Person:Robert Thornton (1)

Robert Thornton
b.Abt 1624
d.1707
  • HRobert ThorntonAbt 1624 - 1707
m. Aft 1645
  1. Priscilla ThorntonAbt 1656 - 1729
  • HRobert ThorntonAbt 1624 - 1707
  • WMary DowlingEst 1628 - Bef 1707
m. 13 Nov 1657
  1. Experience Thornton1658 - 1658
  2. Rebecca Thornton1663 -
  3. Mehitable ThorntonEst 1666 - 1704
Facts and Events
Name Robert Thornton
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1624
Immigration[1][2] 1635 New England
Marriage Aft 1645 Based on estimated date of birth
to Unknown
Marriage 13 Nov 1657 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USAto Mary Dowling
Death? 1707

Note: It is not certain that Robert Thornton and Mary Doling were the parents of Mehitable Thornton, as no record of her birth has been found.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Drake, Samuel G. The Founders of New England. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (NEHGS, 1860)
    14:312.

    '17 Aprilis 1635. Theis p'ties herevnder expressed are to be transported to New England imbarqued in ye Elizabeth Wm. Stagg Mr. Cert from the Minister and Justices of the Peace of their Conformitie to the Church of England, they have taken oaths of Allegeance and Supremacie. ...
    Robert Thornton [aged] 11
    ...'

  2. He immigrated on the "Elizabeth".