Jonathan THURSTON

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth ?. Elizabeth died between Oct 1770 and 1774. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sarah THURSTON was born in 1740 in Jamaica, Long Island, New York; died on 7 May 1780; was buried in Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens Co., New York .

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He was a blacksmith in Jamaica. In 1691 he was appointed on a committee to build a church, of which, Sept. 13, 1698, he was chosen to superintend the building. This was probably an Episcopal church, as in 1700 he was chosen vestryman. The Earl of Belmont, governor of New York, in a letter to the lords of trade, dated Oct. 21, 1698, refers to the depositions of Benjamin Thurston and his brother Daniel, in an action against Col. Willet, member of the council, who was charged with piracy; March 6, 1692, was chosen tax collector; in 1700 he was 1st lieutenant in the foot company of Jamaica; 178 only one person paid a higher tax than he, died intestate about 1710.

Benjamin married Sarah ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]