Elijah W. Thornton

• BIRTH: 1828, , , Rhode Island
• DEATH: 1906, prob, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island
• BURIAL: Thornton Lot, Atwood Avenue, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island
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• MARRIAGE: 19 Dec 1859, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island

1.  George Everett Thornton (20 Aug 1862 - 2 Mar 1887)
2. +Sarah Jennie Thornton (26 Feb 1864 - ____)
3.  Fenner Angell Thornton (26 Feb 1868 - 17 Jan 1950)
4.  Emory C. Thornton (3 Mar 1870 - 12 Feb 1936)
5.  Chester H. Thornton (15 Jan 1875 - 28 Sep 1877)
6.  Alfred Morris Thornton (30 Dec 1879 - ____)

                                                                                         _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|
                      |                     |                                            _____________________
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                      |                     |                      _____________________|_____________________
                      |                     |                     |                                           
                      |                     |_Susanna Pearce _____|
                      |                       (1736 - 1819) m 1753|
                      |                                           |                      _____________________
                      |                                           |                     |                     
                      |                                           |_____________________|_____________________
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 _Jeremiah Thornton __|
| (1786 - 1865)       |
|                     |                                                                  _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)       
|
|--Elijah W. Thornton 
|  (1828 - 1906)
|                                                                                        _Nathaniel Waterman _+
|                                                                                       | (1637 - 1711) m 1662
|                                                                  _Benjamin Waterman __|_Susanna Carder _____
|                                                                 | (1672 - 1762)         (.... - 1711)       
|                                            _Charles Waterman ___|
|                                           | (1704 - 1760) m 1729|
|                                           |                     |                      _Robert Knight ______
|                                           |                     |                     |                     
|                                           |                     |_Mercy Sabra Knight _|_Mercy Gorton _______
|                                           |                       (1676 - ....)                             
|                      _Charles Waterman ___|
|                     | (1747 - 1822)       |
|                     |                     |                                            _William Hawkins ____+
|                     |                     |                                           | (1645 - 1723) m 1678
|                     |                     |                      _Stephen Hawkins ____|_Lydia Ballou _______
|                     |                     |                     |                       (1640 - 1722)       
|                     |                     |_Jemima Hawkins _____|
|                     |                       (1708 - ....) m 1729|
|                     |                                           |                      _____________________
|                     |                                           |                     |                     
|                     |                                           |_Hannah Coggeshall __|_____________________
|                     |                                                                                       
|_Sarah Ann Waterman _|
  (1792 - 1856)       |
                      |                                                                  _James Brown ________+
                      |                                                                 | (1666 - 1732) m 1691
                      |                                            _Joseph Brown _______|_Mary Harris ________
                      |                                           | (1701 - 1778) m 1727  (1671 - 1736)       
                      |                      _Gideon Brown _______|
                      |                     | (1728 - 1807)       |
                      |                     |                     |                      _William Field ______+
                      |                     |                     |                     | (1682 - 1729)       
                      |                     |                     |_Martha Field _______|_Mary or Martha _____
                      |                     |                       (1711 - 1736) m 1727  (.... - 1729)       
                      |_Sarah Brown ________|
                        (1753 - 1826)       |
                                            |                                            _____________________
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                                            |                      _____________________|_____________________
                                            |                     |                                           
                                            |_Ruth Ruthenburg ____|
                                              (1733 - 1787)       |
                                                                  |                      _____________________
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                                                                  |_____________________|_____________________
                                                                                                              

Notes

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Jeremiah Thornton," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 4 Oct 2010. Cites Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index (birth, burial); Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916 (marriage); Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950 (death).

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Olney Angell," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 21 Dec 2010. Confirms information submitted 4 Oct 2010.

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