George Stubblefield Alt [Parents] was born 1705 in , Gloucester, Va. He died 11 Sep 1751 in , Spotsylvania, Va. He was sealed to his parents on 13 Jan 1989 in the Denver temple. George's baptism was cleared. His endowment was cleared. George married Catherine Beverley Alt about 1725 in , Spotsylvania, Va.

Catherine Beverley Alt [Parents] was born 17 Dec 1708 in , Middlesex, Va. She died 14 Apr 1778 in , Spotsylvania, Va. She was sealed to her parents on 7 Sep 1976 in the Ogden temple. Catherine was baptized 9 Oct 1937. She was endowed 3 May 1938 in the Salt Lake temple. Catherine married George Stubblefield Alt about 1725 in , Spotsylvania, Va.

George, Jr. Stubblefield [Parents] was born about 1739 in , , Virginia. He died in , Spotsylvania, Virginia. George, married Sarah Morrison about 1760 in , , Virginia.

Sarah Morrison was born about 1740 in <, Orange, Virginia>. She married George, Jr. Stubblefield about 1760 in , , Virginia.

John Easley [Parents] was born about 1685 in Henrico Co, Virginia. He died 4 Apr 1742 in Henrico Co, Virginia and was buried 7 Apr 1742 in , Henrico, Va. He was sealed to his parents on 19 Dec 1996 in the Los Angeles temple. John was baptized 18 Apr 1978 in the Ogden temple. He was endowed 28 Jun 1978 in the Ogden temple. John married Mary Benskin on 20 Aug 1711 in Henrico Co, Virginia. They were sealed 7 Sep 1977 in the Salt Lake temple.

Other marriages:

Millington, Joyce

Mary Benskin [Parents] was born about 1687 in of, Henr, Va. She died in , Henrico, Va and was buried in , Henrico, Va. She was sealed to her parents on 5 Feb 1997 in the Idaho Falls temple. Mary was baptized 18 Apr 1978 in the Ogden temple. She was endowed 21 Jul 1978 in the Ogden temple. Mary married John Easley on 20 Aug 1711 in Henrico Co, Virginia. They were sealed 7 Sep 1977 in the Salt Lake temple.

RICHARD Singletary ¹ was born ² BET 1598 AND 1599 in Surfleet, Lincolnshire, England. He died 24 Oct 1687 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Colony and was buried 25 Oct 1687. RICHARD married ^{3, 4} Susannah M Cooke on 1639 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Colony.

Susannah M Cooke [Parents] ^{1, 2} was born ³ BET 1615 AND 1616 in Bayton, Worcester, England. She died ⁴ 11 Apr 1682 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Colony and was buried Apr 1682. Susannah married ^{5, 6} RICHARD Singletary on 1639 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Colony.

Mark Thornton [Parents] ¹ was born ² 23 Sep 1686 in No.Farnham, Linenburg Parish, Richmond, VA. He died ³ 3 Jan 1719 in Richmond Cty, VA. He was sealed to his parents on 6 Mar 1970. Mark was baptized 14 May 1969 in the Oakland temple. He was endowed 22 May 1969 in the Oakland temple. Mark married ⁴ Mary Bruce about 1712 in (Old Rappahannock County, ) Richmond Cty, VA.

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Mary Bruce [Parents] ^{1, 2} was born ³ 13 Apr 1692 in North Farnham Parish, (Old Rappahannock) Richmond Cty, VA. She married ⁴ Mark Thornton about 1712 in (Old Rappahannock County, ) Richmond Cty, VA.

#  Title: North Farnham Parish Register, Richmond County, Virginia
Page: Page 5    Text: "Born Mary Daughter of Henry and Mary Bruse, April 3rd, 1692."

Historical Southern Families", Volume XII. Copyright 1968 by Mrs.John Bennett Boddie. Pages 1-89. 975 D2b.
The indications are that Mary, wife of Mark Thornton was a daughter of Henry Bruce of Richmond Co., who in his will, dated Nov. 9, 1725 and probated June 7, 1727, mentions sons John, Andrew, Joseph, and Benjamin; daughters Mary and Elizabeth; wife Mary; and leaves his son John "the land where Mark Thornton formerly lived" (W. B. 5, p. 72). (There was another son, Henry Bruce, Jr. who predeceased his father - see section on Redman family under Jesse Thornton, later. Mary, daughter of Henry and Mary Bruce, was born April 13, 1692 (Northfarnham P. R.), which would have made her about the right age to marry Mark Thornton; and Andrew Bruce, son of Henry Bruce, was one of the sureties for Mary Thornton in administering Mark's estate (D. B., p. 91), so it looks rather likely that Mary Thornton was born Mary Bruce. (page 11) Wm Bruce 1664, VA
Posted by Ralph J Turner on November 29, 1998 at 14:29:01:
Does anyone know of the family of Wm Bruce who's son Henry b 1664, North Farnham, Richmond Co., VA, m Mary Morton, b 1665, Northumberland, Eng. Henry and Mary had 7 children: Mary 1692, John, Andrew, Jos., Benj., Eliz., Henry. Mary Bruce b 13 Apr 1692, Richmond VA, m abt 1713: Mark Thornton, b 23 Sep 1686, Northfarnham, d abt 1721, Richmond Co., VA.

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Luke Thornton [Parents] was born 1642 in Linenburg, Richmond, Virginia, USA. He died ¹ Feb 1725 in North Farnham, Richmond, Virginia, USA. His sealing to parents was completed prior to 1970. Luke was baptized 14 May 1969 in the Oakland temple. He was endowed 21 May 1969 in the Oakland temple. Luke married ² Anne about 1665 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond, VA.

NOTE:  Virginia Wills and Administrations, Richmond Co. VA, 1718i.

NOTE:  North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia -- Baptisms andDeaths, 1672-1801, LDS FHLC Film Number 0033746.

NOTE:  North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia --ParishRegister, Births and Marriages LDS FHLC Film Number 0032637.

NOTE: Marriages of Richmond County, by George Harrison Sanford King,LDS FHLC Film Number 975.523  V2ki.

NOTE:  Wills and Inventories, Volume 4 (1717-1725), LDS FHLC FilmNumber 0033733, item 1.

NOTE:  Wills and Inventories, Volume 5 (1725-1653), LDS FHLC FilmNumber 0033677, item 1.

GENERAL:  The submitter of Thornton genealogy to the Ancestral Filewas Leonard Grimm, 1415 Dupont Avenue, Salt Lake City, UT  84116,microfilm number 1394106, AF83-021851.

COUNTY NOTE:  Richmond Co. VA was formed in 1692 from Old RappahannockCo.  Lunenburg Parish was founded about 1732, Petsworth Parish foundedby 1656;  Luke was in Westmoreland and Rappahannock Counties before1692.

RESIDENCE:  Had established himself in Richmond County, VA by 1675.

CHILDREN:  He had seven children, their births are given in the NorthFarnham Parish and Lunenburg Parish Registers -- "North Farnham ParishRegisters, 1663-1814" and "Lunenburg Parish Register", children listedin 1686.

Will was written on 29 Jan 1725 and proved in Court on 2 March 1725.

Anne was born about 1654 in North Farnham, Richmond, VA. She died about 1725 in Richmond, VA. Anne married ¹ Luke Thornton about 1665 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond, VA.

William Thornton [Parents] ¹ was born 1620 in The Hills, Yorkshire, England. He died 1708 in Cod's Creek, Stafford Co., VA and was buried 1708 in Aquia Church or Fall Hill, Stafford, VA. His sealing to parents was completed prior to 1970 at the Salt Lake temple. William was baptized 11 Nov 1933 in the Salt Lake temple. His endowment was completed prior to 1970 at the Salt Lake temple. William married Elisa Bellington on 1641 in Old Rappahannock [Richmond] Co., VA.

William immigrated about 1641 to York [Gloucester] Co., VA.

Other marriages:

Rowland, Elizabeth

IMMIGRATION: 1642 to York County then to Gloucester County, Virginia,sponsored by William Prior, Gentleman;  See page 328 of EARLY VIRGINIAIMMIGRANTS, 1623 - 1666, by George Cabell Green, Clerk Virginia StateLand Office, Published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore:1960 Call No. US/CAN 975.5 D2gg Copy 2, originally published 1912,Library of Congress Card Number 62-453.  Microfiche on file atGloucester County, Virginia LDS Family History Center.

HOME:   built his home and named it "The Hills" after hisgrandfather's estate in Yorkshire -- I didn't find an estate calledthat at East Newton, Yorkshire, England when I was over there -- onlyEast Newton Hall and Laysthorpe, although Mr. Marston of Gilling, toldus there was another ancestral estate in Pickering;  we didn't havetime to go find it as it considerably further North than Est Nentonand Laysthorpe.

GENERAL:  The olde English spelling of East Newton was Est Nenton.

William Thornton, b. 27 Mar 1649
Francis Thornton, b.  5 Nov 1651
Roland Thornton m. Elizabeth Fleming

GENERAL: Genealogies of Virginia Families, William & Mary Quarterly,Vol. V, by Mr. W. G. Stanard:

GENERAL: On 11 May 1646, William Thornton obliged himself, by a paperrecorded in York County, including Gloucester, to care for the cattleof John Liptrot until the latter became of age.

QUESTION: Why did Luke, his son, not receive any of this?  Check thisout -- Luke didn't die until 1725, and William died in 1708.  Is Lukementioned in William's Will?  If not, why not?  Is Luke, in fact,William Thornton's son?

GENERAL:   Supposedly, William Thornton was Master of the ship MARYJANE and traded between VA and Barbados, West Indies.  I need to findproof of this.

GENERAL:  The submitter of Thornton genealogy to the Ancestral Filewas Leonard Grimm, 1415 Dupont Avenue, Salt Lake City, UT  84116,microfilm number 1394106, AF  83 - 021851.

Was called "The Gentleman from The Hills" -- he named his home inGloucester Co. "The Hills", after his ancestral home in Yorkshire --the home of his grandfather, Francis Thornton.

William came to Virginia from Yorkshire, England around 1640(not later than 1646). Termed by genealogists as "TheImmigrant." On May 11, 1646, William Thornton was inpossession of a paper recorded in York County (includingGloucester) to care for the cattle of John Liptrot until thelatter came of age. On February 16, 1665/66 as "Mr. WilliamThornton" he had a grant of 164 acres of land in PetworthParish, Gloucester, adjoining the land where he lived and thatof Richard Barnard. He was vestryman of Petsworth Parish in1677.On record in Essex is a power of attorney, dated September 1673,from William Thornton of Gloucester, to James Kay ofRappahannock County concerning 2,000 acres of land in thefreshes, a track of land which he had bought from Mott. Thereis also recorded in Essex in 1701, a deed dated July 16, 1675,from William Thornton of Gloucester, gentleman, to Francis andRowland, two of his sons, "conveying 2,000 acres in RappahannockCounty, formerly Gloucester, but now of Stafford, authorizingthe confirmation of said deed." In 1649 he received a landgrant of 164 acres in Gloucester County, the grant being awardedfor the transfer of 4 persons from England, this being one ofthe first patents in Virginia (Virginia Land Patent Book 5,Page 573.) He traded in shipping on Mobjack Bay, which isacross from the present city of Norfolk, near "Weromoco,"stomping ground of Chief Powhatan, John Smith and Pocohontasfame. He operated the ship "Mary Jane" in shipping to Barbados,West Indies.He died in 1708 at the home of his son, Col. Francis Thornton,in Stafford County, and it is stated that his tombstone bearshis Coat of Arms, (See Crozier's "General Armory," 1904edition, page 126, Burke's "General Armory," 1878 edition, page1010.) Crozier, best considered of all of the plublishedAmerican heraldic authorities, records the above described coatand crest as authentic for descendants of William Thornton, of"The Hills", Yorkshire, England who came to America and settledin York County, Virginia, in the year 1646. Burke, Britishauthority, records the same as authentic for the family ofThornton, of Scarborough, Yorkshire, which was the center ofresidence of this family. Kirkland Hall, in Lancaster, was theseat of one line. This line bore the lion's head of red. Aline owning the estate of Birkin, in Yorkshire, England, borethe lion's head of purple, and placed the coronet around thenect of the lion rather than under it. A Yorkshire line withbranchess in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, England, bore the samearms, but changed the crest to a dragon's head and wings ofsilver issuing from the ducal coronet of gold. O'Hart, in the1923 edition of his "Irish Pedigrees," Volume 2, states thatthe Thorntons of England were amont the twelve families amongwhom Queen Elizabeth divided 111,000 acres in the County ofLimerick, in Ireland, which she had taken from the FitzGeralds,Earls of Desmond. This accounts for the branches of the familywhich settled in Ireland.

Notes for William Thornton:
William came to Virginia from Yorkshire, England around 1640 (not later
than 1646). Termed by genealogists as "The Immigrant." On May 11, 1646,
William Thornton was in possession of a paper recorded in York County
(including Gloucester) to care for the cattle of John Liptrot untilthe
latter came of age. On February 16, 1665/66 as "Mr. William Thornton" he
had a grant of 164 acres of land in Petworth Parish, Gloucester,
adjoiningthe land where he lived and that of Richard Barnard. He was
vestryman of Petsworth Parish in 1677.
On record in Essex is a power of attorney, dated September 1673, from
William Thornton of Gloucester, to James Kay of Rappahannock County
concerning 2,000 acres of alnd in the freshes, a track of land which he
had bought from Mott. There is also recorded in Essex in 1701, a deed
dated July 16, 1675, from William Thornton of Gloucester, gentleman, to
Francis and Rowland, two of his sons, "conveying 2,000 acres in
Rappahannock County, formerly Gloucester, nut now of Stafford,
authorizing the confirmation of saiddeed." In 1649 he received a land
grant of 164 acres in Gloucester County, the grant being awarded for the
transfer of 4 persons from England, this beingone of the first patents
in Virginia (Virginia Land Patent Book 5, Page 573.) He traded in
shipping on Mobjack Bay, which is across from the present cityof
Norfolk, near "Weromoco," stomping ground of Chief Powhatan, John Smith
and Pocohontas fame. He operated the ship "Mary Jane" in shipping to
Barbados, West Indies.
He died in 1708 at the home of his son, Col. Francis Thornton,in
Stafford County, and it is stated that his tombstone bears his Coat of
Arms, (See Crozier's "General Armory," 1904 edition, page 126, Burke's
"General Armory," 1878 edition, page 1010.) Crozier, best considered of
all of the published American heraldic authorities, records the above
described coat andcrest as authentic for descendants of William
Thornton, of "The Hills", Yorkshire, England who came to America and
settled in York County, Virginia, in the year 1646. Burke, British
authority, records the same as authentic for thefamily of Thornton, of
Scarborough, Yorkshire, which was hte center of residence of this family.
Kirkland Hall, in Lancaster, was the seat of one line. This line bore the
lion's head of red. A line owning the estate of Birkin, in Yorkshire,
England, bore the lion's head of purple, and placed the coronet around
the neck of the lion rather than under it. A Yorkshire line with branches
in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, England, bore the same arms, but changed
the crest to a dragon's head and wings of silver issuing from the ducal
coronet of gold. O'Hart, in the 1923 edition of his "Irish Pedigrees,"
Volume 2, states that the Thorntons of England were among the twelve
families among whom Queen Elizabeth divided 111,000 acres in the County
of Limerick, in Ireland, which she had taken from the FitzGeralds, Earls
of Desmond. This accounts forthe branches of the family which settled in
Ireland.
Children of William Thornton and Eliza Belling are:
+ 12 i. Luke12 Thornton , Sr., born 1642 in Linenburg Parish, Richmond
County, Virginia; died 1725-1726 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond
County, Virginia.
13 ii. Edward Thornton, born 1646.
14 iii. William Thornton, born March 27, 1649.
Children of William Thornton and Elizabeth Rowland are:
15 i. Esther12 Thornton.
+ 16 ii. William Thornton , Jr., born March 27, 1649 in Gloucester
County; died February 15, 1727 in (Family Bible).
+ 17 iii. Francis Thornton, born November 05, 1651; died 1726.
18 iv. Rowland Thornton, born 1654. He married Elizabeth Fleming.
Notes for Elizabeth Fleming:
There is a deed, Richmond County, from Rowland Thornton of Rappahonnock
County, planter, and wife Elizabeth, to Francis Thornton, of the same
county, gentleman. In May 1701, the bond of Elizabe

Elisa Bellington [Parents] was born about 1624 in Lunenburg, Virginia, USA. She married William Thornton on 1641 in Old Rappahannock [Richmond] Co., VA.

William Thornton [Parents] ¹ was born 1620 in The Hills, Yorkshire, England. He died 1708 in Cod's Creek, Stafford Co., VA and was buried 1708 in Aquia Church or Fall Hill, Stafford, VA. His sealing to parents was completed prior to 1970 at the Salt Lake temple. William was baptized 11 Nov 1933 in the Salt Lake temple. His endowment was completed prior to 1970 at the Salt Lake temple. William married Elizabeth Rowland on 27 Mar 1648 in York Co., VA.

William immigrated about 1641 to York [Gloucester] Co., VA.

Other marriages:

Bellington, Elisa

IMMIGRATION: 1642 to York County then to Gloucester County, Virginia,sponsored by William Prior, Gentleman;  See page 328 of EARLY VIRGINIAIMMIGRANTS, 1623 - 1666, by George Cabell Green, Clerk Virginia StateLand Office, Published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore:1960 Call No. US/CAN 975.5 D2gg Copy 2, originally published 1912,Library of Congress Card Number 62-453.  Microfiche on file atGloucester County, Virginia LDS Family History Center.

HOME:   built his home and named it "The Hills" after hisgrandfather's estate in Yorkshire -- I didn't find an estate calledthat at East Newton, Yorkshire, England when I was over there -- onlyEast Newton Hall and Laysthorpe, although Mr. Marston of Gilling, toldus there was another ancestral estate in Pickering;  we didn't havetime to go find it as it considerably further North than Est Nentonand Laysthorpe.

GENERAL:  The olde English spelling of East Newton was Est Nenton.

William Thornton, b. 27 Mar 1649
Francis Thornton, b.  5 Nov 1651
Roland Thornton m. Elizabeth Fleming

GENERAL: Genealogies of Virginia Families, William & Mary Quarterly,Vol. V, by Mr. W. G. Stanard:

GENERAL: On 11 May 1646, William Thornton obliged himself, by a paperrecorded in York County, including Gloucester, to care for the cattleof John Liptrot until the latter became of age.

QUESTION: Why did Luke, his son, not receive any of this?  Check thisout -- Luke didn't die until 1725, and William died in 1708.  Is Lukementioned in William's Will?  If not, why not?  Is Luke, in fact,William Thornton's son?

GENERAL:   Supposedly, William Thornton was Master of the ship MARYJANE and traded between VA and Barbados, West Indies.  I need to findproof of this.

GENERAL:  The submitter of Thornton genealogy to the Ancestral Filewas Leonard Grimm, 1415 Dupont Avenue, Salt Lake City, UT  84116,microfilm number 1394106, AF  83 - 021851.

Was called "The Gentleman from The Hills" -- he named his home inGloucester Co. "The Hills", after his ancestral home in Yorkshire --the home of his grandfather, Francis Thornton.

William came to Virginia from Yorkshire, England around 1640(not later than 1646). Termed by genealogists as "TheImmigrant." On May 11, 1646, William Thornton was inpossession of a paper recorded in York County (includingGloucester) to care for the cattle of John Liptrot until thelatter came of age. On February 16, 1665/66 as "Mr. WilliamThornton" he had a grant of 164 acres of land in PetworthParish, Gloucester, adjoining the land where he lived and thatof Richard Barnard. He was vestryman of Petsworth Parish in1677.On record in Essex is a power of attorney, dated September 1673,from William Thornton of Gloucester, to James Kay ofRappahannock County concerning 2,000 acres of land in thefreshes, a track of land which he had bought from Mott. Thereis also recorded in Essex in 1701, a deed dated July 16, 1675,from William Thornton of Gloucester, gentleman, to Francis andRowland, two of his sons, "conveying 2,000 acres in RappahannockCounty, formerly Gloucester, but now of Stafford, authorizingthe confirmation of said deed." In 1649 he received a landgrant of 164 acres in Gloucester County, the grant being awardedfor the transfer of 4 persons from England, this being one ofthe first patents in Virginia (Virginia Land Patent Book 5,Page 573.) He traded in shipping on Mobjack Bay, which isacross from the present city of Norfolk, near "Weromoco,"stomping ground of Chief Powhatan, John Smith and Pocohontasfame. He operated the ship "Mary Jane" in shipping to Barbados,West Indies.He died in 1708 at the home of his son, Col. Francis Thornton,in Stafford County, and it is stated that his tombstone bearshis Coat of Arms, (See Crozier's "General Armory," 1904edition, page 126, Burke's "General Armory," 1878 edition, page1010.) Crozier, best considered of all of the plublishedAmerican heraldic authorities, records the above described coatand crest as authentic for descendants of William Thornton, of"The Hills", Yorkshire, England who came to America and settledin York County, Virginia, in the year 1646. Burke, Britishauthority, records the same as authentic for the family ofThornton, of Scarborough, Yorkshire, which was the center ofresidence of this family. Kirkland Hall, in Lancaster, was theseat of one line. This line bore the lion's head of red. Aline owning the estate of Birkin, in Yorkshire, England, borethe lion's head of purple, and placed the coronet around thenect of the lion rather than under it. A Yorkshire line withbranchess in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, England, bore the samearms, but changed the crest to a dragon's head and wings ofsilver issuing from the ducal coronet of gold. O'Hart, in the1923 edition of his "Irish Pedigrees," Volume 2, states thatthe Thorntons of England were amont the twelve families amongwhom Queen Elizabeth divided 111,000 acres in the County ofLimerick, in Ireland, which she had taken from the FitzGeralds,Earls of Desmond. This accounts for the branches of the familywhich settled in Ireland.

Notes for William Thornton:
William came to Virginia from Yorkshire, England around 1640 (not later
than 1646). Termed by genealogists as "The Immigrant." On May 11, 1646,
William Thornton was in possession of a paper recorded in York County
(including Gloucester) to care for the cattle of John Liptrot untilthe
latter came of age. On February 16, 1665/66 as "Mr. William Thornton" he
had a grant of 164 acres of land in Petworth Parish, Gloucester,
adjoiningthe land where he lived and that of Richard Barnard. He was
vestryman of Petsworth Parish in 1677.
On record in Essex is a power of attorney, dated September 1673, from
William Thornton of Gloucester, to James Kay of Rappahannock County
concerning 2,000 acres of alnd in the freshes, a track of land which he
had bought from Mott. There is also recorded in Essex in 1701, a deed
dated July 16, 1675, from William Thornton of Gloucester, gentleman, to
Francis and Rowland, two of his sons, "conveying 2,000 acres in
Rappahannock County, formerly Gloucester, nut now of Stafford,
authorizing the confirmation of saiddeed." In 1649 he received a land
grant of 164 acres in Gloucester County, the grant being awarded for the
transfer of 4 persons from England, this beingone of the first patents
in Virginia (Virginia Land Patent Book 5, Page 573.) He traded in
shipping on Mobjack Bay, which is across from the present cityof
Norfolk, near "Weromoco," stomping ground of Chief Powhatan, John Smith
and Pocohontas fame. He operated the ship "Mary Jane" in shipping to
Barbados, West Indies.
He died in 1708 at the home of his son, Col. Francis Thornton,in
Stafford County, and it is stated that his tombstone bears his Coat of
Arms, (See Crozier's "General Armory," 1904 edition, page 126, Burke's
"General Armory," 1878 edition, page 1010.) Crozier, best considered of
all of the published American heraldic authorities, records the above
described coat andcrest as authentic for descendants of William
Thornton, of "The Hills", Yorkshire, England who came to America and
settled in York County, Virginia, in the year 1646. Burke, British
authority, records the same as authentic for thefamily of Thornton, of
Scarborough, Yorkshire, which was hte center of residence of this family.
Kirkland Hall, in Lancaster, was the seat of one line. This line bore the
lion's head of red. A line owning the estate of Birkin, in Yorkshire,
England, bore the lion's head of purple, and placed the coronet around
the neck of the lion rather than under it. A Yorkshire line with branches
in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, England, bore the same arms, but changed
the crest to a dragon's head and wings of silver issuing from the ducal
coronet of gold. O'Hart, in the 1923 edition of his "Irish Pedigrees,"
Volume 2, states that the Thorntons of England were among the twelve
families among whom Queen Elizabeth divided 111,000 acres in the County
of Limerick, in Ireland, which she had taken from the FitzGeralds, Earls
of Desmond. This accounts forthe branches of the family which settled in
Ireland.
Children of William Thornton and Eliza Belling are:
+ 12 i. Luke12 Thornton , Sr., born 1642 in Linenburg Parish, Richmond
County, Virginia; died 1725-1726 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond
County, Virginia.
13 ii. Edward Thornton, born 1646.
14 iii. William Thornton, born March 27, 1649.
Children of William Thornton and Elizabeth Rowland are:
15 i. Esther12 Thornton.
+ 16 ii. William Thornton , Jr., born March 27, 1649 in Gloucester
County; died February 15, 1727 in (Family Bible).
+ 17 iii. Francis Thornton, born November 05, 1651; died 1726.
18 iv. Rowland Thornton, born 1654. He married Elizabeth Fleming.
Notes for Elizabeth Fleming:
There is a deed, Richmond County, from Rowland Thornton of Rappahonnock
County, planter, and wife Elizabeth, to Francis Thornton, of the same
county, gentleman. In May 1701, the bond of Elizabe

Elizabeth Rowland was born 1627 in Old Rappahannock [Richmond] Co., VA. She married William Thornton on 27 Mar 1648 in York Co., VA.

Luke Bellington married Elisia Russell.

Elisia Russell married Luke Bellington.

Richard de Clare 2nd Earl of Gloucester [Parents] ¹ was born 4 Aug 1222 in Gloucestershire, England. He died 15 Jul 1262 in Ashenfield Manor, Eschemerfield, Waltham, Kent, England and was buried 28 Jul 1262 in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucester, England. Richard married Maude de Lacy Countess of Gloucester on 25 Jan 1237/1238.

Richard 1230 Earl of Gloucester. He 1261 Joined with Simon de Montfort. He Leading member of reforming barons in England. He was employed in 6th Earl of Hertford, 2nd Earl of Gloucester. He was blessed in Earl Of Gloucester and Hertford. He 1230. He Earl Of Clare & Gloucester; Earl Of Hereford; Usk, Kilkenny.

Other marriages:

de Burgh, Margaret

According to the Encycopaedia Britannica: "the most powerful English
noble of his time"

2nd Earl of Gloucester

Maude de Lacy Countess of Gloucester [Parents] was born about 1223 in Lincoln, England. She died before 10 Mar 1288/1289. Maude married Richard de Clare 2nd Earl of Gloucester on 25 Jan 1237/1238.

Maude was employed in Countess of Gloucester.

Other marriages:

de Greneville, Geoffrey