'Thornton4'
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Families covered: Thornton of Birkin, Thornton of Clapham Thornton of Thornton (Cheshire)
[We are not aware of there being any connection between the families shown below. They share the page for our convenience.]
| Robert Thornton (d 1665, rector of Birkin, Yorkshire) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Thornton (b 09.02.1623, d 02.02.1697, rector of Birkin) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Clara (d 1696) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Thornton of Hull (b 12.05.1664, d 26.09.1731) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1689) Jane Field (b 21.12.1666, d 28.10.1728, dau/heir of John Field of Hull by Sarah, dau of Robert Wood of Monk Bretton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Thornton of London (b 18.05.1692, d 02.01.1747, banker) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Hannah Swynoke | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Thornton of Clapham (b 04.04.1720, d 07.11.1790) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.11.1753) Lucy Watson (b 20.05.1722, d 11.1785, dau/heir of Samuel Watson of Hull) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Samuel Thornton of Clapham & Albury Park (Sussex) (b 16.11.1754, d 03.07.1838, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.12.1780) Elizabeth Milnes (dau of Robert Milnes of Wakefield) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Jane Thornton (b 06.12.1788) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1813) Richard Mee Raikes | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Harriet Thornton (b 11.02.1791, d 26.07.1832) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.09.1812) John Thornton Leslie-Melville, 9th Earl of Leven, 8th Earl of Melville (b 1786, d 1876, cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - Henry (d infant), John (b 31.10.1783), Henry (b 09.02.1792), Samuel (b 02.03.1797), Eliza (b 08.1782, d 05.1802), Harriet (d infant), Lucy (b 16.12.1784), Esther Maria (b 03.06.1786) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Robert Thornton (b 09.01.1759, dsp 16.03.1826, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.09.1786) Maria Eyre (dau of Charles Eyre of Clapham) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Henry Thornton (b 10.03.1760, d 16.01.1815, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.03.1796) Mary Anne Sykes (dau of Joseph Sykes of Kirk Ella (West Ella)) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - Henry Sykes, Watson Joseph, Mary Anne (b 03.1797), Lucy Jane, Isabella | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Jane Thornton (b 11.02.1757, d 13.02.1818) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.08.1784) Alexander Leslie-Melville, 7th Earl of Leven, 6th Earl of Melville (b 1749, d 1820) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1733) Jane Newby (dau of Charles Newby of Hooton Roberts) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Sarah Thornton | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Wilberforce of Hull | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - William of Hull, Godfrey | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Margaret Thornton (b 1653-4, d 12.06.1697) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Bankes (vicar of Hull) | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue (d unm) - Thomas, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
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| Randoll (Randle le Roter) of Thornton(-le-Moors), Cheshire | |||||||||||||||
| m. Ciceley or Avice or Amicia Kingesley (dau of Richard de Kingesley) called Cicely in Visitation ('Pro Hatton') but Avice in Visitation ('Done'), Amicia by Ormerod | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Piers Thornton | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Randoll Thornton | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Piers Thornton of Thornton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lucia Hellesby (dau of Sir William Hellesby) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Ellin Thornton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas de Dutton of Dutton, Sheriff of Cheshire (b 1314/5, d 1381) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Thornton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hamon Fitton of Bollin | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Mary Thornton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Colborne | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Emma Thornton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hugh de Weverham | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Maud Thornton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Beeston | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Beatrix Thornton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Samsbury or Sambury | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Cicely Thornton | ||||||||||||||
| m. David de Egerton (son of Phillip de Malpas) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Alice Thornton possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard de Hellesby (dvp before 1270) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 12.01.16) : FMG (vol 1, MS63, 'Thornton', p139+)
(2) For lower section (originally uploaded
27.08.05 to a Temporary page, moved here 04.04.22) : Visitation (Cheshire, 1580, 'Pro Hatton'), Visitation (Cheshire, 1580, 'Done')
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