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George Alexander Thornton 1782 – 1818 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1782

Birth Location: Rapphan'k

Death Date: 1818

Death Location: Rappahannock County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: John Thornton

Mother: Jane Washington

Spouse(s): Frances Gregory

Children(s): Alfred Thornton, George Thornton

The birth of George Alexander Thornton took place in 1782 in Rapphan'k, to John Thornton and Jane Augusta Washington. George Alexander Thornton married Frances Gregory, and together they had Alfred Augustine Thornton and George Warren Thornton. George Alexander Thornton's death occurred in 1818 in Rappahannock County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Parents

John Thornton
1775 – 1822
Birth Location: Virginia
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Jane Washington
1760 – 1833
Birth Location: Wakefield, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Frances Gregory
1789 – 1828
Birth Location: Rappahannock County, Virginia, United States of America
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Children(s)

Alfred Thornton
1810 – 1869
Birth Location: Alexanderia, Virginia, USA
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George Thornton
Birth Location: –
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1782
    Event Place: Rapphan'k
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 6 Aug 1810
    Event Place: Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1810 United States Federal Census, Year: 1810; Census Place: Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia; Roll: 68; Page: 117; Image: Vam252_68-0227; FHL Roll: 0181428

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Abt 1818
    Event Place: Alexandria, Columbia
    Record Source: Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900, Mixed Probate Records, 1749-1870; Index, 1749-1930; Author: Virginia. Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery (Culpeper County); Probate Place: Culpeper, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1818
    Event Place: Rappahannock County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900, Mixed Probate Records, 1749-1870; Index, 1749-1930; Author: Virginia. Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery (Culpeper County); Probate Place: Culpeper, Virginia

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