Thomas Du Vall (abt. 1739 - 1826)

Born about 1739 in Bound Brook, Northern Precinct, Somerset, Province of New Jersey [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 5 Aug 1826 at about age 87 in Belleville, Bloomfield, Essex, New Jersey, USA

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Biography

Thomas Du Vall was supposedly born in 1739 at Bound Brook,^[1] which was then but a settlement in the Northern Precinct of Somerset County, New Jersey, and later part of the land set off as the Township of Bridgewater, before it was incorporated in its own right. The family name became DuVall or Duvall in the course of his children's lifetimes.

He also supposedly served in the French and Indian Wars and in the New Jersey Continental Line, and was supposedly twice captured and imprisoned in the New York City.^[2]

However, none of this can be supported by records yet found, and the record of a Private Thomas Devall of the Essex County Militia seems to suggest there might be some confusion or embellishment of his service.^[3]

Thomas married Ann Ennis,^[1] perhaps in 1769. Ann was a daughter of William Ennis of New Barbadoes Neck, who died in 1776, naming his wife as Hanah. James and Ann Ennis were also named in William Ennis' will,^[4] and James named his nephew William Duval was an executor of his will in 1797.^[5]

Thomas and Ann lived at the Second River settlement in Essex County, which was named Belleville in 1797.

Children of Thomas and Ann (Ennis) Du Vall:^[1]

• William Du Vall, b. 3 February 1770
• Joseph Du Vall, d. 2 November 1832
• John Du Vall, b. 1783
• Thomas Du Vall (Jr.), d. 11 March 1836
• James Du Vall, d. June 1819
• Ann Du Vall, d. March 1846
• Mary Du Vall

Unfortunately, the William Du Vall family bible from which this information comes specialized in the death dates of his siblings, not so much their other vitals.

Ann (Ennis) Du Vall died in 1809, age 65. Thomas died in Belleville on 5 August 1826.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Raymond, James Loder, extracts from the family bible of William Du Vall of 49 Maiden Lane. The New York Genealogical And Biographical Record. New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1891, 22:105-6.
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution. Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. D.A.R.: Washington, D.C., 1898, 27:243.
3. ↑ Stryker, William S. Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War. Trenton, N.J: W.T. Nicholson & Co., printers, 1872, p. 572.
4. ↑ Abstract of the will of William Ennis, 1771/1776. Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey: First Series-Vol. XXXIV, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc. Volume V, 1771-1780, p. 166; FamilySearch, FHL Film # 7,809,468, image 478.
5. ↑ Abstract of the will of James Ennis Sr., 1797. Ibid.-Vol. XXXVIII : Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc. Volume IX, 1796-1800. Newark, New Jersey : The Daily Journal Establishment, 1880-1949, p. 123; FamilySearch, FHL Film # 7,809,466, image 435.

• "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ6W-C8P : 11 February 2018), Thomas De Vael in entry for Thomas De Vael, 08 Mar 1784; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 1016878, 974.9 B2G, 0982039.