1Brown Thurston, Thurston Genealogies, p. 15 (1892)
"8 JOSEPH THURSTON2 (Daniel1), brother of the preceding, and son of the "kinsman" Daniel and Anne (Pell) Thurston of Newbury, Mass.; born there Sept. 14, 1667; married, first, 1695, MEHITABLE KIMBALL; second, Aug. 25, 1707, ELIZABETH WOODBURY, daughter of John Woodbury of Beverly, Mass.
Mr. Thurston was a weaver in Newbury and after in Rowley, Mass. He "owned ye covenant" Feb. 5, 1698-9.
Children.
50 Mehitable,3 bap. Feb. 5, 1698-9; m. Oct. 15, 1718, Joseph Russell of Newbury.
51+Joseph,3 } twins, born Jan. 23,} m. Mary Jane Finson.
52 Benjamin,,3]bap. Feb. 5, 1698-9;}d. June 30, 1699.
53 Abigail,3 bap. Oct. 27, 1700.
54 Hannah,3 b. Feb. 27, bap. Feb. 28, 1702-3.
55+Benjamin,3 bap. Aug. 27, 1705; m. Elizabeth -------.".