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THORNTON, Col. William

THORNTON, Col. William

Male - Yes, date unknown   Has 93 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name THORNTON, William  [1, 2
    Prefix Col. 
    Gender Male 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I3905  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2017 

    Father THORNTON, Col. Francis III,   b. 7 Apr 1714, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1748, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Mother GREGORY, Frances,   b. Abt 1718, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1790, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Family ID F1532  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015), ID #: I37968, William Thornton; Various Meriwether Society sources.

    2. [S634] Holdridge Ozro Collins, Book - Washington Family Genealogy (Hathi Trust), (Los Angeles, California: The Society Sons of the Revolution in the State of California, 1900.), 18 Jun 2015, p 14.


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