Saturday, November 12, 2016

Surname Saturday - THURSTON (England to colonial New England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  



I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1493, who is Mary THURSTON (1657-1732) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations of this THURSTON family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)


10.  Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11.  Julia E. White (1848-1913)

22.  Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)
23.  Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864)

46.  Jonathan Oatley (1790-1872)
47.  Amy Champlin (1798-1865)

92.  Joseph Oatley (1756-1815)
93.  Mary Hazard (1765-1857)

186.  Stephen Hazard (1730-1804)
187.  Elizabeth Carpenter (1741-????)

372.  Thomas Hazard (1707-1745)
373.  Hannah Slocum (1710-1737)

746.  Samuel Slocum (1685-1741)
747.  Hannah Carr (1691-????)

1492.  Ebenezer Slocum, born 25 March 1650 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died 13 February 1715 in Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  He was the son of 2984. Giles Slocum and 2985. Joan.  He married about 1676 in probably Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
1493.  Mary Thurston, born February 1657 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died 16 November 1732 in Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

Children of Ebenezer Slocum and Mary Thurston are:
*  Elizabeth Slocum (1678-1728), married 1696 Peter Green (1666-1708).
*  Mary Slocum (1679-????), married 1699 David Greene (1677-1761).
*  Johannah Slocum (1680-1709), married 1701 Caleb Carr (1679-1750).
*  Rebecca Slocum (1682-1729), married 1705 William Burling (1677-1743).
*  Samuel Slocum (1685-1741), married 1708 Hannah Carr (1691-????).
*  Ebenezer Slocum (1686-1715), married 1710 Naomi Barton (1688-1727).
*  Desire Slocum (1688-1760), married 1710 Samuel Dyer (1686-1767).
*  Deliverance Slocum (1691-????), married Thomas Rogers (1672-1749).
*  Mercy Slocum (1693-1714).
*  Giles Slocum (1696-1750), married 1720 Mary Manchester (1701-1763).
*  Joseph Slocum (1697-1732).
*  Abigail Slocum (1697-1771), married 1717 George Thomas (1694-1771).

2986.  Edward Thurston, born about 1618 in England; died 01 March 1707 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  He married June 1647 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
2987.  Elizabeth Mott, born about1629 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England; died 02 September 1694 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  She was the daughter of 5974. Adam Mott and 5975. Elizabeth Creed.

Children of Edward Thurston and Elizabeth Mott are:
*  Samuel Thurston (1647-????).
*  Elizabeth Thurston (1650-1707), married John Irish (1641-1717).
*  Edward Thurston (1652-1690), married 1676 Susanna Jefferay.
*  Ellen Thurston (1655-????), married 1674 George Havens.
*  Mary Thurston (1657-1732), married 1676 Ebenezer Slocum (1650-1715)
*  Jonathan Thurston (1659-1740), married 1678 Sarah LNU (1659-????)
*  Daniel Thurston (1661-1712), married 1686 Mary Easton (1661-1735).
*  Rebecca Thurston (1662-1732), married (1) 1690 Peter Easton (1659-????); (2) 1690 Weston Clarke (1648-1730).
*  John Thurston (1664-1690), married Elizabeth LNU (1669-1690).
*  Content Thurston (1667-????).
*  Samuel Thurston (1669-1747), married 1696 Abigail Clarke (1674-1731).
*  Thomas Thurston (1671-1730), married 1695 Mehitabel Tripp (1669-????).


The most authoritative information for this Thurston line was obtained in:

*  Carl Boyer 3rd, Ancestral Lines, Third Edition (Santa Clarita, California, 1998).

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