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Anthony Rootes Thornton 1782–1819 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1782

Birth Location: Caroline, Virginia

Death Date: 1819

Death Location: Bourbon, Kentucky

Father: Reuben Thornton

Mother: Mildred Grymes

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Anthony Rootes Thornton was born in 1782 in Caroline, Virginia, the child of Reuben Thornton And Mildred Grymes. Anthony Rootes Thornton passed away in 1819 in Bourbon, Kentucky.

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Biography

  • Anthony Rootes Thornton was born in 1782 in Caroline, Virginia, the child of Reuben Thornton And Mildred Grymes.
  • Anthony Rootes Thornton passed away in 1819 in Bourbon, Kentucky.

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Anthony Thornton's Ancestors

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Anthony Thornton
1782–1819
Birth Place: Caroline, Virginia
Parents
Reuben Thornton
1758–1798
Ormsby Plant, Caroline, Virginia, USA
Mildred Grymes
1758–1822
, Caroline, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Anthony (Thornton) Jr
1727–1782
VA
Sarah Taliaferro
1733–1762
Ormsby, Caroline, Virginia
Benjamin Grymes
1725–1774
Middlesex, , Virginia, USA
Priscilla Rootes
1744–1807
King Queen, , Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Anthony Sr
1695–1757
Winifred Presley
1695–1757
Francis Taliaferro
1700–1757
Elizabeth Hay
1700–1750
John Grymes
1691–1749
Lucy Ludwell
1698–1748
Philip Rootes
1696–1756
Mildred Reade
1704–1794
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Francis Thornton
1651–1726
Alice Savage
1653–1701
Peter Presley
1683–1718
Winifred Griffin
1682–1711
Lawrence Taliaferro
1683–1726
Sarah Thornton
1680–1757
John Hay
1675–1710
Anne Robinson
1700–1700
John Grymes
1660–1709
Alice Towneley
1675–1710
Philip Ludwell
1672–1726
Hannah Harrison
1678–1731
Thomas Reade
1649–1720
Lucy Gwynn
1680–1731

Anthony Thornton's Timeline

2 Records

1782
1782
Birth of Anthony Rootes Thornton in Caroline, Virginia
Caroline, Virginia
1819
1819
Age 37
Death of Anthony Rootes Thornton in Bourbon, Kentucky
Bourbon, Kentucky

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1782
    Event Place: Caroline, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Record Source: Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, Will Books, With Inventories and Accounts, 1722-1911 ; General Index 1722-1947; Author: Virginia. County Court (Spotsylvania County)

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1819
    Event Place: Bourbon, Kentucky

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