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Samuel Thurston (1727 - 1806)

Hon Samuel Thurston
Born in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Baymap
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Husband of — married 18 Apr 1751 in Massachusettsmap
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Died at age 78 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Sergeant Samuel Thurston served with Worcester County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Samuel Thurston is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A115211.

Samuel was born July 7, 1727.[1] He married Priscilla Burpee (Burkbee) on April 18, 1751 in Rowley, Massachusetts[2]. A FAG entry notes that Samuell '[e]nlisted from Lancaster, April, 1775; was sergeant in Capt. Jos. White's company in Col. John Whitcomb's regiment. Service at Cambridge under Artemus Ward. Member of the committee of safety and correspondence; member of town committee for hiring soldiers for Continental army. - Reference: Marvin's Hist, of Lancaster, Mass., and Mass. Rev. Archives." Samuel died March 26, 1806 and is buried in Lancaster, Mass.[3]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKG-RZ5 : 15 January 2020), Lidia in entry for Sameull Thurston, 1727.
  2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-HHYW : 2 March 2020), Samuel Thurston and Priscilla Burpee, 18 Apr 1751; citing Marriage, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009689.
  3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2W-JFQS : 20 July 2020), Samuel Thurston, 1806; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave
  • Wakefield, Homer. "Wakefield memorial, comprising an historical, genealogical and biographical register of the name and family of Wakefield"; Bloomington, IL, Private Printing; 1897.
  • Thurston, Brown. Thurston genealogies. Portland, Maine: B. Thurston [self-published], 1892, p. 20. Archive.org. Accessed 14 Nov 2020. https://archive.org/details/thurstongenealogbyu00thur/page/20/mode/2up




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