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Francis Thornton

Male 1714 - 1749  (35 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Francis Thornton was born on 7 Apr 1714 in Spotsylvania Co, Virginia (son of Francis Thornton, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Taliaferro); died on 7 Apr 1749 in Stafford Co, Virginia.

    Francis married Mary Frances Gregory about 1734 in Westmoreland Co, Virginia. Mary was born in 1720 in Spotsylvania Co, Virginia; died on 22 Jan 1790 in Stafford Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. George Thornton was born about 1740; died on 30 Apr 1781.
    2. Francis Thornton was born on 17 May 1743 in Spotsylvania Co, Virginia; died in Mar 1795 in Spotsylvania Co, Virginia.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Francis Thornton, Jr. was born on 4 Jan 1682 in Stafford Co, Virginia (son of Colonel Francis Thornton and Alice Savage); died on 6 Feb 1736 in Snow Creek, Frederick Co, Virginia.

    Francis married Mary Elizabeth Taliaferro on 3 Sep 1703 in Snow Creek, Essex Co, Virginia. Mary (daughter of Colonel John "The Ranger" Taliaferro and Sarah Smith) was born about 1685 in Powhattan Plant, Essex Co, Virginia; died after 1758 in of, Essex Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Elizabeth Taliaferro was born about 1685 in Powhattan Plant, Essex Co, Virginia (daughter of Colonel John "The Ranger" Taliaferro and Sarah Smith); died after 1758 in of, Essex Co, Virginia.
    Children:
    1. George Thornton was born about 1702 in Virginia; died after 1730.
    2. Colonel John Thornton was born in 1706 in Spotsylvania Co, Virginia; died in 1777 in Caroline, Virginia.
    3. Sarah Thornton was born in 1708 in Essex Co, Virginia; died in 1793.
    4. 1. Francis Thornton was born on 7 Apr 1714 in Spotsylvania Co, Virginia; died on 7 Apr 1749 in Stafford Co, Virginia.
    5. William Thornton was born on 20 Dec 1717 in Gloucester Co, Virginia; died in 1790 in Brunswick Parish, King George, Virginia.
    6. Mildred Thornton was born on 19 Mar 1721; died on 16 Nov 1778.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Colonel Francis Thornton was born on 5 Nov 1651 in Petsworth Parish, Gloucester Co, Virginia; died on 15 Feb 1726 in King George Co, Virginia.

    Francis married Alice Savage in 1678 in Gloucester Co, Virginia. Alice was born about 1653 in Gloucester Co, Virginia; died after 1700 in of, Stafford Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Alice Savage was born about 1653 in Gloucester Co, Virginia; died after 1700 in of, Stafford Co, Virginia.
    Children:
    1. Margaret Thornton was born on 2 Apr 1678 in Petsworth, Gloucester Co, Virginia; died in 1727 in King George Co, Virginia.
    2. Sarah Alice Thornton was born on 17 Dec 1680 in Gloucester Co, Virginia; died in 1757 in Stafford, King George Co, Virginia.
    3. William Thornton was born on 17 Dec 1680 in Gloucester Co, Virginia; died in 1743 in Brunswick Parish, King George, Virginia.
    4. 2. Francis Thornton, Jr. was born on 4 Jan 1682 in Stafford Co, Virginia; died on 6 Feb 1736 in Snow Creek, Frederick Co, Virginia.
    5. Rowland Thornton was born on 1 Aug 1685 in Stafford Co, Virginia; died in 1741 in King George Co, Virginia.
    6. Anne Thornton was born on 22 Mar 1689 in Stafford Co, Virginia; died in May 1726 in Virginia.
    7. Anthony Thornton was born on 3 Mar 1695 in Stafford Co, Virginia; died in 1757 in Virginia.

  3. 6.  Colonel John "The Ranger" Taliaferro was born about 1656 in Essex Co, or, Caroline Co, Virginia (son of Robert Taliaferro, (immigrant) and Catherine Debnam); died on 21 Jun 1720 in Gloucester Co, Virginia.

    John married Sarah Smith in 1682 in St. Carolines Parish, Essex Co, Virginia. Sarah (daughter of Major Lawrence Smith, (desc of Wm I "the Lion" of Scotland) and Mary Debnam) was born in 1661 in Essex Co, Virginia; died in 1720 in Essex Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Sarah Smith was born in 1661 in Essex Co, Virginia (daughter of Major Lawrence Smith, (desc of Wm I "the Lion" of Scotland) and Mary Debnam); died in 1720 in Essex Co, Virginia.
    Children:
    1. Zachariah Taliaferro was born about 1682 in Essex Co, Virginia; died after 1710.
    2. Colonel Lawrence Taliaferro was born on 17 Dec 1680 in Stafford Co, Virginia; died on 27 Jun 1726 in Essex Co, Virginia.
    3. John Taliaferro, Jr. was born about 1687 in Snow Creek Manor, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania Co, Virginia; died on 3 May 1744 in Spotsylvania Co, Virginia; was buried in Hickory Neck churchyard, James City Co, Virginia.
    4. 3. Mary Elizabeth Taliaferro was born about 1685 in Powhattan Plant, Essex Co, Virginia; died after 1758 in of, Essex Co, Virginia.
    5. Sarah Taliaferro was born on 16 Oct 1695; died on 7 Aug 1768 in Caroline Co, Virginia.
    6. Richard Taliaferro, (9th child)


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Robert Taliaferro, (immigrant) was born on 11 Nov 1626 in Middlesex, England; died in May 1671 in Essex/Caroline Co, Virginia.

    Robert married Catherine Debnam in 1658 in York Co, Virginia. Catherine (daughter of William Debnam, (immigrant) and Catherine Frances Jennings, (immigrant)) was born in 1628 in Kent, England; died in Nov 1672 in Gloucester Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Catherine Debnam was born in 1628 in Kent, England (daughter of William Debnam, (immigrant) and Catherine Frances Jennings, (immigrant)); died in Nov 1672 in Gloucester Co, Virginia.
    Children:
    1. Christian Taliaferro was born about 1655 in St. Mary Parish, Essex Co, Virginia; died before 13 Aug 1713 in St. Mary Parish, Essex Co, Virginia.
    2. Francis Taliaferro was born about 1655 in Essex Co, Virginia; died about 1710 in Essex Co, Virginia.
    3. 6. Colonel John "The Ranger" Taliaferro was born about 1656 in Essex Co, or, Caroline Co, Virginia; died on 21 Jun 1720 in Gloucester Co, Virginia.
    4. Mary Taliaferro was born in 1659 in Essex Co, Virginia; died in 1695 in Essex Co, Virginia.
    5. Robert Taliaferro was born about 1660 in Essex Co, Virginia; died on 3 Jun 1726 in St. Paul Parish, King George Co, Virginia.
    6. William Taliaferro
    7. Richard Taliaferro was born in 1665 in Richmond, Richmond Co, Virginia; died on 21 Jun 1720 in Powhattan, Essex Co, Virginia.
    8. Sarah Taliaferro was born in 1660 in Gloucester Co, Virginia; died after 1690.
    9. Katherine Taliaferro was born about 1671 in Sittenbourne Parish, Essex Co, Virginia; died in 1692 in Richmond Co, Virginia.
    10. Charles Taliaferro, Sr. was born about 1670 in Essex Co, Virginia; died before 13 Jan 1735 in Virginia.
    11. Elizabeth Taliaferro
    12. Sterling Taliaferro

  3. 14.  Major Lawrence Smith, (desc of Wm I "the Lion" of Scotland) was born on 29 Mar 1629 in Stonirakes, Burnley Parish, Lancashire, England (son of Christopher Lawrence Smith, of, Stannihurst and Margaret Elizabeth Townley); died on 8 Aug 1700 in Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co, Virginia.

    Lawrence married Mary Debnam on 28 Sep 1651 in Old Rappahannock Co, Virginia. Mary (daughter of William Debnam, (immigrant) and Catherine Frances Jennings, (immigrant)) was born in 1633 in Gloucester Co, Virginia; died in 1670 in Essex, or York Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Mary Debnam was born in 1633 in Gloucester Co, Virginia (daughter of William Debnam, (immigrant) and Catherine Frances Jennings, (immigrant)); died in 1670 in Essex, or York Co, Virginia.
    Children:
    1. Mary Smith was born on 24 Oct 1652 in England; died after 1660.
    2. Augustine Smith was born before 1657 in Gloucester Co, Virginia; died on 26 Jul 1736 in St. Mark Parish, Orange Co, Virginia.
    3. Miss (..) Smith, (dau?) was born about 1658 in of, Spotsylvania Co, Virginia; died after 1690.
    4. Colonel Lawrence Smith was born in 1658 in Yorktown, York Co, Virginia; died on 19 Mar 1738 in Yorktown, York Co, Virginia.
    5. 7. Sarah Smith was born in 1661 in Essex Co, Virginia; died in 1720 in Essex Co, Virginia.
    6. Elizabeth Smith was born in 1664 in Gloucester Co, Virginia; died in 1686 in Sittenbourne Parish, RIchmond Co, Virginia.
    7. Captain Charles Smith was born in 1670; died about 1710 in Essex Co, Virginia.
    8. John Smith was born about 1671 in Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co, Virginia; died in 1720 in Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co, Virginia.
    9. Captain William Smith was born in 1680 in Gloucester Co, Virginia; died in Jun 1734 in Spotsylvania Co, Virginia.