Susannah Thurston

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Susannah Thurston (Jefferay)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Newport, Aquidneck Island, Colony of Rhode Island
Death: 1738 (81-82)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William "Will" Jeffreys, of Newport, Gent. and Mary Jeffries
Wife of Edward Thurston, II
Mother of Abigail Bennett; Jonathan Thurston and Edward Thurston
Sister of Mary Greene; Thomas Jeffreys; Priscilla Coddington and Sarah Barker

Managed by: David Andrew Dyer
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About Susannah Thurston

SUSANNAH, 5th & last known child of William & Mary (Gould Jeffreys, was born about 1656. She married by about 1688 Edward Thurston.

Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.

Notes

From The Journal of William Jefferay, Gentleman: Born at Chiddingly, Old England...1591; Died at Newport, New England...1675. Being Some Account of Divers People, Places and Happenings, Chiefly in New England; a Diary that Might Have Been. John Osborne Austin. Press of E. L. Friedman & Sons (1899). Page 139 - 141 GoogleBooks

”Dec. 8, 1674. I have, therefore, put my house in order for the great change, and in my will (this day made), have provided, as my estate will allow, for my dear wife and children.My eldest daughter, Mary, hath been sometime wife to John Greene, and I have made her executrix; giving her some London estate received by me from my mother's will. Sarah hath lately married James Barker, Jr., and I believe there is a leaning in Susannah toward one Edward Thurston, Jr., and of Priscilla to Thomas Coddington (son of our now Governor, by his third wife, who is a sister of Mr. Brinley). I think they be all hopeful young men.To my son Thomas I have given houses and tenements, &c, owned by me in England (all save what I give to my daughter, Mary Greene), and I hope he may see that old home, whether he remaineth in England or not.”

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Susannah Thurston's Timeline

1656
1656
Newport, Aquidneck Island, Colony of Rhode Island
1678
1678
Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
1686
April 3, 1686
1689
1689
Newport, Rhode Island
1738
1738
Age 82