Richard THOMAS 2
- Christened: 27 Jun 1736, St Nivet, Lanivet, Cornwall 3
- Marriage (1): Elizabeth ANSTIS on 18 Jul 1763 in St Nivet, Lanivet, Cornwall 1
- Buried: 11 Feb 1783, St Bartholomew, Lostwithiel, Cornwall 4
 Notes:
Richard was the younger of two sons of a tinner in Lanivet. He was probably a carpenter or builder, the occupation of his two eldest sons. In 1763 he married Elizabeth Anstis (qv), and moved a few years later to Lostwithiel, where most of their children were baptised.
Six of their nine children are thought to have survived to adulthood. Their eldest son Thomas was a carpenter, and settled in Plymouth where his children were born. Their next son was John (qv), a builder. Their next child was Elizabeth, who moved to Paddington in London where her husband John Scott was a butcher. Their younger daughter Grace (who had a twin sister Joanna) married Charles Jenkin, a basket maker in St Austell: their sons were also basket makers. Their next son Richard was a mason, and moved to St Winnow. Their youngest son William is thought to have been killed in the Bombardment of Algiers in 1816.
Additional source:
Edgar F Thomas. Thomas Family History. Unpublished and undated.
Richard married Elizabeth ANSTIS, daughter of John ANSTIS and Joanna WARN, on 18 Jul 1763 in St Nivet, Lanivet, Cornwall.1 (Elizabeth ANSTIS was christened on 27 Dec 1741 in St Nivet, Lanivet, Cornwall 5.)
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