Thomas 2 WALLING Jr. ²⁵

  General Notes:

Thomas Walling 2 gave his oath of allegiance to the King in May of
1682. In1687 Thomas was on the Tax and Ratable Estate List for
Providence. After Thomas Walling's marriage to Sarah Elwell in 1695, the
couple moved to Piles Grove in Salem County, New Jersey, along with
Sarah's parents. Thomas Elwell, Sarah's father, left 15 acres of land to
Thomas Walling in his will.

Thomas Walling was listed as Overseer for the Poor for the Piles Grove
Precinct in1707. He was on the Colonial Muster Roll for the north side
of Cohansey, New Jersey in 1715.

Both Thomas and Sarah Walling died in 1724 in Salem County, New Jersey.
Thomas' will was dated May 19, 1724 and proven on October 22, 1724 in
Salem County, New Jersey. All his children are listed including "my
undutiful son, William". This William may have been the first Wallen
relation to settle in what is now East Tennessee, for all records of him
are lost after 1750 and a notation is found in court records that William
"moved to Carolina".

Executors of Thomas Walling 2's estate were his sons Thomas 3 and James.
The inventory of Thomas' personal estate amounted to a little over 108
British pounds. Thomas Walling 2 was a carpenter.

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Thomas married Sarah ELWELL, daughter of Thomas ELWELL and Unknown, on 20 May 1695 in Providence Plantation , Providence, Rhode Island U.S.A. (Sarah ELWELL was born on 24 Aug 1676 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, U.S.A. and died in 1724 in , Salem, New Jersy, U.S.A..)