William Thornton
Deceased Person
1717 – 1790
Who was William Thornton?
William Thornton was a planter and public official in Colonial Virginia. Thornton served as member of the House of Burgesses for Brunswick County from 1756–68 and as justice of the county and of the quorum as early as 1760 and as late as 1774/5. Thornton was the great-grandson of William Thornton who arrived in Virginia from England as late as 1646 settling in Gloucester County, Virginia. He was through his paternal line a cousin of fellow burgesses, Francis Thornton of Spotsylvania, Presley Thornton of Northumberland, George Thornton of Spotsylvania, William Thornton of King George and William Thornton of Richmond County, Virginia. In addition to his fellow burgesses he was a distant cousin of the future Presidents James Madison and Zachary Taylor.
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- Born
- Dec 20, 1717
United States of America - Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- 1790
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on July 23, 2013
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