William Thornton 
William was born about 1625 in ENG.1 William's father was William Thornton. His paternal grandparents were William Thornton and Frances Robinson. He was an only child. He died in 1708 in Petsworth Parish, Gloucester, VA.1 General Notes
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An account of this family, prepared by W. G. Stanard, genealogist of Richmond, Va., has been published in the William and Mary College Quarterly, beginning Oct. 1895, vol. iv., and continuing through the several issues to 1898. See also Meade's Old Churches and Families of Virginia, Slaughter's St. Mark's Parish, p. 174, DeBow's Review, xxxi, 128, the Richmond Standard, ii, 29, 31, and iii, 5, 21, and Goode's Virginia Cousins (Owen, William Strother of VA, 1898, p. 5fn).
William Thornton purchased of George Mott, 2000 acres, "in the ffreshes of the Rappahannock.". John and George Mott had patented, in 1672, over 15000 acres, on Muddy Creek.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1455 in ENG d.1514 in ENG
- b.~ 1500 in ENG d.1566 in "The Hills", Yorkshire, ENG
- b.~ 1465 in ENG d. in 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
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