Family Trees

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The Thornton's of Yorkshire, England:   William Thornton was born 1291 in Yorkshire, England, and died 1333 in Yorkshire, England. He married Isobell Newton. She was born 1294.  This covers ONLY the England ancestors down to William I, of Gloucester County, Virginia.

Thomas Thornton of Duplin, North Carolina:  He is "believed" to be the son of Mark Thornton and grandson of Luke Thornton but I'm not so sure.  This is my line.

William Thornton I was born circa 1620 in Yorkshire, England, and died 1708 in Cod's Creek, Stafford County, Virginia. He married (1) Avice Russell between 1640 - 1642 in Rappahannock County, Virginia. She was born circa 1620, and died Bef. March 27, 1648. He married (2) Elizabeth Rowland March 27, 1648 in York County, Virginia (called Gloucester after 1651). She was born 1627 in Virginia.

Andrew Caiphas "Cape" Thornton was born 4 September 1855 in Vernon, Fayette County, Alabama. He was the son of James M. Thornton and Lucinda Aldridge. His mother died a short time after he was born, and he was reared by his maternal grandparents. He is said to have married Mary ??? in the 1870's. It is not known where the marriage took place nor what happened to Mary. He was in Lee County, Mississippi in 1879 and in Monroe County by 1880. He married Franky Davidson 23 December 1880, but she died shortly after they were married. On 10 November 1887, he married Berniece Estelle "Bennie" Duke. They had twelve children.

John Thornton was born in 1472. He married Dorothy Chelsam.  Several generations down is Luke Thornton (Henry⁷, Henry⁶, Henry⁵, Henry⁴, Thomas³, Richard², John¹) born circa 1655. He married Anne (--?--). He died in 1725/26.  [I believe that Luke Thornton is NOT a son of William of Gloucester County, Va. as many people have listed and this site offers a reasonable amount of data to confirm this. -- Marcine]   They Live Again, Electronic Library. Online at http://www.theyliveagain.com/, Richard Fox, webmaster at and 3560 Admiralty Bay; Anchorage, AK 99515.

James Thornton, grandfather of the Hon. Matthew Thornton, lived with his wife, Nancy Smith, near Londonderry, Ireland in 1689. This page also includes data on later generations. (This is a link to someone else's web site so you will have to use your Back button to get back to here.)

Ely Thornton & Jane Mosley, This family starts in South Carolina and winds up in Alabama. (This is a link to someone else's web site so you will have to use your Back button to get back to here.)

John E. Thornton, by Alma Luttrell Wiles.