Alice Wandesford Thornton papers, 1629-1669 (inclusive) [microform].

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Alice Wandesford Thornton papers, 1629-1669 (inclusive) [microform].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80749622

The papers consist of an autobiography detailing the events in the life of Alice Wandesford Thornton, including her illnesses, life in London and Dublin, births of children, deaths of family members, and religious experiences.

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Thornton, Alice Wandesford, 1627-1707.

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Alice Thornton (1626/7-1707) was the fifth child of Christopher Wandesford and Alice Osborne, both from prominent Yorkshire families. Her father was Lord Deputy of Ireland at the time of his death in 1640, after which her mother moved the family back to England. In 1651 Alice Wandesford married William Thornton, with whom she spent a financially straitened life. She bore nine children between 1652-1667, only three of whom survived to adulthood. From the description of Alice Wandesfor...