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Oliver Thornton 1500–1557 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Cambridgeshire, England

Death Date: 1557

Death Location: England

Father: Thomas Thornton

Mother: Elizabeth Metcalfe

Spouse(s): Pernell Bugge

Children(s): William Thornton

Oliver Thornton was born in 1500 in Cambridgeshire, England, the child of Thomas Thornton And Elizabeth Metcalfe. Oliver Thornton married Pernell Bugge, and had children including William Thornton. Oliver Thornton passed away in 1557 in England.

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Biography

  • Oliver Thornton was born in 1500 in Cambridgeshire, England, the child of Thomas Thornton And Elizabeth Metcalfe.
  • Oliver Thornton married Pernell Bugge, and had children including William Thornton.
  • Oliver Thornton passed away in 1557 in England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Thornton
1475–1495
Birth Location: Thornton, Buckinghamshire, , England
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Elizabeth Metcalfe
1475–
Birth Location: Yoscote,,Lincolnshire,England
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Spouses(s)

Pernell Bugge
1510–
Birth Location: England
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Children(s)

William Thornton
1535–1570
Birth Location: Wymondham, Leicestershire, , England
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Oliver Thornton's Ancestors

Self
Oliver Thornton
1500–1557
Birth Place: Cambridgeshire, England
Parents
Thomas Thornton
1475–1495
Thornton, Buckinghamshire, , England
Elizabeth Metcalfe
1475–
Yoscote,,Lincolnshire,England
Grandparents
Thomas (Thornton) Sir
1445–1470
Thornton, Yorkshire, England
ELINOR BLAND
1450–1478
, Yorkshire, , England
Great-Grandparents
Roger Sir
1415–1449
Katherine Redmagne
1420–1447
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Thornton
1385–1418
Mary Kirby
1390–1422

Oliver Thornton's Descendants

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Oliver Thornton (1500–1557) m. Pernell Bugge (1510–)
  1. 1. William Thornton 1535–1570 m. Elizabeth Cushin 1543–1570
    1. 1. Francis Thornton 1568–1602
    2. 2. Robert Thornton 1565–1613 m. Anne Smith 1565–1624
      1. 1. Elizabeth Thornton 1597–1621
      2. 2. Anne Thornton 1595–1671
      3. 3. Mary Thornton 1598–1627 m. John (Haynes) Governor 1594–1654
        1. 1. Robert Haynes 1615–1659
        2. 2. Hezekiah Haynes 1615–1621
        3. 3. Ann Haynes 1615–1646
        4. 4. Mary Haynes 1615–1762
        5. 5. John (Richard) Haines 1614–1682 m. Elizabeth Stanford 1619–1680

Oliver Thornton's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Oliver Thornton in Cambridgeshire, England
Cambridgeshire, England
1557
1557
Age 57
Death of Oliver Thornton in England
England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Cambridgeshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1557
    Event Place: England
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