Capt Jonathan THING

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Excerpt from " Royall Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Vol. One Gov. Thomas Dudley": he may have been the son of his father's unknown first wife. He died from a shot by his own gun when he fell from his horse. The administration of his estate was granted on 22 Feb 1695-1696 to Nicholas Gilman.

Excerpt from "The Story of the Gilmans and a Gilman Genealogy....":When a youth he served in King Phillip's War and later was Captain of the Exeter Co. in King William's War. He held various town offices. Mary died at the age of 33, leaving 7 children. He m. 2nd Mrs. Martha Wiggin and had a son Daniel. He was killed a year later by the accidental discharge of his gun while riding in the woods with his brother Samuel and peter Folsom. He was buried with his first wife, Mary, in the oldest existing graveyard in Exeter.

Jonathan married Mary GILMAN on 26 Jul 1677 in Exeter, New Hampshire. Mary (daughter of John GILMAN and Elizabeth TREWORGY) was born on 10 Sep 1658 in Exeter, New Hampshire; died in Aug 1691. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jonathan THING was born on 21 Sep 1678 in Exeter, New Hampshire; died about 1735.
2. Josiah THING was born about 1690; died in Infancy.
3. John THING was born in Jun 1680.
4. Joseph THING was born in Mar 1684; died in Mar 1784.
5. Benjamin THING was born on 12 Nov 1688 in Exeter, New Hampshire; died on 02 Jun 1725.
6. Bartholomew THING was born in Feb 1681; died in Apr 1738.
7. Elizabeth THING was born about 1686.

Jonathan married Martha DENISON on 02 Jul 1693 in Exeter, New Hampshire. Martha (daughter of John DENISON and Martha SYMONDS) was born on 01 Mar 1668/9 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Sep 1728 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonathan married Joanna WADLEIGH. Joanna died after 1676 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]