Mabel Thomas

Abt 1781 - 1866  (85 years)

• Name	Mabel Thomas
  Birth	Abt 1781	Saint John, Queens County, Colony of Nova Scotia (now New Brunswick), British North America   [1]
  Death	5 May 1866	Mispec, Saint John, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada   [1, 2]
  Obituary	6 May 1866 (85 years)  [2]
  Mabel Thomas (1784 - 1866) d. 5th inst., Mabel relict of Wm WHELPLEY, age 85. She died as she lived peaceful and quiet, requesting all to leave the room but one and asked that one not to speak, adding that she was about going home and thus she died without a groan or a struggle. Funeral Sunday one o'clock from her son's residence Pond St. (St. John) Her remains will be interred at Mispec.
  Siblings	4 brothers and 4 sisters
  1. Mary Thomas,   b. 1771   2. Thomas Thomas,   b. 1774   3. Diana Thomas,   b. Abt 1776   4. Samuel Thomas,   b. 1780 + 5. Mabel Thomas,   b. Abt 1781, Saint John, Queens County, Colony of Nova Scotia (now New Brunswick), British North America d. 5 May 1866, Mispec, Saint John, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 85 years) ▻ William Whelpley,  m. 3 Dec 1804   6. Elizabeth Thomas,   b. 1786   7. William Thomas,   b. 1787   8. Daniel Thomas,   b. 1793   9. Diana Thomas,   b. 1793
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Thomas,   b. 26 Dec 1562, Honiton, Devonshire, England d. 4 Aug 1651, Penryn, Devonshire, England  (Age 88 years)  (4 x Great Grandfather)  Mary Blakeslee,   b. 1750, Connecticut Colony d. 2 Feb 1823, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 73 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I11318	Whelpley Line
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Thomas Cope Thomas,   b. 13 Mar 1747, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony d. 8 Jul 1831, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Mary Blakeslee,   b. 1750, Connecticut Colony d. 2 Feb 1823, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F783	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	William Whelpley,   b. Abt 1781, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. May 1830, Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	3 Dec 1804	Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada   [1, 3]
  They were married by Rev. Dr. Byles.
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 24 years - He : ~ 24 years.
  Children	6 sons and 4 daughters
  +   1. William Whelpley,   b. Oct 1805, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 16 Apr 1873, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 67 years) ▻ Hannah Malone >   2. Thomas Whelpley,   b. Abt 1807, Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America d. 16 Apr 1873, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 66 years) ▻ Mary Thomas  m. Abt 1840 >   3. David Whelpley,   b. 1811, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 21 Jul 1897, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 86 years) ▻ Jane Thomas  m. 1850     4. Mary Ann Whelpley,   b. Abt 1811, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 8 Dec1886, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 75 years) >   5. George W. Whelpley,   b. Abt 1814, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada ▻ Rebecca McKee >   6. Hannah Whelpley,   b. 26 Sep 1817, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 31 Mar 1888, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 70 years) ▻ Joseph Ball  m. 16 May 1840 >   7. Jane Waterbury Whelpley,   b. Abt 1817, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 7 Mar 1891, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 74 years) ▻ Captain Willaim Vaughn  m. 28 May 1838 >   8. Henry Gilbert Whelpley,   b. 4 Aug 1819, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. May 1902, Grand Manan, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 82 years) ▻ Margaret Scriber;   Sarah Elizabeth Small >   9. Edward Whelpley,   b. Abt 1820, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 1 Aug 1903, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 83 years) ▻ Margaret Wallace > 10. Eliza Isabel Whelpley,   b. 1825, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 21 Dec 1907, Randolph, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 82 years) ▻ Jacob Hughes
  Family ID	F7656	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2026

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Mabel Thomas(Abt 1781 – 1866) 2Thomas Cope Thomas(1747 – 1831) 4Charles Thomas(1722 – 1773) 8Daniel Thomas(1676 – 1760) 16Daniel Thomas(1644 – 1694) 17Rebecca(1650 – 1716) 9Eunice Brown(1681 – 1738) 18Ebenezer Brown(1646 – 1739) 19Hannah Vincent(1647 – Aft 1684) 5Lydia Augur(1726 – 1803) 10John Augur(1686 – 1726) 20Robert Augur 21Mary Guilbert(1651 – 1731) 11Elizabeth Bradley(1686 – 1780) 22Isaac Bradley(1645 – 1713) 23Elizabeth Darrish(1656 – 1713) 3Mary Blakeslee(1750 – 1823) 6 12 24 25 13 26 27 7 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1781 - Saint John, Queens County, Colony of Nova Scotia (now New Brunswick), British North America Marriage - 3 Dec 1804 - Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada Death - 5 May 1866 - Mispec, Saint John, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S752] News Article: Mabel Thomas (1784 - 1866), (Saint John, New Brunswick: Saint John Globe, 5 May ). [S338] News Article: "Mabel Thomas weds William Whelpley", (Saint Johns, New Brunswick: The Saint John Gazette, 3 December 1804).