John THURSTON: Darlene's Family Genealogy

1656 -

Generation: 1

1.	John THURSTON was born on 13 Dec 1656 in Medfield, Massachusetts (son of Thomas THURSTON and Sarah THAXTER). Family/Spouse: Hannah ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children: Hannah THURSTON was born on 8 Jun 1693; died in 1780.

Generation: 2

Thomas THURSTON was born in Wrentham, England; was christened on 4 Aug 1633 (son of John THURSTON and Margaret ?); died on 20 May 1704.

Notes:

Name:
Thomas Thurston and Thomas Jr., are on the list of names of those who came to Medfield from Dedham. Mr. Thurston was a man of much usefulness; one of the prudential committee and town clerk, 1673; the same year Thomas and John Thurston were on a committee chosen by the inhabitants of Dedham to manage the division of Wrentham from Dedham; sergeant in 1675; before Philip's war; made lieutenant in 1678; representative to the General Court in 1686, the last session before the abolition of the "good old charter, and was justice of the peace, with authority to solemnize marriages. Farham thinks he must have been the man who received 544 votes for "assistant" in April, 1686.

Thomas married Sarah THAXTER on 13 Dec 1655. Sarah died on 1 Sep 1678. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah THAXTER died on 1 Sep 1678.

Other Events and Attributes:

Fact: Daughter of Thomas Thaxter of Hingham, Mass.

Children:

1. John THURSTON was born on 13 Dec 1656 in Medfield, Massachusetts.