The Cochrane & Allied Families

Cochranes from Scotland to Colonial Virginia (c 1760), to Kentucky (1811), to Kansas (1859) and beyond. Allied families to the United States from England, Scotland, Ireland and Switzerland.

THORNTON, Maj. Francis Sr. and —?—, Jane Family

• Male THORNTON, Maj. Francis Sr.

  
  

  Birth	5 Nov 1651	Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England
  Death	10 May 1726	Stafford County, Colony of Virginia, UK
  Burial
  Marriage	Abt 1701  [1, 2]	Colony of Virginia, England  [1, 2]
  Other Spouse	SAVAGE, Alice | F2041
  Marriage	13 Apr 1674	Colony of Virginia, England
  Other Spouse	—?—, Ann | F2606
  Marriage	Abt 1709	Colony of Virginia, UK
  Father	THORNTON, William IV | F2536 Group Sheet
  Mother	ROWLAND, Elizabeth | F2536 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female —?—, Jane

  
  

  Birth
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial
  Other Spouse	HARVEY, John | F2542
  Marriage
  Father
  Mother

  
  

• Sources

  [S989] Robert K. Headley Jr., Book - Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800 (Ancestry), (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2003.), 21 Oct 2025, p 350-351. Thornton Marriages in VA [S1164] Magazine - William and Mary College Quarterly - Series 1 & 2 (JSTOR), 30 Jun 2025, W. G. Stanard, "The Thornton Family," Vol. 4, No. 2 (Oct., 1895), p 89-93; digital images, JSTOR (https://www.jstor.org/ : accessed 30 June 2025). Thornton Family