Deodatus Threlkeld II (1687 - bef. 1729)

Born 18 Aug 1687 in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England

Ancestors

Husband of Jemima Burrows — married 1715 in MISTRESS

Husband of Sibella (Harmer) Threlkeld — married 1718 in Bermuda

Descendants

Died before 16 May 1729 before age 41 in Norfolk, Independent Cities, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Diodatus Threlkeld II migrated from England to Virginia.

Deodatus "Diodatus" Threlkeld of Norfolk, Virginia (bp. 18 Aug 1687 Newcastle - dvp. abt. 1729), is the son of Deodatus Threlkeld of Tritlington (b. 1657/8 - d. 26 Feb 1732; bur. Hebburn, Northumberland) by his first wife, Hannah "Hanna" Anderson.

According to Hodgson (1899), he immigrated to Virginia. Melisbanks (2015), states that he appears in Bermudian records as a ship master around the time he was thirty-years-old.

Deodatus married Sibella Harmer Merritt.^[1] It's unclear if he also married Jemima Burrows, but she is mentioned in his will and may be the mother of his illegitimate son.

Jarvis (2010) states, "During the decade Deodatus Threlkeld lived in Bermuda, he fathered one illegitimate son and sired another after taking a Bermudian wife; the family moved on to Norfolk, but his out-of-wedlock son remained with his mother in Bermuda."

Will

• Date: 26 Aug 1728 Virginia.^[2]
• Proved: 16 May 1729

"In the name of God Amen, the twenty sixth day of August in ye year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and twenty eight, and in ye first year of ye reign of our Sovereign Lord King George ye Second, I Deodatus Threlkeld of Norfolk County in Virginia, Mariner, being in low health of body but of good and perfect memory - pleased be God, I do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say, first I bequeath ny soul into ye hands of God that gave it, and my body I recommend to ye earth to be buried in a decent Christian manner at ye discretion of my executors nothing doubting but at ye General Resurrection I shall receive ye same again by ye mighty power of God, and as trusting my worldly estate I give and dipose of it in manner and form following:

• lmprimus - I will that all my debts as I shall owe and my funeral charges be truly paid.

• I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Sibbella Threlkeld one half of my real and personal estate as long as she shall live.

• Ye other half I give and bequeath to my son Deodatus Threlkeld both real and personal estate and at his mothers death I give ye other half - that was his mothers to my son Deodatus Threlkeld and his heirs lawfully begotten. I give to my son Deodatus Threlkeld my Gun and Sword, shoos buckels and sleeve buttons and to his heirs, but if my son Deodatus should dye before ye age of one and twenty or be married then ye half that was Deodatus Threlkeld shall come to John Threlkeld ye son of Jemima Burrows in Bermuda, and if John Threlkeld should dye before ye age of One and Twenty or be married to come to ye children of Elizabeth Edwards ye wife of Isaac Edwards and their heirs successively.

• I will that my friends Thomas Scott and John Tucker be Executors, and my childs part be taken care of and I do hereby utterly disannul and revoke al l and every other former testaments, wills, legesies, requests and executions by me in any way made or named, willed or bequested. Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal ye day and year above written.

/ s/ Deod. Threlkeld

Signed and Sealed in the presence of us

• Martha Scott X her mark
• Mary Ballingtine her mark
• Elizabeth Scott

Sources

1. ↑ Hollis Hallett C. F. E. 1993. Early Bermuda Wills 1629-1835 . Bermuda: Juniperhill Press. p. 253 and 577.
2. ↑ Miller & Threadgill (1971), state that, "in 1732 ... wife Sybil, signed her will as Threadgall, (p. 1). Will date of 26 Aug 1728 Virginia, (p. 7).

See also:

• Hodgson, J.C. (1899). "Ulgham, Longhorsely and Morpeth." History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, 16, pp. 73. Alnwick. Google Books.[1]

• "Diodatus Threlkeld 18 Aug 1687." England Births and Christenings 1538-1975. FamilySearch (30 Dec 2014); citing All Saints, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, index based on data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,068,938.[2]

• Hollis Hallett C. F. E. 1993. Early Bermuda Wills 1629-1835 : Summarized and Indexed a Genealogical Reference Book. Bermuda: Juniperhill Press. Pg. 253 and 577.

• Jarvis, M. (2010). In the Eye of All Trade: Bermuda, Bermudians, and the Maritime Atlantic World, 1680-1783, pp. 363. UNC Press Books. Google Books.[3]

• Melisbanks, (2015, February 09). "Threadgill Threlkeld to Threadgill misinformation." Threadgill-L-Archives. Rootsweb. Weblog.[4]

• Miller, J.H. & Threadgill, F.D. (1971). Threadgills in America: A Colonial American Family, 1, pp. 1. Baltimore, MD: Deoford & Co. FamilySearch.org. eBook. PDF.[5]
  • CAUTION: Links between the Threlkeld and Threadgill families is heavily disputed.

• Longstaffe, W. Hylton Dyer. (1859). Stainton in the Street. Archaeologia Aeliana Series 2. Vol. 3, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle. pp. 99-103.

• Threadgill Family History Book, Threadgill's Book I & II

Janis Heidenreich Miller, Compiler,

Wordna Threadgill Wicker, Collaborator

Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore 1983

• Wills, 1693-1821; Author: Virginia. County Court (Norfolk County); Probate Place: Norfolk, Virginia

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114272129/deodatus-threlkeld