Individual Details
Col. Francis Thornton Jr
(1682 - 1739)
Orange Co, VA Deeds
p.336
21 May 1738 Francis Thornton of St. Marie's Parish, Caroline Co, Gentleman, to my beloved daughter Elizabeth Meriwether....200 acres purchased of John Haddock, corner to Maj. Augustin Smith, fork of Rappahnnock River on the Mountain Run
p.337-43
21-22 May 1738 Thomas Meriwether and Elizabeth his wife of Hanover County to Francis Thornton of Spotsylvania Co. Lease & release. the same 200 acres. Signed Thos. Meriwether, Elis. Meriwether
Other Thornton children were sons John, Francis, and Reuben married to the Gregory sisters, Mildred, Frances & Elizabeth. They were first cousins of President George Washington.
Events
| Birth | 1682 | ||||
| Death | 1739 |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Taliaferro (1685 - 1741) |
| Child | Elizabeth Thornton (1719 - 1774) |
| Child | Mildred Thornton ( - ) |
| Spouse | Mary Taliaferro (1685 - 1741) |