Thomas Walling, II

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Thomas Walling (abt. 1653 - bef. 1724)

Thomas Walling aka Wallen

Born about 1653 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Son of Thomas Wallen and Mary (Abbott) Walling

Brother of Gershom Walling, Abigail Walling, James Walling, William Walling [half] and Cornelius Walling [half]

Husband of Sarah (Elwell) Walling — married 10 May 1695 in Providence, Rhode Island

Father of Abigail (Walling) Bediant, Thomas Walling, John Walling, William Walling, Mary (Walling) Garrison, James Walling I, Samuel Walling, Elisha Walling, Joseph Walling, Benjamin Walling, Deborah Martha (Walling) Cook and Rebekah Walling

Died before 22 Oct 1724 in Cohansey, Salem, New Jersey

Thomas Walling is a part of New Jersey history.

The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.

3 Sources

Biography

Thomas Walling was likely born in about 1653.[1] He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of Thomas Walling and Mary Abbott.[2] He is named in his father's will, dated 19 July 1674. Thomas had not yet reached the age of 21 when the will was made.[3] His father died in about 1675, just as Thomas was reaching adulthood.[4]

King Philip's War & Aftermath

In 1675, the brutal conflict known as King Philip's War erupted between the New England settlers and their Indian allies on the one hand, and a coalition of the Wampanoag, Nipmunk, Narragansett, Nashaway, and Wabanaki nations along their frontier. This calamity was arguably the bloodiest conflict in American history. Approximately one in ten English men of fighting age were killed, their towns throughout the region were attacked and destroyed or damaged, and the destruction of the native tribes they opposed was almost complete. Thousands of native people were killed and hundreds more were captured and sold into slavery.[5]

On March 29, 1676, a group of as many as 1500 warriors led by the Narraganset sachem Canochet attacked Providence. Most of the town's five hundred inhabitants had fled to the safety of Aquidneck Island, but 27 men remained behind to do what they could to defend the town.[6] Thomas Walling was one of those men who "staied and went not away" from Providence.[7] As a result, he was granted a share in the Indian captives sold into slavery after that conflict.[8]

A few years later, Thomas swore an oath of allegiance to the King in Providence on May 26, 1682.[9] In August 1688, he appears on the tax lists in Providence.[10]

Marriage

Thomas Walling married Sarah Elwell, of East Greenwich, on 10 May 1695 in Providence, Rhode Island.[11]

Migration to New Jersey

Based on the birth locations of his children given in the early Providence town records, he appears to have migrated from Rhode Island to New Jersey shortly before 1700. His children born after 1699 were born in Salem or Cohansey, New Jersey.[12]

Death and Probate

Thomas Walling of Salem County, carpenter, wrote his will on 19 May 1724; it was proved 22 October 1724. He named wife Sarah and nine of the children listed below, including "undutiful son William" who died at age 17 in 1718. [13]

He died before 22 Oct 1724, when his will was proven in Cohansey, Salem County, New Jersey.[13]

Children

Children of Thomas Walling and Sarah Elwell include:

Abigail, b. 6 March 1698, m. John Bediant
Thomas, b. 8 Feb 1699
John, b. 20 Jun 1700
William, b. 21 Nov 1701
Mary, b. 8 Sep 1703, m. Jacob Garrison
James, b. 2 April 1705
Samuel, b. 14 Mar 1707
Elisha, b. 26 July 1708
Joseph, b. 30 April 1709
Benjamin, b. abt 1711
Deborah Martha, b. 22 June 1714
Rebekah, b. 22 June 1717

Of these, Abigail, Thomas, John, William, James, Elisha, Joseph, Benjamin, and Rebecah are named in his will.[13] Abigail, Thomas, John, William, Mary, and James are listed in the Early Town Records of Providence.[14] All except Benjamin and Rebecca are listed in Arnold's Rhode Island Vital Record extracts.[15]

Research Notes

Estimated Date of Birth

The birth year of 1653 is a rough estimate based upon the following facts:

His parents were married between Jan-July 1651, and therefore their first child was likely born in 1652 or 1653.
Thomas had not yet reached the age of 21 when his father made his will on 19 July 1674; Thomas was therefore born in 1653 or later.[16]
He was an adult old enough to stay behind with the small group of other men who remained to defend Providence from Indian attack in March 1676, and shared in the slave proceeds. Assuming he was at least 21 by then, he would have been born between 1653-1655.
Wilder cites a 1719 New Jersey deed from Thomas to his son Thomas Walling III, identifying himself as "eldest son and heir of Thomas Walling, deceased."[17] This suggests he was likely born in about 1653.
Note that Wilder[18] and others[19] give an estimated birth date of 1662 or as late as 1669. However, no sources are cited for these later dates, and given his his father's near constant philandering from 1662-1668, it seems likely that all of the children of his parents Thomas and Mary were born before 1662. In addition, if this Thomas was born in 1662, he would have been only 14 during the attack on Providence in 1676; and if he had been born in 1669, he would have just been 7 years old. Both Wilder and Wallin incorrectly identify his father Thomas as the one who "staid and went not away," but Thomas' father Thomas died on July 19, 1774, almost two years before the attack on Providence.[20] Wilder speculates Gershom Walling, also named as a son of Thomas Walling Sr., may have been the older sibling, based on his distinct treatment in Thomas Sr.'s will.[21] This is possible, but highly speculative.

In any case, this Thomas was likely either the first or second born child of Thomas Walling and Mary Abbott, born between 1653-55.

Notes on Marriage Date and Dates of Birth of Children

There are several slightly inconsistent sources for the details of the marriage and birth dates of their children. The town records of Providence is the most primary source identified so far, and the details given in this biography are based on that source when available. For comparison, other sources include Arnold,[22] Torrey,[23] and Austin.[24]

New Jersey muster roles

A Thomas Walling appears on the Colonial Muster Roll for Cohansey in Salem County, New Jersey, in 1715.[25][26] However, given his age, this was likely his son, Thomas Walling.

Sources

↑ See explanation in Research Notes.
↑ John Osborne Austin, The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Albany, NY: Joel Munsells Sons, 1887), 214.
↑ Horatio Rogers, et al., The Early Records of the Town of Providence, 21 vols. (Providence, RI: Snow & Farnham City Printers, 1892-1915), 6:13-16.
↑ See profile of Thomas Walling.
↑ For an excellent history of the conflict, see Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Voyage to War (London: HarperPress, 2006), Part IV: War.
↑ Philbrick, Mayflower: A Voyage to War, 300-302.
↑ Early Records of the Town of Providence, 8:12 & 15:iv-v.
↑ Early Records of the Town of Providence, 8:12-13. See also Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, 214.
↑ Early Records of the Town of Providence, 4:55. See also James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 4 vols. (Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1862), 4:399.
↑ Carolyn Wallin, Elisha Wallen The Longhunter (Johnson City, TN: Overmountain Press, 1990), 48; citing Richard LeBaron Bowen, Early Rehoboth: Documented of Families and Events in this Plymouth Colony Township, 4 vols., (Rehoboth, MA: 1945-1950), 1:89-100. For more information on Bowen's works, see The Richard Bowen Project.
↑ Early Records of the Town of Providence, 5:331.
↑ Early Records of the Town of Providence, 5:331; James Newell Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co. , 1892), 2 (Providence):252-53.
↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Thomas Walling of Salem Co., Calendar of Wills, Administrations, Etc. 1670-1730. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. (Trenton, NJ: Archives of the State of New Jersey), volume 23, page 488.
↑ Early Records of the Town of Providence, 5:331.
↑ Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, 2 (Providence):252-53.
↑ Early Records of the Town of Providence, 6:13-16
↑ Maribelle Wilder, A Wallen-Walling Genealogy (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1985), 19.
↑ Wilder, A Wallen-Walling Genealogy, 19-20.
↑ E.g., Wallin, Elisha Wallen The Longhunter, 48.
↑ Early Records of the Town of Providence, 5:203.
↑ Wilder, A Wallen-Walling Genealogy, 19-20.
↑ Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, 2(Providence):67 (Sarah Elwell) & 191 (Thomas Walling).
↑ Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985), 777; images, Ancestry.com, (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3824/images/gpc_ne... : accessed 1 Jan 2021).
↑ Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, 214.
↑ Wallin, Elisha Wallen The Longhunter, 49.
↑ Ancestry, "New Jersey, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890," database, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3562/ : accessed 1 Jan 2021), search terms: Thomas Walling, Salem County.
See also:

Ancestry, Find a Grave, database, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44241256 : accessed 3 Dec 2020), memorial 44241256, Thomas Walling II (1654-1724), Walling Cemetery, Salem County, New Jersey; no gravestone image.

Notes:

Title: Will of Thomas Walling
Source Text: The will of Thomas Walling was dated 19 May 1724; it was proved 22 Oct 1724 at Cohansey, Salem Co., New Jersey

The name of Thomas Walden is also pronounced Wallen and Walling and possibly Walding

Sources from Rootsweb/Ancestry:

1) Noah Smothers Family Tree.

Contact: Noah Smothers Email:nsmother@socket.net

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2)Martin-Huntzberg Connections

Contact: Donna Martin Email:ggydonna@gmail.com

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=marthunt&...

SECOND GENERATION

Thomas Walling II was born October 22, 1662 at Providence, Rhode Island. He married Sarah Elwell in 1695 and the family moved to Salem County, New Jersey. Thomas Walling II died there in 1724. He was a carpenter and farmer.

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Thomas Walling, born February 08, 1668/69 in Providence, Rhode Island; died August 22, 1724 in Cohansey, Salem, New Jersey. He was the son of Thomas Walling and Mary Abbott. He married Sarah Elwell May 10, 1695 in Providence, Rhode Island

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Thomas Walling (abt. 1653 - bef. 1724)

Thomas Walling aka Wallen

Born about 1653 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Son of Thomas Wallen and Mary (Abbott) Walling

Brother of Gershom Walling, Abigail Walling, James Walling, William Walling [half] and Cornelius Walling [half]

Husband of Sarah (Elwell) Walling — married 10 May 1695 in Providence, Rhode Island

Father of Abigail (Walling) Bediant, Thomas Walling, John Walling, William Walling, Mary (Walling) Garrison, James Walling I, Samuel Walling, Elisha Walling, Joseph Walling, Benjamin Walling, Deborah Martha (Walling) Cook and Rebekah Walling

Died before 22 Oct 1724 in Cohansey, Salem, New Jersey

Thomas Walling is a part of New Jersey history.

The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.

3 Sources

Biography

Thomas Walling was likely born in about 1653.[1] He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of Thomas Walling and Mary Abbott.[2] He is named in his father's will, dated 19 July 1674. Thomas had not yet reached the age of 21 when the will was made.[3] His father died in about 1675, just as Thomas was reaching adulthood.[4]

King Philip's War & Aftermath

In 1675, the brutal conflict known as King Philip's War erupted between the New England settlers and their Indian allies on the one hand, and a coalition of the Wampanoag, Nipmunk, Narragansett, Nashaway, and Wabanaki nations along their frontier. This calamity was arguably the bloodiest conflict in American history. Approximately one in ten English men of fighting age were killed, their towns throughout the region were attacked and destroyed or damaged, and the destruction of the native tribes they opposed was almost complete. Thousands of native people were killed and hundreds more were captured and sold into slavery.[5]

On March 29, 1676, a group of as many as 1500 warriors led by the Narraganset sachem Canochet attacked Providence. Most of the town's five hundred inhabitants had fled to the safety of Aquidneck Island, but 27 men remained behind to do what they could to defend the town.[6] Thomas Walling was one of those men who "staied and went not away" from Providence.[7] As a result, he was granted a share in the Indian captives sold into slavery after that conflict.[8]

A few years later, Thomas swore an oath of allegiance to the King in Providence on May 26, 1682.[9] In August 1688, he appears on the tax lists in Providence.[10]

Marriage

Thomas Walling married Sarah Elwell, of East Greenwich, on 10 May 1695 in Providence, Rhode Island.[11]

Migration to New Jersey

Based on the birth locations of his children given in the early Providence town records, he appears to have migrated from Rhode Island to New Jersey shortly before 1700. His children born after 1699 were born in Salem or Cohansey, New Jersey.[12]

Death and Probate

Thomas Walling of Salem County, carpenter, wrote his will on 19 May 1724; it was proved 22 October 1724. He named wife Sarah and nine of the children listed below, including "undutiful son William" who died at age 17 in 1718. [13]

He died before 22 Oct 1724, when his will was proven in Cohansey, Salem County, New Jersey.[13]

Children

Children of Thomas Walling and Sarah Elwell include:

Abigail, b. 6 March 1698, m. John Bediant Thomas, b. 8 Feb 1699
John, b. 20 Jun 1700
William, b. 21 Nov 1701
Mary, b. 8 Sep 1703, m. Jacob Garrison
James, b. 2 April 1705
Samuel, b. 14 Mar 1707
Elisha, b. 26 July 1708
Joseph, b. 30 April 1709
Benjamin, b. abt 1711
Deborah Martha, b. 22 June 1714
Rebekah, b. 22 June 1717

Of these, Abigail, Thomas, John, William, James, Elisha, Joseph, Benjamin, and Rebecah are named in his will.[13] Abigail, Thomas, John, William, Mary, and James are listed in the Early Town Records of Providence.[14] All except Benjamin and Rebecca are listed in Arnold's Rhode Island Vital Record extracts.[15]

Research Notes

Estimated Date of Birth

The birth year of 1653 is a rough estimate based upon the following facts:

His parents were married between Jan-July 1651, and therefore their first child was likely born in 1652 or 1653.
Thomas had not yet reached the age of 21 when his father made his will on 19 July 1674; Thomas was therefore born in 1653 or later.[16]
He was an adult old enough to stay behind with the small group of other men who remained to defend Providence from Indian attack in March 1676, and shared in the slave proceeds. Assuming he was at least 21 by then, he would have been born between 1653-1655.
Wilder cites a 1719 New Jersey deed from Thomas to his son Thomas Walling III, identifying himself as "eldest son and heir of Thomas Walling, deceased."[17] This suggests he was likely born in about 1653.
Note that Wilder[18] and others[19] give an estimated birth date of 1662 or as late as 1669. However, no sources are cited for these later dates, and given his his father's near constant philandering from 1662-1668, it seems likely that all of the children of his parents Thomas and Mary were born before 1662. In addition, if this Thomas was born in 1662, he would have been only 14 during the attack on Providence in 1676; and if he had been born in 1669, he would have just been 7 years old. Both Wilder and Wallin incorrectly identify his father Thomas as the one who "staid and went not away," but Thomas' father Thomas died on July 19, 1774, almost two years before the attack on Providence.[20] Wilder speculates Gershom Walling, also named as a son of Thomas Walling Sr., may have been the older sibling, based on his distinct treatment in Thomas Sr.'s will.[21] This is possible, but highly speculative.

In any case, this Thomas was likely either the first or second born child of Thomas Walling and Mary Abbott, born between 1653-55.

Notes on Marriage Date and Dates of Birth of Children

There are several slightly inconsistent sources for the details of the marriage and birth dates of their children. The town records of Providence is the most primary source identified so far, and the details given in this biography are based on that source when available. For comparison, other sources include Arnold,[22] Torrey,[23] and Austin.[24]

New Jersey muster roles

A Thomas Walling appears on the Colonial Muster Roll for Cohansey in Salem County, New Jersey, in 1715.[25][26] However, given his age, this was likely his son, Thomas Walling.

Sources

↑ See explanation in Research Notes.
↑ John Osborne Austin, The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Albany, NY: Joel Munsells Sons, 1887), 214.
↑ Horatio Rogers, et al., The Early Records of the Town of Providence, 21 vols. (Providence, RI: Snow & Farnham City Printers, 1892-1915), 6:13-16.
↑ See profile of Thomas Walling.
↑ For an excellent history of the conflict, see Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Voyage to War (London: HarperPress, 2006), Part IV: War.
↑ Philbrick, Mayflower: A Voyage to War, 300-302.
↑ Early Records of the Town of Providence, 8:12 & 15:iv-v.
↑ Early Records of the Town of Providence, 8:12-13. See also Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, 214.
↑ Early Records of the Town of Providence, 4:55. See also James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 4 vols. (Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1862), 4:399.
↑ Carolyn Wallin, Elisha Wallen The Longhunter (Johnson City, TN: Overmountain Press, 1990), 48; citing Richard LeBaron Bowen, Early Rehoboth: Documented of Families and Events in this Plymouth Colony Township, 4 vols., (Rehoboth, MA: 1945-1950), 1:89-100. For more information on Bowen's works, see The Richard Bowen Project.
↑ Early Records of the Town of Providence, 5:331.
↑ Early Records of the Town of Providence, 5:331; James Newell Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co. , 1892), 2 (Providence):252-53.
↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Thomas Walling of Salem Co., Calendar of Wills, Administrations, Etc. 1670-1730. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. (Trenton, NJ: Archives of the State of New Jersey), volume 23, page 488.
↑ Early Records of the Town of Providence, 5:331.
↑ Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, 2 (Providence):252-53.
↑ Early Records of the Town of Providence, 6:13-16
↑ Maribelle Wilder, A Wallen-Walling Genealogy (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1985), 19.
↑ Wilder, A Wallen-Walling Genealogy, 19-20.
↑ E.g., Wallin, Elisha Wallen The Longhunter, 48.
↑ Early Records of the Town of Providence, 5:203.
↑ Wilder, A Wallen-Walling Genealogy, 19-20.
↑ Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, 2(Providence):67 (Sarah Elwell) & 191 (Thomas Walling).
↑ Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985), 777; images, Ancestry.com, (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3824/images/gpc_ne... : accessed 1 Jan 2021).
↑ Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, 214.
↑ Wallin, Elisha Wallen The Longhunter, 49.
↑ Ancestry, "New Jersey, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890," database, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3562/ : accessed 1 Jan 2021), search terms: Thomas Walling, Salem County.
See also:

Ancestry, Find a Grave, database, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44241256 : accessed 3 Dec 2020), memorial 44241256, Thomas Walling II (1654-1724), Walling Cemetery, Salem County, New Jersey; no gravestone image.