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Mark Thornton, Sr. son of Luke and Anne Thornton, was born Sept. 23, 1686, (Northfarnham P.R.) and died in Richmond Co. in 1721, the order for the inventory being handed in by the relict, Mary Thornton, Jan. 1, 1721/2 (W. B. 4, p. 199). The indications are that Mary, wife of Mark Thornton, was a daughter of Henry Bruce of Richmond Co., who in his will, dated Nov. 9, 1725 and probated June 7, 1727, mentions sons John, Andrew, Joseph, and Benjamin; daughters Mary and Elizabeth; wife Mary; and leaves his son John "the land where Mark Thornton formerly lived" (W. B. 5, p. 72). (There was another son, Henry Bruce, Jr. who predeceased his father - see section on Redman family under Jesse Thornton, later. Mary, daughter of Henry and Mary Bruce, was born April 13, 1692 (Northfarnham P. R.), which would have made her about the right age to marry Mark Thornton; and Andrew Bruce, son of Henry Bruce, was one of the sureties for Mary Thornton in administering Mark's estate (D. B. 8, p. 91), so it looks rather likely that Mary Thornton was born Mary Bruce. Mark Thornton, the grandson mentioned in Luke1 Thornton's will, was born about 1712 and almost certainly the eldest son of Mark and Mary Thornton. Other sons were probably John and Thomas Thornton.
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