George
Thurston
Born in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Son of Edward Thurston
and Susannah (Pearce) Thurston
Brother of
Elizabeth (Thurston) White [half], Ruth (Thurston) Brownell [half] and Hope (Thurston) Potter [half]
Husband of
Keziah Thurston
— married
11 Dec 1729 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
Descendants 
Father of
Susannah (Thurston) Tanner, William Thurston, Hannah Thurston, Mary Thurston, Joseph Thurston, Edward Thurston, George Thurston, Abigail Thurston and Gardiner Thurston
Died
at age 51
in Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jan 2012
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Biography
George Thurston was born in Little Compton, Rhode Island on November 4, 1709 to Edward Thurston and Susannah Pearce. [1]
George married Keziah Thurston in Little Compton on December 11, 1729. [2]
Notes from the Thurston Genealogies say he was married a second time to an Unknown Greene, and that he sold his farm in Little Compton on January 21, 1740 to John Brown, moving to Hopkinton, Rhode Island. [3]
Sources
- ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F87K-GZL : 17 December 2019), George Thurston, 1709.
- ↑ "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KL-NLH : 22 January 2020), George Thurston, 1729.
- ↑ Thurston, Brown. Thurston genealogies. Second Edition. Portland, ME : Brown Thurston, 1892, p. 530 (https://archive.org/details/cu31924029773508/page/530/mode/1up?view=theater)
- WikiTree profile Thurston-369 created through the import of BaxterFamilyTree.ged on Jan 27, 2012 by Jason Baxter. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jason and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George 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 George:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George 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 George:
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~0.39%
David Hallene
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A514163 [compare], Ancestry member ahallene1
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~0.39%
Donna Hallene :
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~0.39%
Michael Whitaker :
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #641878
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~0.39%
Mike Utterback :
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Kurt Driver
Kurt Driver
Thurston-1732 and Thurston-369 appear to represent the same person because: same guy same DOB same place of birth same wife.
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