Thomas Goldsmith was born in 1775 in New York. He was married twice, first to Ann Horton and second to Sarah Tyler.[1]
In 1807, Thomas was a trustee of the Presbyterian Church in Palmyra. According to the 1830 US Federal Census, Thomas (age 75) lived in Palmyra with Sarah Goldsmith (age 64), Julia Goldsmith (age 30), Allen Goldsmith (age 26), Myron Spalding (age 41), Hester Spalding (age 13), Emma Spalding (age 10), and Aston Miller (age 18).[2] Thomas died in 1851 in New York.
[1] Troskosky, Palmyra: A Bicentennial, p. 94.
[2] US Federal Census, 1830.