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Thurston family located: Otisfield ME
Occupation: Farmer

Piper family located: Otisfield ME
Occupation: Farmer

Other Info:

For more information about Jacob Thurston, see this section of Cash genealogy

For more information about the ancestors of John Piper, see this section of piper taylor family.

Jacob Thurston son of Thomas Thurston and ?Mary Albridge (of Wrentham probably) 5/16/1760-11/20/1821 m 3/30/1806 Anna Baker Edwards He came to Otisfield in 1782. Rev: pvt in Capt. Goodales Co Col. Putnams regt. term 3 years also pvt in Maj. Allens Co same regt. He first bought of Geo. Peirce, deed dated 8/23/1785, con. 30 pounds, lot 143, which he sold to Benj. Green, 10/8/1789 for 60 pounds. This was later known at the Abram Green place. Grinfill Holdens record says, "He next exchanged with Daniel Cobb and got the place where Mark Knight since lived on Bell Hill. From there he moved to the Nutting place where Albert Nutting since lived and from there he moved to the David Jillson place where he lived until the time of his death." 6/19/1795 he bought of Samuel Dole for 25 pounds the north half of lot 88. 1/30/1796 bought of Nat. Edwards for $300 the northeast end of lot 104, and 5/3/1802 bought of Phineas Morse for $300 lot 162. He may have lived on lot 165, where Jonathan Piper Jr who married his widow later lived, as that was called the Thurston farm in some deeds, and his son Israel sold his portion of it to Jno. Piper. He dropped dead in the highway opposite the James Wight house. The town records say "He died very suddenly by falling down in the street." He is buried in Dunkertown Cemetery.
Thomas Thurston died 1845? near Bangor
Mary Aldrich Thurston married ___ Larrabee, lived in Baldwin
Lydia married William Hill, lived in Bridgton
Martha married Ebenezer Davis, intentions 8/19/1838

John Piper son of Jonathan 1771-1/17/1867 m Dorcas Stevens who died 3/30/1822 age 41. He m Anna B. Edwards Thurston 1/30/1823. He came from Waterboro about 1794-5 and worked for Geo. Peirce a year or two. He became acquainted with Dorcas Stevens while there and married her. He lived last in Dunkertown on Piper hill east of the schoolhouse. His first wife, Dorcas is buried in the upper yard on Scribner Hill, about the center of the south side, has a rock headstone with the initials D. P. d. 1822, a. 41, cut in it. John Piper was a quaint character and many stories have been told about him and his sayings. He bore the title of Dr. Piper because of sometimes doctoring sick animals. He moved the old Jillson house from east of Cargill Jillsons in the pasture, to the Piper Hill and lived there. He bought of Israel Thurston Apr. 11, 1831, 20 acres of lot 165, also 1/3 of the house and 1/3 of 3 1/3 acres, which was the estate of Thomas Thurston
Jonathan Edwards Piper 5/7/1827-8/4/1864;Co. I 24ME inf 11/10/1863 died from disease. He went to Lewiston from Otisfield and was working as a spinner when he enlisted. m. Mary J. Doughty of Byron Me. she d in 1889. Their first 4 children born Otisfield.
John D. b.3/6/1849, d. age 2 ys. in Otisfield
Sarah Angie born 1/10/1851, m. John Newell of Weld, had children Angie and Pearl, who went west and died there.
Marinda Jane born _____, m. Alonzo Parker of Weld, no children.
Mahala Winship born _____, m. Gorham Hutchinson of Weld, had children Edith and John.
George Albert born _____, m. Rebecca Gipson had children Edith, Bertie, Shirley, _____ Myrtle and Erwin. Was in the U. S. Army for 30 years or more.
Eliza Emily born _____, m. 1st Jackson Hatch, 10/16/1876, and m. 2nd Geo. O. Parlin, 3/20/1930, had children Claudius Melvern b. in Weld; Winfield Scott b. in East Livermore; Mahala Edelthy b. in Carthage; Orin Everett b. in Madrid; Eliza Emily b. _____; George Winbly b. in East Wilton.
Zachariah Winship 5/12/1800-10/24/1873 son of John Winship and Betsey Dole (dau of Richard Dole and Martha Merrill) of Windham m 1/31/1822 Elizabeth dau of Jacob Thurston and Anna Baker Edwards
dau Betsey Jane 7/7/1822-5/22/1907 m Levi Bearce 5/3/1863
Source: History of Otisfield by William Samuel Spurr; Reprinted by the Town of Otisfield, 2nd edition