Surname:
Allen (Thornton)
Ship:
Earl of Liverpool 1831. Lord Liverpool 1831
Source:
Maitland Marriage Register p. 93
Details:
Marriage of Edward Thornton aged 28 to Mary A. Allen aged 29. Witnesses John Hosking of Maitland and Ann Ratcliffe of Maitland
Surname:
Baker (Thornton)
Source:
Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. Marriages p10
Details:
Marriage of John Thornton aged 27 and Mary Baker aged 17. Witnesses John Webster and Ann Smith of Newcastle
Surname:
Baker (Thornton)
Source:
AO NSW Convict Indent Fiche No. 744
Details:
Age 17. Cook (good). Native of London. Tried on 3 February 1840 and sentenced to 10 years transportation for man robbery. 4ft 8in, Ruddy complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes. Small mole on left cheek, seven small moles on upper right arm, and one on lower J.M.J.N.E. on upper left arm, five dots on back of left hand. Hanged in Maitland in 1844 for the poisoning of her husband John Thornton
Details:
Convicted of murder of John Thornton. To be executed at Newcastle on 17 April.
Details:
Executed on Wednesday 17 April 1844 aged 20 or 21 for the murder of her husband
Details:
Mary Thornton and Joseph Vale committed for trial for the murder of John Thornton
Details:
Mary Thornton and Joseph Vale found guilty of the wilful murder of John Thornton by poisoning him
Source:
State Archives NSW; Gaol Entrance Book, Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757
Details:
Mary Thornton nee Baker and Joseph Vale admitted to Newcastle gaol from Maitland charged with murder. Sent for trial
Date:
Baptism January 1844
Source:
Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. p.11
Details:
Daughter of William and Harriett. Baptism