Presley Thornton
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 256 years ago |
Date of birth | January 1,1721 |
Born | King George County |
Virginia | |
United States | |
Died | Northumberland County |
Virginia | |
United States | |
Date of died | December 8,1769 |
Children | Charles Wade Thornton |
Grandparents | Francis Thornton |
Winifred Presley | |
Alice Savage | |
Great grandparent | William Thornton |
Sarah Constable | |
Anthony Savage | |
Winifred Griffin | |
Parents | Anthony Thornton |
Winifred Thornton | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 4612518 |
Presley Thornton Life story
Presley Thornton was a planter and public official in Colonial Virginia. Thornton was a member of the House of Burgesses for Northumberland County from 1748 to 1749 and 1752 to 1761. He was the great-grandson of William Thornton, who had arrived in Virginia from England as late as 1646, settling in Gloucester County.