Person:Luke Thornton (7)

Luke Thornton

b.Abt 1650

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m. Bef 1676

Facts and Events

Name	Luke Thornton
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	Abt 1650
Marriage	Bef 1676	to Anne _____
Other^[1]	1677	Westmoreland County, Virginia
Other^[1]	1679	Old Rappahannock (extinct), Virginia, United Statesnamed in Deed
Will^[1]	29 Jan 1725/26	Richmond County, Virginia
Death`^?`	Bef 2 Mar 1725/26	Richmond County, Virginia
Probate^[1]	2 Mar 1725/26	Richmond County, Virginia

Working Timeline

1679, 1681, 1685 - Old Rappahannock County - deeded land [RCDW 1677-1682:255, 310 RCDW 1680-1688:169]
1700 - Westmoreland County - is deeded additional land by Randolph Kirk [WCOB 1698-1705:81a]
1725 - Richmond County - deeds land in Westmoreland County to his youngest son Thomas Thornton. Mentions wife Anne, still living. [RichmondCDB 1720-1723:294-295]

1725 - Richmond County - Will of Luke Thornton, dated 29 Jan 1725/26, proved 2 Mar 1725/26 [RCWB 5:6] Wife Anne is not mentioned. The bequests of the will were: son Thomas, land in Westmoreland; grandson William Thornton land "where his mother now lives"; daughter Ann Mountjoy and granddaughter Sarah Jones the rest of the land, and after their deaths to grandson Mark Thornton; "the land I now live on" to grandson Roland Thornton; son Matthew Thornton cattle and 20 s. for a mourning ring; daughter Elizabeth Nash 20 s. for a mourning ring; a negro to Ann Mountjoy and her daughter Sarah, after their deaths to go to grandson Roland Thornton; Ann and Sarah residuary legatees.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Family Recorded, in Boddie, John Bennett. Historical Southern Families. (Redwood City, California: Pacific Coast Publishers, 1957-1980).