Anne Jane Thornton
Female, Deceased Person
1817 – 1877
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Who was Anne Jane Thornton?
Anne Jane Thornton, also spelt Ann Jane Thornton, was a 19th-century adventurer from Donegal who in 1832 posed as a boy to go to sea, in pursuit of a lost lover who had gone to the United States. She continued her career as a seaman until her arrival in London in 1835, when she was interviewed by the Lord Mayor of London. She later wrote a book about her adventures.
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