Not the husband of Elizabeth Trueblood, who married Isaac’s brother Esau Lamb, of Randolph County

Biography

Isaac Lamb was born on November 7, 1730 in Nansemond, Virginia, now Fairfax, Virginia, Suffolk, VA, United States. His parents were Henry Lamb and Elizabeth.

Isaac married Elizabeth Nixon on February 18, 1756 in Old Neck Mh, Perquimans Co., North Carolina. Together they had the following children:

1. Restore Lamb;
2. Joseph Lamb
3. Phineas Lamb;
4. Hosea Lamb;
5. John A. Lamb;
6. Armjah Lamb;
7. Elizabeth Lamb, born 8 May 1774; died 26 July 1796; married Thomas Stover
8. Zachariah Lamb;
9. Mary Lamb;

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Biography

https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~myfriendsthelambs2/genealogy/part2/...

Isaac Lamb, son of Henry Lamb, was born 7 November 1734, in Nancemond Monthly Meeting, Virginia.

He was married 18 February 1756 at Old Neck Meeting House, in Perquimans County, North Carolina, to Elizabeth Nixon, born 18 December (or February) 1731/2, in Perquimans County, daughter of Phineas Nixon and Mary Newby, who was the daughter of Gabriel Newby and Mary Toms.

Mary had been married/1 to William Trotter, and had 1 child, Dorothy Trotter, born about May 1726, in Perquimans County, North Carolina (See: Newby Family, Part II, and Nixon Family, Part II)

The marriage was made according to Quaker custom:

Isaac Lamb, taking the said Elizabeth Nixon by the Hand Declared as followeth or words to this Effect Friends you are my Witnesses that I take this my Friend Elizabeth Nixon to be my Wife promising thro Divine assistance to be to her a True and loving Husband Until Death Sepperate us. . ."

Elizabeth made a similar promise, and the bride and groom signed the marriage certificate, as did thirty-four witnesses, including Phineas Nixon, Esau Lamb, Thomas Lamb and Sarah Lamb. The original marriage certificate was found in the 1680 book discovered at the Lamb plantation “Belvidere" in 1937.

Isaac and his brother Thomas remained in Perquimans when most of their family moved to Rowan County, causing their father to disinherit them. By his father's will he heired a shilling, and a half share in a slave named Letty, but he lost a bequest of Rowan land which was to go to his brothers Jacob and Joseph if Isaac did not come up heer to live on the land."

During his lifetime he evidently acquired many acres and in accordance with the Quaker doctrines, he rebelled against governmental interference in his life. As a Quaker he evidently supported abolution, the abolishing of slavery and he evidently gave freedom to his slaves. Although many Quakers freed their slaves, they accepted responsiblitiy for them after being freed. Isaac's will indicates that he had some slaves with this status. As Isaac remained in Perquimans County, his anti-govermentment and anti-slavery feelings may not have been as strong as those of his father and brothers. His occuption was listed as glovemaker and mason.

Their children were all born in Perquimans County.

Isaac died 1781, his will probated in January 1782; Elizabeth, an elder, died 26 August 1796, both in Perquimans County.

Comments

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In the written words of Henry Lamb’s real great-grandson, the letter of Isaac Lamb demonstrates that Henry Lamb, the subject of this profile, was born in England, not Scotland. Additionally, the author of the letter was able to name all of the children (and their spouses) of his grandparents, Isaac and Elizabeth (Nixon) Lamb, as shown in historic records. Those named were his uncles and aunts, yet he did not mention a single uncle by the name of Thomas Lamb.

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Origins

Eight Children Named in Henry's Will

Along with his wife, Elizabeth, these 8 children were specifically named in Henry Lamb's Will:

Isau/Isom (Esau), Jacob, Joseph, Elizabeth, Bethia, Thomas, Isaac, and Mary. Son William was deceased before the will was written. There is no mention of a son named Reuben Lamb in this will.

References

• "Early Nixon's of Texas" by Pat Ireland Nixon, MD, Genealogies by Dr. and Mrs. Pat Ireland Nixon, Jr., Published by Carl Hertzog, El Paso, Texas 1956 [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89082553272&view=1up&seq=11]
• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Dec 28 2018, 6:35:01 UTC
• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Dec 28 2018, 6:35:01 UTC
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 27 2022, 19:22:53 UTC
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 27 2022, 19:12:01 UTC
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 27 2022, 19:22:53 UTC
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lamb-457
• https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~myfriendsthelambs2/genealogy/part2/...
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/LRVM-7W5
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lamb-457 (has errors)
• Marshall L. Styles. Title: Descendants of Henry and Elizabeth Lamb of North Carolina: A Quaker Family Legacy, 1697 - 2000. Publication: Salem, MA : Higginson Book Co., ©2000. pp. 31-33.