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John Thornton

BIRTH: 16 Mar 1788, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island
DEATH: 9 Jan 1866, Burrillville, Providence, Rhode Island
BURIAL: Cooper-Mowry Lot, Victory Highway, Burrillville, Providence, Rhode Island
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Father: Solomon Thornton (ABT 1755 - 1 Mar 1832)
Mother: Elizabeth Waterman (16 Feb 1759 - 8 May 1837)

Family 1: Lydia Latham (ABT 1793 - 30 Oct 1878)

+Elizabeth S. Thornton (ABT 1814 - AFT Jun 1850)

                                                                                         _____________________
                                                                                        |                     
                                                                   _John Thornton ______|_____________________
                                                                  | (.... - 1715)                             
                                             _John Thornton ______|
                                            | (1690 - 1745) m 1716|
                                            |                     |                      _John Steere ________
                                            |                     |                     | (1634 - 1724) m 1660
                                            |                     |_Dinah Steere _______|_Hannah Wickenden ___
                                            |                                                                 
                       _Daniel Thornton ____|
                      | (1733 - 1793) m 1753|
                      |                     |                                            _Thomas Clemence ____
                      |                     |                                           | (.... - 1688)       
                      |                     |                      _Richard Clemence ___|_Elizabeth __________
                      |                     |                     | (1658 - 1723) m 1686  (.... - 1721)       
                      |                     |_Abigail Clemence ___|
                      |                       (1695 - 1782) m 1716|
                      |                                           |                      _John Smith _________+
                      |                                           |                     | (1639 - 1683) m 1659
                      |                                           |_Sarah Smith ________|_Sarah Whipple ______
                      |                                             (1663 - 1725) m 1686  (1641 - 1710)       
 _Solomon Thornton ___|
| (1755 - 1832) m 1782|
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|                     |                     |                     |_____________________|_____________________
|                     |                     |                                                                 
|                     |_Susanna Pearce _____|
|                       (1736 - 1819) m 1753|
|                                           |                                            _____________________
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|                                           |                      _____________________|_____________________
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|--John Thornton 
|  (1788 - 1866)
|                                                                                        _Richard Waterman ___
|                                                                                       | (1590 - 1673) m 1629
|                                                                  _Resolved Waterman __|_Bethiah Waite ______
|                                                                 | (1638 - 1670) m 1659  (.... - 1680)       
|                                            _Resolved Waterman __|
|                                           | (1667 - 1718)       |
|                                           |                     |                      _Roger Williams _____
|                                           |                     |                     | (1604 - 1683) m 1629
|                                           |                     |_Mercy Williams _____|_Mary Barnard _______
|                                           |                       (1640 - 1705) m 1659  (.... - 1676)       
|                      _John Waterman ______|
|                     | (1715 - 1799) m 1739|
|                     |                     |                                            _____________________
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|                     |                     |                      _____________________|_____________________
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|                     |                     |_Mercy ______________|
|                     |                       (1673 - 1750)       |
|                     |                                           |                      _____________________
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|                     |                                           |_____________________|_____________________
|                     |                                                                                       
|_Elizabeth Waterman _|
  (1759 - 1837) m 1782|
                      |                                                                  _John Whipple _______
                      |                                                                 | (1617 - 1685) m 1638
                      |                                            _Eleazer Whipple ____|_Sarah ______________
                      |                                           | (.... - 1719) m 1669  (1624 - 1666)       
                      |                      _Job Whipple ________|
                      |                     | (1684 - 1750) m 1703|
                      |                     |                     |                      _Thomas Angell ______
                      |                     |                     |                     | (1618 - 1694) m 1643
                      |                     |                     |_Alice Angell _______|_Alice Ashton _______
                      |                     |                       (1649 - 1743) m 1669  (1617 - 1694)       
                      |_Mary Whipple _______|
                        (1718 - 1810) m 1739|
                                            |                                            _Richard Pray _______
                                            |                                           | (1630 - 1693)       
                                            |                      _Ephraim Pray _______|_Mary _______________
                                            |                     | (.... - 1727)                             
                                            |_Silence Pray _______|
                                              (1682 - 1767) m 1703|
                                                                  |                      _____________________
                                                                  |                     |                     
                                                                  |_Sarah ______________|_____________________
                                                                    (.... - 1726)

Notes

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Mary Whipple," email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 13 May 2003. Cites Descendants of Roger Williams, Book I (birth); Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index (death, burial).

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Dorcas Paine," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 17 Jul 2012. Confirms information submitted previously.

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