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Nancy Barrett Thornton 1788–1847 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1788

Birth Location: Hanover County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1847

Death Location: Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, USA

Father: John Barrett

Mother: Elizabeth Lowry

Spouse(s): Anthony Thornton

Children(s): James Thornton, John Thornton, Henry Thornton

Nancy Barrett Thornton was born in 1788 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA, the child of John Francis Barrett And Elizabeth Lowry. Nancy Barrett Thornton married Anthony Thornton, and had children including Henry Arnold Thornton, James T Thornton, John Fitzhugh Thornton. Nancy Barrett Thornton passed away in 1847 in Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • Nancy Barrett Thornton was born in 1788 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA, the child of John Francis Barrett And Elizabeth Lowry.
  • Nancy Barrett Thornton married Anthony Thornton, and had children including Henry Arnold Thornton, James T Thornton, John Fitzhugh Thornton.
  • Nancy Barrett Thornton passed away in 1847 in Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Barrett
1777–1833
Birth Location: Louisa County, Virginia, USA
JB
Elizabeth Lowry
1765–1833
Birth Location: Hanover County, Virginia, USA
EL

Spouses(s)

Anthony Thornton
1796–1826
Birth Location: Caroline County, Virginia, USA
AT

Children(s)

James Thornton
1821–
Birth Location: Cumberland County, Kentucky, USA
JT
John Thornton
1821–1908
Birth Location: Green County, Kentucky, USA
JT
Henry Thornton
1819–1894
Birth Location: Kentucky
HT

Nancy Thornton's Ancestors

Self
Nancy Thornton
1788–1847
Birth Place: Hanover County, Virginia, USA
Parents
John Francis Barrett
1777–1833
Louisa County, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth Lowry
1765–1833
Hanover County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Robert (Rev.) Barret
1712–1798
St Pauls Parish, Hanover, Virginia, Colonial America
Ann (Lee {sister of Light-horse Harry) Lee}
1742–1798
Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Charles Dr.
1685–1715
Mary Barret
1692–1746
Harry Lee
1729–1787
Lucy Grymes
1734–1792
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Mary White
–1685
Harry II
1691–1747
Mary Bland
1704–1764

Nancy Thornton's Descendants

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Nancy (Barrett) Thornton (Abt. 1788–1847) m. Anthony Thornton (29 July 1796–1826)
  1. 1. James (T.) Thornton 1821–
  2. 2. John (Fitzhugh) Thornton 1821–1908
  3. 3. Henry (Arnold) Thornton 1819–1894 m. Mary (Jane) Fyffe 1836–1916
    1. 1. Edward Thornton 1857–
    2. 2. Mary Thornton 1864–
    3. 3. Alice Thornton 1879–
    4. 4. Joseph (W.) Thornton 1861–
    5. 5. Sarah (F.) Thornton 1866–
    6. 6. Edward (Max) Thornton 1870–
    7. 7. Richard (J.) Thornton 1873–
    8. 8. Robert (A.) Thornton 1877–

Nancy Thornton's Timeline

2 Records

1788
Abt. 1788
Birth of Nancy Barrett Thornton in Hanover County, Virginia, USA
Hanover County, Virginia, USA
1847
1847
Age 59
Death of Nancy Barrett Thornton in Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, USA
Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1788
    Event Place: Hanover County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1847
    Event Place: Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, USA
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