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Joan Jane Thornton 1405–1462 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1405

Birth Location: Denton Court, Elham, Kent, ENGLAND

Death Date: 22 JAN 1462

Death Location: Lofthouse Gate, Yorkshire, ENGLAND

Father: Peter Thornton

Mother: Lucia Hellelby

Spouse(s): John Thwaites

Children(s): Sibylia Thwaites, Henry Thwaites, Thomas Thwaites, Maud Thwaites, John Thwaites, Elizabeth Thwaites, Matilda Thwaites

Joan Jane Thornton was born in 1405 in Denton Court, Elham, Kent, ENGLAND, the child of Peter Thornton And Lucia Hellelby. Joan Jane Thornton married John Thwaites, and had children including Elizabeth Thwaites, Henry Thwaites, John Thwaites, Matilda Thwaites, Maud Matilda Thwaites, Sibylia Thwaites, Thomas Thwaites. Joan Jane Thornton passed away in 1462 in Lofthouse Gate, Yorkshire, ENGLAND.

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Biography

  • Joan Jane Thornton was born in 1405 in Denton Court, Elham, Kent, ENGLAND, the child of Peter Thornton And Lucia Hellelby.
  • Joan Jane Thornton married John Thwaites, and had children including Elizabeth Thwaites, Henry Thwaites, John Thwaites, Matilda Thwaites, Maud Matilda Thwaites, Sibylia Thwaites, Thomas Thwaites.
  • Joan Jane Thornton passed away in 1462 in Lofthouse Gate, Yorkshire, ENGLAND.

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Joan Thornton's Ancestors

Self
Joan Thornton
1405–1462
Birth Place: Denton Court, Elham, Kent, ENGLAND
Parents
Peter Thornton
1390–1456
Engalnd, Northamptonshire, ENGLAND
Lucia Hellelby
1385–1405
Engalnd, Northamptonshire, ENGLAND
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Joan Thornton's Descendants

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Joan (Jane) Thornton (1405–22 JAN 1462) m. John Thwaites (1395–1462)
  1. 1. Sibylia Thwaites 1425– m. Christopher Wandesford 1433–1470
    1. 1. Thomas Wandesford 1463–1518 m. Margaret Pudsey 1448–
      1. 1. Christopher Wandesford 1504–1540 m. Anne (De) Norton 1492–1540
        1. 1. Elizabeth Wandesford 1530–1606 m. Anthony Wren 1519–1606
        2. 2. Francis Wandesford 1526–1559 m. Anne Fulthorpe 1527–1593
        3. 3. Susan Wandesford 1537– m. Francis Lascelles 1530–1560 m. Edmund Parkinson 1533–1614
        4. 4. Henry Wandesford 1532–1586
        5. 5. Christopher Wandesford 1530–1591 m. Elizabeth Bowes 1551– m. Anne Thwaites 1536–
    2. 2. John Wandesford 1469–1503 m. Johanna Pigot 1456–
    3. 3. Elinor Wandesford 1455– m. William Roos 1435–
    4. 4. Joan Wandesford 1474– m. William Norton 1470–
    5. 5. Anne Wandesford 1472–
    6. 6. Eleanor Wandesford 1476– m. William Ross 1468–
    7. 7. Christopher Wandesford 1480–
    8. 8. Roger Wandesford 1482–1495
    9. 9. Robert Wandesford 1484–
  2. 2. Henry Thwaites 1408–1455
  3. 3. Thomas Thwaites 1420–1481 m. Alice (De La) Haye 1427–1484
  4. 4. Maud (Matilda) Thwaites 1420–1500 m. John Middleton 1420–1483
  5. 5. John Thwaites 1425–1484
  6. 6. Elizabeth Thwaites 1428–1507
  7. 7. Matilda Thwaites 1451– m. Thomas Middleton 1375–1474

Joan Thornton's Timeline

2 Records

1405
1405
Birth of Joan Jane Thornton in Denton Court, Elham, Kent, ENGLAND
Denton Court, Elham, Kent, ENGLAND
1462
22 JAN 1462
Age 57
Death of Joan Jane Thornton in Lofthouse Gate, Yorkshire, ENGLAND
Lofthouse Gate, Yorkshire, ENGLAND

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1405
    Event Place: Denton Court, Elham, Kent, ENGLAND

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 JAN 1462
    Event Place: Lofthouse Gate, Yorkshire, ENGLAND

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