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Ulster & Orange Counties, NJ Marriages:
. 1737 Oct 25, Samuel Willson, Piscataway X Mary Martin, Piscataway, NJ.
. 1743 May 11, Mary Martin, Piscataway X John Thickston, Piscataway, NJ.
Ref: History of the First Baptist Church of Wantage, Sussex, New Jersey.

. History of Long Island: Hempstead. In 1647 there were 57 freeholders in the [Hempstead] township, & a formal division of the land was made anions'.
X-Ref: Compare Samuel's brother John Willson, Jr. married Rebecca Thickston/Thixton. -PJA.
. 1746 Nov 18, WILL of Jeremiah Bloomfield, 1693-1746. Witness: John Thickston.

They were as follows: Richard Gildersleeve, William Lawrence, William Thickstone (Thickstone), Thomas Willet, John Lawrence, Thomas. (etc.)
In 1673 the list had passed the hundred mark, as may be seen from the enumeration preserved in A'anderkemp's Translation of Dutch Records, XXII.

. 1747 May 26, WILL of John Thickston of Middlesex Co., NJ, blacksmith.
Mary Thickston, widow, renounces her right of administration & desires that William Clawson be appointed.
Witnesses: Samuel Martin, Isaac Manning.,
Ref: NJ Wills, Lib 3, page 476.

XRef: 1749 May 26. Bond of William Clawson of Essex Co. & Isaac Manning of Middlesex Co., yeoman, principal creditors, as administrators.
John Deare of Perth Amboy, Fellow bondsman. - - -

Birth:
(Original English name was Theakston).

Died:
Verify this John Thickston.

Jonathan married Mary Coats MARTIN on 11 May 1733 in Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Mary (daughter of Benjamin MARTIN, .Jr. and Philoreta SLATER) was born on 10 Mar 1710 in Piscataway Twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died in 1755 in Woodbridge, Piscataway Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William Lewis THICKSTUN was born in 1738 in Metuchen, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died on 6 Nov 1797 in Metuchen, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; was buried in Old Metuchen Cemetery.
2. John THICKSTUN, .2 was born in 1740 in Middletown, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died in c 1840.
3. Rebekah /Thixton THICKSON(E) was born on 10 Jul 1743 in St James, Piscataway Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ; died on 6 Jun 1804 in Thornhill, Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried on 7 Jun 1804 in Thornhill, Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario.
4. Joseph THICKSTUN was born in 1753 in Woodbridge, Piscataway Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ; died on 25 Apr 1830 in Piscataway Twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey; was buried in Dunham Washington Park Memorial Cemetery.
5. Mary THICKSTUN, .2 was born in 1754 in Woodbridge, Piscataway Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ; died in 1854 in New Jersey.

Notes:

Birth:
Verify

John married Margaret SMITH on 23 May 1685 in Gayton Le LaMarsh, Lincolnshire, England. Margaret was born in 1665 in Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas is the son of William Thickstun.

Note: Verify this. A captain in General Cromwell's Army came to American about 1683 after General Crowmwell's death.

Children of Thos. Wm. Thickstun:
John Thickstun, 1652 – 1760
Elizabeth Thickstun, 1654 – 
John Thickstun, 1656 – 1760
Mary Thickstun, 1657 – 
Sammuell Thickstun, 1658 – 1760
William* Thickstun, 1661 – 1761.

Record for Information & research:

First settlers of ye plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge
First settlers in Piscataway & Woodbridge, included in that list are:
William Thickston(e) 1694
Samuel Thickstone 1694
Ref: First settlers of ye plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge v1: Olde East New Jersey 1664-1714

Vol. 2
. 1641 First division of freeholder of the town of Hempstead, Queens Co., Long Island, NYC. centered in the movement about 20 families, Rhicard Gildersleeve, Wm. Lawrence, & Wm. Thickstone. Ref. Thompson, Vol III, p109.



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