Richard and Charlotte Allen Cosby Ancestry » Francis Thornton (1651-1726)

Personal data Francis Thornton 

• He was born on November 5, 1651 in Fall Hill, Stafford Co. VA.
• He died in the year 1726 in King George Co., VA, he was 74 years old.
• A child of William Thornton and Elizabeth Rowland

Household of Francis Thornton

He had a relationship with Alice Savage.

Child(ren):

1. Margaret Thornton  1678-1727 
2. Elizabeth Thornton  

Notes about Francis Thornton

-1- Francis was a Colonel of the Virginia Militia, and members of the House of Burgesses from Spotsylvania County, Virginia.ns were active in matters pertaining to the purchase and sales of lands, involving some extensive tracks; they were active in the Church of England, the High Church, though at one time were, by their own request, removed as Vestrymen, publicly avowing their disbelief in the doctrine of Transubstantiation. They were Justices, members of the Burgess, and honored with various offices of public trust.ond County Records, 1692-1704, Page 241]aughters of Alexand'r Flemming dec'd to Francis Thornton of the same Co., Gentleman, for 5 shillings Sterling, 320 acres, now in occupation of the said Thomas "being on the River side on the North Side Rappa River in the county aforesaid and is that part of the Tract or divident of Land Nine hundred and sixty acres of Land given by the said Alex'r Flemming betwixt his wife and Two Children which three hundered and Twenty acres was the divident alotted to the said Tho Pace and Alexia his late wife the other of the Daughters of the said Alexander as by the Platt and devident made by Edwin Conway Surveyor Warwick Camock Fran: Stone Wm Clapham Fran: Sterne and David Sterne will more fully apppeare". Signed Fran Thornton, Tho: Pace, Jeane x Pace, Row: Thornton, Eliz: X Thornton. Wit: Hen: Berry, Ja Roy. Recorded 29 Sept. 1692. [Richmond Co., VA, Deed Book No. 1, Page 20]awrence Taliaferro.on (1651-1726), it states "I give and bequeath........to my Loving Wife Ann Thornton".ge Riding, the son of my wife Ann Thornton" "I give and bequeath to George Riding the son of my wife Ann Thornton, one tract or tenement of land containing one hundred and seventy odd acres which I purchased of Capt. John Washington...."f Richmond, Stafford and King George counties, married (1) 13 April 1674, Alice Savage, daughter of Captain Anthony Savage (16??-1695) of Richmond County; she was the mother of all his children. He married (2) circa 1701, Jane Harvey, widow of John Harvey of Stafford County, and (3) circa 1709, Ann ? who survived him and proved his will in King George County in 1716. Rappahannock County DB#6, p. 64; King George County COB#1, p. 330, 349 and DB#1, p. 453; Stafford County Book "Z" p. 55; Westmoreland County W&D#3, p. 439; 12T65; 19T170-173; 20T114-119; Bible record of Major Francis Thornton (1651-1726) in Virginia Historical Society.

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