Jeffry Thissell, immigrant ancestor, settled in Marblehead, Massachusetts, as early as 1668, when he was one of the signers of the remonstrance against imposts. He owned land at Beverly, Mass. From his will, dated Oct. 29, 1675, proved June 16, 1676, we learn that he came from the town of Abbotsbury, eight miles southwest of Dorchester, Doresethire, England, near the coast. He bequested to a daughter Jane, living in that town, and to his son Richard, mentioned below. He died at sea on a voyage from Sal Tortudas to New England.

(II) Richard, son of Jeffry Thissell, was born in 1642, at Abbotsbury, England. Two of his children, Jeffry and Mary, are mentioned in his father's will.
He married Elizabeth ____.
Children, born at Beverly:
Jeffry, Sept. 21, 1672.
Mary, before 1675.
Richard, mentioned below.
William, Feb. 20, 1684.

(III) Richard (2), son of Richard (1) Thissell, was born at Beverly abuot 1680-85, and died March 17, 1752, aged sixty-seven years.
He married at Beverly (intentions dating April 30, 1706), Martha Thorndike.
Children, born at Beverly:
Priscilla, Oct. 21, 1707.
Martha, Feb. 5, 1710-11.
Anne, Nov. 7, 1713.
Jeffry, Jan. 13, 1717-18, mentioned below.
William, May 31, 1723.

(IV) Jeffry (2), son of Richard (2) Thissell, was born Jan. 13, 1717-18, and baptized there June 16, 1728. He was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain Low's company, Colonel Isaac Hutchingson's regiment (Twenty-seventh), and was at Fort Lee; taken prisoner at Fort Washington, Nov. 16, 1776; enlisted again Nov. 21, 1776.
He married, at Beverly, Jan. 1, 1738-39, Mary Butman. He was a mariner.
Children, born at Beverly:
Ebenezer, bap. May 21, 1742.
Charles, baptized Nov. 24, 1745.
Thorndike, born Sept. 2, 1747.
Mary, May 21, 1749.
Anna, Feb. 2, 1752.
Judith, Feb. 25, 1754.
Jeffry, Sept. 27, 1755, mentioned below.
Lydia, baptized April 16, 1758.
Thorndike, baptized June 17, 1760.

(V) Jeffry (3), son of Jeffry (2) Thissell, was born at Beverly, Sept. 27, 1755. He was a soldier in the revolution, from Beverly, in Lieut. Joseph Wood's company, Colonel Henry Herrick's regiment.
He married, at Beverly, Oct. 12, 1777, Jemima Morse.
Children, born at Beverly:
Samuel Morse, July 12, 1778.
Mary, May 8, 1781.
Thorndike, Jan. 1, 1783.
Sally, July 23, 1785.
David, Feb. 9, 1788.
Mahala, Dec. 20, 1793.
John Molson, mentioned below.

(VI) John Molston, son of Jeffry (3) Thissell, was born at Beverly, July 29, 1797. He married Betsey G. Stanley.
Children, born at Beverly:
John Molson, Aug. 30, 1819.
Elizabeth Gently, Sept. 4, 1821.
Nicholas Stanley, July 26, 1823.
Amos, Dec. 5, 1825, died young.
Edith Stanley, July 27, 1827.
Mary Ann, July 25, 1829.
Jonas, July 18, 1831, mentioned below.
Amos, Dec. 7, 1834.
Mary Ann, Jan. 8, 1836.
Levi Augustus, 1838.

(VII) Jonas, son of John Molson Thissell, was born at Beverly, July 18, 1831. He married Elizabeth Abbott. He was a soldier in the civil war, and died in the service. His widow resides in Tupper Lake, N.Y., with her son.

(VIII) Dr. Joseph Abbott Thissell, son of Jonas Thissell, was born at Beverly, April 30, 1859. He attended the public schools of his native town and graduated from the Beverly high school. He took a scientific rouse in Harvard College, and studied for his profession at Harvard Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1885. He practiced medicine in Boston, Beverly, and New York, and traveled extensively. In 1887 he located in Tupper Lake, N.Y., then a part of the town of Waverly, and since then ha practiced in this section. He has a large practice, and has invested extensively in real estate in Tupper Lake. He was one of the organizers of the Tupper Lake Water Company, and was first treasurer, then president of the company. He was the organizer of the Tupper Lake National Bank, which began business June 18, 1906, and has been on the board of directors from its organization. Has been active and prominent in building up the town in all directions.
He is surgeon for the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company, and medical examiner for the New York Life, Mutual Life Insurance Company, the Equitable Life Assurance Society of America, and the Prudential Insurance Companyof America.
In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and of the American Medical Association; of Mount Arab Lodge, Free Masons, of Tupper Lake, and of the Odd Fellows' Lodge of Tupper Lake.
He is unmarried, residing with his mother at Hotel Altamont, Tupper Lake.

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