Individual Details

Melanckthun Woolsey Thorne was a blacksmith, shoemaker and farmer. He was the eldest son of Richard and Phebe (Dunham) Thorne and the eldest grandchild of Melancthon and Hannah Thorne. He was born in the New Canaan wilderness where his parents received a land grant after his birth. By the 1820s when Melancthon W. Thorne married Mehetable Ann Perry, the eldest daughter of Wesley and Mary (Humphrey) Perry, the pattern of settlement had spread from the New Canaan meadows into the neighbouring region of Butternut Ridge in King's County. Melanckthun petitioned and received a number of grantsof land in the area as did several of his brothers. He built a modest Cape Cod house on the road between New Canaan and the village of Butternut Ridge. The farm passed to his second youngest son Jacob, then to Roy Thorne and now, in 2007, belongs to his great grandson, Stuart Thorne. Melanckthun kept a blacksmith shop in a small building near the road. He was a deacon in the Butternut Ridge Baptist Church and generally led a quiet and but worthy life. His copperplate handwriting is preserved in the family bible and in the account books for his business. (These books are currently in the possession of Clinton Thorne, the son of Roy Thorne) When Melancthon died on the 3rd of November 1882, he was buried in the family plot in the New Canaan Baptist Cemetery. His wife, Annie, died the following year. [Thorne Book]

Birth	25 Sep 1805	New Canaan, Brunswick Parish, Queens County, New Brunswick
Marriage	18 Feb 1828	Thornetown, Johnston Parish, Queens County, New Brunswick - MEHETABLE ANN PERRY
Death	3 Nov 1882	Canaan Road, Havelock, Kings County, New Brunswick
Burial		New Canaan Baptist Cemetery, New Canaan, Brunswick Parish, Queens County, New Brunswick

Spouse	MEHETABLE ANN PERRY (1808 - 1883)
Child	MARY ANN THORNE (1828 - 1828)
Child	RICHARD THORNE (1830 - 1905)
Child	CHARLES WESLEY THORNE (1831 - 1920)
Child	ABRAHAM H. THORNE (1833 - 1899)
Child	MEHETABLE THORNE (1835 - 1907)
Child	ISAAC THORNE (1836 - 1912)
Child	PHOEBE ANN THORNE (1839 - 1847)
Child	PERMELIA THORNE (1841 - 1907)
Child	JACOB THORNE (1845 - 1938)
Child	DAVID THORNE (1847 - 1910)

Father	RICHARD BUTLER THORNE (1781 - 1859)
Mother	PHEOBE DUNHAM (1784 - 1864)
Sibling	MARTHA THORNE (1807 - 1895)
Sibling	THOMAS THORNE (1810 - 1867)
Sibling	JAMES THORNE (1812 - 1899)
Sibling	MICHAEL THORNE (1814 - 1849)
Sibling	SAMUEL D. THORNE (1815 - 1912)
Sibling	HANNAH THORNE (1818 - 1892)
Sibling	MARY THORNE (1820 - 1846)
Sibling	SOLOMON THORNE (1823 - 1880)
Sibling	EPHRAIM THORNE (1826 - 1889)