THE THORNTON FAMILY OF ENGLAND AND
VIRGINIA
From Tyler's Quarterly
By John Nicklin
From father to son.
1. William Thornton (died 1333), married Isabel Newton
2. Thomas Thornton (died l344) of Newton
3. William Thornton, Jr. (died 1418)
4. Robert Thornton (died l46O), married Isabel Gray, 14th descendent
from King Stephen of England.
5. William Thornton III (died 1488), married Agnes Aldheraugh, 10th
descendent from King Edward I.
His sons:
Robert Thornton (born 1455 - died 1514), married
Jane Layton
Francis Thornton of Hills of Yorkshire (died 1566)
William Thornton (died 1600), married Barbara Westly
14th descendant from Edward I
20th descendant from Brian Barn
25th descendant fron Alfred the Great
28th descendant from Charlemagne
21st descendant from Hugh Colpet
15th descendant from William the Conqueror
18th descendant from Malcom, King of Scotland
William Thornton, son of the above William Thornton
and his wife, Barbara Westly (died 1600), married Frances Robertson.
William Thornton, son of the above William Thornton and his wife, Frances Robertson, died in 1650.
William Thornton, son of the above William Thornton who died in 1650 and a grandson of William Thornton and Frances Robertson, emigrated to Virginia before 1646. He died in Virginia in 1708.
Francis Thornton, son of the emigrant William Thornton, was born in 1651 and died in 1726. He married Alice Savage, daughter of Captain Anthony Savage and his wife, Alice Stafford. Francis Thornton was a member of the House of Burgesses.
Margaret Thornton, daughter of the above Francis Thornton
and his wife, Alice Savage, was born in 1678. She married her cousin, William
Strother.
