Thomas was of Mill Hill of the parish of Eaton, near the town of Lancaster, or, of a parish of that name in Westmoreland, near Lancashire. He had five girls and five boys. He was a colonel in the English army on the Republican side. Thomas was a preacher in the Society of Friends for 40 years. In 1661, he was detained 7 weeks in the Marshal's custody at Oxford for refusing to take the oath of allegiance.
