THIRD GENERATION

14. Timothy TERRELL was born about 1720 in New Kent County, Virginia. He died in Feb 1763 in Orange County, NC.
Timothy Terrell was in the Caroline-New Kent part of Virginia thru about 1741 (when he witnessed a deed there).
About 1743, Timothy and his brother moved to North Caroline, about the time of their father's, William's, death. Timothy first settled in Bladen County. He petitioned for 600 acres at a council held at Newbern 10 Apr 1745. In 1749, he was appointed a Bladen County Justice of the Peace (Dicken, p.232).
In 1751, Orange County county was formed. It seems likely that Timothy Terrell didn't move. It appears that part of Bladen County in which he lived became part of Orange County. Whatever the case, he became an Orange County resident about that time. (After his death, that part of Orange County became part of Chatham County).
The land records show the Earl of Granville granted Timothy Terrell 400 acres of land on 06 Sep 1754 on the head brances of Terrell Creek (Bk. 12, p.49). In 1756, he got additional land on Terrell Creek, a tributary of the Haw River. Altogether the record shows him with more than 2,000 acres.

He was married to Mary MARTIN about 1741. Timothy TERRELL and Mary MARTIN had the following children:

54 i. Jemimah TERRELL.
+55 ii. Ruth TERRELL.
56 iii. Millie TERRELL.
+57 iv. Solomon TERRELL.
+58 v. Micajah TERRELL.
59 vi. James (Nimrod) TERRELL. Timothy left a share of his estate to his son, Nimrod. Deeds for that land between James and his brother Solomon refer to it as the land left him by his father Timothy Terrell. Emma Dicken believes James "Nimrod" Terrell is the same James Terrell who appears in Georgia as a Captain with Revolutionary war experience. (Dicken, p.247) That Cpt. James Terrell was a Revolutionary war soldier who settled in Georgia after the war. He was a member of the House of Representatives from Franklin County Ga. 1796-1798. He served in the State Senate 1801-1804.
+60 vii. Simon TERRELL.
+61 viii. Moses TERRELL.
+62 ix. Mary TERRELL.
+63 x. Elizabeth (Betty) TERRELL.
64 xi. Keziah TERRELL.
+65 xii. Daniel TERRELL.
66 xiii. Richard TERRELL.
+67 xiv. Aaron TERRELL.