Herman Groethausen Benjamin Tomlinson

Joseph Tomlinson Sr
(1712-)

Rebecca Swearingen
(1822-)

Benjamin Tomlinson
(1752-1838)

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Spouses/Children:
Rachel Greathouse

Benjamin Tomlinson

Born: 11 Dec 1752, Little Meadows, Washington, Maryland
Marriage: Rachel Greathouse on 24 Aug 1777 in Ohio, West Virginia
Died: 30 Sep 1838, Ellerslie, Allegheny, Maryland at age 85

bullet Notes:

Last Will Benjamin Tomlinson; DAR; Draper ms George Rogers Clark Papers 13J16; Last Will and Testament John Stull, Frederick Co. MD 17 Apr 1749.
Accounts of the Chief Logan massacre in 1774 refer to Benjamin as well as the Joshua Baker family, his brother-in-law by Lucy. Also mentions Daniel Greathouse assumed to be a relative of Rachel.
Material furnished also by Phyllis Dye Slater, Paul White and Sally Ryan Tomlinson. Benjamin was a Jeffersonian Republican, elected nine times to the General Assembly. It is said that Benjamin and his brother Jesse had a dissagreement-probably political--and never spoke to one another again. Jesse was a Federalist.

bullet Details of his life include:

Fact 1: Fact 1, Rural Felicity, Allegeny County, Maryland.

Benjamin married Rachel Greathouse, daughter of Harmon Greathouse and Mary Magdalina Stull, on 24 Aug 1777 in Ohio, West Virginia. (Rachel Greathouse was born on 7 Aug 1757 in Frederick, Maryland Or Hampshire, West Virginia and died on 3 Apr 1832.)