Thomas Lamb

Thomas Lamb was the father of Naomi Lamb Lane Davis, the grandfather of John Lewis Lane, the great grandfather of Florence E. Lane Wellons and the great great grandfather of Ralph Wellons, my grandfather.

He was born in Center Township of Guilford County, North Carolina on February 11, 1771. He died on July 15, 1851 in Green Township of Wayne County, Indiana.

His parents were Jacob Lane (1742-1800) and Sarah Stone (1746-1799).

He married Hannah Lewis in North Carolina. Date not documented.

In the 1800 census of Hillsboro Township in Randolph County, NC, there are 2 adults and a boy and girl, both under the age of 10.

Genealogies on the web indicate that the family moved to Indiana 1) in about 1809 directly to a blockhouse (protection from Indians) in Wayne County, Indiana or 2) in about 1810 to Vincennes and then moving to Wayne County after the War of 1812. The next census seems to favor the first of these stories.

Daughter Naomi Lamb is born in about 1804 as evidenced by the 1850 census report.

In the 1810 census in either Wayne County, North Carolina or Wayne County, Indiana (seems likely to be the latter), we see 2 adults and 1 boy and 1 girl under 10 years old and one girl aged 10-15 years.

In the 1820 census in Wayne County, Indiana there are 2 adults, plus 8 children in the household. Agriculture is listed as the occupation of Thomas Lamb.

In the 1840 census in Wayne County, Indiana we see 4 adults and 1 teenaged girl.

In the 1850 census in Green Township of Wayne County, Indiana (family histories indicate they always lived near Williamsburg in Green Township of Wayne County... near Richmond) we see:

Thomas 80
Hannah 68

Thomas Lamb dies in Wayne County on July 15, 1851 and is buried in Williamsburg Cemetery. His wife lives on until October 19, 1865.

They appear to have as many as 11 children.

Thomas Lamb and his wife were Quakers who are part of a large Quaker contingent that came from North Carolina to the Wayne County/Richmond area. They are said to be one of the first 5 families in Green Township of Wayne County according to one family history. One source for Thomas Lamb’s date of birth is an actual handwritten item in a Quaker Meeting House Record Book.