The Thomas' came from North Carolina before 1845 and settled in Wayne/Randolph Co. Indiana.

There are many Quakers from North Carolina who settled in Randolph Co., Indiana before 1850. This was a stronghold of Quaker activity, and in fact there were many Quaker Thomas', but as Joseph and Lucy's marriage was not on the Quaker books, it has yet to be determined whether they were, indeed, Quakers.

Joseph T. Thomas (c.1819, NC - a.1910, IN) married, before 1845, Lucy Ann Atkinson.
children:
Martha J., 1845
William H., 1848
John Q., 1851
Rebecca A. (Angeline), 1856
Liman G., 1860
James A., 1863 (my GG Grandfather) married Nora E. Gaddis
Elmer E., 1868

I am a direct Thomas male descendant. My Y-DNA 12-marker test results are:

See the Thomas DNA Project here.

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Randolph and Wayne County, Indiana Marriages before 1850
East Central Indiana 1850 Census