.... The will of Thomas Thurston of Baltimore County, dated Dec. 21, 1692, and proved Apr. 13, 1693, mentions his son Thomas, his daughter Elizabeth, wife of Charles Rumsey, and his daughter Sarah. He also leaves 1 shilling to his daughter Elizabeth the wife of George Skipwith. He makes bequests to his wife Mary and states that should his three children by his last wife die without issue his entire estate is to go to his brother Samuel Thurston of Thernberry in Gloucestershire (Annap. Wills 6; 21).
This will indicates that his daughter Anne, wife of Miles Gibson, and the elder of his two daughters bearing the name Elizabeth, who married George Skipwith, were children of a former wife. ...
