Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Porter families who came mainly from England, Ireland, and Scotland. Some immigrated first to Canada, and then to the United States of America. In the early 1600s, some immigrated to Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia (especially Jamestown). In the 1700s, some settled in Kentucky, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina,...

A discourse on the Thornburgs of England, Ireland, and America. The Thornburgs are traced from England in 784 through Ireland to Pennsylvania in 1714-1726.

Robert Turner arrived in Bethania, North Carolina in about 1756. He married Mary Thornborough, daughter of Walter and Margaret Thornborough. in about 1765. They had ten children. He was a Loyalist during the American Revolution. He was imprisoned in 1776. He later escaped and is believed to have died in about 1778.

Edward Thornbrough, a Quaker and a son of Robert Thornbrough and Sarah Jackson, immigrated from Ireland to the Kenntt Monthly Meeting in Pennsylvania. John Thornsberry (b.1821), direct descendant in the fifth generation, moved from North Carolina to Miller County, Missouri and married Martha Ann Perkins in 1847. Descendants and relatives of Edward lived in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Arizona, California and elsewhere.

Samuel Walker West was born 30 March 1804 in Dickson County, Tennessee. His parents were John West (b. 1776) and Sarah Walker (b. 1778). He married (1) Margaret Cooper, daughter of John Cooper and Esther Fletcher, 29 January 1829. They had ten children. Margaret was born 9 December 1804 in Montgomery County, Tennessee and died 19 June 1882 in Snowflake, Arizona. Samuel married (2) Christianna Johnson. He married (3) Mary Hansen. Samuel died...

Descendants of Edward Thornborough (d. 1634) and his wife, Jean, who came to Pennsylvania in 1728. Their descendants lived in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, and elsewhere.

This booklet contains a transcription of the Land Tax Assessments for the Borough and Three Hundreds of Buckingham compiled in July 1788. Arranged by parish or hamlet each record contains the name(s) of the proprietor(s) or landowner(s), the names of the occupier(s) and the amount due. The Three Hundreds of Buckingham included the parishes of Addington, Adstock, Akeley, Barton Hartshorn, Beachampton, Biddlesden, Caversfield, Chetwode, Steeple Claydon,...