Benjamin Thacher1

b. 13 April 1634, d. 1 September 1639
Family
Father*Antony Thacher1 b. 1588/89, d. bt 30 Jun 1667 - 22 Aug 1667
Mother*Mary __?__1 d. Jul 1634
Birth*13 April 1634Benjamin Thacher was born "between the hours of one and two o'clock in the morning" on Sunday, 13 April 1634 in Salisbury, Somerset County, England,1 
Baptism27 April 1634 and was baptized on 27 April 1634 at St. Edmund's Church, Salisbury.1 
Guardianship*5 April 1635Young Benjamin, just one year old when his father immigrated on 5 April 1635 with the rest of his family to New England, was left behind in the care of his uncle, Reverend Peter Thacher of St. Edmund's. Benjamin's father had agreed to pay his older brother £20 for the child's maintenance.1 
Death*1 September 1639He died on 1 September 1639 in Salisbury at age 51 
Burial*4 September 1639 and was buried from Salisbury on 4 September 1639 and was probably interred in the yard of that Church.1 

Citations

  1. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1910-1915), pages 68-91. Hereinafter cited as Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy.

Edith Thacher1

b. 1 February 1621/22, d. 15 August 1635
Family
Father*Antony Thacher1 b. 1588/89, d. bt 30 Jun 1667 - 22 Aug 1667
Mother*Mary __?__1 d. Jul 1634
Birth*1 February 1621/22Edith Thacher was born at Queen Camel, Somerset County, England, probably about 1 February 1621/221 
Baptism7 February 1621/22 and was baptized by her grandfather, Reverend Peter Thacher of Queen Camel, on 7 February 1621/22.1 
(1st Daughter) Emigration5 April 1635Edith sailed from Southampton, Hampshire, England, to New England on 5 April 1635 with her parents and three of her siblings on the ship James of London.1 
(Daughter) Relocation15 August 1635 Neither the exact place, nor date, of landing in New England of the ship James has been agreed upon by historians. Whether Boston, Newbury or Ipswich, wherever the passengers first landed, Antony Thacher and Joseph Avery and their families sojourned for a short time in Ipswich, Massachusetts. While there, Reverend Avery received a call to preach in Marblehead, then a part of Salem. During the time he took for deliberation, the two families removed to Newbury with plans to settle there. But after Avery accepted the call to Marblehead, he and his family of eleven all told, accompanied by Antony Thacher and his wife Elizabeth (Jones) Thacher, and his children by his first wife, William, Edith, Mary and Peter, went back to Ipswich. From there they embarked for Marblehead. Antony Thacher's nephew, Thomas Thacher, who had sailed with his uncle's family to New England, felt a sentiment of evil about the trip and did not accompany them on the voyage. Instead Thomas decided to make the journey overland despite the danger of being attacked by hostile Indians. The Thacher-Avery party embarked from Ipswich for Marblehead in a pinnace and the vessel was wrecked on 15 August 1635. All on board were lost except Antony Thacher and his second wife Elizabeth (Jones) Thacher.1 
Death*15 August 1635Edith, along with her sister and two brothers, drowned in the pinnace's shipwreck on 15 August 1635. None of the children's bodies were recovered. Edith was 13 years of age.1 

Citations

  1. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1910-1915), pages 68-91. Hereinafter cited as Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy.

Elizabeth Thacher1,2

b. 7 March 1682/83, d. 10 February 1715/16
Family
Father*Reverend Peter Thacher of Milton1,3 b. 18 Jul 1651, d. 17 Dec 1727
Mother*Theodora Oxenbridge1 d. 18 Nov 1697
Birth*7 March 1682/83Elizabeth Thacher was born on 7 March 1682/83 in Milton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).1,3 
Marriage*29 May 1701She married, as his first wife, Samuel Niles of New Shoreham, Block Island, Rhode Island, son of Nathaniel Niles and Sarah Sandys, on 29 May 1701 in Milton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).2,1,4 
Death*10 February 1715/16She died on 10 February 1715/16 in Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England), at age 32.1,5 

Family

 Samuel Niles b. 1 May 1674, d. 1 May 1762
Child 1.Elizabeth Niles+2 b. 16 May 1706

Citations

  1. [S1203] Joel Nelson Eno, "John Niles of Braintree, Mass., and some of his Descendants", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 85, pages 145-157, (April 1931). Hereinafter cited as "John Niles of Braintree."
  2. [S869] Marcus Taft Jones, Hayward-Howard genealogy and family history: descendants of William and Margery Hayward of Braintree, Massachusetts, 1648; earlier of Weymouth. Microfilm of typescript at the Rhode Island Historical Society in Providence, Rhode Island. Hayward genealogy 1648-1690: pages 1-13; FHL Film# 22344, Item 2, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Hayward-Howard genealogy and family history.
  3. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Milton Births, Volume 1, page 62. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  4. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Milton Marriages, Volume 1, page 178.
  5. [S986] Braintree, Massachusetts: Vital and Church Records, online at www.NewEnglandAncestors.org, page or image number 7928. Hereinafter cited as Braintree Vital and Church Records.

Elizabeth Thacher1,2

b. October 1667
Family
Father*Judah Thacher3 b. c 1640, d. 4 Nov 1676
Mother*Mary Thornton3 b. c 1640, d. 30 Nov 1708
Birth*October 1667Elizabeth Thacher was born in October 1667 in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony.1 
Marriage*before 10 September 1696She married first, probably in Boston as his second wife, Joshua Gee, son of Peter Gee and Grace __?__, before 10 September 1696.1,4 
(Wife) Deathbefore 11 March 1722/23Elizabeth became a widow when Joshua Gee died before 11 March 1722/23.1 
Marriage*12 August 1727She married second, as his third wife, her second cousin Reverend Peter Thacher of Milton, son of Reverend Thomas Thacher and Elizabeth Partridge, sometime after their Intention of Marriage was published on 12 August 1727 in Boston.3,1,5 
(Wife) Death17 December 1727Elizabeth became a widow for the second time when Reverend Peter Thacher of Milton died on Monday, 17 December 1727, having preached both the morning and evening sermons, as usual, the day before.6 

Family 1

 Joshua Gee b. c 1667, d. b 11 Mar 1722/23

Family 2

 Reverend Peter Thacher of Milton b. 18 Jul 1651, d. 17 Dec 1727

Citations

  1. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1910-1915), pages 144-153. Hereinafter cited as Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy.
  2. [S1208] William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. In 4 volumes, with a surname index in Volume 4; downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908), Thacher, Volume IV, pages 1941-1942, her surname not provided. Hereinafter cited as Memoirs of the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts.
  3. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, pages 106-110.
  4. [S1208] William Richard Cutter, Memoirs of the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Thacher, Volume IV, pages 1941-1942, reporting his name as Reverend Jonathan Gee.
  5. [S1208] William Richard Cutter, Memoirs of the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Thacher, Volume IV, pages 1941-1942.
  6. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Milton Deaths, Volume 1, page 247. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.

Captain Josiah Thacher1

French & Indian War*11 May 1759Nathaniel Bolton and William Bolton were among those who appeared on the list of Massachusetts Soldiers who landed at Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia Province, Canada, with Captain Josiah Thacher's Company, Colonel John Thomas's Regiment on 11 May 1759.2 

Citations

  1. [S671] Communicated by George T. Thacher Esq. of Boston, "Massachusetts Soldiers at Halifax in 1759: A List of Capt. Josiah Thacher's Company in Coll. John Thomases Regemt. Landed in Halifax, May ye 11th 1759", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 28, (October 1874): pages 413-415. Hereinafter cited as "Massachusetts Soldiers at Halifax in 1759 - NEHGR."
  2. [S671] Communicated by George T. Thacher Esq. of Boston, "Massachusetts Soldiers at Halifax in 1759 - NEHGR", page 414.

Judah Thacher1

b. circa 1640, d. 4 November 1676
Family
Father*Antony Thacher2 b. 1588/89, d. bt 30 Jun 1667 - 22 Aug 1667
Mother*Elizabeth Jones2
Birth*circa 1640Judah Thacher was probably born in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony, circa 1640, as calculated from his noted age at death.2 
Marriage*circa 1666He married Mary Thornton, daughter of Reverend Thomas Thornton and Mary __?__, circa 1666 in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony.3 
Death*4 November 1676He died on 4 November 1676 at Yarmouth at age 36.3 

Family

 Mary Thornton b. c 1640, d. 30 Nov 1708
Children 1.Elizabeth Thacher3 b. Oct 1667
 2.Mary Thacher3 b. 17 Mar 1671

Citations

  1. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1910-1915), page 69. Hereinafter cited as Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy.
  2. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, pages 68-91.
  3. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, pages 106-110.

Mary Thacher1

b. 17 March 1671
Family
Father*Judah Thacher1 b. c 1640, d. 4 Nov 1676
Mother*Mary Thornton1 b. c 1640, d. 30 Nov 1708
Birth*17 March 1671Mary Thacher was born on 17 March 1671 in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony.1 
Marriage*3 November 1692She married first, as his second wife, Moses Draper on 3 November 1692 in Boston.2 
(Wife) Death14 August 1693Mary became a widow when Moses Draper died on 14 August 1693.2 
Marriage*19 August 1704She married second Joseph Grant, son of Edward Grant and Sarah Ward, on 19 August 1704 in Boston.2 
(Daughter) Death30 November 1708Mary's mother died at the Grant home in Boston on 30 November 1708.1 

Family 1

 Moses Draper b. c 1662, d. 14 Aug 1693

Family 2

 Joseph Grant b. 15 Feb 1660/61

Citations

  1. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1910-1915), pages 106-110. Hereinafter cited as Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy.
  2. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, pages 156-158.

Mary Thacher1

d. 15 August 1635
Family
Father*Antony Thacher1 b. 1588/89, d. bt 30 Jun 1667 - 22 Aug 1667
Mother*Mary __?__1 d. Jul 1634
(2nd Son) Emigration5 April 1635Mary sailed from Southampton, Hampshire, England, to New England on 5 April 1635 with her parents and three of her siblings on the ship James of London.1 
(Daughter) Relocation15 August 1635 Neither the exact place, nor date, of landing in New England of the ship James has been agreed upon by historians. Whether Boston, Newbury or Ipswich, wherever the passengers first landed, Antony Thacher and Joseph Avery and their families sojourned for a short time in Ipswich, Massachusetts. While there, Reverend Avery received a call to preach in Marblehead, then a part of Salem. During the time he took for deliberation, the two families removed to Newbury with plans to settle there. But after Avery accepted the call to Marblehead, he and his family of eleven all told, accompanied by Antony Thacher and his wife Elizabeth (Jones) Thacher, and his children by his first wife, William, Edith, Mary and Peter, went back to Ipswich. From there they embarked for Marblehead. Antony Thacher's nephew, Thomas Thacher, who had sailed with his uncle's family to New England, felt a sentiment of evil about the trip and did not accompany them on the voyage. Instead Thomas decided to make the journey overland despite the danger of being attacked by hostile Indians. The Thacher-Avery party embarked from Ipswich for Marblehead in a pinnace and the vessel was wrecked on 15 August 1635. All on board were lost except Antony Thacher and his second wife Elizabeth (Jones) Thacher.1 
Death*15 August 1635Mary, along with her sister and two brothers, drowned in the pinnace's shipwreck on 15 August 1635. None of the children's bodies were recovered. Mary may have been about 10 years of age.1 

Citations

  1. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1910-1915), pages 68-91. Hereinafter cited as Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy.

Oxenbridge Thacher1

b. 17 May 1681, d. 1772
Family
Father*Reverend Peter Thacher of Milton1 b. 18 Jul 1651, d. 17 Dec 1727
Mother*Theodora Oxenbridge1 d. 18 Nov 1697
Birth*17 May 1681Oxenbridge Thacher was born in 17 May 1681 in Milton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).1,2 
Marriage*10 February 1714He married Elizabeth Lilley of Boston on 10 February 1714 in Milton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).3 
Death*1772He died in 1772.1 

Family

 Elizabeth Lilley
Child 1.Oxenbridge Thacher Jr.+4,5 b. 3 Jan 1719/20, d. 9 Jul 1765

Citations

  1. [S1208] William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. In 4 volumes, with a surname index in Volume 4; downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908), Volume IV, Thacher, pages1941-1942. Hereinafter cited as Memoirs of the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Milton Births, Volume 1, page 62. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  3. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Milton Marriages, Volume 1, page 178.
  4. [S1214] William Emerson, A Sermon on the decease of the Rev. Peter Thacher, D.D.: pronounced Dec. 31, 1802 in Brattle Street Church, Boston, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: Young and Minns, printers to the state, 1803), page 23. Hereinafter cited as A Sermon on the decease of the Rev. Peter Thacher.
  5. [S494] Boston MA: Church Records, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Old South Church, page 158. Hereinafter cited as Boston MA: Church Records.

Oxenbridge Thacher Jr.1

b. 3 January 1719/20, d. 9 July 1765
Family
Father*Oxenbridge Thacher1,2 b. 17 May 1681, d. 1772
Mother*Elizabeth Lilley2,3
Baptism*3 January 1719/20Oxenbridge Thacher Jr. was baptized on 3 January 1719/20 at the Old South Church, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).2 
Education*1738He graduated in 1738 at Harvard College, Boston.1 
Occupation*He was a lawyer.1 
Marriage*27 July 1741He married Sarah Kent on 27 July 1741 in Boston, Suffolk County.4 
(Husband) Death3 July 1764Oxenbridge became a widower when Sarah (Kent) Thacher died on 3 July 1764.5,6 
Death*9 July 1765He died on 9 July 1765 in Milton, Suffolk County, at age 455,1 
Burial* and was buried in Boston.7 

Family

 Sarah Kent d. 3 Jul 1764
Child 1.Peter Thacher4,8,9 b. 10 Mar 1752, d. 16 Dec 1802

Citations

  1. [S1214] William Emerson, A Sermon on the decease of the Rev. Peter Thacher, D.D.: pronounced Dec. 31, 1802 in Brattle Street Church, Boston, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: Young and Minns, printers to the state, 1803), page 23. Hereinafter cited as A Sermon on the decease of the Rev. Peter Thacher.
  2. [S494] Boston MA: Church Records, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Old South Church, page 158. Hereinafter cited as Boston MA: Church Records.
  3. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Milton Marriages, Volume 1, page 178. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  4. [S746] Boston, Massachusetts Marriages, 1700-1809, online at www.americanancestors.org, City Document No. 150, page 264. Hereinafter cited as Boston Marriages, 1700-1809.
  5. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Milton Deaths, Volume 1, page 247.
  6. [S1214] William Emerson, A Sermon on the decease of the Rev. Peter Thacher, page 24.
  7. [S1214] William Emerson, A Sermon on the decease of the Rev. Peter Thacher, pages 24-25.
  8. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Milton Births, Volume 1, page 62.
  9. [S1214] William Emerson, A Sermon on the decease of the Rev. Peter Thacher, page 23, noting date of birth as 21 March 1752.

Peter Thacher1

d. 15 August 1635
Family
Father*Antony Thacher1 b. 1588/89, d. bt 30 Jun 1667 - 22 Aug 1667
Mother*Mary __?__1 d. Jul 1634
(2nd Son) Emigration5 April 1635Peter sailed from Southampton, Hampshire, England, to New England on 5 April 1635 with his parents and three of his siblings on the ship James of London.1 
(Son) Relocation15 August 1635 Neither the exact place, nor date, of landing in New England of the ship James has been agreed upon by historians. Whether Boston, Newbury or Ipswich, wherever the passengers first landed, Antony Thacher and Joseph Avery and their families sojourned for a short time in Ipswich, Massachusetts. While there, Reverend Avery received a call to preach in Marblehead, then a part of Salem. During the time he took for deliberation, the two families removed to Newbury with plans to settle there. But after Avery accepted the call to Marblehead, he and his family of eleven all told, accompanied by Antony Thacher and his wife Elizabeth (Jones) Thacher, and his children by his first wife, William, Edith, Mary and Peter, went back to Ipswich. From there they embarked for Marblehead. Antony Thacher's nephew, Thomas Thacher, who had sailed with his uncle's family to New England, felt a sentiment of evil about the trip and did not accompany them on the voyage. Instead Thomas decided to make the journey overland despite the danger of being attacked by hostile Indians. The Thacher-Avery party embarked from Ipswich for Marblehead in a pinnace and the vessel was wrecked on 15 August 1635. All on board were lost except Antony Thacher and his second wife Elizabeth (Jones) Thacher.1 
Death*15 August 1635Peter, along with his two sisters and a brother, drowned in the pinnace's shipwreck on 15 August 1635. None of the children's bodies were recovered. Peter may have been about 5 years of age.1 

Citations

  1. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1910-1915), pages 68-91. Hereinafter cited as Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy.

Peter Thacher1

b. circa 1616, d. after 1641
Family
Father*Reverend Peter Thacher2 b. 1587/88, d. 16 Feb 1640/41
Mother*Anne __?__1
Birth*circa 1616Peter Thacher was born circa 1616.1 
Death*after 1641He died after 1641.1 

Citations

  1. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1910-1915), pages 29-34. Hereinafter cited as Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy.
  2. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, pages 30-33.

Peter Thacher1

b. 10 March 1752, d. 16 December 1802
Family
Father*Oxenbridge Thacher Jr.4,5,6 b. 3 Jan 1719/20, d. 9 Jul 1765
Mother*Sarah Kent2,3,4,5 d. 3 Jul 1764
Birth*10 March 1752Peter Thacher was born on 10 March 1752 in Milton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).6,5 
Illness*2 May 1764At the age of 12, Peter was seriously ill with small pox, and wrote about the illness and its impact on his life in his private journal on 2 May 1764. His mother would die from the disease two months later and his father died the following year, the cause not identified.3 
Education*1769Peter entered Master Lovell's school in July of 1759 and should have continued as a pupil there until July of 1766, however he left it for Harvard College, Boston, a year early and graduated from there in 1769.7 
Marriage*8 October 1770He married, as her second husband, Elizabeth (Hawkes) Pool of Chelsea on 8 October 1770 in Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).8,9,10 
Occupation*12 January 1785He was a minister, ordained on 19 September 1770 in Malden, Middlesex County and remained a pastor there until 8 December 1784 when, at his own request, he was dismissed before being installed as pastor of the Brattle Street Church, Boston, on 12 January 1785.11 
(Minister) Marriage4 December 1796Reverend Peter Thacher D.D. performed the marriage ceremony of John Bolton and Betsy Dennie on 4 December 1796 at Brattle Street Church, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.12,13,14 
Death*16 December 1802He died of a pulmonary affliction at the home of a friend in Savannah, Georgia, on 16 December 1802 at age 50. In an attempt to improve his health, Peter had sailed to Savannah on 15 November 1802, arriving on 3 December. He stayed with his friend Samuel Howard who, with his family, cared for his failing friend. However, even with the additional care of a doctor and the friendship, support and encouragement of his several clerical friends in Savannah, Peter gradually declined until finally overcome by the force of his disease.9 
Burial*19 January 1803He was buried on Sunday, 19 January 1803 in the city of Boston.15 

Family

 Elizabeth Hawkes b. c 1744, d. 26 Jan 1816

Citations

  1. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1910-1915), page 7. Hereinafter cited as Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy.
  2. [S1215] Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), online at www.americanancestors.org, page 17250. Hereinafter cited as Boston Inhabitants and Estates (Thwing).
  3. [S1214] William Emerson, A Sermon on the decease of the Rev. Peter Thacher, D.D.: pronounced Dec. 31, 1802 in Brattle Street Church, Boston, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: Young and Minns, printers to the state, 1803), page 24. Hereinafter cited as A Sermon on the decease of the Rev. Peter Thacher.
  4. [S746] Boston, Massachusetts Marriages, 1700-1809, online at www.americanancestors.org, City Document No. 150, page 264. Hereinafter cited as Boston Marriages, 1700-1809.
  5. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Milton Births, Volume 1, page 62. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  6. [S1214] William Emerson, A Sermon on the decease of the Rev. Peter Thacher, page 23, noting date of birth as 21 March 1752.
  7. [S1214] William Emerson, A Sermon on the decease of the Rev. Peter Thacher, page 25.
  8. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Chelsea Marriages, Volume 1, page 427.
  9. [S1214] William Emerson, A Sermon on the decease of the Rev. Peter Thacher, page 30.
  10. [S1215] Boston Inhabitants and Estates (Thwing), online at www.americanancestors.org, page 14829.
  11. [S1214] William Emerson, A Sermon on the decease of the Rev. Peter Thacher, page 26.
  12. [S929] Brattle Square Church, The Manifesto Church, records of the Church in Brattle Square, Boston, with lists of communicants, baptisms, marriages, and funerals, 1699-1872, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. Microreproduction of original published in Boston by The Benevolent Fraternity of Churches, 1902. (Salt Lake City, Utah: filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1968), page 264. Hereinafter cited as Brattle Square (Boston) Church records, 1699-1872.
  13. [S180] Boston, Massachusetts Marriages, 1700-1809, online at www.Ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as Boston Marriages, 1700-1809.
  14. [S471] Anna Chesebrough Wildey, Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough of Boston, Rehoboth, Massachusetts (New York, New York: Press of T.A. Wright, 1903), Part I, Descendants of Samuel, pages 18-301, surname spelled "Dana". Hereinafter cited as Descendants of William Chesebrough of Boston, Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
  15. [S1214] William Emerson, A Sermon on the decease of the Rev. Peter Thacher, page 33.

Reverend Peter Thacher1

b. 1587/88, d. 16 February 1640/41
Family
Father*Reverend Peter Thacher of Queen Camel2 d. 1624
Birth*1587/88Reverend Peter Thacher was born in 1587/88.3 
Marriage*He married Anne __?__.4 
Occupationbetween 1622 and 1640/41Peter was rector of St. Edmund's parish church of Sarum, Salisbury, Somerset County, between 1622 and 1640/41 and his younger brother, Antony Thacher, served as a curate under him.5 
Guardianship*5 April 1635When Reverend Peter Thacher's younger brother, Antony Thacher, immigrated on 5 April 1635 with the rest of his family to New England, his one-year-old youngest child, Benjamin, was left behind in the care of his uncle Peter of St. Edmund's. Benjamin's father had agreed to pay his older brother £20 for the child's maintenance.5 
Death*16 February 1640/41He died on 16 February 1640/41 in Salisbury, Somerset County, England.6 

Family

 Anne __?__
Children 1.Peter Thacher7 b. c 1616, d. a 1641
 2.Reverend Thomas Thacher+2 b. 1 May 1620, d. 15 Oct 1678

Citations

  1. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1910-1915), pages 4-5. Hereinafter cited as Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy.
  2. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, pages 144-153.
  3. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, page 4.
  4. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, pages 29-34.
  5. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, pages 68-91.
  6. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, page 4, with date corrected on page 67.
  7. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, pages 30-33.

Reverend Peter Thacher of Milton1,2,3

b. 18 July 1651, d. 17 December 1727
Family
Father*Reverend Thomas Thacher4,1 b. 1 May 1620, d. 15 Oct 1678
Mother*Elizabeth Partridge1,5
Birth*18 July 1651Peter Thacher was born on 18 July 1651 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England),1,5,6 
Baptism20 May 1652 and was baptized at First Church, Salem, probably on 20 May 1652. The transcription of the church record noted the date of his baptism as 20 May 1651, yet he wasn't born until 18 July 1751.4 
Marriage*2 November 1677He married first Theodora Oxenbridge, daughter of Reverend John Oxenbridge and Frances Woodward, on 2 November 1677 in Milton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).2,7 
Occupation*1680He was ordained in 1680, then a pastor at the First Church, Milton, from 1 June 1681 for forty-seven years until his death.1,3,6 
(Husband) Death18 November 1697Peter became a widower when Theodora (Oxenbridge) Thacher died on 18 November 1697.8 
Marriage*25 December 1699He married second, as her second husband, Susanna Bailey on 25 December 1699 in Milton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).7,9,5 
(Husband) DeathPeter became a widower for the second time when Susanna (__?__) Bailey Thacher died.5 
Marriage*12 August 1727He married third, as her second husband, his 2nd cousin Elizabeth (Thacher) Gee, daughter of Judah Thacher and Mary Thornton, sometime after their Intention of Marriage was published on 12 August 1727 in Boston.10,1,5 
Death*17 December 1727He died in Milton on Monday, 17 December 1727 at age 76, having preached both the morning and evening sermons, as usual, the day before.8 

Family 1

 Theodora Oxenbridge d. 18 Nov 1697
Children 1.Oxenbridge Thacher+11 b. 17 May 1681, d. 1772
 2.Elizabeth Thacher+2,12 b. 7 Mar 1682/83, d. 10 Feb 1715/16

Family 2

 Susanna __?__

Family 3

 Elizabeth Thacher b. Oct 1667

Citations

  1. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1910-1915), pages 144-153. Hereinafter cited as Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy.
  2. [S1203] Joel Nelson Eno, "John Niles of Braintree, Mass., and some of his Descendants", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 85, pages 145-157, (April 1931). Hereinafter cited as "John Niles of Braintree."
  3. [S1205] William Richard Cutter, compiler, Genealogical and Family History of Northern New York, a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1910), Volume III, Thacher, pages 983-987. Hereinafter cited as Genealogical and Family History of Northern New York.
  4. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Salem Births, Volume 2, page 347. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  5. [S1208] William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. In 4 volumes, with a surname index in Volume 4; downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908), Thacher, Volume IV, pages 1941-1942. Hereinafter cited as Memoirs of the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts.
  6. [S1206] Elizabeth A. Pilla, "Milton's Peter Thacher: the Life and Faith of a Second Generation New England Puritan Minister" (PDF document, Milton Historical Society at www.miltonhistoricalsociety.org, June 2001). Hereinafter cited as "Milton's Peter Thacher."
  7. [S413] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1985 and 1992), page 733, his surname spelled "Thatcher". Hereinafter cited as New England Marriages: Prior to 1700.
  8. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Milton Deaths, Volume 1, page 247.
  9. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Milton Marriages, Volume 1, page 178.
  10. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, pages 106-110.
  11. [S1208] William Richard Cutter, Memoirs of the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Volume IV, Thacher, pages1941-1942.
  12. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Milton Births, Volume 1, page 62.

Reverend Peter Thacher of Queen Camel1

d. 1624
Family
Occupation*between 1574 and 1624Reverend Peter Thacher, for 50 years between 1574 and 1624, was vicar of the parish church at Queen Camel, Somerset County, England, His son, Antony Thacher, served under him until Peter's, the father's, death in 1624.2 
Death*1624He died in 1624 at Queen Camel.2 

Family
Children 1.Reverend Peter Thacher+3 b. 1587/88, d. 16 Feb 1640/41
 2.Antony Thacher+3 b. 1588/89, d. bt 30 Jun 1667 - 22 Aug 1667

Citations

  1. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1910-1915), pages 4-5. Hereinafter cited as Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy.
  2. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, page 4.
  3. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, pages 144-153.

Reverend Thomas Thacher1

b. 1 May 1620, d. 15 October 1678
Family
Father*Reverend Peter Thacher2 b. 1587/88, d. 16 Feb 1640/41
Mother*Anne __?__3
Birth*1 May 1620Thomas Thacher was born on 1 May 1620 in Milton Clevedon, Somerset County, England.1,4 
(Nephew) Emigration5 April 1635Thomas sailed with his uncle Antony and Antony's new wife of just a few weeks, Elizabeth (Jones) Thacher, and the four oldest of Antony's five children, from Southampton, Hampshire, England, to New England on 5 April 1635 on the ship James of London.5 
Relocation*15 August 1635 Neither the exact place, nor date, of landing in New England of the ship James has been agreed upon by historians. Whether Boston, Newbury or Ipswich, wherever the passengers first landed, Antony Thacher and Joseph Avery and their families sojourned for a short time in Ipswich, Massachusetts. While there, Reverend Avery received a call to preach in Marblehead, then a part of Salem. During the time he took for deliberation, the two families removed to Newbury with plans to settle there. But after Avery accepted the call to Marblehead, he and his family of eleven all told, accompanied by Antony Thacher and his wife Elizabeth (Jones) Thacher, and his children by his first wife, William, Edith, Mary and Peter, went back to Ipswich. From there they embarked for Marblehead. Antony Thacher's nephew, Thomas Thacher, who had sailed with his uncle's family to New England, felt a sentiment of evil about the trip and did not accompany them on the voyage. Instead Thomas decided to make the journey overland despite the danger of being attacked by hostile Indians. The Thacher-Avery party embarked from Ipswich for Marblehead in a pinnace and the vessel was wrecked on 15 August 1635. All on board were lost except Antony Thacher and his second wife Elizabeth (Jones) Thacher.5 
Marriage*11 May 1643He married first, as her second husband, Elizabeth (Partridge) Kemp, daughter of Reverend Ralph Partridge, on 11 May 1643.6,7,4 
Marriage*He married second, as her second husband, Margarette (Webb) Sheafe, daughter of Henry Webb.1,4 
Death*15 October 1678He died on 15 October 1678 in Boston at age 58.4 

Family 1

 Elizabeth Partridge
Child 1.Reverend Peter Thacher of Milton+8,2 b. 18 Jul 1651, d. 17 Dec 1727

Family 2

 Margarette Webb

Citations

  1. [S1208] William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. In 4 volumes, with a surname index in Volume 4; downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908), Thacher, Volume IV, pages 1941-1942. Hereinafter cited as Memoirs of the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts.
  2. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1910-1915), pages 144-153. Hereinafter cited as Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy.
  3. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, pages 29-34.
  4. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, page 33.
  5. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, pages 68-91.
  6. [S1208] William Richard Cutter, Memoirs of the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Thacher, Volume IV, pages 1941-1942, noting marriage year as 1641.
  7. [S1209] Henry A. Parker, "Notes and Queries: Partridge-Kemp-Thacher-Seabury", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 57, pages 416-417, (October 1903): noting marriage year as 1643. Hereinafter cited as "Partridge-Kemp-Thacher-Seabury."
  8. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Salem Births, Volume 2, page 347. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.

William Thacher1

d. 15 August 1635
Family
Father*Antony Thacher1 b. 1588/89, d. bt 30 Jun 1667 - 22 Aug 1667
Mother*Mary __?__1 d. Jul 1634
(1st Son) Emigration5 April 1635William sailed from Southampton, Hampshire, England, to New England on 5 April 1635 with his parents and three of his siblings on the ship James of London.1 
(Son) Relocation15 August 1635 Neither the exact place, nor date, of landing in New England of the ship James has been agreed upon by historians. Whether Boston, Newbury or Ipswich, wherever the passengers first landed, Antony Thacher and Joseph Avery and their families sojourned for a short time in Ipswich, Massachusetts. While there, Reverend Avery received a call to preach in Marblehead, then a part of Salem. During the time he took for deliberation, the two families removed to Newbury with plans to settle there. But after Avery accepted the call to Marblehead, he and his family of eleven all told, accompanied by Antony Thacher and his wife Elizabeth (Jones) Thacher, and his children by his first wife, William, Edith, Mary and Peter, went back to Ipswich. From there they embarked for Marblehead. Antony Thacher's nephew, Thomas Thacher, who had sailed with his uncle's family to New England, felt a sentiment of evil about the trip and did not accompany them on the voyage. Instead Thomas decided to make the journey overland despite the danger of being attacked by hostile Indians. The Thacher-Avery party embarked from Ipswich for Marblehead in a pinnace and the vessel was wrecked on 15 August 1635. All on board were lost except Antony Thacher and his second wife Elizabeth (Jones) Thacher.1 
Death*15 August 1635William, along with his two sisters and a brother, drowned in the pinnace's shipwreck on 15 August 1635. None of the children's bodies were recovered. William would have been about 15 years of age.1 

Citations

  1. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1910-1915), pages 68-91. Hereinafter cited as Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy.

Charles Rogers Thalman1

b. 15 August 1899, d. 11 December 1972
Family
Father*John Thalman2,3 b. 28 Feb 1867, d. 23 Jan 1953
Mother*Eliza Cleta Farmer2 b. 8 Jul 1868, d. 13 Nov 1967
Birth*15 August 1899Charles Rogers Thalman was born on 15 August 1899.1,2 
Marriage*4 December 1920He married Amanda Ackley Kissner, daughter of Richard David Kissner and Lucy Randall Miller, on 4 December 1920.1,2 
Children*Charles and Amanda had 2 children.1,2 
Death*11 December 1972He died on 11 December 1972 at age 731 
Burial* and was buried in Patoka Cemetery, Patoka, Marion County, Illinois.2 

Family

 Amanda Ackley Kissner b. 28 May 1903, d. 11 Nov 1995

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Amanda Ackley (Kissner) Thalman, Memorial# 94001693. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Charles Rogers Thalman, Memorial# 94001677.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, John Thalman, Memorial# 100153788.

John Thalman1

b. 28 February 1867, d. 23 January 1953
Family
Birth*28 February 1867John Thalman was born on 28 February 1867.1,2 
Marriage*24 December 1890He married Eliza Cleta Farmer on 24 December 1890 in Marion County, Illinois.3,4,2 
Death*23 January 1953He died on 23 January 1953 at age 851 
Burial* and was buried in Patoka Cemetery, Patoka, Marion County, Illinois.2 

Family

 Eliza Cleta Farmer b. 8 Jul 1868, d. 13 Nov 1967
Child 1.Charles Rogers Thalman1,2 b. 15 Aug 1899, d. 11 Dec 1972

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Charles Rogers Thalman, Memorial# 94001677. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, John Thalman, Memorial# 100153788.
  3. [S1701] Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of John Thalman and "Cleddie" Farmer on 24 December 1890 in Marion County, citing FHL Film Number: 001010516. Hereinafter cited as Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Eliza Cleta (Farmer) Thalman, Memorial# 100153787.

Niki Thanopoulou1

b. 1924
Family
Birth*1924Niki Thanopoulou was born about 1924 in Pyrgos, Elis Municipality, Greece.1 
Marriage*10 January 1948She married, as his fourth wife, Fred Ray Shook, son of Cyrus Shook and Dora Showalter, on 10 January 1948 at Saint Constantine Church, Omonoia, Athens, Athens Municipality, Greece.1 
Census US 1950*16 May 1950Nike and Fred R. Shook were enumerated on the 1950 census taken on 16 May 1950 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Fred was 41 years of age and worked as a Superintendent for a privately owned Construction Company. He had worked 48 hours the week before the census was taken. Niki was 27 years of age, had been born in Greece and not been naturalized. She worked doing her home housework and was not looking for work outside the home. Their two daughters, Dora E. and Rose M., were enumerated with them. Dora was one year old and Rose was an infant.2 

Family

 Fred R. Shook b. 15 Nov 1908, d. 27 Oct 1978

Citations

  1. [S2530] U.S., Consular Reports of Marriages, 1910-1949, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 10 January 1948 at Saint Constantine Church, Omonoia, Athens, Greece, of Fred Ray Shook, age 39, born about 1909 in Ravenna, Ohio, a citizen of the United States and now residing in Athens, Greece, and Niki Thanopoulou of Greece, age 24, born about 1924 in Pyrgos, Elis, Greece, Consular location: Athens, Greece, citing National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Marriage Reports in State Department Decimal Files, 1910-1949; Record Group: 59, General Records of the Department of State, 1763 - 2002; Series ARC ID: 2555709; Series MLR Number: A1, Entry 3001; Series Box Number: 526; File Number: 133. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Consular Reports of Marriages, 1910-1949.
  2. [S2295] 1950 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Fred R. and Niki Shook, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Columbus, Franklin, Ohio; Roll: 5941; Enumeration District: 94-531. Hereinafter cited as 1950 United States Federal Census.

Andrew Tharp1

b. 25 March 1871
Family
Father*Thomas Tharp1 b. 1744
Mother*Elizabeth Pegg1 b. 1749
Birth*25 March 1871Andrew Tharp was born on 25 March 1871 in Rowan County, North Carolina.1 

Citations

  1. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. This book concentrates on the descendants of Thomas Tharp (ca. 1744-1804), son of John Tharp and Elizabeth Jordan. He was born in Queen Annes County, Maryland. In the mid-1760s he married Elizabeth Pegg, daughter of William Pegg of Mispillion Hundred, Kent County, Delaware and a native of St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, England. In 1779 Thomas Tharp received a grant of land in Rowan County, North Carolina. Family members migrated from North Carolina to Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere. Contents: Volume 1. The Tharp family of Maryland, Delaware, North Carolina, Ohio and Indiana: ancestry and descendants -- Volume 2. Allied families and appendix. (Santa Barbara, California: M. L. Tharp, 1996), Volume 1, digital page 25. Hereinafter cited as The Tharp Family.

Andrew Tharp1

b. 1848
Family
Father*William Tharp1 b. 1803
Mother*Eliza F. __?__1 b. 1805
Birth*1848Andrew Tharp was born about 1848 in Indiana.1 

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Eliza F. Tharp, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Columbia, Fayette, Indiana; Roll: 144; Page: 276a. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.

Andrew Tharp1

b. 1805
Family
Father*Boaz Tharp1 b. 1778, d. 1841
Mother*Airy Whitaker1 b. 24 Aug 1779
Birth*1805Andrew Tharp was born about 1805, probably in North Carolina.2,3 
Marriage*6 December 1830He married Jane Ryne on 6 December 1830 in Hancock County, Indiana.4 
(Child) Research NotesThe names of Andrew's siblings, the other children of Boaz Tharp and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, whose daughter, Lydia, was stolen by Indians in 1814, were not known by early researchers. Hubbard's Pinhook to Brazil source reported that the Tharps had three children; Lydia, who was stolen by Indians and thought at the time to have been their eldest, and two others whose names were not known. The Find a Grave Memorial pages for the Tharp parents identified Letitia and Jesse M. Tharp as Lydia's two siblings, although Jesse's Find a Grave Memorial page reported his birth date as 14 February 1842. While it was possible that Jesse was born posthumously, after Boaz's death in 1841, it was unlikely that Airy would have given birth to a child in her middle 60s. Our reasoning told us that Jesse, born in 1842, was not Lydia's brother. At this point in our research, we had confirmed Letitia as one of Lydia's "missing" siblings, and went in search of the second. If the "missing child" was a son, we wondered if he could have been Andrew Tharp, born about 1804 in North Carolina. Andrew and his wife, Jane, were enumerated on the 1850 census in Hamilton County, Indiana, and we learned from that census that they named their eldest daughter, who was born about 1834, Lydia. While we believed it a worthwhile clue, it was not enough to confirm our suspicions.

With further research, a happy discovery, and with many thanks to The Tharp Family source, we learned that Andrew was, in fact, the second son of Boaz and Airy Tharp. We also learned that the Jesse M. Tharp of the Find a Grave Memorial, was a grandson of the couple. Jesse was the son of Boaz and Airy's eldest son, William. Then, still using The Tharp Family source, we learned that Boaz and Airy Tharp had four children, not two, in addition to Lydia, who was their youngest at the time she was stolen. In order of birth, their five children were William, Andrew, Letitia, Lydia and Matilda.5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,1,13,14,15 

Family

 Jane Ryne

Citations

  1. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. This book concentrates on the descendants of Thomas Tharp (ca. 1744-1804), son of John Tharp and Elizabeth Jordan. He was born in Queen Annes County, Maryland. In the mid-1760s he married Elizabeth Pegg, daughter of William Pegg of Mispillion Hundred, Kent County, Delaware and a native of St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, England. In 1779 Thomas Tharp received a grant of land in Rowan County, North Carolina. Family members migrated from North Carolina to Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere. Contents: Volume 1. The Tharp family of Maryland, Delaware, North Carolina, Ohio and Indiana: ancestry and descendants -- Volume 2. Allied families and appendix. (Santa Barbara, California: M. L. Tharp, 1996), Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162, Andrew, digital page 158. Hereinafter cited as The Tharp Family.
  2. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162, Andrew, digital page 158; suggesting Andrew was probably born in Montgomery County, Ohio.
  3. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Andrew and Jane Tharp, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana; Roll: 148; Page: 109a; recording Andrew's age as 46, his place of birth as North Carolina, and estimating his year of birth as 1804. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S1444] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 6 December 1830 in Hancock County, of Andrew Tharp and Jane Ryne, referencing Family History Library; Salt Lake City, Utah; Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892; Page: 1302724 - 1302725. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941.
  5. [S2665] Nelle Decker Hubbard, Pinhook to Brazil, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Brazil, Indiana: Hubbard, Nelle Decker, 1936), from the final section titled, "The Whitaker Family", Chapter IX, "Thorpe Child Stolen By The Indians", (As Related by Eli Hendrix, Pioneer), page 210. Hereinafter cited as Pinhook to Brazil.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Boaz Tharp, Memorial# 51092937. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  7. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, Memorial# 51093066.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Letitia (Tharp) Stevens, Memorial# 35015198.
  9. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Jesse M. Tharp, Memorial# 110668488.
  10. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Andrew and Jane Tharp, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana; Roll: 148; Page: 109a.
  11. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162, William, digital pages 157-158.
  12. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Eliza F. Tharp, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Columbia, Fayette, Indiana; Roll: 144; Page: 276a.
  13. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162, Letitia, digital pages 158-159.
  14. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162, Lydia, digital pages 159-161.
  15. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162, Matilda, digital pages 161-162.

Boaz Tharp1

b. 1778, d. 1841
Family
Father*Thomas Tharp2,3 b. 1744
Mother*Elizabeth Pegg2 b. 1749
Birth*1778Boaz Tharp was born about 1778 or 1779 in Kent County, Delaware.1,4 
Name VariationHis name was written as Moses Thorp in some of the accounts of his daughter's kidnapping.5,6 
Marriage*14 June 1802He married Airy Whitaker on 14 June 1802 in Rowan County, North Carolina.7,1,8 
(Father) Life Changing Event13 March 1813His daughter Lydia was stolen by the Mississinewa tribal band of Miami Indians when she was about 4 years old. Hubbard's Pinhook to Brazil, in the final section titled, "The Whitaker Family", Chapter IX, "Thorpe Child Stolen By The Indians", provided us with a more in-depth understanding of the kidnapping of Lydia Tharp than we had read before. Other accounts reported the date of this tragic event as 13 March 1813, during the war of 1812, while Pinhook, (as related by Eli Hendrix, Pioneer), reported it was in the fall of 1814. Whatever the actual date, Eli Hendrix stated that the Boaz Thorp family's eldest child, although she was actually their fourth child, a daughter about 4 years old, was stolen and carried away by the Indians.9,10,11,12 
(Father) Life Changing Event Her family had moved from Ohio after Lydia's birth in 1809 and settled in Indiana Territory, in the White Water country, in what was then Wayne county, bordering on what is now Fayette county, Indiana. Lydia had been out in the yard at play with other children and was dressed in a blue dress of fine quality gingham, which in that day was regarded as both exceptional and a rarity. The other children screamed and ran into the house to raise the alarm. Her father, his neighbors, the Simonds family, and other friends began to search, following the trail of moccasin footprints in the soft earth along the way. They crossed Simonds creek, leading off towards the east fork of White river, and followed as far as Muncie town, where all trace of the trail was lost.9,10,11,12 
(Father) Life Changing Event Her father spent years searching for his missing daughter, traveling over a large area of country. Under the guise of an Indian trader, he visited the Miami and Pottawatomies in the towns and camps -- until he finally had to give up in despair. He sold his farm, and the family, to get away from the memory of their loss, left the neighborhood.9,10,11,12 
(Father) Life Changing EventSo, what about Lydia's parents?... Again, we thank Hubbard's Pinhook to Brazil, in the final section titled, "The Whitaker Family", Chapter IX, "Thorpe Child Stolen By The Indians", for bringing us full circle and to complete the story.

After a lapse of many years, the parents gained information that their daughter was still living, and that she was with the Miami tribe in the north part of the State, in Wabash county, Indiana. They set out traveling there to search for her again, and were rewarded by finding their true daughter. She was married to Captain Dixon, a Miami Indian, and living near Ashland on Grant creek, Wabash county. She was positively identified by a scar from a burn, caused by a coal of fire dropping from her mother's pipe when she was an infant in her arms. She had no distinct memory of her baby days and manifested no desire to leave the Indians.9,10,11 
Death*1841He died in 1841 in Columbia, Fayette County, Indiana, at about age 631 
Burial* and was buried in Klum Cemetery, Columbia.1 
Research Notes*While the story of his daughter Lydia's kidnapping has been told for over 200 years, the names of her siblings, the other children of Boaz Tharp and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, were not known by early researchers. Hubbard's Pinhook to Brazil source reported that the Tharps had three children; Lydia, who was stolen by Indians and thought at the time to have been their eldest, and two others whose names were not known. The Find a Grave Memorial pages for the Tharp parents identified Letitia and Jesse M. Tharp as Lydia's two siblings, although Jesse's Find a Grave Memorial page reported his birth date as 14 February 1842. While it was possible that Jesse was born posthumously, after Boaz's death in 1841, it was unlikely that Airy would have given birth to a child in her middle 60s. Our reasoning told us that Jesse, born in 1842, was not Lydia's brother. At this point in our research, we had confirmed Letitia as one of Lydia's "missing" siblings, and went in search of the second. If the "missing child" was a son, we wondered if he could have been Andrew Tharp, born about 1804 in North Carolina. Andrew and his wife, Jane, were enumerated on the 1850 census in Hamilton County, Indiana, and we learned from that census that they named their eldest daughter, who was born about 1834, Lydia. While we believed it a worthwhile clue, it was not enough to confirm our suspicions.

With further research, a happy discovery, and with many thanks to The Tharp Family source, we learned that Andrew was, in fact, the second son of Boaz and Airy Tharp. We also learned that the Jesse M. Tharp of the Find a Grave Memorial, was a grandson of the couple. Jesse was the son of Boaz and Airy's eldest son, William. Then, still using The Tharp Family source, we learned that Boaz and Airy Tharp had four children, not two, in addition to Lydia, who was their youngest at the time she was stolen. In order of birth, their five children were William, Andrew, Letitia, Lydia and Matilda.13,1,7,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22 

Family

 Airy Whitaker b. 24 Aug 1779
Children 1.William Tharp+23 b. 1803
 2.Andrew Tharp19 b. 1805
 3.Letitia Tharp14,1 b. 1806, d. 1884
 4.Lydia Tharp+9,10,11,8 b. 1809, d. 1846
 5.Matilda Tharp22 b. 20 Mar 1814, d. 2 Feb 1884

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Boaz Tharp, Memorial# 51092937. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. This book concentrates on the descendants of Thomas Tharp (ca. 1744-1804), son of John Tharp and Elizabeth Jordan. He was born in Queen Annes County, Maryland. In the mid-1760s he married Elizabeth Pegg, daughter of William Pegg of Mispillion Hundred, Kent County, Delaware and a native of St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, England. In 1779 Thomas Tharp received a grant of land in Rowan County, North Carolina. Family members migrated from North Carolina to Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere. Contents: Volume 1. The Tharp family of Maryland, Delaware, North Carolina, Ohio and Indiana: ancestry and descendants -- Volume 2. Allied families and appendix. (Santa Barbara, California: M. L. Tharp, 1996), Volume 2, digital page 12. Hereinafter cited as The Tharp Family.
  3. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 1, digital pages 20 and 21-24.
  4. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 1, digital page 25.
  5. [S2662] T. B. Helm, History of Wabash County, Indiana : containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, military records portraits of early settlers and prominent men, personal reminiscences, etc., downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Chicago, Illinois: John Morris, Printer, 1884), Chapter IX., Pioneer Reminiscences -- continued, pages 103-104, Honorable Elijah Hackleman's narrative, stating that from his earliest recollection, the story he tells has been as familiar in the families of Southwestern Indiana as household words; that Moses Thorpe lived somewhere in the valley of the White Water River, probably within the then limits of Wayne County, during the war with Great Britain; that he, Mr. Hackleman, remembered hearing stories from his father that on the night of about March 13, 1813, the little daughter of Moses Thorpe was carried off by the Indians, and was never recaptured; that Mr. Thorpe spent several years subsequently hunting for his daughter, and was unsuccessful until the girl had grown up to womanhood and married Captain Dixon, a Miami Indian living on the Mississinewa River near the old Josina Village in Wabash County; that her parents had spent the decline of their lives in the Upper Wabash country, and that they finally discovered and recognized their daughter sometime after her marriage with Captain Dixon; that Miss Thorpe and Captain Dixon raised a family of several children and, although she was deprived of an English education, being taken captive when quite young, she manifested a desire to have her children educated and persuaded her husband to patronize the neighboring schools; that the narrator thought it was in the winter of1845-46 that Hon. Jacob L. Sailors taught a school a mile or so west of Ashland village, now a part of Liberty township, which was then in Wabash County, Indiana; that Captain Dixon sent his son Charley to Mr. Sailors's school, with very good success as to the progress made in his studies, and that Charley Dixon was still living (in 1884) in that neighborhood; that now, this Captain Dixon was a lover of drink and spent most of his time drinking at such places where he could procure whisky -- sometimes winding up with a fight; that finally, about the year 1850 or 1851, in one of those drunken fights with a Pottawatomie Indian, he received a blow on the head with a hoe that happened to be nearby, cutting his head open; that the wound was dressed by Dr. Mauzy of Ashland, the fight having taken place in that town; that although it was a terrible wound, the Doctor expressed his opinion that if the patient could be kept perfectly still, there would be a chance for his recovery; that the Indians then in town wanted to take him home the same evening; that Dr. Mauzy told them that he would die before reaching town, although the distance was only about two miles; that the next morning, however, the Indians came in great numbers and demanded that he should be taken immediately; that no resistance was made and Captain Dixon was put on a sled, and was last seen going at a pretty lively gait over the rough mud road; that the journey was accomplished in good time, but upon reaching the Wigwam of the Captain, it was found that he was stiff and cold in death, and his blood and brains were bespattered all over the sled ; that so far as public sentiment was concerned, even among the Indians, there was but little loss; that about the same time, although the narrator did not remember whether it was before or after the death of Captain Dixon, Miss Thorp, the wife of the Captain, in a fit of despondency, left her Indian home and walked down to the Mississinewa River, half a mile distant, to a place called "Hog-back"; that this romantic spot is caused by a long detour of the river, inclosing several hundred acres of land, then coming round with a long sweep, and, in connection with Grant creek, is within 100 feet of its waters above; that between these two parts of the river is a rugged hill, probably about 80 feet high and about the same thickness and running several hundred feet; that here Miss Thorp, the captive Indian white woman paused a few moments and then deliberately plunged into the blue waters of the Mississinewa River, and was seen no more alive. Hereinafter cited as History of Wabash County, Indiana.
  6. [S2661] Otho Winger, The Last of The Miamis, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Manchester, Indiana: Otho Winger, c1935), Meshingomesia, his brothers, pages 35-36, the author writing that during the War of 1812, a little girl by the name of Thorpe was stolen from her father's home on the banks of the Whitewater River near Connersville, Indiana, and though her father, Moses Thorpe (some say Boaz was his name), searched diligently for his daughter he did not learn of her for many years; that she was stolen by the Mississinewa Indians and raised at the village of Metocinyah; that when she was grown she married the chief's son, Metakequah, who was known to the whites as Captain Dixon; that they lived west of LaFontaine near the "hog back" and raised a family of children; though raised by the Indians without any education, Mrs. Dixon remembered her white family and insisted that her children attend the earliest school conducted by the whites in this part of the country. Hereinafter cited as The Last of The Miamis.
  7. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, Memorial# 51093066.
  8. [S1589] North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2011, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 14 June 1802 in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA, of Boaz Tharp and Airy Whiteker. Hereinafter cited as North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2011.
  9. [S2662] T. B. Helm, History of Wabash County, Indiana, Chapter IX., Pioneer Reminiscences -- continued, pages 103-104, Honorable Elijah Hackleman's narrative.
  10. [S2661] Otho Winger, The Last of The Miamis, Meshingomesia, his brothers, pages 35-36.
  11. [S2665] Nelle Decker Hubbard, Pinhook to Brazil, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Brazil, Indiana: Hubbard, Nelle Decker, 1936), from the final section titled, "The Whitaker Family", Chapter IX, "Thorpe Child Stolen By The Indians", (As Related by Eli Hendrix, Pioneer), pages 208-210. Hereinafter cited as Pinhook to Brazil.
  12. [S2915] LaMoine N. Marks, Kim-qua-tah: The Story of Hannah Thorpe, 1994; a 14-page booklet. LaMoine Marks was born 11 September 1907 in Wabash County, Indiana. He was a member of the Miami Tribe of Indians and made a lifetime study of the tribe, its people and its ways. From the oral history learned from his father, Charles Marks, to his access of research materials gathered for a tribal history, Marks wrote this personal story of his great-grandmother, Kim-qua-tah. He wrote in his foreword: "The people were real -- the story is fictionalized only enough to provide continuity." Viewed on 13 September 2025, beginning at https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/…. Hereinafter cited as Kim-qua-tah: The Story of Hannah Thorpe.
  13. [S2665] Nelle Decker Hubbard, Pinhook to Brazil, from the final section titled, "The Whitaker Family", Chapter IX, "Thorpe Child Stolen By The Indians", (As Related by Eli Hendrix, Pioneer), page 210.
  14. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Letitia (Tharp) Stevens, Memorial# 35015198.
  15. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Jesse M. Tharp, Memorial# 110668488.
  16. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Andrew and Jane Tharp, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana; Roll: 148; Page: 109a. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  17. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162, William, digital pages 157-158.
  18. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Eliza F. Tharp, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Columbia, Fayette, Indiana; Roll: 144; Page: 276a.
  19. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162, Andrew, digital page 158.
  20. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162, Letitia, digital pages 158-159.
  21. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162, Lydia, digital pages 159-161.
  22. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162, Matilda, digital pages 161-162.
  23. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162.

Eliza Tharp1

b. 1835
Family
Father*William Tharp1 b. 1803
Mother*Eliza F. __?__1 b. 1805
Birth*1835Eliza Tharp was born about 1835 in Indiana.1 

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Eliza F. Tharp, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Columbia, Fayette, Indiana; Roll: 144; Page: 276a. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.

James Tharp1

b. 1769
Family
Father*Thomas Tharp1 b. 1744
Mother*Elizabeth Pegg1 b. 1749
Birth*1769James Tharp was born about 1769 in Mispillion Hundred, Kent County, Delaware.1 

Citations

  1. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. This book concentrates on the descendants of Thomas Tharp (ca. 1744-1804), son of John Tharp and Elizabeth Jordan. He was born in Queen Annes County, Maryland. In the mid-1760s he married Elizabeth Pegg, daughter of William Pegg of Mispillion Hundred, Kent County, Delaware and a native of St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, England. In 1779 Thomas Tharp received a grant of land in Rowan County, North Carolina. Family members migrated from North Carolina to Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere. Contents: Volume 1. The Tharp family of Maryland, Delaware, North Carolina, Ohio and Indiana: ancestry and descendants -- Volume 2. Allied families and appendix. (Santa Barbara, California: M. L. Tharp, 1996), Volume 1, digital pages 24-25. Hereinafter cited as The Tharp Family.

Jehu Tharp1

b. 1767
Family
Father*Thomas Tharp1 b. 1744
Mother*Elizabeth Pegg1 b. 1749
Birth*1767Jehu Tharp was probably born in Mispillion Hundred, Kent County, Delaware, about 1767.1 

Citations

  1. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. This book concentrates on the descendants of Thomas Tharp (ca. 1744-1804), son of John Tharp and Elizabeth Jordan. He was born in Queen Annes County, Maryland. In the mid-1760s he married Elizabeth Pegg, daughter of William Pegg of Mispillion Hundred, Kent County, Delaware and a native of St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, England. In 1779 Thomas Tharp received a grant of land in Rowan County, North Carolina. Family members migrated from North Carolina to Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere. Contents: Volume 1. The Tharp family of Maryland, Delaware, North Carolina, Ohio and Indiana: ancestry and descendants -- Volume 2. Allied families and appendix. (Santa Barbara, California: M. L. Tharp, 1996), Volume 1, digital page 24. Hereinafter cited as The Tharp Family.

Jesse M. Tharp1

b. 24 February 1842, d. 13 March 1891
Family
Father*William Tharp1,2,3,4 b. 1803
Mother*Eliza F. __?__1,2,3,4 b. 1805
Birth*24 February 1842Jesse M. Tharp was born on 24 February 1842 near Nulltown, Fayette County, Indiana.1,4 
Marriage*20 November 1864He married Martha I. Trusler, daughter of Nathan Trusler and Elizabeth Hart, on 20 November 1864 in Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana.5,4 
Death*13 March 1891He died on 13 March 1891 or 1892 in Huntington County, Indiana, at age 49 or 506,7 
Burial* and was buried in Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, Huntington County, Indiana.1 
(Grandson) Research NotesHis parents had been identified by some earlier researchers as Boaz Tharp and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp. Hubbard's Pinhook to Brazil source reported that the Tharps had three children; Lydia, who was stolen by Indians and thought at the time to have been their eldest, and two others whose names were not known. The Find a Grave Memorial pages for the Tharp parents identified Letitia and Jesse M. Tharp as Lydia's two siblings, although Jesse's Find a Grave Memorial page reported his birth date as 14 February 1842. While it was possible that Jesse was born posthumously, after Boaz's death in 1841, it was unlikely that Airy would have given birth to a child in her middle 60s. Our reasoning told us that Jesse, born in 1842, was not Lydia's brother. At this point in our research, we had confirmed Letitia as one of Lydia's "missing" siblings, and went in search of the second. If the "missing child" was a son, we wondered if he could have been Andrew Tharp, born about 1804 in North Carolina. Andrew and his wife, Jane, were enumerated on the 1850 census in Hamilton County, Indiana, and we learned from that census that they named their eldest daughter, who was born about 1834, Lydia. While we believed it a worthwhile clue, it was not enough to confirm our suspicions.

With further research, a happy discovery, and with many thanks to The Tharp Family source, we learned that Andrew was, in fact, the second son of Boaz and Airy Tharp. We also learned that the Jesse M. Tharp of the Find a Grave Memorial, was a grandson of the couple. Jesse was the son of Boaz and Airy's eldest son, William. Then, still using The Tharp Family source, we learned that Boaz and Airy Tharp had four children, not two, in addition to Lydia, who was their youngest at the time she was stolen. In order of birth, their five children were William, Andrew, Letitia, Lydia and Matilda.8,9,10,11,1,12,2,3,13,14,15,16 

Family

 Martha I. Trusler b. 1845, d. 1925

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Jesse M. Tharp, Memorial# 110668488. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. This book concentrates on the descendants of Thomas Tharp (ca. 1744-1804), son of John Tharp and Elizabeth Jordan. He was born in Queen Annes County, Maryland. In the mid-1760s he married Elizabeth Pegg, daughter of William Pegg of Mispillion Hundred, Kent County, Delaware and a native of St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, England. In 1779 Thomas Tharp received a grant of land in Rowan County, North Carolina. Family members migrated from North Carolina to Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere. Contents: Volume 1. The Tharp family of Maryland, Delaware, North Carolina, Ohio and Indiana: ancestry and descendants -- Volume 2. Allied families and appendix. (Santa Barbara, California: M. L. Tharp, 1996), Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162, William, digital pages 157-158. Hereinafter cited as The Tharp Family.
  3. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Eliza F. Tharp, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Columbia, Fayette, Indiana; Roll: 144; Page: 276a. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 2, Children of William and Eliza ----- Tharp, digital page 183, Jesse, digital page 183.
  5. [S1444] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 20 November 1864 in Huntington County, of Jesse Tharp and Martha I. Trusler, referencing Works Progress Administration; Index to Marriage Records: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940; Series Title: Huntington County Indiana; marriage Records 1837 - 1883 Part I - Index of Grooms Part II - Index of Brides; Book: D; Page: 12. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Jesse M. Tharp, Memorial# 110668488, recording his date of death as 13 March 1892.
  7. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 2, Children of William and Eliza ----- Tharp, digital page 183, Jesse, digital page 183, recording his date of death as 13 March 1891.
  8. [S2665] Nelle Decker Hubbard, Pinhook to Brazil, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Brazil, Indiana: Hubbard, Nelle Decker, 1936), from the final section titled, "The Whitaker Family", Chapter IX, "Thorpe Child Stolen By The Indians", (As Related by Eli Hendrix, Pioneer), page 210. Hereinafter cited as Pinhook to Brazil.
  9. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Boaz Tharp, Memorial# 51092937.
  10. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, Memorial# 51093066.
  11. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Letitia (Tharp) Stevens, Memorial# 35015198.
  12. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Andrew and Jane Tharp, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana; Roll: 148; Page: 109a.
  13. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162, Andrew, digital page 158.
  14. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162, Letitia, digital pages 158-159.
  15. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162, Lydia, digital pages 159-161.
  16. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162, Matilda, digital pages 161-162.

Letitia Tharp1

b. 1806, d. 1884
Family
Father*Boaz Tharp1,2 b. 1778, d. 1841
Mother*Airy Whitaker1,3 b. 24 Aug 1779
Birth*1806Letitia Tharp was born in 1806 in Montgomery County, Ohio, which later became Preble County, Ohio.1,4,5 
Marriage*27 April 1824She married Charles Peyton Stevens on 27 April 1824 in Fayette County, Indiana.6,1,7 
Children*Letitia and Charles had seven children together, and their Find a Grave Memorial pages report and identify them.1,6,4 
Death*1884She died in 1884 at about age 781 
Burial* and was buried in Klum Cemetery, Columbia, Fayette County, Indiana.1 
(Child) Research NotesThe names of Letitia's siblings, the other children of Boaz Tharp and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, whose daughter, Lydia, was stolen by Indians in 1814, were not known by early researchers. Hubbard's Pinhook to Brazil source reported that the Tharps had three children; Lydia, who was stolen by Indians and thought at the time to have been their eldest, and two others whose names were not known. The Find a Grave Memorial pages for the Tharp parents identified Letitia and Jesse M. Tharp as Lydia's two siblings, although Jesse's Find a Grave Memorial page reported his birth date as 14 February 1842. While it was possible that Jesse was born posthumously, after Boaz's death in 1841, it was unlikely that Airy would have given birth to a child in her middle 60s. Our reasoning told us that Jesse, born in 1842, was not Lydia's brother. At this point in our research, we had confirmed Letitia as one of Lydia's "missing" siblings, and went in search of the second. If the "missing child" was a son, we wondered if he could have been Andrew Tharp, born about 1804 in North Carolina. Andrew and his wife, Jane, were enumerated on the 1850 census in Hamilton County, Indiana, and we learned from that census that they named their eldest daughter, who was born about 1834, Lydia. While we believed it a worthwhile clue, it was not enough to confirm our suspicions.

With further research, a happy discovery, and with many thanks to The Tharp Family source, we learned that Andrew was, in fact, the second son of Boaz and Airy Tharp. We also learned that the Jesse M. Tharp of the Find a Grave Memorial, was a grandson of the couple. Jesse was the son of Boaz and Airy's eldest son, William. Then, still using The Tharp Family source, we learned that Boaz and Airy Tharp had four children, not two, in addition to Lydia, who was their youngest at the time she was stolen. In order of birth, their five children were William, Andrew, Letitia, Lydia and Matilda.8,2,3,1,9,10,11,12,13,5,14,15 

Family

 Charles Peyton Stevens b. 1797, d. 10 Mar 1887

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Letitia (Tharp) Stevens, Memorial# 35015198. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Boaz Tharp, Memorial# 51092937.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, Memorial# 51093066.
  4. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Charles and Letitia Stevens, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Columbia, Fayette, Indiana; Roll: 144; Page: 269b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. This book concentrates on the descendants of Thomas Tharp (ca. 1744-1804), son of John Tharp and Elizabeth Jordan. He was born in Queen Annes County, Maryland. In the mid-1760s he married Elizabeth Pegg, daughter of William Pegg of Mispillion Hundred, Kent County, Delaware and a native of St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, England. In 1779 Thomas Tharp received a grant of land in Rowan County, North Carolina. Family members migrated from North Carolina to Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere. Contents: Volume 1. The Tharp family of Maryland, Delaware, North Carolina, Ohio and Indiana: ancestry and descendants -- Volume 2. Allied families and appendix. (Santa Barbara, California: M. L. Tharp, 1996), Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162, Letitia, digital pages 158-159. Hereinafter cited as The Tharp Family.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Charles Peyton Stevens Sr., Memorial# 35010102.
  7. [S2417] Web: Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1806-1861, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Charles P Stevens and Latitia Tharp on 27 April 1824 in Fayette County, Indiana, USA. Hereinafter cited as Web: Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1806-1861.
  8. [S2665] Nelle Decker Hubbard, Pinhook to Brazil, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Brazil, Indiana: Hubbard, Nelle Decker, 1936), from the final section titled, "The Whitaker Family", Chapter IX, "Thorpe Child Stolen By The Indians", (As Related by Eli Hendrix, Pioneer), page 210. Hereinafter cited as Pinhook to Brazil.
  9. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Jesse M. Tharp, Memorial# 110668488.
  10. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Andrew and Jane Tharp, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana; Roll: 148; Page: 109a.
  11. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162, William, digital pages 157-158.
  12. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Eliza F. Tharp, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Columbia, Fayette, Indiana; Roll: 144; Page: 276a.
  13. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162, Andrew, digital page 158.
  14. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162, Lydia, digital pages 159-161.
  15. [S2667] Maner L. Thorpe, The Tharp Family, Volume 2, Children of Boaz and Airy (Whitaker) Tharp, digital pages 157-162, Matilda, digital pages 161-162.