Richard and Charlotte Allen Cosby Ancestry » William Thornton (1620-1708)

Personal data William Thornton 

Sources 1, 2
  • He was born in the year 1620 in Yorkshire, England.
  • He was baptized on April 30, 1815 in Ramsey, Essex, England.Source 1
  • Immigrated in the year 1634 vanuit Left England for Virginia.
  • Resident on February 16, 1666: Gloucester Co., VA.
  • He died in the year 1708 in Cod's Creek, Stafford Co., VA, he was 88 years old.

    Fout Attention: Deceased (??-??-1708) before baptism (April 30, 1815).

  • A child of William Thornton and Frances Robinson

Household of William Thornton

He has/had a relationship with Elizabeth Rowland.


Child(ren):

  2. Francis Thornton  1651-1726 
  3. Rowland Thornton  1654-????
  4. Esther Thornton  1655-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Thornton

of Eastcombe William Thornton
± 1560-± 1600
Barbara Westby
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William Thornton
1620-1708


Elizabeth Rowland
± 1627-????

William Thorton Thornton
1649-????
Francis Thornton
1651-1726
Rowland Thornton
1654-????
Esther Thornton
1655-????

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Sources

  1. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  2. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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Historical events

Christening day April 30, 1815

  • The temperature on April 30, 1815 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1815: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 15 » War of 1812: American frigate USSPresident, commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates.
    • March 16 » Prince Willem proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.
    • March 30 » Joachim Murat issues the Rimini Proclamation which would later inspire Italian unification.
    • April 23 » The Second Serbian Uprising: A second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire.
    • August 24 » The modern Constitution of the Netherlands is signed.
    • December 25 » The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continually performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance.

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