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Thomas Henry Gaines 1585–1640 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1585

Birth Location: Brecon, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1640

Death Location: Rappahannock, Virginia, United States

Father: Elizabeth Vaughn\Vaughan

Mother: Sir Sheriff

Spouse(s): Blanche Kemis

Children(s): James Gayne

In 1585, Thomas Henry Gaines entered the world in Brecon, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom, born to Elizabeth Ann Vaughn Vaughan And Sir John Gaines High Sheriff. Thomas Henry Gaines married Blanche Kemis, and had children including James Thomas Gane Gaines Gayne. Thomas Henry Gaines passed away in 1640 in Rappahannock, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1585, Thomas Henry Gaines entered the world in Brecon, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom, born to Elizabeth Ann Vaughn Vaughan And Sir John Gaines High Sheriff.
  • Thomas Henry Gaines married Blanche Kemis, and had children including James Thomas Gane Gaines Gayne.
  • Thomas Henry Gaines passed away in 1640 in Rappahannock, Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Elizabeth Vaughn\Vaughan
1559–1640
Birth Location: Buckland, Brecknockshire, Wales
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Sir Sheriff
1559–1606
Birth Location: Newton, Breconshire, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Blanche Kemis
1584–1634
Birth Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
BK

Children(s)

James Gayne
1620–1705
Birth Location: Aberdeen, Breconshire, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
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Thomas Gaines's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Gaines
1585–1640
Birth Place: Brecon, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
Parents
Elizabeth Ann Vaughn\Vaughan
1559–1640
Buckland, Brecknockshire, Wales
Sir (John Gaines, High) Sheriff
1559–1606
Newton, Breconshire, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John Gaines
1520–1574
Newton, Brecon, Wales
Catherine (Eleanor) Morgan
1536–1568
Pencrug, Llanhenwg, Monmouthshire, England, Gwent, Wales, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thomas Gaines's Descendants

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Thomas (Henry) Gaines (1585–1640) m. Blanche Kemis (1584–1634)
  1. 1. James (Thomas Gane Gaines) Gayne 1620–1705 m. Elizabeth (Jane) Lawson 1638–1694
    1. 1. Richard ((Wh\Afr\Cherok) Gowen\Gaines GGGF) (JW) 1685–1755 m. Catherine (Rawlings Madison-Gaines 6th GGGM) (JW) 1693–1760 m. Germina Pendleton 1686–1780 m. Catherine Madison 1695–1786 m. Dorothy (Kelly) Madison 1693–1760
      1. 1. Robert Gaines 1708–1763 m. Ursula Mason 1714–1799
        1. 1. William (Henry) Gaines 1734–1813 m. Jane Robinson 1735–1768

Thomas Gaines's Timeline

2 Records

1585
1585
Birth of Thomas Henry Gaines in Brecon, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
Brecon, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
1640
1640
Age 55
Death of Thomas Henry Gaines in Rappahannock, Virginia, United States
Rappahannock, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1585
    Event Place: Brecon, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Early Immigrants to Virginia from the 1500s and 1600s

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1640
    Event Place: Rappahannock, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree
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