Staffordshire Registers 1653 - 1760
1655, July 3 Bapt John sonne of Tho. Snelston of Gratewood
1669, July 31 Buried Margaret Snelson Widow
1669/70, July 31 Bapt Jeffrey son of John Snelson of Eccleshall
1670, Oct 11 Bapt Mary daughter of John Snelson
1671, Dec 10 Bapt John son of John Snelson
Jan 19 Bapt Thomas son of John Snelson of Eccleshal
Feb 26 Bapt ? Jeremiah ye son of Joh. Snelson
1675, Apr 22 Buried Tho. ye son of John Snelson
1675, Nov 28 Bapt Elizabeth dau of John Snelson
1678, Oct 3 Bapt Charles son of John Snellson
1682?, Nov 15 Bapt Bridgett dau of John Snellson
1683, Feb 14 Bapt Kathorina filla Johann Snelson
1686, Feb 14 Bapt Katyherine daughter of Mr. Jno. Snelson
N.B. Same data also listed for 1684
1688, Nov 28 Mar. Margaret Snelson and George Jakeman. Dec 3 had a son John
1690, Oct 18 Buried Mr. John Snellson
1692, July 10 Buried Mary daughter of Mrs. Kath Snellson of Eccleshall
1694, Sept 27 Bapt Elizabeth dau of Mr. John Snellson of Gratewood
1702, Sept 17 Buried Katherin Snelson Eccleshall
1703, Mar 25 Bapt Thomas son of Jeofry Snelson Eccleshall
1704, Apr 9 Bapt John son of Jeoffrey Snelson Eccleshall
1706, Oct 6 Bapt Katharin dau Jeoffrey Snelson Eccleshall
1707, Feb 22 Buried Mr. Snelson Greatwood
1708, Mar 24 Buried Joyce wife of Mr. Thomas Snelson of Pershall
1707, Mar 30 Died Mr Thomas Snelson at Gratwood of Pershall
1708, July 10 Bapt Jeoffrey son of Jeoffrey Snelson Eccleshall
1708, Nov 1 Buried Jeffrey son of Jeoffrey Snelson
1710, May 10 Buried Margaret wife of George Jakeman
1709, June 25 Bapt Ann Daughter of Jeoffrey Snelson Eccleshall
1711, Dec 12 Bapt Daniel son of Jeofrey Snelson Eccleshall
1711, Dec 12 Bapt William son of Jeofry Snelson Eccleshall
1712, Feb 15 Buried William son of Jeofry Snelson Eccleshall
1712, Apr 29 Buried William son of Jeofry Snelson Eccleshall
1717, Aug 22 Buried Jeofrey Snelson of Eccleshall
1720-21, Jan 11 Buried Mrs. Snelson widow of Greatwood
1723, Oct 17 Buried Mrs, Snelson of Eccleshall
1727, June 18 Buried Ann dau Margaret Snelson widow Ecleshall
1730, Sept 8 Mar. Adam Hodskin of Stafford and Katharine Snelson of Eccleshall
1736, May 23 Buried Elizabeth wife of Mr. Thomas Snelson Eccleshall
1738, May 21 Mar. Mr. Thomas Snelson of Ecclehall and Mrs Mary Taylor of Chebsey
1732, March Mr. Thomas Snelson listed as Church Warden
1738, Feb 9 Bapt Mary dau of Mr. Thomas Snelson Eccleshall
1740, July 14 Bapt Jeffery son of Thomas Snelson Eccleshall
1742, Mar 1 Bapt Edward son of Mr. Snelson Eccfleshall
1742, May 21 Buried Edward son of Mr Thomas Snelson Eccleshall
1747, May 13 Bapt Margaret dau of Mr. Thomas Snelson Eccleshall
1751, Sept 31 Buried Mrs. Snelson widow Eccleshall
1760, Oct 29 Buried Mr. Thomas Snelson Eccleshall
1754, May Buried Widow Snelson
Residence - Greatwood, Staffordshire.
Residence - Greatwood, Staffordshire.
From England comes the information that the name Snelson was anciently known as Senelestune. It was a township parish in Rostherne County, Cheshire. The family that lived there were later called Snelson or Snelston. Still later, the local name and the surname dropped the âtâ altogether.
Another source produces an early record of East Cheshire listing William de Snelleston in 1367 and a Thomas de Snelleston in 1379, so we may assume that still another spelling was used. Later records show that Benedict Snelson of Little Budworth died in 1606. He was a yoeman. [A yoeman is a freeholder of a class below the gentry, who worked his own land] Since this early record of 1606, the name appears and remains, Snelson. [Leona Williams Smith, 1982]
Residence - 1583- Eccleshall, Staffordshire.
Rostherne is a town in the county of Cheshire. Cheshire is primarily an agricultural area in the north of England. If you check on a map, the county is situated just south of Manchester - a large English city. Cheshire is also a very affluent area of England whose residents include the majority of Manchester and Liverpool's wealthier elements. It has the most millionaires per capita of any county in England and has some very nice, typically English, rolling countryside.
Eccleshall is a village in Staffordshire which is the county below and to the west of Cheshire. This means that Staffordshire is quite central in terms of landmass of the UK, but as it has a border with the country of Wales, it is one of the Western counties of England. Staffordshire is an agricultural area of England and has some beautiful towns and villages surrounded by open coutryside and moors.
The Eccleshall Parish Registers describe Larry as a bastard.
[Adrian John Snelson]
Nelson Thomas and Caroline Thomas Ankrom are 1st cousins 1 time removed. Their common ancestors are John Thomas and Cassandra Dunn.
Nelson Thomas and Caroline lived beside each other in 1850. Nelson would have been 15 yrs old and Caroline would have been 2 yrs old.
TK - According to map (Page 10, sheet 7, Center No. 7) found at Greene County Courthouse in Waynesburg Nelson Thomas is buried Old Roseberry and A B Roseberry Cemetery, Center Twp, Greene County, PA. He is buried Section I, Grave number 3.
TK- Marriage License from Greene County Courthouse, Waynesburg, Pg 358. States that Nelson was a butcher, they were distant relatives, Nelson age 54, Caroline Ankrom age 42, Nelson resided in Holbrook, Greene Co., and Caroline resided in Nettle Hill, Greene Co., his parents were John and Mary Thomas, her parents were Isaac and Mary Thomas, her occupation was a housekeeper, states former wife died Sept 12, 1890. Her former husband died Feb 25, 1886. They were married at the Allum house, Waynesburg, PA. Date of marriage was Aug 22, 1891.
Greene County Court House, Will Book 16, Pg 150, 151 No 9259
WILL OF NELSON THOMAS FILED DEC 4, 1922 NORMAN WOOD, REGISTER
I Nelson Thomas of Center Township in the County of Greene and State of Penna declare this to be my last will and testament.
1st I give and bequeath to my two children by my first wife viz. Bertha Thomas and Lizzie Thomas (Now Daniels) Ten Dollars each to be paid them by my Executor hereafter named.
2d. All the balance of my estate Real personal or mixed after the payment of my Debts, and funeral expenses to be equally divided. Share and Share alike between the two children of my Second wife, Viz. Tap Thomas and Maggie Thomas
3d. I appoint Fred Tribbet the guardian of Tap Thomas and Maggie Thomas, with full power to manage their estate for them to the best of his Judgment - with full power to Sell and convey any real estate by good and sufficient Deed if necessary in the management of their estate and for their benefit.
4th - I also appoint Fred Tribbet Sole executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other wills made by me at any time herefore.
In Witness Whereof I Nelson Thomas have hereunto set my hand and seal this 3dy day of Jan. A.D. 1902
Nelson Thomas (seal)
Signed and declared by the said Nelson Thomas as and for his last will and testment in the presence of us who at his request in his presence, and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses- the day and date above written.
Samuel S. Watson
G.W. UllomTkisko - Info found from ancestry.com's Civil War Service record states Nelson was in "Company- N" Uinit - 6 West Virginia Infantry, Rank - Private, Rank discharge - Private, Allegiance - Union.
1920 PA Greene Co., East Center Twp Census, image 5 shows Nelson as head of household, age 87? , Tap age 36, Harley Huffman, son in law age 35, Maggie daughter age 32, Fred grandson age 10?, Helen grandaughter age 2. Notes - house numbers were 56 Nelson, 57 Harley. Neighbors below were William Wood age 63.
1880 Census, Center twp, Greene Co., PA image 23 of 37 shows David Slusher age 66, farmer, parents born PA, Elizabeth age 64, wife, keeping house, parents born PA, Nelson Thomas age 45, son in law, widowed, boarder, parents from PA, Bertie Thomas age 11, grandaughter, Lizzie age 10, grandaughter.
OBITUARY - From the WAYNESBURG REPUBLICAN Newspaper of November 1922
Civil War Veteran Passes Away at Age of 92 Years
Nelson Thomas, aged 91 years, a Civil War Veteran and one of Greene County's most widely known citizens, died Thursday night November 9 at 10 o'clock at his home at Holbrook. His death resulted from a stroke of apoplexy suffered the preceeding Sunday night and he never regained consciousness. Mr. Thomas served through the Rebellion as a member of Company A Fifth West Virginia Infantry and had spent practically all of his life in the Holbrook neighborhood. For many years he was a stock dealer and while following that business, he made a wide acquaintance in Southwestern Pennsylvania. For a man of his advanced age, Mr. Thomas was quite rugged in health, and often made the trip from his home to Waynesburg mostly on foot. He was a frequent visitor at the county capital and was in town only a few days before being stricken ill. He was a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Thomas was married three times, his first wife being Catherine Slusher, his second Catherine Trippett, and the third Carolyn Ankrom. All three are deceased. He is survived by the following children, Mrs. Elizabeth Daniels of Los Angelow, CA., Mrs. Harley Huffman and Patrick (should be Tapp) Thomas, both of Holbrook. One sister, Mrs. Sadie Church also survives. Funeral services conducted by Rev. D.R. Piper, Rogersville. were held from his late home Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment was at Nichell Cemetery at Holbrook.
Nelson Thomas and Caroline Thomas Ankrom are 1st cousins 1 time removed. Their common ancestors are John Thomas and Cassandra Dunn.
Nelson Thomas and Caroline lived beside each other in 1850. Nelson would have been 15 yrs old and Caroline would have been 2 yrs old.
TK - According to map (Page 10, sheet 7, Center No. 7) found at Greene County Courthouse in Waynesburg Nelson Thomas is buried Old Roseberry and A B Roseberry Cemetery, Center Twp, Greene County, PA. He is buried Section I, Grave number 3.
TK- Marriage License from Greene County Courthouse, Waynesburg, Pg 358. States that Nelson was a butcher, they were distant relatives, Nelson age 54, Caroline Ankrom age 42, Nelson resided in Holbrook, Greene Co., and Caroline resided in Nettle Hill, Greene Co., his parents were John and Mary Thomas, her parents were Isaac and Mary Thomas, her occupation was a housekeeper, states former wife died Sept 12, 1890. Her former husband died Feb 25, 1886. They were married at the Allum house, Waynesburg, PA. Date of marriage was Aug 22, 1891.
Greene County Court House, Will Book 16, Pg 150, 151 No 9259
WILL OF NELSON THOMAS FILED DEC 4, 1922 NORMAN WOOD, REGISTER
I Nelson Thomas of Center Township in the County of Greene and State of Penna declare this to be my last will and testament.
1st I give and bequeath to my two children by my first wife viz. Bertha Thomas and Lizzie Thomas (Now Daniels) Ten Dollars each to be paid them by my Executor hereafter named.
2d. All the balance of my estate Real personal or mixed after the payment of my Debts, and funeral expenses to be equally divided. Share and Share alike between the two children of my Second wife, Viz. Tap Thomas and Maggie Thomas
3d. I appoint Fred Tribbet the guardian of Tap Thomas and Maggie Thomas, with full power to manage their estate for them to the best of his Judgment - with full power to Sell and convey any real estate by good and sufficient Deed if necessary in the management of their estate and for their benefit.
4th - I also appoint Fred Tribbet Sole executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other wills made by me at any time herefore.
In Witness Whereof I Nelson Thomas have hereunto set my hand and seal this 3dy day of Jan. A.D. 1902
Nelson Thomas (seal)
Signed and declared by the said Nelson Thomas as and for his last will and testment in the presence of us who at his request in his presence, and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses- the day and date above written.
Samuel S. Watson
G.W. UllomTkisko - Info found from ancestry.com's Civil War Service record states Nelson was in "Company- N" Uinit - 6 West Virginia Infantry, Rank - Private, Rank discharge - Private, Allegiance - Union.
1920 PA Greene Co., East Center Twp Census, image 5 shows Nelson as head of household, age 87? , Tap age 36, Harley Huffman, son in law age 35, Maggie daughter age 32, Fred grandson age 10?, Helen grandaughter age 2. Notes - house numbers were 56 Nelson, 57 Harley. Neighbors below were William Wood age 63.
1880 Census, Center twp, Greene Co., PA image 23 of 37 shows David Slusher age 66, farmer, parents born PA, Elizabeth age 64, wife, keeping house, parents born PA, Nelson Thomas age 45, son in law, widowed, boarder, parents from PA, Bertie Thomas age 11, grandaughter, Lizzie age 10, grandaughter.
OBITUARY - From the WAYNESBURG REPUBLICAN Newspaper of November 1922
Civil War Veteran Passes Away at Age of 92 Years
Nelson Thomas, aged 91 years, a Civil War Veteran and one of Greene County's most widely known citizens, died Thursday night November 9 at 10 o'clock at his home at Holbrook. His death resulted from a stroke of apoplexy suffered the preceeding Sunday night and he never regained consciousness. Mr. Thomas served through the Rebellion as a member of Company A Fifth West Virginia Infantry and had spent practically all of his life in the Holbrook neighborhood. For many years he was a stock dealer and while following that business, he made a wide acquaintance in Southwestern Pennsylvania. For a man of his advanced age, Mr. Thomas was quite rugged in health, and often made the trip from his home to Waynesburg mostly on foot. He was a frequent visitor at the county capital and was in town only a few days before being stricken ill. He was a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Thomas was married three times, his first wife being Catherine Slusher, his second Catherine Trippett, and the third Carolyn Ankrom. All three are deceased. He is survived by the following children, Mrs. Elizabeth Daniels of Los Angelow, CA., Mrs. Harley Huffman and Patrick (should be Tapp) Thomas, both of Holbrook. One sister, Mrs. Sadie Church also survives. Funeral services conducted by Rev. D.R. Piper, Rogersville. were held from his late home Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment was at Nichell Cemetery at Holbrook.
Greene County Death Register 1, Pg 166, Ln 24 states that Caroline died at age 52, was married, a housekeeper, Place of Death Holbrook, PA, duration of illness - over 1 year.
