Richard Thorn

1786 - 1883  (97 years)

• Name	Richard Thorn
  Birth	23 Feb 1786	Flushing, Queens, New York   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Jun 1883	Santa Barbara, California   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I10185	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2015

  
  

  Father	Philip Thorn,   b. Abt 1740, Cow's Neck, Hempstead, Nassau, Long Island, New York d. 17 Apr 1793, Flushing, Queens, New York (Age ~ 53 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Cheeseman,   b. 4 Jul 1746   d. 2 Sep 1798, Flushing, Queens, New York (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	18 Aug 1779	St. George's Church, Hempstead, Long Island, New York   [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F6153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Anner Armstrong,   b. 22 Sep 1784, Dutchess, New York d. 7 Mar 1856, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	6 Sep 1806	Clinton, Dutchess, New York   [1, 11, 12]
  Children	+ 1. Ashal Enoch Thorne,   b. 6 Sep 1808, Clinton, Dutchess, New York d. 10 Feb 1897, Three Mile Creek, Box Elder, Utah (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F643	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2014

  
  

  Family 2	Mercy Martindale,   b. 19 Jul 1797, Vermont d. 2 Apr 1889, Central City, Merrick, Nebraska (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	28 Dec 1843	Conneautville, Crawford, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2015

  
  

• Photos		Richard Thorn
  		Richard Thorne cropped

  
  

• Notes

  The tombstone at Santa Barbara depicted on his findagrave.com page says "RICHARD THORN / DIED / JUNE 1883 / AGED 97 YEARS." Which if correct, and if this is our Richard Thorn's grave, would mean he was born in 1776, not 1786. On the other hand, his age could well have been exaggerated at his death.

  
  

• Sources

  [S193] Long Island Surname Research Database. [S193] Long Island Surname Research Database., says 1884, not 1883. [S195] Findagrave.com page for Richard Thorn., Headstone depicted clearly says 1883. [S41] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, on ancestry.com. [S196] New York City Marriages 1600s-1800s, online database, ancestry.com in collaboration with the Genealogical Research Library (of Toronto, Ontario) under the supervision of Noel Elliot. [S197] Names of Persons for whom Marriage Licenses were Issued by the Secretary of the Province of New York, Previous to 1784. Albany, NY, USA: State of New York, 1860. On ancestry.com., says 5 Aug -- probably the date of the actual license. [S198] Adventures for God: A History of St. George's Episcopal Church, Hempstead, Long Island by John Sylvanus Haight. New York, 1932. [S199] Genealogies of Long Island Families, From the New York Genealogical and Bibliographical Record ed. Henry B. Hoff. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1987. [S745] Thorn Dickinson, "Early History of the Thorne Family of Long Island." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 92:1, 92:91, 92:178, 92:208, 93:29, 93:85, 93:158. [S753] Herbert Armstrong Poole, "Joseph Cheesman.". [S205] The Nelson Family by Cortez Nelson. New York, 1906., says "1806, and removed to western New York.". [S13] Jerre Chumley, "Descendants of John Nelson and Hendrickje Van Der Vliet". 12 Oct 2005.