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Jonathan Thurston 1650–1736 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 January 1650/1656/1659/1662

Birth Location: Portsmouth, Newport, or Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, or Medfield, Norfolk, MA, USA

Death Date: 19 May 1736/23 Dec 1739 or 15 April 1740

Death Location: Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA

Father: Edward Thurston

Mother: Elizabeth Mott

Spouse(s): Phebe Holmes, Samuel Morse, Sarah Peirce, Jonathan Thurston, Lydia Spafford, Sarah Guile

Children(s): Content None, Peleg Thurston, Rebecca Thurston, Job Thurston, Content Thurston, Jeremiah Thurston, Rebecca Thurston, Daniel WIGGILL, Joseph Thurston, Rebecca Thurston, Job Thurston, Content Thurston, Content Thurston, Sarah Thurston, Content Thurston, Susannah Thurston, Amy Thurston, Susannah Thurston, Joseph Thurston, Rebecca Thurston, Jonathan Thurston, Sarah Thurston, Hope Thurston, Amey Thurston, Jeremiah Thurston, Eleanor Thurston, Patience Thurston, Edward Thurston, Abigail Thurston, John Thurston, Elizabeth Thurston, Mary Thurston, Sarah Sawdy, Patience Southworth, Patience Thurston, Amey Thurston, Abigail Thurston, Amy Thurston, Jeremiah Thurston, Job Thurston, Susannah Thurston, Joseph Thurston, Peleg Thurston, Sarah Thurston, Edward THURSTON, Mary Thurston

In 1650, Jonathan Thurston entered the world in Portsmouth, Newport, or Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, or Medfield, Norfolk, MA, USA, born to Edward Thurston And Elizabeth Mott. Jonathan Thurston married Hannah Carey, Jonathan Thurston, Lydia Spafford, Phebe Holmes, Samuel Morse, Sarah Guile, Sarah Peirce, and had children including Abigail Thurston, Amey Almy Thurston, Amey Thurston, Amy Thurston, Content, Content Thurston, Daniel Wiggill, Edward Thurston, Eleanor Thurston, Elizabeth Thurston, Hope Thurston, Jeremiah Thurston, Job Thurston, John Thurston, Jonathan Thurston, Joseph Thurston, Mary Thurston, Patience Southworth, Patience Thurston, Peleg Thurston, Rebecca Thurston, Sarah Sawdy, Sarah Thurston, Susannah Thurston. Jonathan Thurston passed away in 1736 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1650, Jonathan Thurston entered the world in Portsmouth, Newport, or Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, or Medfield, Norfolk, MA, USA, born to Edward Thurston And Elizabeth Mott.
  • Jonathan Thurston married Hannah Carey, Jonathan Thurston, Lydia Spafford, Phebe Holmes, Samuel Morse, Sarah Guile, Sarah Peirce, and had children including Abigail Thurston, Amey Almy Thurston, Amey Thurston, Amy Thurston, Content, Content Thurston, Daniel Wiggill, Edward Thurston, Eleanor Thurston, Elizabeth Thurston, Hope Thurston, Jeremiah Thurston, Job Thurston, John Thurston, Jonathan Thurston, Joseph Thurston, Mary Thurston, Patience Southworth, Patience Thurston, Peleg Thurston, Rebecca Thurston, Sarah Sawdy, Sarah Thurston, Susannah Thurston.
  • Jonathan Thurston passed away in 1736 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA.

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Jonathan Thurston's Ancestors

Self
Jonathan Thurston
1650–1736
Birth Place: Portsmouth, Newport, or Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, or Medfield, Norfolk, MA, USA
Parents
Edward Thurston
1617–1707
Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States or England
Elizabeth Mott
1627–1694
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jonathan Thurston's Descendants

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Jonathan Thurston (4 January 1650/1656/1659/1662–19 May 1736/23 Dec 1739 or 15 April 1740) m. Phebe Holmes (1695–31 March 1734) m. Samuel Morse (1639–) m. Sarah Peirce (1659/1663–1706) m. Jonathan Thurston (1659–) m. Lydia Spafford (25 April 1700–25 July 1753) m. Sarah Guile (June 1665–3 August 1758)
  1. 1. Content 1673–1729
  2. 2. Peleg Thurston 1706–1735
  3. 3. Rebecca Thurston 1685–1716
  4. 4. Job Thurston 1700–
  5. 5. Content Thurston 1691–1739
  6. 6. Jeremiah Thurston 1695–
  7. 7. Rebecca Thurston 1689–1745
  8. 8. Daniel WIGGILL 1766–
  9. 9. Joseph Thurston 1714–
  10. 10. Rebecca Thurston 1689–1738
  11. 11. Job Thurston 1717–1780
  12. 12. Content Thurston 1691–1728
  13. 13. Content Thurston 1691–1728
  14. 14. Sarah Thurston 1693–1735
  15. 15. Content Thurston 1673–1723
  16. 16. Susannah Thurston 1712–1740
  17. 17. Amy Thurston 1705–1735
  18. 18. Susannah Thurston 1700–
  19. 19. Joseph Thurston 1700–
  20. 20. Rebecca Thurston 1689–1745
  21. 21. Jonathan Thurston 1687–1749
  22. 22. Sarah Thurston 1683–1744
  23. 23. Hope Thurston 1698–1716
  24. 24. Amey Thurston 1705–1735
  25. 25. Jeremiah Thurston 1710–1735
  26. 26. Eleanor Thurston 1696–1735
  27. 27. Patience Thurston 1702–1735
  28. 28. Edward Thurston 1679–1739
  29. 29. Abigail Thurston 1700–1729
  30. 30. John Thurston 1695–1735
  31. 31. Elizabeth Thurston 1682–1717
  32. 32. Mary Thurston 1685–1739
  33. 33. Sarah Sawdy 1693–
  34. 34. Patience Southworth 1702–1735
  35. 35. Patience Thurston 1690–
  36. 36. Amey ((Almy)) Thurston 1705–1735
  37. 37. Abigail Thurston 1700–1729
  38. 38. Amy Thurston 1705–1735
  39. 39. Jeremiah Thurston 1710–1735
  40. 40. Job Thurston 1717–1780
  41. 41. Susannah Thurston 1712–1740
  42. 42. Joseph Thurston 1714–1759
  43. 43. Peleg Thurston 1706–1735
  44. 44. Sarah Thurston 1683–1735
  45. 45. Edward THURSTON 1679–
  46. 46. Mary Thurston 1688–1732 m. Lieut (George Brownell) I 1684–1756 m. GEORGE BROWNELL 1709–1756
    1. 1. LT. (Jonathan) Brownell 1718–1776 m. Elizabeth Richmond 1725–1806
      1. 1. Elizabeth Brownell 1748–1827
      2. 2. Elizabeth Brownell 1748–1827
      3. 3. Sylvester Brownell 1757–1840
      4. 4. Anna Brownell 1743–1791
      5. 5. Anna Brownell 1743–1891
      6. 6. Susannah Brownell 1742–1767
      7. 7. Sylvester Brownell 1759–1840
      8. 8. Anna Brownell 1743–1791
      9. 9. Phebe Brownell 1756–1826
      10. 10. Ruth Brownell 1753–1793
      11. 11. Lydia Brownell 1755–1788
      12. 12. Perez Brownell 1750–1751
      13. 13. Elizabeth Brownell 1748–1827
      14. 14. Elizabeth Brownell 1748–1799
      15. 15. Anna Brownell 1743–1791
      16. 16. Nathan Spooner 1740–1835
      17. 17. Hannah Brownell 1753–
      18. 18. Patience Spooner 1749–1845
      19. 19. James Spooner 1739–1815
      20. 20. Pardon Spooner 1770–1845
      21. 21. John Spooner 1745–1811
      22. 22. Elizabeth Spooner 1741–
      23. 23. Lazarus Spooner 1747–1819
      24. 24. Jonathan Spooner 1755–1850
      25. 25. Lieut (Pardon) Brownell 1745–1799 m. Prudence Shaw 1744–1823
        1. 1. ELIZABETH BROWNELL 1772–1824
        2. 2. Elizabeth Brownell 1781–1831
        3. 3. Elizabeth Brownell 1779–1863
        4. 4. Benjamin Brownell 1785–
        5. 5. Thurston Brownell 1766–1858
        6. 6. Gilbert Brownell 1770–1852
        7. 7. Lydia Brownell 1783–1832
        8. 8. Perez Brownell 1765–1823
        9. 9. Jonathan Brownell 1767–1835
        10. 10. Gilbert Briggs 1770–
        11. 11. Edmund Brownell 1775–1840 m. Mary (Polly) Bailey 1779–1800 m. Priscilla (Briggs) Brownell 1785–1869 m. Mary BAILEY 1780–1800
    2. 2. Jonathan Brownell 1719–1776
    3. 3. Mary Brownell* 1747–1770
    4. 4. Elijah Brownell 1736–1812
    5. 5. Jonathan Brownell 1735–
    6. 6. Paul Brownell 1721–1760
    7. 7. Stephen Brownell 1726–1785
    8. 8. Mary Brownell 1709–1791
    9. 9. Elizabeth Brownell 1717–1781
    10. 10. Thomas Brownell 1713–1756
    11. 11. Giles Brownell 1707–1778
    12. 12. Phoebe Brownell 1708–1756
    13. 13. George Brownell 1711–1800
    14. 14. Sarah Brownell 1722–1745
    15. 15. Richard Brownell 1715–1780
    16. 16. Mary Brownell 1717–1799
    17. 17. Susanna Brownell 1708–
    18. 18. Thankful Brownell 1719–
    19. 19. Robert BROWNELL 1710–
    20. 20. Elizabeth BROWNELL 1725–
    21. 21. Phoebe BROWNELL 1726–1792
    22. 22. Bridgett BROWNELL 1713–
    23. 23. William (B) Brownell 1717–1760
    24. 24. Giles BROWNELL 1707–1778
    25. 25. Phoebe BROWNELL 1724–1742
    26. 26. Hannah Brownell 1746–
    27. 27. Sarah Brownell 1739–1781
    28. 28. Elizabeth BROWNELL 1733–1752
    29. 29. Hannah BROWNELL 1729–1746
    30. 30. Benjamin Brownell 1722–1794
    31. 31. Timothy BROWNELL 1725–1808
    32. 32. Sarah BROWNELL 1731–
    33. 33. George Brownell 1717–
    34. 34. George BROWNELL 1727–1813

Jonathan Thurston's Timeline

3 Records

1650
4 January 1650/1656/1659/1662
Birth of Jonathan Thurston in Portsmouth, Newport, or Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, or Medfield, Norfolk, MA, USA
Portsmouth, Newport, or Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, or Medfield, Norfolk, MA, USA
1736
19 May 1736/23 Dec 1739 or 15 April 1740
Age 86
Death of Jonathan Thurston in Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island or Rowley or Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island or Rowley or Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
1740
1740
Age 90
Jonathan Thurston - Probate in Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 January 1650165616591662
    Event Place: Portsmouth, Newport, or Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, or Medfield, Norfolk, MA, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current
    [2] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    [3] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 232.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JB1
    [4] International, Find A Grave Index for Select Locations, 1300s-Current
    [5] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [6] Millennium File
    [7] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 6960.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BFO
    [8] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
    [9] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
    [10] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1659; Birth city: Portsmouth; Birth state: RI
    [11] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 954.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CGA
    [12] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 1112.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: KC1
    [13] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 5977.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JDM
    [14] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 611.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: HJM
    [15] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 232.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JB1
    [16] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 1446.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RDI
    [17] Family Data Collection - Births
    [18] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 May 173623 Dec 1739 or 15 April 1740
    Event Place: Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island or Rowley or Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current
    [2] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    [3] International, Find A Grave Index for Select Locations, 1300s-Current
    [4] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records 1690-1881; Author: Bristol County (Massachusetts). Register of Probate; Probate Place: Bristol, Massachusetts
    [5] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [6] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records
    [7] Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records
    [8] Millennium File
    [9] Family Data Collection - Deaths
    [10] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1659; Birth city: Portsmouth; Birth state: RI
    [11] Rhode Island, Vital Extracts
    [12] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Record Source: Rhode Island Colonial War Servicemen, 1740-62

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Record Source: Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 1740
    Event Place: Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records 1690-1881; Author: Bristol County (Massachusetts). Register of Probate; Probate Place: Bristol, Massachusetts

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