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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).