The 1st Generation 1700s
JAMES TOMLINSON--(BORN 1762 )  Moves to Indiana 1827-1832 with his brother John.

ZADOC TOMLINSON--(BORN 1764) The first to move north in 1814.

JOHN TOMLINSON--(BORN 1767)   Moves to Indian 1827-1832 with his brother James.
MRS. JOHN LAIN--(BORN 1770)  
MRS. JOHN JONES--(BORN 1772)
MRS. JOHN MIDDLEHAM--(BORN 1775)


IT IS SAID THAT ALL FAMILIES TRACE THEIR ANCESTRY BACK TO THREE BROTHERS AND IT SEEMS TO BE TRUE IN THE TOMLINSON FAMILY. 

   JAMES TOMLINSON was born in North Carolina, 1762, and in 1788 married Sarah Wafford by whom was born three sons and two daughters.  Sarah was born in 1762 and died 1810.  He was afterwards married to a Miss Bevil by whom was born three daughters.  He is described by those who knew him as being of medium height, rather heavy build with light blue eyes.  While not a memeber of any church, he had been baptized in the Episcopalian church and held to the doctrines of that church.  He moved to Indiana in 1832 and located on the farm owned by Isaac Williams, southwest of Muncie where he died Feb. 12, 1841 and was buried in the Heath graveyard, one mile south.

   ZADOC TOMLINSON was born in North Carolina, 1764   It was told by Zadoc's great grandson(Leander W. Tomlinson) that he was born in either Scotland or Ireland however from the fact that his older brother (James) was born in North Carolina, it is quite probable that he was born in North Carolina too.  Zadocs wife's name is unknown, but he must have been married in N.C. as his children were born there.  His family consisted of five sons and three daughters: Thomas 1795, Pernel 1799, Elizaboth 1802,  John K. 1806, Anna 1810, Sarah 1815 and Zadoc 1818.  Zadoc SR. moved from N.C. to Eaton, Ohio about 1814 being one of the first to come north.  As to what prompted him to leave the south is not known unless it was the poor conditions of farming. 

   *It is reported that Zadoc had a brother George who went to Canada and was never heard from afterwards.  Another report is that he settled near Philadelphia and being a Quaker dropped his relatives who were Episcopalians.  There have  been findings of Tomlinsons in Iowa who trace their ancestry back to Isaac Tomlinson, a Quaker who settled near Philadelphia.

   *The descendants of Zadoc came west and settled in Indiana.  One member, Thomas, settling near Whitestown and becoming the ancestor of that branch, Sarah, Elizabeth and John K. settling near Muncie and Zadoc settling near Indianpolis where he left a large and respectable posperity; the same should be said of those settling near Muncie.

   JOHN TOMLINSON was born in North Carolina in 1767 and in 1788 married Elizabeth Whitworth by whom was born seven sons and two daughters.  Some of the children died young and some remained unmarried and others had no children and still others have failed to make a report tho repeatedly solicited.  We have only reports from the descendant of Joseph and Southey.  To fail or refuse to make a report in a matter of this kind indicates that the branch is dying out or degenerating.  In this branch there are some extremes.  There are more old maids and old bachelors than in any other branch and yet some of the largest families are to be found in this branch later on.  We cannot charge the old maids with homely features as the cause of their becoming old maids for they were nice looking women and in character even better than their looks.  They were probably lacking in that disposition to flirt and act silly which attracts some men and for that reason lost their opportunity.  For the old bachelors we never met any of them, as we did the old maids, and they will have to put up their own defense.  John Tomlinson died near Middletown, Henry County, Indiana 1845 at the age of 78.