Contents

• Frontispiece, 2
• Foreword, 6
• Coats of Arms, 9
• I. First Thomas to settle in what is now Trigg County, 13
• II. James Thomas leaves North Carolina for Kentucky, 24
• III. Donaldson Creek Church Organized, 35
• IV. First school on Donaldson Creek, 43
• V. First Thomas to arrive in Virginia, 50
• VI. Thomas descendants in 17th Century Virginia, 57
• VII. Joseph Thomas migrates to North Carolina, 63
• VIII. Joseph Thomas family in Bertie County, N.C., 67
• IX. Luke and Ezekiel Thomas, sons of James Thomas, I, 73
• X. James Thomas, II and his family in Kentucky, 82
• XI. Sisters of James Thomas, II, 104
• XII. Origin of the Thomas family in Wales, 111
• XIII. Drury Bridges of Edgecombe County, N.C., 115
• XIV. Ancestors of Charity (Cohoon) Bridges, 127
• XV. Joseph Bridger of England, 132
• XVI. Joseph Bridger, Jr., the disinherited son, 147
• XVII. William Bridger moves to North Carolina, 152
• XVIII. English origin of Bridger-Bridgers-Bridges, 164
• Index, 173