Henry THORNBURGH

  Noted events in his life were:

• Biography. The Thornbrough and Moon families originated in Pennsylvania and then were neighbors in Frederick County, Virginia. Rachel Moon's uncles Jacob and John Moon are mentioned as having land grants adjacent to Walter and Thomas Thornbrough in Virginia. Both of Rachel Moon's parents died before 1750 in Virginia. The Thornbroughs and Moons were members of Hopewell Monthly Meeting in Virginia. Many of the Hopewell records are missing but we know from the land records and certificates to North Carolina meetings where they were located. Note that Guilford County, North Carolina, was formed from Rowan County in 1770 accounting for the change in birth locations for the children.

Henry & Rachel's children are documented at Deep River Monthly Meeting. They lived near Deep River and their records were transferred when the meeting was set up in 1778. Deep River Meeting House was located in the western part of present day Guilford County about 12 miles from Greensboro.

Henry and Rachel Moon Thornbrough moved to the Western Waters on the Holston River in Tennessee along with many of their Quaker neighbors including Abraham and Hannah Thornbrough Woodward. Certificates were received for the Thornbrough family from Springfield Monthly Meeting at Westfield on 4/21/1792. Westfield was the receiving meeting for those moving to the Holston River area until Lost Creek Meeting was set up on 5/20/1797.

At a meeting held 9/23/1797 Henry and Rachel were chosen to serve as Elders of Lost Creek Monthly Meeting, along with John & Sarah Mills.

• Land, 1796, Greene County, NC. On October 18th 1796 Henry Thornbrough (Thornbury) had land surveyed to him in Greene County, North Carolina (later Jefferson County, Tennessee).

Greene County, State of North Carolina now Jefferson County, State of Tennessee by virtue of a warrant to me directed No. [blank] dated [blank] issued from John Armstrongs office I have surveyed for Henry Thornbury a tract of land lying in the county aforesaid joining the land whereon the said Thornbury now lives beginning...North five degrees east along his old line two hundred and thirty poles to a stake thence east two hundred poles to a post and thence south sixty poles to a stake thence south twenty...west one hundred and forty two poles to a white oak thence a direct line to the beginning containing one hundred and seventy acres /s/Saml Talkin, October 18, 1796/w/two Thornburys whos first names are cut off in the copying [...above also cut off].

• Will, 1804, Jefferson County, TN. Henry Thornbrough wrote his will 3/23/1804:
Know all men by these presants that I Henry Thornbrough of Jefferson County & State of Tennessee, being but weakly; but of sound mind & memory, and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life & knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die, Do make and ordain this my last will & Testament in the manner and form following viz:
First of all I recommend my soul to God that gave it; and my body to (be) buried at the discretion of my relations & Friends.
And as touching such worldly Estate as it has pleased God to bless me with & after payment of my Just debts and funeral charges, I dispose thereof in the following manner:
Imprimis I give and bequeath unto Rachel my dearly beloved wife all my land & all other property that I possess during her life or widowhood; & at her decease or marriage, I will that my son Richard have the land. & what is left of the other part of my Estate, I will that it be sold & be equally divided among my children namely Walter, Henry, Richard, Margaret, Hannah, Mary, Rachel, Ann, Louratha, Charity, Sophia and also my orphan Boy named Jonathan.
I also constitute my two sons Walter & Henry to execute this my last will and Testament. I do ratify & confirm this & no other to be my last will & testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23rd of the third month in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & four. Signed, Sealed, published, pronounced and Declared by the said Henry Thornbrough as his last Will and Testament,
in the presence of us
Nehemiah Ellis
Abraham Woodward
Robert Pierce
/s/Henry Thornbrough (Seal)
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All the children except Jane (probably deceased) are mentioned in Henry's will. Another child, Jonathan, is sometimes attributed to Henry. This is "my orphan boy Jonathan" mentioned in Henry's will. Jonathan kept the Thornbrough name throughout his life and we do have a small amount of information on him.

One of the witnesses of Henry's will was Abraham Woodward. This lends credence to the theory that Henry Thornbrough was the brother of Hannah Thornbrough Woodward.

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/jefferson/wills/thrnba01.txt

• See also. http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~mygermanfamilies/ThornHenry.html

Henry married Rachel MOON, daughter of Simon MOON and Louratha HUMPHRIES, on 12 Jul 1758 in Guilford County, NC. (Rachel MOON was born on 10 Jan 1734 in Guilford County, NC and died after 1804 in TN.)

  Marriage Notes:

Both Walter and Margaret Thornbrough signed the marriage certificate of Henry and Rachel at New Garden Monthly Meeting in North Carolina in 7/12/1758. Other witnesses included Thomas Brown, Richard Moon, Nathan Dicks, Samuel Brown, Abraham Cook, Margaret Brown, Ann Hunt, Ruth Dicks, Hannah Dicks, and Sarah Hunt.