Colonel John Thornton: Our Family History

Colonel John Thornton

1706 - 1777 (71 years)

Generation: 1

Colonel John Thornton was born in 1706 in Spotsylvania Co, Virginia; died in 1777 in Caroline, Virginia.

John married Mildred Gregory on 28 Oct 1740 in Spotsylvania Co, Virginia. Mildred (daughter of Roger Gregory and Mildred Warner Washington) was born about 1718 in Bridge Creek, Westmoreland Co, Virginia; died after 1758. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Elizabeth Thornton was born in 1747 in Spotsylvania Co, Virginia ; died after 1780 in of, "Dissington," King George Co, Virginia.

Generation: 2

Elizabeth Thornton

(1.John¹) was born in 1747 in Spotsylvania Co, Virginia ; died after 1780 in of, "Dissington," King George Co, Virginia.

Elizabeth married Colonel John Taliaferro about 1771 in Virginia. John (son of Colonel John Taliaferro and Anne Champe) was born in 1750 in of, "Dissington," Essex Co, Virginia; died in 1805 in Essex Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]