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Joseph Tomlinson

Birth
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Death
1 Dec 1797 (aged 85)
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
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Son of Harriet Trowbridge and James Tomlinson(3), Joseph(2), James(1). Married to Rebecca Swearingen c. 1740.

Children (may be more):
Mary Tomlonson 1735-1809
Drusilla Tomlinson 1739-1774
James: 1742 - 1816
Joseph: 1745 - 1825
Samuel: 1746- 1777
Nathaniel Tomlinson 1747-1833
Elizabeth: 1749 - 1837
Benjamin: 1752 - 1838
Jesse: 1753 - 1840

JOSEPH TOMLINSON, Sr., b. 10/12/1712, Ireland, d. 12/1/1797, VA/WV, married 10/21/1738, Arundel County, MD, Rebecca Swearingen, d/o Van Swearingen & Elizabeth Walker. Children: James, b. 11/6/1742; Joseph, Jr., b. 10/12/1745, m. Elizabeth Hartness; Samuel, b. 1747, d. at Fort Henry; Lucy (Elizabeth), b. 1749, m. Joshua Baker; Benjamin, b. 12/11/1752, m. Rachel Greathouse; Jesse, b. 1753, m. Elizabeth Basil; Rebecca, b. 2/14/1754, m. (1) John Martin, (2) Isaac Williams; Nathaniel, b. 1750, m. Elizabeth Baker Harvey, widow, lived in Natchez, MS, no issue.(John & Drusilla are often mentioned as children but no proof.) One of the earliest settlers, lived on Big Wheeling Creek, left land to Joseph, Jr. who later sold it. Listed in D.A.R. Patriot Index, Patriotic Service, VA.

(Source: Phyllis Dye Slater.)
Son of Harriet Trowbridge and James Tomlinson(3), Joseph(2), James(1). Married to Rebecca Swearingen c. 1740.

Children (may be more):
Mary Tomlonson 1735-1809
Drusilla Tomlinson 1739-1774
James: 1742 - 1816
Joseph: 1745 - 1825
Samuel: 1746- 1777
Nathaniel Tomlinson 1747-1833
Elizabeth: 1749 - 1837
Benjamin: 1752 - 1838
Jesse: 1753 - 1840

JOSEPH TOMLINSON, Sr., b. 10/12/1712, Ireland, d. 12/1/1797, VA/WV, married 10/21/1738, Arundel County, MD, Rebecca Swearingen, d/o Van Swearingen & Elizabeth Walker. Children: James, b. 11/6/1742; Joseph, Jr., b. 10/12/1745, m. Elizabeth Hartness; Samuel, b. 1747, d. at Fort Henry; Lucy (Elizabeth), b. 1749, m. Joshua Baker; Benjamin, b. 12/11/1752, m. Rachel Greathouse; Jesse, b. 1753, m. Elizabeth Basil; Rebecca, b. 2/14/1754, m. (1) John Martin, (2) Isaac Williams; Nathaniel, b. 1750, m. Elizabeth Baker Harvey, widow, lived in Natchez, MS, no issue.(John & Drusilla are often mentioned as children but no proof.) One of the earliest settlers, lived on Big Wheeling Creek, left land to Joseph, Jr. who later sold it. Listed in D.A.R. Patriot Index, Patriotic Service, VA.

(Source: Phyllis Dye Slater.)

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West Virginia was not a state until 1863.



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