Adam Thoroughgood

1602 - 1640  (37 years)

• Name	Adam Thoroughgood
  Born	15 Jul 1602	Grimston, Norfolk England
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Apr 1640	Elizabeth City Co. VA
  Notes	He was a colonist and community leader in the Virginia Colony who helped settle the area of South Hampton Roads known in today as the city of Virginia Beach, Virginia. Thoroughgood was from a prominent family in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. At the age of 18, he became an indentured servant to pay for passage to the Virginia Colony, a project of the Virginia Company of London at the time. Around 1622, he settled in an area south of the Chesapeake Bay and a few miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean. Serving his period of indenture, he returned to England, to return to Virginia with a wife and 105 men. Granted a large landholding, he became a leading citizen of the area. He was elected to the House of Burgesses and the Governor's Council, and as a Justice of the Court. He also became a Captain in the local militia and started the first ferry service in Hampton Roads. Read more from Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Thoroughgood
  Person ID	I12177	Master File
  Last Modified	29 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Rev. William Thoroughgood,   b. ca 1560, Grimston, Norfolk England ,   d. 19 May 1625, Norwich, Norfolk England  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Mother	Anne Edwards,   b. 1558, Norwich, Norfolk, England ,   d. 1620, Grimston, Norfolk England  (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F7160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Offley,   b. 16 Apr 1609, St Benet Gracechurch, London, England ,   d. 16 Jan 1657, Lynnhaven, Norfolk Co. VA  (Age 47 years)
  Married	18 Jul 1627	St Annes Church, London, England
  Children	1. Ann Bray Thoroughgood,   b. 1618, England ,   d. 18 Jan 1683, Norfolk, Norfolk Co. VA  (Age 65 years)
  Last Modified	29 Feb 2012
  Family ID	F7159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart