1.  Jordan R. Dodd, ed.  1993.  KY, NC, TN, and VA/WV Marriages:  Early to 1850.  Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Fruit, Thomas	Lane, Ruth	Jan 24, 1805	Randolph Co., NC
Fruit, Jno.	Mcmaster, Polly	Mar  3, 1826	Randolph Co., NC
Fruit, Thomas	Swaim, Susannah	Jul  9, 1849	Randolph Co., NC

These are all the FRUIT marriages on the CD, other than the marriages of the children of James Samuel FRUIT in Christian Co., KY.  Our subject must have had at least one son in addition to James who stayed on in Randolph Co., and these are marriages of his descendants.

2.  Census Index:  Colonial America, 1607-1789 (Broderbund CD-310):

1755	Fruit, James	NC	Orange Co.
1767	Fruit, Alexander	NC	Cumberland Co.
1778	Fruit, Elijah	SC	Cheraws Dist.
1779	Fruit, James	NC	Orange Co.
1779	Fruit, John	NC	Randolph Co.
1779 Tax List	Fruit, John	NC	Randolph Co.
1780	Fruit, Elijah	SC	Cheraws Dist.

These are all the FRUITs on the CD.

3.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1790 (Broderbund CD-311):

1790

Fruit, John

NC

Randolph Co.

p. 98

01-02-03-00-00

These data indicate:

Gender and Type	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 free white males	16 or over	in or bef. 1774	= John
2 free white males	15 or under	1774-1790	= Son = Son
3 free white females	all ages	in or bef. 1790	= Wife? = Daughter = Daughter

The only other FRUIT in the county is our subject's son, James Samuel.

4.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund CD-313).  Please see my WARNING regarding use of this database (the numerical data have the genders switched). 

1800

Fruit, John

NC

Randolph Co.

p. 313

00020-2310110

These data should read:

23101-00020-10

which indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
2 males	9 or under	1790-1800	=
3 males	10-15	1784-1790	=
1 male	16-25	1774-1784	=
1 male	45 or over	in or bef. 1755	= John
2 females	26-44	1755-1774	=
1 other free person	all ages	in or bef. 1800	=

Neither of the females is old enough to be Sybil, and the youngest children are too young to be hers.  This household is a mixture of several families of possibly three generations.  He is the only FRUIT in the county (son James Samuel is in KY).

5.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund CD-313):  not found.  (There are two John FRUITs in PA, but almost certainly neither of these would be our subject.)

6.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1830 (Broderbund CD-315):

1830

Fruit, John

NC

Randolph Co.

p. 57

Son?  Grandson?  Great-grandson?

7.  Anon.  1882.  History of De Witt County, Illinois.  W.R. Brink & Co., Philadelphia.  Biographical Sketch of Edmund W. FRUIT. 

8.  Marie Fruit Rybolt.  1969.  The Fruit Family of French Huguenot Origin.  2 vols.  Self-published, Kenney, IL [not seen].  If the bio of Edmund FRUIT is to be believed, the NC>KY>IL FRUITs were Welsh; that is, not related to the French family that settled in PA, then OH.