The Family of James Thornton, Father of Hon. Matthew Thornton (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Family of James Thornton, Father of Hon. Matthew Thornton Another early immigrant to America was john thornton, who was one of the founders of the First Baptist church of Newport, R. I., in 1648. Rev. Thomas thornton, who came from England in 1663, and settled at Yarmouth, Mass, was the ancestor of descendants of eminence. James thornton, father of Hon. Matthew Thornton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, emigrated from Ireland to America in 1718. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.