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Silas Thornton

Silas Thornton

Male 1790 - Bef 1850  (< 59 years)

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  • Name Silas Thornton 
    Birth 24 Sep 1790  Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Bef Jun 1850 
    Person ID I9868  Whipple Descendants
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2010 

    Father Solomon Thornton, 2nd,   b. Abt 1755, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1832, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Waterman,   b. 16 Feb 1759, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 1837, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 31 Mar 1782  Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5761  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruth Whipple,   b. 4 May 1805, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Jun 1870, of, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 65 years) 
    Children 
     1. Charles Ruttenburg Thornton,   b. Abt Mar 1823, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1825, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 2 years)
    +2. Lydia B. Thornton,   b. Abt 1825, , , Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Jun 1880, of, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 55 years)
    +3. Arthur W. Thornton,   b. Abt 1831, , , Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between Jun 1870 and Jun 1880 (Age ~ 39 years)
     4. Phebe Almy Thornton,   b. 6 Apr 1834, , , Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1903, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    +5. Abbie Frances Thornton,   b. 7 Mar 1844, , , Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1911, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F5759  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Sep 1790 - Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • !SOURCE: Henry E. Whipple, A Brief Genealogy of the Whipple Families Who Settled in Rhode Island (Providence: A. Crawford Greene, 1873), p. 26.

      !SOURCE: "Descendants of Mary Whipple," email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 13 May 2003. Cites Descendants of Roger Williams, Book I (birth).

      !SOURCE: "Descendants of Ruth Whipple," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 15 Oct 2010. Confirms information submitted 13 May 2003.


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