'Thornhill03'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Thornhill of Stanton

The preamble of the section on the following family in BLG1886 reports that it was descended from a branch of the Thornhills of Yorkshire. The Derbyshire branch appears to have been an early one as BLG1886 reports that the following were descended from a "John Thornel of Thornel and Wharenbrook, in the parish of Hope, co. Derby, 7 Edward I., who m. Marion, dau of Richard Heton, of Mirfield, co. York".
?? Thornhill (innkeeper in Bakewell, Derbyshire) mentioned by FMG
1. John Thornhill of Thornhill (Derbyshire), later of Stanton (near Bakewell) (b1668, d 1730)
  m. Mary Pegge (dau of Edward Pegge of Ashburn, widow of William Bache, niece/heir of Raphael Bache of Stanton)
  A. Bache Thornhill of Stanton (d 1761)
  m1. Elizabeth Coke (dau of Thomas Coke of Melbourne)
  m2. (1742) Margaret Eyre (dau of Anthony Eyre of Rampton & Grove)
  i. Bache Thornhill of Stanton, Sheriff of Derbyshire (b 26.08.1747, d 26.07.1830)
  m. Jane Gould (d 1827, dau of Edward Gould of Mansfield Woodhouse & Staverton by Mary, dau of Robert Thoroton of Screveton)
  a. Henry Bache Thornhill of London (b 07.01.1780, dvp 1822) had issue
  m. (1801) Helen Pole (dau of Charles Pole of Liverpool)
b.+ other issue - William of New Park (Colonel), Bache of Winster (d 1828, minister), Edward Bulkeley (b 1789, d 1811, Captain), Mary, Lucy (d young)
  ii.+ other issue - John (b 1743, d young), Margaret (dyoung), Anne
  B. Thomas Thornhill (d 1796, grocer at St. Paul's Churchyard)
  m. _ Rivington
  partner(s) unknown
  i. Rev. John Thornhill
  ii. daughter
  m. Rob. Rolleston
  C. daughter
  m. Caleb Harding
  D. (Dorothy) Thornhill
  m. Sir William Robinson, Bart (dsp 04.03.1770)
  E. daughter
  m. _ Warrington
  F. daughter
  m. Samuel Heathcote of Derby
  G.+ other issue - Nicholas, Henry (b c1707, d 1790, alderman of Chesterfield), John, Margaret (d unm), daughter (d unm)
2. daughter
  m. _ Twigge of Bakewell
3.+ other issue - Nicholas (innkeeper at Bakewell), Thomas

Main source(s): BLG1886 (McCreagh-Thornhill of Stanton), BLG1952 (Davie-Thornhill (formerly McCreagh-Thornhill) of Stanton), FMG (vol I, Columbell-Thornhill)
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