Person:William Thornton (1)

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William Thornton (December 20, 1717 – 1790) was a planter and public official in Colonial Virginia. Thornton served as member of the House of Burgesses for Brunswick County from 1756–68 and as justice of the county and of the quorum as early as 1760 and as late as 1774/5. Thornton was the great-grandson of William Thornton who arrived in Virginia from England as late as 1646 settling in Gloucester County, Virginia. He was through his paternal line a cousin of fellow burgesses, Francis Thornton of Spotsylvania, Presley Thornton of Northumberland, George Thornton of Spotsylvania, William Thornton of King George and William Thornton of Richmond County, Virginia.

1.   Clarke, Peyton Neale. Old King William homes and families: an account of some of the old homesteads and families of King William County, Virginia, from its earliest settlement. (Baltimore, Maryland: Regional Publishing Co., 1966)
   105.

   "Married Jane, probably daughter of Sterling Clack. He left thirteen children (...). The King William Thorntons are descended from this line."

2.   Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. (New York, New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., c1915).

   Thornton, William, son of Francis Thornton, of Gloucester County, was born December 20, 1717, and removed to Brunswick County. He was a member of the house of burgesses from Brunswick from 1756 to 1768, inclusive. He married, June 25, 1738, Jane Clack, born January 9, 1721, daughter of James Clack, of Brunswick county. His will was proved in Brunswick county, November 23, 1790.

3. ↑ Brown, Alexander. The Cabells and their kin: a memorial volume of history, biography, and genealogy. (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1895)
   282, 1845.