MR. ROBERT THOMAS, STEUBEN, NEW YORK.
Medi 25ain, Yn Steuben, C. N., wedi hir gystudd, o'r Parlys, yn 70 mlwydd oed, Mr. Robert Thomas.Ymfudasai i'r wladhono Leyn, sir Gaernarfon, yn y flwyddyn 1800.
Yr oedd yn aelod gyda'r Bedyddwyr Saesonig. Cladd- wyd ei gorff yn mynwent y Capel Isaf, y Peirch. D.Williams, Steuben, a Mr. Waters, yn gweinyddu ar yr achlysur.
Y Cyfaill o'r Hen Wlad ~ Tachwedd 1851
Robert Thomas, born in the Parish of Pen Morfa, Carnarvonshire, N. Wales Jan 1, 1781 died in Steuben, New York Sep 25, 1851 aged 70 yrs.
Capel Isaf Cemetery, Steuben.
MR. ROBERT THOMAS, STEUBEN, NEW YORK.
ROBERT THOMAS was born in the parish of Penmorva, Carnarvonshire, January 1, 1781, and died in Steuben September 25, 1851.His wife was Catherine, daughter of Morris Ellis, mentioned elsewheere. He was among the early settlers in Steuben, and built the stone house at the foot of Ty Coch hill, subsequently owned for many years by Hugh Evans (Pen Castell), and later by Mr. Evans' son William.
Mr. Thomas' house was for many years a temporary home or stopping-place for the newly arrived Welsh people who had no kindred or friends that had preceded them to these parts — his home being their own until they could determine on a location to suit them. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas had no children, but adopted and reared a boy and a girl belonging to different families, and to whom they left as co-heirs an estate amounting to about twenty-five thousand dollars, a large fortune for those days in this locality.
Mr. Thomas' widow erected a monument over his grave bearing a suitable inscription, whereon also was left a space for an inscription to herself. After her death, however, the legatees — the foster children, by their guardians — became involved in litigation over a division of the personal estate, and the monument stands to-day bearing no inscription to this most estimable woman She died August 2, 1854.