One of the first realizations researchers come to is that there are Tharpe/Thorp families in and around the Northern Neck area of Virginia during the Revolutionary period that just don't seem to connect. There are at least three, possibly more, unconnected Tharpe families in the same vicinity during the late colonial period. All seem to have expanded into the interior as well as points south.Such is the case with the family of Jesse Tharp of Fauquier.
Jesse Tharp was born about 1750, Virginia. From tax records, Jesse Tharp entered Fauquier as early as 1782. He is believed to have lived on Lot No. 2 in Leeds Manor in Fauquier. At the age of 60, in the 1810 census of Faurquier Co., he is found living next to his brother John.He died there about 1812.
The major questions to be answered now are the identity of Lucy, and the origins of Jesse and Lucy. Are they associated with the ancient Tharp/Thorp families of early Northumberland and Surry? Are they associated with the Tharp/Thorp families which found their way into Virginia via New Jersey and Maryland? Are they associated with the Tharps/Thorps who settled in the area directly from England prior to the Revolution?
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