christened 20 Jun 1599 in Kirkham, Lancashire, England father: Rowland Torneborow
This seems like a fair distance from Rowland's home, unless there was another Kirkham than the one in the Borough of Fylde. (Or maybe this is supposed to be Kirkby in Kendall.) It is known that William was the eldest son when his father wrote his will, and that he was aged 12 years, 6 months and 23 days at this father's death, so the date makes sense.
"Rowland Thornburgh, of Hampsfeld, Esquire, son of Wiliam and Etheldred Carus, married Jane, daughter of Thomas Dalton, of Thurnham, in Lancashire, Esquire, and had issue William, John, Rowland, and Francis; and four daughters - Etheldred, married to John Gregson, of Moor Hall; Jane, married to John Knipe, of Rampside; Anne, married to Henry Bigland, of Grange in Lancashire; and Thomasin."
