A Long Time Ago/21 Thorpe

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Thorpe

This page is part of A Long Time Ago: A History of the Atkins-Paynter and Allied Families, the chunked book edition on the Wally Atkins Family Wiki.

  • Book section: Thorpe
  • Page range in the book: 150-156
  • Chunk order: 21 of 36

This section has been lightly cleaned and reconstructed from the working transcript seam where the Thorpe material begins clearly. It preserves the strongest readable Thorpe material relevant to the Nicholson, Myrick, Rivers, Ellington, Paynter, and later Atkins branch.

Source note

  • Book: A Long Time Ago: A History of the Atkins-Paynter and Allied Families
  • Transcript source used: Thorpe material beginning in `020-thorpe.md`
  • Editorial note: the local file begins with carryover from Barne, Rogers, and Myrick before the actual Thorpe chapter appears. This page uses the recovered Thorpe section itself, not the seam debris.

Cleaned import

The Thorpe branch matters in this book because it feeds directly into the Myrick line through Mary Thorpe, and from there into the branch that leads through Rivers, Ellington, Paynter, and eventually the later Atkins family.

The older Thorpe background

The chapter opens with a long English background for the Thorpe family, beginning with Robert de Thorpe and later judges, barons, and landholders in England. It says that the line of descent in the book is Thorpe / Nicholson - Rivers - Ellington - Paynter - Atkins.

While much of the older English material serves as background, the family-relevant importance of the chapter becomes clearer in the later generations that move into Virginia and then connect with Myrick.

George Thorpe and early Virginia

One of the notable collateral figures in the chapter is George Thorpe, who came to Virginia in connection with Berkley Hundred. The book says that he arrived in 1619 or 1620, was associated with the founding circle of Berkley Hundred, and became known as a missionary and physician there.

The chapter says George Thorpe was killed in the Indian Massacre of 1622. This makes him one of the vivid early-colonial figures whose story connects the family network to the first hard years of Virginia settlement.

The Virginia Thorpe line

The chapter then follows a later Virginia Thorpe line through John Thorpe of Surry County and his son Joseph Thorpe, with several sons recorded in the Surry tithables.

Of these descendants, Timothy Thorpe, born around 1673, is the most important to the later family story. The chapter says he lived first in Surry County and later moved into the part of Isle of Wight County that became Southampton County.

Mary Thorpe and Owen Myrick

The key bridge for the later branch is Mary Thorpe, daughter of Timothy Thorpe. The chapter says that Mary was born around 1695. It states that she married, first, Harris; second, Captain William Gray; and third, Owen Myrick.

This is the critical family-relevant point in the chapter. Through Mary Thorpe Gray Myrick, the Thorpe line enters the Myrick family.

The later Myrick chapter says that Owen Myrick and his first wife Mary Thorpe had children including Nancy Myrick, who married Joshua Rivers. Through that line the descent continues to:

  • Elizabeth (Bettsy) Rivers
  • John Ellington
  • Frances Ellington
  • Thomas Paynter
  • and ultimately the later Atkins branch

Why Thorpe matters

The Thorpe chapter matters because it is another one of the structural crossover chapters. It links old English and early Virginia background to a specific maternal-side bridge that becomes essential later. Without the Thorpe chapter, the entry of Mary Thorpe into the Myrick line would be much less clear.

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