Like the River: The Big Book of the Thames Family History •

Cover illustration, The Thames Family of North Carolina, Circa 1735-1805 — Cover illustration, *The Thames Family of North Carolina*, *Circa 1735-1805*

This venture/project/(nightmare?) is the culmination of research into our Thames family – both ancestors and descendants. Walt and Maxine Gabennesch first published their book, The Thames Family of North Carolina, Circa 1735-1805 in June 2006. Later in the year, November, they published the second edition, adding new information and making a few corrections when new information necessitated. I received permission from the family of Walt and Maxine Gabennesch (both now deceased – rest in peace) to use their well-written book as a basis, and the purpose of this book is to add new information based on discoveries made since 2006.

Whenever possible, hyperlinks to cited documents are provided, so that you can view the documents yourself. Clicking on the links will open them in a new window; this way you can easily return to the book. I have done my best to provide links that are free; in cases where a subscription is required, I have noted them as such with “$” preceding the link. When linking to records on familysearch.org, you may need to log in to your account; if you don’t already have an account, you can set one up for free.

Additionally, individual pages for persons of interest will be added. Clicking on a name when a hyperlink is provided will take you to a page dedicated to that particular ancestor.

The version on this website is intended to provide information about the Thames family in North Carolina and beyond, and it will incorporate newly discovered information as it’s discovered and is intended to be dynamic – meaning, it will be revised and updated as new leads and information come to light. For this reason alone, it’s best not to copy and paste information from this website into another website or an ancestor page on ancestry.com, familysearch.org, wikitree.com, myheritage.com, geneanet.com, and the like. If it’s copied and pasted into a website, any new information or corrections added here will not be updated on those sites. Instead, please consider simply adding a link on one of those websites to this website.

This book is a collaborative effort, so I encourage and welcome your contributions, comments, feedback and corrections. Any information you have (or your great-grandmother had) tucked away that can help corroborate or correct information in this book is welcomed. After all, we all want an accurate family tree, right? So without further ado, please feel free to dive in.