Whether Thomas Thornton of Bertie/Northampton is Thomas Thornton of Johnston/Duplin County Thomas Thornton of Bertie/Northampton, NC Thomas Thornton in 1724, buys 230 acres in the Precinct of Bertie, NC.  When Thomas Thornton and his wife Martha sell this property in 1746, the County is now Northampton; established in 1740, originally part of Bertie County. Thomas Continue reading