in what is now Cecil Co., MD. He built his home on a grant of 184 acres on Octoraro Creek. The glass and hardware for the home came from England. The structure was a part of the Coulson family until the year 1900. It was situate on very fertile land and named "Coulson's Old Garden" befitting the naming custom in Maryland at the time. He raised wheat and corn on his plantation. Thomas and his wife Martha were the only Coulson's listed who witnessed the marriage of his sister, Margaret to John Coppock in 1731 at the W. Nottingham MM, Cecil Co., MD. (C-1302) Thomas was buried in the Friends burial ground at West Nottingham. It is the oldest grave still marked in the cemetery with the inscription "T.C. 1763". He died a wealthy man with an estate that included a smithy, carpenter's shop, a richly furnished home, two slaves (one named Joan) and extra land in Little Britain Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania In his will, he names wife, Martha and six sons and two daughters. (C-1339, 2149)

  Noted events in his life were:

• Will, 1/23/1761, , Chester, PA. ⁷

Thomas married Martha WILEY in 1725 in W. Nottingham, Cecil, MD. (Martha WILEY was born in 1699 in W. Nottingham, Cecil, MD and died on 6/7/1775 in , Chester, PA.)