When David Henthorn was born in 1805, in Virginia, United States, his father, William Henthorn Jr, was 27 and his mother, Margaret Gillespie, was 25. He had at least 4 sons and 7 daughters with Margaret Jane Wright. He died on 28 December 1877, in Adams Township, Monroe, Ohio, United States, at the age of 72.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
English (Lancashire): habitational name from Henthorn in Whalley (Lancashire), from Old English henn ‘hen’ + Thyrne ‘thorn bush’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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