Family: Josiah Thornton / Esther Ferguson (F31)

• Father | Male Josiah Thornton

  
  

  Born	Abt 1779	South Carolina, USA
  Died	After 1850	Tennessee, USA
  Buried
  Married	1798  [1]	South Carolina, USA  [1]
  Father	Thomas Thornton | F241 Group Sheet
  Mother	Martha [Inknown] | F241 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Esther Ferguson

  
  

  Born	24 Feb 1784	South Carolina, USA
  Died	15 Oct 1865	Tennessee, USA
  Buried
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Child 1 | Male + Moses Thornton

  
  

  Born	Abt 1802	South Carolina, USA
  Died	28 Apr 1874	Tennessee, USA
  Buried
  Spouse	Elizabeth Duncan | F32
  Married	Between 1822 and 1824

  
  

  Child 2 | Male + Reuben Thornton

  
  

  Born	Abt 1808	South Carolina, USA
  Died	2 Aug 1869
  Buried
  Spouse	Amanda [Inknown] | F33
  Married	Between 1833 and 1835

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Josiah Thornton

  
  

  Born	Abt 1808
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 4 | Male + Ewin K. Thornton

  
  

  Born	Between 1810 and 1815	North Carolina, USA
  Died	Between 1846 and 1850
  Buried
  Spouse	Obedience "Bedie" Clark | F1195
  Married	Bef 1836	Hickman County, Tennessee, USA

  
  

  Child 5 | Male John C. Thornton

  
  

  Born	Abt 1811
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Sarah Thornton

  
  

  Born	Abt 1813	Tennessee, USA
  Died	Abt 1860
  Buried

  
  

  Child 7 | Male James Thornton

  
  

  Born	Abt 1818	Tennessee, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Rebecca [Inknown] | F35
  Married	Between 1835 and 1845

  
  

• Sources

  [S23] Thornton, Josiah - email (Barbara Roberts, 1999), (Barbara Roberts to Janis Gilmore, e-mail, 17 August 1999; regarding the Josiah Thornton family and descendants), "Married when Esther was 14" (Reliability: 3).