Elizabeth Thornton

Elizabeth Thornton is seen as a daughter of John ‘the immigrant’ Rowland & Margaret Overed without supporting evidence, and surname Rowland is likewise undocumented.

Elizabeth Rowland?

• Birth: 1627 in Yorkshire, England
• Husband: William Thornton
• Death: in Stafford County, Virginia

Married:

1. 27 MAR 1648 in Stafford County, Virginia to William Thornton b: 1620 in "The Hills", Yorkshire, England; his 2nd wife

5 children born in Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia

1. William b: 27 MAR 1649. Married 1) Elizabeth FitzHugh 2) Prudence Willis 3) Jane Presley
2. Thomas b: ABT 1651.
3. Francis b: 5 NOV 1651. Married 1) Alice Savage 2) Jane (Baldridge?) 3) Ann, widow Riding
4. Rowland b: 1654. Married Elizabeth Fleming
5. Esther b: 1655.

Notes

On November 4, 1679, William issued the below deed to his wife, Elizabeth in Rappahannock County, Virginia. (4)
William Thornton to his wife, Elizabeth (NOTE: Spelling updated to current practice)

November 4, 1679 Know all men by these presents that I, William Thornton for the consideration of the acknowledgement of the thirds or dower my wife, Elizabeth Thornton, now has or hereafter may have of and to one dividend of six hundred acres of land sold to Mr. Waters and his heirs, have given, granted, bargained, sold, aliened, feeoffeed and confirmed unto my said now wife, one mare about three years old also a sorrel color, whitish in the forehead and marked with a hole in the right ear.

And also one yearling cow calf marked with two cross and two shoats natural marked, being black with a white face. To have and to hold the said mare and her increase (except one weanable foal), such as the said William Thornton or his heirs or assigns shall at any time hereafter make choice of happens to have fallen so from the above said mare, upon such demand as the said Thornton or his assigns shall make together with the so above said yearling cow calf, with all their & every of their increase, unto the aforesaid Elizabeth Thornton & to her own proper use, & to her heirs and assigns forever (except as before excepted)……. all of him the said William Thornton, his heirs or assigns, or any other person claiming from by or under him, them any of them.

In witness whereof I have here unto set both my hand & seal this 4th day of November 1679. Sealed & delivered in fee (S) William Thornton
(SEAL)
Recorded in Circuit Court Rappahannock
anno 1649 Edmo. Craske Cl Cur

Sources

1. W.G. Stanard. "The Thornton Family.". William & Mary Quarterly, Vol 4, No. 2 (Oct 1895). Pages 89-93. PDF doc.

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&... Notes: Source: Millennium File Ancestry.com : U. S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 1673.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CCC Ancestry.com : Family Data Collection - Births Ancestry.com : Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry.com :
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rowland-373

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• .... etc.
• 5. JAMES4 STARK (JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1695 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, and died April 12, 1754 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia. He married ELIZABETH (STARK) THORNTON 1716 in Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, daughter of WILLIAM THORNTON and ELIZABETH ROWLAND. She was born 1696 in , , Scotland or Wales, and died Bet. 1773 - 1776 in , Stafford, Virginia.
• More About JAMES STARK and ELIZABETH THORNTON:
• Marriage: 1716, Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire
• Children of JAMES STARK and ELIZABETH THORNTON are:
  • 7. i. JAMES5 STARK, b. 1719, , , Scotland or , Stafford, Virginia; d. May 6, 1761, South Carolina.
  • 8. ii. THOMAS STARK, b. 1721, , Stafford, Virginia; d. 1802, , Robertson, Tennessee.
  • 9. iii. JEREMIAH STARK, b. June 11, 1722, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia; d. July 23, 1805, , Stafford, Virginia.
  • 10. iv. WILLIAM STARK, b. Bet. 1725 - 1726, , Stafford, Virginia; d. 1772, , Loudoun, Virginia.
  • v. MARY STARK, b. 1727, , Stafford, Virginia.
  • vi. SUSANNA STARK, b. 1729, , Stafford, Virginia; d. Aft. 1776.
  • 11. vii. ELIZABETH (CHRISTIAN) STARK, b. 1730, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia; d. 1789, , Augusta, Virginia.
  • viii. SARAH STARK, b. August 23, 1731, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia.
  • ix. JANE STARK, b. February 8, 1732/33, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia.
  • 12. x. DANIEL STARK, b. May 30, 1733, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia.
  • xi. JEAN/JANE STARK, b. February 22, 1733/34, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia.
  • 13. xii. JAMES STARK, b. 1736, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia or Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland?.
  • xiii. ANNE STARK, b. February 9, 1735/36, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia; d. ABT 1762, , Stafford, Virginia.
  • xiv. BENJAMIN STARK, b. August 27, 1738, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia; d. 1762, , Stafford, Virginia.
  • xv. DONALD STARK, b. May 30, 1744, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia; d. ABT 1817, , Spotsylvania, Virginia.
  • xvi. ISABELLA STARK, b. June 25, 1746, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia.
  • xvii. LYDIA STARK, b. August 31, 1748, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia.
  • xviii. JOHN STARK, b. January 29, 1751/52, Virginia?; d. May 6, 1761, Stafford, Stafford, Virginia; m. HOWSON (STARK) PORTER; b. ABT 1730, , Stafford, Virginia; d. April 11, 1755, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia.
• .... etc.
• From: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~heatonstark/genealog... ________________________________
• http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?rec...

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