Caleb Trueblood

Caleb was born 14 April 1732[1] in Pasquotank, North Carolina. [2] He was the youngest son of Amos Trueblood and Elizabeth Cartwright.

On the 1754 tax list Caleb is listed as having one white poll and 2 black polls. Clearly he has moved and set up his own household[3].

On 18 October 1758 at the Newbegun Monthly Meeting he married Mary Conner, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Conner. He was 26 and she just 17.

Caleb was chosen as clerk of the Pasquotank Monthly Meeting on 7 August 1760.

Caleb and Mary had two children together before she died in childbirth, aged just 20, in 1761.

After waiting the prescribed one year following his wife's death, Caleb asked permission on 3 February 1763 from the Surrey County Monthly Meting in Virginia. The Black Water Monthly Meting gives its assent on 19 February and Caleb marries the widow Mourning Merriott two days later on 21 February. Mourning received her certificate of membership from the Pasquotank Meeting on 20 August 1763. Mourning was born Cornwell in 1742 and had married aged just 14 in 1756 to Benjamin Merriott.

They were both heavily involved with the Pasquotank Meeting. Besides being clerk, Caleb was chosen overseer 20 May 1767. Mourning was chosen elder 20 May 1772 and overseer on 16 June 1773, aged 31; tragically she died just 18 months later, in the winter of 1774.

Caleb and Mourning had six children together in their eleven years together. Sadly five of these die as infants or young adults; only Mary reaches maturity and has children of her own.

On 19 March 1777 Caleb asks permission to marry for a third time to the Perquimans Monthly Meeting. He is granted this and on 6 April he married Anna Delano, the widow of Amasa Delano, at the Newbegun Meeting House in Pasquotank. Anna was born Newby in 1745, the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Newby.

Anna was granted membership of the Pasquotank Meeting on 18 June 1777 and was chosen overseer the same day.

Anna and Caleb go on to have six children together in the next thirteen years, meaning Caleb has fourteen children in total over a 31 year span.

In 1779 Caleb is listed in the Quaker section with one tract of land, covering 613 acres and with a value of £8,218[4]. This is the highest ratable value of any of the Truebloods.

In 1781 Caleb is granted pay for service in the Revolutionary Service, which is unusual for a Quaker[5].

By 1789 he is holding 562 acres, having presumably given some to his sons. He is assessed for 2 white and one black poll. Presumably this is a freedman as he is in good standing with the Friends[6]. And yet the following year in the 1790 census[7] he is listed with 3 slaves among the 12 persons in his household. But by the 1800 census[8] there are six people and no slaves, certainly none are listed in his will written the year after.

His will was written and dated 9 February 1801 and he passed away about 1804.

Research Notes
Needs Quaker MM Categories created in a North Carolina for:

Symons MM
Perquimans MM
Newbegun MM
Black Water MM
Last Will & Testament

I Caleb Trueblood Sen. being very sick & weak in Body but of a Sound disposing mind and Memory and calling to mind the Mortality of my body, & that it is appointed for men ones to die, & the time when very uncertain, do therefore make and Ordain this Instrument of Writing to Contain my last Will and Testament for the disposal of Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me Withal in the following manner and form (Viz)

Imprimis I Give to my son Gabriel Trueblood the Lands and Plantation which I purchased of Robert Hosea, lying in Griffin Swamp, to him and his heirs forever.

Item I give to my son William Trueblood the Lands and Plantation which I purchased of Benjamin Lowry to him and his heirs forever

Item I Give to my son Caleb Trueblood the Plantation and Lands whereon I now Dwell to him & his heirs forever.

Item I Leave the use and benefit of the Plantation and Lands whereon I now Dwell, with all the Improvements thereon to my beloved Wife Anna Trueblood during her Natural Life, with the additional priviledge of Cutting & Selling fine wood from said lands for her benefit.

Item I Give to my Beloved Wife Anna Trueblood, one feather bed and furniture 1st choice, - one Riding mare by name Poll, one Riding Chair & Harness, one yoke of Oxen first choice, one Ox cart, two Cows, first and Second Choice, Also all the pewter that she heired by the Death of her Mother, together with Twenty Barrels Indian Corn, and five hundred Weight of salt Meat to her and her disposal.

Item I Give to my son Samuel Trueblood Ten pounds Currency to be raised out of my Estate to him and His heirs forever.

Item I Give to my daughter Mary Morris Twenty pounds Currency to be raised out of my Estate, to her and her disposal.

Item I Give to my Daughter Tishe Smith Ten pounds Currency to be raised out of my Estate to her and her disposal.

Item I Give to my Daughter Miriam Trueblood, one feather bed and furniture Second Choice, one Womens Saddle, together with the Sum of Twenty pounds Currency to be raised out of my Estate, to her and her disposal.

Item I Give to my Daughter Sarah Trueblood one feather bed and furniture Third Choice, one Woman Saddle, together with the sum of Twenty pounds Currency to be raised out of my Estate, to her and her Disposal.

Item I Give to my son Gabriel Trueblood, one feather Bed and furniture fourth Choice to him & his disposal.

Item I Give to my son William Trueblood one feather Bed and furniture fifth Choice, to him & his disposal.

Item I Leave the remainder of my Personal Estate to be equally Divided between five of my Children (Viz) Miriam, Sarah, Gabriel, William & Caleb Trueblood, to them and their heirs.

Lastly I Nominate Constitute and appoint my sons Gabriel Trueblood & William Trueblood Executors to this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and disannulling all other Wills Legacies, Bequests or Executors by me before Named, Willed or bequeathed, Ratifying & Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and Seal this 9th day of the 2nd month in the year of our Lord 1801.

Signed Sealed proved and declared by the Said Caleb Trueblood Caleb Trueblood (seal) to be his last Will & Testament in presence of us Thomas Jordan Timy Trueblood

Sources
↑ The Trueblood family in America, 1682-1963 : John Trueblood of Shoreditch, England, and his descendants: additions and corrections to the 1964 edition / by Bula Trueblood Watson ; with the editorial assistance of Felicity Trueblood; (C-18) Page 10.
↑ William Wade Hinshaw, et al., compilers, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, vol. 1, North Carolina (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers, 1936), 121; digital images, HathiTrust Digital Library (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015002304221&view=1up&... : accessed 5 March 2018).
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