Thomas Thornbrough III Families
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| Ruth Hunt born Frederick Co, Va died 1/20/1767 Rowan Co, NC burial New Garden MM | Thomas Thornbrough III born 7/11/1743 Frederick Co, Va died 6/28/1788 Guilford Co, NC |
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Married: 3/26/1766 New Garden Monthly Meeting, Rowan County, North Carolina Witnesses at the marriage of Thomas and Ruth Hunt Thornbrough included Eleazar Hunt, William Hunt, Bowater Beales, James Johnson, Charles Cannaday, John Payne (father of Dolly Madison - editor's note), Mary Dicks, Lydia Hiatt, Martha Hiatt, Mary Beales, Sarah Hunt, and Welmet Thornbrough ("North Carolinian", June 1958). Children: Thomas Thornbrough IV born 1/5/1767 Rowan County, North Carolina; married (1) Miriam Winslow (2) Phebe Stanley Ruth Hunt Thornbrough died as a result of childbirth. It is not recorded who raised Thomas IV, but his father, Thomas III, spent several years traveling with Ruth's uncle William Hunt on ministerial callings throughout America, in Ireland, Scotland, England and Holland. (See William Hunt page linked above for a description of these travels.) When William Hunt died in England in 1772 Thomas Thornbrough III returned to North Carolina. |
| Martha Ballinger born 12/22/1744 died 5/8/1819 Guilford Co, NC burial New Garden MM |
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Married: 8/10/1774 at New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina.
Children: Henry Thornbrough born 5/13/1775, Guilford County, NC; married (1) Elizabeth Stanley (2) Ruth Hussey William Thornbrough born 11/21/1776, Guilford County, NC; married Rachel Wilson Ruth Thornbrough born 1/25/1779, Guilford County, NC; married William Jessop Hannah Thornbrough born 2/26/1781 & died 6/14/1793, Guilford County, NC Mary Thornbrough born 2/8/1783, Guilford County, NC; married Unknown out of unity After Thomas Thornbrough's death, Martha Ballinger Thornbrough married John Clark on 2/8/1792 at New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina. |
More on the Children of Thomas and Martha Ballinger ThornbroughHenry Thornbrough Son Henry Thornbrough was apprenticed in 1793 by certificate from New Garden to Centre Monthly Meeting. Unfortunately we do not know the occupation he apprenticed for but we do know that later, in Indiana, he was a wagonmaker and manufacturer of farm implements.Henry Thornbrough married (1) Elizabeth Stanley, daughter of Shadrack and Agnes Stanley, 6/12/1799 at New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County. She died 8/8/1800 and is buried at New Garden (probably died in childbirth). Henry Thornbrough married (2) Rebekah Hussey, daughter of John and Mary Jessop Hussey, 6/2/1802 at New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County. Henry and Rebekah had children John (8/16/1803), and Elizabeth (1/3/1806) documented at New Garden. They requested a certificate to Whitewater Monthly Meeting in Wayne County, Indiana, from New Garden, North Carolina on 11/26/1814. The certificate was not presented until January 1816 and at that time included additional children Eunice, Milton, and Hannah. They were later members of Milford Monthly Meeting in Wayne County. The Wayne County Indiana History, 1872 names additional children Lewis, Henry and Larkin, and tells us that Henry died in Dalton Township, Wayne County. We have not yet checked the Wayne County Quaker records for information. An article appeared in June 1957 in the "North Carolinian" written by Willard Heiss, author of the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol VII, Indiana Quaker records. It included a letter from Thomas Thornburg (son of James and Mary Moon Thornburg to his cousin Henry. The article tells us a little more of the movements of Henry and family. "Henry Thornburg and his family removed from North Carolina to Warren County, Ohio, in the Fall of 1814. In March 1820 they removed to Wayne County, Indiana, and in the Spring of 1822 they again removed to Posey Township, Fayette County, Indiana, where he remained the balance of his life." William and Rachel Wilson ThornbroughSon William Thornbrough was apprenticed in 1793 according to a certificate from New Garden to Back Creek Monthly Meeting. On 9/26/1795 he received a certificate as a minor to Springfield Monthly Meeting where he was dismissed on 11/5/1796. No reason was given for the dismissal which usually meant nonattendance at meeting. Guilford County marriage records show that he married Rachel Wilson January 22, 1799.Lynn Bass, a descendant of William & Rachel's son Wilson tells us that their children were Allen (12/2/1807); Hiram (about 1814); Jesse (10/6/1818); M. J. (about 1819); Wilson (about 1821); Martha (about 1822); and Louiza (about 1825), all born Guilford County, North Carolina. Ruth Thornbrough JessopDaughter Ruth Thornbrough married William Jessop, son of William Jessop of Stokes County, 1/4/1797 at New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County. Unfortunately the name William Jessop is very common in Indiana. Some WFT files indicate that Ruth died in Randolph County, Indiana and there is a William Jessop in Randolph County, Indiana in 1840 of the right age to be this William but again it would be dangerous to speculate. We will have a look at Indiana Quaker records for information when time permits. |