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JOHN THURSTON (abt
1607 - 1685) of Medfield and Dedham m. Margaret Unknown (abt 1605 - 1662)
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HANNAH THURSTON (1693
- 1780) m. John Cary
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JOHN THURSTON (abt 1607 - 1685) of Medfield and Dedham
Parents: Unknown
John Thurston was born about 1607. He died in Nov 1685 in Medfield. [Ref] He married Margaret Unknown. Margaret was born about 1605. She died on 9 May 1662 in Medfield. [Ref]
A manuscript recording people who wanted to go to New England says: [Ref]
May the 10th 1637. The examinaction of John Thurston of Wrenton in Suffolk. Carpenter, aged 30 years, and Margaret his wife aged 32 yeares with 2 children, Thomas, and John are desirous to passe to New England to inhabit.
John Thurston is on a 10 May 1643 list of freemen. [Ref]
John Thurston was granted 191 acres in the East Section in Medfield in 1650. [Ref]
Children of John Thurston and Margaret Unknown:
CAPT. THOMAS THURSTON (bef. 1637 - 1704) of Medfield
Parents: John Thurston and Margaret Unknown
Capt. Thomas Thurston was born before 1637. He died on 20 May 1704 in Medfield. [Ref] He married Sarah Thaxter on 13 Dec 1655 in Medfield. [Ref][Ref]
Thomas Thurston was granted 72 acres in the East Section in Medfield in 1650. [Ref]
Thomas paid 3 bushells of Indian corn and a shilling as part of Medfield's contribution to Harvard Collee in 1678. He was subsequently 'burned out by the Endians'. [Ref]
Children of Thomas Thurston and Sarah Thaxter:
JOHN THURSTON (1656 - 1711)
Parents: Capt. Thomas Thurston and Sarah Thaxter
John Thurston was born on 4 Mar 1655/6 in Medfield. [Ref][Ref] He died on 24 Nov 1711 in Rehoboth. [Ref] He married Hannah Cary. [Ref] Hannah was described as a widow when she died on 5 Jul 1718. [Ref] John paid 3 bushels of Indian as part of Medfield's contribution to Harvard Collee in 1678. He was subsequently 'burned out by the Endians'. [Ref]
Children of John Thurston and Hannah Cary:
HANNAH THURSTON (1693 - 1780)
Parents: John Thurston and Hannah Cary
Hannah Thurston was born on 8 Jun 1693 in Medfield. [Ref] She died in 1780. [Ref][Ref, p. 78] She married John Cary on 16 May 1716 [Ref, p. 78] in Rehoboth. [Ref][Ref]
On 17 Mar 1718/9 John and Sarah Carpenter and Bethiah Thurston, all of Rehoboth, acknowledged a deed dated 12 Nov 1718 by which they and John and Hannah Cary, both of Windham, conveyed to David Thurston 3/7 of the interest in Rehoboth real estate that John Thurston had left to his daughters. [Ref]
She was the aunt of Gov. Samuel Huntington, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. [Ref][Ref, p. 78]
References
Family Genealogies
Cary, Seth Cooley, John Cary, the Plymouth Pilgrim, Boston, S.C. Cary, 1911.
Local Histories
Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties Connecticut, Chicago, J.H. Beers and Co., 1903.
Family Genealogies
Zubrinsky, Eugene Cole, "Three John Carpenters: A Chain of Mistaken Identities," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 159, 2005, 43-53.
Vital Records
Arnold, James N., Vital Records of Rehoboth, 1642-1896, Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1897.
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007.