The Thomas Family Crest
Philip Thomas, a direct descendant of the famous Rice ap Griffith, of an ancient Welsh family, who was beheaded in 1531, an attainted of high treason, left Bristol, England, in 1651, and came to Lord Baltimore's province of Maryland. He settled on the Chesapeake Bay, and joined the Society of Friends previous to his death. He left five children behind him, amongst whom one son, Samuel Thomas, who left issue, and is the ancestor of that particular Thomas family in America.
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- Thomas
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On A Branch Of A Tree, Lying Fessways [At The Dexter End Some Sprigs, Vert], A Raven, Wings Expanded, Sable.
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America Hereldica