Name |
William Thorn |
Birth |
Abt 1685 |
Virginia or England |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
Between 1723 and 1758 |
Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co, Virginia |
- Overwarton Parrish Stafford Co, Virginia Tithables 1723-1758
Tenders of Tobacco in Overwharton Parish, pg 159
Name Tithables Plants
William Thorne 1 16,000
Daniel Orear 14#
John Orear 11#
Lewis Renoe
Thomas Renoe 3 21,594
Henry Moffett
Lewis Renoe, Jun.
Francis Renoe "nonage" ?
Gabriel Moffet
Thomas Whitledge
Thomas Whitledge Jr.
William Whitledge 6 34,537
William Anderson
2 Negroes
John Whitledge
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Census |
1 Apr 1724 |
Overwharton Parish, Virginia |
tithables |
- On 1 April 1724 Tenders of Tobacco in Overwharton Parish
William Thorne-1 tithable, 16,000 plants
Daniel Orea 14 years old
John Orea 11 years old.
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Property |
20 May 1725 |
Occoquan Run, Stafford Co, Virginia |
- On 20 May 1725 WILLIAM THORN was granted 897 acres on Occoquan Run . This was in partnership with Henry Filkin. Both were residents of Stafford Co. THORN was to have 445 acres on Lick Branch. But the grant was cancelled and the whole tract given to WILLIAM THORN with HENRY FILKIN'S consent. HENRY FILKIN was granted land in this area as early as 1714. Other referances show WILLIAM THORN -Northern Neck Grants Book B, 1726-1729 p. 221. (Reel 290). It states the land was regranted to William Thorn.
On 3 June 1729 WILLIAM THORN of Stafford Co Va was granted 897 Acres on Occaquan Run & Lick Branch of said Run. This deed for land granted HENRY FILKIN (Book A,folio 152)
Notes: Refer to JOHN THORN , son , for notes on the sale of this land on Oct 22 1806.
Circa 1736 Rent Rolls for Prince William County WILLIAM THORN 897 acres.
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Census |
1760 |
Prince William Co, Virginia |
- Name: William Thorn
State: VA
County: Prince William County
Township: Rental Rolls
Year: 1760
Record Type: Rent Role
Database: VA Early Census Index
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Other-Begin |
King George Co, Virginia |
- A King George Co., VA deed refers to the grantors "William Thorn and Mary his wife, widdow and relique of John Oreo late of Prince William County, deceased" along with "John Glascock & Margaret his wife, daughter of the said John Oreo & Mary his wife. . . " all selling their interests to Cornelius McCartie of Brunswick Parish, King George Co., VA.
Cornelius McCartie (b. ca. 1766) was married 2 Dec 1787 to Susannah "Sukey" Hardwick (born 1767), dau. of Margaret Glascock (b. ca. 1745) and her first husband Aaron Hardwick (she m. 2nd to William Turley). Margaret Glascock was the dau. of John Glascock and wife Margaret Orear (above referenced). By the way, Cornelis and Susannah McCartie later moved to Fayette Co., KY ca. 1797; in 1809 they were residents of Otter Creek in Hardin Co., KY (now Meade Co.); they had 11 children, one of whom was named Enos Orear McCarty.]
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Death |
1761 |
Prince William Co, Virginia |
Other-Begin |
8 Apr 1763 |
Prince William Co, Virginia |
- William Thorn married Sarah (Unknown) circa 1747 at Prince William County, Virginia. William Thorn died in 1761 at Prince William County, Virginia. On 8 April 1763 "RENO &c. agt. THORN. John RENO &c Complainants agt. John THORN, Defendant. In Chancery. The Complainants filed their Bill and on the motion of the Deft. Time is given him untill next Court to answer the same." [From abstract by Ruth and Sam Sparacio]
This appears to be a chancery (equity) suit to determine shares of an estate, apparently the estate of William THORN. We are not necessarily talking about land here. There could very well be personal property (slaves, livestock, household goods, financial paper) that would need to be divided among all William THORN's children. The RENOs are suing the heir-at-law to recover their share. Primogeniture determines that land would descend to the eldest son (the heir at law), but personal property should be divided equally among all the decedent's children, male and female. This suit certainly suggests that Susannah RENO had a claim on that estate.
http://www.conovergenealogy.com/famous-p/p1471.htm#i73546
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Notes |
- WILLIAM THORN:
William Thorn was born circa 1685 Virginia or England. He married Mary Peck, daughter of Possibly father Robert Peck and Possibly mother of Mary Margaret (Unknown), before 17 November 1719; or 1724 per message posted to the Prince William County board by Laura Pack. Not verified.
On 1 April 1724 Tenders of Tobacco in Overwharton Parish
William Thorne appears on the 1724 list of Tobacco Tenders of Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co., VA with Daniel Orea age 14 and John Orea age 11, tending 16,000 plants. Lewis Renoe is three names away with 21,594 plants.
On 20 May 1725 WILLIAM THORN was granted 897 acres on Occoquan Run This was in partnership with Henry Filkin. Both were residents of Stafford Co. THORN was to have 445 acres on Lick Branch. But the grant was cancelled and the whole tract given to WILLIAM THORN with HENRY FILKIN'S consent. HENRY FILKIN was granted land in this area as early as 1714. Other referances show WILLIAM THORN -Northern Neck Grants Book B, 1726-1729 p. 221. (Reel 290). It states the land was regranted to William Thorn.
On 3 June 1729 WILLIAM THORN of Stafford Co Va was granted 897 Acres on Occaquan Run & Lick Branch of said Run. This deed for land granted HENRY FILKIN (Book A,folio 152)
Notes: Refer to JOHN THORN, son, for notes on the sale of this land on Oct 22 1806.
Circa 1736 Rent Rolls for Prince William County WILLIAM THORN 897 acres.
William Thorn married Sarah (Unknown) circa 1747 at Prince William County, Virginia. William Thorn died in 1761 at Prince William County, Virginia.
On 8 April 1763 "RENO &c. agt. THORN. John RENO &c Complainants agt. John THORN, Defendant. In Chancery. The Complainants filed their Bill and on the motion of the Deft. Time is given him untill next Court to answer the same." [From abstract by Ruth and Sam Sparacio]
This appears to be a chancery (equity) suit to determine shares of an estate, apparently the estate of William THORN. We are not necessarily talking about land here. There could very well be personal property (slaves, livestock, household goods, financial paper) that would need to be divided among all William THORN's children. The RENOs are suing the heir-at-law to recover their share. Primogeniture determines that land would descend to the eldest son (the heir at law), but personal property should be divided equally among all the decedent's children, male and female. This suit certainly suggests that Susannah RENO had a claim on that estate.
http://www.conovergenealogy.com/famous-p/p1471.htm#i73546
William Co. Deed Book T, 1774-1779 p.24 has an abstract for a deed dated Jan. 6, 1777 between John Thorn and Mary his wife of PW Co. for the purchase of 104 acres, being part of a tract granted to William Thorn, "father to ye said John Thorn".
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3187492&id=I0072
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There was an old family story passed down from my line of Thorns . It is as follows:
My 4th Great Grandfather William Thorn born about 1685-93 was a young boy about 5-7 years old. He and a sister were down by a river when Indians came up in canoes and kidnapped them. They do not know what happened to their family. They were raised by the Indians. I started this genealogy search to try and find the real answer about my G Grandfather and disprove this old family story passed down. So far, I have not found any evidence of any of this THORN family being kidnapped by the indians. However, DNA testing that I have done as well as another cousin does not link us to any other known Thorn family in America. We have matched a Wm. McAdams . Wm McAdams also has found that he doesn't match any other McAdams. Could this mean that this story may be true? Very possibly. With the advancement of DNA testing for genetic relations we may some day know the answer. William Thorn of Prince William Co Va was William Sanford Thorn's grandfather.
William Thorn's beginnings remains a mystery as we do not know who his parents were or where he actually was born. All we know is that he appeared in Stafford/Prince William Co Va abt 1718 - whether born there or arrived there we do not know. In 1718-19 he married Mary Orear the widow of John Orear. Of this union was born one child Susannah Thorn Nov 17 1719. The first record of William in Prince William Co is 1724 on the Tobacco Tithable list along with his step-sons called orphans -Daniel and John Orear paying tax on 16,000 plants. That seems a sizable amount of tobacco . He acquired 897 acres of land in 1725 which might have been from his own wealth or from the wealth he aquired in his marriage to widow Orear. He raised the Orear boys and seemed to be fondly thought of by them as Daniel named him as executor of his estate at his death. William and Mary raised the family and saw the marriage of their daughter Susannah to John Reno . Mary must have died around 1744 as William married Sarah Carter abt 1744-48 in Prince William CO. Sarah at their marriage had a son Elijah Muse which no records indicate if he was born to Sarah from a marriage to a Muse or possibly born out of wedlock. Sarah then married a Carter (some have given him the name of William Carter but no records have been found as proof). Of her marriage to Mr Carter Sarah had 6 children, George,Richard, Elizabeth,Barbara, Jemimah and Frances. So again William adds more stepchildren to his family. William and Sarah had only one child John Thorn . John is the only male heir of William Thorn. Records show that after his death Susannah and her husband John Reno brought chancery suit against John for property of William Thorn. So we see Susannah and John as half brother and sister and the only known biological children of William Thorn. In 1761 William Thorn succumbed to death leaving young John as his heir . John being under age was awarded to his mother Sarah as well as step sister Frances Carter by the courts. Sarah continued to raise her large family and protected her son John's estate . She did remarry after William's death but divorced . I speculate she was protecting John's estate from her new husband . In that time period when a woman married her land and possessions became porperty of her husband. John was named as the executor of Sarah's will and also heir to the estate upon her death.
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Person ID |
I47532 |
Roots |
Last Modified |
9 Dec 2012 |