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Roger Thornton 1725–1797 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 June 1725

Birth Location: North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 3 Sep 1797

Death Location: Hancock Co, GA, USA

Father: Roger Thornton

Mother: Isabel Bledsoe

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The story of Roger Thornton began in 1725 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, United States. Roger Thornton passed away in 1797 in Hancock Co, GA, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Roger Thornton began in 1725 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, United States.
  • Roger Thornton passed away in 1797 in Hancock Co, GA, USA.

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Roger Thornton's Ancestors

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Roger Thornton
1725–1797
Birth Place: North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Parents
Roger Thornton
1686–1730
Old Rappahannock County, Virginia (Known as Richmond Co., VA after 1692)
Isabel Bledsoe
1688–1726
Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Henry (Thornton) V
1665–1695
North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, USA
Ann Williams
1667–1727
Richmond, Rappahannock, Virginia, United States
Georgius ('George' Lewis Bledsoe) (Blestoe)
1632–1705
Barton Seagrave,County of Northamptonshire,England
Anne (Jennings ,1st) wife
1653–1698
Tunstall,Lancashire,England to Wicomico Parish,Northumberland County,Virginia to Virginia
Great-Grandparents
Henry IV
1631–1730
Deborah Scoper
1635–1735
William Bledsoe
1601–1681
Agnes Cobb
1605–1645
Edmund Jennings
1626–1691
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir III
1607–1698
Mary Floud
1608–1660
Peter Jennings
1578–1651
Anne Baldwin
1579–1627

Roger Thornton's Timeline

2 Records

1725
14 June 1725
Birth of Roger Thornton in North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, United States
North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, United States
1797
3 Sep 1797
Age 72
Death of Roger Thornton in Hancock Co, GA, USA
Hancock Co, GA, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 June 1725
    Event Place: North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Sep 1797
    Event Place: Hancock Co, GA, USA

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