William J. Thornton

• BIRTH: ABT 1825, , , Rhode Island
• DEATH: 5 Nov 1899, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
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• MARRIAGE: BEF Jun 1850

1.  James Thornton (ABT 1849 - ____)
2.  Mary Malvina Thornton (ABT 1852 - 19 Dec 1900)
3. +Olney A. Thornton (ABT 1854 - ____)
4. +William Riley Thornton (ABT 1857 - 5 Jul 1891)
5.  Albert Henry Thornton (ABT 1861 - ____)

                                                                                                _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)       
                       _Ephraim Thornton ___|
                      | (1754 - 1793) m 1771|
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                      |                     |_Susanna Pearce _____|
                      |                       (1736 - 1819) m 1753|
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 _Jencks Thornton ____|
| (1777 - 1869)       |
|                     |                                                                         _Nathaniel Waterman _+
|                     |                                                                        | (1637 - 1711) m 1662
|                     |                                            _Benjamin Waterman _________|_Susanna Carder _____
|                     |                                           | (1672 - 1762)                (.... - 1711)       
|                     |                      _Job Waterman _______|
|                     |                     | (1727 - 1791) m 1749|
|                     |                     |                     |                             _Robert Knight ______
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|                     |                     |                     |_Mercy Sabra Knight ________|_Mercy Gorton _______
|                     |                     |                       (1676 - ....)                                    
|                     |_Alice Waterman _____|
|                       (1758 - 1800) m 1771|
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|                                           |                      _Peter Aldrich _____________|_____________________
|                                           |                     | (1683 - 1761) m 1716                             
|                                           |_Esther Aldrich _____|
|                                             (1727 - 1768) m 1749|
|                                                                 |                             _Henry Kinney _______
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|                                                                 |_Priscilla Kinney or Kinne _|_Priscilla Lewis ____
|                                                                   (1696 - 1751) m 1716                             
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|--William J. Thornton 
|  (1825 - 1899)
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|                      _Joseph Tucker ______|
|                     | (1752 - 1837)       |
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|_Amerancy Tucker ____|
  (1783 - 1869)       |
                      |                                                                         _Thomas Hopkins _____
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                      |                                            _Joseph Hopkins ____________|_Mary Smith _________
                      |                                           | (1689 - 1740)                                    
                      |                      _Jonah Hopkins ______|
                      |                     | (1724 - 1805) m 1749|
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                      |                     |                     |_Martha Tucker _____________|_____________________
                      |                     |                       (1689 - ....)                                    
                      |_Drusilla Hopkins ___|
                        (1757 - 1847)       |
                                            |                                                   _Valentine Whitman __+
                                            |                                                  | (1668 - 1750) m 1694
                                            |                      _John Whitman ______________|_Sarah Bartlett _____
                                            |                     | (1698 - 1741) m 1720         (1668 - 1750)       
                                            |_Abigail Whitman ____|
                                              (1728 - 1773) m 1749|
                                                                  |                             _Anthony Sprague ____+
                                                                  |                            | (1663 - 1731) m 1689
                                                                  |_Sarah Sprague _____________|_Mary Tilden ________
                                                                    (1696 - 1741) m 1720         (1665 - 1731)       

Notes

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Jencks Thornton," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 10 Nov 2011. Cites 1850 Census, Scituate, Providence, RI (birth); Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950 (death).

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