Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Thomas WARING
Thomas, by industry and frugality, found means to purchase the property we are
now on, in 1787, twelve years after his arrival in this land; he afterwards added to the first purchase and, as near as I can tell, about the year 1800, built the stone part of the house we are now in, with a log addition to the west end. This log apartment, lately taken down, you will remember, and it is worthy of remark that in that building died four of the seven who landed in this country 100 years ago: your great grandmother Mary in 1809, supposed to be about 86 years of age; your grandfather, Thomas in 1842; your great aunts Hannah in 1848 and Mary in 1850. The three latter in the 88th year of their age, respectively, and with their mother, were interred in the burying ground at West Nottingham (frequently called the Little Brick). In the same building also died your grandmother Rebecca Waring in 1853, in her 59th year. The two latter were interred in Friends Burying Ground near Colora.
Thomas had four children; the two oldest and their mother, (a former wife) died soon after their birth, and of the two last, only William Waring lived to a good age. Taking this homestead, purchased by your Thomas in 1787 for a centre, his descendants, at the end of one hundred years from his landing in this country, all lived within one mile of this centre; what may be at the end of another hundred years is not for us to know, but one thing may be counted as certain: that all now living will have passed away, and our bodies returned to dust; and whether we shall then have descendants interested to meet, and bring up the history of the past, is for the future to know and not for us.
The children now present are the third generation from those who landed in this country 100 years ago & one only of whom is old enough to know and remember what is now passing; and these are the seventh generation from Joseph Waring of Ireland, 1692, who was a minister among the then newly arisen Society of Friends.
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