Whipple Database
Database of the Whipple One-Name Study (WONS)
Daniel Thornton
1733 - 1793 (59 years)-
Name Daniel Thornton Birth 11 Nov 1733 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Gender Male Death 14 Jul 1793 Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island Burial Thornton Lot, Atwood Avenue (Route 5), Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island Person ID I6277 Whipple Descendants Last Modified 18 Nov 2009
Father John Thornton, b. Abt 1690, of, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 16 Aug 1745, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 55 years) Mother Abigail Clemence, b. 4 Dec 1695, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. Abt 6 Jul 1782, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 86 years) Marriage 7 Jun 1716 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Family ID F3523 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Susanna Pearce, b. 1736, prob, North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island d. 3 Jan 1819, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 83 years) Marriage 1753 , , Rhode Island Children + 1. Ephraim Thornton, b. 17 Jan 1754, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island d. Bef 18 Jun 1793, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island (Age < 39 years) 2. Susanna Thornton, b. Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island + 3. Solomon Thornton, 2nd, b. Abt 1755, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island d. 1 Mar 1832, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 77 years) + 4. Anstis Thornton, b. Aft 1759, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island d. 16 Jan 1832, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island (Age < 71 years) + 5. Mehitable Thornton, b. 1763, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island d. 19 May 1825, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 62 years) + 6. Abigail Thornton, b. 13 Oct 1765, of, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island d. 1 Aug 1844, , , Rhode Island (Age 78 years) + 7. Henrietta Thornton, b. Abt 1775 d. 16 Mar 1846, , , Rhode Island (Age ~ 71 years) + 8. Dinah Thornton, b. Abt 1777, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island d. 26 Oct 1839, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 62 years) Family ID F3570 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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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., 1983), 2:8.
!SOURCE: "Descendants of Mary Whipple," email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 13 May 2003.
!SOURCE: "Descendants of Daniel Thornton," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 23 Jun 2003. Cites Abstracts of Johnston, RI Wills by Nellie M. Beaman, RI Genealogical Register, April 1981, which reads:THORNTON, Daniel, of Johnston, yeoman. Will dated 18 June 1793, he died 14 July 1793, pgs 274-278. Mentions: wife Susannah {Pearce} Thornton. Sons Ephraim Thornton dec. & Solomon Thornton. Daughters Anstis Arnold, Mehitable, Abigail, Susanna, Henritta, & Dinah--no surnames last 5. Granddaughter Amey Thornton under 21 daughter of Ephraim Thornton dec. 5 Grandchildren, children of my son Ephraim, viz: Daniel, Jencks, Waterman, Ephraim, & Charles under 21. Grandchildren Benoni Thornton & William Thornton both under 21. Daughter-in-law Alce Thornton who recd privilege of living in my sons Ephraim's house. Brother-in-law Charles Dyer co exec. with wife.
Also cites Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850 (birth [11 Nov 1733 in Providence, RI]); DAR Lineage Books (birth [1734 in Providence], marriage); Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index (birth [1734 in Providence], death, burial).
!SOURCE: Email from Matthew Fatale (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 4 Sep 2007. Cites a photograph of Daniel's gravestone, which gives his birth date as 9 Nov 1734.
!SOURCE: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, vol. 2, Providence, part 1, p. 249. Gives birth 11 Nov 1734.
- !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., 1983), 2:8.