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    William Thornton

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    • 3rd Great-grandfather of George S. Patton — 6th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 44 
    • Birth Date:
    • ABT 1742 
    • Birth Location:
    • Spotsylvania County, Virginia 
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    • Death Date:
    • ABT 1800 
    • Death Location:
    • Montpelier, Orange, Virginia 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • 11 May 1775 
    • Marriage Location:
    • St. Paul's Parish, Stafford-King George Counties, Virginia 

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  • Sources for William Thornton

    • 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.