{"value"=>"<p>Notes on descendants of Elisha and Anna Thornton of Rhode Island, m. 1773, by Lillie Thornton Paterson, 1956, from the Hartman Collection; handwritten record from the family Bible of Martin E. Thornton and Ellen E. Reynolds, m. April 11, 1877, from a Bible published in 1849, with information on births and deaths, circa 1844-circa 1896; Thornton - Kells notes; gift of Mrs. John Jay Burnett, Sr.; circa 1877-19—?.</p>"}