Thomas THURSTON

1633 - 1704  (~ 70 years)

• Name	Thomas THURSTON  [1]
  	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. [1]
  Birth	Wrentham, England   [1]
  Christening	4 Aug 1633  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 May 1704  [1]
  Person ID	I88463	Main Tree
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	John THURSTON,   c. 13 Jan 1601, Wrentham, Suffolk county, England d. 1 Nov 1685, Medfield, Massachusetts (Age ~ 84 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Margaret ?,   b. abt. 1605, England d. 9 May 1662 (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F36479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah THAXTER   d. 1 Sep 1678
  Marriage	13 Dec 1655  [1]
  Children	+ 1. John THURSTON,   b. 13 Dec 1656, Medfield, Massachusetts  [Birth]
  Family ID	F36478	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S9216] Brown Thurston, "Thurston Genealogies" 1635-1892.