Andrew Thorndike

Brief Life History of Andrew

When Andrew Thorndike was born on 12 November 1719, in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Paul Thorndike , II, was 42 and his mother, Mary Batcheller, was 39. He married Anna Morgan in July 1744, in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 14 October 1765, in his hometown, at the age of 45.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Thorndike
1719–1765
Anna Morgan
1726–1810
Marriage: July 1744
Luke Thorndike
1745–1763
Joseph Thorndike
1749–1814
Paul Thorndike
1752–
Israel Thorndike
1755–1832
Captain Andrew Thorndike
1759–1790
Anna Thorndike
1762–1809
Mary Thorndike
1762–1821

Sources (55)

  • Andrew Thorndike, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Andrew Thorndike, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Andrew Thorndike in entry for Anna Morgan, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

Name Meaning

English (Suffolk and Lincolnshire): habitational name from a lost placename composed of Middle English thorn ‘thorn’ + dike ‘ditch, dyke’ (Old English thorn + dīc), perhaps in Lincolnshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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