RANDLE/RANSDELL/RANDELL mentioned earlier... all from the same "Stew Pot" ~ so, 100 years isn't all that long when it comes to keeping marriages within families, as mentioned earlier.... same thing with the COLEMANs. Children of Luke THORNTON, JR and Margaret [probably] JAMES: 1. William THORNTON, bc: 1702 ~ Married Elizabeth RANSDELL or RANDELL or RANDLE, bc: 1710, Richmond ~ sister to Millicent who married Luke THORNTON, brother of William. 2. James THORNTON, bc: 1704, Richmond ~ dc: 1749, Orange County, VA 3. Luke THORNTON, III, bc: 1706 ~ dc: 1749 ~ Married 02 JAN 1727/28, to Millicent RANSDELL Longworth, widow of William LONGWORTH and daughter of Edward and Mary Ransdell. Children: (1) Luke, (2) Presley, (3) John; (4) William THORNTON 4. Thomas THORNTON, bc: 1708/11, Richmond County ~ d: 1763, Richmond County ~ Married Elizabeth 'Betsy' DAVIS, bc: 1718, Richmond County ~ d: 1793/94 [Will probated 06 JAN 1794] ~ Daughter of Richard DAVIS, b: 05 SEP 1687, and [M: FEB 1716, Richmond] to Mary BERRICK or DERRICK who married circa 1720 to Robert THORNTON after the death of Richard DAVIS. Richard, the son of William DAVIS and [M: 23 APR 1677, NFParish] to Elizabeth THRIFT. NEXT GENERATION ~ 1. William THORNTON, bc: 1702 ~ db: 03 AUG 1741, Richmond County, Virginia Son of Luke THORNTON, JR, b: 1676, Old Rappahannock County, Virginia and Margaret [probably] JAMES, bc: 1680 ~ Married 10 AUG 1727, North Farnham Parish, Warsaw, Richmond County, Virginia, to Elizabeth RANSDELL Talbot, widow of Samuel TALBOT ~ Daughter of Edward and Mary RANSDELL or RANDELL. or RANDLE Child of William THORNTON and Elizabeth RANSDELL or RANDELL 1.a. Jesse THORNTON, bc: 1735, Richmond ~ dc: 1778 ~ married Hannah REDMAN ~ Daughter of Vincent REDMON(D) and Hannah ATWELL ~ Children of Jesse and Hannah: (1) ELIZABETH THORNTON married RICHARD ASBURY, d: GA, (2) Vincent, (3) Stuart, (4) Hannah, d: 1852, Griffin Spaulding, Baldwin County, GA married 25 JAN 1782, NFParish, to Richard SISSON, b: 1760, London; (5) Winifred, (6) Redmon THORNTON, d: GA Child (1) Elizabeth THORNTON and Richard ASBURY's daughter, Hannah ASBURY married HENNING DANIEL.