Seabury (Stodder) Thurston (1715 - 1764)

Born 8 Sep 1715 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Thurston Sr. — married 15 Jan 1736 (to 26 Mar 1764) in Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 26 Mar 1764 at age 48 in Amenia, Dutchess, New York Colony

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Saberah (Stodder) Thurston was born in Massachusetts.

Seabury (alias Saberah), the fourth of ten children of Jeremiah Stodder (alias Stoddard) and Elizabeth Beal was born on 8 September 1715 at Hingham, Massachusetts.^[1]

Marriage and Children

Seabury married John Thurston, the son of David and Mercy (Cary) Thurston on 15 January 1736 at Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.^[2] They had twelve children [cr. = christening]:

1. John Thurston (b. 9 Jul 1736; d. 1760) ^[3]m. 30 Dec 1756 at Sharon, CT, Sarah Paine (1737-)
2. Job (alias Jobe) Thurston (b. 27 Jan 1737, cr. 16 Apr 1732; d. 1819)^[4][5] m. say 1768 at New York, Dorcas Garnsey (1744-1835)
3. Joel Thurston (b. 21 Feb 1739; d. 1833)^[6] m. 21 Nov 1859 at Sharon, CT, Miriam Blakeslee (1738-1819)
4. Noah Thurston (b. ca. 1741 cr. 1752; d. )^[7] m.
5. Daniel Thurston (b. 1743; d. ) m.
6. Lemuel Thurston (b. ca. 1746 cr. 16 Apr 1752; d. )^[8] m.
7. Abigail Thurston (b. ca. 1749 cr. 16 Apr 1752; d. )^[9] m.
8. Ezra Thurston (b. 1752; d. 1800) m. 20 Apr 1777 at Amenia, NY, Prudence Helme (1759-1842)
9. Elizabeth Thurston (cr. 13 Jan 1754; d. )^[10] m.
10. Rachel Thurston (b. ca. 1756; cr. 26 Mar 1764; d. ) m.
11. Seabury Thurston (b. 1760; d. ) m.
12. Reuben Thurston (cr. 26 Mar 1764; d. )^[11]m.

Death

Seabury (Stodder/Stoddard) Thurston died on 26 March 1764 in her 48th year at Amenia, New York.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH6R-KX2 : 20 May 2022), Seaburg Stodder, 8 Sep 1715; citing Birth, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009274.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHRV-6TG : 20 May 2022), John Thyrston, 15 Jan 1736; citing Marriage, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009274.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7V-8QB : 15 January 2020), John Thurston in entry for John Thurston, 1736.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7V-SQM : 15 January 2020), John Thurston in entry for Jobe Thurston, 1737.
5. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HB-GYK : 14 February 2020), John Thurston in entry for Joab Thurston, 1752.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7V-KJ9 : 15 January 2020), John Thurston in entry for Joel Thurston, 1739.
7. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2H1-KBC : 14 February 2020), John Thurston in entry for Noah Thurston, 1752.
8. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HB-YZV : 14 February 2020), John Thurston in entry for Lemuel Thurston, 1752.
9. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HB-PLV : 14 February 2020), John Thurston in entry for Abigail Thurston, 1752.
10. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HB-1M6 : 14 February 2020), John Thurston in entry for Elizabeth Thurston, 1754.
11. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2H1-Q3S : 14 February 2020), John Thurston in entry for Reuben Thurston, 1764.

Additional Source

History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol III, p.194 Thurston genealogies, No. 5649, pg. 365 and 369

Acknowledgements

• Biography written in full with inline sourcing following additional research by Carol Baldwin on 1 April 2023.