Thirza was born in 1791, the 4th child of John and Sybil Holden. Her first son, Samuel Knight Holden was born in 1811. She married Jonathan Moors on Dec. 22, 1819. She then had a daughter Rosilla Moors and a son John Frankline Moors who died at the age of two. She passed away in 1859.
Research Notes
It's Eben Putnam's "Holden Genealogy" that specifies that Thirza is the mother Samuel K. Holden; Maine birth records have him as the 9th child of Thirza's parents John and Sybil Holden. But Sybil was born in 1760, so she'd have been 51 years old when Samuel was born. It's unlikely that Sybil gave birth to a child at that age; Putnam's account is more reasonable.
In 1850 she was 59 and living with husband Jonathan Moors (70), and with Benjamin Stone (34), Mary A. Stone (25), Almeda Stone (6), Cyrus Stone (4), Charles F. Stone (2), Gilman Moors (23), Caroline Moors (17). Are Mary, Gilman, and Caroline the children of Thirza and Jonathan?
Sources
Ernest Lee Holden. The Genealogy of the Maineland Holdens. Manuscript family tree dated around 1955. Copy in the possession of Sue Rattray made in the 1980's from copy in the possession of Mabel Gravlin (now deceased).
The Holden Genealogy, compiled by Eben Putnam for the family of Mr. L.E. Holden, Boston, 1926, v. 1, p. 263 and v. 2, p. 171
Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll Number: 53. First Letter of Surname: H Ancestry.com. Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Maine Birth Records, 1715-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives. Maine Birth Records, 1715-1922, Maine State Archives, Augusta, Maine.
Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll Number: 53. First Letter of Surname: H. Ancestry.com. Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Maine Birth Records, 1715-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives. Maine Birth Records, 1715-1922, Maine State Archives, Augusta, Maine.
Ancestry.com. Maine, Marriage Index, 1670-1921 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. Maine Marriages. Various Maine County marriage collections. Film Number 001002653.
US Census. Year: 1850; Census Place: Otisfield, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: M432_249; Page: 158B; Image: 307
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thirza by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thirza: