Generation No. 1
1. William1 Thornton was born Abt. 1781 in North Carolina, and died Abt. 1859 in Simpson County, KY. He married Mary Elizabeth ? in North Carolina. She was born Abt. 1791 in North Carolina, and died in Simpson County, KY.
Notes for William Thornton:
By 1850 the William Thornton (69) household had made it to Simpson County, Kentucky, from where I would begin construction on this genealogy. In his household, we find his wife, Mary (59), as well as Margaret (30), Nancy (28), William H (23), and James (22). They lived next door to the Dinkins family from which William H Thornton would later find his wife, Martha J Dinkins. William and Mary's older sons lived nearby: Benton (37) and Elizabeth (27) had four young children, aged 2 to 10, and Allen (27) and Polly (22) had only Mary Elizabeth, 6 months old.
Children of William Thornton and Mary ? are:
2. i. Robert Benton2 Thornton, b. Abt. 1815, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1880, Warren County, KY.
ii. Margaret Thornton, b. Abt. 1819.
3. iii. Allen Ellis Thornton, b. December 10, 1821, North Carolina; d. April 29, 1899, Simpson County, KY.
iv. Nancy Thornton, b. Abt. 1822, North Carolina.
4. v. William Haywood Thornton, b. Abt. 1829, North Carolina; d. Bef. 1900, Allen County, Kentucky.
5. vi. James Allen Thornton, b. Abt. 1830, North Carolina; d. Bef. 1900, Simpson County, KY.
vii. ? Thornton, b. Abt. 1820. Female, listed on 1820, 1830, and 1840 Censuses
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The following marriage bond was recorded in Caswell Co. NC. Was this Robert Benton Thornton and his first wife?
Robert B Thornton
Gender: Male
Spouse: Susan F Smith
Spouse Gender: Female
Bond date: 2 Nov 1833
Bond #: 000018633
County: Caswell
Record #: 01 309
Bondsman: James F. Callow
Witness: Paul A. Haralson
The 1840 Jackson Co. TN census lists William with a wife who seems too old to be Elizabeth Smith. Could it be William with Susan? If so, were the two women related?
Vickie Elam White
histo.sleuth@gmail.com
Oops, I mean the 1840 census lists a wife too old to be Susan. Could it be William with Elizabeth?
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