Davis Uriah I | Born 1707

TALIAFERRO, Mary

Female 1686 -


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  • Name TALIAFERRO, Mary  [1, 2, 3
    Born 1686  Powhatan Plantation, Essex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Snow Creek, Frederick County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8442  Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2018 

    Father TALIAFERRO, John Col.,   b. 1656, Gloucester County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1720, Essex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother SMITH, Sarah,   b. 1661, Essex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1720  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 1682  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2970  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family THORNTON, Francis,   b. 4/04 Jan 1681/1682, Fall Hill, Gloucester County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1757 and 1758, Snow Creek, Frederick County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 3 Sep 1703  Snow Creek, Essex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. THORNTON, Francis,   b. 7 Apr 1704, Snow Creek, Essex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 5 Sep 1749, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 45 years)
     2. THORNTON, Alice Catlett,   b. 1708,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. THORNTON, John,   b. 1710,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. THORNTON, Elizabeth Mary,   b. Abt 1713,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. THORNTON, Reuben,   b. 1717,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. THORNTON, Sarah,   b. 1719,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. THORNTON, Rowland,   b. Abt 1720,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. THORNTON, Mildred,   b. 21/21 Mar 1720/1721
     9. THORNTON, Lydia,   b. Abt 1723, Fauquier County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. THORNTON, Ann,   b. 1726,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. THORNTON, William Monpelier,   b. Abt 1730,   d. Yes, date unknown
     12. THORNTON, Lucy Eliza,   b. Bef 1733,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 
    Family ID F1618  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 


    • Mary Taliaferro was born in Old Rappahannock County because Essex County was not formed until 1692 when she was 10 years old.
      Her home "Powhatan Plantation" is just outside Williamsburg, and in James City County.
      Mary Taliaferro, married Col. Francis Thornton II, born in 1682, of "The Falls", Stafford County, Va.
      Children of Mary Thornton and Col. Francis Thornton:
      (1) Sarah Thornton, married Thomas Slaughter.
      (2) Alice Thornton, married first Lawrence Catlett and secondly Col. James Taylor.
      (3) William Thornton.
      (4) Mary Thornton, married Captain Nicholas Battaile of "Hays."
      (5) Mildred Thornton, born March 19, 1721, and died November 16, 1778; married first Nicholas Meriwether and secondly, in 1741, Dr. Thomas Walker, of "Castle Hill", Albemarle County, Va.
      (6) Elizabeth Thornton, married Thomas Meriwether.
      (7) Eliza Thornton, married Capt. William Buckner.
      (8) Col. John Thornton, married Mildred Gregory.
      (9) Francis Thornton III, of "Fall Hill," married Frances Gregory.
      (10) Reuben Thornton, married Elizabeth (Gregory) Willis, widow of Henry Willis, Jr., son of Col. Henry Willis and his first wife. After the death of Reuben Thornton his widow married thirdly Dr. Thomas Walker (mentioned above), and after his death she married as her fourth husband an English officer named Alcock. The three Gregory sisters married the three Thornton brothers.
      (11) Lydia Thornton, married Thomas Watts.
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      "It is interesting to note that one of the Excrs. to the Will of the elder Charles Taliaferro was Francis Thornton, whose wife was Mary, the sister of John Taliaferro of "Snow Creek," and a niece of the decedent; one of the witnesses to the Will was Thomas Slaughter, whose wife was Sarah, Francis Thornton's daughter."

  • Sources 
    1. [S332] TALIAFFERO TIMES.

    2. [S333] Henry Duke Councilor His Descendants and Connections, p. 126.

    3. [S334] Historic Georgia Families, p 98.