Mark
Thornton
Born in Farnham, Richmond, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Luther Thornton Sr.
and Anne (Hall) Thornton
Brother of
Elizabeth (Thornton) Nash, Matthew Thornton, Ann (Thornton) Mountjoy [half], Thomas Thornton Sr and Luke Thornton Jr.
Husband of
Mary (Bruce) Thornton
— married
1712 in Farnham, Richmond, Colony of Virginia
Descendants 
Died
at about age 34
in Farnham, Richmond, Virginia
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Sep 2012
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Biography
Mark Thornton was born on 23 Sep 1686 in Farnham, Richmond, Virginia to parents Luke Thornton and Ann Hall.
Possible marriage to Mary Bruce (1692-1721) with children Mark, Mary, John, Luke, Thomas Luke. (Conflicts with her possible marriage to Henry Thomas Floyd.)
Mark died about 1721 in Farnham, Richmond, Virginia.
Mark Thornton is mentioned in the will of Mary Bruce's father Henry: "I give devise and bequeath unto my four sons Andrew, John, Joseph and Benjamin all and singular my lands tenements and herediments whatsoever and wheresoever to be equally divided between them in manner following, viz, my son Andrew to have that plantation where my father and myself formerly lived, my son John to have the plantation whereon Mark Thornton formerly lived my son Joseph to have his part between the great poquoson and the beaver dam branch and my son Benjamin to have the plantation whereon I now live..."
Mark was born in 1686. He passed away in 1721.
Sources
- Virginia Extracted Vital Records, Mark Thornton born 23 Sep 1686 to parents Luke and Anne Thornton
- Will of Henry Bruce, Richmond County Will Book 5 p 72 frame 52/390
- Ancestry.com personal tree, familysearch, findagrave.org, and proven by dna at the Thornton project at FTDNA.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mark by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mark by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Gregory Rose
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup I-FGC23560, FTDNA kit #356330 - Jeff Rose :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup I-M253, FTDNA kit #481844
- Mark Rose :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I-M253, FTDNA kit #947581
- Bill Thornton :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I-FGC22115, FTDNA kit #B184570 +
Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup I-FGC22115
- Declan Thornton :
Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup I-FGC22115
-
~1.56%
Martha (Mathews) Meador :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JMartinBall
-
~0.78%
Alice (Littrell) Amelung :
23andMe, GEDmatch AA8165501 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Emmett Peachey :
23andMe, GEDmatch T396376 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T396376 [compare], Ancestry member krpeachey
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T396376 [compare], FTDNA kit #87139
+
MyHeritage DNA
+
Living DNA, GEDmatch T396376 [compare]
-
~0.39%
B.j. Roberson :
23andMe, GEDmatch A778495 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Bill Thornton :
23andMe, GEDmatch M272139 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Donnie Hardee :
23andMe
-
~0.39%
Myrtle (Boyd) Street :
23andMe, GEDmatch WR5548552 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WR5548552 [compare], Ancestry member Myrtle_Street
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~0.39%
Marcine (Amelung) Lohman :
23andMe, GEDmatch PW3887390 [compare], yourDNAportal MARc03dd44a, FTDNA kit #284085
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TA9090948 [compare], yourDNAportal MARc03dd44a, Ancestry member Marcine_Lohman2
-
~0.39%
Ruth (Peachey) Kittle :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Dona (Marriott) Donaldson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch 872553 [compare], Ancestry member Dona_Donaldson
-
~0.39%
Shirley (Peachey) Haynes :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A820973 [compare], Ancestry member krpeachey
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A820973 [compare], FTDNA kit #300329
-
~0.39%
Rick Elliott :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
John Hanks :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A502564 [compare], Ancestry member Haguyman9
-
~0.39%
Daniel Bowden :
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
-
~0.39%
Norman McGill :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A703822 [compare], Ancestry member kathleenmichael1
-
~0.39%
Lisa (Allen) Hall :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lisannhall
-
~0.39%
Sandy Belk :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SN9896141 [compare], Ancestry member SBC052
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch SN9896141 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Timothy Manning :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FR5745427 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Frances Sims :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F302991 [compare], FTDNA kit #302991
-
~0.39%
David Gleason :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T355977 [compare], FTDNA kit #257562
-
~0.39%
Edwin Peachey :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
-
~0.39%
Jerry Compton :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch YE5896343 [compare], FTDNA kit #Mk47076
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~0.39%
Donna (McGill) Perkins :
Living DNA
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