THOMAS HELME III - GENEALOGY RECORDS


Husband:	Thomas Helme (III)						
Born:		6-Mar-1728	in Brookhaven Township, Suffolk County, NY
Died:		10-Sep-1818	in Miller Place, Suffolk County, NY
Buried:		buried in small cemetery at Miller Place Woods, Miller Place, NY
		footstone reading Thomas Helme now in Seaview Cemetery, Mt. Sinai, NY
Will Dated:	11-Oct-1806
Codicil:	6-Feb-1813
Probated:	24-Nov-1818 (Liber D, Pg. 174 No. 834)
Occupation:	surveyor; justice of the peace
Father:		Thomas Helme (II)
Mother:		Johanna Miller

Wife:		Hannah Smith
Married:	15-Nov-1753	Old Smithtown Presbytherian Church, Smithtown, NY
				by Napthale Doggert for a fee of 6 schillings (his
				usual fee being 8 schillings).
Born:		25-Mar-1729
Died		6-Feb-1789
Buried:		burial stone in Seaview Cemetery, Mount Sinai, Suffolk County, NY 
Father:		William Henry Smith (Major)
Mother:		Hannah Sayre of Southampton, NY
Grandfather:    William "Tangier" Smith
Grandmother:    Martha Tunstall
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Issue:
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Thomas Helme IV				   Born:      1-Jan-1755 Miller Place,NY
     					   Died:      14-Jul-1775 in Miller Place, NY
					   Buried:    burial stone in Seaview Cemetery, 
					              Mount Sinai, NY  
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Hannah Helme				   Born:      5-Oct-1757 in Miller Place,NY
  sp. James Woodhull, Miller Place, NY	   Married:   6-Oct-1792
  Born:3-Oct-1752  Died:11-Sep-1798	   Died:      13-Feb-1831 in Miller Place, NY
  Issue:  James Helme Woodhull		   Buried:    burial stone in Seaview Cemetery,  
  Born: 5-Aug-1798  Died: 27-Oct-1849		      Mount Sinai, NY
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William Henry Helme			   Born:      14-Sep-1758 in Miller Place,NY
  sp. Sarah Phillips of Smithtown, NY	   Married:   22-Dec-1783
  Born:14-Jul-1763  Died:14-Nov-1836 	   Died:      8-Jun-1812 in Miller Place, NY
    					   Buried:    burial stone in Seaview Cemetery, 
						      Mount Sinai, NY   	
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Martha Helme				   Born:      19-Feb-1761 in Miller Place,NY
   sp. William Mills of Mills Pond,	   Married:   27-Dec-1785
   Smithtown, NY  			   Died:      23-Nov-1854
   Born: 27-Aug-1757 Died:12-June-1837     Buried:    Mills Graveyard, Mills Pond, 
						      Smithtown, NY
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Caleb Helme				   Born:      27-Jun-1762/63 in Miller Place,NY
   sp. Elizabeth Hopkins, Miller Place, NY Married:   23-Oct-1791
   daughter of Samuel Hopkins Jr.	   Died:      19-Nov-1798 in Miller Place, NY 
   Issue: Eliza Helme			   	      in his 36th year
	          			   Buried:    burial stone in Seaview Cemetery,
				                      Mount Sinai, NY	      
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Clarissa Helme				   Born:      1765 in Miller Place, NY
					   Died:      6-Aug-1767 (died at 2 years)
					   Buried:    burial stone in Seaview Cemetery,
					              Mount Sinai, NY
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Brookhaven Town Records Index Listing
Thomas Helme (III) appears as follows:
--land equlised to him 1-Apr-1743
--elected trustee 5-May-1767
--elected trustee 3-May-1768
--elected trustee 3-May-1769

A reported incident dated 1775 can be viewed in the ARCHIVE link when Thomas was serving as Chairman pro tem for the Committee of Observation (also known as Committee of Safety).

The Church of the Latter Day Saints Family Group have on microfilm #6142847 the marriage record of Thomas Helme to Hannah Smith on 16-Nov-1753.

Registered ear-mark - Thomas Helme May ye 18th 1758.
Thomas Helme his ear-mark is a "Crop on ye Right Ear and a slope ye under ye Side of Same Ear and a
half penny ye upper Side of ye Left Ear and a Crop in ye Left Ear".

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