Elizabeth (Mendenhall) Thornsberry (1751 - 1800)

Born 2 Mar 1751 in Sadsbury, Chester, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Thornburg — married 5 Apr 1768 in Guilford, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 8 Aug 1800 at age 49 in New Garden, Guilford, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth was born March 2nd, 1751 to Stephen MENDENHALL Sr. and Sarah C. Martin in Salsbury , Chester County, PA.

Elizabeth was the granddaughter of John and Susannah Pearson Mendenhall. The descent is proven in Deep River Monthly Meeting records in Guilford County, North Carolina where Stephen, born 10/19/1721, is recorded as son of John and Susanna Mendenhall. Stephen Mendenhall [Sr.] and Sarah (d. 8-3-1795) moved from the Sadsbury Meeting Pa., to the New Garden, N. C., by certificate dated 4-26-1762.

Children of Stephen & Sarah including Elizabeth were;

• John Mendenhall b. 11-18-1748 d. 1773. . . .

• Elizabeth Mendenhall b. 3-2-1751 m. 4-5-1769 Edward Thornbrugh son of Walter Thornbrugh at New Garden Meeting, N. C.

• Jesse Mendenhall b. 9-14-1753.

• Sarah Mendenhall b. 1-24-1756 d. 7-9-1757.

• Samuel Mendenhall b. 12-18-1758 d. 8-5-1759.

• Thomas Mendenhall b. 12-23-1760 d. 1-14-1761.

• Mordecai Mendenhall b. 3-5-1762 d. 1835 m. 12-16-1789 Phebe Cannady daughter of John and Margaret Cannady at New Garden Meeting.

• Susanna Mendenhall b. 1-7-1765.

• Martin Mendenhall b. 2-21-1767 d. 1834 m. Abigail Mills daughter of John and Sarah (Millikan) Mills out of Meeting and was disowned at Deep River on 11-5-1787.

• Stephen Mendenhall [Jr.] b. 10-28-1769 d. 4-8-1843 m. Ann Bell.

The following account of the early history of New Garden Meeting is abstracted from "Southern Quakers and Slavery", pages 104-108.

"Of the settlers who formed the New Garden meetings the first to arrive were doubtless the immigrants from Pennsylvania by way of Maryland. They brought the name with them from Pennsylvania. It has always been a characteristic of Quakers to reproduce the names of the sections with which they have been associated in former years. Many English Quaker names are reproduced in America. There is a New Garden and a Springfield in Pennsylvania. They were carried thence to North Carolina, and from there, in turn, to Indiana." Dr. Albert Cook Myers, in "Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania", says that New Garden Meeting in Pennsylvania was named in remembrance of New Garden Meeting in County Carlow, Ireland.

The birth, death and marriage records of New Garden Monthly Meeting are in two volumes, designated as I and II. In the following abstract, page numbers without volume indication refer to records in volume I; page numbers followed by the figure 2, refer to records in volume II. The men's minutes herein abstracted extend from 1754 to 1888; the women's minutes from 1790 to 1878. The women's minutes prior to 1790 were destroyed "when the house of Prudence Williams was laid waste by fire."

p. 518:

Page 157. Edward Thornbrugh Elizabeth Thornbrugh Ch: Elizabeth b. 10-7-1769. George b. 6-18-1771. John b. 8-2-1773. Jeane b. 9-17-1775.

p. 577:

THORNBRUGH. . . .

1769, 4, 5. Edward, s Walter; Roan Co., m Elizabeth Mendenhall.

Edward Thornbrough was son of Walter and Margaret Thornbrough of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Frederick County, Virginia, and Guilford County, North Carolina.

Elizabeth Mendenhall was daughter of Stephen and Sarah Mendenhall and granddaughter of John and Susannah Pearson Mendenhall. The descent is proven in Deep River Monthly Meeting records in Guilford County, North Carolina where Stephen, born 10/19/1721, is recorded as son of John and Susanna Mendenhall.

Elizabeth married Edward Thornborough/Thornburgh/Thornsberry, the son of Walter Thornburgh at New Garden Meeting, N. C. 1769

Elizabeth Mendenhall . . . and Edward Thornburgh had the following Children:

1) Elizabeth Thornbrugh b. 10-7-1769 m. _____ Mills and was disowned at Lost Creek Meeting, in Tenn.

2) George Thornbrugh b. 6-18-1771.

3) John Thornbrugh b. 8-2-1771.

4) Jeane Thornbrugh b. 9-17-1775

they moved to the Nolechucky area of Tennessee, part of the Holston River drainage area in early Hawkins County, Tennessee (later Greene and Jefferson County, et al). This is verified by two notations at Springfield MM, NC (established in 1790): "11/5/1791 Edward dismissed" and "12/3/1791 Elizabeth Thornbrugh, daughter of Edward dismissed (living on the Western Waters, Westfield, MM)." The Holston River area was referred to as the "Western Waters." Since there is no reason given for the dismissal it meant that they had not been attending meeting, and apparently the reason is that they had moved away.

Elizabeth's father Stephen passed away on Feb 4th, 1779 in Guilford County, NC , her mother Sarah passed away on Aug 3rd, 1795.

Elizabeth married Edward Thornburgh in New Garden, Guilford, North Carolina, United States

She died on 8 Aug 1800 in New Garden, Guilford, North Carolina, United States^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Deaths Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Ancestry.com

• Beeson, Henry Hart, The Mendenhalls - A Genealogy, Houston, TX: 1969, p. 12, 32.
• Hinshaw, William Wade, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. I [Reprint], Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1994: pp. 487-488:
• ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN QUAKER GENEALOGY; By William Wade Hinshaw; Vol I; Pages 561, 577 & 578;
• Woodward Genealogy Home Page http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mygermanfamilies/Thorn EdEliz.html
• Ancestry.com Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6735994&pid=3571

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Steve Conner for creating WikiTree profile Mendenhall-443 through the import of Mikesell Winters_2013-09-04.ged on Sep 4, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Steve and others.

• WikiTree profile Mendenhall-240 created through the import of GedTem12:18.ged on Dec 19, 2011 by Jack Templeton

• Thornburgh-142