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16 de abr. de 2024 · Petsworth, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. Genealogy for William ‘the immigrant’ Thornton, Gent. (1620 - 1708) family tree on Geni, with over 255 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- February 15, 1620
- "The Hills", Stonegrave, Yorkshire, England
When William Thornton Jr. was born on 27 March 1649, in York, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, William Thornton Sr, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Rowland, was 22. He married Elizabeth Fitzhugh on 24 August 1671, in Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America.
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- Elizabeth Fitzhugh, Jane Presley
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This person has now been incorporated in the Clack One Name Study I am building (see .https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Clack_Name_Study) Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/: accessed May 30, 2016), "Record of William Thornton", Ancestor # A114907.
William Thornton (December 20, 1717 - 1790) was a planter and public official in Colonial Virginia. Thornton served as member of the House of Burgesses for Brunswick County from 1756–68 and as justice of the county and of the quorum as early as 1760 and as late as 1774/5. Moved from Gloucester to Brunswick County and was a member of the House of Bu...
www.theellisons.net/ghtout/gp2705.htmStanard, W. G. (1982). The Thornton Family: Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly. Baltimore, MD: William and Mary College/Genealogical Publishing Co. pp. 20–25Harllee, William Curry (1937). Vol. III Kinfolks. New Orleans, LA: Searcy & Pfaff. p. 2765.Salmon, John S.|title (1985). A GUIDE TO STATE RECORDS IN THE ARCHIVES BRANCH OF THE VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES. Richmond, Virginia: Library of Virginia.Bates, Lola Jane Carr (1917). The Thornton 1300 to 1917. Danville, VA: Dance Bros. & Co.- Male
- December 30, 1717
- Jane Sterling (Clack) Thornton
- November 23, 1790
The Thorntons of Westmoreland and Richmond counties in Virginia.--p. 24-34. Additional Thornton data of interest. Also available on microfilm and digital images.
Compare DNA and explore genealogy for Luke Thornton Sr. born abt. 1642 Colony of Virginia died 1725 Farnham, Richmond, Virginia including ancestors + descendants + 23 genealogist comments + Y-chromosome DNA + more in the free family tree community.
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- March 2, 1725
- Anne (Hall) Thornton
William Thornton was born in Gloucester County, Virginia, to Francis Thornton (1692–1737) and Ann Sterling. His father was a wealthy planter of Petsworth Parish, where the Thornton family had been established since the 1640s. Thornton's mother was Ann Sterling a daughter and heiress of Peter Sterling, a colonial surgeon and planter.
The Thornton Family. By W. G. Stanard. Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume V, Pages 19-75; and 565-569. The five volume set entitled "Genealogies of Virginia Families" consists of family history articles originally published in "The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine" between 1892 and 1942.
