Charles Mynn Thruston (1738 - abt. 1812)

Born 1738 in Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia

Husband of Mary (Buckner) Thruston — married 1 Mar 1760 (to 18 Aug 1765) in Gloucester County, Virginia

Husband of Ann (Alexander) Thruston — married Feb 1766 in Virginia

Descendants

Died about 21 Mar 1812 at about age 74 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Colonel Charles Thruston served with Thruston's Additional Continental Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Charles Thruston is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A115081.

Colonel Charles Mynn Thurston^[1] also Thruston^[2]

Parents: John Thruston and Sarah Mynn^[2]

Born in Gloucester County, Virginia on November 6, 1738^[1]

Married

1. Mary Buckner,^[1] mother of three sons (died 1760)^[2]
2. Sarah Ann Alexander^[1] (Ann Snicker Alexander), married 1766, mother of six daughters and three sons (died 1819)^[2]

Children:

• Frances Thurston, married Frederick Conrad^[1] (Frances, born c1766^[3])
• Eloise Conrad Thurston/Thruston, married Edmund Hains/Haynes Taylor^[1]
• John Thurston, married Elizabeth Thruston Whiting^[1]
• Charles Mynn Thurston, married Frances "Fanny" Eleanor Clark^[1]
• Mary Buckner Thurston, married Charles Magill^[1]
• Sarah Mynn Thurston, married Joshua Ebenezer Whiting^[1]
• Buckner Thurston, married Jeanette January^[1] - became a U.S. Senator^[2]
• Sarah Alexander Thurston, married George Floerdew/Fleordew/Flowerdew Norton^[1]

Died March 21, 1812 in New Orleans, Louisiana^[1]

Research Notes

One of the sources cited in Wikipedia is for Frederick Parish,^[2] and his DAR record shows residence in Frederick County, Virginia.^[1] Frederick County, which is a fair distance to the northwest of Gloucester County,^[4] was served by Frederick Parish.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13} Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 25, 2017), "Record of Colonel Charles Mynn Thurston", Ancestor # A115081.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Wikipedia: Colonel Charles Mynn Thruston
3. ↑ This DAR descendant record shows the mother of Frances as Ann Alexander, who married Charles Mynn Thurston on 7 February 1766 (and died 18 October 1819). It also shows that their daughter Frances, who married Frederick Daniel Conrad on 25 April 1793, was born on 3 February 1774.
   • note - Frances (Thruston-30), who married Dr. William Hubbard in 1768, was disconnected as this daughter of Charles.
4. ↑ See c1738, History of County Formations in Virginia 1617-1995.
5. ↑ See Freddie Spradlin's Parishes of Virginia.

• "Hubard Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Apr., 1898), pp. 244-249 (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture; DOI: 10.2307/1915889). Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915889
• Ancestry link: Genealogy Records for Charles Mynn Thruston
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