Thurston, Thomas Sr.

Birth Name Thurston, Thomas Sr.
Gender male
Age at Death more than 70 years, 9 months, 15 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth before 1633-08-04 Wrentham, Suffolk, England  
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Baptism 1633-08-04 Wrentham, Suffolk, England  
 
Death 1704-05-20 Medfield, Norfolk, MA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Thurston, John Sr.1601-01-131685-11-01
Mother Buck, Margaret16041662-05-09
         Thurston, Thomas Sr. before 1633-08-04 1704-05-20
    Brother     Thurston, John 1635-09-13 1712-03-03
    Brother     Thurston, Joseph 1638-07-15 1688-07-09
    Brother     Thurston, Benjamin 1640-05-08 1678-11-10
    Sister     Thurston, Mary 1643-01-08
    Brother     Thurston, Daniel Sr. 1646-05-05 1683-07-23
    Sister     Thurston, Judith 1648-05-17 1726-10-12
    Sister     Thurston, Hannah 1650-04-28 1690-12-29
    Sister     Thurston, Deborah

Families

    Family of Thurston, Thomas Sr. and Thaxter, Sarah
Married Wife Thaxter, Sarah ( * + 1678-09-01 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage 1655-12-13 Dedham, MA  
 
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Thurston, John III1656-12-13
Thurston, Thomas Jr.1658-02-11
Thurston, Nathaniel1660-01-241661-06-02
Thurston, Sarah1662-09-161688-04-29
Thurston, Maria1665-03-17
Thurston, Margaret1668-08-091675-02-25
Thurston, Elizabeth1671-09-19
Thurston, Hannah1674-08-04
Thurston, Samuel1674-08-041675-02-25
Thurston, Margaret1678-03-30

Narrative

Thomas Thurston was admitted as a townsman in 1653, and the towngranted him a house lot next to his fathers. This placeafterward appears to have come into the hands of his brotherDaniel; and he bought in 1662 the homestead of Daniel Morse,southward of Pound Street. He had married in 1655 Sarah,daughter of Thomas Thaxter of Hingham. He held the office ofcaptain, and was also a surveyor of lands. The town of Sherbornemployed him in 1675 to lay out lands there. his house wasburned by the Indians in 1676, and two of his children weremortally wounded at the same time. In 1680, the town granted him"ten or twelve rods of land at the west end of his house lot tobuild a house on." The cellar of that house is still visible,but there are no known traces of the first one. A school waskept by him in 1684 and in 1699 . He was a selectman for tenyears, and town clerk six years. He died in 1704, his wifehaving died in 1678.

Pedigree

  1. Thurston, John Sr.
    1. Buck, Margaret
      1. Thurston, Deborah
      2. Thurston, Thomas Sr.
        1. Thaxter, Sarah
          1. Thurston, John III
          2. Thurston, Thomas Jr.
          3. Thurston, Nathaniel
          4. Thurston, Sarah
          5. Thurston, Maria
          6. Thurston, Margaret
          7. Thurston, Elizabeth
          8. Thurston, Samuel
          9. Thurston, Hannah
          10. Thurston, Margaret
      3. Thurston, John
      4. Thurston, Joseph
      5. Thurston, Benjamin
      6. Thurston, Mary
      7. Thurston, Daniel Sr.
      8. Thurston, Judith
      9. Thurston, Hannah

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Thurston, Brown: No title - ID S0783
      • Source text:

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