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Thankful Gross

Thankful Gross[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]

Female 1788 - 1872  (84 years)


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  • Name Thankful Gross 
    Birth 4 Mar 1788  Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 12, 14
    • (age 84, 5 months and 2 days at death. Other sources give birth as 1790.)
    Gender Female 
    Census 1860  Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    • Role: Mother
    Census 1870  Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    • Role: Mother-in-law
    Death 6 Aug 1872  Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 9, 10, 14
    Cause: consumption
    Burial Saugus, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Cemetery:
    Riverside Cemetery
    • the Old Section, Lots 91-92
    Person ID I15130  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2017 

    Father Deacon Thomas Gross,   b. 1740   d. 17 May 1817, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Abigail Young,   b. 25 Apr 1750, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1835, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 14 Nov 1765  Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 6, 14, 17, 18
    Photos
    The Gross Sisters from 29 Sep 1851
    The Gross Sisters from 29 Sep 1851
    from http://provincetownbanner.com/history/6/1/2000/1
    Family ID F5816  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rev. Elijah Willard,   b. 26 Apr 1782, Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Sep 1852, Saugus, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [10, 11, 19, 20, 21
    Marriage 15 Sep 1807  Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
    Census 1850  Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [27
    Notes 
    • Elijah and Thankful were supposed to have had 10 children. [28]
    Children 
    +1. Lorinda Willard,   b. 27 Aug 1812, Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 1891, Harwinton, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +2. Sgt. Elijah Willard, Jr.,   b. 1816, Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1894, Revere, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     3. Albert Willard,   b. 6 Apr 1819, Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1843, Havana, Cuba, Nueva España Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
    +4. Lucius B. Willard,   b. 2 Sep 1821, Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1892, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +5. Olivia P. Willard,   b. 11 Apr 1825, New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1892, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    +6. Matilda Thankful Willard,   b. 27 Jan 1827, Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1912, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     7. Abigail T. Willard,   b. 1830   d. 1 Jan 1848, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
    Family ID F5250  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 4 Mar 1788 - Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Sep 1807 - Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: consumption - 6 Aug 1872 - Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    Riverside Cemetery - - Saugus, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
    Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    (from the Gross Sisters photo)
    (from the Gross Sisters photo)

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 11:51, 00390.

    2.  2.  [S120] History of Sullivan, NH, 1374, 00280.

    3.  3.  [S253] The History of Cape Cod, Vol. 2, 682, 00522.

    4.  4.  [S532] Willard Genealogy, 645, 00625.

    5.  5.  [S666] Rev. Elijah Willard - Methodist minister, 00665.

    6.  6.  [S790] The Gross Sisters, 00786.

    7.  7.  [S917] History of Ashburnham, 983, 00913.

    8.  8.  [S950] Alice Coy E-mail, Coy Family query on FamilyHistory.com; e-mail; between 17 December 1999 and 18 December 1999; Duane Barton, 00028.

    9.  9.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 91715867, 00974.

    10.  10.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 91716471, 00974.

    11.  11.  [S806] Vital Records of MA, 1841-1910, 427:417, 00802.

    12.  12.  [S1173] Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Wellfleet; BMD, 1763-1844; V1; 18, 01018.

    13.  13.  [S1222] Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Essex; Probate Records, Barnett, F-Baron, E, 1828-1991, Case#: 32146 (p. 196-214), 01067.

    14.  14.  [S806] Vital Records of MA, 1841-1910, 247:263, 00802.

    15.  15.  [S499] Census on CD and Online, 1860:MA:Essex:Lynn Ward 6:480 (930), 00095.

    16.  16.  [S499] Census on CD and Online, 1870:MA:Essex:Lynn Ward 6:7, 00095.

    17.  17.  [S917] History of Ashburnham, 984, 00913.

    18.  18.  [S480] TMD, 56:55, 00371.

    19.  19.  [S1174] Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915, Lynn:1892:10, 01019.

    20.  20.  [S806] Vital Records of MA, 1841-1910, 447:543, 00802.

    21.  21.  [S1171] Vital Records of MA, 1911–1915, 1912/63 Death:33, 01016.

    22.  22.  [S268] 1850 MA Census - on line, roll 311, 234, 00008.

    23.  23.  [S602] Vital Records of MA, 1620-1850, Worcester:Princeton:70, 00596.

    24.  24.  [S994] Vital Records of CT Vol 25 (Barbour), 173, 00670.

    25.  25.  [S260] Vital Records of Lynn, MA, Vol. 2, 333, 00592.

    26.  26.  [S858] Ricker Compilation, 13850, 00854.

    27.  27.  [S268] 1850 MA Census - on line, roll 311, 234b, 00008.

    28.  28.  [S950] Alice Coy E-mail, 00028.