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Adam Thoroughgood

Male 1604 - 1640  (35 years)


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  • Name Adam Thoroughgood  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth 14 Jul 1604  Grimstone, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1624  , Elizabeth City, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Arrival 1628  , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Death 27 Apr 1640  Lynnhaven Parish, Princess Anne, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Adam Thorowgood's will named his wife, Sarah, son Adam and daughters Ann, Sarah and Elizabeth. He asked that he be buried at the parish church at Lynnhaven. He made a will in Lower Norfolk Co., VA, February 17, 1639. Adam's will was probated in Lower Norfolk Co., VA, April 27, 1640.
    Burial Virginia Beach, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I52000  Master
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2024 

    Father William Thorogood,   b. 1560, Grimston, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1625, Felsted, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Ann Edwards,   b. 1558, Norwich, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1609, Grimstone, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Family ID F11661  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Yardley,   b. 16 Apr 1609, London, City of London, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1657, Lynnhaven Parish, Princess Anne, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Marriage 18 Jul 1627  Blackfriar's Church, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Thorowgood,   b. 1630, Lynnhaven Parish, Princess Anne, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1675, Lynnhaven Parish, Princess Anne, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
     2. Sarah Thurogood,   b. 1631, Lynnhaven Parish, Princess Anne, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 October 1658, Charles, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
     3. Ann Thoroughgood,   b. 1632, Lynnhaven Parish, Princess Anne, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1704, Gunston Hall, Stafford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    +4. Adam II Colonel Thorowgood,   b. 1638, Lynnhaven Parish, Princess Anne, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1685, Lynnhaven Parish, Princess Anne, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
    Family ID F11642  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Feb 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1624 - , Elizabeth City, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - 1628 - , , Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Apr 1640 - Lynnhaven Parish, Princess Anne, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Virginia Beach, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • OFFLEY. Princess Anne county.

      Sara Offley, daughter of Robert Offley and Anne Osborne, was
      baptized at St. Benet's. London, 16 April, 1609; married 18 July, 1627, at St. Anne's. Blackfrlars, to Adam Thorowgood, and died in Virginia in 1C27. Her tomb at Church Point, Princess Anne county, has the above arms. The English pedigree of Offley is as follows:

      VIRGINIA HERALDICA 13
      (1) John Offley, of Staffordshire, married Margery. (2) William
      Offley, Mayor of Stafford in 1517, married twice. (3) Robert Offley, eldest son of the 2nd marriage, born at Chester, removed to London and was buried at SL Benet's, 29 April, 1596. (4) Robert Offley, married 3 Feb., 15S8, to Anne Osborne; he died 16 May, I 1625. Anne Osborne was the daughter of Sir Edward Osborne, 1 Knt., Lord Mayor of London in 15S5. (5) Sara Offley. wife of I Adam Thorowgood, member of the Virginia Council in 1637.

  • Sources 
    1. [S751] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a GraveĀ® Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    2. [S1162] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    3. [S747] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc), Place: Virginia; Year: 1628; Page Number: 22.

    4. [S1504] Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1800-1890, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

    5. [S887] Ancestry.com, Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).