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Francis II Thornton 1682–1737 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 January 1682

Birth Location: Fall Hill, Gloucester, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 6 February 1737

Death Location: St Marys Parish, Caroline, Virginia, USA

Father: Francis Thornton

Mother: Alice Savage

Spouse(s): Mary Taliaferro

Children(s): Jane Washington, Sarah Thornton, Alice Catlett, Francis Thornton

The story of Francis II Thornton began in 1682 in Fall Hill, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. Francis II Thornton married Mary Taliaferro, and had children including Alice Thornton Catlett, Francis Thornton, Jane Champe Washington, Sarah Thornton. Francis II Thornton passed away in 1737 in St Marys Parish, Caroline, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Francis II Thornton began in 1682 in Fall Hill, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.
  • Francis II Thornton married Mary Taliaferro, and had children including Alice Thornton Catlett, Francis Thornton, Jane Champe Washington, Sarah Thornton.
  • Francis II Thornton passed away in 1737 in St Marys Parish, Caroline, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Francis Thornton
1651–1716
Birth Location: Gloucester, Virginia, USA
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Alice Savage
1652–1696
Birth Location: Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Mary Taliaferro
1684–1720
Birth Location: Powhatan, Essex Co, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Jane Washington
1706–1767
Birth Location: King George County, Virginia, USA
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Sarah Thornton
1708–1793
Birth Location: Essex County, Virginia, USA
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Alice Catlett
1708–1739
Birth Location: Snow Creek, Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
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Francis Thornton
1714–1749
Birth Location: Snow Creek, Essex, Virginia, USA
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Francis Thornton's Ancestors

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Francis Thornton
1682–1737
Birth Place: Fall Hill, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
Parents
Francis Thornton
1651–1716
Gloucester, Virginia, USA
Alice Savage
1652–1696
Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
William Thornton
1620–1708
Yorkshire, England
Elizabeth Rowland
1627–1714
Anthony Savage
1605–1695
Broadway, Dorset, England
Alice Stafford
1612–1700
Wickenby, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Francis Thornton's Descendants

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Francis (II) Thornton (4 January 1682–6 February 1737) m. Mary Taliaferro (1684–1720)
  1. 1. Jane ((Champe)) Washington 1706–1767 m. John Champe 1700–1763
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Ann) Champe 1738–1824 m. William Fleming 1736–1824
      1. 1. Mary (Bolling) Fleming 1779–1812
      2. 2. Lucy (Champe) Fleming 1776–1830 m. John (Jack) Markham 1770–1822
        1. 1. William (Fleming) Markham 1800–1860
        2. 2. Bernard Markham 1795–
        3. 3. Champe (Fleming) Markham 1797–1840
        4. 4. Linneaus (B) Markham 1798–1841
        5. 5. Hugh (Mercer) Markham 1813–1864
        6. 6. Martha (Bolling) Markham 1816–1906
        7. 7. John (Norbourne) Markham 1821–1888
        8. 8. Judith (Virginia) Markham 1805–1835
        9. 9. George (W) Markham 1807–
        10. 10. Mary (Elizabeth) Markham 1803–1853
        11. 11. Aubin (Maria) Markham 1817–1868
      3. 3. Jane (W.) Fleming 1777–1797 m. Beverly Stanard –1805
    2. 2. John (Champe) Jr 1722–1798 m. Mrs. (Ann Carter) Champe 1734–1804
      1. 1. Thomas Champe –1775
    3. 3. Ann (Nancy) Champe 1733–1798 m. John Taliaferro 1710–1762
      1. 1. Ann Taliaferro 1756–1798 m. Nicholas (Hay) Taliaferro 1757–1812
        1. 1. Matilda (Battaile) Taliaferro 1787–1843
        2. 2. Mary (Willis) Taliaferro 1789–1797
        3. 3. John (Champe) Taliaferro 1784–1811
        4. 4. Lucy (Mary) Taliaferro 1782–1854
      2. 2. Jane Taliaferro 1750–
    4. 4. Sarah ('Sally') Champe 1733–1780 m. Edward Carter 1733–1792
      1. 1. Mary (Champe) Carter 1779–1846 m. Francis (Taliaferro) Brooke 1763–1851
        1. 1. Francis (Edward) Brooke 1813–1874
      2. 2. Hill Carter 1781–1830
      3. 3. Edward Carter 1755–1818 m. Mary (Randolph) Lewis 1753–1807
        1. 1. Robert (Willis) Carter 1793–1839
        2. 2. Charles (Warner Lewis) Carter 1792–1867
        3. 3. Edward (Champe) Carter 1798–1859
      4. 4. John (Champe Carter) Sr 1758–1826 m. Apphia Fauntleroy 1760–1829
        1. 1. Otho (Williams) Carter 1791–1859
        2. 2. Charles (Cooke) Carter 1790–1840
        3. 3. William (Fauntleray) Carter 1783–1852
        4. 4. Moore (Fauntleroy) Carter 1801– m. Elizabeth (A.) Barrett 1806–
      5. 5. Robert (Hill) Carter 1778–1809 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Coles 1776–1856
        1. 1. Edward (Champe) Carter 1799–1799
        2. 2. John (Coles) Carter 1800–1876
        3. 3. Mary (Eliza) Carter 1802–1837
        4. 4. Rebecca (Isaetta) Carter 1804–1824
        5. 5. Robert (Hill) Carter 1806–1884
        6. 6. Sarah (Champe) Carter 1808–1896
      6. 6. William (Champe) Carter 1772–1834
      7. 7. Ann (Nancy) Carter 1785–1828 m. George (Michael) Troup 1780–1856
      8. 8. Jane Carter 1764–1846 m. Maj. (Samuel Kellett) Bradford 1754–1850
        1. 1. Samuel (Kellett) Bradford 1786–1850
      9. 9. George Carter 1768–1802 m. Sarah ('Sally') Carter 1770–1814
        1. 1. Mary (L) Carter 1797–1820
      10. 10. Charles Carter 1762–1826 m. Bettie Lewis 1765–1830
        1. 1. Maria (Ball) Carter 1784–1823 m. George Tucker 1775–
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Washington) Carter 1795–1811
        3. 3. Edward Carter 1786–1795
        4. 4. Fielding (Carter, son of) Charles 1787–1817
        5. 5. Lawrence (Fielding) Carter 1803–1837
        6. 6. Mary (Willis) Carter 1793–1793
        7. 7. Sally (Peyton) Carter 1787–1807
        8. 8. George (Washington) Carter 1791–1833
        9. 9. Elizabeth ('Betty' Ann Washington) Carter 1782–1795
        10. 10. Charles (Edward) Carter 1796–1840
        11. 11. Eleanor (Custis Lewis) Carter 1800–1845
        12. 12. Ann (Hill) Carter 1773–1829
        13. 13. Sally (Champe) Carter 1783–1784
        14. 14. Elizabeth (Ann) Conn 1799–1862
        15. 15. William (Farley) Carter 1799–1862 m. Elizabeth (Ann) Conn 1806–1872
      11. 11. Elizabeth Carter 1760–1818 m. William Standard 1780–1807 m. Col. (Robert) Randolph 1760–1857
        1. 1. Beverly Stanard –1805 m. Jane (W.) Fleming 1777–1797
    5. 5. Mary (Jane) Champe 1734–1774 m. Lewis Willis 1734–1813
      1. 1. William (Champe) Willis 1770–1843 m. Lucy Taliaferro 1775–1812
        1. 1. Lucy (Mary Willis) Hoomes 1790–1814
        2. 2. John (Whitaker) Willis 1805–1836
        3. 3. William (Taliaferro) Willis 1799–1840
        4. 4. Richard (Henry) Willis 1801–1885
        5. 5. Jane Madison 1803–1862 m. Ambrose Madison 1796–
        6. 6. Robert Willis 1810–1850
        7. 7. Mary (Champe) Willis 1809–1850 m. Mann (A.) Page 1806–1846
        8. 8. Lewis Willis 1797–1830
      2. 2. John (W) Willis 1750–1802
      3. 3. Byrd (Charles Lewis Willis [died at age) 6] 1755–1761
      4. 4. Mary Willis 1755–1778
      5. 5. Deborah Willis 1750–1842
      6. 6. Mildred Willis 1751–1778 m. Landon Carter 1751–1811
        1. 1. Lucy (Landon) Carter 1776–1855 m. John Minor 1761–1816
      7. 7. Jane (Willis [died at age) 5] 1755–1760
      8. 8. Henry Willis 1758–1794
      9. 9. Jane Willis 1761–1780
      10. 10. Mary (Champe) Willis 1765–1792
    6. 6. Thomas Champe 1739–1794
    7. 7. William Champe 1750–1784 m. Mary Thornton 1743–1818
    8. 8. Jane (Champe {1st wife of Samuel) Washington} 1733–1755 m. Samuel Washington 1734–1781
  2. 2. Sarah Thornton 1708–1793 m. Thomas Slaughter 1723–1778
  3. 3. Alice (Thornton) Catlett 1708–1739 m. James Taylor 1703–1784
    1. 1. James Taylor 1732–1814
    2. 2. Charity Taylor 1739–1833 m. Josiah Prickett 1746–
    3. 3. Francis Taylor 1728–
  4. 4. Francis Thornton 1714–1749 m. Frances Gregory 1716–1790
    1. 1. John (Thornton) Minuteman 1749–1822 m. Jane (Augusta) Washington 1756–1833
      1. 1. John (Spotswood Thornton) Jr. 1781–1829
      2. 2. Anne (Meaux) Thornton 1770–1808
      3. 3. Jane (Washington) Thornton 1795–1819 m. Rev. (Francis) Thornton 1795–1881
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Fitzgerald) Thornton 1819–1866
      4. 4. George (Alexander) Thornton 1782–1818
    2. 2. Mildred Thornton 1739–1764 m. Charles Washington 1738–1799
      1. 1. Frances (Thornton) Washington 1763–1815 m. Burgess Ball 1749–1800
        1. 1. Fayette Ball 1791–1883
      2. 2. George (Augustine) Washington 1763–1793 m. Frances Bassett 1767–1796
        1. 1. George (Fayette Washington) infant 1787–1787
        2. 2. George (Fayette) Washington 1790–1867
      3. 3. Samuel (Thornton) Washington 1774–1831
      4. 4. Mildred (Gregory) Washington 1772–1804
      5. 5. Jane (Agusta) Washington 1759–1791
    3. 3. Francis Thornton 1737–1795 m. Ann Thompson 1744–
    4. 4. William Thornton 1745–1818
    5. 5. Mary Thornton 1741–1802
    6. 6. George Thornton 1743–1781
    7. 7. Elizabeth Thornton 1749–1774

Francis Thornton's Timeline

4 Records

1682
4 Jan 1682
Birth of Francis II Thornton in Fall Hill, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
Fall Hill, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
1682
4 January 1682
Birth of Francis II Thornton in Fall Hill, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
Fall Hill, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
1737
6 February 1737
Age 55
Death of Francis II Thornton in St Marys Parish, Caroline, Virginia, USA
St Marys Parish, Caroline, Virginia, USA
1758
6 Feb 1758
Age 76
Death of Francis II Thornton in South Creek, Spotsylvania Co, Virginia, USA
South Creek, Spotsylvania Co, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Jan 1682
    Event Place: Fall Hill, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 January 1682
    Event Place: Fall Hill, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Richmond and Essex
    Record Source: Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Ancestry and Posterity of Dr. John Taliaferro and Mary (Hardin) Taliaferro

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Feb 1758
    Event Place: South Creek, Spotsylvania Co, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 February 1737
    Event Place: St Marys Parish, Caroline, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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