THORNTON, Thomas (Grimwade p.382)

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GoldworkersList (Section VII).

He was born around 1781.
Records of his children’s christenings at St Anne, Soho 1818-21 show his wife was Sarah and he was a jeweller from Dean Street.
He registered maker’s marks at Goldsmiths Hall in 1823 and 1834 as a goldworker from Dean Street.
The 1841 UK Census shows him at the same address and in the same trade.
He was buried at St Anne, Soho in 1845 aged 65 years; his last address was Dean Street.

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The Will of Thomas Thornton, jeweller late of Soho, was proved for probate on 21st May 1846 (National Archives reference PROB 11/2036/323).