James Tharp

Abt 1742 - Aft 1789  (> 47 years)

• Name	James Tharp  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1742	Tuckahoe Hundred, Talbot, Maryland, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 22 Aug 1789	of Guilford, NC
  Residence	6 Aug 1810	Mispillion Hundred, Kent, Delaware, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I6729	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	John Tharp,   b. Abt 1711, Tuckahoe Hundred, Talbot, MD d. 1764, Mispillion Hundred, Kent, DE, USA (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Jordan,   b. Abt 1720, Tuckahoe Hundred, Talbot, MD d. Aft 1756, Mispillion Hundred, Kent Co., Delaware (Age > 37 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1738	, Queen Anne's, MD
  Family ID	F3979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Mary Catlin,   b. 21 Aug 1743, Mortlake, Surrey, England d. 1780, Guilford, North Carolina (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	1765	Maryland
  Children	1. Elizabeth Tharp,   b. 1770, Guilford, Colony of North Carolina d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Thomas Tharp,   b. 1775, Guilford, Territory of North Carolina d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Sarah Tharp,   b. 1773, Guilford, Colony d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Nancy Tharp,   b. 1778, Guilford, Colony of North Carolina d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Esther Tharp,   b. 1780, Guilford, North Carolina d. 1859, Iredell, North Carolina (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Joseph Tharp,   b. 1772, Queen Ann, Colony of Maryland d. 1839, Iredell, North Carolina (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Laban Tharp,   b. 1766, Territory of Maryland d. 5 May 1833, Wayne County, Indiana (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Jeremiah Tharpe,   b. 1768, Queen Anne Parish, Territory of Carolina d. May 1808, Guilford, Randolf, North Carolina (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F988	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  He and his brother Thomas are the Tharp ancestors that took moved south from Maryland/Delaware to North Carolina about 1778.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree, 1,1030::0. [S350] Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1810; Census Place: Mispillion Hundred, Kent, Delaware; Roll: 4; Page: 69; Image: Dem252_4-0039; FHL Roll: 0224381. 1810 United States Federal Census