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SOURCE: Lynette Johnson [laj1009@aol.com] has information on this person's parents and siblings.
CONFLICT-QUESTION: Child born after death of father.
HENRY RECTOR, son of JOHN JACOB RECTOR (Hans Jacob Richter) and ANNA ELIZABETH FISHBACK (Fishbach), was born in Virginia about 1715-1720. His parents were among the forty-two Nassau-Siegen immigrants to arrive at Germanna (Germantown, now in Orange County, Virginia) in April 1714, under the sponsorship of Governor Spottswood. His father, John Jacob, was the son of Christopher RICHTER, a clockmaker of Trupbach, Nassau-Siegen, Germany, and his wife Anna Cathrin.
His grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great-grandfather all lived at Siegen and were citizens of that city. His grandfather, Johannes Richter was, in 1638, admitted to The Guild of Smelterers and Hammersmiths as a "Reitmeister" or middleman dealing in iron products, indicating that Johannes owned part of some ironworks in the principality. The original Nassau-Siegen RICHTER was an immigrant from Freiburg in Saxony and became a Siegen citizen in 1585. John Jacob, himself, had been admitted to The Guild of Steel-Smelters & Toolmakers at Freudenberg and Ferndorf on June 7, 1712. In the Summer of 1713 he, his wife, and his son John left Trupback for the 'New World', along with the other 1714 emigrants from Nassau-Siegen.
NAME-DATES-CHILDREN: Researched notes of Mrs. Gail Shanelee, deceased; sent to T.Mason, Oct 1998
CENSUS: 1840 Platte Co, MO; 1840; pg 119; EXTRACTION:
Henry Thomas - males 1 20-30, females: 2 under 5, 1 15-20
Isaac Thomas - " 2 under 5, 1 20-30, females: 2 under 5, 1 20-30
William Thomas - " 1 " ", 1 30-40, " 2 " ", 1 30-40
Jacob Thomas - " 1 15-20, 1 40-50, females 3 10-15, 1 15-20, 1 40-50The Plaque in Court Square, Sevierville, TN reads: "A Soldier of the American Revolution, Isaac Thomas guided John Sevier's army to King's Mountain as well as serving with him in many battles against the indians. Believed to be the first permanent white settler in this area, Thomas lived with and traded among the Cherokee Indians. His home at "The forks of the Little Pigeon" served as the setting for the first Sevier County Court, Territory of the United States south of the river Ohio in 1794. Thomas suggested this settlement be named "Sevierville" in 1795 in honor of his friend and companion, General John Sevier. With his wife, Elizabeth Massengill (1759 - 1832), Thomas reared his large family upon their vast land holdings along the west prong of the Little Pigeon River near this site."
Was of Isle of Wight, Virginia, then Seven Springs Gap (North of Robbinsville), North Carolina, then Chota. He settled in Sevierville, Tennessee.
HYPERTEXT: [ http://www.tmason1.com/other/lost_warrior-the_ties_that_bind.pdf ]<-- Please highlight this reference, then paste it into the address field of your browser and review it. This is a 116 page historical book written by Larry Taylor, a Cherokee Indian descendant.
COMMENT by T.Mason, "I am unable to verify the accuracy of the Indian tribal history in the book authored by Larry Taylor. Larry is making an impressive claim of his relationship to Isaac Thomas. Any oral history certainly will have "family legends" incorportated into the text to embellish the story.
After carefully reviewing Larry's book, there is enough based on fact to suggest there is an unproveable genealogical link since Isaac Thomas did have the right to live in Chota. Only those with certain rights were allowed to do so. What did Isaac do those first 45 years of his life?
There is a lot of storytelling in Larry's book, but I think the Indians of that era were using a code of behavior not unlike the law of Moses in which they believed in a life for a life. It would be important for the reader to view the story from the standpoint of another culture set in a pioneering time period. We can not make value judgements based upon the beliefs we hold in our time period. I personally have long felt that the early pioneer white man was an aggressor that just took the land and treated the Indians that came with the land as savages which had to cleared off. I also acknowledge that the Indian tribes were not able to negotiate in good faith and that made it almost impossible to obtain a reliable treaty.
As one who has reviewed and authored research papers, I think that Larry's record does NOT use good bibliographical references methodology and the sources shown in the bibliography are not well enough referenced by my standard. However, Larry is not claiming to be a social scientist, therefore, I place his paper on my web site for the reader to review."
If there are those who wish to voice a disagreement, feel free, but please base your expressions upon logic and evidence.
Malachia Motlow or Tomothley (Timothy)
A Cherokee Indian who fought on the side of the Americans during the Revolution. Killed by Indians on the Little Tennessee River while in military service in the Indian Wars.
REF: The Speegle Cousins
DEATH: Date was possibly 1 Sep 1810.
BIRTH: possibly in , Northhampton, North Carolina
IGI lists name as Guillaume Sgr. De Barbeiran CALMES