Place of death is assumed based on his residence in Wayne County three years prior to his death[4], and the fact that his estate was probated there[5].
Sources
↑ Ancestry.com. “U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935” [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Records of Births, 1731-1896; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: Q031061-3-02. Ancestry Record 2189 #9241078
↑ “United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BL-274 : 12 April 2016), Tabatha Edgerton in household of Thomas Edgerton, Wayne county, Wayne, North Carolina, United States; citing family 265, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979. FamilySearch.org. Thomas Edgerton, probate record,1863; citing Wayne County, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 2,367,241.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas: