Abraham Thomas is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Abraham Thomas
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4201504
Unit:
Merchant Ship Paul Jones
Date of Death:
1814-07-23
State:
Connecticut
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Abraham Thomas was a 32-year-old seaman from New Haven who served aboard the merchant ship Paul Jones. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Thomas died of heart failure on July 23, 1814. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.