Martha THORNTON

  Noted events in her life were:

• Legal: husband's estate, 1740, Caroline County, VA. 1740Henry Rains mentioned in suit Martha (Thornton) Catlett, widow of Thomas, petitioned court to remove Jonathan Gibson as executor of her husband's estate and make her the exex.

[Colonial Caroline: A History of Caroline Co. VA by T. E. Campbell.
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lksstarr/knreports/Supplement%20to%20JacksonTinsleyRucker%20Timeline.rtf]

Martha married Sheriff Thomas CATLETT, son of John CATLETT III and Mary GRAYSON, in Caroline County, VA. (Sheriff Thomas CATLETT died in 1739 in Caroline County, VA.)