Your Patriarch Page is posted. Take a look and let me know if it's okay. Et -----Original Message----- From: GThorneMD@aol.com [mailto:GThorneMD@aol.com] Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 6:49 PM To: THORN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Thorn/Thorne DNA Project Update Elmer....hope this is of some interest to you ... I lifted it from a document I wrote for my family... all persons are documented from an obituary and an appl to the Sons of the American Revolution....most of the commentary prior to my grandfather, Lansing (1896) is not certain. From this point forward, the lineage is well documented. Most of the information comes from an application for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution. Edward Thorn(1735-1805) was born in Nine Partners , New York. There is some question as to whether or not Nine Partners ever existed as an incorporated town. It is known that it was a term used for a parish of Quakers. The location is northeast of Rhinebeck, New York, near the current town of Millbrook. Some historians think that the name referred to the nine original settlers who divided the land between themselves. The original land grant came from King George III. The settlement of Nine Partners was defined by the Hudson River on the west, and stretched approximately 40 miles to the east. The territory was divided into 9 one- mile wide strips. Edward was a 2nd Lieutenant in Captain Benjamin Haight's company of Colonel Hopkins Regiment, Dutchess County, New York in 1799. The 1790 federal census lists Edward as a resident of Coxsackie, Albany County, New York. Coxsackie is about 20 miles from Gayhead. A map is available in the appendix. One might surmise that Edward might not have been welcome to stay in Nine Partners after the war, having not demonstrated pacifism. He moved about 70 miles north of Nine Partners and across the Hudson River into the foothills of the Catskill Mountains. The word "kill" is a Dutch term for brook. Edward became a farmer and dairyman in that area (I think). His friend Haight also moved to Greene County. Edward married Hanna Tripp and it is not known how many children they parented. One of their children was a William Thorn, who is our ancestor. He is buried with his wife in the Gayhead Cemetery, Greeneville, Greene County, New York. This location is on the map, and is currently in poor repair. Chapter Five William (5) is again of obscure history. It is assumed that he was born in Greene County, but could have been born in Dutchess County. The date of his birth is also unknown. It is known that he married a Mary Parks. They had at least one son, William, Jr. (6) born 20June1797. The Census of 1810 lists the family of William Thorn in the town of Greeneville with 9 family members. Chapter Six William Jr. (6) was probably born in Greene County 20June 1797. He married Betsy Finch and had at least one child, George. He is buried in Gayhead Cemetery, Greenville, Greene County (27August, 1874). County records indicate that he was Superintendent of the Poor in 1848 and a Supervisor on the Town Council in 1870. Betsy was probably born 9August 1801 and died 31March 1890 (conflicting data suggests 1790-1878). Chapter Seven George was born in 1820 in Greene County. He married Elizabeth Caroline Roe, and they parented four children, William (1845), Lansing Stephen (1849), Jane (1857), and George Edward (1865). Little is known about George and Elizabeth. It is assumed that they were born, resided in, and died in Greene County. I believe that the picture in the appendix is Elizabeth Caroline Roe with her grandchildren. Chapter Eight Lansing moved to Texas and worked in the railroad industry. His obituary follows. George Edward also moved to Texas and worked with his brother. He died at an early age in an accident. His obituary follows. George Edward married Lilly Corrine McBride, and had 2 sons, Lawrence and Lansing, both born in Fort Worth. After his death, Lilly married George H. Clifford of Abilene, whom she had taken in as a roomer in her Ft. Worth home. He was attending business school there. Later, they moved to New York where Mr. Clifford was a successful businessman. Lilly died in 1935 in New York and is buried in Fort Worth, Texas, with her parents, brother and George Edward. Lawrence was born in 1894 and died in 1952. He, with his wife Marie Logan, lived in Port Arthur, Texas. They had four children, Corrine, Lawrence, Florence, and Virginia. Lansing was born in 1896 and died in 1961. He married Esther Speer, and had 3 sons, Lansing, Clifford (twins born in 1921), and Milner(1924). They lived in El Paso, and eventually moved to Austin. Clifford was my father. He and both of his brothers were physicians in Austin, Texas. He died in 1996. Milner died in 1983, and Lansing is still well at age 85. Clifford had 4 children, Jean, George, Julie and Nancy. All are physicians and in good health with families of their own.