Individual Details
Anthony Thornton
(Aft 1674 - )
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)
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)
Events
| Birth | Aft 1674 | Virginia, British America | |||
| Marriage | Winifred |
Families
| Spouse | Winifred ( - ) |
| Father | Francis Thornton (1651 - 1726) |
| Mother | Alice Savage (1653 - 1695) |
| Sibling | William Thornton (1673 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Thornton (1675 - 1732) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Thornton (1675 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Thornton (1674 - ) |
| Sibling | Rowland Thornton (1674 - ) |
| Sibling | Margaret Thornton (1678 - 1727) |
| Sibling | Colonel Francis Thornton Jr. (1682 - 1758) |