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Joshua Thomas
Born	(1776-08-30)August 30, 1776 Somerset County, Maryland
Died	October 8, 1853(1853-10-08) (aged 77) Deal Island, Maryland
Occupation	Preacher

Joshua Thomas (August 30, 1776 – October 8, 1853), also known as the Parson of the Islands, was a Methodist preacher and reverend who proselytized in the Chesapeake Bay and Delmarva Peninsula regions.

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Early life

Joshua Thomas was born on August 30, 1776 to Martha Thomas and John Thomas, a sailor and former schoolteacher, in Somerset County, Maryland. His father died when he was a child, and his mother remarried when he was five or six years old.

References

• Wallace, Adam (1861). The Parson of the Islands. ISBN 0970380224.