On 7 Oct 1754 when William was 24, he married Grace THORNILL in Bourton On The Water, Gloucester, England. Born ca 1730 in Gloucester, England.

RESEARCH NOTES for GRACE THORNILL
- can’t find any baptism records in IGI for Grace Thornill in all of England - some in Derby, others in Yorkshire, but none the right age - likely coverage is incomplete. There is, however, a baptism for a Grace Thorndel:
"England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
name: Grace Thorndel
gender: Female
baptism/christening date: 03 Jun 1734
baptism/christening place: GUITING POWER,GLOUCESTER,ENGLAND
father's name: Will. Thorndel
mother's name: Eliz.
indexing project (batch) number: C02527-1
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 394495 [no image]

- on the image of the parish marriage register, she is listed once clearly as Grace Thornill, but in the signature area, the last name is written in a different hand and part of it has been overwritten unclearly in a thicker fuzzier pen. I expect the first version said Thornill (as the dot over a probable i and the 2 l’s are clear), with modifications looking perhaps like Thorndell (looks like a letter was inserted that extends as high as the l’s)? There is also a loop written over the “nd”, for reasons unknown.

- Made contact with a Claire on genesreunited who found a lineage on familysearch Pedigree Resouce File online (on CD#1), stating that Grace’s last name was Thorndell (many variants to this last name in records) - baptised 3 Jun 1734 in Lower Guiting, Gloucesster, daughter of William Thorndell and Elizabeth Greening. Lineage goes back further in Lower Guiting 2 more generations to Wiliiam Thorndell and Ann, and before that William Thorndell and Elizabeth. Ancestral File entry goes further back to Richard and his father Edward in Winchcombe, Gloucester. [not yet researched - see maps and notes on locations. Lower Slaughter and Bourton on the Water are about 2 miles apart, and Guiting Power is quite close - 6 miles? - to the NW]