Thorne / Thorn

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The Thorne family first appears in the Massachsets colony in the 1630s. William Thorne and his wife Susannah Booth appear to be the ancestors of most Thornes in the United States and Canada, especially those with Quaker roots.

William was born in Dorsetshire, England in 1617 as was Susannah in 1617. They were a prolific family it tracing their descendent will be a life long project. We do have a partial listing from of his grandson Joseph's family who moved to Long Island. My branch appears to have remained in Connecticut, where Capt. William Thorne was born in 1743.

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EIGHT GENERATIONS

from

WILLIAM THORNE

of

Dorsetshire, England and Lynn, Massachusetts

compiled by Joseph Middleton of Crosswicks, N.J. and

Alan McLean Taylor of Boston, Massachusetts

Genealogical Society of Utah – cat. no. 7-102 #987

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NOTE: This document shows descent through William's son John only!

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William¹ Thorne, of Dorsetshire, England, was “made Freeman” at Lynn, Massachusetts 2^nd May 1638, thirty and ten acres of land apportioned to him.” No name of his wife appears upon the various records of the family but it is assumed to have been Sarah, for this was the name transmitted in the families of two sons, and a sloop owned by his son Joseph Thorne and two others in 1712 was named “The William and Sarah.”

In 1645 he was in Flushing, L.I., the original patent of that town being granted by the Dutch Governor, the Hon. William left to him and seventeen others, “Oct 19, 1645.”

In 1646 William Thorne was granted a plantation lot Gravesend, L.I. In 1657 he was one of the proprietors of Jamaica, L.I.

His children were:

1. William² Jr. married Winifred Lemington, daughter of Richard Lemington, of Hempsted, L.I.; born in Dorsetshire, England, 7d. 4m. 1632; died 1686

2. John² , married Mary Parsell.

3. Joseph, married Mary Bowne, daughter of John and Mary Bowne; born 1660.

4. Samuel, married Susannah ---------.

5. Susannah, married 1667, John Lockerson.

From the census of Flushing, L.I. In 1678, we find enumeration:

William Thorne Jr. wife Winifred and three children.

John² Thorne wife Mary ------ three children

Joseph Thorne wife Mary ------ nine children

Samuel Thorne wife Susannah -------- six children

The census of Flushing in 1683, lists the following:

acres horses oxen cows hogs

William Thorne 150 2 2 22 3

John² Thorne 60 2 11

Joseph Thorne 25 1 2 10

Samuel Thorne 17 1 4 20

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John² Thorne, son of William, married at Flushing, L.I., 9d, 3m, 1664, Mary Parsell, daughter of Nicholas and Sarah Parsell. John was made "freeman of Connecticut if he would have it" May 12, 1664. His will, dated July 23, 1709 probated the same year, leaving his estate to his wife and children, and restricting his wife's share if she "marries" again.

His son William was left sole executor of his father's will which names the following children:

1. John³, Jr.

2. Hannah, married Richard Cornell

3. William married at Shrewsbury Friends Meeting, 2d, 12, 1708, Meribah Allen who was born 1686, daughter of Jediah and Elizabeth Allen.

4. Joseph, married at Flushing, L.I., 9d, 9m, 1695, Martha Johanna Bowne, daughter of John Bowne who was born 1673; died 1753.

5. Mary, married William Fowler, had one child, Mary³ Fowler.

6. Sarah, married 1695, Joshua Cornwell, born 1677; brother of Richard.

John³ Thorn, Jr. and wife Catharine were named in the census of Flushing, L.I. in 1698. Who Catharine was, I am unable to find, and singularly it seems that he signed his name "Thorn," dropping the "e," and that all his descendants followed the same spelling (Thorn) until the geneology of William¹ was written, since which some have added the e. His brother William seems to have done the same while the brother Joseph retained the final e and his descendants can be traced by this spelling of the name throughout the United States.

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John³ Thorne, Jr. and wife Catharine were named in the census of Flushing, L.I. In 1698. Who Catharine was, I am unable to find, singularly it seems he signed his name “Thorn,” dropping the “e,” and that all his descendants followed the same spelling (Thorn), until the genealogy of William¹ was written, since which some have added the e. His brother William seems to have done the same, while the brother Joseph retained the final e and his descendants can be traced by this spelling of the name throughout the United States.

John Thorn, Jr. and wife Catharine, on Aug. 26, 1717, bought 181 acres of land near Crosswicks, N.J., where they settled. A part of this land is at the present date (1911) in possession of one of his descendants, George B. Thorn. He was called “carpenter John,” being a carpenter and farmer, and held various public offices in the township in which he lived.

His will dated 16^th day of second month, 1735, was probated June 14, 1737. Catharine's will dated 19^th day of eleventh month, 1766, was probated Nov. 29, 1766.

The children of John and Catharine Thorn were:

1. John⁴, died8d. 5m. 1759, at Bordentown without issue.

2. Mary.

3. Elizabeth.

4. Deborah, born 1697; died before 1737, leaving one child.

5. Joseph4, born 1701; married Sarah Foulke.

6. Samuel, married, 10m. 1730, Hannah Clay, and had six children.

7. Benjamin, married, 14d. 4m. 1740, Sarah Bunting; died childless.

8. Catharine, married, 3m. 1728 Francis King.

9. Sarah, born 1719; died 30d. 6m. 1811; married, 3m. 1743, David Wright, who died in 1791.

10. Thomas, died 1765; intestate.

11. Rebecca, married, ________ Simmons.

12. Hannah, married, 1m. 1737/8, Caleb Shreve.

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Joseph⁴ Thorn, married at Friends Meeting at Crosswicks, N.J., 3m. 1723, Sarah, daughter of Thomas² and Elizabeth Foulke, whose parents came from England in 1677 and settled at Crosswicks.

Thomas Foulke was the son of one of the nine commissioners sent over by William Penn to purchase a part of New Jersey from the Indians. He was born in 1662, and married in 1688, Elizabeth Curtis, daughter of John and Ann Curtis, of Ogston, England, born in1671.

Thomas Foulke, born in 1624; died 1714; had a wife Mary, born in 1629; died in 1718. Both were buried in Crosswicks. After the commissioners of William Penn had purchased of the Indians parts of the southerern section of New Jersey for the settlements of the Friends, Thomas and Mary settled at Crosswicks about 1677 or 1678.

Joseph Thorn was a farmer and weaver, and was a prominent citizen, holding various public offices in the township. He died in 1774 leaving his sons John and Thomas executors, his wife deceased.

Their children were:

1. Elizabeth,5 born 3d. 5m. 1724; married (1), 1748, Abraham Tilton; married (2), 1764, Humphrey Wall.

2. Joseph, Jr., born19d. 4m. 1727; died 9d. 5m. 1759.

3. John, Jr., born 4d, 3m, 1730; died 22d. 8m. 1807; married, 1758, Diadamia Ivins.

4. Thomas5 born 21d. 7m. 1733; died 25d. 2m. 1801; married, 1759, Sussannah Biles.

5. Michael, born 2d. 10M 1736; died unmarried.

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Thomas⁵ Thorn, married a Falsington, Bucks County, Pa., in 1759, Susannah Biles, daughter of William² Biles, who married in 1725, Ann Stevenson. William² Biles was the son of William¹ Biles, who married in 1695, Sarah Langhorne, of Bucks County, PA. When William² Biles died, in his will he left Sussanah “1 slave Philip.”

Thomas died intestate on 25d. 2m. 1806. Both were buried at Bordentown, N.J.

Their children were:

1. Joseph,6 born 12d. 2m. 1761; died 28d. 9m. 1822; married Rhoda Moon.

2. Benjamin, born 5d. 1m. 1763; died 13d. 6m. 1846; married Lucy taylor.

3. Ann, born 4d. 5m. 1764.

4. William B., born 26d. 3m. 1766; died 17d. 11m. 1796; married Elizabeth Hutchins.

5. George, born 29d. 8m. 1767; died 7d. 10m. 1843; died 7d. 10m. 1843; married Mary Field.

6. Langhorne, born 8d. 3m. 1769.

7. Sarah, born 9d. 10m. 1772; died 2d. 1m. 1774.

8. Enoch, born 6d. 1m. 1775; died 12d. 2m. 1826; married Catharine Nagle.

9. Thomas, born 17d. 2m. 1782; died 18d. 8m. 1846; married Ann Falkenburg.

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Joseph⁶ Thorn, son of Thomas, was married 12d. 2m. 1784, to Rhoda Moon, of Bucks County, Pa., by Joshua Anderson, Justice of the Peace, and settled in Bordentown, N.J. He was disowned from the Society of Friends in 1786 “for violation of the Discipline for being married by a Squire.”

The children of Joseph and Rhoda were:

1. William,⁷ born Nov. 11, 1784; married Mary Wright.

2. Asher Mott, born Mar. 15, 1786; married Elizabeth English.

3. Langhorne B., born Jan. 15, 1788; married Mary S. Warren.

4. Ann, born Mar. 15, 1790; married Moore Edwards.

5. Sussanna, born Jan. 13, 1792; married Caleb Warren.

6. Joseph, born Feb. 7, 1794; married ______; went to Ohio.

7. Sarah, born Aug. 16, 1796; went to Ohio with brother Joseph; died single.

8. Elizabeth, born Sept. 14, 1798; died Mar. 21, 1800.

9. George, born Oct. 16, 1799; married _______; left one son, David Thorn, deceased.

10. Thomas, born Jan. 6, 1802; died Jan. 7, 1804.

Rhoda Thorn died March 8, 1802, after which Joseph Thorn was married to Ann Beck (date unknown to me). He died Sept., 28, 1822. Ann died Jan. 29, 1822.

The children of Joseph and Ann were:

11. Henry⁷ B., born Mar. 28, 1803; went to Ohio.

12. James Douglas, born Mar., 1806; settled in Pennsylvania.

13. Benjamin,born Mar. 30, 1809; had two sons, Benjamin² and Thomas Thorn.

14. Lavinia, born Feb. 23, 1815; married Abraham Carter of Philadelphia.

15. Barclay, born Feb.23, 1815; died young.

16. Moore, born April 20, 1817; died 1888, at Trenton, N.J.; single.

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Henry B.7 Thorne, born in Monmouth County, N.J., March 28, 1803; died in Sidney, Ohio, Sept. 25, 1865, and was buried there. Eliza Ann Jones, his wife, was born in Richmond, Va., Oct. 6, 1809. She also died in Sidney Nov. 9, 1869, and was buried there.

Henry B. Thorne and Eliza Ann Jones weere married in Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 28, 1831. “According to the usage of the Presbyterian Church and the laws of the State of Penna. By George C. Potts, Pastor of the Fourth Pres. Church Philadelphia.” So readith the Marriage Certificate.

Children:

1. Catharine8 Elizabeth, born in Philadelphia, Oct. 10, 1832; died in Sidney, June 30, 1908; buried there; married in Sidney, Feb. 9, 1853, Mathew Champlin Hale.

2. Lavenia8 Adelaide, born in Wapaketoneta, Ohio, Nov. 27,1840; died in Mansfield, Ohio, Oct. 2, 1903; buried in Sidney; married in Sidney, Mar. 25, 1858, William H. Taylor.

3. Anna Margaret, born in Sidney, Nov. 10, 1842; married (1), in Sidney, A.M. Graham; married (2), Nov. 23, 1871 John G. Stephenson. Last living representative (1913).

4. Mary Eliza, born in Sidney, April 28, 1845; died there Oct. 5, 1875; buried in Sidney; married Oct. 11, 1866, Henry Augustus Rhodehamel.

5. Robert Barkclay, born July 22, 1847; died in Kalamazoo, Mich., Oct. 25, 1871.

6. Harry, born in Sidney, Feb. 23, 1849; died in Vineland, N.J., Jan 12, 1867; buried in Vineland.

7. Harriet Emily, born in Sidney, Nov. 10, 1850; died in Sidney, Dec. 8, 1868; buried there.

8. Charles Pemberton, born in Sidney, April 3, 1853; died in Sidney, April 14, 1871, buried there.

9. Edwin Neale, born in Sidney, May 12, 1856; died in Sidney, Mar. 24, 1880; buried there Mar. 26, 1880; married in Dayton, July, 1876.

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Lavenia Adelaide⁸ Throne, born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, Nov.27, 1840; died in Mansfield, Ohio, Oct. 2, 1903; buried in Sidney, Ohio; married in Sidney, March 25, 1858, by the Rev. Mr. Spence, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, William Harrison Taylor, son of Jason and Sarah Craig (Skillen) Taylor, born in Sidney, Nov. 29, 1836.

children:

1. Rolla Linville⁹ born in Sidney, Jan. 6, 1860; married in Columbus, Ohio, in 1883, Maude Ayers, who died in Adrian, Mich., Aug. 17, 1896. Their children: Florence (Taylor¹⁰) Robb, William Harrison Taylor, Lavenia Adelaide (Taylor) Bemiss. He married in Ionia, Mich., April, 1913, Annie Cooper Foote. Resident in Adrian.

2. Howard Thorne, born in Sidney, Mar 25, 1862; married in Adrian, May 27, 1855, Maude Howell. Their children: Seymour Howell10 Taylor, Harriet Kimball (Taylor) Gray. Resident in Adrian.

3. Margaret Graham, born in Sidney, Jan. 30, 1866. Resident in Adrian.

4. Frank Fuller, born in Sidney, Oct. 9, 1868. Resident in Adrian.

5. Alan McLean, born in Sidney, Mar. 1, 1878. Resident in Boston, Mass.

6. Rose Kendall, born in Mansfield, Ohio, Mar 2, 1883. Resident in Adrian.

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The following article was sent to me by J.B. Comstorck jr. Of Clairmont, California

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From the That Noble Country

by Dorothy M. Mitts of Port Huron MI

Published by Dorance and Co. Phil, 1968

Chapter XXIX

ANCIENT MARINERS AND HEROINES OF THE LAKES

William Thorne, Pilot of Pre-Revolutionary Days

At the time Fenerao Anthony Wayne was routing the Indians in the Battle of Fallenn Timbers of 1794, Captain William Thorne was already a veteran pilot of the little sloops and schooners active in the fur trade running between Detroit and Mackinac, and later in the transportation of men, guns, and supplies between Detroit and other British posts after the outbreak the war of 1812.

Captain Thorn, born in Providence, R.I. in 1743, came west before 1770, and after living in Detroit for some time settled on the St. Claire River at Cotterville, about 1780. He was the father of John Thorn, who plotted the land on the north side of black River known as the Village of Gratlot (one of the plats that formed the town of Port Huron in 1837), and the father in law of James Fulton, who bought and plotted the first land in the City of Saint Clair.

It is said of Captain Thorn that he took the first ship through the St. Mary's River and into lake Superior ( he was in the employ of Michael Douseman, the fur trader at the time). It is also said of him that when on one occasion his vessel was windbound near an island at the mouth of the St. Mary's river, he went ashore and found there a frying pan left by the Indians, and so named the place "Frying Pan Island".

From the same source, Thornes great granddaughter, Anna Brakeman, comes an account of another incident. His vessel lay at anchor in a bay in lake Erie, and Thorn and his crew were entirely out of provisions except for the flour which they stirred into a pot of boiling water and called it pudding. He then named the place "pudding-bay" - the name by which it was known for many years, before being changed to Put-in-Bay. The word was Possibly slurred in pronunciation to Putin and then name the fixed as Put-in-Bay.

On one of his trips to Sandwich at the time of the Battle of the Thames when the British General Proctor and his Indians were routed.. Captain Thorn was arrested as a spy by a British officer and imprisoned. This was in spite of the fact that for more than 20 years before, he had been engaged in sailing British vessels on the lakes and had therefore deemed himself a British subject.

In the end, the charges against the captain were not sustained, and after nearly a year as a prisoner - during most of which time he was a captive of the Indians - Thorn was released and started for his home in Detroit, traveling on foot through the woods. There on a lonely trail he met a woman in flight from the Indians. Who was about to give birth to a child. He helped her through her confinement and after finding her shelter proceed on foot to the home of a daughter in Monguagon (now Trenton). There, as he later reported, his daughter "helped to rid him of lice" he had acquired in prison, and then drove him in a French cart to his family in Detroit to which place he had removed from the St. Clair River at the beginning of hostilities. After the war he moved back to his farm at Corterilville and continued to live in St. Clare County until his death in 1842 at the age of ninety-nine.

Probably one of the most dramatic incidents of Captain Thorn's life was the time he piloted the Croghan-Sinclair expedition on its unsuccessful attempt to retake Fort Mackinaw from the British. At that time Thorn was living at his farm and was lame because of a dislocated hip, so he was taken aboard in a chair just above Robert's landing at Cotterville. Later, as a low fog settled over the district, Thorn, who was unable to climb a ladder, had himself strapped to a chair and hoisted with pulleys to the masthead and from there piloted the fleet safely on its way to Mackinaw.

But lake navigation was old and familiar business to Captain Thorn. He said himself, that he began sailing to Mackinaw seven or eight years before Fort Mackinaw was moved from the mainland to the island, and in that case he must have been sailing along the shores of the St. Clair River long before the Declaration of Independence was signed.

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Return of Officers and men in His Majesty's Provincial Naval Service with their present Stations.
Quebec 3rd August 1783
[Q 56-2, p 562 n] Michigan Historical Collections, Volume 2 page 6

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BURTON HISTORICAL RECORDS

Addressed:   Jn Askin Esq.     Detroit Oct 25th

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CAPTAIN THORN
Detroit October the 26th 1799

Captain Thorn

Sir You will take on Board 18 Keggs of West India Rum and 2 Barrels of Cydar, all which you will deliver Mr Traxellar.86 likewise 3375 Bricks and 100 Tiles and Telling him to sell the foregoing things at the following Prices, and I will pay him for his Trouble.

Rum by the Kegg 12 Bushells Wheat or 16 1/2 Dol.
Cydar by the Barrell 8 do do...........or 10 Dollars.
Tile—by the Piece...........................6 d Each.
Brick by the 100.............................1 1/2 dollars.

If he trusts it must be only to such people as will surely pay him before the lit of April next at latest and when in wheat it must be good and Clean but I am willing to take English Measure and if he thinks he could sell more to write me word by you.

You will recieve from him all the Indian Corn he has for me, Measuring it with the half Bushell you have on Board, and if he has any wheat of his own I wish he would send it and Keep as much of what he may get for me in its Stead

You will take any grain Mr Wisewel1 may have to ship in preferance to any other but you must not be detained above one day to wait for any Freight, unless it would make a difference of 8 Dollars or more, but if any wishes you to wait a few days for Freight, and with the Freight they give will make it Equal to 8 dollars a day, you may stay in that case a few days

Please let Mr Traxellar know I had a soar Hand and therefore could not write him.
Endorsed: Instructions to Mr Wm Thorn (Copy)
Detroit October 26. 1799

⁸⁵ William Thorn was a native of Providence, R. I., who found his way to Detroit N prior to, or during, the Revolutionary War. He appears as a householder in the Detroit census of 1779, being credited with 1 "woman," 1 boy, 2 girls, 2 horses, and 2 cows. Mich. Plo. Coils., X, 316. In the spring of 1782, he "earnestly" besought his discharge from the naval department; it was granted, and Colonel Dc Pcyster was about to send him to Canada, not deeming it oroper for a person with his knowledge of the lakes and the country to be permitted to remain in Detroit; however, he continued in the service, and in 1783 is listed as a master, serving on Lake Erie. Ibid., XXIV, 6. Prior to September, 1789, Thorn located in Cottrellville on St. Clair River, being one of the earliest residents of this vicinity. Here he remained until his death in 1842, and his descendants were represented here Until a relatively recent date. I-Ic was long a lake navigator, and it is said that he piloted Colonel Croghan s expedition to Mackinac in 1814. Captain Thorn had two Sons, William and John, and several daughters. John Thorn owned and platted the first village lots on the site of Port Huron. See ibid., passim, and Jenks, II 1st. St. Clair Co., 1, 148 ii.

⁸⁶ Peter Traxellar (variously spelled in the mst.) lived on the Thames River; in 1799 Askin had announced to Senseman his intention to open a store in Traxellar s houae the -following season. See Askin papers, pasiim.

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Addendum:

1830 Federal census, Port Huron has a Lewis Thorn family living there as neighbor to John Thorn Williams. Reported to have married Henrietta son McNiel (McNeil, McNeal) of Glasgow Scotland and Boston in Detroit 1777.

William died April 12,1842, age 99 years, 5 months, at the home of his son, Major John Thorn, - Town Clerk, port Huron, MI. Burial monument on Hamilton family plot, Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron, Mi. William retained British citizenship- pension and land bounties.

JOHN THORNE, the first one to arrive in this country from England, of whom we have record, came to Salem and Lynn about the year 1635-1636. In 1646 we find his verbal will was witnessed by Mrs. John Jackson, and one of the appraisers of the estate was John Herbert. (Recorded list. Coll. EssexInst. 4.) - ii

He also served in King Philip's war in 1675, was a member of Captain Daniel Ilenchman's company. Enrolled August 21, 1675, Rehoboth, Mass.

ISRAEL THORNE, a brother of John, was in the company of Captain Samuel Appleton, in the same war. (N. B. Hist. and Gen. Reg., Vol.14. Vol.37. Also N.Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, Vol. XIX. Also Vol. XX, pp.77-88. Also Vol. XXII, pp.174- 182. By Rev. A. W. H. Eaton.)

1. JAMES THORNE¹. Had a brother John. Without doubt from location and historical connection, a descendant of John of 1636. John, as first name, has come down through all the generations to the present. The date and place of his is birth unknown, but of English descent. He married, Jan.12, 1703, Hannah Brown, b. Feb. 5, 1683, dau. of Philip Brown and Mary Buswell, and granddaughter of Deacon Henry Brown and Abigail , of Salisbury, Mass. He lived in Salisbury, Mass., and Kingston, N. H. She died. Mar. 16, 1740-1.

I.. SAMUEL THORNE, b. Oct. 2, 1703; bapt. Aug.19, 1705, admitted to First Church, Salisbury, in 1728, probably married

(1) Mar. 29, 1731, Abigail Cram; (2) Nov 11, 1786,

Abigail Sanborn; and had Bernard, bapt June, 1740,

whom. Dec. 14, 1769, Aphia Norton.

ii. ANIBEL THORNE, b. Sept. 3, 1707; bapt. Nov. 2, 1707; admitted to First Church, Salisbury, Jan. 7, 1728; probably m. July 14, 1731, William Eussell.

2. iii. JOHN THORNE, b. July 13, 1710; bapt. Sept. 3, 1710; m. (1) Elizabeth ; (2) Oct. 20, 1742, Elizabeth Brown. May 23, 1753, John bought 25 acres, in Kingston, for £330.

iv. JAMES THORNE, b. Jan. 6,1715-6; probably m. Feb.13, 1745, Mercy Morse; bought land in Kingston, N. 1{., Jan. 2J, 1741, and Dec. 12, 1742, and Dec. 2, 1756. He was a soldier at the capture of Louisburg, Cape Breton, in 1745. A number of the First Mnss. Ecgt. under Captain² William Warner. (This was the greatest historical event of the Colonial period. June 17, the day of its surrender, is observed by the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Hampshire, also by some other states, as the date of their Annual Court.) lie was executor of his father's will. The will of James Thorne, dated Juno 22, 1790, was proved June 13, 1796.

i. EZEKIEL THORNE, b. in East Kingston, N. H., Sept. 27, 1761.

V. SARAH THORNE, b. in Salisbury; admitted to First Church, Salisbury, Jan. 4, 1730.

vi. BETTY THORNE.

vii. NATHAN

viii. HANNAH THORNE, m. Reuben Clement.

ix. MOLLY THORNE, m. Parker Tandy. -

Note. Jamcs¹ had a sister, Martha, "of Ipswich," who m. (or pub.) May 1, 1703, Zachariah Eastman, of Salisbury, b. Aug.24, 1679, d. Nov.18, 1732, and had i. Jeremiah, b. Mar. 30, 1703; ii. Martha, b. Nov.19, 1705; iii. Abigail, b. Dec. 16, 1708; iv. Jacob, b. Mar. 29, 1711; and V. Ruth, b. May 25, 1713, d. May 23, 1714. Martha, the mother, d. April 6, 1718, and Zacbariah m. again twice.

James¹ had another sister, Sarah, b. Feb.26, 1672, who m. Mar.18, 1694-5, Richard Fitts, of Ipswich and Salisbury, and d. Mar., 1773, aged 100 years. A woman, it was said, of great piety and energy of character-undoubtedly this forceful spirit appears in her descendants, especially in the great statesman, Daniel Webster, whose great-grandmother she was on his mother's ancestral side.

Richard d. Dec. 8, 1744. For a record of Richard's eight children, Isaac, Sarah, Nathaniel, Martha, J Ward, Daniel and Jerusha, sce "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury," page 158. See also History of Chester, Vt., for his descendants. Richard's daughter Jerusha m. Jan.25, 1730 Roger Eastman, b. May 9, 1707; and their dau. Abigail b Sept. 27, 1740, m. Oct. 13, 1774 (as second wife), Ebenezer Webster, father of Daniel Webster, b. Jan.18, 1782.

2. JOHN THORNE² (James¹), b. in Salisbuiy, July 13, 1710 Admitted to First Church, Salisbury, Aug. 1, 1731. He married
(1) Elizabeth ; she died. Nov.22, 1741, and he married. (2) Oct.20, 1742, Elizabeth Brown, and had the following children born in Kingston, N. H. His will made Sept. 11, 1771, was proved Nov.12, 1790. 3. i. JOHN THORNE, b. May 18,1736 (by first wife); ; probably d. Sept., 1807. He received his portion of the estate during his father's lifetime

ii. JEMIMA THORNE, b. May 10, 1737 (by first wife); Loverin; had three children.

iii. JACOB THORNE,-b. Oct. 27, 1747 (by second wife); named as executor in his fathers will.

iv. ELIZABETH THORNE, b. May 26, 3751 (by second wife); mentioned in her father's will.

V. ABRAM THORNE, b. May 20, 1754; d. Sept. 20, 1754.

Vi. ABRAHAM THORNE, b. Jan. 31, 1757; not mentioned in his father's will; probably died before 1771.

3. JOHN THORNE³ (John²) (James¹), b. in Kingston, N. H May 18, 1736; . In 1762 enrolled Sept ye 30th. (See N. H. Rev. Rolls. Vol.1, pp.24-5. Also N. II State Papers, Vol.14), he joined the expedition to Crown Point in Capt. Marston's Company, of Exeter, N. H., under Col. John Goff, and was made quartermaster. For this service as a soldier and officer in the Colonial period, his descendants are entitled to membership in the Society of Colonial Wars, or in that of the Colonial Dames. Earlier ancestors, undoubtedly eoi'rect but not accurately traced by exact dates, would also entitle to membership as above, John Thorne who served in King Philip's -War in 1675, and James Thorne, a soldier at Louisburg in 1745. (See beginning of this record.). He went from Kingston, N.H., about 1765 to Tin Corner, N. H., afterwards known as Thorne.

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Descendants of Capt. William Thorn
from Comstock and Jones files.

1 Capt. William Thorn 1749 - 1842
. 2 William Thorn
. 2 John Thorn 1799 -
. 2 [6] Nancy Thorn - 1814
.... +Andrew Westbrook - 1773 -
.... 3 [1] Nancy Thorn Westbrook
....... +Chester Kimbal 1764 -
.... *2nd Husband of [1] Nancy Thorn Westbrook:
....... +[56] Chester Jr. Kimbal 1808 - 1897
....... 4 Lydia Kimbal 1839 - 1911
.......... +[58] Dr. Fredrick Wolfgang Finster 1829 - 1885
.......... 5 [2] Chester Gamaliel Finster 1878 - December
............. +[3] Minerva Victoria Armitage - 1856
............. 6 [61] Julia Dorothy Finster 1907 - 1983
................ +[62] William Cornelius Jones 1889 - 1965
................ 7 [63] Kay Janet Dorothy Jones 1938 -
................... +[64] Roger Thyr
................... 8 [65] Brian Thyr
...................... +[66] Danita Jo Carlson 1966 -
...................... 9 [67] Nicholas James Thyr 1994 -
................... 8 [68] Lisa Karen Thyr 1962 -
...................... +[69] Scott James Barker 1962 -
...................... 9 [70] Charles James Barker 1985 -
...................... 9 [71] Natalia Lynn Barker 1987 -
................ 7 [72] Cornel Robert Finster Jones 1939 -
................... +[73] Merryalice Maki 1939 -
................... 8 [74] David Bruce William Jones 1964 -
...................... +[75] Ann Summerville Kelly 1964 -
...................... 9 [76] Seamus Dylan Summerville Jones 1995 -
...................... 9 [77] Isobel Alina Kelly Jones 1998 -
................... 8 [78] Corey Robert Nicholas Jones 1966 -
................... 8 Sarah Kay Louise Jones (adopt) 1969 -
..................... + John William Clapp 1960 -
..................... 9 Ashley Elizabeth Clapp - 2000
................ 7 [79] Dale Chester Westbrook Jones 1940 -
................... +[80] Jeanne Adelle Finkelstein 1936 - 1985
................... 8 [81] Terrence Flom Jones 1972 -
...................... +[82] Autumn Hickenbotham
...................... 9 Yrick Jones (adopt) 1996 -
...................... 9 Zayde Tatania Jones 2001 -
................... 8 [83] Tod Simeon Hayward Jones 1976 -
............. 6 [84] Chester Harold "Harold" Finster 1906 -
................ +[85] Margaret Nesbitt
............. 6 [86] Adah Lydia Betty Finster 1916 -
................ +[87] Gus Sontag
................ 7 [88] Alice Sontag
.......... *2nd Wife of [2] Chester Gamaliel Finster:
............. +[3] Minerva Victoria Armitage - 1856
.... 3 [48] Henrietta Westbrook
....... +[49] Peter DeMille
....... 4 [50] Edward DeMille - 1893
....... 4 [51] Ella DeMille
....... 4 [4] Kate DeMille
.......... +[52] George W. Moore
.......... 5 [53] Katherine Moore
............. +[54] Hoagland
....... *2nd Husband of [4] Kate DeMille:
.......... +[55] David J. Campau
.... 3 Harriet Westbrook
.... 3 [7] Euphemia Westbrook - 1863
....... +[8] Capt. Aaron G. Peer 1812 - 1891
....... 4 [9] Peer - Child
....... 4 [10] Arthur Peer
.......... +[11] Amanda Pervorse
.......... 5 [12] Clarence Peer
....... 4 [13] Charlotte Eliza Peer 1845 - 1923
.......... +[14] William H. Cooper
.......... 5 [5] William Heath Cooper 1865 -
............. +[15] Anna Hurton - 1902
.......... *2nd Wife of [5] William Heath Cooper:
............. +[16] Mabel Nichols
............. 6 [17] Charles Arthur Cooper 1904 -
................ +[18] Violet Mahosken
................ 7 [19] Charles Arthur Cooper 1931 -
................ 7 [20] Peter Cooper 1934 -
............. 6 [21] Alice Cooper Cooper 1906 -
................ +[22] Dwight Brink
................ 7 [23] Elizabeth Allen Brink 1934 -
............. 6 [24] Elizabeth Cooper 1908 -
................ +[25] Russell Gurnnel
................ 7 [26] Russell David Gurnnel 1933 -
................ 7 [27] William Gurnnel 1935 -
............. 6 [28] William Heath Cooper 1913 - 1930
.......... 5 [29] Euphemia Adeline Cooper 1867 -
............. +[30] Willet Jeremiah Herrington
............. 6 [31] Charlotte Cooper Herrington 1890 -
................ +[32] Frederick C. O'Dell
................ 7 [33] Willet Herrington O'Dell 1921 -
................ 7 [34] Frederick Charles O'Dell 1924 -
............. 6 [35] Charles Irvine Herrington 1893 -
................ +[36] Phebe Clark
................ 7 [37] Charles Clark Herrington 1926 -
................ 7 [38] Mary Charlotte Herrington 1929 -
............. 6 [39] Willet Jeremiah Herrington 1896 -
................ +[40] Margaret Moore
................ 7 [41] Willet Jeremiah Herrington 1927 -
................ 7 [42] Kenneth Burness Herrington 1928 -
................ 7 [43] Hira Moore Herrington 1929 -
............. 6 [44] Dorothy Herrington 1898 -
................ +[45] Henry Jordan Beam
............. 6 [46] Euphemia Cooper Herrington 1904 -
.......... 5 [47] Charles Arthur Cooper 1869 - 1892
.... 3 William T. Westbrook
. *2nd Husband of [6] Nancy Thorn:
.... +Abraham Geel
.... 3 James Geel
.... 3 Eliza Geel
.... 3 Henry Geel
.... 3 Catherine Geel
. *3rd Husband of [6] Nancy Thorn:
.... +James Geel
. *4th Husband of [6] Nancy Thorn:
.... +Andrew or Aenderis Westbrook 1773 - 1835
.... 3 [7] Euphemia Westbrook - 1863
....... +[8] Capt. Aaron G. Peer 1812 - 1891
....... 4 [9] Peer - Child
....... 4 [10] Arthur Peer
.......... +[11] Amanda Pervorse
.......... 5 [12] Clarence Peer
....... 4 [13] Charlotte Eliza Peer 1845 - 1923
.......... +[14] William H. Cooper
.......... 5 [5] William Heath Cooper 1865 -
............. +[15] Anna Hurton - 1902
.......... *2nd Wife of [5] William Heath Cooper:
............. +[16] Mabel Nichols
............. 6 [17] Charles Arthur Cooper 1904 -
................ +[18] Violet Mahosken
................ 7 [19] Charles Arthur Cooper 1931 -
................ 7 [20] Peter Cooper 1934 -
............. 6 [21] Alice Cooper Cooper 1906 -
................ +[22] Dwight Brink
................ 7 [23] Elizabeth Allen Brink 1934 -
............. 6 [24] Elizabeth Cooper 1908 -
................ +[25] Russell Gurnnel
................ 7 [26] Russell David Gurnnel 1933 -
................ 7 [27] William Gurnnel 1935 -
............. 6 [28] William Heath Cooper 1913 - 1930
.......... 5 [29] Euphemia Adeline Cooper 1867 -
............. +[30] Willet Jeremiah Herrington
............. 6 [31] Charlotte Cooper Herrington 1890 -
................ +[32] Frederick C. O'Dell
................ 7 [33] Willet Herrington O'Dell 1921 -
................ 7 [34] Frederick Charles O'Dell 1924 -
............. 6 [35] Charles Irvine Herrington 1893 -
................ +[36] Phebe Clark
................ 7 [37] Charles Clark Herrington 1926 -
................ 7 [38] Mary Charlotte Herrington 1929 -
............. 6 [39] Willet Jeremiah Herrington 1896 -
................ +[40] Margaret Moore
................ 7 [41] Willet Jeremiah Herrington 1927 -
................ 7 [42] Kenneth Burness Herrington 1928 -
................ 7 [43] Hira Moore Herrington 1929 -
............. 6 [44] Dorothy Herrington 1898 -
................ +[45] Henry Jordan Beam
............. 6 [46] Euphemia Cooper Herrington 1904 -
.......... 5 [47] Charles Arthur Cooper 1869 - 1892
.... 3 [48] Henrietta Westbrook
....... +[49] Peter DeMille
....... 4 [50] Edward DeMille - 1893
....... 4 [51] Ella DeMille
....... 4 [4] Kate DeMille
.......... +[52] George W. Moore
.......... 5 [53] Katherine Moore
............. +[54] Hoagland
....... *2nd Husband of [4] Kate DeMille:
.......... +[55] David J. Campau
.... 3 William Thorn Westbrook 1816 -
....... +Susan Baird
....... 4 Elizabeth Westbrook
.......... +Campbell Parry
.......... 5 John James Parry
.......... 5 William Thorn Parry - 1935
.......... 5 Grace Parry
.......... 5 Susan W. Parry 1858 -
............. +George Lamb
............. 6 John Campbell Lamb
................ +Helen Goodrich
................ 7 Donald Campbell Lamb
................... +Beatrice Plimpton
................... 8 John Lamb
................... 8 Donald Lamb
................ 7 Helen Parry Lamb
................... +J. Albert Laansma
................... 8 Jack Laansma
................... 8 Richard Laansma
................ 7 George Goodrich Lamb
................... +Esther Bolitho
................... 8 Douglas Parry Lamb
................... 8 William Bolitho Lamb 1937 -
................ 7 John Campbell Lamb
................... +Ruth Wallace
................ 7 Susan Elizabeth Lamb
................... +Raymond Johnston
............. 6 William Thorn Lamb
....... 4 William Westbrook
....... 4 Frederic Westbrook
.... 3 Nancy Thorn Westbrook 1818 - 1874
....... +[56] Chester Jr. Kimbal 1808 - 1897
....... 4 [57] Nancy Jane Kimball 1834 - 1894
.......... +Manwarring
....... *2nd Husband of [57] Nancy Jane Kimball:
.......... +Sam McCormick
....... 4 Lucy Eliza Kimball 1836 - 1839
....... 4 Lydia Avery Kimball 1839 - 1911
.......... +[58] Dr. Fredirick Wolfgang Finster 1829 - 1885
.......... 5 Alice May Finster 1860 - 1938
.......... 5 Sheldon Edward Finster 1862 - 1898
.......... 5 Frederick Ellis Finster 1865 - 1912
............. +Julia Hoffman 1867 - 1960
............. 6 [59] Ellis Hoffman Finster 1902 -
................ +Esther
............. *2nd Wife of [59] Ellis Hoffman Finster:
................ +Helen Brown
.......... 5 Nancy Edith Finster 1868 - 1953
.......... 5 Arthur Ray "Art" Finster 1874 - 1965
............. +Barbara Alexandrina "Allie" Morrison 1878 - 1957
............. 6 Andrew Westbrook Finster 1910 - 1930
............. 6 Georgina Ross Finster 1912 - 1992
................ +Alvin Lester "Al" Weiss 1894 - 1975
................ 7 Roger Leslie Weiss 1939 -
................... +Fern Marie Swanson 1939 -
................ 7 [60] Lyle Carolyn "Carolyn" Weiss 1942 - 1976
................... +James Earl "Jim" Woodard 1941 - 1973
................... 8 Cherie Lynn Woodard 1963 -
...................... +Darrel Jay Rock 1956 -
...................... 9 Beate Lynn Rock 1982 -
...................... 9 Renata May Rock 1986 -
................... 8 Janice Marie Woodard 1965 -
...................... +James Deane "Jim" Dougherty 1956 -
...................... 9 Graham Deane Stafford Dougherty 1992 -
................ *2nd Husband of [60] Lyle Carolyn "Carolyn" Weiss:
................... +Gale Karl Burkhalter
................ 7 Alan Kimball Weiss 1951 -
................... +Gayle Ann Rathbun 1952 -
.......... 5 [2] Chester Gamaliel Finster 1878 - December
............. +[3] Minerva Victoria Armitage - 1856
............. 6 [61] Julia Dorothy Finster 1907 - 1983
................ +[62] William Cornelius Jones 1889 - 1965
................ 7 [63] Kay Janet Dorothy Jones 1938 -
................... +[64] Roger Thyr
................... 8 [65] Brian Thyr
...................... +[66] Danita Jo Carlson 1966
...................... 9 [67] Nicholas James Thyr 1994 -
................... 8 [68] Lisa Karen Thyr 1962 -
...................... +[69] Scott James Barker 1962 -
...................... 9 [70] Charles James Barker 1985 -
...................... 9 [71] Natalia Lynn Barker 1987 -
................ 7 [72] Cornel Robert Finster Jones 1939 -
................... +[73] Merry Alice Maki 1939 -
................... 8 [74] David Bruce William Jones 1964 -
...................... +[75] Ann Summerville Kelly 1964 -
...................... 9 [76] Seamus Dylan Summerville Jones 1995 -
...................... 9 [77] Isobel Alina Kelly Jones 1998 -
................... 8 [78] Corey Robert Nicholas Jones 1966 -
................ 7 [79] Dale Chester Westbrook Jones 1940 -
................... +[80] Jeanne Adelle Finkelstein 1936 - 1985
................... 8 [81] Terrence Flom Jones 1972 -
...................... +[82] Autumn Hickenbotham
................... 8 [83] Tod Simeon Hayward Jones 1976 -
............. 6 [84] Chester Harold "Harold" Finster 1906 -
................ +[85] Margaret Nesbitt
............. 6 [86] Adah Lydia Betty Finster 1916 -
................ +[87] Gus Sontag
................ 7 [88] Alice Sontag
....... 4 [89] Adelaide Louesa Kimball 1841 - 1877
.......... +Joseph Inches
....... *2nd Husband of [89] Adelaide Louesa Kimball:
.......... +George Clinton Kimball 1838 - 1883
....... 4 [90] Alice Maria Kimball 1846 - 1936
.......... +Stephen A. Warner
....... *2nd Husband of [90] Alice Maria Kimball:
.......... +Henry Allen
.......... 5 Bert Allen
............. +Naomi "Nome"
............. 6 Horace "Holly" Allen
.... 3 Harriet Westbrook 1821 - 1890
....... +Alfred Comstock 1806 - 1897
....... 4 Andrew Westbrook Comstock 1838 -
.......... +Lillia J. Little
.......... 5 Caroline Lilia "Carrie" Comstock 1870 -
............. +Henry A. Haigh
............. 6 Andrew Comstock Haigh 1895 -
................ +Ida Deck
................ 7 Andrew Deck Haigh 1930 -
............. 6 Richard Allyn Haigh 1897 -
................ +Elizabeth Adams
................ 7 Mary Caroline Haigh
................ 7 Henry Haigh
................ 7 Evelyn Ann Haigh
................ 7 Elizabeth Haigh
.......... 5 Winifred Comstock 1873 -
............. +Charles A. Aaron
............. 6 Josephine Comstock Aaron - 1938
.......... 5 Effie Comstock 1877 - 1878
....... 4 Mabel Helen Eugenia Comstock 1840 -
.......... +Coombs
.......... 5 Nell Coombs
.......... 5 Bertha Coombs
............. +Frank Wean
............. 6 Evangeline Wean
.......... 5 Mabel Coombs
....... 4 William B. Comstock 1842 -
.......... +Myra Rupplin
.......... 5 boy Comstock - Infant
.......... 5 Marie B. Comstock
.......... 5 Harriet J. Comstock
.......... 5 Comstock - 1936
............. +Judge Frank Emerick
.......... 5 William A. Comstock 1877 -
............. +Josephine Kirke White
............. 6 Kirke White Comstock
............. 6 William Comstock
....... 4 George Clife Comstock 1844 - 1844
....... 4 Maria Louisa Comstock 1845 - 1874
....... 4 George B. Comstock 1847 - 1880
....... 4 Albert C. Comstock 1850 - 1866
....... 4 Charles F. Comstock 1852 - 1880
....... 4 Alfred Morrison Comstock 1856 -
.......... +Hattie White
....... 4 Euphemia Ada Comstock 1858 - 1887
.......... +Hunt
....... 4 Joseph B. Comstock 1860 - 1894
.......... +M. Louise McDonald
.......... 5 Mildred Comstock 1888 -
.......... 5 Andrew W. Comstock 1890 -
.......... 5 Joseph Baker Comstock 1892 -
.......... 5 Alfred James Comstock 1894 -