Thomas C. FUSSELL

1676 - 1735  (59 years)

• Name	Thomas C. FUSSELL  [1]
  Birth	13 Jan 1676	York, Virginia, British Colonial America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  MilitaryService	1702	New Kent, Virginia, British America   [2]
  	MilitaryService
  Residence	New Kent, Virginia, United States   [2]
  Residence	Bertie, North Carolina, United States   [2]
  	Cartec (Cartee) Parish
  Will	4 Jun 1735	Parish of Carter, Bertie, North Carolina, British America   [2]
  _FSFTID	L1SM-RHT
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L1SM-RHT
  _UID	89F71DF9FA184B1C9340BC00B882D9732439
  Death	4 Jun 1735	Bertie, North Carolina, British Colonial America   [1]
  Person ID	I594788261	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	29 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Nicholas FUSSELL, Jr,   b. 27 Jul 1633, St Gregory By St Paul, London, England d. 7 Feb 1678, Charles, York, Virginia, United States (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Mary BALFOUR,   b. Abt 1645, York, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 4 Feb 1678, St.Charles Parish, York, British Colonial America (Age ~ 33 years)
  Family ID	F536734854	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Frances DAW,   b. 1680, York, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 4 Jun 1735, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	1702	Virginia   [2]
  Children	1. Elizabeth FUSSELL,   b. 17 Jul 1708, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia, United States d. St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia, United States   2. Mary FUSSELL,   b. 17 Jul 1708, New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 16 Dec 1782, Surry, North Carolina, United States (Age 74 years)   3. Susannah FUSSELL,   b. Abt 1710, Virginia, United States d. Yes, date unknown   4. Martha FUSSELL,   b. Abt 1711, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Abt 1780, Northampton, North Carolina, United States (Age ~ 69 years)   5. Aaron FUSSELL, Sr.,   b. 1712, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 20 Aug 1776, Bute, North Carolina, United States (Age 64 years)   6. Anne FUSSELL,   b. 27 Jul 1717, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown   7. Judith FUSSELL,   b. 14 Aug 1720, Virginia, United States d. Yes, date unknown   8. Sarah Rose FUSSELL,   b. 11 Oct 1722, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia d. Aft 1786, Granville, North Carolina, United States (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F536734853	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Biography Thomas was born in Charles Parish, York, Virginia on 13 Jan 1676, a son of Nicholas Fussell and wife, Mary. [1] The Will of Thomas Fussell was written 4 June 1735 and recorded in the Parish of Carter, Bertie County, North Carolina. In it, Thomas states the following: "in the first place, I do give or bequeath unto my eldest daughter, Elizabeth, the wife of Gilbert Weaver, Six hogs. Likewise to my daughter, Mary, the wife of John Rainwater Six hogs more. Also to my daughter Martha, the wife of John Arnal, other six hogs more. Likewise to my daughter, Ann, I bequeath the gray horse called Shaver, and the gray horse called Squrill to my daughter Sarah. Also to my daughter, Ann, I give the wooling wheal, two cows, two earlings, one dish, one bason, one five hundred slay, one blankit. Likewise to my daughter Sarah, I give two cows, two earlings, one dish, the pot, and cotton cards, the bed and two blankets belonging to the house. Likewise to my daughter Elizabeth, the wife of Gilbert Weaver, I do give the lining wheal, and the four hundred slay. As for my son Aron Fussel, I make him my fully and wholy Executor of all the rest of my Personal Estate. s witness my hand this fourth day of June in the year of our Lord God, 1735." It is believed that he died shortly after it was written. [2] Military Service He appears on the militia muster roll in New Kent, Virginia on 4 July 1702. He's listed as Thomas Frizzell.[3] Sources ? Kinard, June. York County, Virginia, Charles Parish Records, 1648-1789 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1998. ? North Carolina Wills, A Testator Index, 1665-1900, Vol. 2, Thorton W. Mitchell ? Virginia's Colonial Soldiers by Lloyd D. Bockstruck, p. 218 See also: North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. I U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 The Descendants of Ncholas Fussell (c. 1600 - c. 1660), Lynn E. Fussell, 1997 J Bryon Grimes, Sec. of State, Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, compiled from the Original and Recorded Wills in the Office of the Secretary of State (Raleigh, NC 1910), p. 129 (https://archive.org/details/abstractofnorthc01nort/page/128: accessed 6 Oct 2019)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 29 May 2025), entry for Sarah Rose Fussell, person ID LRD9-7XD. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 29 May 2025), entry for Thomas C. Fussell, person ID L1SM-RHT. (Reliability: 3).