John Thurston (1657 - 1711)

Born 4 Mar 1657 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 24 Nov 1711 at age 54 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Province

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Biography

John Thurston died at Rehoboth in 1711.

The will of John Thurston of Rehoboth, blacksmith, was dated 22 November 1711 and was proved 7 April 1712.^[1] It names:

• wife Hannah Thurston
• son David Thurston
• daughter Sarah

It appears he left property that was divided among seven children.

On 12 November 1718, John Carpenter and his wife Sarah and Bethiah Thurston of Rehoboth and John Cary and his wife Hannah of Windham Connecticut sold to David Thurston 3/7 part of a house and tract of land at Rehoboth.^[2]

On 14 January 1719/20, John Liscombe and his wife Rebeckah of Bristol sold to David Thurston of Rehoboth 1/7 part of the same property, saying it had belonged to their honored father John Thurston of Rehoboth, deceased.^[3]

On 1 February 1722/3, Mehitabel Thurston of Bristol sold 1/7 part of the same property, which had belonged to her honored father John Thurston of Rehoboth, deceased.^[4]

On 20 December 1723, Jacob Lilly and his wife Phebee of Windham, Connecticut sold 1/7 part of the same property, which had belonged to their honored father John Thurston of Rehoboth.^[5]

Research Notes

Keep finding two birthdates, used the date in Medfield Vital Records: 4 Mar 1656-7

• Possibly the John Thurston found in Saunders, Dorothy. Bristol, Rhode Island's Early Settlers (Heritage Books, Westminster, MA, 2010), p. 150, # 75 John Thurston.

Parents' Marriage

Husband: Thomas Thurston

Wife: Sarah Thaxter

Marriage:

Date: 13 OCT 1655

Place: Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts^[6]

User ID: B9DF649B729444EDBD0DF029269BC478AEC2

Child: John Thurston

Name

Name: John /Thurston Tuston Juston Justen Justin/^[7][8][9]

Birth

Birth: Age: 0

Date: 4 March 1656

Place: Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts^[10][11][12]

Marriage

Husband: John Thurston

Wife: Hannah Cary

Marriage:

Date: 15 AUG 1688^[13]

Place: Kittery, York, Maine^[14]

User ID: F28A703F81BF4518A250E47A7721DC25B16A

Child: Bethiah Thurston

Children

John and Hannah Thurstun had, in Kittery, York, now Maine:

• David, 1689^[15]

John and Hannah Thurstun had, in Medfield:^[16]

• Sarah Thurstnn, b. July 29, 1691
• Hannah, b. June 8, 1693
• Bethia, b. May 29, 1695
• Jabez, b. June 23, 1697, died in Medfield one month later
• Rebecca, b. Aug. 19, 1698
• Mehittabell, b. June 18, 1700
• Phebe, b. Dec. 11, 1702
• Jane, b. Dec. 13, 1704

Death

Death:

Date: 24 NOV 1711

Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts^[17]

^[18]

Sources

1. ↑ Bristol Co., Mass. probates vol. 3 page 83
2. ↑ Bristol Co., Mass. deeds vol. 15 pages 61–2
3. ↑ Bristol Co., Mass. deeds vol. 13 pages 72–3
4. ↑ Bristol Co., Mass. deeds vol. 15 pages 62–3
5. ↑ Bristol Co., Mass. deeds vol. 15 page 490
6. ↑ Source: #S529
7. ↑ Source: #S-1359587460 APID: 1,3599::1942356
8. ↑ Source: #S-1241568703 APID: 1,2495::9400208
9. ↑ Source: #S-1241010615 APID: 1,4824::87796
10. ↑ Source: #S-1359587460 APID: 1,3599::1942356
11. ↑ Source: #S-1241568703 APID: 1,2495::9400208
12. ↑ Source: #S520
13. ↑ York County, Maine Probate Records, No. 1, 1687-1707, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89JS-L9ZC-6 : 6 April 2021), FHL microfilm 007600380, image 113.
14. ↑ Source: #S524
15. ↑ primary source needed.
16. ↑ Norfolk, Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, pp. 96, 97, 237
17. ↑ Source: #S515
18. ↑ Source: #S-1241010615 APID: 1,4824::87796

• http://www.famouskin.com ; Ancestry of Samuel Huntington, Ahnentafel# 6.
• Ancestry Smith family tree
• Source: S515 Text: Death record of John Thurston in Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896. Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths, with Supplement containing the Record of 1896, Colonial Returns, Lists of the Early Settlers, Purchasers, Freemen, Inhabitants, the Soldiers serving in Philip's War and the Revolution. Deaths, on Ancestry.com
• Source: S520 Text: Birth record of John Thurston in Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
• Source: S-1241010615 Repository: #R-1563353736 Title: Rehoboth, Massachusetts, Vital Records, 1642-1896 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,4824::0
• Repository: R-1563353736 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:
• Source: S-1241568703 Repository: #R-1563353736 Title: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,2495::0
• Source: S-1359587460 Repository: #R-1563353736 Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genea Note: APID: 1,3599::0

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