Whipple Database
Database of the Whipple One-Name Study (WONS)
Silas Thornton
1790 - Bef 1850 (< 59 years)-
Name Silas Thornton Birth 24 Sep 1790 Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island 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 d. 1 Mar 1832, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 77 years) Mother Elizabeth Waterman, b. 16 Feb 1759, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island d. 8 May 1837, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 78 years) Marriage 31 Mar 1782 Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island Family ID F5761 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ruth Whipple, b. 4 May 1805, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island d. Aft Jun 1870, of, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island (Age > 65 years) Children 1. Charles Ruttenburg Thornton, b. Abt Mar 1823, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island d. 20 Dec 1825, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 2 years) + 2. Lydia B. Thornton, b. Abt 1825, , , Rhode Island d. Aft Jun 1880, of, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 55 years) + 3. Arthur W. Thornton, b. Abt 1831, , , Rhode Island d. Between Jun 1870 and Jun 1880 (Age ~ 39 years) 4. Phebe Almy Thornton, b. 6 Apr 1834, , , Rhode Island d. 5 Nov 1903, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 69 years) + 5. Abbie Frances Thornton, b. 7 Mar 1844, , , Rhode Island d. 5 Aug 1911, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 67 years) Family ID F5759 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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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.
- !SOURCE: Henry E. Whipple, A Brief Genealogy of the Whipple Families Who Settled in Rhode Island (Providence: A. Crawford Greene, 1873), p. 26.