Jonathan was born in 1701. He is the son of Daniel Thurston and Mary Dresser.[1] He married Lydah Spofford on December 10, 1722.[2] They had at least nine children.
There are records for:
Baby Jonathan who lived almost four months (Jr) (Sep 5, 1738-Jan 3 1739)[12][13]
Jonathan (Sr), died Sept 28 1738, about three weeks after Jonathan's birth[14] After her husband's death, Lydah (Spofford) Thurston married Deacon William Fish/Fisk on March 10, 1743. It has been almost five years since Jonathan (Sr)'s death.[15] Their youngest surviving child, Martha, would have been about seven years old. He is buried with Lydah in the Georgetown, Massachusetts cemetery. Thurston Genealogies writes that Jonathan: "died intestate Sept. 28, 1738, aged 37. His gravestone in Georgetown, Mass., is the oldest bearing the name of Thurston and about the oldest there, and has this inscription upon it: ‘Here lies buried the body of Mr. Jonathan Thoston, died Sept. 28, 1738, in the 38th year of his age.’ "[16]
↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC3P-F2J : 24 January 2020), Lydia Spofford in entry for Jonathan Thurston, 1722.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-7LKT : 2 March 2020), Lydia in entry for Benjamin Thurston, 31 Oct 1736; citing Death, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009689.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-S3ZZ : 2 March 2020), Lydia Thurston in entry for Jonathan Thurston, 3 Jan 1739; citing Death, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009689.
Is Jonathan your ancestor? Please don't go away! Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jonathan by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jonathan: