David Tillman (1731 - 1780)

Born 1731 in Brunswick County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Goodrich) Tillman — married about 1772 in Brunswick, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1780 at about age 49 in Brunswick, Virginia, United States

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Biography

David Tillman was born in 1731 in Brunswick County, Virginia and married Lucy Goodrich in 1752. He died in 1780. ^[1]

Research Notes

On the 11th day of January, 1782, David Tilman made his will:

He leaves to his dear loving wife Lucy a negro named Salt. To his daughte Martha a negro girl named Charlotte and a spadilla fillie, a bridle and sadle. To his son Roger, one negro boy Abraham, to his son William, one negro boy Tom, to his daughter Elizabeth one negro girl named Silvia. Lucy to keep a negro fellow named James for the maintaining and schooling of my children, and when son Roger comes to the age of twenty and one, then James to be sold and the money divided between Roger, William and Elizabeth. He desires that his lands be sold after the death of my wife, and the money divided between sons Roger and William. He gives daughter Martha one feather bed and furniture when she comes to the years of twenty and one. His wife Lucy to have all the remainder of the household goods. He appoints Lucy Tilman and Briggs Goodrich his sole executors. wits: Briggs Goodrich, Richard Tilman, Anne Tilman.

The will was proved in Brunswick County, Va., 28th January 1782. [note: there is no mention of a supposed daughter Mary in his will. Either the young girl died or there was no such daughter.]

In 1827 there is a record of an appraisement of the property belonging to the estate of a Mary Tilman, she owned two negro slaves. There is no other record and we do not know if this is the supposed child of David and Lucy.

The marriage date of 1752 for David Tillman and Lucy Goodrich is wrong. The birth of first child Roger Tilman is 1773, second child William Tilman is 1774, third child Martha is 1775, fourth child is Elizabeth is 1777. I doubt they would wait 21 years to have their first child. The date of 1752 is the birth date of wife LUCY GOODRICH. David Tillman is approximately 17 tears older than Lucy Goodrich when they married.

Note from Hope Tillman, Tillman-416. My records show that the children were born much earlier than you have listed in the above paragraph - between 1754 and 1762. ^[1]

Martha, b. 1754

William, b. 1754

Elizabeth, b. 1756

Mary, b. 1760

Roger: b. 1762

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Stephen Frederick Tillman. Spes Alit Agricolam: The Tillman Genealogy. Washington, D.C., The Goetz Company, 1962. #2344 (page 115.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Bob Nichol for creating WikiTree profile Tillman-256.