When John Henton was born on 1 June 1732, in Exeter Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, George H. Henton, was 52 and his mother, Persis Boone, was 47. He married Esther Evans in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 31 October 1804, in Rockingham, Virginia, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.