Thornton, William
| Birth Name | Thornton, William 1a |
| Gramps ID | I29602 |
| Gender | male |
| Age at Death | about 83 years |
Events
| Event | Date | Place | Description | Notes | Sources |
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| Birth [E27515] | about 1625 | ENG |
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| Death [E27516] | 1708 | Petsworth Parish, Gloucester, VA |
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Parents
| Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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| Father | Thornton, William [I29603] | about 1600 | 1650 | |
| Thornton, William [I29602] | about 1625 | 1708 |
Families
| Family of Thornton, William and Rowland, Elizabeth [F12711] | ||||||||||||||
| Married | Wife | Rowland, Elizabeth [I29720] ( * + ... ) | ||||||||||||
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| Children |
| Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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| Thornton, Francis [I29663] | 1651-11-05 | 1726-05-10 |
Narrative
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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.
Pedigree
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Thornton, William [I29603]
- Thornton, William
Ancestors
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