Thomas Dossey Wren^{[1, 2, 3]}

Aft 1802 - Bef 1837  (< 33 years)

• Name	Thomas Dossey Wren
  Birth	Aft 1802	Waxhaw, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1830	Putnam, Georgia, United States   [4]
  	Address: District 314
  	Thomas D Wren is taxed for 2 polls. Tax due: $0.62 1/2
  Possessions	18 Jan 1832	Lancaster, South Carolina, United States   [3, 5]
  	received land by deed from his father George Wren
  _AMTID	162485320764:1030:191555462
  _UID	4C4A04C84FE744B78641E4865BBCA3DE5CDF
  Death	Bef 3 Jul 1837	Lancaster, South Carolina, United States
  Person ID	I6758	Scott Dickson
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	George Wren,   b. Abt 1760, Virginia, United States d. 14 Oct 1832–12 Mar 1835, Waxhaw, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States (Age ~ 75 years)
  Mother	Alletha Dossey,   b. Maryland, United States d. Bef 1810, Waxhaw, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States
  Marriage	Abt 1788	Lancaster, South Carolina, United States   [2, 3, 6]
  	The international marriage index lists this as 1798. Clearly, it has to be by 3 Mar 1798 when the oldest child is born. But since there are 2 women listed in the 1790 census, I feel like this is mostly likely just before that census. Probably around 1788. Notes for Alletha Dossey (Dorsey) (Betty Wren) !MARR: Circuit Court Halifax Co.Va Bk.19 p12 While we have proof of the marriage, we do not have a record to prove when and where it happened. The deed records show that Alletha is the daughter of Caleb Dossey and Nancy Beech. But we do not have anything to link that further back.
  Family ID	F229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Cousar Kirk,   b. 20 Oct 1810, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States d. 2 Sep 1846, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States (Age 35 years)  [3]
  Marriage	Lancaster, South Carolina, United States   [3]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Wren
  Family ID	F241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Some family stories tell that he settled near Stockton, California but that must be someone else. However, if his wife remarried, then he presumably died rather than went west.

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] Wren Patterson, The Wren Family In America. [S57] Wren Family Research Notes. [S808] Betty Wren Research Notes, Descendants of William Wren and Mary Tomlinson. [S1438] Georgia, Putnam Co, Tax Digests, 1820-1866, 3 September 2018; 1830 Tax List, District 314, Thomas D Wren. [S1734] South Carolina, Lancaster, Conveyance books, 1787-1910; index, 1787-1937, 8 August 2020; Conveyance Book M, p. 453, Wren to Wren. [S2057] RLP, FamilySearch, Virginia, Halifax, Deed Books 1752-1900, 29 July 2024; p. 12; Deed Book 20 1801-1803, Deed Barksdale from Wren; 7 January 1801.