Seventh Generation

2513. True Sanborn THRASHER was born on 5 August 1787 in Raymond, Rockingham, New Hampshire.⁷⁹ He died in July 1861 at the age of 73 in Prospect, Marion, Ohio.⁷⁹ He was buried at Prospect Cemetery in Prospect, Marion, Ohio.⁷⁹

True Thrasher appears in the New Hampshire 1810 census in Deerfield, Rockingham Co. True L. in 1820 in Deerfield. True S. in 1830 in Deerfield, and in 1840 and 1850 in Thompson, Delaware Co. Ohio.

The Prescott Memorial states that True S. married and came to Ohio, but the date is not given. The first official record in Delaware County is on October 16, 1843 when Enoch Thrasher sells him 40 acres of land, but the descendants say that he moved to Delaware County in 1835, and lived on a farm which he may have rented. On December 7, 1841, Enoch and Jacob Thrasher have a joint-deed on record in which they purchase 100 acres of land from Alexander H. Ewing and wife, Mary, of Cincinnati, Ohio. The property was situated in what was then Thompson Township, Delaware County, west side of the Scioto River. On August 24, 1842, Jacob sells his undivided half of this property to Enoch. Jacob appears to have previously bought a parcel of land, containing about 100 acres, on October 19, 1838 from one Margaret Kent, as on June 28, 1842, he sells Olive E. Thrasher 63 acres, and on August 23 sells 36 acres to Enoch of the above tract, thus disposing of the complete parcel.

Beer's Atlas of Delaware County, Ohio, in 1866 locates the property of Enoch in Scioto Twn along Boke's Creek, the farm bordering on Thompson Twn. Boke's Creek, which flows across the Northern part of the township, joins the Scioto just above Warrensburg. This creek was the main point of location for the early settlers, and is the historical creek of that township. Some of the settlers were there as early as 1806.

It will be seen by these records that Elisha was a brother to True Sanborn Thrasher, but not to the first Enoch or Jacob, who settled in Scioto and Thompson Townships, Delaware County.
[Information from Amanda Thrasher's Book.]

True Sanborn THRASHER and Mary BEAN were married in June 1809 in Deerfield, Rockingham, New Hampshire.⁷⁹ Congregational Church. True and Mary had 11 children, but most of them died young. The descendants of only two, Mary Ann and Olive, are presently known.

Mary BEAN was born on 4 May 1783 in Candia, Rockingham, New Hampshire.⁷⁹ She died on 6 August 1855 at the age of 72 in Ohio.⁷⁹ According to her tombstone, she was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire.

From "Gazetteer of New Hampshire," 1817:

CANDIA, Rockingham county, was incorporated 1763. Its whole population was, in 1810, 1290 souls. bounded N by Deerfield, E by Raymond, S by Chester, W by the same; its area 17,734 acres. A branch of Lamprey river passes through the N corner and the Chester turnpike through the SW part of the town. It has 2 houses of public worship, one of which was erected in 1814, and bears the name of liberty union meeting house. Here are 3 grainmills, 6 saw-mills, a mill for dressing cloth, and a carding-machine. Rev. David Jewett was ordained here 1771, and removed 1780. Their late minister, Rev. Jesse Remington, was was ordained in 1790, and died March 1815. Elder Moses Bean has been ordained here several years over a freewill baptist society.

DEERFIELD, a township in Rockingham county, incorporated in 1766. in 1810 it contained 1851 inhabitants. It is bounded N by Northwood, S by Candia, E by Nottingham, and W by Allenstown and Epsom, and contains 23, 254 acres. Pleasant pond is situated in the northerly part of this town and is about a mile in length and half a mile in width. There are here several other smaller ponds, one of which is the source of the western branch of Lamprey river, the northern branch of which passes from Northwood and unites with the western near the centre of Deerfield. The soil of this town is for the most part fertile, preducing the various kinds of grain and grass in abundance.

Eliphalet Smith was the first ordained minister in this town and removed soon after the revolutionary war. His successor was the Rev. Timothy Upham, who died in the year 1811 and was succeeded by the Rev. Nathaniel Wells. There is also a baptist church increasing in numbers under the pastoral care of elder Peter Young. Each of these societies has its house of public worship. At the part of this town called the parade there is a pleasant village of 15 or 20 houses, a small academy, several stores, mechanics' shops, etc. Deerfield contains 4 grain-mills, 4 saw-mills, 2 mills for dressing cloth, 1 carding-machine, 1 oil-mill, and 13 schoolhouses. The average yearly number of deaths in this town since 1802, has been about 20. The present year an epidemic fever prevailed of which about 20 persons died.

Formerly, moose were plenty in and about this town. In 1767, Mr. Josiah Prescott killed four within a short time near the same spot.

True Sanborn THRASHER-28865 and Mary BEAN-28879 had the following children: