The Cochrane & Allied Families

Cochranes from Scotland to Colonial Virginia (c 1760), to Kentucky (1811), to Kansas (1859) and beyond. Allied families to the United States from England, Scotland, Ireland and Switzerland.

THORNTON, Col. Francis III and GREGORY, Frances Family

• Male THORNTON, Col. Francis III

  
  

  Birth	7 Apr 1714	Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	11 Nov 1748	Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Burial		Thornton, Forbes & Washington Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
  Marriage	3 Sep 1736  [1, 2, 3]	Spotsylvania County, Colony of Virginia, UK  [1, 2, 3]
  Father	THORNTON, Col. Francis Jr. | F317 Group Sheet
  Mother	TALIAFERRO, Mary Elizabeth | F317 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female GREGORY, Frances

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1718	Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	22 Jan 1790	Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
  Burial
  Father	GREGORY, Roger | F1531 Group Sheet
  Mother	WASHINGTON, Mildred Warner | F1531 Group Sheet

  
  

  Male THORNTON, Col. William

  
  

  Birth
  Death	Yes, date unknown
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  Female THORNTON, Mary

  
  

  Birth
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial

  
  

  Female + THORNTON, Mildred

  
  

  Birth	22 Jun 1736	Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	28 Oct 1804
  Burial		Charles Washington Family Cemetery, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia, USA
  Spouse	WASHINGTON, Col. Charles | F1538
  Marriage	Abt 1761

  
  

  Male THORNTON, George

  
  

  Birth	6 Dec 1737	Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	30 Apr 1781	Virginia, USA
  Burial

  
  

  Male THORNTON, Francis IV

  
  

  Birth	1738
  Death	1795	Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
  Burial

  
  

  Male THORNTON, Col. John

  
  

  Birth	1743	Spotsylvania County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Death	22 Feb 1822	Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
  Burial

  
  

• Sources

  [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015), ID #: I37949, Francis Thornton III; Various Meriwether Society sources. [S634] Holdridge Ozro Collins, Book - Washington Family Genealogy (Hathi Trust), (Los Angeles, California: The Society Sons of the Revolution in the State of California, 1900.), 18 Jun 2015, p 12. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015<, Memorial #82218856, Col. Francis Thornton III.