List of Thurbers who fought in Revolutionary War
Some of the material presented here is based on "A History of the Thurbers," an unpublished, unverified work by Charles H. Thurber. Please note that directly quoted unedited passages from that work will be shown in green. This material is the work of an amateur genealogist and contains much inaccurate and conflicting information and should not be accepted as fact without independent verification. Comments in brackets are mine, and not part of the original work.

[The following are first names, towns, date of enlistment and date for discharge for Thurbers who fought in the Revolutionary War.]

Amos Rehoboth, MA Dec 8, 1776 Aug 1, 1780
Barnabas Rehoboth, MA Sep 12, 1777 Oct 30, 1777
Benjamin Rehoboth, MA Dec 8, 1776 Jul 31, 1780
Darius Rehoboth, MA Aug 7, 1780 Aug 8, 1780
Edward Rehoboth, MA Dec 13, 1776 Dec 23, 1776
Hardin(g) Rehoboth, MA Jul 28, 1780 Aug 1, 1780
Hezekiah Richmond, NH May 26, 1775 Nov 11, 1775
Hezekiah Swansea, MA Jan 6, 1777 Aug 25, 1777
James Rehoboth, MA Apr 19, 1775 Dec 8, 1776
Jeremiah Rehoboth, MA Jan 15, 1776 Oct 30,1777
Jeremiah Rehoboth, MA Feb 10, 1778 Feb 19, 1778
John Rehoboth, MA Jul 23,1777 Aug 25,1777
John Swansea, MA Jan 5, 1778 Mar 31, 1778
John Swansea, MA Mar 19, 1779 Apr 12, 1779
Joseph Taunton, MA Sep 29, 1777 Oct 29, 1777
Leonard Rehoboth, MA Dec 8, 1776 Oct 30, 1777
Nathan Rehoboth, MA Mar 14, 1779 Apr 12, 1779
Richard Rehoboth, MA Apr 25, 1777 Jul 23, 1777
Samuel Providence, RI Aug 8, 1778 Aug 28, 1778
Squire Providence, RI Aug 8, 1778 Aug 28, 1778


Variants of Thurber:
Ichabod Therber Douglas, MA Dec 1, 1776
Ichabod Therber Douglas, MA Jun 5, 1780
Ichabod Therber Douglas, MA Jul 12,1780 Dec 14, 1780
Darius Thirber Dartmouth, MA Aug 1, 1779 Nov 21, 1779
Amos Thurbar Rehoboth, MA Jun 20, 1778 Jan 1, 1779
Hezekiah Thurbr Swansea, MA Sep 19, 1777 Oct 30, 1777
Amos Thurbur Rehoboth, MA Jul 23, 1781 Nov 8, 1781
Leonard Thurbur Rehoboth, MA Jul 27, 1778 Sep 10, 1778




It is possible that all three Amoses of Rehoboth are the same man.



Book A - Page X13

Thurbers who married descendants of Roger Williams

Roger Williams came to the colonies around 1632. He was born in England around 1601. He was a Baptist and was banished from Massachusetts. With a band of others, went through the wilderness and bought land in what is now Providence, RI. He is the one who started freedom of religion in the colonies. Where he settled it was named Providence Plantation.

Some of the Thurbers who married Roger Williams descendants:
1. John md. Mary Brown
2. John's dau. Anna md. James Bowen
3. John's dau. Elizabeth md. Shubal Grant
4. Hannah md. 1st, Charles Dyer, 2nd Davis Dyer
5. Benjamin, Jr. md. Phebe Dyer
6. Martha Ann md. Nelson Sayles Ballow
7. Mary Ann Elizabeth md. George Olney
8. Edmund Irvin md. Olive B. Olney
9. William Gorham md. Alice R. Williams
10. Chester md. Hattie Baker

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