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Henry Beeson Thornburgh 1730–1804 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 May 1730

Birth Location: Frederick County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 24 Apr 1804

Death Location: Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States of America

Father: Walter Thornburgh

Mother: Maraget Beeson

Spouse(s): Rachel Moon

Children(s): Walter Thornburgh, Margaret Thornburgh, Mary Thornburgh, Rachel Thornburgh, Ann Thornburgh, SophIa Thornburgh

Henry Beeson Thornburgh was born in 1730 in Frederick County, Virginia, USA, the child of Walter Thornburgh And Maraget Beeson. Henry Beeson Thornburgh married Rachel Moon, and had children including Ann Thornburgh, Margaret Thornburgh, Mary Thornburgh, Rachel Thornburgh, Sophia C Thornburgh, Walter H Thornburgh. Henry Beeson Thornburgh passed away in 1804 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Henry Beeson Thornburgh was born in 1730 in Frederick County, Virginia, USA, the child of Walter Thornburgh And Maraget Beeson.
  • Henry Beeson Thornburgh married Rachel Moon, and had children including Ann Thornburgh, Margaret Thornburgh, Mary Thornburgh, Rachel Thornburgh, Sophia C Thornburgh, Walter H Thornburgh.
  • Henry Beeson Thornburgh passed away in 1804 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Walter Thornburgh
1705–1783
Birth Location: Armagh, County Armagh, North Ireland
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Maraget Beeson
1708–1775
Birth Location: Chester County, Pennsylvannia
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Spouses(s)

Rachel Moon
1734–1804
Birth Location: Deep River Township, North Carolina, USA
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Children(s)

Walter Thornburgh
1762–1836
Birth Location: Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
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Margaret Thornburgh
1759–1812
Birth Location: –
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Mary Thornburgh
1765–1843
Birth Location: Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
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Rachel Thornburgh
1765–1844
Birth Location: Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
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Ann Thornburgh
1770–1858
Birth Location: Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
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SophIa Thornburgh
1781–1862
Birth Location: Deep River, Guilford, North Carolina, USA
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Henry Thornburgh's Ancestors

Self
Henry Thornburgh
1730–1804
Birth Place: Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Parents
Walter Thornburgh
1705–1783
Armagh, County Armagh, North Ireland
Maraget Beeson
1708–1775
Chester County, Pennsylvannia
Grandparents
Richard Beeson
1684–1775
Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Charity Grubb
1687–1761
Brandywine, New Castle, Delaware, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Grubb
1652–1708
Frances Vane
1660–1720
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Jr.
1617–1676
Helen Wilmot
–1698

Henry Thornburgh's Descendants

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Henry (Beeson) Thornburgh (26 May 1730–24 Apr 1804) m. Rachel Moon (10 Jan 1734–24 Apr 1804)
  1. 1. Walter (H) Thornburgh 1762–1836 m. Mary Baldwin 1770–1833
    1. 1. Charity (Ellen) Thornburg 1790–1870 m. Seth Mills 1780–1876
      1. 1. Walter Mills 1815–1867 m. Nancy (Ann) Pruitt 1824–1884
        1. 1. Ira (M.) Mills 1850–1879 m. Martha (Rosana) Dick 1857–1896
        2. 2. George (Rufus) Mills 1859–1931 m. Margaret (Elizabeth) Condit 1857–1935
        3. 3. Amanda (Catherine) Mills 1862–1904
        4. 4. Nancy (Caroline) Mills 1848– m. William (Henry Winfrey) Jr 1849–1930
        5. 5. Julian (Ann) Mills 1844– m. William (C.) Stout 1844–1904
        6. 6. Simpson (Eli) Mills 1856–1908
        7. 7. Robert (Ellis) Mills 1860–1929
        8. 8. James (Henderson) Mills 1852–1880
        9. 9. Mary (Elizabeth) Mills 1853–1886
        10. 10. John (H W) Mills 1853–1947
        11. 11. Sarah (Jane) Mills 1863–
      2. 2. Rachel Mills 1826–1886
      3. 3. Letitia (Elizabeth) Mills 1828–1913 m. George (Washington) Lewis 1821–1895
        1. 1. Lavinia Lewis 1851–1949 m. Benjamin (Franklin) Ramey 1839–1908
        2. 2. Matilda (Elizabeth) Lewis 1854–1938 m. James (Cornelius) Jones 1850–1872 m. William (Newton) Jones 1851–1941
        3. 3. Sarah Lewis 1846–1904
        4. 4. Lydia Lewis 1848–1925 m. Benjamin (Franklin) Johnson 1835–1929
      4. 4. Jacob (Grant) Mills 1822–1865
      5. 5. Kinsey (M) Mills 1814–1834
      6. 6. Aaron (Linton) Mills 1812–1852 m. Amelia Samuels 1816–1875
        1. 1. Mary (Ann) Mills 1835–1842
        2. 2. Pamantha Mills 1853–
        3. 3. Enos (M) Mills 1837–1863
        4. 4. John (Riley) Mills 1834–1862 m. Mary (C) Painter 1837–
        5. 5. Lewis (William) Mills 1840–1887
        6. 6. Sarah (Ellen) Mills 1842–1926 m. Lewis (Tharp) Farris 1839–1912
        7. 7. Francis (Marian) Mills 1844–
        8. 8. Henry (Ransom) Mills 1850–1927
      7. 7. Enos (L) Mills 1816–1848 m. Edith Mankins 1821–1862
        1. 1. Lucinda (Ellen) Mills 1847–1917 m. James (Marion) Ramey 1838–1912
        2. 2. Henry Mills 1845–1860
        3. 3. Lydia Mills 1840–
        4. 4. Martha (Jane) Mills 1839–1908
        5. 5. Enos (Mills) Jr. 1849–1860
        6. 6. William (Riley) Mills 1841–1884
      8. 8. Sally Mills 1819–
      9. 9. Henry (L) Mills 1817–1848
      10. 10. Lucinda (Julia) Mills 1834–1834
      11. 11. John (Kindley) Mills 1830–1832
      12. 12. Seth (Thornburg) Mills 1824–1864
    2. 2. Sarah (Ellen) Thornburgh 1799–1875 m. James (L.) Lumpkin 1791–1870
      1. 1. Nancy (Ellen) Lumpkin 1820–1892 m. Silas (H) Beeson 1803–1843 m. Alfred Williams 1820–1897
        1. 1. Robert (S,) Williams 1847–1853
        2. 2. Silas (H.) Williams 1848–1918 m. Sarah J. 1848–1903
        3. 3. Alvah (Perry) Williams 1850–1935 m. Sarah (Jane) Moller 1853–1933
        4. 4. Elam (Nelson) Willams 1853–1942 m. Zalena (Evelyn) Culp 1858–1942
        5. 5. James (A.) Williams 1866–1927 m. Estella (Louise) Beauvais 1870–1961
      2. 2. Robert (Washington) Lumpkin 1824–1891 m. Margaret (Maria) Kent 1834–1915
        1. 1. Nancy (Jane) Lumpkin 1852–1935 m. William Langfitt 1849–1919
        2. 2. Sarah (Alice) Lumpkin 1854–1944 m. Finley (Enos) Holloway 1855–1928
        3. 3. Maude (E.) Lumpkin 1874– m. Henry (Albert) Brandenburg 1859–1943
        4. 4. Laura (Augusta) Lumpkin 1859–1948 m. Dennis (Gilmore) Thornburg 1856–1927
        5. 5. Letitia (C.) Lumpkin 1862–1880
        6. 6. Frank (Ellsworth) Lumpkin 1864–1933 m. Mary (Giralda) Cole 1870–1965
        7. 7. Josephene Lumpkin 1868–
      3. 3. Charity Lumpkin 1827–1845
      4. 4. Rufus (Murray) Lumpkin 1835–1907
        1. 1. America (Josephine) Lumpkin 1863–1925 m. Wallace Cheesman 1861–1921
      5. 5. William Lumpkin 1822–1902 m. Louisa Puckett 1850–1924 m. Sarah Maulsby 1821–1861
        1. 1. Daisy (Russell) Lumpkin 1881–1947
        2. 2. Lowell Lumpkin 1876–1940 m. Josie (M.) Howell 1878–1964
        3. 3. William (Murrel) Lumpkin 1888– m. Sarah (Ann) Cox 1889–
        4. 4. May (Bell) Lumpkin 1874–1951 m. Richard (Leroy) Golliher 1866–1951
        5. 5. Elva (Rebecca) Lumpkin 1879–1879
      6. 6. John (R.) Lumpkin 1833–1909
      7. 7. Dempsey (Oliver) Lumpkin 1841–1915
      8. 8. Silas (H) Lumpkin 1837–1913
      9. 9. Mary (Jane) Lumpkin 1831–1896
      10. 10. Walter Lumpkin 1830–1850
      11. 11. Elizabeth Lumpkin 1819–1819
      12. 12. Evelyine Lumpkin 1814–1818
    3. 3. Jesse (Carver) Thornburg 1803–1848
      1. 1. Sarah (Frances) Thornburgh 1831–1893 m. Richard (Cornelius) Cheesman 1829–1901
        1. 1. Wallace Cheesman 1861–1921 m. America (Josephine) Lumpkin 1863–1925
        2. 2. Harry Cheesman 1866–
        3. 3. Edward Cheesman 1869–
      2. 2. Jesse (Carver) Thornburg 1835–1918
    4. 4. Dempsey Thornburgh 1801–1886
    5. 5. Henry (Thornburgh) Sr 1788–1862
    6. 6. William Thornburgh 1794–1880
    7. 7. Jacob Thornburgh 1797–1840
    8. 8. John Thornburgh 1805–1841
    9. 9. Walter Thornburgh 1811–1851 m. Julia (Ann) Gwin 1812–1895
      1. 1. Elvin (Pleasant) Thornburgh 1839–1930
      2. 2. Mary (Jane) Thornburgh 1838–1928
    10. 10. Elizabeth Thornburgh 1792–1877 m. Moses Mills 1787–1828
      1. 1. Rufus (K.) Mills 1823–1898
      2. 2. John (B.) Mills 1827–1896
      3. 3. Mary Mills 1818–1897 m. Ishmael Conyers 1813–1898
        1. 1. Alpheus (W.) Conyers 1845–1928
        2. 2. Jonathan (R.) Conyers 1862–1930 m. Rachel Johnson 1863–
        3. 3. Ursulia Conyers 1856–1926
        4. 4. Moses Conyers 1843–1891 m. Mary (A) Allen 1851–1911
        5. 5. Austin (Fosdick) Conyers 1838–1920
        6. 6. Julia (Elizabeth) Conyers 1841–1921 m. Stephen (Darius) Warwick 1835–1915
        7. 7. Phoebe (Ann) Conyers 1847–1937 m. James (Henry) Edwards 1845–1918
        8. 8. James (K.) Conyers 1851–1881
        9. 9. Hannah (Louise) Conyers 1854–1932
      4. 4. Oliver (M) Mills 1825–1914 m. Rachel Locke 1833–
        1. 1. India (M) Mills 1857–1938 m. Ephraim (Cornelius) Hiatt 1854–1923
        2. 2. Leonidas (W.) Mills 1852–
        3. 3. Sarah (Alice) Mills 1849–
      5. 5. Charity Mills 1820–1890
      6. 6. Milton (Leroy) Mills 1814–1889
      7. 7. Zerelda Mills 1813–1893
    11. 11. Kinsey Thornbrough 1790–1811
    12. 12. Zemrey Thornburgh 1790–1811
    13. 13. James (Madison) Thornburgh 1812–1900
    14. 14. Ezekiel Thornburg 1790–1875
  2. 2. Margaret Thornburgh 1759–1812 m. George Hayworth 1757–1842
    1. 1. Rachel Hayworth 1778–
    2. 2. Henry Hayworth 1780–1842 m. Elizabeth Boyd 1785–1860
      1. 1. Henry (Hayworth) Jr. 1807–1825
      2. 2. Rachael Hayworth 1810–1866
        1. 1. Martin (Monroe) Jester 1839–1924
        2. 2. Harrison (Hyrum) Jester 1843–1900
      3. 3. Clemmons (G.) Hayworth 1817–1873 m. Mary Wheeler 1821–1896
        1. 1. Nereus (M.) Hayworth 1844–1920 m. Catherine (S.) Ellington 1844–1909
        2. 2. Phoebe (Elizabeth) Hayworth 1858–1929
      4. 4. James (Lidley) Hayworth 1829–1899 m. Charity Leonard 1831–1882
        1. 1. Sidney Hayworth 1855–1865
        2. 2. Asenath Hayworth 1857–1941
        3. 3. Mary (Roella) Hayworth 1867–1932
        4. 4. Martha (Emma) Hayworth 1868–1944
        5. 5. Anna Hayworth 1872–1956 m. James (Franklin) Spencer 1868–1929
        6. 6. Elsie (May) Hayworth 1876–1972 m. Robert (Arthur) Blair 1879–1961
    3. 3. Eli Hayworth 1782–1866
    4. 4. Welmet Hayworth 1785–
    5. 5. Stephenas Hayworth 1788–
    6. 6. George Hayworth 1792–1876
    7. 7. John Hayworth 1799–
  3. 3. Mary Thornburgh 1765–1843
  4. 4. Rachel Thornburgh 1765–1844
  5. 5. Ann Thornburgh 1770–1858
  6. 6. SophIa (C.) Thornburgh 1781–1862 m. Obediah Barnard 1759–1842

Henry Thornburgh's Timeline

3 Records

1730
26 May 1730
Birth of Henry Beeson Thornburgh in Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Frederick County, Virginia, USA
1804
24 Apr 1804
Age 74
Death of Henry Beeson Thornburgh in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
1804
23 Mar 1804
Age 74
Henry Beeson Thornburgh - Probate in Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
Jefferson, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 May 1730
    Event Place: Frederick County, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 24 Apr 1804
    Event Place: Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Findagrave, Henry Thornburgh Sr. 24 Apr 1804

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Guilford, North Carolina
    Record Source: U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Apr 1804
    Event Place: Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, Will Books, 1792-1844, Jefferson County, Tennessee; Author: Tennessee State Library and Archives (Nashville, Tennessee); Probate Place: Jefferson, Tennessee
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 23 Mar 1804
    Event Place: Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, Will Books, 1792-1844, Jefferson County, Tennessee; Author: Tennessee State Library and Archives (Nashville, Tennessee); Probate Place: Jefferson, Tennessee
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