THE FAMILY OF THORP.
The name of Thorp must be dear to every Christian philanthropist.
Perhaps, of all the devoted friends to the first Colonists
and the Indians, he who was martyred, in the Great Massacre,
stands first among the laymen. The name did not die with him.
Whether they were his descendants or the descendants of his relatives,
we know not; but we meet with many of the name in Virginia.
They abounded in Bruton parish, as the following epitaphs
show:—
"Catherine Thorp, relict of Captain Thomas Thorp, nephew to Major
Thomas Thorp, formerly inhabitant of this parish, after a pilgrimage of
forty-three years in this troublesome world, lies down here to rest in hope
of a joyful resurrexion. Obiit June 6th, 1695.
"Here lyeth, in hope of a joyful resurrexion, the body of Captain
Thomas Thorp, of Bruton parish, in the dominion of Virginia, nephew of
Major Otho Thorp, of the same parish, who departed this life the 7th day
of October, Anno . . . . aged 48."
