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Benjamin Thornton 1701–1761 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1701

Birth Location: Gloucester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Death Date: 1 May 1761

Death Location: Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Father: Benjamin Thornton

Mother: Elizabeth Gurney

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Benjamin Thornton was born in 1701 in Gloucester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, the child of Benjamin Thornton And Elizabeth Herendeen Gurney. Benjamin Thornton passed away in 1761 in Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Thornton was born in 1701 in Gloucester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, the child of Benjamin Thornton And Elizabeth Herendeen Gurney.
  • Benjamin Thornton passed away in 1761 in Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

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Benjamin Thornton's Ancestors

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Benjamin Thornton
1701–1761
Birth Place: Gloucester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Parents
Benjamin Thornton
1681–1742
Gloucester, Providence, RI, USA
Elizabeth (Herendeen) Gurney
1683–1719
Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Grandparents
John Thornton
1634–1695
Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Sarah Thurston
1647–1692
Newport, Newport, RI, USA
Great-Grandparents
John I
1591–1646
Joane Lynce
1595–1650
Edward Thurston
1617–1706
Elizabeth Mott
1629–1694
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Abel Thornton
1565–
Adam THURSTON
1591–1661
Ellen WOOD
1591–1627
Adam Mott
1596–1661
Elizabeth Creel
1600–1634

Benjamin Thornton's Timeline

2 Records

1701
1701
Birth of Benjamin Thornton in Gloucester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Gloucester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
1761
1 May 1761
Age 60
Death of Benjamin Thornton in Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1701
    Event Place: Gloucester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 May 1761
    Event Place: Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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