Charles
Thornborough
formerly Thornburgh aka Thornburgh
Born about in Methop, Westmorland, England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Brother of
Rowland Thornburgh Esq, Elizabeth Thornburgh, Edward Thornburgh, Richard Thornburgh, James Thornburgh and Catherine Thornburgh
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died after
after about age 60
in Province of Maryland
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Biography
Charles Thornburgh (Thornborough) of Methop (or Meathop) in Westmorland was the son of William and Catherine Langtree Thornburgh.[1][2][3] His birth has been estimated as about 1635, based on the estimated date of eldest brother Rowland's birth in 1625, and Charles' order in the list of siblings according to Nicolson & Burn.[1]
His wife, if he married, is unknown.
While some sources[4] have claimed that he emigrated to Ireland, ("The family was impoverished and bitter. Charles and his brother, Richard, listened to the teachings of George Fox Founder of the Quaker movement and became Quakers. When they emigrated to Ireland, they apparently settled in County Caven and attended the Cootehill Monthly Meeting.") these do not appear to be reliable and not confirmed by sources in Ireland. Certainly a number of people in the neighborhood of Methop did become Quakers.
Whether or not he went to Ireland, it seems that he may have ended up in Baltimore County, Maryland. In 1694, there was a "Charles Thornborow" recorded living on the same plantation as Rowland Thornburgh in Baltimore County, Maryland.[5] Based on Roland's will, it seems his closest English Thornburgh relatives were the Hampsfield/Meathop branch (ie the branch to which Charles belongs). It thus seems likely that the Charles Thornburgh in the Baltimore County tax list is the same person as Charles the son of William Thornburgh and Catherine Langtree. Charles was likely a first cousin of Rowland Thornburgh of Baltimore County, Maryland.
In 1695, as "Charles Tharnburgh", he was again recorded living with Rowland Thornburgh in Baltimore County, Maryland.[6]
It is uncertain when and where Charles died. If he is indeed the person who appears on the Baltimore County tax lists, then it was sometime after 1695, perhaps in the Province of Maryland.
Research Notes
Charles was previously attached to Elizabeth Leyburn as a spouse, but given the evidence of her mother's Will, stating that Elizabeth was a spinster in 1694, [7] she has been detached as the wife of Charles.
Charles was previously attached as father of Edward Thornbrough whose parentage is presently unknown.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and ..., Volume 1, By Joseph Nicolson, Richard Burn, page 120.https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/zeEuAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Charles%20Thornburgh%22.
- ↑ Easier to read here: The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. by Joseph Nicholson and Richard Burn. 1777. Vol.1. p120. https://archive.org/details/historyandantiq00burngoog/page/120/mode/2up
- ↑ Annales Caermoelenses, or, Annals of Cartmel. By Stockdale, James, -1874. Publication date 1872. page 473.
- ↑ A Discourse on the Thornburg Family", by Charles C. Thornburg III, 1979 privately printed and out of print.) This book is available for limited search on Hathitrust.org.
- ↑ Wilkins, Tax Lists Years 1692, 1694, 1695, p. 13, entry for Rowland Thornborow; Image 40 of 60.
- ↑ Wilkins, Tax Lists Years 1692, 1694, 1695, p. 21, entry for Rowl'd Tharnburgh; Image 48 of 60.
- ↑ Consistory Court of the Archdeaconry of Richmond (Kendal Deanery), Kendal Deanery Wills, admons. & inventories, L 1661-1710, original will of Dorothy Leyburne, widow, of Kirkby Kendal, proved 20 July 1694; images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ : accessed 27 September 2022) DGS no. 8313872, image 354 of 475 (can be viewed at Family History Centres and Affiliate Libraries).
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edited by Clare Bromley III
(1) Charles Thornburgh of Methop, the third son of William and Catherine Langtree Thornburgh, married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Dorothy Lascelles Leyburne of Cunswick and Witherslack. (Thomas Leyburne was the third son of John Leyburne (died 1663) and Catherine Carus of Halton.).
They had two children, Robert and Edward, who emigrated to Ireland. The family was impoverished and bitter. Charles and his brother, Richard, listened to the teachings of George Fox Founder of the Quaker movement) and became Quakers. When they emigrated to Ireland, they apparently settled in County Caven and attended the Cootehill Monthly Meeting.
The Quakers first came into prominence in Northern Ireland in the early 1600's. the movement started in Ireland about 1654.
George Fox was a product of the reigns of Charles I, Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell, Charles II, James II and William and Mary. He was a pacifist (aggressively carrying his arguments to his enemies). He would bow to no man (exemplified by refusal to remove hat), considering all equal. he condemned slavery, the low place of women in society, and the conditions of prisons. He believed in religious freedom for all. he was imprisoned and beaten many times because of his convictions. His message of the Brotherhood of Man and the Inner Light is timely in any age. (His parents were Puritans.)
Charles and his brother were listed as his followers.
Charles Thornburgh of Methop (east of Cartmel); married Elizabeth (born 1645), daughter of Thomas Leyburne and Dorthy Lascelles of Cunswick and Witherslack. (Thomas Leyburne was the third son of John Leyburne (died 1663) and Catherine Carus of Halton.
(Information on Thornburg's from the book, " A Discourse on the Thornburg Family", by Charles C. Thornburg III, 1979 privately printed and out of print.) This book is available for limited search on Hathitrust.org.
(2) https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/zeEuAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Charles%20Thornburgh%22 The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and ..., Volume 1, By Joseph Nicolson, Richard Burn, page 120. "William Thornborough, son and heir of Rowland married Catherine daughter of Edward Langtree in the county of Lancaster esquire; and had issue Rowland, Elizabeth, Richard, Charles, and Catherine." ...
edited by Clare Bromley III
Not viewable online due to copyright protection. 513 pages. There are 2 editions. Family History Library - 2nd Floor Film Microfilm 35mm Film number: 1598032 Item 3 Also on microfilm. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1993. on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. https://libcat.familysearch.org/Record/562680
As Methop is in Westmorland, not Lancashire, I am changing that birthplace on the assumption that it may be the correct place
This entire family appears to come from a book British Roots of Maryland Families which has not a shred of documentation for this family nor the lineage. Little of it makes sense and many of the names and places cannot be documented.
A little further upstream this undocumented family gets linked into the Thornboroughs of Yorkshire, Lancashire and Westmoreland through a son who does not appear in the Heraldic Visitation of Westmoreland in 1615 (College of Arms, 1753, p 26-29).