Individual Details
Colonel Francis Thornton Jr.
(4 Jan 1682 - 1758)
Maureen Harris wrote about the Francis Thorntons who started the Thornton dynasty in Virginia. She says about Francis born 1682, "Francis II was born in 1682 and died in Caroline County in 1758. In 1704, his father conveyed to him a tract of 700 acres at Snow Creek near present-day Fredericksburg where Francis II then made his home, called “The Falls,” at the foot of Fall Hill within the boundaries of present-day Fredericksburg. He was a plantation owner, ran a grist mill and was a merchant, dealing with the growing traffic of purchases and sales between the Virginia colony and England. Francis II was also one of the first justices of Caroline County, and he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1723 and 1726 (equivalent to today’s Virginia House of Delegates but a bit more powerful because there was no Senate).
Francis Thornton acquires land in what is now Rappahannock County
In 1731 Francis II was granted a patent by King George II for 3,000 acres of land that lay along what is now called the Thornton River, stretching from what is now called Thornton Gap along the north fork of the river, then into what is now Sperryville, then downstream along the river to today’s Rudasill Mill Road (Route 621). At that time, of course, there was no town of Sperryville nor a road at Route 621. The purchase price was 15 pounds (English money, equivalent to about $525 today). The tract was called “Stirling” in the grant document, and the river was called the “the north river of the Gourdvine Fork going by the name of the River Firth.” The Gourdvine Fork was the name of the land located between today’s Thornton and Hazel Rivers.
The Thornton family crest.
At the time of this 1731 patent, the land that became Rappahannock County was part of Spotsylvania County. In 1734, Spotsylvania was divided and our county’s land became part of Orange County. That county was divided in 1749 and we became part of Culpeper County. Finally, in 1833, Rappahannock County was formed.
Ours was the next-to-last county east of the Blue Ridge mountains to be created; only Greene followed us, in 1838. Indeed, much of the land in the Shenandoah Valley, which is farther west, and even land in what is now West Virginia and Kentucky, which were part of Virginia at the time, had been settled and formed into counties long before Rappahannock County was formed. We were indeed in the backwoods in 1731.
In 1733, Francis II was granted an additional 600 acres adjacent to and south of his first land grant. This new land stretched from what is now the north part of F. T. Valley Road down to today’s Ashby Corner, then east to encompass what is now Poortown Mountain and Fielding Mountain above Route 621 (Yancey Road). The purchase price was 3 pounds (about $105 today).
In 1751, Francis II was re-granted these two tracts, plus 852 additional acres adjoining them, by Thomas 6th Lord Fairfax, owner of the Northern Neck (or Fairfax) Proprietary. This re-grant occurred because Lord Fairfax had contested the boundaries of the Proprietary, which was a tract of land granted by King Charles II in 1649. The Proprietary included the land between the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers and extended from their headwaters to the Chesapeake Bay. Fairfax had inherited this land in 1719. Land within the Proprietary could be granted only by Lord Fairfax; land within the rest of Virginia could be granted by the King of England.
During the first part of the 1700s, land within the bounds of the Proprietary was granted by both King George II and Lord Fairfax. In 1735, Lord Fairfax brought suit and won his suit in 1745 after it was determined that the headwaters of the Rappahannock River was not today’s Rappahannock River but was the Conway River, which empties into the Rapidan River and then into the Rappahannock. Thus the land that became Rappahannock County was included in the Northern Neck Proprietary, which encompassed 5.2 million acres.
As part of his successful suit, Lord Fairfax agreed to honor the land grants that had previously been made by King George II. It is likely that Frances II asked for the re-grant to document his holdings and to add the new 852 acres to them.
Francis II now owned 4,452 acres of land in what is now Rappahannock County. However, we do not believe that he ever lived on this land. He was thoroughly ensconced in his large estate at “The Falls,” his merchant business in Caroline County, and his political life as a justice and a Burgess there. Francis II may have rented out the land to tenant farmers, but documentation for this is not available.
Another Francis Thornton acquires land
Francis II married Mary Taliaferro and they are known to have had three sons — Francis III, Reuben, and John — as well as five daughters. The sons married sisters (Frances, Elizabeth, and Mildred, respectively) who were daughters of Roger Gregory and Mildred Washington, an aunt of President George Washington."
Notes for Col. Francis Thornton, Jr.
Born in Stafford County, VA. Settled at Snow Creek, near the present Fredericksburg about 1703. Snow Creek flows into the Rappahannock River a short distance below Fredericksburg. When John Taliaferro and Francis Thornton settled there, that section belonged to Essex Co. and they were near neighbors and brothers-in-law. The act creating Spotsylvania Co. in 1720 specified Snow Creek as its Southern boundary. This put John Taliaferro into the new county and left Francis Thornton in the old.
There is a recorded deed in Essex County, dated Mar 1703/04 from Francis Thornton of Stafford conveying to Francis Thornton, Jr., then of Essex Co., VA, a tract of about 700 acres at Snow Creek. Snow Creek was in Essex Countyand then part of it was in Spotsylvania County when it was formed.
First Justice in Caroline County.
Justice of Essex County
Burgess for Spotsylvania 1723-1726
Lt. Col. of His Majesty's Militia in Spotsylvania Co., Virginia
Three of their sons married Gregory sisters; his son Francis built Fall Hill in Fredericksburg, Va.
Died at Snow Creek, Essex Co., Virginia In May 1719, Francis Thornton, Jr. and Mary his wife, of St. Mary's parish, Essex, conveyed to Augustine Smith and John Taliaferro, churchwardens [for a consideration of five shillings], 300 acres in the fork of Snow Creek, for a glebe.
Near the Thornton cemetery in Kenmore is a road sign erected by the Virginia Conservation Commission which reads as follows: “Fall Hill - on the heights one mile to the west, the home of the Thornton family from about 1736. Francis Thornton 2nd was a Justice, a Burgess 1744-45 and Lieut. Col., of his Majesty’s Militia for Spotsylvania Co. He and two of his brothers three Gregory sisters, {Note: the sign is obviously referring to Francis Thornton, III and not the II], first cousins of George Washington. Fall Hill was still owned and occupied in 1997 by direct Thornton descendants.” [Note: Mrs. Lynn W. Franklin, Sr., still lived there as of 1997]. On the way up to Fall Hill, one finds a large old water-worn stone called the “Indian Punch Bowl” and it’s seated on the banks of the Rappahannock River. It was originally carved into the rocks by Indians who used it to brew their poison for the tip of their arrows. Francis Thornton, II found the bowl, cleaned it out and served tasty punch in it during his river parties. The date he carved (1720) and the initials of his guests can still be seen today! There he held a fish fry for his friends every year for forty years.
Spotsylvania County Deeds
Octr. 31, 1724. Elizabeth x Tap of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., Va., widow, to my two sons, William Tap and Vincent Tap, and my daughter, Charity Wood, wife of Bartholomew Wood, all of the said parish and County. £40 ster. To my son Wm. Tap the plantation whereon I now live with 175 a. of ajoining, in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. To my son, Vincent Tap, 175 a. of land St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. To my daughter, Charity Wood, 100 a. of land in the sd. parish and county-all the above mentioned land purchased by me of Francis Thornton and Mary, his wife; and Anthony Thornton and Winifred, his wife, as by deeds dated Augt. 5, 1722. Witnesses: Moseley Battaley, Richard Johnson, James Williams. Rec. Nov. 3, 1724. (Crozier, 94)
July 1, 1725. James Taylor of Drysdale Par., King and Queen Co., Gent., to John Taliaferro of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., Gent. 5 shill. ster., 1260 a. of land, which is the remaining part of an order of Councill granted to Francis and Anthony Thornton, May 2, 1718, for 4000 a. (which 1260 a. by a noat from under the hands of the said Thorntons directed to me May 1, 1721, ordered to be surveyed for the sd. Jno. Taliaferro, as by the said noat will appear) and is included within the bounds of a patent of 8500 a. granted to the above sd. James Taylor, July 21, 1722 - lying in St. Geo. par., Spts. Co. Witnesses: W. Russell, Richd. Bayley, Samll. Loyd. Rec. July 6, 1725. (Crozier, 95)
Augt. 6, 1728. William x Smith of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., planter, to Francis Thornton of St. Mary's Par., Caroline Co., Gentl. £10 curr., 200 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., in the fork of Rappk. River. Witnesses: Robert Slaughter, James Taylor, junr.; Thomas Slaughter. Rec. Augt. 6, 1728. Mary, the wife of Wm. Smith, acknowledged her dower in the sd. land, etc. (Crozier, 103)
King George Co., VA 1743-1752
King George County Deed Book 3
Antient Press; pp 40-44 (1745)
Indenture made 4th/5th April 1745 between JOHN GREEN and ABIGAIL his wife Parish Over Wharton County Stafford and FRANCIS THORNTON Parish Hanover King George County .. by deeds of lease & release .. for sum Thirty four pounds current money of Virginia sold 70 acres in Hanover Parish Joyning on Poultridges Creek lying between the land that is called Watts's and Francis Thornton .. being part of Patent granted to FRAS. WRIGHT which .. THOMAS TIPPETT bought of Wright which said land Descended to Abigail daughter of the sd Thomas Tippet Deceased
Presence Josiah Farguson, John Green
Lewis Markham, Willm. Wren Abigail x Green
At a court held 5th April 1745 .. Deeds of lease & release acknowledged .. recorded .. said Abigail being Solely Examined ..
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King George Co., VA 1743-1752
King George County Deed Book 3 (1745)
Antient Press; pp 47-51
Indenture made 25th/26th April 1745 between EDMOND DONAHOE & ELIZABETH
his Wife Hanover Parish King George County and FRANCIS THORNTON
of same .. by deeds of lease & release .. for sum Fifteen pounds current money of Virginia or 3000 pounds Tobacco sold land near Rappahannock River whereon said Donahoe formerly lived together with 80 acres being all the land Donahoe bought of WILLIAM TIPPETT by deeds of lease & release 5th April 1722 which tract is on the lower side of the Main Branch of Poultridges Creek & bounded on the North side with land of HENRY WOOD Deceased & on the West side with land lately purchased by Francis Thornton of JOHN GREEN which land formerly belonged to Wm. Tippett Deceased & on the South side with line of JOHN ANDERSON Deceased & on the East side with the land of JOHN WILLIS
Presence Clapham Richardson,
Samuel Reids, John Grant Edmond x Donahoe
At a court held 3d May 1745 .. Deeds of lease & release recorded.
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King George Co., VA1735-1752
King George Co VA Deed Book 3 (1746)
pp. 173-178
Indenture made 5th/6th February 1746 between RUSH HUDSON
of Parish St. Marks County of Orange Planter & SARAH his wife
of one part and FRANCIS THORNTON
Gent. Hanover Parish King George County .. by deeds of lease & release .. for sum One hundred and ten pounds current money sold all those four pieces of land containing in whole 265 acres ..
the first .. 40 acres binding on land of Colo. WILLIAM RANDOLPH, JOSEPH TUTT & land whereon DAVID JONES
now dwells & being the land whereon RUSH HUDSON SENIOR formerly lived & joining on Westernside of Portridges creek the Second piece containing 100 acres adjoining land of Capt. Francis Thornton .. party to these presents & to JOHN WILLIS and EDMOND DONAHOE lying on lower side main branch of Portridges Creek ..
Third parcel - 30 acres being part of a pattent granted by Proprietors of Northern Neck unto JOHN WASHINGTON for 170 acres .. in Hanover Parish King George County on the lower side of Bald Eagle Run & adjoining lands of GEORGE GREEN, WILLIAM TIPPET & CAPT. FRANCIS THORNTON ..
the fourth piece .. 65 acres being land Rush Hudson Senior purchased of George Green on lower side of the western main Branch of Portridges Creek & adjoining land of said Rush Hudson, RICHARD BUTLER & land of Capt. Thornton & from the land of Thornton dividing this land from the land of ELIZABETH GREEN nigh & by a small branch not touching any part of the sd Elizabeth her orchard or Houses to the Branch of Portridges Creek which is called Bald Eagle Run .. down said Branch to land of RUSH HUDSON JUNR.
& is part of Patent granted by Proprietors of Northern Neck of Virginia unto GEORGE GREEN SENR. for 885 acres by said pattent which four parcels was purchased by RUSH HUDSON SENR. and said Rush Senr. dying Intestate the same became the property of his Son Rush Hudson Junr., party to these presents as Heir at Law
Presence Wm. Longmire, Rush Hudson
John Wren, Wm. Wren Sarah Hudson
At a court held 6th February 1746 .. Deeds of lease & release together with Receipt of consideration money recorded.
1st July 1748. .. said Sarah being privily examined .. acknowledged her free consent
Francis Thornton acquires land in what is now Rappahannock County
In 1731 Francis II was granted a patent by King George II for 3,000 acres of land that lay along what is now called the Thornton River, stretching from what is now called Thornton Gap along the north fork of the river, then into what is now Sperryville, then downstream along the river to today’s Rudasill Mill Road (Route 621). At that time, of course, there was no town of Sperryville nor a road at Route 621. The purchase price was 15 pounds (English money, equivalent to about $525 today). The tract was called “Stirling” in the grant document, and the river was called the “the north river of the Gourdvine Fork going by the name of the River Firth.” The Gourdvine Fork was the name of the land located between today’s Thornton and Hazel Rivers.
The Thornton family crest.
At the time of this 1731 patent, the land that became Rappahannock County was part of Spotsylvania County. In 1734, Spotsylvania was divided and our county’s land became part of Orange County. That county was divided in 1749 and we became part of Culpeper County. Finally, in 1833, Rappahannock County was formed.
Ours was the next-to-last county east of the Blue Ridge mountains to be created; only Greene followed us, in 1838. Indeed, much of the land in the Shenandoah Valley, which is farther west, and even land in what is now West Virginia and Kentucky, which were part of Virginia at the time, had been settled and formed into counties long before Rappahannock County was formed. We were indeed in the backwoods in 1731.
In 1733, Francis II was granted an additional 600 acres adjacent to and south of his first land grant. This new land stretched from what is now the north part of F. T. Valley Road down to today’s Ashby Corner, then east to encompass what is now Poortown Mountain and Fielding Mountain above Route 621 (Yancey Road). The purchase price was 3 pounds (about $105 today).
In 1751, Francis II was re-granted these two tracts, plus 852 additional acres adjoining them, by Thomas 6th Lord Fairfax, owner of the Northern Neck (or Fairfax) Proprietary. This re-grant occurred because Lord Fairfax had contested the boundaries of the Proprietary, which was a tract of land granted by King Charles II in 1649. The Proprietary included the land between the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers and extended from their headwaters to the Chesapeake Bay. Fairfax had inherited this land in 1719. Land within the Proprietary could be granted only by Lord Fairfax; land within the rest of Virginia could be granted by the King of England.
During the first part of the 1700s, land within the bounds of the Proprietary was granted by both King George II and Lord Fairfax. In 1735, Lord Fairfax brought suit and won his suit in 1745 after it was determined that the headwaters of the Rappahannock River was not today’s Rappahannock River but was the Conway River, which empties into the Rapidan River and then into the Rappahannock. Thus the land that became Rappahannock County was included in the Northern Neck Proprietary, which encompassed 5.2 million acres.
As part of his successful suit, Lord Fairfax agreed to honor the land grants that had previously been made by King George II. It is likely that Frances II asked for the re-grant to document his holdings and to add the new 852 acres to them.
Francis II now owned 4,452 acres of land in what is now Rappahannock County. However, we do not believe that he ever lived on this land. He was thoroughly ensconced in his large estate at “The Falls,” his merchant business in Caroline County, and his political life as a justice and a Burgess there. Francis II may have rented out the land to tenant farmers, but documentation for this is not available.
Another Francis Thornton acquires land
Francis II married Mary Taliaferro and they are known to have had three sons — Francis III, Reuben, and John — as well as five daughters. The sons married sisters (Frances, Elizabeth, and Mildred, respectively) who were daughters of Roger Gregory and Mildred Washington, an aunt of President George Washington."
Notes for Col. Francis Thornton, Jr.
Born in Stafford County, VA. Settled at Snow Creek, near the present Fredericksburg about 1703. Snow Creek flows into the Rappahannock River a short distance below Fredericksburg. When John Taliaferro and Francis Thornton settled there, that section belonged to Essex Co. and they were near neighbors and brothers-in-law. The act creating Spotsylvania Co. in 1720 specified Snow Creek as its Southern boundary. This put John Taliaferro into the new county and left Francis Thornton in the old.
There is a recorded deed in Essex County, dated Mar 1703/04 from Francis Thornton of Stafford conveying to Francis Thornton, Jr., then of Essex Co., VA, a tract of about 700 acres at Snow Creek. Snow Creek was in Essex Countyand then part of it was in Spotsylvania County when it was formed.
First Justice in Caroline County.
Justice of Essex County
Burgess for Spotsylvania 1723-1726
Lt. Col. of His Majesty's Militia in Spotsylvania Co., Virginia
Three of their sons married Gregory sisters; his son Francis built Fall Hill in Fredericksburg, Va.
Died at Snow Creek, Essex Co., Virginia In May 1719, Francis Thornton, Jr. and Mary his wife, of St. Mary's parish, Essex, conveyed to Augustine Smith and John Taliaferro, churchwardens [for a consideration of five shillings], 300 acres in the fork of Snow Creek, for a glebe.
Near the Thornton cemetery in Kenmore is a road sign erected by the Virginia Conservation Commission which reads as follows: “Fall Hill - on the heights one mile to the west, the home of the Thornton family from about 1736. Francis Thornton 2nd was a Justice, a Burgess 1744-45 and Lieut. Col., of his Majesty’s Militia for Spotsylvania Co. He and two of his brothers three Gregory sisters, {Note: the sign is obviously referring to Francis Thornton, III and not the II], first cousins of George Washington. Fall Hill was still owned and occupied in 1997 by direct Thornton descendants.” [Note: Mrs. Lynn W. Franklin, Sr., still lived there as of 1997]. On the way up to Fall Hill, one finds a large old water-worn stone called the “Indian Punch Bowl” and it’s seated on the banks of the Rappahannock River. It was originally carved into the rocks by Indians who used it to brew their poison for the tip of their arrows. Francis Thornton, II found the bowl, cleaned it out and served tasty punch in it during his river parties. The date he carved (1720) and the initials of his guests can still be seen today! There he held a fish fry for his friends every year for forty years.
Spotsylvania County Deeds
Octr. 31, 1724. Elizabeth x Tap of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., Va., widow, to my two sons, William Tap and Vincent Tap, and my daughter, Charity Wood, wife of Bartholomew Wood, all of the said parish and County. £40 ster. To my son Wm. Tap the plantation whereon I now live with 175 a. of ajoining, in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. To my son, Vincent Tap, 175 a. of land St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. To my daughter, Charity Wood, 100 a. of land in the sd. parish and county-all the above mentioned land purchased by me of Francis Thornton and Mary, his wife; and Anthony Thornton and Winifred, his wife, as by deeds dated Augt. 5, 1722. Witnesses: Moseley Battaley, Richard Johnson, James Williams. Rec. Nov. 3, 1724. (Crozier, 94)
July 1, 1725. James Taylor of Drysdale Par., King and Queen Co., Gent., to John Taliaferro of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., Gent. 5 shill. ster., 1260 a. of land, which is the remaining part of an order of Councill granted to Francis and Anthony Thornton, May 2, 1718, for 4000 a. (which 1260 a. by a noat from under the hands of the said Thorntons directed to me May 1, 1721, ordered to be surveyed for the sd. Jno. Taliaferro, as by the said noat will appear) and is included within the bounds of a patent of 8500 a. granted to the above sd. James Taylor, July 21, 1722 - lying in St. Geo. par., Spts. Co. Witnesses: W. Russell, Richd. Bayley, Samll. Loyd. Rec. July 6, 1725. (Crozier, 95)
Augt. 6, 1728. William x Smith of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., planter, to Francis Thornton of St. Mary's Par., Caroline Co., Gentl. £10 curr., 200 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., in the fork of Rappk. River. Witnesses: Robert Slaughter, James Taylor, junr.; Thomas Slaughter. Rec. Augt. 6, 1728. Mary, the wife of Wm. Smith, acknowledged her dower in the sd. land, etc. (Crozier, 103)
King George Co., VA 1743-1752
King George County Deed Book 3
Antient Press; pp 40-44 (1745)
Indenture made 4th/5th April 1745 between JOHN GREEN and ABIGAIL his wife Parish Over Wharton County Stafford and FRANCIS THORNTON Parish Hanover King George County .. by deeds of lease & release .. for sum Thirty four pounds current money of Virginia sold 70 acres in Hanover Parish Joyning on Poultridges Creek lying between the land that is called Watts's and Francis Thornton .. being part of Patent granted to FRAS. WRIGHT which .. THOMAS TIPPETT bought of Wright which said land Descended to Abigail daughter of the sd Thomas Tippet Deceased
Presence Josiah Farguson, John Green
Lewis Markham, Willm. Wren Abigail x Green
At a court held 5th April 1745 .. Deeds of lease & release acknowledged .. recorded .. said Abigail being Solely Examined ..
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King George Co., VA 1743-1752
King George County Deed Book 3 (1745)
Antient Press; pp 47-51
Indenture made 25th/26th April 1745 between EDMOND DONAHOE & ELIZABETH
his Wife Hanover Parish King George County and FRANCIS THORNTON
of same .. by deeds of lease & release .. for sum Fifteen pounds current money of Virginia or 3000 pounds Tobacco sold land near Rappahannock River whereon said Donahoe formerly lived together with 80 acres being all the land Donahoe bought of WILLIAM TIPPETT by deeds of lease & release 5th April 1722 which tract is on the lower side of the Main Branch of Poultridges Creek & bounded on the North side with land of HENRY WOOD Deceased & on the West side with land lately purchased by Francis Thornton of JOHN GREEN which land formerly belonged to Wm. Tippett Deceased & on the South side with line of JOHN ANDERSON Deceased & on the East side with the land of JOHN WILLIS
Presence Clapham Richardson,
Samuel Reids, John Grant Edmond x Donahoe
At a court held 3d May 1745 .. Deeds of lease & release recorded.
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King George Co., VA1735-1752
King George Co VA Deed Book 3 (1746)
pp. 173-178
Indenture made 5th/6th February 1746 between RUSH HUDSON
of Parish St. Marks County of Orange Planter & SARAH his wife
of one part and FRANCIS THORNTON
Gent. Hanover Parish King George County .. by deeds of lease & release .. for sum One hundred and ten pounds current money sold all those four pieces of land containing in whole 265 acres ..
the first .. 40 acres binding on land of Colo. WILLIAM RANDOLPH, JOSEPH TUTT & land whereon DAVID JONES
now dwells & being the land whereon RUSH HUDSON SENIOR formerly lived & joining on Westernside of Portridges creek the Second piece containing 100 acres adjoining land of Capt. Francis Thornton .. party to these presents & to JOHN WILLIS and EDMOND DONAHOE lying on lower side main branch of Portridges Creek ..
Third parcel - 30 acres being part of a pattent granted by Proprietors of Northern Neck unto JOHN WASHINGTON for 170 acres .. in Hanover Parish King George County on the lower side of Bald Eagle Run & adjoining lands of GEORGE GREEN, WILLIAM TIPPET & CAPT. FRANCIS THORNTON ..
the fourth piece .. 65 acres being land Rush Hudson Senior purchased of George Green on lower side of the western main Branch of Portridges Creek & adjoining land of said Rush Hudson, RICHARD BUTLER & land of Capt. Thornton & from the land of Thornton dividing this land from the land of ELIZABETH GREEN nigh & by a small branch not touching any part of the sd Elizabeth her orchard or Houses to the Branch of Portridges Creek which is called Bald Eagle Run .. down said Branch to land of RUSH HUDSON JUNR.
& is part of Patent granted by Proprietors of Northern Neck of Virginia unto GEORGE GREEN SENR. for 885 acres by said pattent which four parcels was purchased by RUSH HUDSON SENR. and said Rush Senr. dying Intestate the same became the property of his Son Rush Hudson Junr., party to these presents as Heir at Law
Presence Wm. Longmire, Rush Hudson
John Wren, Wm. Wren Sarah Hudson
At a court held 6th February 1746 .. Deeds of lease & release together with Receipt of consideration money recorded.
1st July 1748. .. said Sarah being privily examined .. acknowledged her free consent
Events
| Birth | 4 Jan 1682 | Stafford, Virginia, British America | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1703 | Spotsylvania, Virginia, British America - Mary Taliaferro | |||
| Death | 1758 | Carolina, Virginia, British America |  |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Taliaferro (1686 - ) |
| Child | Mildred Thornton (1721 - ) |
| Child | Francis Thornton III (1711 - 1749) |
| Child | Reuben Thornton ( - 1768) |
| Child | Colonel John Thornton ( - 1777) |
| Father | Francis Thornton (1651 - 1726) |
| Mother | Alice Savage (1653 - 1695) |
| Sibling | William Thornton (1673 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Thornton (1675 - 1732) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Thornton (1675 - ) |
| Sibling | Anthony Thornton (1674 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Thornton (1674 - ) |
| Sibling | Rowland Thornton (1674 - ) |
| Sibling | Margaret Thornton (1678 - 1727) |
Endnotes
1. Maureen Harris, "Will the real Francis Thornton please stand up!," RappNews, eEdition, Page 142, 893 (July 2, 2015); (http://rappnews.com/2015/07/02/will-the-real-francis-thornton-please-stand-up/142893/).