Thornton, James, 1785-1858
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Thornton, James, 1785-1858
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Thornton
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James
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1785-1858
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James Thornton was a Quaker farmer from Byberry, Philadelphia. He was born in April 1785 to Joseph Thornton and Hannah Haines Thornton. His father died when James was 5, and his mother remarried 7 years later to widower Peter Yarnall, who died a year after the wedding. In 1818 Thornton married Rebecca Stokes, daughter of Dr. John H. Stokes and Ann Evans. He died in 1858.
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