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- Joseph Trimble1711 - 1787
Facts and Events
- He was of Scotch-Irish Lineage meaning those Scots sent to Ireland by King James I
- Turnbulls (Trimbles) were from Roxburghshire, a border county....Turnbull name derived from a man who threw himself between a bull and King Bruce
- The Trimbles' castle was called Bedrule.
- 1730 Came to America from Ireland
- Purchased land in the Village of Brick Meeting House, later Calvert Post Office
- Sent for his parents to come to this country but they were lost at sea
- Worked for Rev. Brown, a Quaker minister of Nottingham Township, Chester Co. PA.
- Chester County, Pennsylvania later became Cecil County, Maryland
- Drove a team of oxen which furnished power for Rev. Brown's mill
- Became a partner with Rev. Brown in his mill.
- 9 FEB 1785 Wrote a will while living in East Nottingham, Cecil County, Maryland
In his will he:
Asked for a decent burial without any unneccessary cost or show.
Left his wife his best feather bed, all the furniture, the Bay Hackney mare, his best cow Bridle, his four best sheep (her choice), best Iron pot, six best silver table spoons (her choice), six best silver tea spoons, (and a lot more)
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