Norton Thurston1

b. 29 March 1745, d. 1817
Last Edited=12 Oct 2012
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5th great-grandfather of Joseph Michael Flint
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Pedigree for Joseph Michael Flint
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Susan B Anthony
     Norton Thurston was born on 29 March 1745 at Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. Thurston Genealogies shows data as 29 May 1745.2,3,1 He was the son of Samuel Thurston and Eunice Anthony.1,4

Norton Thurston married Ann Greene on 25 May 1769 at Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.5,6,7 Norton Thurston is enumerated on the military census of 1777 Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island as Norton Thurston, 16-50 years old, Able to Bear Arms, resident of Newport.8

Norton Thurston was enumerated during 1782 on the 1782 Rhode Island Census for Newport as head of family Norton Thurston. Enumerated in this family were: 3 males under 16, 2 females under 16, 1 male 22-50, 1 female 22-50.9

Norton Thurston was enumerated during 1790 on the 1790 U. S. census for Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island as head of family Northum Thurston. Enumerated in this family were: 1 Number of Houses, 2 Free white males of 16 years old and upwards, including heads of families, 2 Free white males under 16 years old, 3 Free white females including heads of families.10

Norton Thurston was enumerated during 1800 on the 1800 U. S. census for Town of Easton, Washington County, New York as head of family Norton Thuston. Enumerated in this family were: 1 Free white males 16 thru 25 years old, 1 Free white males 45 years old and over, 1 Free white females 16 thru 25 years old, 1 Free white females 45 years old and over.11

Norton Thurston was enumerated during 1810 on the 1810 U. S. census for Canajoharrie, Montgomery, New York as head of family Northan Thurston. Enumerated in this family were: 1 free white male 26 thru 44 years old, 1 free white male 45 and over years old, 1 free white female 16 thru 25 years old, 1 free white female 26 thru 44 years old, 1 free white female 45 and over years old.12

Norton Thurston died in 1817.13

Children of Norton Thurston and Ann Greene

Citations

  1. "Vital Record of Rhode, Island, 1636-1850," 2002, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (www.AmericanAncestors.org), entry for Vol. VII. Friends and Ministers Rhode Island Friends Records (Birth) THURSTON Norton, of Samuel and Eunice, Newport, March 29, 1745; citing James N. Arnold, Vital records of Rhode Island 1636-1850: First Series: births, marriages and deaths: a family register for the people, 21 vols., Providence, RI., Narragansett Historical Publishing Company,1891.
  2. "Vital Records of Rhode, Island, 1636-1850," 2002, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed 24 May 2009), entry for Norton Thurston; citing Narragansett Historical Publishing Company Providence, RI. James N. Arnold, Vital records of Rhode Island 1636-1850: First Series: births, marriages and deaths: a family register for the people, 21 vols., 1891., THURSTON Norton, of Samuel and Eunice, Newport, March 29, 1745 (birth).
  3. Brown Thurston, Thurston Genealogies Second Edition (Portland, Maine: Brown Thurston, 1892), 547; Reprinted by: Higginson Book Company, 148 Washington Street, Post Office Box 778, Salem, Massachusetts 01970.
  4. Brown Thurston, Thurston Genealogies 2nd ed, 531.
  5. "Vital Records of Rhode, Island, 1636-1850," Norton Thurston and Ann Greene, THURSTON Norton and Ann Greene, May 25, 1769. (marriage).
  6. "Vital Record of Rhode, Island, 1636-1850," Volume 4. Newport. Part II. (Marriage) THURSTON Norton and Ann Greene, May 25, 1769,.
  7. Brown Thurston, Thurston Genealogies 2nd ed.
  8. Mildred M. Chamberlain, The Rhode Island 1777 Military Census (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985), 112; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 12 Oct 2012).
  9. Katharine Waterman, "The Rhode Island Census of 1782," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 127 (January 1973: 17; digital image, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed 1 Aug 2009).
  10. 1790 U. S. census, Newport County, Rhode Island, Newport, p. 326 (written), line 8, Northum Thurston; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 26 Apr 2009); citing NARA microfilm publication M367, Roll 10.
  11. 1800 U. S. census, Washington County, New York, Town of Easton, p. 449 (written), line 24, Norton Thuston; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 17 May 2009); citing NARA microfilm publication M32, Roll 26.
  12. Northan Thurston household, 1810 U.S. census, Montgomery County, New York, population schedule, Canajoharrie , page 80 (written); Ancestry.com Images Online: 1810 U.S. Census / New York / Montgomery / Canajoharrie / Image 7 of 11, transcribed 29 Jun 2003.
  13. Brown Thurston, Thurston Genealogies 2nd ed, pg 547 # 8419.