Colley, Thomas

Abt 1682 -

• Name	Colley, Thomas
  Born	Abt 1682	Wales   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I602	Colley-Garner Genealogy
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2017

  
  

  Children	1. Colley, Thomas,   b. Abt 1710
  Family ID	F227	Group Sheet

  
  

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• Notes

  From Draper Collection, Letter 31 from Thomas Colley Johnston (August 7, 1884): "at the age of 19 had the misfortune to kill a bully with hist fist. The man had often followed him and challenged him, for a trial of manhood. Colley struck him but one, - and not then, until his father seeing the affair, walked up and ordered him. He killed the man - "Stelseg" - at the one lick. He hid out of the way of sheriffs for several weeks - and then found his way to London; there married a Huguenot woman and shiped [sic] at once for New York - found his way to near the place Chatham. I saw his deed to two bodies of land, in that office in 1854. This Colley was 6 ft. 9 inches in height, and a giant every way"

  
  

• Sources

  [S30] The Draper Manuscript Collection, Series C, Daniel Boone Papers, Vol. 3. Letters #31 and #33 from Thomas Colley Johnston, Aug 1884