FOURTH GENERATION

85. Captain Stephen Thorne "Loyalist" was born in 1717 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY. He was christened on 21 Feb 1725/26 in St George's Church, Hempstead, LI, NY. He was buried in Dec 1800 in Karsdale Anglican Church, Nova Scotia. He died on 11 Dec 1800 in Granville, Nova Scotia. He was a Merchant in Nova Scotia. His last 2 children are the offspring of wife 2.
Merged General Note: Source: Automated Archives, Inc. CD #102

Mar 1997; following notes by descendant Richard Thorne;
Stephen Thorne was a Loyalist during the Revolutionary War as were many of his family and was certainly typical of most Long Island familes at this time. He was a Captain in the British Army and after the war he refused to give his loyalty to the new American Government. In 1783 after the Peace Treat ws signed he left Long Island with his children, his servants and his house(!) He resettled in Granville, Nova Scotia and was given compensation by the British Government for remaining loyal. (Edward, his son,. however, did not get any compensation; his claim was disallowed.) Stephen was one of the founders of the Anglican Church established at Karsdale.
The foundation of the original house can be found on the property which remains in the hands of the desendants of his second wife.

Edward Thorne, Stephen's son, settled on land called Thorne's Cove which is just west of Karsdale. Richard, another of Stephen's sons, settled in Digby; son Philip settled in eastern Annapolis County; son James stayed with Stephen.

Sources by Richard & Lois Walsh Thorne:
NYGHS record 1889, 1962
Sands Family Register
Wilmot Census, 1806 1838
Rivington, New York Paper 1773-1783
"American Loyalists" by Lorezo Sabine
"American Loyalist Claims" by P.W. Coldman
Loyalists & Land Settlement in NS; PANS

He was married to Sybil Sands (daughter of Edward Sands and Mary Cornell) on 27 Jul 1746 in St George's Church, Hempstead, LI, NY. Sybil Sands was born on 13 Sep 1727 in Sand's Point, Long Island, NY. She died on 1 Mar 1759 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY. Captain Stephen Thorne "Loyalist" and Sybil Sands had the following children:

+272 i. Edward Thorne.
+273 ii. Stephen Thorne.
274 iii. Joseph Thorne was born about 1752 in Flushing, Long Island, NY. He was baptized on 29 Jul 1756. He died unknown. Unmarried and was a physician.
+275 iv. Philip Thorne.
+276 v. Richard Thorne.
277 vi. Sybil Thorne was born in 1762 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY. She died on 3 Apr 1807 in Granville, Nova Scotia. She was buried in Karsdale Cemetery, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

He was married to Janetje Lefferts-Rapalje (daughter of Jacobus Lefferts and Jane) after 1759. Janetje Lefferts-Rapalje was born on 21 Jun 1729. She died on 13 Mar 1795 in Granville, Nova Scotia. Captain Stephen Thorne "Loyalist" and Janetje Lefferts-Rapalje had the following children:

+278 i. James Thorne.