Who were the Nuns?

A Prosopographical study of the English Convents in exile 1600-1800

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Mary Thornton, in religion Baptist.
Born: 1666.
Died: 16 Jul 1688 in Dunkirk, aged 22.

Benedictines, Dunkirk choir nun.
arrived at Pontoise with her sister as schoolgirl

She professed 1686, aged 21.

She was the kinswoman of Isabella Thornton.
She was the sister of Troth Thornton.

brother: Nicholas Thornton Esq

Sources: Dunkirk History: 33, 35-6, 37.

Family tree (Lawson of Brough)
Family tree (Widdrington)

Notes:

1678 1 Jul Pontoise arrived with her sister

Obituary in English see Bonvarlet 258-9