Francis Thornton Sr. was born 5 November 1651 in VA and died 10 May 1726.

On November 20, 1678, Captain Anthony Savage, of the upper precinct of Sittingbourne parish, conveyed to Francis Thornton and Alice Savage Thornton, his wife, 300 acres to be divided from the tract he then lived on of 1,000 acres, called Mongoheocaia with division to granddaughter, Margaret Thornton, who afterward married Wm. Strother, Jr., son of the first William and his wife Dorothy. In 1727, William Strother, Jr., and his wife, Margaret Thornton, conveyed this land to their son, William Strother, of "Stafford," who married Margaret Watts (Register, KY Hist Soc, May 1911).

 

He married Alice Savage. She was born 1655 and died 1700. She was the daughter of Captain Anthony Savage and Alice Stafford. Go to the Savage line here.

Their children were:

Colonel Francis Thornton (born 4 June 1682 in Stafford, VA)

 

 

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