Colonel, Francis Thornton III ¹²⁷⁰

  Research Notes:

Virginia County Records SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY 1721-1800 DEEDS DEED BOOK B 1729-1734 page 126 Sept. 4, 1733. John x Hadox of Spts. Co. to Francis Thornton of Caroline Co. £50 curr., 51 a. in fork of Rappk. River, and part of pat. formerly granted William Paton June 11, 1726, transferred by sd. Paton to John Kilgore, and from sd. Kilgore to sd. John Hadox, as by deeds June 3, 1729, etc. James Taylor, Robt. Stuart, John Red. Sept. 4, 1733. Dorothea, wife of sd. John Hadox, acknowledged her dower, etc.

Virginia County Records SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY 1721-1800 WILLS WILL BOOK B 1749-1759 page 10 THORNTON, FRANCIS, Spotsylvania Co., d. Nov. 11, 1748, p. Sept. 5, 1749. Wit. John Sutherland, Sarah Slaughter, Ann Jackson, James Allen, Robert Jackson. Ex. wife, Frances; father, Francis; brother, John; son, Francis. Leg. wife, Frances; son, Francis; to son George, land in Orange Co., bought of Thomas Meriwether and Moseley Battalay; son, William; son, John; daughter, Mildred Thornton; daughter, Mary Thornton. Codicil dated Mar. 21. Wit. Robert Jackson, James Allen, Ann Jackson, George Hicks. (Page 1)

Virginia County Records SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY 1721-1800 DEEDS DEED BOOK C 1734-1742 page 141 Thomas Griffin of Leadenhall Street, London, Merchant, appoints Francis Thornton, the Elder, of Caroline Co., in Rappk. River, Va., Merchant, and Francis Thornton, the Younger, of Spts. Co., Rappk
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  Birth Notes:

Snow Creek

Francis married Frances Gregory, daughter of Colonel, Roger Gregory and Mildred Washington, on 3 Sep 1736 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA.¹⁸⁶⁶ (Frances Gregory was born about 1720 ¹²⁷⁰.)

  Marriage Notes:

Virginia County Records SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY 1721-1800 MARRIAGE LICENSES WILL BOOK F page 85 [p.85]1736?Sep. 3, Francis Thornton and Frances Gregory ¹⁸⁶⁶