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Family: John Thornton/Sarah Thurston (F7)

• Father | Male John Thornton, DD

  
  

  Born	Abt 1634	England
  Died	1695	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Buried
  Married
  Father	John Thornton, DD | F8 Group Sheet
  Mother	Joane Linch | F8 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Sarah Thurston

  
  

  Born	Abt 1638	Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
  Died	Aft 1692	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Buried
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Elizabeth Thornton

  
  

  Born	1660	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Died	14 Aug 1723	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Sarah Thornton

  
  

  Born	1662-1665	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Died	16 Apr 1714	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Male + John Thornton

  
  

  Born	1669	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Died	9 Jan 1716	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Buried
  Spouse	Dinah Steere | F42
  Married

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Thomas Thornton

  
  

  Born	1671	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Died	27 Mar 1711	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Buried

  
  

  Child 5 | Male William Thornton

  
  

  Born	1672	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Died	1713
  Buried

  
  

  Child 6 | Male Solomon Thornton

  
  

  Born	1673	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Died	18 Sep 1713	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Buried

  
  

  Child 7 | Male James Thornton

  
  

  Born	1679	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Died	1719
  Buried

  
  

  Child 8 | Male + Benjamin Thornton, DD

  
  

  Born	1681	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Died	Aft 1742	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Buried
  Spouse	Elizabeth Gurney | F6
  Married		Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

  
  

• Notes

  From Marcine Lohman in Ancestry Message Boards: John Thornton immigrated to Newport in 1648 at age 14 (not confirmed). Although this would seem to indicate that he was not born in Rhode Island but most likely England. I have later found a record of immigration stating that John Thornton immigrated in 1639 at the age of 5 with the primary immigrant also being named John Thornton (his father perhaps?) [Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s - 1900s, Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006,Place: Newport, Rhode Island, Year: 1639; page number: 288, Immigrated in 1639. The LDS Family Search site lists a John Thonreton christened 3 Aug 1634 in Cockerham, Lancashire, England with his father being John Thorneton. New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Volume IV Pages 2104-2105 THORNTON John Thornton, the immigrant ancestor, was an early settler in Newport, Rhode Island, and in 1639 was in the employ of John Coggeshall, of that town. He was one of the twelve members of the First Baptist Church who founded the organization, October 12, 1648, but removed to Providence where he was living in 1679, and died 1695. In 1680 he served as deputy to the general assembly, and between 1683 and 1692 deeded his lands to his sons. Children: John, mentioned below, Thomas, Solomon, Elizabeth, Sarah, James, Benjamin, and William.