Ancestry of General
George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
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- 3rd Great-grandfather of George S. Patton — 6th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 44
- Father:
- Francis Thornton III
- Mother:
- Frances Gregory
- Birth Date:
- ABT 1742
- Birth Location:
- Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- ABT 1800
- Death Location:
- Montpelier, Orange, Virginia
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Spouse Name:
- Martha Stuart
- Marriage Date:
- 11 May 1775
- Marriage Location:
- St. Paul's Parish, Stafford-King George Counties, Virginia
- Child:
William Thorton Jr. (Ahnentafel No:22 )
William Thornton
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Sources for William Thornton
- 1 Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A114908.
- 2 NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1987, Vol. 4, p. 27.
- 3 Nicklin, John Bailey Calvert, comp., St. Paul's Parish Register: Stafford-King George Counties, Virginia, 1715-1798, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2009), Page 65, Marriage record for William Thornton and Martha Stuart.
- 4 Northen, William J., ed., Men of Mark in Georgia: A Complete and Elaborate History of the State from its Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. 5, Atlanta, Georgia: A.B. Caldwell, Publisher (1910), 190.
- 5 Stanard, W. G., "The Thornton Family", The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 3 (January 1896), 159.
- 6 Stanard, W. G., "The Thornton Family", The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 1 (July 1896), 60.