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I have recently discovered my Thornton line from Pilling early 1800 and a friends who is also a Thornton from Cockerham early 1800-it looks fairly close on the map,only about 5minutes away,as i am inAustralia.-could we be connected? its a long shot but interesting research-any suggestions to where we would go from here
regards Karen

To show connections you have to research carefully and thoroughly all the family and then see if you end up with a common ancestor.
According to google maps the 2 places are 5 miles away, so they could be connected, yes.

thank you, it would be a pleasant suprise if we could find the connection
regards Karen

If you post a few more details ie names and ages etc we might be able to help.

try and find your common ancestor - if there is one, the IGI looks to be quite helpful

try and find your common ancestor - if there is one, the IGI looks to be quite helpful

I have James Thornton born 1818 Pilling.he married Alice Cookson who was born 1822 Pilling. Children Richard born 1845 ,Jane born 1840 Thomas born 1851 all born preesall
My friend has Robert Thornton born 1819 Cockerham,his father and mother Thomas and Ann.Robert could have siblings Alexander born 1822 Cockerham,Edward born 1816 Cockerham
I dont know if this helps-i think it will be difficult to find the connection
regards Karen

James?
James Thornton
Birth: 08 DEC 1816
Christening: 08 DEC 1816 Pilling, Lancashire, England
Father: Richard Thornton Mother: Sarah C005492

You can search here:
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true

James Thornton
Father: Richard Thornton
Marriages:
Spouse: Alice Cookson
Marriage: 28 MAR 1840 Stalmine, Lancashire, England
M007183

Robert?
ROBERT THORNTON
Birth: 22 MAR 1819
Christening: 22 MAY 1819 Cockerham, Lancashire, England
Father: THOMAS THORNTON Mother: ANN P007282

This is completely unsubstantiated, but for consideration, from IGI, as before
Richard Thornton
Birth: About 1783 Pilling, Lancashire, England
Christening: 05 OCT 1783 Pilling Parish Church, Pilling, Lancashire, England
Death: 09 MAY 1865 Cockerham, Lancashire, England
Burial: 12 MAY 1865 Pilling Parish Church, Pilling, Lancashire, England
Census: 1841 Pilling, Lancashire, England

Marriages: Spouse: Sarah Lambert
Marriage: 08 APR 1806 Pilling Parish Church, Pilling, Lancashire, England

There are a lot of Thorntons living in the district.

trying to connect Thornton families in what is known as 'over Wyre' - Pilling, Cockerham, Stalmine etc is probably a bit like connecting Smiths or Jones families in an area.

Your james probably has 8 siblings

this site is a v useful one for the area

lan-opc.org.uk

unfortunately baptism records for Cockerham itself stop in the late 1600's

thanks for the information-regards karen