From reading the roll call responses it sounds like there were threeor four different Thorn/Thorne families that arrived in America. The New York Family The New Jersey/Maryland/Virginia Family The Pennsylvania Family. Maryland Virginia and New Jersey Thorns's may have been different also. Does anyone else see this as possible? I had always thought that I had to trace back to William Thorn in New York but now I am thinking my line came dirrectly to Maryland/Virginia from England. It appears that most of the New York Thorns stayed in New York with exceptions of maybe one going to West Virginia. Someone set me straight on this please. I think it would help all of us to know the different Thorns and their arrivals in America. I know that WIlliam Thorn arrived in New York in 1600's. Does anyone else have info on other Thorns arriving in Pennsylvania or Maryland/Virginia? Please post any info on any Thorns that you know of arriving in America from any other country. Thanks and have a great day! Elmer thorn

My Thorne's came from Jersey Island to Canada in the early 1800's. Jeannie

Elmer, and others, The decendants of william Thorn(e)c.1617 of NY do cover the entire country, actually starting in MA. They migrated slowly from NY to NJ, PA, VA and so on. The PA Thorn(e)'s went to MD, Ohio and WV and elsewhere including Canada. the VA lines went from there to all over the South and South West. I find it interesting that my Thorne and Chew lines both take the paths west but I have yet to find a connection between the two although they wound up in the same towns and counties. Also, when researching the Thorne name be sure to search by both Thorne & Thorn. I have lines where the name gose back and forth, some where siblings pelled it differently. If you have not done so check out this Thorne website: http://thorn.pair.com/ This site has tons of information and a family forum as well. My particular line ws a tough one to connect, but after getting acces to the census records and Philadelphia PA business directories I was able to connect things and dates. (I'm #3274 in the William Thorne line). One interesting thing I found in my research of the Thornes was that in the late 1840,s and early 1850's one family was in Dublin Indiana at the Quaker Church. In the the 1990's my sister joined that very same church. John

A good resource for descendants of the William Thorne who was a freeman in Lynn, Mass., and moved on to Flushing, Long Island: "Early History of the THORNE Family of Long Island" by Thorn Dickinson; microfilm of manuscript to be presented to NYG&BS; Family History Library Catalog #0940271, it.10 microfilm of typescript; the ink had spread and some letters became undistinguishable; some pages had darkened to the point where the top lines could not be read. BUT this is the only source that has much in the way of documentation!!! There is quite a bit on the members of the family who moved north into "mainland" New York, and others who went west into New Jersey. And an interesting accounting of the divorce of Susannah (Booth) Thorne from her 2nd husband, William Hallett

I also found a WIlliam Thorn born in Dorset,England in 1693 that ended up in Prince William Co Va. He wouldn't have been from the Thorns in New york since he was born in England after they came to America. This was on www.Ancestry.com . There has to be more. Et

Please change the Subject - include Family and State; From "Subject: Re: Thorn Families - Roll Call" It makes it much easier to select the messages to read. Jay

Elmer... It has always been my contention, albeit difficult to convince the "pervailing" authority, that not all Thorn(e)s in America are decendents of William Thorn... If we read our history a bit better we will see that the surname THORN/THORNE has both Irish and English/Scottish roots, and as you know these two countries have never considered each other "blood family"... My Thorn(e) considers itself to evolve from Orange Irish roots, ie. anti-Church of England, and could quite possibly have come over at a different time than popular belief dictates... Doc Thorne docthorne@bellsouth.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Elmer Thorn <eandmthorn@cox-internet.com> To: <THORN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 8:53 AM Subject: Thorn Families - Roll Call > From reading the roll call responses it sounds like there were threeor four different Thorn/Thorne families that arrived in America. > > The New York Family > The New Jersey/Maryland/Virginia Family > The Pennsylvania Family. > Maryland Virginia and New Jersey Thorns's may have been different also. > Does anyone else see this as possible? I had always thought that I had to trace back to William Thorn in New York but now I am thinking my line came dirrectly to Maryland/Virginia from England. It appears that most of the New York Thorns stayed in New York with exceptions of maybe one going to West Virginia. Someone set me straight on this please. I think it would help all of us to know the different Thorns and their arrivals in America. I know that WIlliam Thorn arrived in New York in 1600's. Does anyone else have info on other Thorns arriving in Pennsylvania or Maryland/Virginia? Please post any info on any Thorns that you know of arriving in America from any other country. > Thanks and have a great day! > Elmer thorn >

Hi All My Thorn is fairly recent and a brick wall. John T was born c 1802-5 in Yorkshire according to 1841 census. He married Sarah Edson of Spofforth Yorks in Knaresborough Yorks in 1828. Unfortunately he died in 1848 so I do not have any census entry which gives his full place of birth and so far have been unable to find any suitable candidate in any parish records. This list seem to be mainly US Thorns but if any of you should have any info .......... Cheers Jean