In Thoren's Family Tree
<<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>>
Generation
One ROGER TOLLE1. The earliest
known ancestor in
my Tolle family was Roger Tolle. It isn't
known when or
where he was born, but assuming he was of age
when he
arrived in America, it is estimated he was
born 1645 or
earlier. Exactly where he came from isn't
known either, but
on 20 Jan 1663 he was transported by Thomas
Mountfort, with
28 other people to Maryland on the ship
"Adventure of
Hull". He did service, presumably for seven
years and then
recieved 50 acres of land. His wife's name
was Elizabeth,
but her maiden name is unknown. She preceeded
him in death.
The children named in his will were: 1)
Thomas; 2) Tobias;
3) John; 4) Mary; 5) Ursula; 6) Tamar: 7)
Timothy; and 8)
Elizabeth. His name appears often in the
records of St
Mary's county as jurist, witness, petitioner,
plaintiff &
defendant. He was a planter, apparently
prosperous, and had
a large inventory of property at his death,
including books
and bibles. His will was written 8 Nov 1708
and probated 22
Jan 1709. Generation Two TOBIAS TOLLE2. Tobias TOLLE
appeared to be
the second son of Roger Tolle. His date of
birth is
unknown. His marriage date is also unknown,
but at his
death his wife was named Rebecca. He probably
died in early
July of 1729 because an inventory was taken
of his estate
on 13 Jul 1729. It took several years to go
through
probate, and by that time Rebecca had
remarried to John
Williams. Tobias rarely appeared in the
records of St Mary'
County, and little is known of him. The only
known child
was Roger Tolle born before 8 Nov 1708. Generation Three ROGER TOLLE3. It is known that
Roger TOLLE
was born sometime before November of 1708
because he was
mentioned in his grandfather's will, but we
don't know how
old he was when the will was written. He was
the son of
Tobias TOLLE and Rebecca (maiden name
unknown). His wife at
the time was called Sary/Sarah. So far there
is no data on
his marriage but his first child was born
about 1735. Roger
and Sarah had seven children: 1) Jonathan b
ca 1735; 2)
John b ca 1737; 3) Ann/Nancy b ca 1740; 4)
Roger Jr b 4 Feb
1742; 5) Stephen b est 175?; 6) George b est
175?; 7) James
b ca 175?. Roger had a house that he built on
the outskirts
of St Mary's City. The ruins were uncovered a
few years
ago, and can be seen today, although they are
deteriorating
rapidly. In 1767 Roger sold his house to
Moses Tabb and
moved to Fauquier County, Virginia. where he
purchased 100
acres from Thomas Owsley on 25 May 1767. His
will was
written on 2 Feb 1778 and probated 22 May
1780. Sarah was
living at the time of the will, but died
before Sept of
1787, because that is when their heirs sold
the land. Generation Four GEORGE TOLLE Sr4. George TOLLE
Sr is
estimated to have been born in the mid 1750s
in St Mary's
County, Maryland. He was son of Roger TOLLE
and Sarah
(maiden name unknown). He was probably a
child when his
parents moved to Fauquier County, Virginia.
He can be found
in the early census and tax records there.
His wife was
named Susannah, but nothing else is known of
her or their
marriage date, except that the first child
was born in
1775. They had nine children: 1) John b 1 Oct
1775;
2) Stephen b 14 Aug 1778; 3) George Jr b ca
1782; 4)
Elizabeth b bef 1784; 5) Matthias b 11 Jun
1784; 6) Reuben
b 11 Jan 1786; 7) Rebecca b ca 1792; 8)
Presley b 11 Jan
1792; and 9) Lewis b 25 Aug 1794. Sometime
between
1810-1820 George and Susannah moved to Lewis
County,
Kentucky as did most of their adult children.
He died
before Chirstmas of 1820, and the inventory
of his estate
was presented at the January 1821 Court of
Lewis County.
Susannah lived a few years longer as
indicated by tax
records, but her death date is unknown. Generation Five GEORGE TOLLE Jr5. George TOLLE
Jr was born
about 1782 in Fauquier County, Virginia. He
was the son of
George TOLLE Sr and Susannah (maiden name
unknown). He
married on 20 Jan 1807 in Fauquier County,
Virginia to Cloe
CULVERHOUSE. I have often
thought, but
cannot prove that he
was married at an earlier date 1 Dec 1803 to
a Sarah
Crupper. George and Cloe had nine childen: 1)
Lucinda b 1
May 1808; 2) Susan; 3) Parmenus W.; 4) Nimrod
D. b ca 1814;
5) Julia Ann; 6) Ann Mariah b 27 Jun 1818; 7)
George Daniel
b Jun 1820; 8) Catherine Jane b 2 Sep 1822;
and 9) Vienna
Elizabeth. George and Cloe moved to Marion
County between
Aug 1837 & Apr 1836. He died there before 11
Oct 1839 when
his probate was entered into court. Cloe died
after 1860.
Generation Six NIMROD D. TOLLE6. Nimrod D.
TOLLE was born
about 1814 in Fauquier County, Virginia. He
was the son of
George Tolle Jr and Cloe CULVERHOUSE. On 7
Jul 1834 in
Fauquier County, he married Sidney MALLORY. Nimrod and
Sidney had eleven children: 1) Elizabeth; 2)
George E.; 3)
Nathaniel Washington b 5 Oct 1838; 4) Lucy
Mallory b Jul
1840; 5) Mary S.; 6) Elthiza; 7) Sarah L.; 8)
Nimrod
Beverly b 25 Mar 1849; 9) Agnes; 10)
Massaretta; 11) Alzada
b 3 Apr 1855. Nimrod and Sidney moved to
Lewis County,
Missouri soon after their marriage and lived
there until
about 1859 when the moved to Denton County,
Texas. From
there, he served the Confederacy as Private
in Company K,
29 Texas Cavalry. He was in Colonel DeMorse's
Regiment. A
history says he was killed in Texas by
bushwhackers in
1864, and an older relative recalls hearing
he had been
hung. After his death Sidney moved to
Crawford County,
Arkansas where she died about 1875, and is
buried in the
Bryant cemetery in Lee Creek Township,
Crawford County, Arkansas. Generation Seven NATHANIEL WASHINGTON
TOLLE7.
Nathaniel Washington Tolle was born 5 Oct
1838 in Lewis
County, Missouri. He was the son of Nimrod D.
TOLLE and
Sidney MALLORY. He married on 29 Aug 1865 at
Grapevine,
Tarrant County, Texas to Miranda Ellen SHAW. Nathanie and
Miranda had 6 children: 1) Emma Ada b 18 Jul
1866; 2)
Myrtle Virginia b 25 Apr 1869 (twin); 3)
Charles Robert b
25 Apr 1869 (twin); 4) William Martin b 18
Aug 1871; 5)
Mack Coy b 23 Jan 1876; and 6) Fredrick
Malachi b 23 Dec
1877. Nathaniel served in the Civil War for
the Confederacy
as Private in Company A, 9th Texas Cavalry &
Sim's Regiment
4 Texas cavalry. He was on a list of the
first volunteers
to leave from Fort Worth at the beginning of
that war.
After he returned home, the family moved to
Arkansas for a
few years, and then in the company of his
father-in-law
William SHAW and some other family members
and friends,
they came by wagon across the terrible desert
to Southern
California. They arrived sometime about 1874.
Their last
two sons were born after they settled there.
Nathaniel was
a farmer on the West side of Long Beach in a
community
known then as Los Nietos, on Cerritos Ranch.
Nathaniel
died 24 Jun 1902 in Long Beach and Miranda
died 15 Oct1928
also in Long Beach. They are buried in the
Long Beach
Memorial Cemetery on Signal Hill in Long
Beach,
California. Generation Eight MACK COY
TOLLE8. Mack Coy
TOLLE was born 23 Jan 1876 in Bolsa (now
Westminster)
California. He was the son of Nathaniel
Washington TOLLE
and Mirand Ellen SHAW. He married on 15 Mar
1899 in
Clearwater (now Paramount) California to
Daisy Gertrude
THORNTON. Mack and Daisy had six
children: 1)
Lloyd Rollin
b 15 Nov 1900; 2) Thelma Iris b 24 May 1902;
3) Leones Lenore b 13 Jul 1903; 4) Walter
Brown b 7 Feb
1905; 5) Armon Thornton b 22 Apr 1908; and 6)
Thoren Marie
born in 1926 and died at age 10 months on in
1927.
This is where I got my name. Mack worked in
the early 1900s
for the Pacific Electric Railroad, and then
started his own
dairy. He was in that business for many
years, but in the
late 1930s he began a business of taking the
dead animals
of the local dairy and hog ranches to the
rendering plant.
He worked on the day he died at the age
almost 71. He
passed away on 15 Dec 1946 at his home in
Hynes (now
Paramount) California. Daisy died on 2 Jan
1954 in Long
Beach, California. They are both buried in
the Long Beach
Memorial cemetery on Signal Hill in Long
Beach, California
in the same family plot as his parents. Generation Nine ARMON THORNTON TOLLE9. Armon
Thornton TOLLE
was born on 22 Apr 1908 in Bay City (now Seal
Beach)
California. He was the son of Mack Coy TOLLE
and Daisy
Gertrude THORNTON. He married on 22 Apr 1908,
his 21st
birthday, to "Jerre" Oretha Mae JONAS. They were married at
the Santa Ana, California court house with
both mothers
present. At the time of Armon's death, they
had been
married 55 1/2 years. Armon and Jerre had
three children
who are living in 1998, and many descendants.
Armon was a
dairy worker in his early working years, but
just before
World War Two he began working in the
Construction
Industry, becoming a crane operator for the
remainder of
his working days. He retired in 1973 after 30
years. Armon
died on 18 Sep 1984 in the UCLA Hospital at
Carson,
California and Jerre died 14 April 1996 at
Queen of Angels
hospital in West Covina, California. They are
buried in the
Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale,
California. <<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<>>>
