Thomas Sherburne (1713 - 1784)

Born 31 Mar 1713 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Goldthwaite) Sherburn — married 26 Apr 1739 in Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 21 Dec 1784 at age 71 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Cabinet maker, of Boston; member of Second Church, Boston. Buried in Copps Hill Burying Ground.

43 + Margaret, bapt. May 9, 1714 ; m. Thomas Sherburn. 43. Margaret born in Boston and bapt. May 9, 1714, married, April 26, 1739, Thomas Sherburn of Boston. He was a cabinetmaker. Miss Gowen speaks with pride of the Sherburn family, and mentions them as large landholders in Boston. The will of Thomas Sherburn, Gent., made March 31, 1784, proved July 13, 1784, gives to son Thomas cabinet-making tools, etc., mentions daughters Margaret and Elizabeth Sherburn, Sarah Winslow, Hannah White, and son William. Wife not named, and probably then dead. The division of his property speaks of his “ Mansion House ” as on Back now Salem) Street. ^[1] pp. 62, 87-88

Sources

1. ↑ Goldthwaite genealogy : descendants of Thomas Goldthwaite, an early settler of Salem, Mass., with some account of the Goldwaite Family in England. Goldthwaite, Charlotte, b. 1832 Publication date 1899 Publisher Hartford : Hartford Press https://archive.org/details/goldthwaitegenea00gold/page/52/mode/2up