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"Capt." Jonathan Thing
b. 1653/54 Exeter, NH
d. 31 Oct 1694 Exeter, NH (age 40) [Watson 71]

m. Mary Gilman 26 July 1677 Hampton, NH [Watson 71]
b. 1691Exeter, NH
d. 1

father: Hon. John Gilman [Watson 71]
mother: Elizabeth Treworgy

2m. (her 2m) Martha Denison Wiggin 2 Jul 1693 Exeter, NH
b. 1 Mar 1668/69 Ipswich, Mass.
d. 12 Sep 1728 Ipswich, Mass.
dau. of John Denison and Martha Symonds

her 1m: Thomas Wiggin c1689 Ipswich, Mass.
her 3m: Maj. Matthew Whipple Esq. (son of John Whipple and Martha Reynor)

Father: Jonathan Thing sr.

Mother: ? Joanna Wadleigh

Children with Mary Gilman
Josiah Thing	no date [NH, birth rec.1659-1900]
Elizabeth Thing	no date [NH, birth rec.1659-1900]
John Thing	20 Sep 1665 Exeter, NH [NH, birth rec.1659-1900]
Jonathan Thing	21 Sep 1678 Exeter, NH [NH, birth rec.1659-1900]
Bartholomew Thing	25 Feb 1681/2 Exeter, NH [NH, birth rec.1659-1900]
Joseph Thing	March 1684 Exeter, NH [NH, birth rec.1659-1900]
Benjamin Thing	b. 12 Nov 1688 Exeter, NH [NH, birth rec.1659-1900]	d. after 1740 Exeter, NH	1m. Pernal Coffin Jan 1711/12 2m. Deborah Hilton 21 Oct 1725 Exeter, NH, (dau of Winthrop Hilton) p115+16
Hannah Thyng	b. 1691 Exeter, NH	d.	m. Samuel Dudley (his 2m) abt 1710 Exeter (b. 1665 Exeter d. 1732 Exeter, NH)

Child with Marth Denison

Daniel Thing
b. 2 May 1694 Exeter, NH
d.
m. Elizabeth Clark (dau of Henry Clark of Newbury) [Dean Dudley 1022]

*Family makeup according to Watson's Royal Families of America

We know little about this family. We are just in the beginning stages of our research. We look forward to other information that may relate to this family.

Capt. Jonathan Thing's father came over on one of the first ships to settle in Massachusetts however I have not been able to find him on any ship list to date.

" He may have been the son of his father's unknown first wife. Jonathan Jr. served on the Grand Jury in 1684. He was a constable in 1686, town clerk in 1689 and deputy in 1693. He died from a shot by his own gun when he fell from his horse. The administration of his estate was granted on 22 Feb 1695/6 to Nicholas Gilman. " [Watson 71 ]

Jonathan Thing, becomes a member of the militia and probably fought against the Indians.

Sources:

Dudley, Dean. Dudley Genealogies and Family Records, pub. by Dean Dudley, Boston, 1848
LDS extracted records for Franklin Co., Maine- http://www.familysearch.org
birth records of Franklin Co., Maine 1732-1875, C503571
marriages of Franklin Co., Maine 1804-1885, M503572
U. S. Census.
Watson, Marston. Royal Families of America of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Governor Thomas Dudley and Descendants through Five Generations. Second Edition. Gen. Pub. Co., Inc., Boston. 2004

Child with Marth Denison
Daniel Thing	b. 2 May 1694 Exeter, NH	d.	m. Elizabeth Clark (dau of Henry Clark of Newbury) [Dean Dudley 1022]