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From: Elbert Johnson <>
Subject: Re: ARMFIELD/THORNBURG
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 13:08:48 -0700 (MST)


On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, FRED LENT wrote:

> wrote:
> >
> > Question: Is Nancy Ann Armfield who married Joseph Thornburgh about 1753 the
> > daughter of John Armfield?
> >
> > John Armfield was born in 1695, in the north of England, a strict Quaker and
> > a school teacher. He and his wife came to Philadelphia in 1718 with a colony
> > of Quaker emigrants. Later they moved to Bucks County, PA, where he bought a
> > farm and taught school. About 1760, he and his oldest son William went with
> > about 20 men and 30 horses to North Carolina on an exploring expedition.
> > They located in Rowan County, now the northern part of Guilford. After
> > about 3 years, they returned to PA. In 1765, he and his wife and their five
> > sons (William, John, Robert, Isaac, Thomas) went to NC to live. The three
> > married daughters remained in PA. John led a party of about 100 men and
> > their families, and they arrived at their destination in late May of 1765.
> > The Armfields settled on South Buffalo, about a quarter of a mile SW of
> > Pomona or Salem Junction. Their first log house stood a little over 3 miles
> > from Greensboro. John Armfield died in 1792, in his 97th year. He and sons
> > William and Isaac are buried in the New Garden graveyard. (Information
> > source: THE HISTORY OF GUILFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, by Sallie W.
> > Stockard, pp148-166.)
> >
> > Question: Is Ann Armfield the wife of John Armfield and mother of Nancy Ann
> > Armfield Thornburgh?
> >
> > p. 343 Ann Armfield was evidently one of the first 30 families at Cane
> > Creek, established 7 Oct 1761 in Orange (now Almance) Co, NC. Meeting was in
> > Orange Co but most residents were in Chatham Co. Cane Creek to New Garden MH
> > was a distance of 30 miles. Note that during the same first 18-month period,
> > Thomas Thornburgh and William Thornburgh were also present. There is a
> > record on p 414 (1752,11,4) that Thomas and William were from Hopewell MM,
> > VA.
> > Source for above info.: Hinshaw Quaker Genealogy for N.C.:
> > There are references to the ARMFIELD family on pp 372, 523, 592, 611, 796,
> > 343, 620, 621, 624, 855)
> >
> > The 1800 census for NC shows the name appearing only in Guilford County.
> > Nathan, William, William Jr., William, Williams Sr., David, Elizabeth,
> > Elizabeth Isaac, Jacob, James John.
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>
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