Person:John Thornton (61)

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Col. John Thornton
b.1743 Spotsylvania County, Virginia
d.22 Feb 1822 Culpeper County, Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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m. 3 Sep 1736
  1. Elizabeth Thornton
  2. Francis ThorntonAft 1736 -
  3. Maj. George Washington Thornton - Bef 1783
  4. Mildred Thornton1740 - 1767
  5. Col. William Thornton1742 - 1818
  6. Col. John Thornton1743 - 1822
Spouse and Children
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  1. Mary Thornton
  2. Jane Thornton
  3. Frances Gregory Thornton1789 - 1828
  4. Augustine Thornton
  5. Caroline Thornton
  6. George Washington ThorntonBef 1805 - 1825
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Facts and Events
Name Col. John Thornton
Gender Male
Birth? 1743 Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Marriage to Jane Washington
Military[1] 12 Feb 1776 captain in third Virginia regiment, continental line
Residence[1] Madison, Virginia, United StatesThornton Hill
Death[1] 22 Feb 1822 Culpeper County, Virginia
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Genealogies of Virginia Families: From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982)
    p. 35.
  2.   Find A Grave.

    Col John Thornton
    BIRTH 1743
    Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
    DEATH 22 Feb 1822 (aged 78–79)
    Culpeper County, Virginia, USA

    John Thornton (c1743-1822) born at "Fall Hill," Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Va. Married his 2nd cousin in 1784, Jane Augusta Washington (1756-1833) who was born at Popes Creek in Westmoreland County, Va. In place of her father, who had died, her uncle Gen. George Washington gave the bride away. He last served (1778-79) as a lt. colonel of Grayson's additional Continental regiment. Later he commanded a regiment of Virginia militia at the decisive battle of Yorktown in 1781.

    Five children were Mary (c1785-c1806) who married c1801, Dr. Isaac Winston (1777-1867); John Augustine (c1787-1817); Frances Gregory (c1789-1828) who married her 1st cousin, Dr. George Alexander Thornton (c1787-1818); Jane Washington (1795-1819/20) who married her 1st cousin, once removed, Rev. Francis Thornton IV (1795-1881); and George Washington Spotswood Thornton (c1795-1824) who married c1824, Mildred Hooe Buckner (c1800-36). The latter marriage had an only child, Jane Washington Augusta Thornton (1824-87), who married in 1848, U.S. Senator James Burnie Beck (1822-90)(Transylvania Law 1846), of Kentucky.

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67058133/john-thornton

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