Download or read book Descendants of John Thorndike of Essex County, Massachusetts written by Morgan Hewitt Stafford and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Thorndike was probably born about 1603 in Lincolnshire, England, and immigrated about 1630 to Salem, Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Stratton, and died in 1668 while visiting London.