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Solomon Thornton

BIRTH: 13 Oct 1719, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
DEATH: 19 Nov 1741, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
BURIAL: North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
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Father: John Thornton (ABT 1690 - 16 Aug 1745)
Mother: Abigail Clemence (4 Dec 1695 - ABT 6 Jul 1782)

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                       _John Thornton ______|
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 _John Thornton ______|
| (1690 - 1745) m 1716|
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|                     |_Dinah Steere _______|
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|                                           |                      _William Wickenden ___|__
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|                                           |_Hannah Wickenden ___|
|                                              m 1660             |
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|--Solomon Thornton 
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|                                            _Thomas Clemence ____|
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|                      _Richard Clemence ___|
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|                     |                     |_Elizabeth __________|
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|_Abigail Clemence ___|
  (1695 - 1782) m 1716|
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                      |                                            _John Smith __________|__
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                      |                      _John Smith _________|
                      |                     | (1639 - 1683) m 1659|
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                      |                     |                     |_Alice _______________|__
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                      |_Sarah Smith ________|
                        (1663 - 1725) m 1686|
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                                            |                      _John Whipple ________|__
                                            |                     | (1617 - 1685) m 1638    
                                            |_Sarah Whipple ______|
                                              (1641 - 1710) m 1659|
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                                                                  |_Sarah _______________|__
                                                                    (1624 - 1666) m 1638

Notes

!SOURCE: Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, from Rhode Island Periodicals (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983), 2:8.

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Abigail Clemence," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple,19 Apr 2007. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850 (birth); Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index (death, burial).

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