The Cochrane & Allied Families
Cochranes from Scotland to Colonial Virginia (c 1760), to Kentucky (1811), to Kansas (1859) and beyond. Allied families to the United States from England, Scotland, Ireland and Switzerland.
THORNTON, Maj. Francis Sr. and SAVAGE, Alice Family
m. 13 Apr 1674
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THORNTON, Maj. Francis Sr.
Birth 5 Nov 1651 Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England 
Death 10 May 1726 Stafford County, Colony of Virginia, UK Burial Marriage 13 Apr 1674 [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Colony of Virginia, England [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Other Spouse —?—, Jane | F2541 Marriage Abt 1701 Colony of Virginia, England Other Spouse —?—, Ann | F2606 Marriage Abt 1709 Colony of Virginia, UK Father THORNTON, William IV | F2536 Group Sheet Mother ROWLAND, Elizabeth | F2536 Group Sheet
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SAVAGE, Alice
Birth 15 Nov 1651 Death 1695 Burial Father SAVAGE, Capt. Anthony | F2531 Group Sheet Mother CONSTABLE, Sarah | F2531 Group Sheet
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THORNTON, Margaret
Birth 2 Apr 1678 Death Yes, date unknown Burial Spouse STROTHER, William | F2543 Marriage 1726
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+ THORNTON, Sarah
Birth 17 Dec 1680 Rappahannock County (Old), Colony of Virginia, England Death Abt 1730 Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK Burial Spouse TALIAFERRO, Capt. Lawrence | F1962 Marriage 10 Nov 1706 Richmond County, Colony of Virginia, UK
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+ THORNTON, Col. Francis Jr.
Birth 4 Jan 1681/82 The Hills - Thornton Family Home, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England Death 6 Feb 1736/37 Snow Creek - Thornton Family Home, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK Burial Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Colony of Virginia, UK Spouse TALIAFERRO, Mary Elizabeth | F317 Marriage 1704 Snow Creek - Thornton Family Home, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK
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Sources - [S1617] George H. S. King, Artifact - George H. S. King Papers (Library of VA), 21 Oct 2025, Mss1:k5823a#6.
- [S989] Robert K. Headley Jr., Book - Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800 (Ancestry), (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2003.), 21 Oct 2025, p 350-351.
Thornton Marriages in VA - [S1137] Charles M. Marsteller, Book - Taliaferro Index, (Millsboro, Delaware: Colonial Roots, 2015.), 1 Aug 2018, p 21, 27.
Citing: National Genealogical Society Quarterly, V 83, p 192. - [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 13 May 2025, accessed 13 May 2025<, Memorial #83873643, Alice Savage Thornton.
- [S1164] Magazine - William and Mary College Quarterly - Series 1 & 2 (JSTOR), 30 Jun 2025, W. G. Stanard, "The Thornton Family," Vol. 4, No. 2 (Oct., 1895), p 89-93; digital images, JSTOR (https://www.jstor.org/ : accessed 30 June 2025).
Thornton Family
- [S1617] George H. S. King, Artifact - George H. S. King Papers (Library of VA), 21 Oct 2025, Mss1:k5823a#6.