- Born March 18, 1794 in South Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
- Married HARRIET PATRICK LEE on June 5, 1828 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
- Occupation - merchant in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
- Died March 22, 1873 in South Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He died insane at the age of 79.
CHILDREN
- HARRIET ELIZABETH THURSTON, born March 31, 1829 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Married HARRY PECK on December 29, 1854.
- GEORGE LEE THURSTON, born January 16, 1831 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died December 16, 1862 in Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi of phthisis. Married MARY BALDWIN WHITNEY on June 15, 1859 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
- JOSEPHINE THURSTON, born September 9, 1832 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died October 15, 1832 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts of influenza.
- FRANCIS HENRY THURSTON, born December 21, 1833 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in Central Lake, Antrim County, Michigan. Married ELIZABETH AMELIA CRANDALL on March 4, 1863 in Paxton, Ford County, Illinois.
SOURCE:
- William Lee, John Leigh of Agawam (Ipswich) Massachusetts, 1634-1671, Albany, Joe Munsell's Sons, 1888. Page 306