Person:Daniel Thurston (11)

The Will of Daniel Thurston of Newbury

"The last will and testament of Daniel Thurston of Newberry, in ye province of Massachusetts Bay, New England, husbandman, which is as followeth:

First. In God's appointed time I resign my soul into ye hands of GOD that gave it and my body to ye dust until ye day of ye reserection of ye just according to ye gracious promise of ye and trust in Christ Jesus. And as for my temporal goods that GOD have given me I dispose of as followeth:

Imp^s. I give to my son Benjⁿ Thurston and his heirs and assigns one-third part of my right, propriety, or share of land and meadows in ye township of Lunenburgh in ye county of Middlesex in ye Province aforesaid. And also my two thatch islands lying in the great creek between Newbury and Rowley, and also half an acre of thatch bank at ye south-west corner of that piece of my meadow commonly called Biships meadow, and this with what I have before given him is in full of his portion.

Item. I have given my son Jonathan Thurston a deed of the land on which he now dwells. I also give to my s^d son Jonathan and his heirs and assigns one-third part of my right, propriety, and share of land and meadow in ye township of Lunenburgh aforesaid, and also one-half of my lot of marsh called by ye name of my lower lott, and also one-halfe of my lott of mead that I bought of my brother Nathaniel Dresser, lying in the township of Rowley in ye county aforesaid and on the North side of Nelsons Island (so called), and also one lott of land lying below Pen Brook in ye township of Rowley aforesaid, and it is the fifth lott on a range of lotts known by ye letter G, and also a convenient driftway through to my F lotts in the three thousand acres in ye township of Rowley aforesaid in full of his portion.

Item. I give to my son Richard Thurston his heirs and assigns seventeen lots of land lying in ye township of Rowley aforesaid, in that part of said Rowley that is commonly called the thousand acres. Said lotts were laid out by ye proprietors of ye common land in said Rowley, and also a house which standeth on part of said lotts (only I reserve the liberty of a driftway for my son Jonathan through ye F lotts as aforesaid). Also I give to my said son Richard and his heirs and assigns one-third part of my right, propriety, or share of land and meadow in the township of Lunenburgh aforesaid, and also one-half of my lott of marsh called by ye name of my lower lott in ye township of Newbury aforesaid, and also one-haIf of my lot of meadow that I bought of my brother Nathaniel Dresser, lying in ye township of Rowley aforesaid and on ye North side of Nelsons Island (so called) in full of his portion.

Item. I give to my daughter Mary Chute twenty and six pounds to be paid within one year after my decease and also one-third part of my household goods, which is (with what she already had) in full of her portion.

Item. I give to my daughter Hannah Frazer twenty-six pounds and twelve shillings to be paid within two years after my decease and also one-third part of my household goods, which is (with what shee have already had) in full of her portion.

Item. I give to my daughter Martha Jewett twenty and nine pounds to be paid within three years after my decease and also one-third part of my household goods, which is (with what she have already had) in full of her portion.

Item. I give to my granddaughter Sarah Thurston twenty pounds to be paid within four years after my decease in full of her portion.

Lastly. I give to my son John Thurston and his heirs and assigns, whom I likewise constitute, make, and ordain my whole and sole Ex^r of this my last will and testament, all my land and meadow housing goods and chattels that I have not disposed of in this my will. Also I give him all the debts that is due to me. And I order him to pay all the debts that I do owe and legacies that I have given in this my will and also to pay my funeral charges. And this is my last will and testament having my perfect memory and understanding.

As witness my hand and seal this sixth day of July anno domini one thousand seven hundred and thirty-six. Daniel Thurston. Seal.

Signed, sealed, and declared in the presence of us, the Subscribers, Jonathan Plumer, Jno. Poor, Daniel Hale.

Essex probate office. A true copy as of record in said office, approved May 27, 1737. Attest James Ropes, Reg^r."^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Daniel Thurston², in Thurston, Brown. Thurston Genealogies, 1635-1880: [First Edition]. (Portland, Me.: Brown Thurston and Hoyt, Fogg and Donham, 1880)
   26-28.

   Daniel Thurston², (Daniel¹), … son of … Daniel and and Anne (Pell) Thurston of Newbury, Mass.; born there Dec. 18, 1661; married Mary Dresser, … daughter of Lieut. John Dresser of Rowley, Mass. … Daniel Thurston² died Feb. 18, 1738, aged 77. Daniel Thurston² with one hundred and nineteen other persons, received a grant of land called Narragansett, No. 1, Now Buxton, Me., range of lots known by the letter D., on the right of his father Daniel,¹ for services in the Narragansett war.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} 199. Daniel² Thurston, in Jewett, Amos Everett, [Editor], and George Brainard [Compiler] Blodgette. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts: A Genealogical Record of the Families who Settled in Rowley before 1700 with Several Generations of their Descendants. (Rowley, Mass.: Amos Everett Jewett (Newcomb & Gauss Co., Printers, Salem, Mass.), 1933)
   383.

   199. Daniel² Thurston of Newbury, son of Daniel¹ and Anne (Pell) Thurston of Newbury, was born 18 Dec., 1661. He married, before 1690, Mary, daughter of Lieut. John Dresser. They lived in Newbury, where she died 7 Dec., 1735. He died there 18 Feb., 1738. His will, dated 6 July, 1736, mentions himself as of Newbury; daughter Mary Chute (wife of Dea. James Chute); daughter Hannah Frazer (wife of Gershom Frazer); daughter Martha Jewett (wife of Ezekiel Jewett); grandchild Sarah Thurston (dau. of Daniel Thurston); and several other children (Essex Probate).

3. ↑ Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1911)
   1:516.

   Thurston, Daniell, s. Daniell [born] [Dec. 18, 1661 (court record, Essex Co. Quarterly Court and copy of vital records made by Henry Short about 1690)].

4. ↑ Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1911)
   2:736.

   Thirston, Daniel, [died] Feb. 16, 1737.