Thomas Lamb (1745) was disowned by the Fairfax MM, Loudon County, Virginia, on May 29, 1766, for an indiscretion with a woman. As often happened among the Quakers, a disowned family could apply for membership to another Monthly Meeting.
There has been much confusion over these two Thomas Lamb's and I am
posting this information in hopes of clearing this up for anyone out
there who still has the wrong Thomas Lamb with the wrong family.THE TWO THOMAS LAMB'S, ONE FROM NORTH CAROLINA AND ONE FROM SOUTH
CAROLINA.THOMAS LAMB WHO MARRIED SARAH MOORE IN PERQUIMANS (PINEY WOODS) NORTH
CAROLINA VS THOMAS LAMB WHO MARRIED SARAH (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN) IN BUSH
RIVER, SOUTH CAROLINA.According to the Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 1, Perquimans
(Piney Woods) North Carolina Monthly Meeting, page 57, 1746, 9, 5 --
THOMAS LAMB left to marry SARAH MOORE. And in Vol. 1, Perquimans (Piney
Woods) North Carolina Monthly Meeting, page 60, 1746, 9, 5 -- SARAH
MOORE left to marry THOMAS LAMB. This Thomas Lamb could not possibly be
our Thomas Lamb because our Thomas Lamb was born about 1745 PA and this
Thomas Lamb and Sarah Moore were married in 1746 NC.This is our THOMAS LAMB (born about 1745 Bucks Co., PA), son of Thomas
amb and Alice Longshore, and his wife SARAH (born about 1748) (maiden
name unknown) is found in Vol. 1, Bush River, South Carolina Monthly
Meeting, page 1021:
Page 41
Thomas Lamb
Sarah Lamb
Children:Robert born 5-23-1766
Elizabeth born 1-18-1768
William born 11-16-1769
Thomas born 11-16-1771
Joseph born 11-18-1773
Mary born 12-22-1775
David born 12-28-1777
John born 12-19-1779
Alice born 7-8-1782 died 7-12-1782
Alice born 6-19-1783
James born 11-25-1785Then in Vol. 1, Cane Creek, South Carolina Monthly Meeting, page 1058:
Page 6.
SARAH LAMB, wife of THOMAS LAMB, died 4-15-1791, age 43.Linda (Lamb) Monticelli
The birth date for Longshore of 1751-1755 would mean that he could have been born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, before the relocation, or in Loudon County, Virginia, after the relocation. We prefer a birthdate of about 1755 in Loudon County, Virginia.
In 1766 Longshore Lamb, a young boy of about 11 years of age, arrived in South Carolina with his parents and siblings. The Quaker records indicate Thomas Lamb (1721), Alice Longshore Lamb, and their six youngest children were granted a certificate to join Wateree MM, Kershaw County, South Carolina. This information is consistent with the 1790 Census for South Carolina.
Longshore Lamb enlisted in the Continental Army in 1778, served under Colonel Brandon during the Revolutionary War, and was present at the fall of Charleston in 1780. Participation in a war was one reason the Quakers disowned Longshore Lamb. Another reason was marrying someone who was not a Quaker. The Bush River MM, Newberry County, South Carolina, disowned Longshore Lamb on October 30, 1779. A deed dated October 07, 1807, and recorded in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, indicates Longshore Lamb married Sally in 1779. Longshore was about 23-25 years of age when he married. Longshore Lamb served on a jury in South Carolina in 1796. Longshore Lamb purchased 163 acres on Frenchmanus Creek of the Enoree River in Union County, South Carolina. The will of Richard Chesney of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, refers to land in South Carolina once owned by Longshore Lamb.
Longshore Lamb and Levi Lamb signed several deeds and other legal documents in South Carolina. Some of the documents included the Crow family. Mary Polly had married John D. Crow and Longshore had several dealings with William Crow.
IGI shows first name to be Moses. BEM note.
The Longshore Lamb family lived in South Carolina from 1766 to about 1808. In 1807 Longshore sold his property in South Carolina. On January 01, 1808, Longshore Lamb and William Crow witnessed a Bill of Sale in South Carolina.
Cecil Shipley says this should be John D. Crow?