Maj Gen John Thomas
American
Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
1724/11/09 | Lydia Waterman Thomas, wife of John Thomas, gives birth to a son, John Thomas in Marshfield, Province of Massachusetts Bay. | Born | Marshfield, MA | Massachusetts | |||
1744/00/00 | John Thomas studies medicine with Doctor Simon Tufts in Medford, Province of Massachusetts Bay, presumably completing his studies in 1775. | Education | Medford, MA | Massachusetts | |||
1745/00/00 | Dr John Thomas practices medicine in Kingston, Province of Massachusetts Bay. | Work | Kingston Center Historic District | Kingston, MA | |||
1746/03/00 | Gov William Shirley commissions John Thomas as second surgeon, possibly with the rank of ensign, in Samuel Waldo's regiment. | Work | |||||
1747/00/00 | For about two years, John Thomas serves as a surgeon at Annapolis Royal. Part of the time he is stationed on Capt George Giddings' ordnance packet, which cruises the Nova Scotia coast. | Work | Annapolis Royal, CA-NS | Nova Scotia | |||
1747/00/00 | John Thomas serves at Grand Pre under Lt Col Arthor Noble. | Work | Grand Pre | Nova Scotia | |||
1776/01/00 | With the right wing of the patriot army camped in Roxbury, First Commander John Thomas uses his own residence as his headquarters. | Patriot Commander | Roxbury Heritage State Park | Boston | Siege of Boston | ||
1776/03/04 | John Thomas leads his division to fortify the Dorchester Heights overlooking the south harbor at Boston using cannon that Henry Knox brought from Fort Ticonderoga. | Patriot Commander | Dorchester Heights National Historic Site | Boston | Siege of Boston | ||
1776/06/02 | General John Thomas dies of smallpox during the patriot retreat up the Richelieu River, near Chambly, Province of Quebec, British America. | Died | Chambly | Quebec | United Colonies' Invasion of Quebec 1775 |
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