Person:Francis Thornton (9)
Col. Francis Thornton, II
b.4 Jan 1682 Virginia, United States
d.Abt 1758 Caroline, Virginia, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 13 Apr 1674
  1. Elizabeth Thornton1674 -
  2. Margaret Savage Thornton1678 - 1756
  3. Sarah Thornton1680 -
  4. William Thornton1680 - 1743
  5. Col. Francis Thornton, II1682 - Abt 1758
  6. Rowland Thornton1685 - 1748
  7. Anne Thornton1689 -
  8. Anthony Thornton1695 - 1757
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Col. Francis Thornton, II1682 - Abt 1758
  • W.  Mary TaliaferroAbt 1684 -
m. 17 Sep 1703
  1. Sarah ThorntonAbt 1705 -
  2. Alice ThorntonEst 1707 - 1739
  3. Mary ThorntonEst 1709 -
  4. Reuben Thornton1711 - 1768
  5. Col. Francis Thornton, IIIAbt 1714 - 1748
  6. John Thornton1715 - 1777
  7. Elizabeth ThorntonEst 1718 - 1757
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Facts and Events
Name Col. Francis Thornton, II
Gender Male
Birth[1] 4 Jan 1682 Virginia, United States
Residence[1][3] 1703 Caroline, Virginia, United StatesSnow Creek
Marriage 17 Sep 1703 St. Marks Parish, Essex County, Virginiato Mary Taliaferro
Death[4] Abt 1758 Caroline, Virginia, United States
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Records of Francis Thornton

  • Pages 137-38. 29 Aug. 1735. Francis Thornton, Junr., of Spotsylvania County, Gent., to Thomas Pollard of Lancaster County, for £40. 400 acres... corner to Francis Mical in Col. Alexander Spotswood's line... formerly granted to James Hornsnail 27 Sept. 1729. (signed) Francis Thornton Junr. Wit: Robt. Slaughter, James Pollard, William Nash. 16 Sept. 1735. Acknowledged by Francis Thornton, Gent. [Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 1, Dorman, pg. 12].
  • Pages 42-45. 23-23 June 1737. Francis Thornton, Gent., of St. Parie's Parish, Caroline County, to Minor Will of St. Pargaret's parish in said county. Lease and release; for £26 current money. 202 acres in the great fork of Rappahannock River and on Potatoe Run, it being one moiety of a tract which formerly belonged to Joseph Cooper... elm in a glade of the said run and in a line of a pattent of the said Cooper's... (signed) Fran. Thornton. Wit: Francis Thornton, Junr., J. Wood, James Conner. 23 June 1737. Acknowledged by Francis Thornton, Gent. [Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 2, Dorman, pg. 37].
  • Pages 178-84. 21-22 Nov. 1737. Francis Thornton and Mary Thornton, his wife, of St. Pary's Parish, Caroline County, planter to Joseph Stemen of Lankester County, Province of Pennsylvania. Lease and release; for £100 current money. 1,300 acres on a branch of Sherrando River called the Hawksbill or Lorrain Run... on the south side of the said run at the foot of a hill on the lower end of a piece of low ground about four miles distance from the Sherrando river... crossing the main branch of the run... crossing another large branch.. (signed) Fran. Thornton, Mary Thornton. Wit: James Taylor, Robert Jackson, William Thornton. 24 Nov. 1737. Acknowledged by Francis Thornton. [Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 2, Dorman, pg. 44].
  • Page 336. 21 May 1738. Francis Thornton of St. Marie's Parish, Caroline County, Gent., to my beloved daughter Elizabeth Meriwether. For natural love and affection. 200 acres, formerly purchased of John Haddock.. corner to Majr. Augustin Smith's land in the fork of Rappahannock River upon the Mountain run... (signed) Fran. Thornton. Wit: Thomas Hill, Robt. Jackson, Patrick Dowdall, Robt. Stuart. 25 May 1738. Proved by Thomas Hill, Patrick Dowdall and Robt. Stuart. On motion of Francis Thornton, Junr., admitted to record. [Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 2, Dorman, pg. 52].


In 1751, two earlier land grants from 1731 and 1733 were confirmed to Francis Thornton of Caroline, so he was evidently still alive then. [Gertrude E. Gray, Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Volume 2, Genealogical Publishing Com., 2009, p. 55]

Fall Hill, the Thornton family plantation home built in the 1700s, just recently finally passed from Thornton family members, and is now being restored by a historic preservation group.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Genealogies of Virginia Families: From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982)
    5:22.
  2.   International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008).
  3. ↑ Genealogies of Virginia Families: From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982)
    5:54.

    '... Col. Francis Thornton, of Snow Creek, Caroline county, Va.'

  4. ↑ Campbell, Thomas Elliott. Colonial Caroline : a history of Caroline County, Virginia. (Richmond [Virginia]: Dietz Press, c1954)
    476.

    Estate of Francis Thornton, Reuben Thornton executor, 1758

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