Talk:Daniel Thurston

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This stuff is the documented stuff, however there is a bit that I can't document so it isn't in here yet: viz: I think its pretty clear that he must have been a member of the General Court of MA.

I also think there ought to be more about MG Humphrey Atherton, I'm not sure about what he was Major General of, (sources say "the Suffolk Troop" which I guess means that he was head of the Suffolk Co. part of the Massachusetts Militia but I am still unclear how much of the armed forces this constituted), it was c 1656 in British North America, and perhaps he actually needs his own article.John5Russell3Finley 03:51, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

the Categories
I have left a MSG for the person who altered these, I do not aprove of THIS alteration without proof, and the category as it was was just fine. My understanding is that our records of regular army officers were burned during the sack of Washington. The Col. is a fairly new discovery for me, and I have not yet had enough time to research his records myself, viz: I have not even had time to look in the MA Sol and Sail in the Am Rev, and I guess what is needed is really for someone to go to Dorchester and some info (especially membership in the legislature, etc) ought to be there.

I will revert the categories if no one adds proof that he wasn't a regular army officer. It is probable that he was a militia Col., but honestly, the categories didn't need to be altered anyway, some one show some proof, viz: add to the article the approriate info (name of Unit etc.), or next week I will revert the categories.

John5Russell3Finley (talk) 15:13, 6 March 2008 (UTC)


 * There is no record of his service in "Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army" a pretty reliable source. If he was a Continental Army officer the article should have a citation for the source of this information. If a citation can be found please add and change the category. There is no requirement that the information in an article be proved wrong, rather the requirement is that the information in an article be proved correct. BradMajors (talk) 20:47, 6 March 2008 (UTC)