Rowland Thornton

  Notes and Events:

• Relationship: g6 grandfather.

• of: Crowes, King George Co., VA.

• Will, 21 Sep 1741, King George Co., VA. Probated (Proved) 5 March 1741/2, Part of index to wills not listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations, 1632-1800 (Torrence). The Library of Virginia

• Note. Rowland Thornton was a vestryman of Hanover Parish between the years 1723 and 1779

• Source Note. [Meade, William. Old Churches, Ministers, and Families of Virginia, Volume II. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1857.]
[Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume II, Essex County, Wills and Deeds, 1714-1717, Page 46]
[Family Archive #503 Genealogical Records: Virginia Colonial Records, 1600s-1700s, English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records, County Officers, Page 47 ]

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Rowland married Elizabeth Catlett, daughter of John Catlett, Jr and Elizabeth Gaines. (Elizabeth Catlett was born on 6 Sep 1689 and died in 1751.)