THOMAS ENGLISH, fourth child of James and Elizabeth Denton English, was born in English's Ferry, New River, Virginia about 1791. He married SARAH COULSON. He died in Texas about 1835 during the period of Mexican Rule. After his death, Sarah remarried to WILLIAM RIDDLE, and by 1860, they had moved to southern Houston County, in the area on the county line between Houston and Trinity Counties, with several of the children by Thomas English.
The Children of Thomas and Sarah Coulson English:
| Index | The Children | Date of Birth/Notes |
| A. | Elizabeth "Betsy" English | 1818 in Tennessee Married Harrison Davis |
| B. | William Thomas English | 1821 in Tennessee Married Eliza J. Phillips |
| C. | James English | 1823 in Tennessee Married Isabell Linwood Williams |
| D. | John Erwin English | 1/22/1825 in Lincoln County, Tennessee |
| E. | Wilburn English | 1827 |
| F. | Peter Stephen English | 1829 Married Sarah Davenport/Margaret Arnold |
| G. | Louisa English | 1830 in Panola County,Texas-Married Aaron Lowery |
| H. | Jonas English | 1833 |
| I. | Mary Jane English | 1835 |
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