Captain John Thurston

1737 - 1814  (76 years)

• Name	John Thurston  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Title	Captain
  Birth	30 Jun 1737	Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2, 3, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Military POW	Abt 1776  [8]
  	Prisoner of War aboard "Swift"
  Military Service	Abt 1776  [7, 8, 9]
  	American Army - Revolutionary War: PRIZE MASTER'S MATE
  Census	1810	Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, USA   [5]
  DAR/SAR	Daughters of the American Revolution: # A115162; Sons of the American Revolution: # P-304909  [3, 8, 9]
  		Seal-DAR Daughters of the American Revolution
  		Seal-SAR Sons of the American Revolution
  Death	25 Jun 1814	Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, USA   [2, 3, 7]
  Person ID	I16612	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Eunice Gott,   b. 5 Apr 1738, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 7 Mar 1832, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	11 Jun 1760  [1, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  Family Residence	1784	Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, USA   [11]
  	Family moved from Gloucester, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Amos Thurston,   b. 20 Oct 1772, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 Jun 1850, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Ambrose Thurston,   b. 21 Nov 1762, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1820, Rockport, Knox, Maine, USA (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. John Thurston,   b. 1781, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 9 Nov 1835, South Bristol, Lincoln, Maine, USA (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Susan Thurston,   b. 27 Sep 1775, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 12 Oct 1808, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Solomon Gott Thurston,   b. 21 Feb 1783, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 4 Aug 1854, Rockport, Knox, Maine, USA (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Eunice Thurston,   b. 1765, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 7 Mar 1809, Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Lovis 'Lois' Thurston,   b. Aft 1783, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Stephen Thurston,   b. 1775, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1833, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, USA (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. William Thurston,   b. 27 Aug 1778, Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 11 Jun 1852, Pemaquid, Lincoln, Maine, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6149	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Jun 1737 - Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Family Residence - Family moved from Gloucester, Massachusetts - 1784 - Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, USA Census - 1810 - Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, USA Death - 25 Jun 1814 - Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia		Seal-DAR Daughters of the American Revolution
  		Seal-SAR Sons of the American Revolution

  
  

• Sources

  [S78] World Family Tree, (Name: Family Tree Maker;), Gott.FTW. [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Lois (Lovis) Thurston [S509] Sons of the American Revolution - Members, Volume: 241. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Volume: 241 [S602] Hatcher, Patricia Law, Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 1999;), Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 4; Serial: 11999; Volume: 8. [S604] Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Year: 1810; Census Place: Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 11; Page: 437; Image: 00429; Family History Library Film: 0218682. 1810 United States Federal Census Year: 1810; Census Place: Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 11; Page: 437; Image: 00429; Family History Library Film: 0218682 [S1790] Ancestry.com, Andersonville Prisoners of War, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 1999;). Record for John Thurston https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=3708&h=35344&indiv=try [S5665] Find a Grave: THURSTON John 1737-1814, Captain John Thurston. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170629192/john-thurston [S4094] Daughters of the American Revolution - Ancestors, THURSTON, JOHN Ancestor #: A115162. THURSTON, JOHN Ancestor #: A115162 Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, MATE ON A SHIP Birth: 6-30-1737 GLOUCESTER ESSEX CO MASSACHUSETTS Death: 6-25-1814 DEER ISLE HANCOCK CO ME DIST MASSACHUSETTS Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 15, P 716 Service Description: 1) PRIZE MASTER'S MATE; ALSO PRISONER ON "SWIFT" http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A115162 [S4149] Sons of the American Revolution - Patriots, John THURSTON -- SAR Patriot #: P-304909. State of Service: MA Qualifying Service: Soldier Birth: 1737 Death: 1814 Additional References: Rev War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993 SAR Rev War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998 https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/304909 [S614] Ancestry.com, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;). [S27] Pierce, William MacBeth, Old Hancock County Families, (Name: Hancock County Publishing; Location: Ellsworth, Maine; Date: 1933;), Gott - Mt. Desert, Swan's Island, Pages 26 - 29. Charles Gott came to America with Gov. John Endicott, and his company of Puritans, sailing from Weymouth, England, in the "Abigail", June 20, 1628, and arriving at Naumkeag (Salem, Mass.,) Sept. 6, 1628. He died in Wenham, Mass., Jan. 15, 1668. [S579] William Otis Sawtelle, Daniel Gott - Mount Desert Pioneer, (Date: 1926;), Daniel Gott - Mount Desert Pioneer: His Ancestors and Descendants, 929.2 G6852. NOTES ON THE GOTTS OF NEW ENGLAND The name of Gott is of Old English origin, meaning a water way or water course, to be recognized in our word gutter and gut, meaning a channel of restricted limits. As early as the fourteenth century Gotts appear in the English records and later as residents in Yorkshire and in Kent. A diligent search among the parish records of Old England has failed to locate the antecedents of Charles Gott and his wife Sarah, first of the name in New England. In the publications of the British Records Society the name is frequently met with and also in the numerous English county genealogies; but no mention of any Charles Gott of whom Hubbard thus speaks: “With Mr. Endicot in the year 1628 came Mr. Gotte, Mr. Brokenbury, Mr. Davenport and others who being added to Capt. Trask’s preparations for a new colony that was coming over.” The Captain Trask mentioned by the New England historian was Captain William Trask and it is interesting to note this early mention of two family names well known in the Mount Desert region. As the history of any region is contained in family records I make no apology in presenting these papers relating to the Gotts of New England who spread from Salem, Massachusetts, to Connecticut and to New York; to various parts of Maine, especially Mount Desert where many of them were among the first permanent settlers. La Petite Plaisance of Champlain is our Gott’s Island of today; a name for which the lack of euphony is more than compensated by its significance in the pioneer history of Mount Desert. Daniel Gott - Mount Desert Pioneer Daniel Gott - Mount Desert Pioneer: His Ancestors and Descendants [S5659] Find a Grave: GOTT Eunice Thurston 1738-1832, Eunice Gott Thurston. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170629400/eunice-thurston