Thomas Grimball (abt. 1704 - aft. 1783)

Born about 1704 in Edisto Island, Colleton, South Carolina

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Died after 1783 after about age 79 in Coosawhatchee, Beaufort, South Carolina

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Biography

By Mabel L. Webber ^[1]

Thomas Grimball (Thomas, 2. Paul, 1.) not of age when his father made his will in 1721, he inherited land from his father on Port Royall Island, and lived in St. Helena's parish; the name of his wife has not been found; he was living in March, 1779, when his son Thomas made his will; according to the will of his aunt, Providence Hutchinson, he had four children in 1756; the names of only two have been recovered; in one- account of the family, a daughter of this Thomas is said to have been one of the wives of John Grimball, son of Isaac, and to have died without issue; this is some what supported by the will of John Grimball, who speaks of Thomas, son of the above Thomas, as his nephew in one place, and as his cousin in another.

From the private papers of Lawton K. Grimball:

He obtained from his father's will a plantation of 500 acres on Port Royal Island, and his share of the personal property. In 1727 he bought from Ephraim Mikell a plantation of 200 acres of land on Edisto Esland for £480.^[2] He must have moved to near Coosawhatchee in the latter portion of his life. There is a reference made in one portion of his life about 1752 that he lived on Johns Island, as it appears from the S.C. Gazette of the date of Dec. 4th, that year. He had two sons Joseph and Thomas and one daughter Ann who married Major John Grimball in 1773.

In 1770 he together with Joseph Grimball, both of Granville County, sold a plantation containing 400 acres, which had been granted by Lt. Governor Bull on the 10th of November 1761 to Thomas Grimball. Thomas Grimball died about 1783 on his plantation near Coosawhatchee.

Sources

1. ↑ Webber, Mabel L. (comp), Grimball of Edisto Island, in The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol XXIII, no. 2, p. 39-45, April, 1922.
2. ↑ To Be Sold property of Isaac Grimball https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-carolina-gazette-1752-property/126166586/
   • The South-Carolina Gazette, Charleston, South Carolina, Mon, Dec 4, 1752, Page 4