Person:Joseph Trimble (5)

Joseph Trimble
  1. Joseph Trimble1711 - 1787
m. 30 Nov 1744
  1. William Trimble1745 - 1819
  2. John Trimble1746 - Abt 1809
  3. John Trimble1747 - 1810
  4. Mary Trimble1748 - 1817
m. 22 Feb 1753
  1. Joseph Trimble, Jr.1754 - 1831
  2. Thomas Trimble1756 -
  3. Jacob Trimble1758 -
  4. Sarah Trimble1760 - 1833
  5. Sarah Trimble1760 - 1838
  6. James Trimble1762 - 1831
  7. Elisha Trimble1765 - 1848
Facts and Events
Name Joseph Trimble
Gender Male
Birth? 10 Jul 1711 County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Other? 1730 MarylandArrival
Marriage 30 Nov 1744 to Sarah Churchman
Marriage 22 Feb 1753 to Ann Chandler
Occupation? Mill Owner
Death? 1787 Calvert, Maryland, USA
Religion? Quaker
  • 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)