"Schroeder" <jfstms@bellsouth.net> wrote: >Is anyone on the list researching Paul Thoroughgood b. 5 Oct 1735 in Sussex >Co., DE? >I would like to know who his parents were. Francis Thorogood appears in a few deed and estate references a little earlier in Somerset, apparently mostly in what became Pitts Creek Hundred in Worcester along the Virginia border. See, for example, So Deeds CD:002 (1706) and CD:362 (1709) for the tract LANGHTON. A Francis Thorogood Drummond and a Rose Drummond also show up in other scattered Somerset (seaboard side = Worcester) records, and a few other names in which the given name "Thorogood" is seen. But there's not much tangible, and the sense I have is that most of these folk were on the Virginia side of the border. John Lyon

Thanks for responding John. The Thoroughgood's were in Virginia very early on. Adam Thoroughgood was b. ca. 1603 in Grimston, Norfolk, England and died ca 1640 in either Jamestown or Lower Norfolk Co., VA. (all the paperwork was in Lower Norfolk). Adam had four known children: three daughters and a son (Adam, II). Adam, II married Frances Yeardley/Yardley and had six known children, one daughter, Rose, and five sons. One of these sons was Francis b. 1670. Is this possible the Francis you are referring to? I have tried for years to connect these Lower Norfolk Co. Thoroughgood's to those from the Sussex Co. It appears to me that the Thomas Thoroughgood who was brought over to this country by Edmond Scarburg (Scarborough) is a different line from Adam Thoroughgood who was in VA by 1630. Or, the connection goes back to England where I haven't done any research. I was hoping someone on this list had gotten back further than I or had connected the families. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <Johnlyon0@cs.com> To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 5:47 PM Subject: Re: [LDR] Paul Thoroughgood of Sussex Co., DE > "Schroeder" <jfstms@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >>Is anyone on the list researching Paul Thoroughgood b. 5 Oct 1735 in >>Sussex >>Co., DE? >I would like to know who his parents were. > > Francis Thorogood appears in a few deed and estate references a little > earlier in Somerset, apparently mostly in what became Pitts Creek Hundred > in Worcester along the Virginia border. See, for example, So Deeds CD:002 > (1706) and CD:362 (1709) for the tract LANGHTON. A Francis Thorogood > Drummond and a Rose Drummond also show up in other scattered Somerset > (seaboard side = Worcester) records, and a few other names in which the > given name "Thorogood" is seen. But there's not much tangible, and the > sense I have is that most of these folk were on the Virginia side of the > border. > > John Lyon > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message