ALICE (ALCEY) CATLETT THORNTON-FITZHUGH was born on 21 August 1729 in Crowes, King George County, Virginia, and she was the daughter of Rowland Thornton (1685-1742) and Elizabeth Catlett (1689-1751).

Alice Catlett Thornton married John Fitzhugh on 30 Oct 1746 in Stafford County, Virginia. John and Alice had THIRTEEN children (that are known of) during their marriage:

Henry Fitzhugh (1747-?),
John Thornton Fitzhugh (1749-1809),
George Fitzhugh (1751-1810),
Thomas Fitzhugh (1753-1829),
Elizabeth Fitzhugh-Conway (1754-1823),
Susanna Fitzhugh-Conway (1756-1819),
William Fitzhugh (1757-1803),
Alice Fitzhugh-Dixon-Pratt (1759-?),
Francis Fitzhugh (1761-1821),
Daniel McCarty Fitzhugh (1763-1823),
Sarah Ann Fitzhugh-Thornton (1765-1820),
Thornton Fitzhugh (1768-1804), and
Ann Rose Fitzhugh-Thornton (1769-?).

Alice passed away on 5 March 1790 in Bel Air, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia.

SOURCES:
BIRTH:
1. King, George Harrison Stanford, (1961), "The Register of Overwharton Parish Stafford County Virginia, 1723 - 1758, and Sundry Historical & Genealogical Notes," Fellow, American Society of Genealogists, Fredericksburg, Virginia, p. 224: "b. 21 Aug 1729."

2. William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 2. (Oct., 1895), pp. 89-93.

3. Named in Father's Will, Rowland Thornton, King George County Will Book A-1, pp. 147-149.

4. Named in Mother's Will, Elizabeth Catlett-Thornton, Book A-1, pp. 264-265, Dated 5 September 1751.

MARRIAGE:
1. Lee, Elizabeth Nuckols, (1995), "King George County, Virginia Marriages: Vol. II Implied Marriages," Iberian Publishing Co, Athens Georgia, p. 28:

Elizabeth Thornton's Will, Will Book 1A, p.246 "John Fitzhugh married Alice Thornton, daughter of Rowland and Elizabeth Catlett Thornton, on October 30, 1746."

2. King, George Harrison Stanford, (1961), "The Register of Overwharton Parish Stafford County Virginia, 1723 - 1758, and Sundry Historical & Genealogical Notes," Fellow, American Society of Genealogists, Fredericksburg, Virginia, p. 224, 226, & 228:
"Married 30 Oct 1746."

3. William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 2. (Oct., 1895), pp. 89-93.

4. Brown, Stuart E. Jr. (1983), "Annals of Clarke County Virginia," Virginia Book Company, Berryville, Virginia, Vol 1, pp. 226-236.

DEATH:
1. King, George Harrison Stanford, (1961), "The Register of Overwharton Parish Stafford County Virginia, 1723 - 1758, and Sundry Historical & Genealogical Notes," Fellow, American Society of Genealogists, Fredericksburg, Virginia, p. 224: "d. 5 Mar 1790."

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