Robert Thorndyke was born on was born on 4 Feb 1676 in Beverly Essex Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1]
Research Note
Note: He was son of John 3-Paul-2 John-1 Thorndike John-1 came 1629 to Ipswich MA from Ipswich ENG. but returned to England. Paul married Mary PATCH son John married 1/Joanna (Larkin) Dodge, this Robert was the first born, John married 2/Christianna West.
Robert had other children that can be found in Hst. Thomaston, Rockland & So Thomaston 2:431
s/John Hst Thomaston, Rockland & So Thomaston by Cyrus Eaton 2:429 [AWM]
Robert Thorndike was born in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts on February 4, 1696/7. He was the son of John Thorndike and Joanna Larkin.[2][3][4] Robert married Elizabeth Woodbury in Beverly on November 20, 1718.[5][6] On December 10, 1727 the couple were admitted to full communion at the First Church of Beverly.[7] Robert was a weaver by trade, and sold land in Beverly in 1729. By November 1732, he was living in Falmouth, York, Maine, and sold his Beverly homestead. He lived in what is now Cape Elizabeth, and was elected selectman in 1733.[8] In 1734, Robert left the First Church of Falmouth to help found the church at Purpodoc on the south shore of the Fore River.[9] In 1735, they sold the remainder of Elizabeth's portion of the Woodbury estate in Salem, Beverly, and Wenham.[10] Robert died after October 29, 1765[11] in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine.
Children of Robert and Elizabeth (Woodbury) Thorndike:[12][13]
Ebenezer Thorndike - born 1719 Beverly; married Lydia Herrick 1750 Beverly; died 1819 Thomaston ME.[14]
Joanna Thorndike - born 1721 Beverly; married Robert Jordan, 1739/40 Cape Elizabeth; died about 1820 South Thomaston ME.
Hannah Thorndike - born 1723 Beverly; died 1727.
Ruth Thorndike - born 1725 Beverly; married Samuel Cates 1745 Falmouth.
Hannah Thorndike - born 1728 Beverly; married Capt. Ephraim Dyer
Robert Thorndike - born about 1730 Falmouth; married Deborah Wallis 1758 Falmouth; died 1834 Camden ME.[15]
Elizabeth Thorndike - born 1730/1 Falmouth; married Mayflower descendant David Alden of Duxbury MA 1750; died 1804, buried Portland ME.
Paul Thorndike - married Bathsheba Emery 1761 Falmouth.[16]
John Thorndike - married Christian Simonton 1767 Cape Elizabeth.[17]
Lucy Thorndike - born 1739 Falmouth; married Capt. Joseph Wallis 1758; died about 1814.
Sources
↑ History Thomaston, So. Thomaston, Rockland, Maine: Author: Cyrus Eaton, 1865: Publication: Hallowell Me.; Masters, Smith & Co., printers: Note: NS174133: Source Media Type: Book: Master Listing Source: Y
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQG-S9Z : accessed 14 December 2015), Robert Thorndike and Elisabeth Woodbery, 02 Nov 1718; citing reference v 1 p 91; FHL microfilm 864850.
Maine State Archives; Augusta, Maine, USA; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll #: 98
Acknowledgements
This person was created through the import of dyermaeettaaug2010.ged on 11 September 2010.
Robert Thorndike in entry for Hannah Thorndike, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
1777 - Samuel Dodge, Military Enlistment, Dodge family genealogy 1692 - 1894 by Joseph T. Dodge
William Ellingwood, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
Robert Thorndike, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Robert Thorndike in entry for Lucy Thorndike, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
Robert Thorndike in entry for Elizabeth Thorndike, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
Robert Thorndike in entry for Elizabeth Thorndike, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
Robert Thorndike in entry for Lucy Thorndike, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
Robert Thorndike in entry for Hannah Thorndike, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Robert Thorndike in entry for Ebenezer Thorndike and Lydia Herrick, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Robert Thorndike, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Robert Thorndike in entry for Ruth Thorndike, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Robert Thorndike in entry for Johanah Thorndike, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Robert Thorndike in entry for Ebenezer Thorndike, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Robert Thorndike in entry for Hannah Thorndike, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Robert Thorndike in entry for Ruth Thorndike, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Robert Thorndik, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Robert Thorndike, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Legacy NFS Source: Robert Thorndike - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: death:
Legacy NFS Source: Robert Thorndike - Robert Thorndike, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert 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 Robert:
Thorndike-25 and Thorndike-10 appear to represent the same person because: same name and birth and marriage dates , same wife name, children mentioned in bio of one profile attached to other profile, discrepancies in death dates