Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Adam Thorowgood

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Name Adam Thorowgood [1] Born Aft 1638 Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Gender Male Died 1 Feb 1685/86 Lower Norfolk County, Virginia - Probate Person ID I017191 Tree1 Last Modified 27 Feb 2021
Father Adam Thorowgood, b. 1603, St. Botolph's, Grimstead, Norfolk, England , d. 27 Apr 1640, Lynnhaven Parish, Lower Norfolk County, Virginia - Probate
(Age 37 years)
Mother Sarah Offley, b. 16 Apr 1609, London, Middlesex, England , d. Aug 1657, Lynnhaven Parish, Lower Norfolk County, Virginia
(Age 48 years)
Married 18 Jul 1627 St. Benet's Church, London Englamd Family ID F01576 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Frances Yeardley, b. Abt 1639, London, England , d. 1 Feb 1685/86, Lower Norfolk County, Virginia
(Age ~ 47 years)
Married Bef 1659 Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Children 1. Argall Thorowgood, b. 1659, Lower Norfolk County, Virginia , d. 7 May 1700, Princess Anne County, Virginia - Probate
(Age 41 years)
2. John Thorowgood, b. 1661, Lower Norfolk County, Virginia , d. 7 Jan 1701/02, Princess Anne County, Virginia - Probate
(Age 41 years)
3. Adam Thorowgood, b. 1662, Lower Norfolk County, Virginia , d. Bef 6 Apr 1709, Princess Anne County, Virginia
(Age < 47 years)
4. Francis Thorowgood, b. 1665, Lower Norfolk County, Virginia , d. Apr 1716, Bath County, North Carolina - Probate
(Age 51 years)
5. Robert Thorowgood, b. 1669, Lower Norfolk County, Virginia , d. 7 Jan 1702/03, Princess Anne County, Virginia - Probate
(Age 34 years)
6. Rose Thorowgood, b. 1672, Lower Norfolk County, Virginia , d. 7 Dec 1709, Princess Anne County, Virginia - Probate
(Age 37 years)
Last Modified 27 Feb 2021 Family ID F10965 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - FEB. 1. 1685 Adam thorogood Norfolk LNCW96
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Children
Argoll THOROWGOOD b: ABT 1656
John THOROWGOOD b: ABT 1661
Adam THOROWGOOD b: ABT 1663
Robert THOROWGOOD b: ABT 1669
Francis THOROWGOOD b: ABT 1665 in Norfolk, Virginia
Rose THOROWGOOD b: 1672
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James Hughes 2005-06-21 20:50:28
Early Virginia Immigrants Page 218
Marshall, Thos., 1635, by Capt. Adam Thoroughgood, ____ Co.
Throwgood, Capt. The mate of his ship, Tho Wills, in dif with Rev. Jno Rosier. 6 June 1655. p 196
Source:
Fleet, Beverley,
Lancaster County, 1652-1655
Baltimore: Genealogical Pub., County, 1961, 113 pgs
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Contributed by: James Hughes
URL: http://www.nyvagenealogy.homestead.com/VD1680.html
URL title: Virginia Death Records Jan 1 1680 to Dec 31 1689
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FEB. 1. 1685/6 Adam thorogood Norfolk LNCW96
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URL (Click on link) http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=347&last=&g_p=P7&collec tion=LO Patent
Title Lake, Joseph.
Publication 20 November 1683.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Note Location: Lower Norfolk County.
Description: 159 acres in the parish of Lynhaven. Beg.g &c. at the head of the Reedy Branch and run.g on the marked trees of Lt. Colo. Adam Thorowgocd.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 7, 1679-1689 (v.1 & 2 p.1-719), p. 347 (Reel 7)
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http://www.esva dot net/ghotes/thorowgd/d0/i0011716.htm#i11716
Adam Thorowgood (II)(Lt. Col.) (Adam2, William1) was born after 1638. Adam died about 1685.
He married Frances Yeardley. Frances was the daughter of Argol Yeardley(Col.) and Frances Knight.
He made a will in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, October 31, 1679. Adam's will was probated in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, February 1, 1685. He chose Simon Overzee as his guardian in 1657. In 1642 and 1643, tracts of 400 acres and 5,350 acres, formerly patented by his father, were regranted to Adam as "son & heir of Capt. Adam Thorrowgood." He was Lt. Colonel of the Militia, Burgess for Lower Norfolk County 1664-1670, and Justice and Sheriff in 1669. He named his wife and children in his will and that his "executrix cause my body to bee interred in the Church of Linhaven in the grave of my father and that shee cause a tombstone of marble to be sent for with the Coate Armes of Sir George Yeardley and myselfe and the same inscription as upon the broaken tomb, and the same to be layd over my grave and the other over the grave of my mother." (Purse & Person, p. 611)
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Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 1, Part II; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 110
CAPT. ADAM THORROGOOD, 400 acs., June 8, 1639, page 654. At the head of Samuel Bennett's Cr., W. towards a great reedy Sw., N. upon land of John Langfeild, E. upon sd. Creek which runs out of Chisopeake alt. Lynhaven. Due for trans. of 8 pers: * This patent renewed in the name of Adam Thorrogood, Jr.
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Sources - [S044738] Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. Fourth Edition. Volume III, Families R-Z.
- [S044738] Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. Fourth Edition. Volume III, Families R-Z.
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