Benjamin Thurber
1783 - 1861 (78 years)-
Name Benjamin Thurber [1, 2] Birth 3 Aug 1783 Petersburgh, Rensselaer, New York, United States 
Gender Male Death 27 Oct 1861 Petersburgh, Rensselaer, New York, United States Person ID I59326 Stewartsny Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
Father Benjamin Thurber, b. 12 Jun 1749, Rehoboth, Massachusetts d. 3 May 1834, Petersburg, Rensselaer, New York, United States (Age 84 years) Relationship natural Mother Esther Allen, b. Jan 1754, Barrington, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States d. 20 Apr 1827, Petersburg, New York (Age 73 years) Relationship natural Marriage 5 Jan 1771 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA [3, 4] Family ID F28493 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Dawley, b. 7 May 1782, Petersburg, Rensselaer, NY Children 1. Orlando D. Thurber [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 2. Morgan L. Thurber, b. 17 Jan 1809 d. 24 Feb 1860 (Age 51 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F19639 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
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Notes - From the History of Rensselaer Co., New York, by Nathaniel B. Sylvester, (Phila.: Everts & Peck, 1880), p. 465/6, Town of Petersburgh. The Baptist Church of Petersburgh had these first members: Benjamin Thurber, Marbery Henning, Mary Thurber and others. I don't know for sure if it is this Benjamin, but am inclined to think so. 1855 census, Petersburgh, Rens. Co., NY, 1st election district, taken June 1, 1855 (internet extraction) for Benjamin Thurber, age 71, married, b. MA, here 66 years, farmer; Mary, 73, wife, b. MA, here 43 years; Orlando D., 42, child, b. Rens. Co., widower, here 42 years, farmer. He had a Masonic Emblem AE on his grave. He died ae 76-7-20. Benjamin and Mary resided in Petersburg, New York and had three children: Orlando D.; Morgan L.; Maria L.
Rensselaer Probate Records, Vol. 48-49, Film No. 0549918 at Family History Library.
1850 census, Rensselaer Co., NY, p. 184, dwelling 158, family 185 as follows: Benj. Thurber, 66 male, farmer R.E. $3000, b. MA; Mary Thurber, age 67, female, b. MA; Orlando D. Thurber, age 37, male, b. NY; Caroline Avery, age 33, female, b. NY; Susan Gibson, age 23, female, b. NY.
- From the History of Rensselaer Co., New York, by Nathaniel B. Sylvester, (Phila.: Everts & Peck, 1880), p. 465/6, Town of Petersburgh. The Baptist Church of Petersburgh had these first members: Benjamin Thurber, Marbery Henning, Mary Thurber and others. I don't know for sure if it is this Benjamin, but am inclined to think so. 1855 census, Petersburgh, Rens. Co., NY, 1st election district, taken June 1, 1855 (internet extraction) for Benjamin Thurber, age 71, married, b. MA, here 66 years, farmer; Mary, 73, wife, b. MA, here 43 years; Orlando D., 42, child, b. Rens. Co., widower, here 42 years, farmer. He had a Masonic Emblem AE on his grave. He died ae 76-7-20. Benjamin and Mary resided in Petersburg, New York and had three children: Orlando D.; Morgan L.; Maria L.
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