Thomas Thurston
M, b. before 8 October 1671, d. 22 March 1729/30
| Father | Edward Thurston b. 1617, d. 1 Mar 1707 |
| Mother | Elizabeth Mott b. 1629, d. 2 Sep 1694 |
Thomas was born in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.1 He was christened there on 8 October 1671.1 Thomas married Mehitable Tripp in 1695 at Massachusetts. Thomas made his will on 20 March 1730 at Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Exs. Brother-in-law Peleg Tripp, of Rhode Island, and wife Mehitable. To wife Mehitable, all moveables within and without doors except great bible. The house and land to be sold for debts, etc, and surplus remaining to be for wife and eleven children, divided as follows: To wife and sons Edward, Thomas, Peleg, Jonathan, Samuel and John, equally in seven shares, only £20 advance to wife and £20 to Thomas. To daughters Ruth Eddy, Elizabeth Thurston, Anne Sprague, Mehitable Joslin and Mary Thurston, £100, the dour eldest daughters having £60 and what they already had and daughter Mary receiving £40.2
Thomas departed this life on Wednesday, 22 March 1729/30 in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts.3 Exs. Brother-in-law Peleg Tripp, of Rhode Island, and wife Mehitable. To wife Mehitable, all moveables within and without doors except great bible. The house and land to be sold for debts, etc, and surplus remaining to be for wife and eleven children, divided as follows: To wife and sons Edward, Thomas, Peleg, Jonathan, Samuel and John, equally in seven shares, only £20 advance to wife and £20 to Thomas. To daughters Ruth Eddy, Elizabeth Thurston, Anne Sprague, Mehitable Joslin and Mary Thurston, £100, the dour eldest daughters having £60 and what they already had and daughter Mary receiving £40. His will was probated on 21 April 1730.
Exs. Brother-in-law Peleg Tripp, of Rhode Island, and wife Mehitable. To wife Mehitable, all moveables within and without doors except great bible. The house and land to be sold for debts, etc, and surplus remaining to be for wife and eleven children, divided as follows: To wife and sons Edward, Thomas, Peleg, Jonathan, Samuel and John, equally in seven shares, only £20 advance to wife and £20 to Thomas. To daughters Ruth Eddy, Elizabeth Thurston, Anne Sprague, Mehitable Joslin and Mary Thurston, £100, the dour eldest daughters having £60 and what they already had and daughter Mary receiving £40.2
Thomas departed this life on Wednesday, 22 March 1729/30 in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts.3 Exs. Brother-in-law Peleg Tripp, of Rhode Island, and wife Mehitable. To wife Mehitable, all moveables within and without doors except great bible. The house and land to be sold for debts, etc, and surplus remaining to be for wife and eleven children, divided as follows: To wife and sons Edward, Thomas, Peleg, Jonathan, Samuel and John, equally in seven shares, only £20 advance to wife and £20 to Thomas. To daughters Ruth Eddy, Elizabeth Thurston, Anne Sprague, Mehitable Joslin and Mary Thurston, £100, the dour eldest daughters having £60 and what they already had and daughter Mary receiving £40. His will was probated on 21 April 1730.
Family | Mehitable Tripp b. 6 Jan 1674, d. 21 Oct 1736 |
Citations
- [S2230] Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914 - Family Search: Thomas Thurston - 8 October 1671 at Newport, Newport County; parents Edward and Elizabeth Thurston [Society of Friends, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island].
- [S2194] John Osborne Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Page 206.
- [S2067] Massachusetts, U. S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Freetown Records, 1868-1764 Number 1 - Tomas thurstan of freetown Desenced marsh ye 22 day at night about eleven a Clock 1729/30.