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Elizabeth Thornton 1674 – 1732 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Jan 1674

Birth Location: Old Rappahannock County, Virginia

Death Date: Nov 14, 1732

Death Location: King George, King George, Virginia, United States

Father: Col. I

Mother: ® Thornton

Spouse(s): Edwin Conway, Jonathan Gibson

Children(s): Mary Gibson, Francis Conway, Jonathan Gibson, Sarah Gibson, Alice Gibson, Sarah Gibson, Rachel Gibson

Elizabeth Thornton was born in 1674 in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia, the child of Col. Francis William Thornton, I and ® Alice Stafford (Savage) Thornton. Elizabeth Thornton later married Edwin Conway and Jonathan Thomas Gibson, and together they raised children including Mary Catherine Gibson, Francis Conway, Jonathan Gibson, Sarah Gibson, Alice Catlett Gibson, Sarah Gibson and Rachel Gibson. In 1732, Elizabeth Thornton passed away in King George, King George, Virginia, United States.

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Parents

Col. I
1651 – 1726
Birth Location: Petsworth Parish, Gloucester co, Virginia Colony
CI
® Thornton
1653 – 1692
Birth Location: Savage Neck, Gloucester County, Virginia Colony
®T

Spouses(s)

Edwin Conway
1653 – 1698
Birth Location: Worcester, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
EC
Jonathan Gibson
Birth Location: –
JG

Children(s)

Mary Gibson
1705 – 1763
Birth Location: Hanover County, Virginia
MG
Francis Conway
1696 – 1733
Birth Location: Richmond County, Virginia, United States of America
FC
Jonathan Gibson
1700 – 1745
Birth Location: Port Conway ?, Richmond Co., Virginia Colony
JG
Sarah Gibson
1705 – 1709
Birth Location: Virginia, Virginia, USA
SG
Alice Gibson
1707 – 1761
Birth Location: Richmond County, Virginia
AG
Sarah Gibson
1711 – 1736
Birth Location: Richmond County, Virginia
SG
Rachel Gibson
1717 – 1761
Birth Location: Rapidan, Orange County, Virginia
RG

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 3 Jan 1674
    Event Place: Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: American Genealogical-Biographical Index, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Godfrey Memorial Library; Middletown, Connecticut; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Volume Number: 33

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 3 Jan 1674
    Event Place: Old Rappahannock County, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 30 Jan 1691
    Event Place: Acton (near Nantwich), Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 21 May 1695
    Event Place: Richmond, Wise, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1716
    Event Place: Westmoreland, Virginia, America

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1726
    Event Place: Richmond Co, , Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 30 Apr 1732
    Event Place: King George, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Liverpool, England, Quaker Registers, 1635-1958, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Liverpool Record Office, Non-Conformist Registers; Reference Number: 289 QUA/LMBU

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Nov 14, 1732
    Event Place: King George, King George, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Deep Clough In Littledale
    Record Source: Liverpool, England, Quaker Registers, 1635-1958, Liverpool Record Office, Non-Conformist Registers; Reference Number: 289 QUA/LMBU
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