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Mehitable Thurston (Tripp)

Also Known As: "Thurston"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, Colonial America
Death: October 21, 1736 (67)
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Peleg Tripp, Sr. and Anne Tripp
Wife of Thomas Thurston
Mother of Anne Sprague; Edward Thurston; Jonathan Thurston; Ruth Eddy; Thomas Thurston and 6 others
Sister of Sarah Rogers; John Tripp; Mary Tripp Smith; Priscilla Tripp; Job Tripp, Sr. and 4 others

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About Mehitable Thurston

  • Mehitable Tripp Thurston
  • Birth: Jan. 6, 1675 Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
  • Death: Oct. 21, 1736 Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
  • THE DAUGHTER OF: Peleg Tripp of Portsmouth, RI and Anne (Sisson) Tripp of Dartmouth, MA
  • THE SISTER OF:
  • Job Tripp
  • John Tripp
  • Priscilla Tripp
  • Sarah Tripp
  • Mary Tripp
  • Anne Tripp
  • Richard Tripp
  • Peleg Tripp
  • THE WIFE OF:
  • Thomas Thurston
  • Married 23 June 1695
  • THE MOTHER OF:
    • Anne (Thurston) Sprague
    • Thomas Thurston (1689)
    • Ruth Thurston
    • Edward Thurston
    • Jonathan Thurston
    • Nathaniel Thurston
    • Thomas Thurston (1696)
    • Peleg Thurston
    • Samuel Thurston
    • Thomas Thurston (1710)
  • Family links:
  • Spouse:
  • Thomas Thurston (1671 - 1730)
  • Children:
    • Anne Thurston Sprague (1686 - 1754)*
  • Burial: Unknown
  • Find A Grave Memorial# 102185449
  • From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102185449 ___________
  • THURSTON, Thomas
  • b. 8 OCT 1671 Little Compton, Newport, RI.
  • d. 22 OCT 1730 Newport, Newport, RI.
  • Parents:
  • Father: THURSTON, Edward
  • Mother: MOTT, Elizabeth
  • Family:
  • Marriage: 23 JUL 1695 Freetown, Bristol, Mass.
  • Spouse: TRIPP, Mehitable
  • b. 6 JAN 1668/9 Portsmouth, Newport, RI.
  • d. 21 OCT 1736
  • Children:
    • THURSTON, Ruth
    • THURSTON, Ann
    • THURSTON, Edward
    • THURSTON, Thomas b. ABT 1698 Little Compton, Newport, RI.
    • THURSTON, Peleg
    • THURSTON, Jonathan
  • From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_3aa.htm#68

Mehitable (Tripp) Thurston (1674 - 1736)

Born on January 6, 1668/9 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. [1]

Died 21 Oct 1736 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony [2]

Daughter of Peleg Tripp and Anne (Sisson) Tripp

Sister of John Tripp, Priscilla Tripp, Mary (Tripp) Smith, Sarah Tripp, Job Tripp, Peleg Tripp Jr., Anne (Tripp) Rogers and Richard Tripp

Marriage: July 23, 1695 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.

Spouse: Thomas Thurston

Children of Mehitable Tripp and Thomas Thurston:

  1. Edward Thurston (1696–1783) in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
  2. Thomas Thurston est. b. 1698
  3. Jonathan Thurston (1702–1762)
  4. Peleg Thurston (est. b. 1700 –1770)
  5. Samuel Thurston est. b. 1704
  6. John Thurston, est. b. 1706; d. 22 Oct 1690 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
  7. Ruth (Thurston) Inman est. b. 1708
  8. Elizabeth (Thurston) Chase est. b. 1710
  9. Anne (Thurston) Sprague est. b. 1712
  10. Mehitable (Thurston) Joslin est. b. 1714
  11. Mary Thurston, est. b. 1717, infant death
  12. Nathaniel Thurston est. b. 1718

Sources:

Mehitable (Tripp) Thurston (1674 - 1736) Profile manager: Lynden Rodriguez - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tripp-350

1. Weber, Richard E. “Mehitable Tripp.” The Sprague Project, Albert Arnold Sprague, IV, Webmaster, 4 July 2017, <https://www.sprague-database.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I...>.

2. Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 15 August 2017), memorial page for Mehitable Tripp Thurston (1675 – 1726), Find A Grave Memorial no. 102185449. Her burial site is currently unknown.

  • Behling, Sam. “Mehitable Tripp.” Register Report - SISSON, RootsWeb, 20 Aug. 2003, <homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sam/sisson.html#P2946>. Text: "Mehitable TRIPP (Anne SISSON2, Richard1). Born on 6 Jan 1668/1669 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI. Mehitable died aft 1736; she was 67. On 23 Jun 1695 when Mehitable was 27, she married Thomas THURSTON, in Freetown, Bristol Co., MA. Born on 8 Oct 1671 in Newport, Newport Co., RI. Thomas died in Freetown, Bristol Co., MA, on 22 Mar 1728/1729; he was 56."
  • Munsell et al. "American Ancestry," (1899) Vol. 12
  • Arnold, James N. "Rhode Island Vital Records".
  • Martin, John L. "Sisson Family" (New Bedford, Mass.: typescript, 1930s; indexed by David S. Martin, 1991) Vol I, pp 10-4, 7, 17.
  • Austin, John O. One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1982.
  • Austin, John O. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690 : with Many Families Carried to Thefourth Generation. Salem Mass: Higginson Book Company, 2010.
  • Welling, Jane B. They Were Here Too: Genealogies of the Owners of the Inn at Easton Corners and Related Families of Southern Washington County Andenvirons, State of New York. Greenwich, N.Y: Washington County Historical Society, 1963.
  • Mackenzie, George N. Colonial Families of the United States of America, Volume 2: In Which Is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies from the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. Baltimore: Clearfield, 2012.
  • The Early Records of the Town of Portsmouth. Providence, Rhode Island: E.L. Freeman, 1901.
  • Paige, Lucius R, and Elizabeth P. Bentley. List of Freemen of Massachusetts, 1630-1691. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1978.
  • Tripp, Bob, et al. “Mehitable Tripp.” Tripp Family Genealogical Website, Trippgenealogy.org, 2017, <http://www.trippgenealogy.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I54&tree=M...>.
  • Regehr, Carol. “Mehitable Tripp.” Descendants of Richard (1608-1684) and Mary (d. 1692) SISSON of Rhode Island, RootsWeb.com, 5 Aug. 2017, <homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dasisson/richard/aqwg03.htm#415>. Text: "Mehitable TRIPP (Anne SISSON, Richard) was born on 6 Jan 1668/1669 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. She died after 1736. Mehitable married Thomas THURSTON on 23 Jun 1695 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. Thomas was born on 8 Oct 1671 in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island. He died on 22 Mar 1728/1729 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts."
  • Carroll, Robert. “Rogers-Cushing-Stiles-Carroll.” RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, RootsWeb.com, 30 Jan. 2013, <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rcarroll&...>.

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Mehitable Thurston's Timeline

1669
January 6, 1669
Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, Colonial America
1695
1695
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
1696
1696
Little Compton, Newport, RI, United States
1698
1698
1700
1700
1702
1702
Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
1703
1703
1709
1709
Freetown, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts
1715
1715