Thomas HORNE

1622 - 1658  (36 years)

• Name	Thomas HORNE
  Birth	Before 1622  [1]
  	This estimate of Thomas' birth date is based on the fact that he would have to have been 21 years of age on 7 Feb 1642/3 when he witnessed an indenture between John Browne and Edward Darcy for the sale of three head of cattle.
  Gender	Male
  FSME	7 Feb 1642/1643	Lower Norfolk Co, Virginia Colony   [1]
  	His witnessing of the above noted document is the first mention of Thomas in the extant records of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Colony.
  Prop	17 Dec 1649	Lower Norfolk Co, Virginia Colony   [2]
  	On 17 December 1649, Thomas purchased the land where he and his family resided from his brother-in-law, Richard Yates. The property was located on the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River. The sale was recorded in Lower Norfolk County Court on 29 October 1652.
  OFFH	15 Apr 1652	Southern Branch, Lower Norfolk Co, Virginia Colony   [3]
  	During the 15 April 1652 meeting of the Lower Norfolk County Court, Thomas was appointed "Constable" for the area surrounding the Southern Branch of Elizabeth River.
  Prop	c. 1653	Lower Norfolk Co, Virginia Colony
  	Thomas purchased 300 acres of property from Robert Capps and Robert Spring on ????. This land which Capps and Spring had patented on 30 May 1653 was located near the head of the Western Branch of the Elizabeth River and adjacent to the property of Jane Riglesworth, the widow whom Thomas would soon marry. (NEED CITATION: Thomas Horne from Robert Capps [Nco C/157] and from Robert Spring [Nco C/156]) This is the property that appears in the 27 September 1665 patent to Thomas Horne; in spite of the fact that Thomas Horne had died at least 7 years prior to its being granted. The 1661/1662 legal battles between Joane Yates and Thomas Lovell concerning the inheritances of the four Horne children might account for the unusual instance of granting a patent in the name of a deceased individual.
  Death	Before 16 Nov 1658
  	NEED CITATION: Nco D/180.
  Person ID	I568	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 1	Mary YATES   d. Before 16 Mar 1652/1653
  Marriage	Before 19 Dec 1649  [4]
  	The couple had married prior to 19 December 1649, as shown by the name on the warrant issued by the Lower Norfolk County Court that read "Mary ye wife of Tho: Horne".
  Children	1. Mary HORNE   d. After 16 Aug 1669   2. Elizabeth HORNE   3. Thomas HORNE   4. Johanna HORNE,   b. After 1641
  Family ID	F69	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Jane (UNKNOWN)
  Marriage	After 16 Mar 1652/1653  [5]
  	The couple married after 16 March 1652/3, the date of the following statement: "I Thomas Horne of Elizabeth River, Cooper, doe first give unto Jane Riglesworth (whom with the grace of God) I doe intend to make my wedded wife, One Sowe...".
  Family ID	F23	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] Alice Granbery Walter, abstractor & compiler, Walter, Lower Norfolk County Virginia Court Records Book "A" 1637 - 1646 & Book "B" 1646 - 1651/2, ((Baltimore: GPC, 1994)), Book A, p. 201. [S4864] Richard Yates to Thomas Horne, deed (1652), Norfolk Co, VA Wills & Deeds "C", f. 30a. [S4397] Beverly Fleet, abstractor, Fleet, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 31, Lower Norfolk County 1651-1654., ((1937-1949, Rpt. Baltimore, MD: GPC, 1961)), p. 12 [p. 7]. [S4876] Mary Horne, order for warrant (1649), Norfolk Co, VA Wills & Deeds "B", f. 132 . [S4398] Thomas Horne to Jane Wriglesworth, deed of gift (1653), Norfolk Co, VA Wills & Deeds "C", f. 44a.