Ashal Enoch Thorne

1808 - 1897  (88 years)

• Name	Ashal Enoch Thorne  [1, 2]
  Birth	6 Sep 1808	Clinton, Dutchess, New York   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Feb 1897	Three Mile Creek, Box Elder, Utah   [3, 5]
  Person ID	I7863	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2019

  
  

  Father	Richard Thorn,   b. 23 Feb 1786, Flushing, Queens, New York d. 20 Jun 1883, Santa Barbara, California (Age 97 years)
  Mother	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   [5, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F643	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Lester,   b. 15 Jun 1809   d. 9 Aug 1853, Pottawattamie, Iowa (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	3 Aug 1829	Clinton, Dutchess, New York   [2, 4, 8]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Lucretia Thorne,   b. 25 Mar 1832, Moravia, Cayuga, New York d. 28 Nov 1903, Vernal, Uintah, Utah (Age 71 years)
  Photos		sarah lester & ashael thorn
  Family ID	F6534	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2019

  
  

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  Ashal Thorne

  
  

• Notes

  Headstone says "Ashal (Asahel)". Listed in the 1850 census at "South Fork of the American River, El Dorado, California", as Ashel Thorn, born abt 1808, New York. Departed Six Mile Grove (near Winter Quarters, Nebraska) 9 Jun 1853; arrived Salt Lake Valley 9 Sep 1853. (Pioneer Immigrants to Utah Territory, at ancestry.com) From "A Biography of Asahel (Ashel) Thorn," credited as "written by a great-grandson Enoch Thorne 'in the first person'", reproduced on "Crapo-Hegsted Family Tree" on ancestry.com by tree owner "Jerrirud": "In 1800, my father, RICHARD, and mother, MARY ANNER ARMSTRONG, with their 10 children migrated west to Pennsylvania. While there I married a beautiful young girl named SARAH LESTER. All of us, but my father, joined the Mormon Church and began to gather to Nauvoo, Illinois. Before we were driven from Nauvoo, 8 of us were endowed in the Nauvoo Temple. We were fortunate to escape with our lives and, as a family, pressed on to Pottawattamie, Iowa and camped at Six Mile Grove, about six miles west of Winter Quarters. I built a house there for Sarah, and I, now also, had ten children. "At Pottawattamie, my eldest son, WILLIAM, and I decided to go to California to participate in the gold rush. While in California, I was called home because of the serious illness of my wife, SARAH, and I left by boat home, leaving my teams, wagons and son, WILLIAM, in California. My California venture was a financial aid to me for the rest of my life. "At Pottawattamie, Iowa we organized a company of Saints and started for the Salt Lake Valley on June 9, 1853. We were part of a company consisting of 202 souls and 70 wagons with Daniel C. Miller and John W. Cooley in charge. My uncle JOSEPH THORN was one of the Captains of 50. While on the plains of Iowa my wife passed away, and I buried her while on the move to Zion. That day I shall never forget. The Company divided soon after leaving Elkhorn, and my children and I arrived in the Salt Lake Valley September 9, 1853 in the Captain Thorn Company."

  
  

• Sources

  [S1297] The Bingham Family in the United States: The Descendants of Thomas Bingham of Connecticut by Donna Bingham Munger. New York: The Bingham Association, 1996. [S399] The Settlers of the Beekman Patent by Frank J. Doherty. Ongoing multivolume series begun in 1990. [S189] Findagrave.com page for Asahel Thorn. [S192] Pioneer Immigrants to Utah Territory. Online database at ancestry.com, based on migration records derived from questionnaires completed by members of the National Society of the Sons of the Utah Pioneers. [S193] Long Island Surname Research Database. [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. [S41] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, on ancestry.com.