Francis Thornton 
Francis was born on November 5th, 1651.1 Francis' father was William Thornton and his mother was Elizabeth Rowland. His paternal grandfather was William Thornton. He was an only child. He died at the age of 74 on May 10th, 1726 in King George, VA.1 General Notes
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On November 20, 1678, Anthony Savage, of the upper precinct of Sittinburne parish, conveyed to Francis Thornton and Alice Savage Thornton, his wife, 300 acres to be divided from the tract he then lived on of 1,000 acres, called Mongoheocaia with division to granddaughter, Margaret Thornton, who afterward married Wm. Strother, Jr., son of the first William and his wife Dorothy. In 1727, William Strother, Jr., and his wife, Margaret Thornton, conveyed this land to their son, William Strother, of "Stafford," (who married Margaret Watts) (Register, KY Hist Soc, May 1911).
In about 1720 Francis patented 8,000 acres of Spotsylvania, Co, VA, next to the falls of the Rappahannock River including what is now the City of Fredericksburg (Virginia Landmarks, p. 161).
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- b.~ 1500 in ENG d.1566 in "The Hills", Yorkshire, ENG
- b.~ 1540 in ENG d.1600 in ENG
- b.~ 1570 in ENG d. in ENG
- b.~ 1540 in ENG d. in ENG
- b.~ 1600 d.1650 in ENG
- b.~ 1580
- b.~ 1625 in ENG d.1708 in Petsworth Parish, Gloucester, VA
- b.05 Nov 1651 d.10 May 1726 in King George, VA
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Details of Francis' family with Alice Savage
Details of Francis' family with Mary Taliaferro
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