[1][2] Probably borne in Bristol, Somerset, England to the former Thomasine Rich (1604-1647) and her chamberlain husband John Thruston.
[1] Lower Norfolk County voters elected this man as one of their two representatives in the House of Burgesses in early 1676 at the beginning of Bacon's Rebellion, but replaced both burgesses during the rebellion (new elections being held for the mid-1676 session).
Lower Norfolk County voters did not send anyone to the General Assembly for several years before sending Lemuel Mason and Anthony Lawson in 1680, with this man replacing Lawson for the late 1682 session which Governor Culpeper personally opened.
[3] Thruston married Martha (1640-1698), the daughter of Norfolk County burgess John Porter.
Following the (nonexistent) life estate, his Norfolk lots and a plantation called "Brushy Neck" which he had inherited from Richard Jones were to be divided among their sons.