Thornton, James B.

1684 - 1754  (70 years)

• Name	Thornton, James B.  [1]
  Born	1684	Pickhill, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Nov 1754	Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British America   [1]
  Buried	9 Nov 1754	Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I1185	Morrill-Elrod Tree
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Barnes, Jonathan,   b. 1761, Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
  Mother	Powers, Rebecca,   b. 30 Apr 1763, Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, British America ,   d. 1861, Nicholas, Kentucky, United States  (Age 97 years)
  Married	1784	Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
  Family ID	F609	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Thornton, James,   b. 15 Nov 1648, Wales, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 1722, Wiscasset, Lincoln, Maine, United States  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Smith, Nancy Elizabeth,   b. 1656, Bentham, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 1734, Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British America  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F1289	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jenkins, Elizabeth,   b. 3 Jun 1690, Londonderry, Londonderry, Ireland ,   d. 1741, Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States  (Age 50 years)
  Married	1707	Ireland
  Children	1. Thornton, James,   b. 1710, Londonderry, Londonderry, Ireland ,   d. 1783, Maine, United States  (Age 73 years)   2. Thornton, Andrew,   b. 1711, Londonderry, Londonderry, Ireland ,   d. 1790  (Age 79 years)   3. Thornton, Samuel,   b. 1712, Londonderry, Ireland + 4. Thornton, William,   b. 1713, Londonderry, Ireland ,   d. 1789  (Age 76 years) + 5. Thornton, Matthew MD, Esq.,   b. 1714, Londonderry, Ireland ,   d. 24 Jun 1803, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 89 years) + 6. Thornton, Agnes,   b. 1717, Londonderry, Londonderry, Ireland ,   d. 1774, Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York, United States  (Age 57 years) + 7. Thornton, William,   b. 1719, Wiscasser, Lincoln, Maine, United States ,   d. 1790, Thornton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States  (Age 71 years) + 8. Thornton, Samuel,   b. 1722, Of Wiscasset, Lincoln, Maine, United States ,   d. 1796  (Age 74 years) + 9. Thornton, Hannah,   c. 20 Mar 1725, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 17 Aug 1814, East Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States  (Age ~ 89 years) + 10. Thornton, Eliza,   b. 1727, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 1814  (Age 87 years)   11. Thornton, Esther,   b. 1727, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 17 Aug 1814, Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States  (Age 87 years)   12. Slocomb, Joshua,   b. 14 Nov 1820, Mount Hanley, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 1831  (Age 10 years)
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2026
  Family ID	F643	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Katherine,   b. 1685, Ireland
  Married	1720	Ireland
  Children	+ 1. Thornton, Hannah,   c. 20 Mar 1725, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 17 Aug 1814, East Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States  (Age ~ 89 years)   2. Thornton, Esther,   c. 20 Mar 1726, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America ,   d. 4 Dec 1746, Pelham, Massachusetts, United States  (Age ~ 20 years) + 3. Willard, Ephraim,   b. 5 Jan 1783, Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 22 Nov 1838, Saint Andrews, Charlotte, New Brunswick Canada  (Age 55 years)
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2026
  Family ID	F644	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 2 Jun 2017), entry for James Thornton, person ID LKMX-VJH.