Thankful was born in 1731. She is the daughter of Zebulon Young and Mercy Sparrow. These parentsmay have had a daughter of the same name born 1726, who did not survive to marriage. Thankful (Hopkin) Paine m. Higgens in 1745. This Thankful married the Paine who lived until 1778.
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Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. [1]
Thankful YOUNG
Birth 9/18/1731
Location Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Original Text Gen. 6: THANKFUL YOUNG6 (Mercy Young5, Richard Sparrow4, Hannah Prence3 , Patience Brewster2, William Brewster1)
Father Zebulon Young
Mother Mercy Young
Volume Name Brewster, William (MFIP Patience) Page 187
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 [2]
Nathaniel Paine
Marriage intention Event Date: 24 Feb 1753
Event Place: Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Spouse's Name: Thankful Young
Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). V.24, p.189/264889024
Thankful YOUNG
Marriage 1753
Location Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Original Text [p. 160*] Aprel 20 : 1753 then nathaniel paine and thankful young Boath of Eastham ware marrid in Eastham By mr Joseph Croker Clar
Town Info Eastham-Orleans
Volume Name Eastham-Orleans - V1 Page MD V.24, p.189
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 125
Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QV7S-WTD : accessed 16 June 2021), entry for Thankful Young, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.
John D. Austin, F.A.S.G., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations - Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass December 1620 (Vol. 6) ([Plymouth, Massachusetts]: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001)
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