Thomas Trueblood

Thomas was born in the USA Jan. 20 1720. He was the son of Amos Trueblood and Elizabeth Cartwright[1].

He married Lydia Albertson, the daughter of Nathan Albertson, at the Perquimans Monthly Meeting on 14 March 1744.

Thomas and Lydia went on to have 5 children together, 3 sons and two daughters.

They lived on the East bank of the Pasquotank as they are known to have attended the meetings at his father's house when it was not possible to cross the river and attend the Newbegun MM. On 2 November 1752 Thomas was chosen as an overseer.

In 1753 Thomas took over the mill from his father and in the 1754 tax list he was listed with himself and three slaves[2].

Thomas was living there when his father died in 1759. He was left the following in his father's will: I give to my son Thomas Trueblood a Tract of Land & Plantation lying on Mill Creek in Pasquotank County being the place where he now lives, which Thomas Cartwright Gave to his Daughter Elizabeth the Late wife of me the aforesaid Amos Containing by Estemation one Hundred & thirty acres be the same more or less to him his heirs & assigns forever also one Negrow Girl Called Levina with all her increase to him his heirs & assigns ever.

Thomas clearly prospers as between 1753 and 1785 some 19 pieces of land are recorded as being bought by him.

The family were disowned by the Quakers in 1767 (no reason given) and the children again individually in 1770.

In the census of 1790[3] he was shown as owning 10 slaves and this alone would have made it impossible to remain a Quaker.

He passed away about 1794.

Sources
North Carolina, State Census, 1784-1787
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Source number: 388.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: SMH
U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935:Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Minutes and Records, 1680-1762; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes
↑ 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-13) Page 8.
↑ NC 1754 Tax list http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll33...
↑ US 1790 Census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YY8-SLNX?i=8&cc=1...