When William Thrift was born on 20 September 1699, in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Nathaniel Thrift, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Parsons, was 23. He married Ann Gower about 1723, in Richmond County, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. He died before March 1776, in Richmond County, Virginia, British Colonial America.
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English and Scottish:
nickname for a thrifty person, fromMiddle English thrift.
possibly also a much alteredform of Firth .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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