Hij is getrouwd met Sarah YATES.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 7 juni 1824 te Lee, Kent, hij was toen 42 jaar oud.Bronnen 4, 13
Kind(eren):
1841 aged 55, living at Chislehurst with his wife Sarah 55, and children Eliza 13 and Alexander 12.
1851 widower aged 69, living at Chislehurst.
1861 widower aged 79, lodging at 2 Crown Lane, Chislehurst with John Belcher 38, gardener's labourer, born Hampshire, and his wife Jane Belcher 52, born Berkshire.
The Thornton's were an old family from the village of Chislehurst, Kent and James Thornton was for more than 40 years letter-carrier to the General Post Office.
"......sixty years ago (written in 1899) the letters were fetched from Bromley at night and delivered in the morning at the Crays and Chelsfield, by a man named James Thornton, who also collected them at these places, and conveyed them with the Chislehurst letters to Bromley Post Office whence they were sent to the mail coaches. At that time letters to London cost 5d and when the twopenny post was established, and extra penny was charged for delivery"
SOURCE "The History of Chislehurst: its church, manors and parish"
grootouders
ouders
broers/zussen
kinderen
James THORNTON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sarah YATES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth date: abt 1782 Birth place: Chiselhurst, Kent, England Residence date: 1861 Residence place: Chiselhurst, Kent, England/ Ancestry.co.uk
Birth date: 30 Jul 1781 Birth place: Residence date: Residence place: England Baptism date: 10 Aug 1781 Baptism place: Chislehurst, Kent, England/ Ancestry.co.uk
Birth date: abt 1786 Birth place: Kent, England Residence date: 1841 Residence place: Chiselhurst, Kent, England/ Ancestry.co.uk
C072482
C022329
Agnes Frances daughter of John and Rachel LEACH Wootton Street, Millwright/ Ancestry.co.uk
139 Headstone: Mrs S THORNTON 1846. On footstone: S.T. 1846 and J.T. 1861
"....Also James THORNTON b July 30 1781 d. April 23 1861. For more than Forty years Postman to the General Post Office...." buried alongside his wife, children and parents
M016504/ www.familysearch.org - new website