In 1753, William moved his family to a farm in what is now Princetown, Schenectady County, New York. The area where he settled was then called Corris Bush or Corry's Brook, and is now known as land west of Rynex Corners on the Mariaville Road, one quarter mile west of North Kelly Road. Under the date of May 12, 1767, William Thornton, or his son William Jr., is listed on the rolls of a volunteer infantry company of the Schenectady Militia commanded by Captain Daniel Campbell; this unit was formed in 1763 at the end of the French and Indian War. In 1774, he moved to Thornton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, where he died in 1790.
William had remarried at some time to Eleanor Unknown, they had at least six children, Samuel, Dorcas, Eleanor, Abraham, Catherine and Sarah.
William Thornton was a brother of Dr. Matthew Thornton, who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, while serving as a delegate from New Hampshire to the Continental Congress.
In 1753, William moved his family to a farm in what is now Princetown, Schenectady County, New York. The area where he settled was then called Corris Bush or Corry's Brook, and is now known as land west of Rynex Corners on the Mariaville Road, one quarter mile west of North Kelly Road. Under the date of May 12, 1767, William Thornton, or his son William Jr., is listed on the rolls of a volunteer infantry company of the Schenectady Militia commanded by Captain Daniel Campbell; this unit was formed in 1763 at the end of the French and Indian War. In 1774, he moved to Thornton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, where he died in 1790.
William had remarried at some time to Eleanor Unknown, they had at least six children, Samuel, Dorcas, Eleanor, Abraham, Catherine and Sarah.
William Thornton was a brother of Dr. Matthew Thornton, who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, while serving as a delegate from New Hampshire to the Continental Congress.
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