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Sir William Thomas Thorne 1578–1633 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1578

Birth Location: Pittington, Durham, England

Death Date: 21 Nov 1633

Death Location: Pittington, Durham, England

Father: Thomas Thorne

Mother: Mary Purefoy

Spouse(s): Margaret Johnson

Children(s): Thomas Thorne

Sir William Thomas Thorne was born in 1578 in Pittington, Durham, England, the child of Thomas Thorne And Mary Purefoy. Sir William Thomas Thorne married Margaret Johnson, and had children including Thomas Thorne. Sir William Thomas Thorne passed away in 1633 in Pittington, Durham, England.

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Biography

  • Sir William Thomas Thorne was born in 1578 in Pittington, Durham, England, the child of Thomas Thorne And Mary Purefoy.
  • Sir William Thomas Thorne married Margaret Johnson, and had children including Thomas Thorne.
  • Sir William Thomas Thorne passed away in 1633 in Pittington, Durham, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Thorne
1536–1589
Birth Location: Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
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Mary Purefoy
1533–1579
Birth Location: Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Johnson
1584–1620
Birth Location: Scotland (Present Uk)
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Children(s)

Thomas Thorne
1604–1653
Birth Location: Pittington, Durham, England
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Sir Thorne's Ancestors

Self
Sir Thorne
1578–1633
Birth Place: Pittington, Durham, England
Parents
Thomas Thorne
1536–1589
Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
Mary Purefoy
1533–1579
Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (William) Thorne
1500–1537
Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Alice Denton
1500–1594
Caversfield, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Edward Purefoy
1494–1558
Shalstone, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England
Anne Fettiplace
1496–1568
Little Shelford, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Thorne's Descendants

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Sir (William Thomas) Thorne (1578–21 Nov 1633) m. Margaret Johnson (Abt 1584–Abt 1620)
  1. 1. Thomas Thorne 1604–1653 m. Sarah Bumpas 1605–1639
    1. 1. Henry Durham 1634–1690 m. Judith Hunt 1636–1743
      1. 1. Thomas Durham 1661–1715 m. Dorothy Smoot 1663–1714
        1. 1. Thomas Durham 1690–1735 m. Margaret Lindsey 1700–1776

Sir Thorne's Timeline

2 Records

1578
1578
Birth of Sir William Thomas Thorne in Pittington, Durham, England
Pittington, Durham, England
1633
21 Nov 1633
Age 55
Death of Sir William Thomas Thorne in Pittington, Durham, England
Pittington, Durham, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1578
    Event Place: Pittington, Durham, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Nov 1633
    Event Place: Pittington, Durham, England
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