Download or read book A Thorndike Family History written by Scott Campbell Steward and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Thorndike was born in England in about 1605. His parents were Francis Thorndike and Alice Coleman. He was one of the first settlers of Agawam, Massachusetts in 1633. He married Elizabeth Stratton in 1637 and they had five daughters and one son. Their son, Paul (1643-1698), married Mary Patch in 1668 in Beverly, Massachusetts. They had seven children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts, Maine, New York and Illinois.