Reverend James THOMAS b. 18 Sep 1799 Broseley, Shropshire d. 20 Jul 1858

1799 - 1858 (58 years)

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Name	James THOMAS
Title	Reverend
Birth	18 Sep 1799	Broseley, Shropshire
Gender	Male
Baptism	Abt 1817	Grafton Street Baptist Church, London
	Age: 18
Event	28 May 1820	Old Baptist Chapel, Broseley, Shropshire
	Became a member of Broseley Baptist Church by dismission from London. Later dismissed to India.
Event	1821	Bradford Baptist College
	Admitted
Event	1823
	Accepted by the Baptist Missionary Society for service in India
Event	07 Jun 1826	Shrewsbury, Salop.
	Ordained as a missionary.
Event	10 Jun 1826	Old Baptist Chapel, Broseley, Shropshire
	James THOMAS and Ann his wife left Broseley in order to proceed to Graves End and from thence to proceed to India as Christian missionaries the 17th.
	To mark his departure to India a tree, known as 'the missionary tree', was planted beside the Broseley chapel.
Event	1846
	The Baptist Record reported that Rev James Thomas was one of three translators working in India to translate the bible into Sanskrit, Bengali, Hindustani and Hindi.
Residence	Nov 1849	Baptist Mission House, Calcutta
Death	20 Jul 1858
	The Baptist Magazine, 1859: "The Rev. James Thomas, the superintendent of the Mission Press, after thirty-two years of uninterrupted labour, has passed away to reap the reward of his successful, self-denying, and devoted toil."
Person ID	I17358	Gadd
Last Modified	14 Dec 2007

Father	Reverend John THOMAS, b. 1760, NOT Shropshire d. 01 Nov 1849 (Age 89 years)
Mother	Sarah THOMAS d. 07 Feb 1835, Broseley, Shropshire
Marriage	01 May 1792	St Leonard's, Broseley, Shropshire [1]
Family ID	F6050	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 2 Martha WILSON, b. Abt 1818, London, Middlesex

Children

	1. Mary THOMAS, b. Abt 1840, Calcutta, India d. Q4 1907, Madeley Reg'n District (Age 67 years)
	2. Joseph W THOMAS, b. Abt 1843, Calcutta, India
	3. Hannah B THOMAS, b. Abt 1845, Calcutta, India
	4. Martha Jane THOMAS, b. Abt 1847, India
	5. Susannah A THOMAS, b. Abt 1849, India
	6. Lydia Ellen THOMAS, b. Abt 1850, Calcutta, India
	7. Samuel Frederick THOMAS, b. Abt 1853, India
	8. Emily L THOMAS, b. Abt 1854, India
	9. Herbert James THOMAS, b. Abt 1857, Calcutta, India d. 10 Mar 1941, Wokingham, Berkshire (Age 84 years)
	10. Bertha L THOMAS, b. Abt 1858, Calcutta, India

Family ID F6535 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 10 Dec 2007