Jonathan Thurston (1701 - 1738)

Born 16 Mar 1701 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lydah (Spofford) Fish — married 30 Dec 1722 in Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 28 Sep 1738 at age 37 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Jonathan was born in 1701. He is the son of Daniel Thurston and Mary Dresser.^[1] He married Lydah Spofford on December 10, 1722.^[2] They had at least nine children. There are records for:

John (b. August 19, 1723),^[3]

Sarah (b. May 26, 1725), ^[4]

Samuel (b. June 7, 1727),^[5]

Stephen, bapt. Feb. 23, 1728/9^[6]

Lidia (b. April 1, 1730),^[7]

Mary (b. February 27, 1731),^[8]

Benjamin (Feb 3, 1733-Oct. 31, 1736),^[9][10]

Martha (b. April 30, 1736),^[11]and

Baby Jonathan who lived almost four months (Jr) (Sep 5, 1738-Jan 3 1739)^[12][13]

Jonathan (Sr), died Sept 28 1738, about three weeks after Jonathan's birth^[14] After her husband's death, Lydah (Spofford) Thurston married Deacon William Fish/Fisk on March 10, 1743. It has been almost five years since Jonathan (Sr)'s death.^[15] Their youngest surviving child, Martha, would have been about seven years old. He is buried with Lydah in the Georgetown, Massachusetts cemetery. Thurston Genealogies writes that Jonathan: "died intestate Sept. 28, 1738, aged 37. His gravestone in Georgetown, Mass., is the oldest bearing the name of Thurston and about the oldest there, and has this inscription upon it: ‘Here lies buried the body of Mr. Jonathan Thoston, died Sept. 28, 1738, in the 38th year of his age.’ "^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZLX-12Y : 15 January 2020), Jonathan Thurston, 1700.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC3P-F2J : 24 January 2020), Lydia Spofford in entry for Jonathan Thurston, 1722.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKL-V7H : 15 January 2020), Lidia in entry for John Thurston, 1723.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZK2-JXV : 15 January 2020), Lidia in entry for Sarah Thurston, 1725.
5. ↑ "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.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ99-VVD : 15 January 2020), Stephen Thurston, 1728.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZK2-M7N : 15 January 2020), Lydia in entry for Lydia Thurston, 1730.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKJ-4PB : 15 January 2020), Lydia in entry for Mary Thurston, 1731.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKG-W8M : 15 January 2020), Lidia in entry for Benjamin Thurston, 1733.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-7LKT : 2 March 2020), Lydia in entry for Benjamin Thurston, 31 Oct 1736; citing Death, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009689.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKK-B4J : 15 January 2020), Lidia in entry for Martha Thurston, 1736.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKG-PFX : 15 January 2020), Lydia in entry for Jonathan Thurston, 1738.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-S3ZZ : 2 March 2020), Lydia Thurston in entry for Jonathan Thurston, 3 Jan 1739; citing Death, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009689.
14. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12551638/jonathan-thurston/memorial/12551638/jonathan-thurston : accessed 14 November 2020), memorial page for Jonathan Thurston (16 Mar 1701–28 Sep 1738), Find a Grave Memorial no. 12551638, citing Union Cemetery, Georgetown, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933) .
15. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. 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). https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/17375132:2495?indiv=1&tid=&pid=&queryId=333ee397ae6a483c14718ace3780b01e&usePUB=true&_phsrc=xTs1&_phstart=successSource
16. ↑ 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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