Sarah and Tom had 8 known children:

Margaret 1734-

William 1736-1800

Ann 1738-1794

Thomas 1739-1803

Sarah 1742-1777

James W. 1745-1800

George W 1748-1807

Edward 1751-1791

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Ole Tom of Frederick County, Virginia, was born in either Gloucester or adjacent Essex County, the former appearing more likely, but remaining unconfirmed. His parents remain unknown.

An excerpt from The Annals of Newbury:

Ole Tom (Thomas Wadlington) was born in the year of our Lord 1715. He married Sarah K. Wyatt about 1735 in Virginia. By 1749 they lived in Fairfax County where he was a planter, and moved to Frederick County, Virginia in 1753. He, kept a store, served as Justice of the County Court, and as Vestryman and Church Warden for Frederick Parish. Having already purchased land in present Newberry County (SC) in 1767, Thomas and Sarah moved their family to South Carolina in 1770 where he received a Royal Grant for land 19 September 1770, in Berkeley County, in the fork between the Broad and Saluda Rivers on a small branch of Enoree River called "King's Creek" (now Newberry County). Thomas was appointed a Justice for 96 District, Newberry County, 1770 – 1776. Thomas Wadlington died 24 March 1777 at age 62 years. He was buried in the Wadlington Graveyard, on his land. This cemetery is on a hill above the Gilliam Springs, near the Enoree River. His wife, Sarah, survived him; her death date in not known.

Thomas is noted in some records as a veteran of the French and Indian War, thought commissioned as a Captain in the Virginia Militia, his dates of service not confirmed.

Thomas and Sarah are thought to have married in either Gloucester or Yorktown, Virginia, immediately across the York River. Sarah's Wyatt family are documented direct lineal descendants of Charlemagne. Their children were; William, Ann, Thomas Jr., Sarah, James Wm., George Wm. and Edward, all born in either eastern Virginia, possibly the oldest in Gloucester, but all others in Fairfax prior to their move to Frederick. Their son James Wadlington married Margaret Babb, this family line traced back to royalty, and through the Hussey family, a signer of the English Magna Charta.

1775-83 Revolutionary War All five of the Wadlington sons, Wm, Thomas Jr, James Sr., George and Edward served in the war. All received land grants from the government for services. Of the Wadlington offspring, only three have memorials to date, links as below.