Robert Sheldon Thornton

1819 -

• Name	Robert Sheldon Thornton
  Birth	31 Oct 1819
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Smithville Cemetery, Greenville Road, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
  Person ID	I19950	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2010

  
  

  Father	Ethan Thornton,   b. Abt 1786   d. 20 May 1862, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 76 years)
  Mother	Esther Merithew,   b. 8 Feb 1792   d. 29 Aug 1873, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F10584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Patience Olney,   b. 17 May 1820, of, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
  Marriage	15 Oct 1846	Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F10583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Ann Smith,   b. Abt 1829, prob, Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island d. 23 Jul 1913, East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 84 years)
  Marriage	13 Jun 1849	Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
  Children	1. Josephine Thornton
  Family ID	F10579	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Smithville Cemetery, Greenville Road, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island Marriage - 15 Oct 1846 - Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island Marriage - 13 Jun 1849 - Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: "John Smith, the Miller, of Providence Rhode Island: Some of His Descendants," by Charles William Farnham, in _Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from Rhode Island Periodicals_ (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2:144. !SOURCE: "Descendants of Philip Mowry," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 28 Apr 2007. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850 (marriage to Patience Olney). !SOURCE: "Descendants of Stephen Smith," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 24 Sep 2010. Adds full middle name, birth date, burial place, and marriage to Sarah Ann Smith. Cites Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916 (birth, marriage to Sarah Ann Smith); Rhode Island Cemeteries Database (burial).