Hon. Jeremiah Thurston, son of General George (2) and Dolly (Cottrell) Thurston, was born in Hopkinton, R. I., May 29, 1768. His early youth embraced the stirring period of the Revolution. He subsequently became a large land-owner and a prominent figure in politics. He was also a merchant in Hopkinton, and his mansion and store were near the then important inn, where stopped the numerous stages running between New London and Providence, on the routes between New York and Boston. He was of the old school of Jeffersonian Democrats, and a vital figure in public affairs in Hopkinton and the surrounding country. Hon. Jeremiah Thurston married, March 1, 1801, Sarah Babcock, daughter of Rowse Babcock (2), of Westerly, the first president of the Washington Bank, of which General George (2) Thurston was one of the founders. Hon. Jeremiah Thurston was elected Lieutenant-Governor of the State of Rhode Island in 1816, and again in 1817. He died March 21, 1830.
