Sarah Thrasher

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Thrasher was born on 25 June 1737, in Prince George's, Maryland, United States, her father, Benjamin Thomas Thrasher, was 57 and her mother, Mary Ellen Beall, was 28. She died on 24 January 1787, in Stokes, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 49.

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Thomas Wells
1737–
Sarah Thrasher
1737–1787

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    World Events (4)

    1776

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1776

    North Carolina is the 12th state.

    1781

    In 1781, Maryland donated land to be used for part of Washington, D. C.

    Name Meaning

    English: occupational name from Middle English thressher ‘thresher’, a derivative of Old English therscan, threscan, thryscan ‘to thresh’.

    Americanized form (translation into English) of German Drescher .

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

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