Ancestral Trails 2016 » John THORNTON (1720-1790)

Persoonlijke gegevens John THORNTON 

• Hij is geboren op 4 april 1720 in Clapham, Surrey.Bron 2
• Beroepen:
• Russian & Baltic Merchant & Philanthropist.
• Sponsor of Evangelical Projects & Ministries.
• Director of the East India Company.
• Hij is overleden op 7 november 1790 in Bath, Avon, Somerset, hij was toen 70 jaar oud.Bronnen 2, 3

  Died after an accident at Bath

• Hij is begraven in Clapham, Wandsworth, Surrey.Bron 2
• Testament op 23 november 1790 naar Prerogative Court of Canterbury PROB 11/1198.
• Een kind van Robert THORNTON en Hannah SWYNOKE

Gezin van John THORNTON

Hij is getrouwd met Lucy WATSON.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 28 november 1753 te Cottingham, East Riding, Yorkshire, hij was toen 33 jaar oud.Bronnen 1, 4

Kind(eren):

1. Lucy THORNTON  1755-1755
2. Jane THORNTON  1757-1818 
3. Robert THORNTON  1759-1826
4. Henry THORNTON  1760-1815 
5. Samuel THORNTON  1754-1838 

Notities over John THORNTON

Banker and son of a Russian merchant, John Thornton, whose John Bull-like figure appears in one of the east windows of Holy Trinity Church in Clapham. He lived on the South Side of the Common and other mansions of the Thornton family were built around.

JOHN THORNTON 1720-90, the eccentric but generous supporter of the first Evangelical movement, was son of Robert Thornton of Clapham Common, and shared his home with WILLIAM WILBERFORCE. John's half sister Hannah married William Wilberforce, uncle of the William Wilberforce of abolition of slavery fame. Bought the Advowson (the ability to give the position of Rector) of Clapham which he presented to his son Samuel, who made two presentations. - his son HenryThornton lived on the west side near Battersea Rise. A Thornton family connection brought William Wilberforce to Clapham and other members of the Sect were drawn to the village to take part in the campaign to abolish the Slave Trade. After his conversion which culminated in 1786, Wilberforce was persuaded to take the leadership of this by a group of Quakers and others who had been working for this crusade and with whom Granville Sharp was connected.

FILE - Probate of the will and two codicils of John Thornton of Clapham, Surrey. - ref. IV/104/3/2 - date: 23 November 1790 Contents Land in Clapham, Surrey to Samuel Thornton Freehold in Causton, Norfolk, to Henry Robertson for his lifetime then to Samuel Thornton. Leasehold at Hull to Samuel Thornton after the death of its occupier the John Barker. Furniture to Henry Thornton. 'Malt liquor, wine and spirituous liquors' to Robert Thornton. Freehold and interest in the sugar trade or manufactory and the soap trade 'without the gates of Hull in Holderness' to Samuel, Robert and Henry Thornton. Advowsons in trust to Rev. Roger Bentley, Vicar of Camberwell, Rev. Henry Foster of Wilderness Row, Goswell St, Middlesex and John Venn, Vicar of Little Iham, Norfolk. There is a list of those who are to succeed them as trustees, and details of those who are to be presented to various livings. Henry Foster then John Venn are to be presented to Clapham. Pecuniary bequests include £200 to the Rev. William Bull to 'bring up, educate and form youth for the ministry, either for the Church or on the dissenting plan'. Leasehold premises at Clapham, in which he lives, and adjoining premises occupied by Robert Thornton, together with other premises under a lease made 5th November 1775 with Elizabeth Edgley Hewer, Jane Greaves, Brabazon and Ann Hallows, to any of his sons who will pay £3000. If none wants it, left in trust for sale, provided Robert is allowed to lease the portion he occupies. Dated 2 April 1790. Executors: Samuel Thornton, Robert Thornton, Henry Thornton and Joseph Dunthorne. Witnesses: Philip Morshead, William Stephenson, Richard Pritchett Bousfield. Codicils: 1) Alterations to legacies. Dated 10 July 1790. Witnesses: Robert Jarratt, James Bower. 2) Annunity to his clerk's daughters. Dated 21 October 1790. Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.

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