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Arthur W. Thornton

BIRTH: ABT 1831, , , Rhode Island
DEATH: Bet Jun 1870 and Jun 1880
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Father: Silas Thornton (24 Sep 1790 - BEF Jun 1850)
Mother: Ruth Whipple (4 May 1805 - AFT Jun 1870)

Family 1: Ellen McCourt (ABT 1831 - ____)

MARRIAGE: 25 Aug 1852, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

+Ellen Maria Thornton (ABT 1853 - 9 Nov 1915)

Family 2: Catherine Gifford (ABT 1829 - 16 Jun 1902)

MARRIAGE: 2 Nov 1855, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Eliza Thornton (ABT Mar 1859 - AFT Jun 1880)
+Charles Henry Thornton (2 May 1868 - 24 Dec 1942)

                                                                                                          _John Thornton ______
                                                                                                         | (.... - 1715)       
                                                                              _John Thornton ____________|_Dinah Steere _______
                                                                             | (1690 - 1745) m 1716                            
                                             _Daniel Thornton _______________|
                                            | (1733 - 1793) m 1753           |
                                            |                                |                            _Richard Clemence ___+
                                            |                                |                           | (1658 - 1723) m 1686
                                            |                                |_Abigail Clemence _________|_Sarah Smith ________
                                            |                                  (1695 - 1782) m 1716        (1663 - 1725)       
                       _Solomon Thornton ___|
                      | (1755 - 1832) m 1782|
                      |                     |                                                             _____________________
                      |                     |                                                            |                     
                      |                     |                                 ___________________________|_____________________
                      |                     |                                |                                                 
                      |                     |_Susanna Pearce ________________|
                      |                       (1736 - 1819) m 1753           |
                      |                                                      |                            _____________________
                      |                                                      |                           |                     
                      |                                                      |___________________________|_____________________
                      |                                                                                                        
 _Silas Thornton _____|
| (1790 - 1850)       |
|                     |                                                                                   _Resolved Waterman __+
|                     |                                                                                  | (1638 - 1670) m 1659
|                     |                                                       _Resolved Waterman ________|_Mercy Williams _____
|                     |                                                      | (1667 - 1718)               (1640 - 1705)       
|                     |                      _John Waterman _________________|
|                     |                     | (1715 - 1799) m 1739           |
|                     |                     |                                |                            _____________________
|                     |                     |                                |                           |                     
|                     |                     |                                |_Mercy ____________________|_____________________
|                     |                     |                                  (1673 - 1750)                                   
|                     |_Elizabeth Waterman _|
|                       (1759 - 1837) m 1782|
|                                           |                                                             _Eleazer Whipple ____+
|                                           |                                                            | (.... - 1719) m 1669
|                                           |                                 _Job Whipple ______________|_Alice Angell _______
|                                           |                                | (1684 - 1750) m 1703        (1649 - 1743)       
|                                           |_Mary Whipple __________________|
|                                             (1718 - 1810) m 1739           |
|                                                                            |                            _Ephraim Pray _______+
|                                                                            |                           | (.... - 1727)       
|                                                                            |_Silence Pray _____________|_Sarah ______________
|                                                                              (1682 - 1767) m 1703        (.... - 1726)       
|
|--Arthur W. Thornton 
|  (1831 - 1870)
|                                                                                                         _Benjamin Whipple ___+
|                                                                                                        | (.... - 1703) m 1686
|                                                                             _Benjamin Whipple _________|_Ruth Mathewson _____
|                                                                            | (1688 - 1788) m 1734        (.... - 1704)       
|                                            _Joseph Whipple ________________|
|                                           | (1737 - 1818) m 1760           |
|                                           |                                |                            _Nehemiah Millard ___+
|                                           |                                |                           |                     
|                                           |                                |_Esther Millard or Miller _|_Phoebe Shores ______
|                                           |                                   m 1734                                         
|                      _Benjamin Whipple ___|
|                     | (1762 - 1835) m 1803|
|                     |                     |                                                             _John Greene ________
|                     |                     |                                                            | (1691 - 1757) m 1711
|                     |                     |                                 _Caleb Greene _____________|_Deborah Carr _______
|                     |                     |                                | (1716 - 1793) m 1739        (1692 - 1729)       
|                     |                     |_Katherine or Catherine Greene _|
|                     |                       (1740 - 1813) m 1760           |
|                     |                                                      |                            _Thomas Rodman ______
|                     |                                                      |                           |                     
|                     |                                                      |_Anne Rodman ______________|_Katherine Fry ______
|                     |                                                        (1718 - 1748) m 1739                            
|_Ruth Whipple _______|
  (1805 - 1870)       |
                      |                                                                                   _____________________
                      |                                                                                  |                     
                      |                                                       ___________________________|_____________________
                      |                                                      |                                                 
                      |                      _Daniel Ruttenberge ____________|
                      |                     | (.... - 1803)                  |
                      |                     |                                |                            _____________________
                      |                     |                                |                           |                     
                      |                     |                                |___________________________|_____________________
                      |                     |                                                                                  
                      |_Zilpha Ruttenburg __|
                        (1786 - 1831) m 1803|
                                            |                                                             _____________________
                                            |                                                            |                     
                                            |                                 ___________________________|_____________________
                                            |                                |                                                 
                                            |________________________________|
                                                                             |
                                                                             |                            _____________________
                                                                             |                           |                     
                                                                             |___________________________|_____________________

Notes

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Fenner A. Irons," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 15 Oct 2010.

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Ruth Whipple," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 15 Oct 2010. Cites Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916 (birth, marriage).

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