Background
Born September 1st, 1791, son of John Molson (1763–1836) and Sarah Insley Vaughan, at Montreal, Quebec.
Born September 1st, 1791, son of John Molson (1763–1836) and Sarah Insley Vaughan, at Montreal, Quebec.
Thomas Molson was educated in private schools and apprenticed to the brewery trade.
After an unprofitable venture into distilling in 1822, he withdrew from the partnership and settled in Kingston, Upper Canada, where he engaged in extensive brewing and distilling operations from 1824 to 1835. In 1836 he returned to Montreal to resume management of the family business. Under the firm-name of Thomas & William Molson it became one of the leading distilleries in North America.
Thomas Molson was a benefactor of McGill University and the Montreal General Hospital.
He also built a private church, Saint Thomas, and a theological college. In 1816 he wed Martha Molson (1795–1848), daughter of Thomas Molson (1768–1803) and Anne Atkinson (1765–1813).
Thomas and Martha had at least eleven children before her death in 1848. In 1859 Thomas remarried to Sophia Stevenson, daughter of John Frederick Stevenson & Mary Catherine Coyne.
Sophia died at Portuguese Hope in 1909.
They had no children. Percival Molson - son of John Thomas Molson and grandson of Thomas Molson
Lillias Savage Molson (1866 - 1919) - daughter of John Thomas Molson
Herbert Molson(1875 - 1938) - son of John Thomas Molson
Kenneth Molson (1877 - 1932) - son of John Thomas Molson
Mabel Molson (1879 - 1973) - daughter of John Thomas Molson
Walter Molson (1883 - 1953) - son of John Thomas Molson.