When Thomas Thornton was born on 8 October 1671, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, John Thornton Jr., was 38 and his mother, Sarah Thurston, was 23. He married Margaret Bulman on 29 September 1703, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died from 27 March 1711 to 31 December 1712, in Gloucester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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English and Scottish: habitational name from any of numerous places throughout England and Scotland so called, from Old English thorn ‘thorn tree’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The placename is most frequent in northern England, especially Yorkshire, where there are at least 16 possible sources for the surname.
Irish: Anglicized (translated) form of Gaelic Mac Sceacháin ‘son of Sceachán’ (see Skehan ).
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Draighneáin ‘descendant of Draighneán’ (see Drennan ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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