Born in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Sturgis
and Rebecca (Thacher) Sturgis
Sister of
Rebecca Sturgis, Hannah (Sturgis) Matthews, Bethiah (Sturgis) Gorham, Temperance Sturgis, Elizabeth (Sturgis) Davis and James Sturgis
Wife of
Timothy (Hallett) Hallet
— married
18 Feb 1720 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay
[children unknown]
Died
at age 20
in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
Thankful Sturgis was born on September 2, 1701, to James Sturgis and Rebecca (Thacher) Sturgis of Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1][2][3][4]
Thankful married Timothy Hallett as the first of the three wives he would have during his lifetime, but Thankful died giving birth to their only child, a daughter who also died, on January 10, 1721-2, in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 (online database). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Book; Title: Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy pp. 119 and 120
- ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. Vol. 171; Page 501.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (online database). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Ancestry.com image here
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 (online database). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Ancestry.com image here
See also:
- Totten, John. Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy (New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York, 1910) Page 180
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