John Thurston (1795 - 1865)

Born 20 Sep 1795 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Died 30 Nov 1865 at age 70 in Tremont, Hancock, Maine, United States

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John Thurston; b. 30 Sep 1795 at Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts;[also given as b. 1 Jul 1800 at Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine;] {b. 17 Jul 1800; (Calculated date)}; m. Nancy F. Gott, daughter of Charles Gott and Susan Thurston, 29 Dec 1821; d. 20 Nov 1865 at age 70; Æ 65y 4m 3d; he was buried at McKinley Cemetery, Tremont, Hancock, Maine.

He appeared on the census of 1840 at Gott Island, Tremont, Hancock, Maine. He appeared on the census of 22 Aug 1850 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine.

Known children of John Thurston and Nancy F. Gott were as follows:

• i. JAMES ROBBINS; b. 10 Nov 1822 at Gott Island, Hancock, Maine; b. 19 Oct 1823 at Gott Island, Hancock, Maine; m. Eliza Ann Benson, daughter of Benjamin James Benson Jr. and Almira Heath, 12 Mar 1845; m. Mary Ann Dix, daughter of Jonathan T. Dix and Affie Applius Bartlett, before Aug 1860; d. 13 Jul 1901 at Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, Æ 77y 8m 23d; he was buried at Benson Cemetery, Tremont, Hancock, Maine. He appeared on the census of 4 Aug 1860 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine. He appeared on the census of 18 Jun 1880 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine.
• ii. JOHN; b. Jun 1828 at Gott Island, Tremont, Hancock, Maine; m. Delia Putnam, daughter of Henry Putnam and Susannah Thurston, at Hancock, Maine; d. 9 Oct 1911 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine, Æ 84y 6m. He appeared on the census of 2 Jun 1870 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine. He appeared on the census of 12 Jun 1900 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine.
• iii. SOLOMON GOTT; b. 13 Mar 1830 at Hancock, Maine; m. Mary Gott Webster, daughter of Sullivan Webster and Hannah Gott; m. Mary Gott Webster, daughter of Sullivan Webster and Hannah Gott, circa 1852 at Hancock, Maine; d. 14 Feb 1913 at West Tremont, Hancock, Maine, at age 82; he was buried at Hillrest Cemetery, West Tremont, Hancock, Maine. He appeared on the census of 24 Jun 1870 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine.
• iv. CHARLES JOHN; b. May 1832 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine; m. Hannah Ann Thurston, daughter of Ambrose Thurston and Serena Morrill Gott, circa 1853 at Maine; m. Hannah Ann Thurston, daughter of Ambrose Thurston and Serena Morrill Gott, before 1863 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine; m. Isabel H. Murphy, daughter of George W. Murphy and Dorcas Dawes, 12 Feb 1879 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine; d. 24 Dec 1909 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine, at age 77.
• v. FANNY; b. 11 Aug 1835 at East Bass Harbor, Tremont, Hancock, Maine; m. William J. Stockbridge, son of John Stockbridge and Ruth Joyce, circa 1854; d. 16 Jul 1878 at Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 42; Æ 42y 11m 5d.
• vi. SUSAN; b. between 1836 and 1840 at Gott Island, Tremont, Hancock, Maine.
• vii. LYDIA A.; b. 30 Jun 1839 at Bass Harbor, Tremont, Hancock, Maine; m. James Leonard Wilson, son of John S. Wilson and Anna A Kelley, 29 Jun 1856 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine; m. John R. Rich, son of Maurice P. Rich and Doty Peters, 14 May 1888 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine; d. 20 Sep 1912 at Bass Harbor, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, at age 73; Æ 74y 2m 20d.
• viii. LOIS H.; b. 24 Sep 1843 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine; m. Maurice P. Rich, son of Maurice P. Rich and Doty Peters, 1868; d. 19 Mar 1922 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine, at age 78.
• ix. DANIEL P; b. 1844 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine; m. Catherine M Gott, daughter of John Morgan Gott and Nancy F. Gott, 1 Dec 1872 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine.

Research Note

1360 John Thurston6 (Ambrose,5 John,4 Joseph,3 Joseph,2 Daniel1), brother of the preceding, and son of Ambrose and Polly (Gamage) Thurston of Mt. Desert, Me.; born in Rockport, Mass.. July i, 1800; married Nancy Gott, born Jan. 7, 1804, daughter of [should be dau. of Charles Gott] Davine Gott of Gotts Island, Tremont, Me. She died April 23, 1862. He was a mariner till a few years before his death, when he tended a lighthouse at Tremont, Me. ; members of the Methodist church in Mt. Desert ; he died Nov. 20, 1865 John Thurston page 200 Thurston Genealogy/Thurston Genealogies By Brown Thurston https://archive.org/details/thurstongenealogbyu00thur/page/200/mode/2up?q=Ambrose

Sources

• John Thurston age 55; born MA (estimated date of birth 1795); 1850 Census https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JR-ZSN

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