Quoted directly from Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England by James Savage, Boston, 1860-1862, Vol. IV, pp 296-297. Select abbreviations for futher definition by Savage.
THURSTON, or THIRSTON, BENJAMIN, Boston, weaver, perhaps s. of the first John, 12 Dec. 1660, Eliz. d. of Robert Walker had Mary, and Eleazer, tw. b. 24 Apr. 1662; was freem. 1665, one of the founders of the 3d or 0. S. ch. ar. co. 1675, in wh. yr. bef. Philip's war, the Gen. Ct. made him ens. and be d. 10 Nov. 1678, of smallpox, says his spec. frd. Ch. Just. Sewall. CHARLES, Plymouth 1643. DANIEL, Newbury, an early sett. hav. gr. of Id. Nov. 1638, whose first w. d. 25 May 1648, and he m. 29 Aug. foll. Ann Lightfoot, perhaps wid. of Francis of Lynn, d. 16 Feb. 1666, without ch. giv. his est. to Daniel T. a kinsman, wh. bef. was call. Daniel jr. DANIEL, Newbury, may have been short time at Ipswich in 1675, was perhaps the legatee of the preced. and may have come with him from Eng. m. 20 Oct. 1655, Ann Pell, perhaps d. of Joseph of Lynn, had Daniel, b. 2 July 1659, unless the yr. be too late by two, d. at 4 mos.; Hannah, 20 Jan. 1659, says Coffin; Daniel, again, 18 Jan. 1661; Sarah, 8 Jan. 1664; Stephen, 25 Oct. 1665; Joseph, 14 Sept. 1667; Ann, 6 Sept. 1669; James, 24 Sept. 1670; Stephen, again, 25 Oct. 1672, d. soon; Stephen, again, 5 Sept. 1674; and Abigail, 17 Mar. 1678; and he d. 19 Feb. 1693. DANIEL, Medfield, freem. 1678, may have been s. of John the first of Dedham. DANIEL, Rehoboth, m. 16 Dec. 1681, Hannah Miller, had Sarah, b. 2 Jan. 1683, posthum. tho. we kn. not the exact time of his d. DANIEL, Newbury, s. of the see. Daniel, by w. Mary had Daniel, b. 26 June 1690; John, 12 June 1692; Mary, 7 Jan. 1694; Benjamin, 4 May 1695; Hannah, 26 Jan. 1698; Martha, 27 Nov. 1699; and Jonathan, 16 Mar. 1701. His will was pro. 27 Feb. 1637. *EDWARD, Newport, m. June 1647, Eliz. d. of the first Adam Mott, had Sarah, b. 10 Mar. 1648; Eliz. Feb. 1650; Edward, 1 Apr. 1652; Ellen, Apr. 1655; Mary, Feb. 1657; Jonathan, 4 Jan. 1659; Daniel, Apr. 1661; Rebecca, Apr. 1662; John, Dec. 1664; Content, June 1667; Thomas, 8 Oct. 1671. Perhaps his d. Rebecca bec. sec. w. of Weston Clark. He is on the list of freem. 1655, was rep. of Providence 1663, but ret. to N. His d. Elinor m. 1674, George Havens of Portsmouth, R. I. JAMES, Newbury, s. of Daniel the sec. by w. Mary, had Hannah, b. 15 Nov. 1694, d. at 7 yrs.; Dorcas, 20 Oct. 1696; Abner, 28 Feb. 1699; and Phebe, 20 June 1702. JOHN, Salem 1638, had gr. of Id. 1640, possib. but not prob. the same as JOHN, Dedham, wh. was of Wrentham in Co. Suffk. a carpenter, came in the Mary Ann of Yarmouth, 1637, aged, says my transcript of a rec. in Westminster Hall, 30, wh. should be 36, for by the parish reg. of Wrentham I find he was bapt. 13 Jan. 1601, and that would better agree with the age of his w. Margaret, 32, wh. he brot. with two ch. Thomas, wh. was bapt. 4 Aug. 1633; and John, bapt. 13 Sept. 1635 in Eng.; had here Joseph; Benjamin, b. 8 Julv 1640, bapt. with Joseph, 13 Sept. foll.; Mary, b. 8 Mar. 1643; and Judith, 29 May 1648. He was freem. 10 May 1643; and his est. was part in Medfield, set off from D. 1651. His w. d. 9 May 1662. *JOHN, Medfield, s. prob. of the preced. brot. from Eng. by his f. 1637, was freem. 1663, and rep. 1683, of wh. we should gladly kn. more, than that he in. Mary, d. of Nicholas Wood. JOHN, Newport, was on the list of freem. 1655. JOSEPH, Newbury, s. of Daniel the sec. in. 1695, Mebitable Kimball. RICHARD, Salem 1637, rem. to Boston, was a mariner, by w. Martha, d. of Christopher Stanley, as we may infer from the will of Susanna Phillips, wh. had been w. of S. had Samuel, b. 11 July 1652, and perhaps others. We may obs. the want of precise use of words, when T. in convey. of part of ship to William Phillips, Sept. 1650 calls him f.-in-law, only bec. he (Phillips) had in. the wid. mo. of vendor's w. *THOMAS, prob. s. of the first John, bapt. in Eng. was of Medfield, m. 13 Dec. 1655, Sarah Thaxter, d. prob. of Thomas of Hingham, had John, b. 4 Mar. 1657; Thomas, 11 Feb. 1659; Nathaniel, 24 Jan. 1661; and others, whose names are not kn. He was a man of much usefuln. serg. in 1675, bef. the war, made lieut. in 1678, and rep. 1686, in the last Ct. bef. the abolit. of the good old Chart. Farmer, MS. thinks he must have been the person, wh. had in Apr. of that yr. some votes for Assist. as in Hutch. Coll. 544. THOMAS, a quaker, aged 34, wh. came from London in the Speedwell, 1656, and was sent away in the same sh. THOMAS, Hampton, sw. alleg. 1678, and mark. by Dr. Belkn. 1681, as hav. been b. 1649, wh. was slight ground for fear that he might be the Quaker, wh. emb. 30 May 1656, aged 34, at London, in the Speedwell, and arr. at Boston, 27 July. But this passeng. was prob. ret. by the same vessel; and Belkn. and Farmer, and Geneal. Reg. VII. 203, 4, all spell without s the name of this Hampton man, wh. authority united does not prevail with me. He was Provost marshall in 1684, employ. by the Ct. THOMAS, Wrentham, perhaps s. of the first Thomas, by w. Mehitable, had Mehitable, b. 1 Aug. 1686; Mary, 16 Mar. 1688, d. soon; Thomas, 2 Nov. 1689; Ichabod, 9 Aug. 1692, d. soon; as his mo. had 2 days aft. bring him into the world; and by w. Esther had David, 20 Nov. 1693; and Daniel, 25 Sept. 1695, perhaps more; and d. 15 Dec. 1704. Five of this name at Harv. and two at Yale had been gr. in 1851.
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