Elizabeth (Mott) Thurston (abt. 1629 - 1694)

Born about 1629 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Thurston — married Jun 1647 in Newport, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 2 Sep 1694 at about age 65 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island

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Biography

Elizabeth (Mott) Thurston immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Elizabeth Mott was born probably at Cambridge, England in 1629. She was the daughter of Adam Mott and his first wife Elizabeth Creel.^[1]

An Elizabeth Mott, d/o Adam Mott, was baptized 28 Jun 1629, at St. Andrew-the-Great's, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.^[2] This is approximately the same place Adam married his second wife, and the right time, but there are no corresponding records for brothers Jonathan and Adam and no burial for Elizabeth's mother.

Her Find A Grave: Memorial #23403277 says she was born 5 May 1629, but this date is otherwise unsourced. ^[3]

Elizabeth, age 6, with her father, step-mother and siblings embarked on the Defense 2 July 1635.^[4]

Elizabeth Mott and Edward Thurston were married Jun 1647 according to minutes of the Rhode Island Friends meeting.^[5][6]

Adam Mott, her father, died about 1661. His will named his daughter Elizabeth Thurston, wife of Edward. Adam left Elizabeth and Edward, each of them a ewe lamb. Edward was to receive his after the death of Adam's wife.^[7]

Elizabeth and Edward brought up a large family, ensuring each of their children was well-educated. "Edward the Quaker was, as were his children, a man of education."^[8]

Elizabeth Thurston died at Newport in 2 Sep 1694^[9] and is buried at Coddington Burying-ground, Newport, Rhode Island, where her stone, although deteriorating is still recognizable.

Children:^[9]

1. Sara Thurston was born 10 Mar 1648
2. Elizabeth Thurston was born was born Feb 1650
3. Edward Thurston was born 1 April 1652; died 7 Dec 1690; m. Susanna Jefferay
4. Eleanor Thurston was born Mar 1655; died after 1724; m. George Havens, then _____ Terry.
5. Mary Thurston was born Feb 1657; died 16 Nov 1732; m. Ebenezer Slocum
6. Jonathan Thurston was born 4 Jan 159; died 1740; m. Sarah
7. Daniel Thurston was born April 1661; died 1712; m. Mary Easton
8. Rebecca Thurston was born April 1662; died 16 Sep 1737; m. (1) Peter Easton; m. (2) 1691 Weston Clarke
9. John Thurston was born Dec 1664; died 22 Oct 1690; m. Elizabeth ___
10. Content Thurston was born June 1667
11. Samuel Thurston was born 24 Aug 1669; died 27 Oct 1747; m. Abigail Clarke
12. Thomas Thurston was born 8 Oct 1671; died 22 Mar 1730; m. Mehitable Tripp

Sources

1. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, M-P. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007.
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQWL-C8R : 11 February 2018, Elizabeth Mott, ); citing St. Andrew-the-Great's, Cambridge, Cambridge, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,818,376.
3. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 May 2019), memorial page for Elizabeth Mott Thurston (5 May 1629–2 Sep 1694), Find A Grave Memorial no. 23403277, citing Coddington Cemetery, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by Scout (contributor 47319613) .
4. ↑ Hotten, John Camden (editor). The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years, Apprentices, Children Stolen, Maidens Pressed, and Others, who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. (London: John Camden Hotten, 1874.) p. 99
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.Original data: Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
6. ↑ Arnold, James N. Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850. First Series. Births, Marriages and Deaths. Vol VII. Friends and Ministers. (Providence, R.I.: Narrangansett Historical Pub. Co., 1895). p. 35
7. ↑ The early records of the town of Portsmouth; by Portsmouth (R.I.); (Providence, R.I.: E. L. Freeman & Sons, state printers, 1901) p. 388
8. ↑ Thurston, Brown. Thurston genealogies. B. Thurston. Portland, ME. 1892. p. xii
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Austin, John Osborne. Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690 : With Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation. (Albany: J. Munsell Sons, 1887) Mott p. 344, Thurston p.201

• Thurston, Charles Myrick. Genealogy of Charles Myrick Thurston and of His Wife (Trow & Smith Book Manufacturing Company, 1865) Page 6
• Descendants of Edward Thurston, the first of the name in the colony of Rhode Island: Author: Thurston, Charles Myrick, 1819-1878 (New York : Trow & Smith Book Manufacturing Co.: 1868)
• My Ancestors: In Memory of John Paine & Mary Ann May of E. Woodstock, Conn.: Author: Paine, Lyman May: Publication: Private Publisher, 1914
• Ancestral Lines, Third Edition: Title: Carl Boyer 3rd, Ancestral Lines, Third Edition (Santa Clarita, California, 1998)
• Brown Thurston, comp. Thurston Genealogies 1835-1892. Second Edition. Brown Thurston. Portland, Maine. 1892.
• Find a Grave: Sarah Jennings Mott. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36633991
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23403277