Thomas
Thurston
III
Born in Wrentham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Thurston II
and Mehitabel (Mason) Thurston
Brother of
Ichabod Thurston, Mary Thurston, Mehitable (Thurston) Metcalf, David Thurston [half], Daniel Thurston [half], Luke Thurston [half], Esther (Thurston) Leland [half], Mary (Thurston) Barber [half] and Paul Thurston [half]
Husband of
Dorcas Gay
— married
9 Dec 1718 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Mary (Thurston) Farrington
Died
at age 65
in Wrentham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jan 2022
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Biography
Thomas was born on November 2, 1689 in Wrentham, Massachusetts to Thomas Thurston and Mehitabel Mason. [1]
He married Dorcas Gay, daughter of Edward and Rebecca Gay, on December 9, 1718. The marriage was performed in Boston, the marriage record says "of Wrentham". [2]
They settled in Wrentham and raised their family there. Their children were:
- Mary
- Thomas
- Esther
- Mehitabel
- Dorcas (died young)
- Sarah
- Margaret
- Elisha
- Elizabeth
- Dorcas
- Samuel
Per the Thurston Genealogies, Thomas "was a selectman of Wrentham, Massachuetts, 1726 and 1735, [and also] perhaps in the intervening years; was Deacon in the Congregational Church." [3]
Thomas passed away on May 25, 1755 in Wrentham. [4]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4J9-C84 : 10 November 2020), Thomas Thurston, 2 Nov 1689; citing Birth, Wrentham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010771.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQ7-F2D : 28 July 2021), Thomas Thurston, 1718.
- ↑ Thurston, Brown, Thurston Genealogies, 1880, Portland, ME, Hoyt, Fogg & Donham.(https://archive.org/details/thurstongenealog01thur/page/735/mode/1up0)
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH8H-LBF : 10 November 2020), Deacon Thomas Thurston, 25 May 1755; citing Death, Wrentham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010771.
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