Edward Thurston1,2

b. 26 May 1696, d. 22 February 1776
Last Edited=9 Aug 2009
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7th great-grandfather of Joseph Michael Flint
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Pedigree for Joseph Michael Flint
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     Edward Thurston was born on 26 May 1696 at Newport County, Rhode Island.2,1 He was the son of Samuel Thurston and Abigail Clarke.2

Edward Thurston married Elizabeth Norton, daughter of Benjamin Norton and Avis Stanton, on 9 May 1723.1,3,4

Edward Thurston was Cooper in 1724 at Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.1,5

Edward Thurston died on 22 February 1776 at Newport County, Rhode Island, at age 79.6,7

On 3 March 1776 in Providence, Rhode Island, the Providence Gazette published the following: "Died.] At Newport, Edward Thurston, Esq; in the 80 h Year of his Age."8

Children of Edward Thurston and Elizabeth Norton

Citations

  1. Brown Thurston, Thurston Genealogies Second Edition (Portland, Maine: Brown Thurston, 1892), pg 525 # 8247; Reprinted by: Higginson Book Company, 148 Washington Street, Post Office Box 778, Salem, Massachusetts 01970.
  2. "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 Edward, of Samuel and Abigail, May 26, 1696; 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.
  3. "The Norton Families", #81, The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks: Volume III Family Genealogies: pp. 341 - 382, online http://www.vineyard.net/vineyard/history/nortoni.htm. Previously published in hard copy (n.p.: n.pub.). Hereinafter cited as "Banks The Norton Families."
  4. "Vital Record of Rhode, Island, 1636-1850," Vol. VII. Friends and Ministers Rhode Island Friends Records (Marriage) NORTON Elizabeth, of Benjamin, to Edward Thurston, of Samuel, May 8, 1723.,.
  5. "Vital Record of Rhode, Island, 1636-1850," Vol. VII. Friends and Ministers Rhode Island Friends Records (Birth) THURSTON Samuel, of Edward (Cooper) and Elizabeth, Newport, April 5, 1724,.
  6. The Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/cemetery/index.html#key, THURSTON EDWARD 1697c - 22 FEB 1776 NT600.
  7. "Vital Record of Rhode, Island, 1636-1850," Vol. VII. Friends and Ministers Rhode Island Friends Records (Death) THURSTON Edward, Feb. 22, 1776, aged 79 years, "disowned for slave holding.",.
  8. Providence (Rhode Island) Gazette, 3 Mar1776; digital image, NewsBankinc, America's Genealogy Bank (http://infoweb.newsbank.com.ezproxy.spl.org:2048/gbnl/ : accessed 09 Aug 2008 through the Seattle Public Library website, www.spl.org).
  9. "Vital Record of Rhode, Island, 1636-1850," Vol. VII. Friends and Ministers Rhode Island Friends Records ANTHONY Eunice, of Isaac and Marcy, to Samuel Thurston, of Edward and Elizabeth, Newport, June 28, 1744. (Marriage),.
  10. "Vital Record of Rhode, Island, 1636-1850," Vol. VII. Friends and Ministers Rhode Island Friends Records (Birth) THURSTON Abigail, Jan. 4, 1725-6,.
  11. "Vital Record of Rhode, Island, 1636-1850," Vol. VII. Friends and Ministers Rhode Island Friends Records (Birth) THURSTON Edward, Jan. 12, 1728-9,.
  12. "Vital Record of Rhode, Island, 1636-1850," Vol. VII. Friends and Ministers Rhode Island Friends Records (Birth) THURSTON Benjamin, Nov. 20, 1732,.