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- THORN, BENJAMIN, Charles Co. 17 Mar, 1766; 9 Jun, 1766
To son Absalom Thorn, parcel of land being part of tract; called "Birch Den,
To son Peregrine Thorn, remaining part of tract called "Burch Den after decease of my wife Elizabeth Thorn.
To wife Elizabeth Thorn, all moveable estate and after her decease to my three youngest; children, William Thorn, Barton Thorn and Dorothy Thorn,
wife, extx.
Wit: Sam. Amery, Saml. Swann, Leonard Davis. 34.126
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Benjamin Thorn 94.287 CH £167.11.5 Sep 11 1766
Appraisers: Samuel Amery, Samuel Swann.
Creditors: Samuel Swann. John Mason.
Next of kin: Absolom Thorn, Peregrine Thorn.
Administrator: William Thorn.
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THORN, WILLIAM, Prince George's Co. 18 July 1774; 22 Aug 1774
To sister: Dorothy Thorn, all that part of my late father's, estate that might have become due to me and the residue of my estate to be divided amongst my three brothers and sister, Absolom, Peregrine, Barton and Dorothy Thorn and they to pay my mother £3 yearly If needed for her assistance.
Brother Barton Thorn, ex.
Wit: Basil Magruder, Stephen Allingham. 39.881
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Mr. William Thorn 118.265 Page £67.5.1 Aug 30 1774 Nov 8 1774
Appraisers: Charles Burgess, David Clarke.
Creditors: Ralph Foster, Edward Parkinson for Gate Feason & Co.
Next of kin: Abraham Thorn, Peregrine Thorn.
Executor: Barton Thorn.
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Charles County Land Records 1786-1790; Liber D#4; Page 440. Award, recorded at the request of the Revd Mr. Hatch Dent. We, being appointed by the Revd Mr. Hatch Dent & Mr. Absalom Thorn, to determine an exchange or division between the sd Dent & Thorn, in and of a tract of land called Byrne Den, do award that the division line between the sd Dent and Thorn, be drawn from a small gum, the division tree between Peregrine Thorn & Mary Thorn, & others, representatives of William Thorn, standing in a branch of the white Oak Swamp, and to run NE to a stone standing in (or near) one of the lines of the original tract. Signed Mar 28, 1789 - Sam Turner 33 [sic], Sam' Amery. Recorded Apr 11, 1789
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1758 - Benjamin Thorn is in the 1758 Tax List of East Newport Hundred, Charles Co., Md., 3 taxables, no slaves. The other 2 taxables are sons Absalom Thorn and Peregrine Thorn.
Nov. 1758 - Absolom Thorn witnesses the Charles Co., Md. will of Thomas Dyson.
Source: Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. 11, Page 240.
June 1764 - Andrew Buchanan vs. Absolum Thorn. Debt. 2/5/0 sterling. Agreed. [docket item only]
Source: Charles Co., Md. Circuit Court, Liber M No. 3, Page 608 (this is the second Page 608 due to page misnumbering in the original court record.)
Mar. 1765 - Andrew Buchanan vs. Absolum Thorn, of Charles Co., planter. In June 1764 Absolum Thorn and Benjamin Thorn signed a note (signtures not marks) to Andrew Buchanan in which they agreed to pay him 23 shillings and 7 pence sterling and 16/17/4 currency by December next, with legal interest, and if they did not do so, that they would pay him the penal sum of 47 shillings and 2 pence sterling and 33/14/8 currency. Not having been paid, Buchanan brought suit against Absolum (but not Benjamon) for the penal sum. The case came on to be heard at the Mar. 1765 Court. Adbsolum admitted that he owed Buchanan the penal sum and the Court found for Burchanan in those amounts, plus 278 lbs. of tobacco for his costs and charges.
Source: Charles Co., Md. Circuit Court, Liber N No. 3, Page 223-4.
May 13, 1766 - James Swann and Absalom Thorn confess judgment to Samuel Love for the sum of 300 lbs. of crop tobacco debt and costs of 0/2/6 currency which sums were recovered by Love against Swann on May 12, 1766, said sums to be levied against them in case Swann shall not pay Love said sums, with additional costs thereon, by Feb. 10 next.
Source: Charles Co., Md. Circuit Court, Liber N No. 3, Page 779.
July 1768 - The Charles Co., Md. administration account of Dr. Gustavus Brown shows that Brown's estate received a payment from Absolem Thorn.
Source: Skinner, V. L., Jr., "Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, 1768-1771," Page 24.
Nov. 1771 - The Grand Jury presents both Robert Brent and Ignatius Simms for not keeping the road in good repair by information of Michael Dent and Absolum Thorn.
Source: Charles Co., Md. Circuit Court, Liber T No. 3, Page 491.
Mar. 1772 - Absolum Thorn is on the Grand Jury at this Court.
Source: Charles Co., Md. Circuit Court, Liber T No. 3, Page 585.
Mar. 1772 - John & James Jamieson, merchants in Glasgow vs. Absalom Thorn, of Charles Co., planter. On Dec. 2, 1767, Absalom signed (signature not mark) a note to John and James Jamieson in the amount of 55 pounds current money and 520 lbs. crop tobacco for dealings with them at their store at Newport, payable, with interest, on July 1 next. Not having been paid, the Jamiesons brought suit on the note in 1771. Peregrine Thorn, of Charles Co., planter, appears as pledge and security for Absolam. The case came on to be heard at the Mar. 1772 Court. Absolum admitted that he owed the sums sued for, and the Court ordered judgment for the Jamiesons in those amounts, plus 359 lbs. of tobacco for detaining the debt.
Source: Charles Co., Md. Circuit Court, Liber T No. 3, Page 704-6.
Mar. 1772 - Absolum Thorn, of Charles Co., planter, is pledge and security for Peregrine Thorn in the case, John & James Jamieson vs. Peregrine Thorn, of Charles Co., planter.
Source: Charles Co., Md. Circuit Court, Liber T No. 3, Page 696-8.
Mar. 1774 - Absalom, Peregrine, William and Barton Thorn, among others, residents of Charles Co., petition the Court requesting relief from a road that has been stopped up by neighbors as it ran through their plantations, causing the petitioners to have to go 4 or 5 miles out of their way. The Court rejects the petition.
Source: Charles Co., Md. Circuit Court, Liber W No. 3, Page 95.
Aug. 30, 1774 - Abraham [sic; Absolam] Thorn and Peregrine Thorn are next of kin in the Prince George's Co., Md. Inventory of William Thorn.
Sources: (1) Maryland Prerogative Court, Inventories, Vol. 118, Page 265, and (2) Prince George's Co., Md. Inventories, Liber GS 2 (1763-1777), Page 304.
Nov. 1774 - Barnes & Ridgate for the use of Rogers, Stone & Fendall vs. Absolum Thorn. Case. NE. [docket item only]
Source: Charles Co., Md. Circuit Court, Liber W No. 3, Page 752.
Nov. 8, 1774 - Absalom Thorn (Note hand 6/0/0) is on the List of Desperate Debts owed to the estate of William Thorn, late of Prince George's Co., Md., deceased.
Sources: (1) Prince George's Co., Md. Inventories, Liber GS 2 (1763-1777), Page 306, and (2) Skinner, V. L., Jr., "Abstracts of the Inventories of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, 1774-1777," Page 4.
Nov. 1775 - Barnes & Ridgate for the use of Rogers, Stone & Fendall vs. Absolum Thorn. Damages 28/13/5 currency and 57 lbs. tobacco. William Davis, Jr., special bail. Judgment for want of a plea. Costs 524 lbs. tobacco. [docket item only]
Source: Charles Co., Md. Circuit Court, Liber X No. 3, Page 462.
1777 - Absolam Thorn, Private, Maryland Militia, 12th Battalion, Capt. John Parnham's Company, Charles Co., Md.
Source: Peden, Henry C., Jr., "Revolutinary Patriots of Charles County, Maryland, 1775-1783," Page 301.
Mar. 1778 - Absolum Thorn is in the Census of Newport East Hundred, Charles Co., Md.
Source: Charles Co., Md. Circuit Court, Liber X No. 3, Page 634.
Mar. 1778 - Absolum Thorn takes the Oath of Allegiance in Charles Co., Md. before the Hon. John Parnham (signs his name.)
Source: Charles Co., Md. Circuit Court, Liber X No. 3, Page 643.
July 1779 - Absalom Thorn of Newport East Hundred and of Trinity Parish, Charles Co., Md., subscribed to a Trinity Parish fund for raising a salary for a Clergyman to officiate in Trinity Parish.
Source: LDS Microfilm Roll 0013759, Vol. 2 (Trinity Parish Vestry Minutes, Minutes of 1779.)
1783 - Absolam Thorn is in the 1783 Tax List of Newport Hundred, Charles Co., Md., as follows:
--7 white inhabitants
--1 male slave, age 14-45
--1 slave (male over 45 or female over 36)
--4 horses
--8 black cattle
--part of "Burch's Denn," 104 acres (74 acres arable, 30 acres wooded), value 104/0/0, located in a part of Newport Hundred caled "Forrest," soil quality "stiff" (which appears to mean clay or clay-like), improvements: 1 sorry dwelling house, 2 sorry small dwelling houses, 130 apple and 50 peach trees.
--total value of all property: 276/0/0.
Source: Maryland Tax List of 1783: District 2 (Newport Hundred) of Charles Co. (MSA Microfilm Roll M871)
June 1788 - Peregrine Thorn, of Culpeper Co., Va., planter, sells to the Rev'd Hatch Dent, of Charles Co., Md., Clerk, part of "Byrse [sic] Den" and "the Den Enlarged" bounded by ... Absalom Thorn's part of "Byrse Den" ....
Source: Charles Co., Md. Land Records, Liber D No. 4, Page 372.
1790 - Absalom Thorn is in the 1790 Census of Charles Co., Md., as follows: 2-3-3-0-3.
Sep. 20, 1790 - Absolom Thorn purchases a grind stone for 10 shillings at the Charles Co., Md. estate sale of Robert Brent, Sr.
Source: Charles Co., Md. Orphans Court Proceedings, 1791-1796, Page 61.
Feb. 15, 1791 - Absalom Thorn purchases thread and flax for 0/7/6 at the Charles Co., Md. estate sale of Philip Somerhall.
Source: Charles Co., Md. Orphans Court Proceedings, 1791-1796, Page 24.
Oct. 3, 1793 - Absolam Thorn purchases 1 head of cattle for 4/0/0 at the Charles Co., Md. estate sale of William Courts.
Source: Charles Co., Md. Orphans Court Proceedings, 1791-1796, Page 233.
May 4, 1794 - Letters testamentary on the Charles Co., Md. estate of Benjamin Davis, Sr., deceased, are granted to Benjamin Davis, Jr., and his bond with Philip Davis and Absalom Thorn his sureties is taken in the sum of 4000 pounds current money for due administration.
Source: Charles Co., Md. Orphans Court Proceedings, 1791-1796, Page 298.
1798 - Absalom Thorn is in the 1798 Federal Direct Tax List of Charles Co., Md. The only other Thorn in this Tax List is Elizabeth Thorn who has not been identified.
July 1799 - Absalom Thorn and William Thorn witness the Charles Co., Md. will of Elizabeth Thorn.
Source: Charles Co., Md. Wills, 1791-1801, Page 517-8.
Comment: This William Thorn and Elizabeth Thorn not identified.
Aug. 5, 1799 - Absalom Thorn and Aquila Thorn appraise the Charles Co., Md. Inventory of Edward Dement, Sr.
Source: Charles Co., Md. Inventories, 1797-1802, Page 177-9.
1800 - Absalom Thorne is in the 1800 Census of Charles Co., Md., as follows: 01101-00001-07.
Comment: Absolam is the only Thorn in the 1800 Charles Co., Md. Census.
May 1808 - The Charles Co., Md. administration account of Ann Cooksey shows that Cooksey's estate made a payment to Absalom Thorn.
Source: Charles Co., Md. Administration Accounts, 1807-1808, Page 507-8.
May 1808 - The Charles Co., Md. administration account of Joseph Ward shows that Ward's estate received a payment from Absalom Thorn.
Source: Charles Co., Md. Administration Accounts, 1807-1808, Page 509-10.
Jan. 23, 1810 - The Charles Co., Md. Administration Account of Jonathan Burch shows that Burch's estate made a payment to Absolam Thorn for making the deceased's coffin.
Source: Charles Co., Md. Inventories and Accounts, 1808-1812, Page 195-7.
1810 - Absolum Thorn is in the 1810 Census of Charles Co., Md., as follows: 20011-20011-03.
July 1, 1813 - The Washington, D.C. will of Leonard Canter Moran, probated Aug. 1, 1816, names wife Catherine Moran and children Sarah Moran and Absalom Moran.
Source: District of Columbia Probate Records.
Dec. 13, 1816 - Deed from Benjamin T. Thorn; William Thorn; Benjamin Davis and Sarah, his wife; Samuel Turner and Elizabeth, his wife; and Catherine Moran of Charles Co. to Robert Davis of Charles County for $448 the land where Absalom Thorn died seized of and where his dwelling house stood called "Byase Den," 96 acres. Later it's spelled "Byrse Den," but the land was "Burches Den." Witnesses: Theodore Mudd, John J. Estep. Mar. 20, 1817: Dorcas Thorn, wife of Benjamin Thorn waived her dower. Recorded 6/10/1817 at the request of Robert Davis.
Source: Charles County Deeds, JB(IB) 12, Page 61-64.
Additional issue of Absalom Thorn:
--William Thorn;
--Catherine Thorn (m. Leonard Canter Moran.)
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Charles County Maryland Will Book AF-11, 1791-1801, {Abstract by Mike Marshall}; Page 517.
Elizabeth Thorn, July 8, 1799; August 29, 1799
I, Elizabeth Thorn of CC being imperfect of body, but of sound mind and memory
To sons Aquila Thorn and Rheuben Thorn, all my estate both real and personal to be equally devided.
Executor: sons Aquila Thorn and Rheuben Thorn
Signed: July 8, 1799 Elizabeth (her mark) Thorn
Wit: Samuel Amery, Absalom Thorn, William Thorn
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Abt 1724 - Aft 1789 (~ 66 years)