Joseph Truitt (abt. 1755 - abt. 1815)

Born about 1755 in Maryland

Died about 1815 at about age 60 in Sussex Co., Delaware

Biography

Joseph Truitt was born about 1755 in Maryland. He married Elizabeth (Jones) Truitt.

Elizabeth Jones was born in 1756. Elizabeth is the child of Thomas Jones and Elizabeth Prettyman. She married JosephTruitt. He died Abt. 1876 in Sussex Co., DE. Children of ELIZABETH JONES and JOSEPH TRUITT are: i. PIERCY6 TRUITT. ii. MARY TRUITT. iii. AMELIA TRUITT. iv. JOSEPH TRUITT. In 1795, her father left her a nominal bequest in his will:[1] “I give and devise to my Daughter Elizabeth Truitt ten shillings to be paid her by my executor hereafter”

Sources

• Descendants of William Jones.

JONES FAMILY LINEAGE COMPILED BY MITCHELL JONES.

6. ELIZABETH5

:JONES (WILLIAM THOMAS JR.4

EBENEZER3

THOMAS2

WILLIAM1

) was born Abt. 1756 in Worcester Co., MD. She married JOSEPH TRUITT. He died Abt. 1876 in Sussex Co., DE.

Children of ELIZABETH JONES and JOSEPH TRUITT are:

i. PIERCY6 TRUITT. ii. MARY TRUITT. iii. AMELIA TRUITT. iv. JOSEPH TRUITT. [1]

• Truitt Family History: 1066 to 1995. Compiled by Dr. William E. Groves, Ph.D.

Chapel Hill, NC. Last updated June 28, 2001 [2]

• The TRUITT branch of our family descends from George TRUITT, who was born in England in about 1617 and who migrated to Virginia. [3]

6. ELIZABETH5 JONES (WILLIAM THOMAS JR.4 , EBENEZER3 , THOMAS2 , WILLIAM1 ) was born Abt. 1756 in Worcester Co., MD. She married JOSEPH TRUITT. He died Abt. 1876 in Sussex Co., DE. Children of ELIZABETH JONES and JOSEPH TRUITT are: i. PIERCY6 TRUITT. ii. MARY TRUITT. iii. AMELIA TRUITT. iv. JOSEPH TRUITT. [2]