Joshua Lamb (1746 - abt. 1820)

Born 6 Apr 1746 in Center MM (Quaker), Rowan Co., colonial North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Miriam (Powell) Lamb — married 31 Oct 1767 in New Garden Mm, Guilford County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died about 1820 at about age 73 in Harrison County, Indiana, USA

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Biography

Joshua Lamb was born on April 6, 1746. He was the son of Thomas Lamb and his wife, Sarah (Moore) Lamb. The family were members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and Joshua's birth was recorded in the minutes of the Center MM (Guilford Co.), colonial North Carolina. The family lived in Rowan County, North Carolina.

Joshua Lamb was born on 6 Apr 1746 in Guilford County, NC. He was living in 1779 in Randolph County, NC. "1773 Debtors of Col. John McGee, Orange County, NC," The North Carolina Genealogical Journal, Vol I, No.1, January 1975, lists Joshua Lamb on the 1779 Tax List, Randolph County, NC: "Persons that had not taken the Oath of Allegiance, refusing or neglecting to return Inventories of their taxables, Joseph Hinds District.... Joshua Lamb..." ^[1]

Joshua Lamb was married to Miriam Powell (daughter of Henry Powell and Elizabeth Roberts) on 7 Oct 1767 in New Garden MM, Guilford, NC. Hinshaw, Vol I, NC, "A list of early members at Center, [Guilford County] extracted from the minutes of New Garden Monthly Meeting includes ... Joshua Lamb, Robert Lamb. New Garden Monthly Meeting minutes, Rowan County, recorded their marriage." Page 556, "1767, 10, 7, Joshua Lamb, son of Thomas, Centre, Rowan County, married Miriam Powell."

Their marriage announcement reads: "Joshua Lamb, son of Thomas [Lamb], Rowan County, married Miriam Powell, daughter of Henry [Powell], Rowan, 7 October 1767. Witnesses Thomas Lamb, Henry Powell, Jacob Elliott, Jacob Lamb, Isaac Beeson, Sarah Lamb, Elizabeth Lamb, Ann Beeson, Thomas Dennis, Elizabeth Powell (mother of the bride), Priscilla Elliott, Sarah Mills.” ^[2]

From: Hinshaw, "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy," Vol. I, p. 310, Contentnea Monthly Meeting [Wayne Co., NC]:

"1793, 1, 12, [Dec. 1, 1793]: Jemima, Martha, Huldah and Miriam Lamm, daughters of Joshua, granted certificate to Cane Creek MM."

A partial record of Joshua & Miriam's children may be found on page 660, Center MM. Miriam Powell was born about 1748 in Contentnea, Wayne, NC. Hinshaw, Vol I, pp. 69, 70, Perquimans Monthly Meeting, regarding her parents, "1746, 6, 6, [June 6, 1746] Henry Powell produced certificate from Pagan Creek Monthly Meeting, Isle of Wight, Virginia, to marry; 1746, 6, Henry given letter to marry Elizabeth Roberts; 1761, 5,5, [May 5, 1761] Henry and wife and family requested certificate to New Garden MM." Page 567, New Garden MM, "Henry Powell and wife and children received on certificate from Perquimans Monthly Meeting dated 1761, 5, 3. [March 5, 1761]" Entries on page 687 indicate her parents were in Randolph County, N.C. as late as 1808. Joshua Lamb and Miriam Powell had the following children, all born at Center (now Greensboro), Guilford County, NC:

1. Jesse Lamb was born on 4 Mar 1768
2. Elizabeth Lamb was born on 26 Oct 1769
3. Sarah Lamb was born on 26 Sep 1771. She was separated by the Quakers, unspecified reasons on 4 Jan 1796 in Spring, Orange, NC. Hinshaw, Vol I, p.449, Spring Monthly Meeting. Page 403, Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, "1791, 1, 1, Sarah Lamb received on certificate from Great Contentnea MM, NC, dated 1791, 3, 13." Her sisters Huldah, Jemima, Martha, and Miriam, plus brothers Thomas, Elijah and Eli, would join her two years later.
4. Huldah Lamb was born on 25 Sep 1773. She was disowned by the Quakers, unspecified reasons on 3 Oct 1796 in Spring, Orange, NC. Hinshaw, Vol I, p.449, Spring Monthly Meeting; p.403, Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, "1793, 6, 1, Huldah Lamb received on certificate from Great Contentnea MM, NC, dated 1793, 1, 12."
5. Thomas Lamb was born on 21 Apr 1776. There are records of a Thomas Lamb, member of the Randolph County Militia Regiment, 16 September 1801, being court martialed and fined for an unspecified offense. Hinshaw, Vol I, p.403, Cane Creek Monthly Meeting [Orange Co.], "1793, 7, 6, Thomas, Elijah and Eli Lamb, sons of Joshua, received on certificate from Contentnea MM [Wayne Co.], NC, dated 1792, 12, 6; 1800, 1, 4, Thomas Lamb received on certificate from Spring MM[Orange Co.], NC, dated 1799, 12, 9."
6. Jemima Lamb
7. Elijah Lamb was born about 1780. Hinshaw, Vol I, NC, p.403, Cane Creek Monthly Meeting [Orange Co.], "1799, 12, 7, Elijah and Eli Lamb received on certificate from Spring MM [Orange Co], NC, dated 1799, 10, 7."
8. Martha Lamb was born about 1782 in Center (Greensboro), Guilford, NC. Hinshaw, Vol I, NC, p.403, Cane Creek Monthly Meeting [Orange Co.], "1800, 3, 1, Martha and Miriam Lamb received on certificate from Spring MM [Orange Co.], NC, dated 1799, 12, 9. "Brothers Elijah, Thomas, and Eli also returned to Cane Creek from Spring. Page 449, Spring Monthly Meeting, "1800, 2, 3, Martha and Meriab [Miriam?] granted certificate to Cain Crick [sic] MM." Martha was married to Jacob Cloud (son of Joseph Cloud and Mary E. Underwood) in Sep 1801 in Cane Creek, Orange, NC. Hinshaw, Vol I, p. 380, Cane Creek MM, "1801, 10, 3, Martha Cloud, formerly Lamb, disowned marrying out of unity.”Jacob Cloud was born on 19 Oct 1767. This on Jacob's father; "1770, 3, 3, Joseph Cloud received on certificate; 1790, 4, 3, Joseph granted certificate to Center MM,to marry; 1798, 9, 10, Joseph disowned."
9. Eli Lamb was born about 1784.
10. Miriam Lamb. She was disowned by the Quakers, unspecified reasons on 4 May 1805 in Cane Creek. Hinshaw, Vol I, p.403, Cane Creek Monthly Meeting. Additional notes from the Quaker records may be found in the section relating to her sister Martha (above). She was married to Reuben Underwood on 16 Jul 1813 in Orange County, NC. Per Jerry F. Richmond.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: Styles, pp. 41-2
2. ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 - compiled by Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo UT, USA; 2014.

See also:

• Source: S20 Marshall L. Styles. Descendants of Henry and Elizabeth Lamb of North Carolina: A Quaker Family Legacy, 1697 - 2000. Salem, MA : Higginson Book Co., ©2000, pp. 41-2.

• Source: S41 Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol. I: (North Carolina Yearly Meeting). William Wade Hinshaw, comp. With Supplement to Vol. I compiled by Thomas Worth Marshall. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1994; originally published Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1936, with Supplement to Vol I, Washington, 1948. Repository: #R41

• Source S24 Ancestral File. (FamilySearch.org, Ancestral File Number: R521-30). User submitted.

• Source: S-2129093631 Ancestry Family Trees. User submitted. Provo, UT, USA : The Generations Network.

• Repository: R41 Name: Ancestry.com Address: www.Ancestry.com