THORNTON Family

  Generation One:

Surname: THORNTON

Surnames 'married' into: CLARKE  - CREASE - EGGLESTON - MORRIS - SOLOMON - THORN? - TUCKER

Our main foreparents (so far):

Samuel THORNTON                    Parents

Born: circa 1782, possibly Barnsley, WRY, England
Died: 15th March 1842, Sydney, NSW, Australia (aged 60)

married: circa 1810, London, England

Sarah ? (alias THORN)                 Parents

Born: circa 1790, London, England
Died: 23rd November 1827, Sydney, NSW, Australia (aged 36)

Children:

1. --?-- THORNTON (circa 1810, London, England - ?)
2. Sarah Lydia THORNTON (1812-1898)
3. Samuel THORNTON (23 June 1814, at sea before Australia - 20 November 1839, at sea, Port Jackson, NSW, Australia)
4. Margaret THORNTON (1816 - ?)
5. George Augusta THORNTON (1819-1901)
6. Mary Ann THORNTON (circa 1821 - ?)
7. Edward THORNTON (1824-1884)

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Generation Two:

2. Sarah Lydia THORNTON

Born: 19 March 1812, London/Yorkshire, England
Died: 13 August 1898, Tupper St Marrickville, NSW, Aust. (aged 86)

married: 29 March 1830, St John's, Parramatta, NSW, Aust.

John Humphrey MORRIS                      Parents

Born: circa 1792, England
Died: 21 August 1867, Piper St Woollahra, NSW, Aust. (aged 75 from disease of liver)

Children: Margaret Sarah, John Humphrey, Hannah, Sarah Lydia, Samuel Thornton Augustus Kennedy & Emily Jane.

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Born: 1816, Sydney, Aust.
Died: 2 January 1884, North Sydney, NSW

married: October 1839, St Phillip's, Sydney, NSW

William TUCKER                    Parents

Born: 2 January 1814, Exeter, Devonshire, England
Died: 26 March 1888, North Sydney, NSW

Children: (9) Frederick Thornton, Emily Thornton, Alice Margaret, Fanny L, William G H, Herbert C, George H & Walter C C.

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5. George Augusta THORNTON

Born: 23 December 1819, Sydney, NSW, Aust.
Died: 23 November 1901, Parramatta, NSW, Aust. (Aged 82)

married: 1840, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Mary Ann SOLOMON                    Parents

Born:
Died:

Children: Amelia Elizabeth, George William & Frances (Fanny) M.

Other relationships:

Mistress 1: Henrietta CREASE (aka Mrs BLACK)     Parents
                    Born: 1859
                    Died: 1910

                    Children: Violet Augusta, Henrietta (Hettie) & Winifred

Mistress 2: ?
                    Born:
                    Died:

                    Son: ?

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6. Mary Ann THORNTON

Born: 20 November 1921, Sydney, NSW, Aust.
Died: 1906, St Leonards, NSW

married: 1841, Sydney (St. Lawrence)

John H EGGLESTON                    Parents

Born: ?
Died: ? (Possibly in America)

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7. Edward THORNTON

Born: 6 June 1824, Sydney, Aust.
Died: 19 April 1884, Surry Hills, NSW, Aust. (Aged 59)

married: 15 June 1874, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Annie CLARKE                                             Parents

Born: 28 April 1850, Perth, WA, Aust.
Died: 1 August 1880, NSW, Aust. (Aged 30)

Children: Samuel, Sarah (Sallie) & Alice Margaret.

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