Trimble Family by J. A. Laconte, 1934 the Trimble Line Has Been a Strong
Trimble Family By J. A. LaConte, 1934 The Trimble line has been a strong and prolific one. Judging from its record in America. All Trimble immigrants to America have come from Protestant North of Ireland, most of them from counties Amagh and Antrim. They fell into several groups of families and relatives, and in addition, a number of individuals who have not yet been related to any of these groups. One authority (Palmer & Trimble Genealogy, by Lewis Palmer, J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1875) claims that the family was of Cornish origin and that the spelling was originally Trumbald. Be that as it may, the American branches seem to trace back to Scotland, under that name, Trumbull, or Turnbull, the celebrated border clan of that name, probably fleeing to the North of Ireland following one of the Stuart uprisings, The older generations in America have been described as typically Scots in appearance–blue eyes, florid complexion and sandy hair, and usually sticky and if medium height. This description fits such of the old members of the several Trimble families whom I knew in my earlier years. Most of them were of the Presbyterian faith, though one group were Quakers. In 1719, following famine and oppression at home, a wave of emigration flowed out from the North of Ireland to America. The New England Colonies and New York were already settled and the immigrants poured into Pennsylvania, soon filling the new counties of Lancaster and Chester. Once fully started, this flow of emigration to America continued steady until the eve of the Revolution.
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