Benjamin Noe (Thorp) Thorpe (abt. 1759 - bef. 1837)

Born about 23 Feb 1759 in Middlesex, Province of New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Phoebe (Martin) Thorpe — married about 1789 in New Jersey [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 22 Aug 1837 before about age 78 in Morgan, Green, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Benjamin migrated with his two brothers, Paul and Reuben, to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1792, but later settled in Greene County, Pennsylvania. He bought a farm called "Willow Bottom" in Morgan Township on September 17, 1801, from John and Ruth Martin (his wife's parents). It consisted of 325 Acres, for which he paid 50 lbs. Penna. money. Thomas R. Tharp Sr. noted that he may have married Phebe Martin (daughter of John & Ruth Martin) in New Jersey before coming to Pennsylvania, since their first child was born 1791.

Military

Private Benjamin Tharp served under the command of Captain Asher Fitz Randolph's company of State Troops in the Revolutionary War raised for the defense of the frontiers of the State under Act of December 26, 1780, to be stationed in Middlesex County on the north side of the Raritan River, to be in the field by March 15, 1781, and to serve until January 1, 1782. He served part of the time as a light horseman, on an excursion to Staten Island about September 25, 1781. He gained intelligence that the enemy were to come over to Woodbridge that night, and he returned to Woodbridge and spread the alarm.

Marriage

Children of BENJAMIN THORPE and PHEBE MARTIN are:

i. ELIZABETH THORPE, m. JOHN HEATER.

ii. MARY THORPE, m. JESSE LAIRD.

iii. MARGARET "JANE" THORPE, m. ISRAEL EDGAR.

iv. ISABELLE THORPE.

v. SARAH THORPE, b. March 19, 1790; m. BENJAMIN DAY.

vi. REUBEN THORPE.

vii. DAVID THORPE.

viii. BENJAMIN THORPE, b. February 13, 1805; d. June 07, 1896; m. ELIZABETH UNKNOWN.

ix. ICHABOD THORPE, b. January 10, 1807; d. May 06, 1857; m. SARAH ANN CARY.

x. ABNER THORPE, b. 1809; d. August 03, 1898; m. SARAH MITCHELL.

xi. JOHN THORPE.

Will

Benjamin's will was probated August 22, 1837.

Research Notes

Autosomal DNA triangulation strongly suggests that Benjamin Tharp is closely related to William Pleasant Thorp. See attached report from GEDmatch.com.

Sources

See also:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20101128094031/http://www.thorpedna.org/thorpereport4.pdf
• Received certificates No. 107 & No. 548, dated June 8, 1784, and signed by Thomason Steele, for $24:16:0 and $0:18:4, respectively, for the depreciation of his continental pay in the Middlesex County Militia (source noted was MSS. Nos. 10415-A, 10236, 3815, Indents, A. Rev. War, p. 202).
• Bible records of Family Bible published by McCarty and Davis No. 171 Market Street, Philadelphia, I. Ashmead and Company, printers, title page bears date 1831.