Reverend Peter Thacher of Milton1,2,3

b. 18 July 1651, d. 17 December 1727
Family
Father*Reverend Thomas Thacher4,1 b. 1 May 1620, d. 15 Oct 1678
Mother*Elizabeth Partridge1,5
Birth*18 July 1651Peter Thacher was born on 18 July 1651 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England),1,5,6 
Baptism20 May 1652 and was baptized at First Church, Salem, probably on 20 May 1652. The transcription of the church record noted the date of his baptism as 20 May 1651, yet he wasn't born until 18 July 1751.4 
Marriage*2 November 1677He married first Theodora Oxenbridge, daughter of Reverend John Oxenbridge and Frances Woodward, on 2 November 1677 in Milton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).2,7 
Occupation*1680He was ordained in 1680, then a pastor at the First Church, Milton, from 1 June 1681 for forty-seven years until his death.1,3,6 
(Husband) Death18 November 1697Peter became a widower when Theodora (Oxenbridge) Thacher died on 18 November 1697.8 
Marriage*25 December 1699He married second, as her second husband, Susanna Bailey on 25 December 1699 in Milton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).7,9,5 
(Husband) DeathPeter became a widower for the second time when Susanna (__?__) Bailey Thacher died.5 
Marriage*12 August 1727He married third, as her second husband, his 2nd cousin Elizabeth (Thacher) Gee, daughter of Judah Thacher and Mary Thornton, sometime after their Intention of Marriage was published on 12 August 1727 in Boston.10,1,5 
Death*17 December 1727He died in Milton on Monday, 17 December 1727 at age 76, having preached both the morning and evening sermons, as usual, the day before.8 

Family 1

 Theodora Oxenbridge d. 18 Nov 1697
Children 1.Oxenbridge Thacher+11 b. 17 May 1681, d. 1772
 2.Elizabeth Thacher+2,12 b. 7 Mar 1682/83, d. 10 Feb 1715/16

Family 2

 Susanna __?__

Family 3

 Elizabeth Thacher b. Oct 1667

Citations

  1. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1910-1915), pages 144-153. Hereinafter cited as Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy.
  2. [S1203] Joel Nelson Eno, "John Niles of Braintree, Mass., and some of his Descendants", New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 85, pages 145-157 (April 1931). Hereinafter cited as "John Niles of Braintree."
  3. [S1205] William Richard Cutter, compiler, Genealogical and Family History of Northern New York, a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1910), Volume III, Thacher, pages 983-987. Hereinafter cited as Genealogical and Family History of Northern New York.
  4. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Salem Births, Volume 2, page 347. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  5. [S1208] William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. In 4 volumes, with a surname index in Volume 4; downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908), Thacher, Volume IV, pages 1941-1942. Hereinafter cited as Memoirs of the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts.
  6. [S1206] Elizabeth A. Pilla, "Milton's Peter Thacher: the Life and Faith of a Second Generation New England Puritan Minister" (PDF document, Milton Historical Society at www.miltonhistoricalsociety.org, June 2001). Hereinafter cited as "Milton's Peter Thacher."
  7. [S413] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1985 and 1992), page 733, his surname spelled "Thatcher". Hereinafter cited as New England Marriages: Prior to 1700.
  8. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Milton Deaths, Volume 1, page 247.
  9. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Milton Marriages, Volume 1, page 178.
  10. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, pages 106-110.
  11. [S1208] William Richard Cutter, Memoirs of the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Volume IV, Thacher, pages1941-1942.
  12. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Milton Births, Volume 1, page 62.

Reverend Peter Thacher of Queen Camel1

d. 1624
Family
Occupation*between 1574 and 1624Reverend Peter Thacher, for 50 years between 1574 and 1624, was vicar of the parish church at Queen Camel, Somerset County, England, His son, Antony Thacher, served under him until Peter's, the father's, death in 1624.2 
Death*1624He died in 1624 at Queen Camel.2 

Family
Children 1.Reverend Peter Thacher+3 b. 1587/88, d. 16 Feb 1640/41
 2.Antony Thacher+3 b. 1588/89, d. bt 30 Jun 1667 - 22 Aug 1667

Citations

  1. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1910-1915), pages 4-5. Hereinafter cited as Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy.
  2. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, page 4.
  3. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, pages 144-153.

Reverend Thomas Thacher1

b. 1 May 1620, d. 15 October 1678
Family
Father*Reverend Peter Thacher2 b. 1587/88, d. 16 Feb 1640/41
Mother*Anne __?__3
Birth*1 May 1620Thomas Thacher was born on 1 May 1620 in Milton Clevedon, Somerset County, England.1,4 
(Nephew) Emigration5 April 1635Thomas sailed with his uncle Antony and Antony's new wife of just a few weeks, Elizabeth (Jones) Thacher, and the four oldest of Antony's five children, from Southampton, Hampshire, England, to New England on 5 April 1635 on the ship James of London.5 
Relocation*15 August 1635 Neither the exact place, nor date, of landing in New England of the ship James has been agreed upon by historians. Whether Boston, Newbury or Ipswich, wherever the passengers first landed, Antony Thacher and Joseph Avery and their families sojourned for a short time in Ipswich, Massachusetts. While there, Reverend Avery received a call to preach in Marblehead, then a part of Salem. During the time he took for deliberation, the two families removed to Newbury with plans to settle there. But after Avery accepted the call to Marblehead, he and his family of eleven all told, accompanied by Antony Thacher and his wife Elizabeth (Jones) Thacher, and his children by his first wife, William, Edith, Mary and Peter, went back to Ipswich. From there they embarked for Marblehead. Antony Thacher's nephew, Thomas Thacher, who had sailed with his uncle's family to New England, felt a sentiment of evil about the trip and did not accompany them on the voyage. Instead Thomas decided to make the journey overland despite the danger of being attacked by hostile Indians. The Thacher-Avery party embarked from Ipswich for Marblehead in a pinnace and the vessel was wrecked on 15 August 1635. All on board were lost except Antony Thacher and his second wife Elizabeth (Jones) Thacher.5 
Marriage*11 May 1643He married first, as her second husband, Elizabeth (Partridge) Kemp, daughter of Reverend Ralph Partridge, on 11 May 1643.6,7,4 
Marriage*He married second, as her second husband, Margarette (Webb) Sheafe, daughter of Henry Webb.1,4 
Death*15 October 1678He died on 15 October 1678 in Boston at age 58.4 

Family 1

 Elizabeth Partridge
Child 1.Reverend Peter Thacher of Milton+8,2 b. 18 Jul 1651, d. 17 Dec 1727

Family 2

 Margarette Webb

Citations

  1. [S1208] William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. In 4 volumes, with a surname index in Volume 4; downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908), Thacher, Volume IV, pages 1941-1942. Hereinafter cited as Memoirs of the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts.
  2. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1910-1915), pages 144-153. Hereinafter cited as Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy.
  3. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, pages 29-34.
  4. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, page 33.
  5. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, pages 68-91.
  6. [S1208] William Richard Cutter, Memoirs of the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Thacher, Volume IV, pages 1941-1942, noting marriage year as 1641.
  7. [S1209] Henry A. Parker, "Notes and Queries: Partridge-Kemp-Thacher-Seabury", New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 57, pages 416-417 (October 1903): noting marriage year as 1643. Hereinafter cited as "Partridge-Kemp-Thacher-Seabury."
  8. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Salem Births, Volume 2, page 347. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.

William Thacher1

d. 15 August 1635
Family
Father*Antony Thacher1 b. 1588/89, d. bt 30 Jun 1667 - 22 Aug 1667
Mother*Mary __?__1 d. Jul 1634
(1st Son) Emigration5 April 1635William sailed from Southampton, Hampshire, England, to New England on 5 April 1635 with his parents and three of his siblings on the ship James of London.1 
(Son) Relocation15 August 1635 Neither the exact place, nor date, of landing in New England of the ship James has been agreed upon by historians. Whether Boston, Newbury or Ipswich, wherever the passengers first landed, Antony Thacher and Joseph Avery and their families sojourned for a short time in Ipswich, Massachusetts. While there, Reverend Avery received a call to preach in Marblehead, then a part of Salem. During the time he took for deliberation, the two families removed to Newbury with plans to settle there. But after Avery accepted the call to Marblehead, he and his family of eleven all told, accompanied by Antony Thacher and his wife Elizabeth (Jones) Thacher, and his children by his first wife, William, Edith, Mary and Peter, went back to Ipswich. From there they embarked for Marblehead. Antony Thacher's nephew, Thomas Thacher, who had sailed with his uncle's family to New England, felt a sentiment of evil about the trip and did not accompany them on the voyage. Instead Thomas decided to make the journey overland despite the danger of being attacked by hostile Indians. The Thacher-Avery party embarked from Ipswich for Marblehead in a pinnace and the vessel was wrecked on 15 August 1635. All on board were lost except Antony Thacher and his second wife Elizabeth (Jones) Thacher.1 
Death*15 August 1635William, along with his two sisters and a brother, drowned in the pinnace's shipwreck on 15 August 1635. None of the children's bodies were recovered. William would have been about 15 years of age.1 

Citations

  1. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1910-1915), pages 68-91. Hereinafter cited as Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy.

Charles Rogers Thalman1

b. 15 August 1899, d. 11 December 1972
Family
Father*John Thalman2,3 b. 28 Feb 1867, d. 23 Jan 1953
Mother*Eliza Cleta Farmer2 b. 8 Jul 1868, d. 13 Nov 1967
Birth*15 August 1899Charles Rogers Thalman was born on 15 August 1899.1,2 
Marriage*4 December 1920He married Amanda Ackley Kissner, daughter of Richard David Kissner and Lucy Randall Miller, on 4 December 1920.1,2 
Children*Charles and Amanda had 2 children.1,2 
Death*11 December 1972He died on 11 December 1972 at age 731 
Burial* and was buried in Patoka Cemetery, Patoka, Marion County, Illinois.2 

Family

 Amanda Ackley Kissner b. 28 May 1903, d. 11 Nov 1995

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Amanda Ackley (Kissner) Thalman, Memorial# 94001693. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Charles Rogers Thalman, Memorial# 94001677.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, John Thalman, Memorial# 100153788.

John Thalman1

b. 28 February 1867, d. 23 January 1953
Family
Birth*28 February 1867John Thalman was born on 28 February 1867.1,2 
Marriage*24 December 1890He married Eliza Cleta Farmer on 24 December 1890 in Marion County, Illinois.3,4,2 
Death*23 January 1953He died on 23 January 1953 at age 851 
Burial* and was buried in Patoka Cemetery, Patoka, Marion County, Illinois.2 

Family

 Eliza Cleta Farmer b. 8 Jul 1868, d. 13 Nov 1967
Child 1.Charles Rogers Thalman1,2 b. 15 Aug 1899, d. 11 Dec 1972

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Charles Rogers Thalman, Memorial# 94001677. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, John Thalman, Memorial# 100153788.
  3. [S1701] Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of John Thalman and "Cleddie" Farmer on 24 December 1890 in Marion County, citing FHL Film Number: 001010516. Hereinafter cited as Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Eliza Cleta (Farmer) Thalman, Memorial# 100153787.

Niki Thanopoulou1

b. 1924
Family
Birth*1924Niki Thanopoulou was born about 1924 in Pyrgos, Elis Municipality, Greece.1 
Marriage*10 January 1948She married, as his fourth wife, Fred Ray Shook, son of Cyrus Shook and Dora Showalter, on 10 January 1948 at Saint Constantine Church, Omonoia, Athens, Athens Municipality, Greece.1 
Census US 1950*16 May 1950Nike and Fred R. Shook were enumerated on the 1950 census taken on 16 May 1950 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Fred was 41 years of age and worked as a Superintendent for a privately owned Construction Company. He had worked 48 hours the week before the census was taken. Niki was 27 years of age, had been born in Greece and not been naturalized. She worked doing her home housework and was not looking for work outside the home. Their two daughters, Dora E. and Rose M., were enumerated with them. Dora was one year old and Rose was an infant.2 

Family

 Fred R. Shook b. 15 Nov 1908, d. 27 Oct 1978

Citations

  1. [S2530] U.S., Consular Reports of Marriages, 1910-1949, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 10 January 1948 at Saint Constantine Church, Omonoia, Athens, Greece, of Fred Ray Shook, age 39, born about 1909 in Ravenna, Ohio, a citizen of the United States and now residing in Athens, Greece, and Niki Thanopoulou of Greece, age 24, born about 1924 in Pyrgos, Elis, Greece, Consular location: Athens, Greece, citing National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Marriage Reports in State Department Decimal Files, 1910-1949; Record Group: 59, General Records of the Department of State, 1763 - 2002; Series ARC ID: 2555709; Series MLR Number: A1, Entry 3001; Series Box Number: 526; File Number: 133. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Consular Reports of Marriages, 1910-1949.
  2. [S2295] 1950 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Fred R. and Niki Shook, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Columbus, Franklin, Ohio; Roll: 5941; Enumeration District: 94-531. Hereinafter cited as 1950 United States Federal Census.

Samuel Thaxter1

b. 8 October 1695, d. 4 December 1732
Family
Birth*8 October 1695Samuel Thaxter was born on 8 October 1695 in Hingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).2 
Marriage*5 March 1730He married, as her first husband, Mary Hawkes on 5 March 1730 in Hingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).3,1 
Death*4 December 1732He died on 4 December 1732 in Hingham at age 37.4 

Family 1
Child 1.Captain Samuel Thaxter2 b. 15 Nov 1723

Family 2

 Mary Hawkes

Citations

  1. [S1062] Unidentified Author, "Hancock Family -- 1635 -- from England (Pedigree Chart)", New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 9, page 352 (October 1855). Hereinafter cited as "Hancock Family (Pedigree Chart)."
  2. [S859] The town of Hingham, compiler, History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. Reprint in one volume of the last two volumes of the History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts, originally published in three volumes in four parts by the town in 1893. Includes separate indexes for surnames, places, and miscellaneous at the end of Volume 3. Contents: Volume 1, Parts 1-2. Historical --Volume 2. Genealogical -- Volume 3. Genealogical. (Hingham, Massachusetts: Published by the town, 1893), Thaxter, Volume 3, pages 229-239. Hereinafter cited as History of Hingham, Massachusetts.
  3. [S1012] Hingham, MA: Vital Records, 1639-1844, online at www.americanancestors.org, Volume 1, Marriages, page 272. Hereinafter cited as Hingham Vital Records, 1639-1844.
  4. [S1012] Hingham Vital Records, 1639-1844, online at www.americanancestors.org, Volume 1, Deaths, page 102.

Captain Samuel Thaxter1

b. 15 November 1723
Family
Father*Samuel Thaxter2 b. 8 Oct 1695, d. 4 Dec 1732
Birth*15 November 1723Captain Samuel Thaxter was born on 15 November 1723 in Hingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).2 

Citations

  1. [S796] Massachusetts State Archives, French and Indian War muster roll index cards, 1603-1779. Microfilm of cards at Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts: FHL Film# 2428118, Muster Roll index card# 14349 for Jonathan "Bolten" referencing Volume 95, page 509 of the Massachusetts Archives : Muster Rolls; on 51 microfilm reels, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as French and Indian War muster roll index 1603-1779.
  2. [S859] The town of Hingham, compiler, History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. Reprint in one volume of the last two volumes of the History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts, originally published in three volumes in four parts by the town in 1893. Includes separate indexes for surnames, places, and miscellaneous at the end of Volume 3. Contents: Volume 1, Parts 1-2. Historical --Volume 2. Genealogical -- Volume 3. Genealogical. (Hingham, Massachusetts: Published by the town, 1893), Thaxter, Volume 3, pages 229-239. Hereinafter cited as History of Hingham, Massachusetts.

Sarah Thaxter1

d. 1 September 1678
Family
Father*Thomas Thaxter2
Marriage*13 December 1655She married Thomas Thurston, son of John Thurston and Margaret __?__, on 13 December 1655 in Medfield.1,3 
Death*1 September 1678She died on 1 September 1678 in Medfield.1,4 

Family

 Thomas Thurston b. 4 Aug 1633, d. 20 May 1704
Child 1.Thomas Thurston+5,1 b. 11 Feb 1657/58, d. 15 Dec 1704

Citations

  1. [S1321] Thurston Brown, Thurston Genealogies, 1635-1892, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. Available as a download only from a computer in the Family History Library. Reprint. Originally published: 2nd ed. Portland, Me. : B. Thurston, 1892. Includes indexes. A record of the descendants of all branches of the Thurston family in the United States. (Salem, Massachusetts: Higginson Book Company, 199_?), Person No. 5541, Thomas Thurston, pages 358-359. Hereinafter cited as Thurston Genealogies, 1635-1892.
  2. [S1291] William S. Tilden, History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts 1650-1886 : with genealogies of the families that held real estate or made any considerable stay in the town during the first century, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: Geo. H. Ellis, 1887), Thurston, pages 495-497. Hereinafter cited as History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts 1650-1886.
  3. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Medfield Marriages, Volume 1, page 177. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  4. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Medfield Deaths, Volume 1, page 237.
  5. [S1321] Thurston Brown, Thurston Genealogies, 1635-1892, Person No. 5554, Thomas Thurston, pages 362-363.

Thomas Thaxter1

Family
Residence*He was of Hingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).1 

Family
Child 1.Sarah Thaxter+1 d. 1 Sep 1678

Citations

  1. [S1291] William S. Tilden, History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts 1650-1886 : with genealogies of the families that held real estate or made any considerable stay in the town during the first century, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: Geo. H. Ellis, 1887), Thurston, pages 495-497. Hereinafter cited as History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts 1650-1886.

Andrew Eliot Thayer1

b. 4 November 1783
Family
Father*Ebenezer Thayer1 b. 16 Jul 1734, d. 6 Sep 1792
Mother*Martha Cotton1 b. 30 Nov 1739, d. c 1809
Birth*4 November 1783Andrew Eliot Thayer was born on 4 November 1783 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.1 

Citations

  1. [S1039] Hampton, NH: Vital Records to 1900, online at www.americanancestors.org, Volume 1, page 226. Hereinafter cited as Hampton Vital Records to 1900.

Catharine Thayer1

b. 12 June 1737
Family
Father*Nathaniel Thayer1 b. 17 Jul 1710, d. 15 Dec 1786
Mother*Ruth Eliot1 b. 20 Sep 1711, d. 1746
Baptism*12 June 1737Catharine Thayer was baptized on 12 June 1737 at First Church, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 

Citations

  1. [S494] Boston MA: Church Records, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, First Church, page 317. Hereinafter cited as Boston MA: Church Records.

Catherine Thayer1

(Member) Religion31 March 1805Zilpah Bolton and Nathaniel Everett, along with several others including Thomas Ditson, John Hayden, George Briggs Cox, Simeon Blanchard, Francis Green, Peter Vallett, John Woodward, Mary Marnson, Ruth Thayer, Venus Sylvester, Kezia Booth, Lydia Leeds, Botsey Jones, Versan Adams, Zebudah Hayden, Martha Farrar, Betsey Mirth Horton, Catherine Thayer, Lydia Sweetser and Sally Lovis, were baptized and became members of the Second Baptist Church, Boston, on Sunday, 31 March 1805. In the baptismal records, the men and women were listed separately.2,3,4 

Citations

  1. [S893] Records of the Second Baptist Church, Boston, 1788-1809, original manuscript, Reference Item# 26, Franklin Trask Library, 210 Herrick Road, Newton Centre, MA, pages 114 and 118.
  2. [S893] Records of the Second Baptist Church, Boston, 1788-1809, original manuscript, Franklin Trask Library, page 118.
  3. [S183] Boston, Massachusetts, Church Records, 1789-1811; FHL# 856700 Item# 5, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Second Baptist Church Records, 1789-1811.
  4. [S494] Boston MA: Church Records, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Boston MA: Church Records.

Cornelius Thayer1

b. 14 November 1684, d. 1745
Family
Father*Nathaniel Thayer1,2 b. 11 Apr 1639, d. 28 Mar 1728
Mother*Deborah Townsend1,2
Birth*14 November 1684Cornelius Thayer was born on 14 November 1684 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).1,2 
Marriage*8 May 1707He married Lydia Turell, daughter of Samuel Turell and Lydia Stoddard, on 8 May 1707 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England). They were married by Penn Townsend, Esq.3,4,1 
Death*1745He died in 1745.1 

Family

 Lydia Turell b. 8 Jul 1683
Children 1.Lydia Thayer1
 2.Nathaniel Thayer+5 b. 17 Jul 1710, d. 15 Dec 1786
 3.Deborah Thayer6 b. 27 Jan 1714
 4.Hannah Thayer6 b. 1716
 5.Cornelius Thayer6 b. 1719
 6.Mary Thayer6 b. 16 Dec 1721
 7.Turell Thayer6 b. 20 Mar 1726
 8.Sarah Thayer6 b. 1732

Citations

  1. [S452] The Thayer Families Association Website, online at www.thayerfamilies.com, Richard Thayer, First 5 Generations. Hereinafter cited as Thayer Families Association Website.
  2. [S1034] Boston MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, online at www.americanancestors.org, City Document No. 130, page 164. Hereinafter cited as Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, 1630-1699.
  3. [S746] Boston, Massachusetts Marriages, 1700-1809, online at www.americanancestors.org, City Document No. 150, page 21. Hereinafter cited as Boston Marriages, 1700-1809.
  4. [S979] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online at www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
  5. [S745] Boston Births, 1700-1800, online at www.NewEnglandAncestors.org, City Document No. 43, page 71. Hereinafter cited as Boston Births, 1700-1800.
  6. [S494] Boston MA: Church Records, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, First Church, page 300. Hereinafter cited as Boston MA: Church Records.

Cornelius Thayer1

b. 1719
Family
Father*Cornelius Thayer2 b. 14 Nov 1684, d. 1745
Mother*Lydia Turell2 b. 8 Jul 1683
Birth*1719Cornelius Thayer was born in 1719.1 
(Residual Legatee) Probate Dispute2 March 1780 On 2 March 1780, Nathaniel Thayer, Cornelius Thayer, Samuel Bass, William Andrews, Deborah (Thayer) Whitworth, Hannah (Thayer) Abbott, Christian (Bass) Armstrong, Mary Thayer, Sarah (Thayer) White and Rebecca (Bass) Thomas Fowle, all of Boston and residual legatees resulting from the will of the Reverend Ebenezer Turell, submitted a document to the court addressing their concerns regarding the inequities between the value of silver and gold compared with the value of Continental currency, which had gone through several changes and devaluations during and after the Revolutionary War. In 1780, paper money in the new United States, called Continentals, was worth only about 1/40th of its face value. The document stated their understanding that Simon Tufts Esq. of Medford, as Executor to the last will and testament of Ebenezer Turell, late of Medford, Clerk, was entitled by the will to a legacy of £20, and was by virtue of his Executorship in possession of a sum of silver and gold coin, which according to a law of Massachusetts for regulating the value of silver and god coin, amounted to £503, 15s, 6p. Their petition went on to state that a dispute had arisen between the Executor Simon and several of the legatees regarding whether their legacies ought to be paid in silver and gold or in the present currency of the state. The petition's subscribers recommended that the Executor pay them 2/3 of their legacies in silver and gold, after deducting 1/2 of his own legacy, and that the Executor's other half be paid to himself in paper money. The petition went on to recommend that the £150 allowed the Executor for all his services in settling the estate be paid in paper money. The petition's subscribers, all residual legatees as the children, or their heirs, of Lydia (Turell) Thayer and Christian (Turell) Bass, both of whom were deceased sisters of the late Reverend Turell, agreed to be obligated to the court for the sum of £100,000 in lawful money of the state as protection for the Executor. Their document stated that in the case any debts owed to the estate were recovered which would increase the assets owed to the Executor, they would refund their prorated parts of those debts on the condition that their obligation of £100,000 to the court be voided and of no effect. Their petition concluded with the statement that should they fail to keep their agreement, their obligation would remain in full force and effect.3 
(Residual Legatee) Massachusetts Money The pound was the currency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its colonial predecessors until 1793. Like the British pound sterling of that era, the Massachusetts pound was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence, but the Massachusetts and British pounds were not equivalent in value. British and other foreign coins were widely circulated in Massachusetts, supplemented by locally-produced coins between about 1652 and 1682 and by local paper money from 1690.

The paper money issued in colonial Massachusetts was denominated in pounds, shillings, and pence. Initially, six shillings were equal to one Spanish dollar. After years of high inflation, in 1749 Massachusetts withdrew its paper money from circulation and returned to money in the form of coin.

After the American Revolutionary War began in 1775, the Continental Congress began issuing paper money known as Continental currency, or Continentals. Continental currency was denominated in dollars from 1/6 of a dollar to $80, including many odd denominations in between. During the Revolution, Congress issued $241,552,780 in Continental currency.

Continental currency depreciated badly during the war, giving rise to the famous phrase "not worth a continental". Several factors contributed to the declining value. Monetary policy was not coordinated between Congress and the states which, like Massachusetts, continued to issue too many bills of credit not backed by tangible assets. Congress and the states lacked the will or the means to retire the bills from circulation through taxation or the sale of bonds. Another problem was that the British successfully waged economic warfare by counterfeiting Continentals on a large scale.

By the end of 1778, Continentals retained from 1/5 to 1/7 of their face value. By 1780, the bills were worth 1/40th of face value. Congress attempted to reform the currency by removing the old bills from circulation and issuing new ones, without success. By May 1781, Continentals had become so worthless that they ceased to circulate as money. Benjamin Franklin noted that the depreciation of the currency had, in effect, acted as a tax to pay for the war. In the 1790s, after the ratification of the United States Constitution, Continentals could be exchanged for treasury bonds at 1% of face value. The Massachusetts state currency depreciated greatly and was replaced by the U.S. dollar in 1793.

The painful experience of the runaway inflation and collapse of the Continental dollar prompted the delegates to the Constitutional Convention to include the gold and silver clause into the United States Constitution so that the individual states could not issue bills of credit, or "make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts." This restriction of bills of credit was extended to the Federal Government, as the power to "emit bills" from the Articles of Confederation was abolished, leaving Congress with the power "to borrow money on credit."4,5 
(Residual Legatee) Probate Dispute9 March 1780During the course of the Turell probate, Simon Tufts Esq., Executor, submitted itemized reports to the court accounting for his payments to beneficiaries and the expenses he incurred on estate business. On 9 March 1780, the Executor listed cash paid in the amount of £329, 3s, 8p to the residuary legatees.3 

Citations

  1. [S1067] Patricia Thayer Muno, Descendants of Richard Thayer, Immigrant to America 1641, through the 19th Century, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Beaverton, Oregon: Desktop Publishing, 1992), Descendants of Richard Thayer, page 129. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of Richard Thayer.
  2. [S494] Boston MA: Church Records, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, First Church, page 300. Hereinafter cited as Boston MA: Church Records.
  3. [S485] Probate Records 1648-1924, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (886 microfilm reels of original records in the Middlesex County Courthouse, Cambridge, Massachusetts), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Ebenezer Turell 1778 probate packet# 23046, FHL Film# 421543. Hereinafter cited as Probate Records 1648-1924, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  4. [S225] Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia, online at www.wikipedia.org, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_pound. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
  5. [S225] Wikipedia Encyclopedia, online at www.wikipedia.org, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_American_currency

Deborah Thayer1

b. 27 March 1634, d. 31 May 1662
Family
Father*Richard Thayer1 b. 5 Apr 1601
Mother*Dorothy Mortimore1
Baptism*27 March 1634Deborah Tayer was baptized on 27 March 1634 at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Braintree, Gloucestershire, England. Her Godparents were William Jones and John Busher as Godfathers and Elizabeth Wenkl as Godmother.1 
(Daughter) Immigrationcirca 1641Shortly after the death of her mother, Deborah Thayer immigrated with her father and seven siblings in circa 1641 to America with his eight children. The family settled in Braintree, Massachusetts following Richard's older brother, Thomas Thayer, who had immigrated in 1637 with his family and also settled in Braintree.2,3 
Marriage*11 April 1653She married Thomas Faxon, son of Thomas Faxon and Joane __?__, on 11 April 1653 in Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).4,5 
(Wife) Death25 May 1662Deborah became a widow when Thomas Faxon died on 25 May 1662.4 
Death*31 May 1662She died just six days after her husband on 31 May 1662 in Braintree at age 28.4 

Family

 Thomas Faxon b. c 1628/29, d. 25 May 1662

Citations

  1. [S458] Walter Faxon, Edward Henry Whorf and introduction and notes by Henry Ernest Woods, "Tayer (Thayer) Family Entries in the Parish Registry of Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England", New England Historical & Genealogical Register Volume 60 (July 1906): page 286. Hereinafter cited as "Tayer (Thayer) in Thornbury Parish Records - NEHGR."
  2. [S458] Walter Faxon, Edward Henry Whorf and introduction and notes by Henry Ernest Woods, "Tayer (Thayer) in Thornbury Parish Records - NEHGR", page 284 footnote.
  3. [S452] The Thayer Families Association Website, online at www.thayerfamilies.com, Richard Thayer, First 5 Generations. Hereinafter cited as Thayer Families Association Website.
  4. [S1337] George L. Faxon, The History of the Faxon Family, containing a genealogy of the descendants of Thomas Faxon of Braintree, Mass. : with a map locating the homesteads of the first four generations; accompanied by copious abstracts from the records of deeds and probate. Also a Genealogy of branches of many allied families of Ballou, Barbour, Saxton, Washburn, Whitmarsh, and others, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Springfield, Massachusetts: Springfield Printing Company, 1880), Second Generation, pages 39-42. Hereinafter cited as The History of the Faxon Family, containing a genealogy of the descendants of Thomas Faxon of Braintree, Mass.
  5. [S1035] Transcribed by David Pulsifer and William B. Trask, "Records of Boston (Early)", New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volumes 2 - 12 (January 1848 - October 1858): Volume 12, page 110, the date written as "11: 2nd" 53" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was April, not February; his surname transcribed as "Fackson" and hers as "Thayre". Hereinafter cited as "Early Records of Boston."

Deborah Thayer1

b. 1 December 1745
Family
Father*Nathaniel Thayer1 b. 17 Jul 1710, d. 15 Dec 1786
Mother*Ruth Eliot1 b. 20 Sep 1711, d. 1746
Baptism*1 December 1745Deborah Thayer was baptized on 1 December 1745 at First Church, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 

Citations

  1. [S494] Boston MA: Church Records, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, First Church, page 327. Hereinafter cited as Boston MA: Church Records.

Deborah Thayer1

b. 27 January 1714
Family
Father*Cornelius Thayer2 b. 14 Nov 1684, d. 1745
Mother*Lydia Turell2 b. 8 Jul 1683
Birth*27 January 1714Deborah Thayer was born on 27 January 1714 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 
Marriage*31 October 1744She married Miles Whitworth on 31 October 1744 in Boston.3 
(Residual Legatee) Probate Dispute2 March 1780 On 2 March 1780, Nathaniel Thayer, Cornelius Thayer, Samuel Bass, William Andrews, Deborah (Thayer) Whitworth, Hannah (Thayer) Abbott, Christian (Bass) Armstrong, Mary Thayer, Sarah (Thayer) White and Rebecca (Bass) Thomas Fowle, all of Boston and residual legatees resulting from the will of the Reverend Ebenezer Turell, submitted a document to the court addressing their concerns regarding the inequities between the value of silver and gold compared with the value of Continental currency, which had gone through several changes and devaluations during and after the Revolutionary War. In 1780, paper money in the new United States, called Continentals, was worth only about 1/40th of its face value. The document stated their understanding that Simon Tufts Esq. of Medford, as Executor to the last will and testament of Ebenezer Turell, late of Medford, Clerk, was entitled by the will to a legacy of £20, and was by virtue of his Executorship in possession of a sum of silver and gold coin, which according to a law of Massachusetts for regulating the value of silver and god coin, amounted to £503, 15s, 6p. Their petition went on to state that a dispute had arisen between the Executor Simon and several of the legatees regarding whether their legacies ought to be paid in silver and gold or in the present currency of the state. The petition's subscribers recommended that the Executor pay them 2/3 of their legacies in silver and gold, after deducting 1/2 of his own legacy, and that the Executor's other half be paid to himself in paper money. The petition went on to recommend that the £150 allowed the Executor for all his services in settling the estate be paid in paper money. The petition's subscribers, all residual legatees as the children, or their heirs, of Lydia (Turell) Thayer and Christian (Turell) Bass, both of whom were deceased sisters of the late Reverend Turell, agreed to be obligated to the court for the sum of £100,000 in lawful money of the state as protection for the Executor. Their document stated that in the case any debts owed to the estate were recovered which would increase the assets owed to the Executor, they would refund their prorated parts of those debts on the condition that their obligation of £100,000 to the court be voided and of no effect. Their petition concluded with the statement that should they fail to keep their agreement, their obligation would remain in full force and effect.4 
(Residual Legatee) Massachusetts Money The pound was the currency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its colonial predecessors until 1793. Like the British pound sterling of that era, the Massachusetts pound was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence, but the Massachusetts and British pounds were not equivalent in value. British and other foreign coins were widely circulated in Massachusetts, supplemented by locally-produced coins between about 1652 and 1682 and by local paper money from 1690.

The paper money issued in colonial Massachusetts was denominated in pounds, shillings, and pence. Initially, six shillings were equal to one Spanish dollar. After years of high inflation, in 1749 Massachusetts withdrew its paper money from circulation and returned to money in the form of coin.

After the American Revolutionary War began in 1775, the Continental Congress began issuing paper money known as Continental currency, or Continentals. Continental currency was denominated in dollars from 1/6 of a dollar to $80, including many odd denominations in between. During the Revolution, Congress issued $241,552,780 in Continental currency.

Continental currency depreciated badly during the war, giving rise to the famous phrase "not worth a continental". Several factors contributed to the declining value. Monetary policy was not coordinated between Congress and the states which, like Massachusetts, continued to issue too many bills of credit not backed by tangible assets. Congress and the states lacked the will or the means to retire the bills from circulation through taxation or the sale of bonds. Another problem was that the British successfully waged economic warfare by counterfeiting Continentals on a large scale.

By the end of 1778, Continentals retained from 1/5 to 1/7 of their face value. By 1780, the bills were worth 1/40th of face value. Congress attempted to reform the currency by removing the old bills from circulation and issuing new ones, without success. By May 1781, Continentals had become so worthless that they ceased to circulate as money. Benjamin Franklin noted that the depreciation of the currency had, in effect, acted as a tax to pay for the war. In the 1790s, after the ratification of the United States Constitution, Continentals could be exchanged for treasury bonds at 1% of face value. The Massachusetts state currency depreciated greatly and was replaced by the U.S. dollar in 1793.

The painful experience of the runaway inflation and collapse of the Continental dollar prompted the delegates to the Constitutional Convention to include the gold and silver clause into the United States Constitution so that the individual states could not issue bills of credit, or "make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts." This restriction of bills of credit was extended to the Federal Government, as the power to "emit bills" from the Articles of Confederation was abolished, leaving Congress with the power "to borrow money on credit."5,6 
(Residual Legatee) Probate Dispute9 March 1780During the course of the Turell probate, Simon Tufts Esq., Executor, submitted itemized reports to the court accounting for his payments to beneficiaries and the expenses he incurred on estate business. On 9 March 1780, the Executor listed cash paid in the amount of £329, 3s, 8p to the residuary legatees.4 

Family

 Miles Whitworth

Citations

  1. [S745] Boston Births, 1700-1800, online at www.NewEnglandAncestors.org, page 101. Hereinafter cited as Boston Births, 1700-1800.
  2. [S494] Boston MA: Church Records, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, First Church, page 300. Hereinafter cited as Boston MA: Church Records.
  3. [S746] Boston, Massachusetts Marriages, 1700-1809, online at www.americanancestors.org, page 279. Hereinafter cited as Boston Marriages, 1700-1809.
  4. [S485] Probate Records 1648-1924, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (886 microfilm reels of original records in the Middlesex County Courthouse, Cambridge, Massachusetts), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Ebenezer Turell 1778 probate packet# 23046, FHL Film# 421543. Hereinafter cited as Probate Records 1648-1924, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  5. [S225] Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia, online at www.wikipedia.org, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_pound. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
  6. [S225] Wikipedia Encyclopedia, online at www.wikipedia.org, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_American_currency

Ebenezer Thayer1

b. 16 July 1734, d. 6 September 1792
Family
Father*Nathaniel Thayer3,2 b. 17 Jul 1710, d. 15 Dec 1786
Mother*Ruth Eliot2,3 b. 20 Sep 1711, d. 1746
Birth*16 July 1734Ebenezer Thayer was born on 16 July 1734 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England),4,5,3 
Baptism21 July 1734 and was baptized on 21 July 1734 at First Church, Boston.6 
Education*1753Ebenezer graduated from Harvard College, Boston, in 1753.5 
Occupation*17 September 1766The Reverend Ebenezer Thayer was the pastor of the First Congregational Church, Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, from 17 September 1766 until his death in 1792.5,7 
Marriage*2 October 1766He married Martha Cotton, daughter of Reverend John Cotton and Mary Gibbs, on 2 October 1766 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).5,8 
(Heir) Will9 November 1776The Reverend Ebenezer Thayer, described as his beloved nephew, was named as a beneficiary of the Reverend Ebenezer Turell in his will dated 9 November 1776 in Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Continental Congress). Turell's will gave Thayer his preaching Bible and a collection of religious books and his silk cloak from London.1 
Death*6 September 1792He died suddenly, from an oppression upon his breast, on 6 September 1792 in Hampton at age 585,9,10,11 
Burial* and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Hampton.11 

Family

 Martha Cotton b. 30 Nov 1739, d. c 1809
Children 1.Ebenezer Thayer12 b. 15 Jul 1767
 2.Reverend Nathaniel Thayer+5,13 b. 11 Jul 1769, d. 23 Jun 1840
 3.Martha Thayer14 b. 21 Apr 1771
 4.John Thayer15 b. 14 Jul 1773
 5.Katherine Thayer16 b. 28 Sep 1779
 6.Andrew Eliot Thayer17 b. 4 Nov 1783

Citations

  1. [S485] Probate Records 1648-1924, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (886 microfilm reels of original records in the Middlesex County Courthouse, Cambridge, Massachusetts), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Ebenezer Turell 1778 probate packet# 23046, FHL Film# 421543. Hereinafter cited as Probate Records 1648-1924, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  2. [S452] The Thayer Families Association Website, online at www.thayerfamilies.com, Richard Thayer, First 5 Generations. Hereinafter cited as Thayer Families Association Website.
  3. [S979] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online at www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Reverend Ebenezer Thayer, Memorial# 16999380, created by Marc Thayer III, noting date of birth as 06 July 1734. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  5. [S1022] Rev. Increase N. Tarbox, "Necrology of the New-England Historic Genealogical Society (Nathaniel Thayer A.M.)", New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 37 (October 1883): page 413. Hereinafter cited as "Nathaniel Thayer Necrology."
  6. [S494] Boston MA: Church Records, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, First Church, page 312. Hereinafter cited as Boston MA: Church Records.
  7. [S1021] The Meeting Houses of Hampton (New Hampshire), online at http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton. Hereinafter cited as Meeting Houses of Hampton.
  8. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Newton Marriages, page 264. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  9. [S1039] Hampton, NH: Vital Records to 1900, online at www.americanancestors.org, Volume 2, page 189. Hereinafter cited as Hampton Vital Records to 1900.
  10. [S1039] Hampton Vital Records to 1900, online at www.americanancestors.org, Volume 1, page 209.
  11. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Reverend Ebenezer Thayer, Memorial# 16999380, created by Marc Thayer III.
  12. [S1039] Hampton Vital Records to 1900, online at www.americanancestors.org, Volume 1, page 214.
  13. [S1039] Hampton Vital Records to 1900, online at www.americanancestors.org, Volume 1, page 216.
  14. [S1039] Hampton Vital Records to 1900, online at www.americanancestors.org, Volume 1, page 218.
  15. [S1039] Hampton Vital Records to 1900, online at www.americanancestors.org, Volume 1, page 219.
  16. [S1039] Hampton Vital Records to 1900, online at www.americanancestors.org, Volume 1, page 224.
  17. [S1039] Hampton Vital Records to 1900, online at www.americanancestors.org, Volume 1, page 226.

Ebenezer Thayer1

b. 15 July 1767
Family
Father*Ebenezer Thayer1 b. 16 Jul 1734, d. 6 Sep 1792
Mother*Martha Cotton1 b. 30 Nov 1739, d. c 1809
Birth*15 July 1767Ebenezer Thayer was born on 15 July 1767 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire,1 
Baptism19 July 1767 and was baptized on 19 July 1767 in Hampton.2 

Citations

  1. [S1039] Hampton, NH: Vital Records to 1900, online at www.americanancestors.org, Volume 1, page 214. Hereinafter cited as Hampton Vital Records to 1900.
  2. [S1039] Hampton Vital Records to 1900, online at www.americanancestors.org, Volume 2, page 109.

Ferdinando Thayer1

b. 18 April 1625, d. 28 March 1712
Family
BirthFerdinando Thayer was born in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England.2 
Baptism*18 April 1625Ferdinando Tayer was baptized on 18 April 1625 at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England. His Godparents were Ferdinando TAYER and William TAYER as Godfathers, and Margarett KING as Godmother.3,4,5 
Marriage*14 November 1652He married Huldah Hayward, daughter of William Hayward and Margery __?__, on 14 November 1652 in Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England). They were married by Captain Torrey.1,6,7 
Note* Ferdinando Thayer was one of the original grantees and proprietors of Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts to which he removed, originally, in 1663. Mendon was a new plantation at the time, and called Nipmug. Ferdinando was forced to return to Braintree with his family for several years during King Philip's War when Mendon was abandoned and his house there burnt, according to court records. He and his son Jonathan Thayer took the oath of allegiance in Braintree about 1678.(Volume 29 - Boston Records Commissioners Reports)

According to Alexander H. Allen, Town Clerk of Mendon, Mendon was first settled by the whites as a plantation in 1662, and continued in that union until 1667, when it was invested with town privileges by the general court of the commonwealth, and so remained until the breaking out of the Indian hostilities in 1675, when the settlement was broken up, the settlers fleeing to Braintree and Weymouth, where they stayed until 1679 or '80. After January 3rd, 1680, there has been no interruption up to the “present time” of 1859.

Ferdinando held many offices of honor in his town and commonwealth and was a man of wealth in his day and age of the world. He provided all of his sons with farms, and several of his sons became extensive land dealers, and many of their descendants occupied those farms, never changing title, for over two hundred years. Before King Philip's war, his name was in the minutes of Mendon’s first town meeting held in June 1667, as selectman. He was selectman in Mendon 1667-70, 1672, 1674, perhaps in 1675, in 1680,1685,1686 and 1688; surveyor of highways in 1682-3 and in 1687. According to the Preserved Smith Thayer Missal, now reported to be in the possession of a relative in Worcester, his house lot of 40 acres was a little south of the residence (1859) of Alexander H. Allen. It was bounded on the east by Muddy Brook, south by the house lot of John Rockwood, west by the house lot of Samuel Hayward, and north by the house lot of John Gurney. His son Benjamin received all his lands that he had not previously deeded to his other sons, Jonathan, Thomas, Samuel, and Isaac.

Ferdinando's name is inscribed on a monument in Founders' Park, Mendon, Massachusetts, as one of the first settlers of that town.8 
Land Grant*January 1674 He had a tract of land set off for him in January, 1674, as well as other lands also. 
Land Grant26 May 1686 After the Indians burned the town, Ferdinando returned and again took lands which included a forty-acre house lot.

Ferdinando Thayer's was the last house on the 10 Rod Road. This was very near the now Blackstone Line, as is the Pine Hill Cemetery. There are more Thayers buried in Pine Hill Cemetery and in Blackstone, Massachusetts, than in Old Cemetery in the center of Mendon. 
Marriage*before 1696He married Ann Freebury before 1696.

She was probably the widow of either Nicholas Freeby whom Savage mentions as being at Casco about 1680, or of Richard Friebury Sr. who was taxed at Pemaquid in 1687 (NEHG Register Volume 32, page 314). No record of her marriage or death has been found except in the court records at Boston which contain much information about her life in Mendon and her violent domestic quarrels with Ferdinando Thayer and his sons to whom he deeded his property, partly at least to prevent her from acquiring it. (Records of Supreme Court of Judicature #4657,4845,4703,4727, Suffolk County Courthouse, Boston).

Ann Freeberry (or Freebury) was an 'eastern woman', meaning from Maine, who had probably been driven away by the Indian Wars. 
Divorce*Ferdinando Thayer and Ann Freebury were divorced.

It was not a happy marriage. According to court documents, Ferdinando’s domestic troubles began as early as July 1696 when Ann Thear, aged 48 years, was deposed in court. (Records of Supreme Court of Judicature #4342). She testified that she saw Ebenezer Thear sell two quarts of sider to an Indian.

She departed from Ferdinando Thayer after 1700, when he made an agreement 'to be shaft of her' after she testified he and his sons sold liquor to the Indians and that he had deserved to have his house burnt by the Indians during the War and that it would occur again if he did not stop trafficking with them; that he had tried to starve her by not providing food in the house, etc.

On May 7,1700 Ferdinando Thear complained of “the wild words, carriages and actions of my wicked disposed and perverse wife Ann Thear, formally an Eastern woman, and until my unhappy marriage with her known by the name of Ann Freeberry who hath been endeavoring to ruinate me in respect to my person, name, and estate either by fire in burning my house over my head as she hath lately threatened in so much that I am afraid to live with her”, etc., “and that none of my children durst live with me, and I am unable to help myself being almost 80 years old, and by reason of her private conveying of things out of the house my house is left almost destitute of outwards comforts”, etc. Depositions were also made by Ebenezer Thayer aged 26, and Martha his wife aged 25, and Benjamin Thayer aged 20, William Howard aged 32, John Rocket aged 59, John Bridges aged 52, and Peter Holbrook aged 41. (Records of Supreme Court of Judicature #4657, 4845, 4703, and 4727 in Suffolk County Courthouse, Boston.) 
Death*28 March 1712He died on 28 March 1712 in Mendon, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England), at age 86.1,9 

Family 1

 Huldah Hayward b. c 1636, d. 1 Sep 1690

Family 2

 Ann Freebury b. c 1648

Citations

  1. [S442] Oliver Ray Pardo, "The Families of Ray Benson Pardo and Viola Berliot Stevens", 28 December 1996 (Port Orchard, Washington). . Hereinafter cited as "The Families of Pardo and Stevens."
  2. [S448] Prepared by William B. Trask of Dorchester, "Abstracts from the Earliest Wills on Record in the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts", New England Historical & Genealogical Register Volume 13 (October 1859): page 335 footnote. Hereinafter cited as "Abstracts of Early Wills - NEHGR."
  3. [S449] Family History Library, A Genealogical record of some of the descendants of John Thayer, 1500-1975; Microfilm number 982181, item 10, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as John Thayer Descendants 1500-1975.
  4. [S450] Reproduction of: English origins of New England families : from the New England historical and genealogical registers and first and second series / selected and introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, English origins of New England Families, 1500s-1800s, CD-ROM (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, original publish dates 1984-1985 in 6 volumes; reproduced by Broderbund, c 1966), Series II, Volume 3. Hereinafter cited as English origins of New England families.
  5. [S458] Walter Faxon, Edward Henry Whorf and introduction and notes by Henry Ernest Woods, "Tayer (Thayer) Family Entries in the Parish Registry of Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England", New England Historical & Genealogical Register Volume 60 (July 1906): page 285. Hereinafter cited as "Tayer (Thayer) in Thornbury Parish Records - NEHGR."
  6. [S445] A faithful and exact copy of the original records without any abridgment or variation and copied by various members of the NEHGS from the original records, "Early Records of Boston, Massachusetts", New England Historical & Genealogical Register Volumes 2 - 12 (published as a continuation from January 1848 through 1858): Volume 12, April 1858, page 110; "Brantrey" Marriages. Hereinafter cited as "Boston Records - NEHGR."
  7. [S447] Braintree Massachusetts Town Records - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Braintree Town Records - NEHGS.
  8. [S454] Bezaleel J. Thayer, Memorial of the Thayer name from the Massachusetts colony of Weymouth and Braintree: embracing genealogical and biographical sketches of Richard and Thomas Thayer, and their descendants, from 1636 to 1874, FHL film number 1081, item 1 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957; microreproduction of book published in 1874 by R. J. Oliphant, Oswego, New York), pages 221-223. Hereinafter cited as Thayer name Massachusetts Memorial 1636-1874.
  9. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.

Hannah Thayer1

b. 1716
Family
Father*Cornelius Thayer2 b. 14 Nov 1684, d. 1745
Mother*Lydia Turell2 b. 8 Jul 1683
Birth*1716Hannah Thayer was born in 1716.1 
Marriage*8 May 1739She married Richard Abbott on 8 May 1739 in First Church, Boston.3 
(Residual Legatee) Probate Dispute2 March 1780 On 2 March 1780, Nathaniel Thayer, Cornelius Thayer, Samuel Bass, William Andrews, Deborah (Thayer) Whitworth, Hannah (Thayer) Abbott, Christian (Bass) Armstrong, Mary Thayer, Sarah (Thayer) White and Rebecca (Bass) Thomas Fowle, all of Boston and residual legatees resulting from the will of the Reverend Ebenezer Turell, submitted a document to the court addressing their concerns regarding the inequities between the value of silver and gold compared with the value of Continental currency, which had gone through several changes and devaluations during and after the Revolutionary War. In 1780, paper money in the new United States, called Continentals, was worth only about 1/40th of its face value. The document stated their understanding that Simon Tufts Esq. of Medford, as Executor to the last will and testament of Ebenezer Turell, late of Medford, Clerk, was entitled by the will to a legacy of £20, and was by virtue of his Executorship in possession of a sum of silver and gold coin, which according to a law of Massachusetts for regulating the value of silver and god coin, amounted to £503, 15s, 6p. Their petition went on to state that a dispute had arisen between the Executor Simon and several of the legatees regarding whether their legacies ought to be paid in silver and gold or in the present currency of the state. The petition's subscribers recommended that the Executor pay them 2/3 of their legacies in silver and gold, after deducting 1/2 of his own legacy, and that the Executor's other half be paid to himself in paper money. The petition went on to recommend that the £150 allowed the Executor for all his services in settling the estate be paid in paper money. The petition's subscribers, all residual legatees as the children, or their heirs, of Lydia (Turell) Thayer and Christian (Turell) Bass, both of whom were deceased sisters of the late Reverend Turell, agreed to be obligated to the court for the sum of £100,000 in lawful money of the state as protection for the Executor. Their document stated that in the case any debts owed to the estate were recovered which would increase the assets owed to the Executor, they would refund their prorated parts of those debts on the condition that their obligation of £100,000 to the court be voided and of no effect. Their petition concluded with the statement that should they fail to keep their agreement, their obligation would remain in full force and effect.4 
(Residual Legatee) Massachusetts Money The pound was the currency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its colonial predecessors until 1793. Like the British pound sterling of that era, the Massachusetts pound was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence, but the Massachusetts and British pounds were not equivalent in value. British and other foreign coins were widely circulated in Massachusetts, supplemented by locally-produced coins between about 1652 and 1682 and by local paper money from 1690.

The paper money issued in colonial Massachusetts was denominated in pounds, shillings, and pence. Initially, six shillings were equal to one Spanish dollar. After years of high inflation, in 1749 Massachusetts withdrew its paper money from circulation and returned to money in the form of coin.

After the American Revolutionary War began in 1775, the Continental Congress began issuing paper money known as Continental currency, or Continentals. Continental currency was denominated in dollars from 1/6 of a dollar to $80, including many odd denominations in between. During the Revolution, Congress issued $241,552,780 in Continental currency.

Continental currency depreciated badly during the war, giving rise to the famous phrase "not worth a continental". Several factors contributed to the declining value. Monetary policy was not coordinated between Congress and the states which, like Massachusetts, continued to issue too many bills of credit not backed by tangible assets. Congress and the states lacked the will or the means to retire the bills from circulation through taxation or the sale of bonds. Another problem was that the British successfully waged economic warfare by counterfeiting Continentals on a large scale.

By the end of 1778, Continentals retained from 1/5 to 1/7 of their face value. By 1780, the bills were worth 1/40th of face value. Congress attempted to reform the currency by removing the old bills from circulation and issuing new ones, without success. By May 1781, Continentals had become so worthless that they ceased to circulate as money. Benjamin Franklin noted that the depreciation of the currency had, in effect, acted as a tax to pay for the war. In the 1790s, after the ratification of the United States Constitution, Continentals could be exchanged for treasury bonds at 1% of face value. The Massachusetts state currency depreciated greatly and was replaced by the U.S. dollar in 1793.

The painful experience of the runaway inflation and collapse of the Continental dollar prompted the delegates to the Constitutional Convention to include the gold and silver clause into the United States Constitution so that the individual states could not issue bills of credit, or "make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts." This restriction of bills of credit was extended to the Federal Government, as the power to "emit bills" from the Articles of Confederation was abolished, leaving Congress with the power "to borrow money on credit."5,6 
(Residual Legatee) Probate Dispute9 March 1780During the course of the Turell probate, Simon Tufts Esq., Executor, submitted itemized reports to the court accounting for his payments to beneficiaries and the expenses he incurred on estate business. On 9 March 1780, the Executor listed cash paid in the amount of £329, 3s, 8p to the residuary legatees.4 

Family

 Richard Abbott

Citations

  1. [S1067] Patricia Thayer Muno, Descendants of Richard Thayer, Immigrant to America 1641, through the 19th Century, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Beaverton, Oregon: Desktop Publishing, 1992), Descendants of Richard Thayer, page 129. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of Richard Thayer.
  2. [S494] Boston MA: Church Records, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, First Church, page 300. Hereinafter cited as Boston MA: Church Records.
  3. [S746] Boston, Massachusetts Marriages, 1700-1809, online at www.americanancestors.org, Records of the First Church in Boston, page 397. Hereinafter cited as Boston Marriages, 1700-1809.
  4. [S485] Probate Records 1648-1924, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (886 microfilm reels of original records in the Middlesex County Courthouse, Cambridge, Massachusetts), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Ebenezer Turell 1778 probate packet# 23046, FHL Film# 421543. Hereinafter cited as Probate Records 1648-1924, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  5. [S225] Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia, online at www.wikipedia.org, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_pound. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
  6. [S225] Wikipedia Encyclopedia, online at www.wikipedia.org, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_American_currency

Jael Thayer

b. 2 June 1633, d. 10 March 1701
Family
Father*Richard Thayer1 b. 5 Apr 1601
Mother*Dorothy Mortimore1
Baptism*2 June 1633Jaell Tayer was baptized on 2 June 1633 at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England. Her Godparents were Richard Dymmerie as Godfather and Katheryne Dawney and Agnes Tayer as Godmothers.1 
(Daughter) Immigrationcirca 1641Shortly after the death of her mother, Jael Thayer immigrated with her father and seven siblings in circa 1641 to America with his eight children. The family settled in Braintree, Massachusetts following Richard's older brother, Thomas Thayer, who had immigrated in 1637 with his family and also settled in Braintree.2,3 
Marriage*17 January 1654She married John Harbour Jr. on 17 January 1654 in Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England). Their marriage was performed by Captain Tory (sic) of Weymouth.4 
Death*10 March 1701She died on 10 March 1701 in Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England), at age 67.4 

Family

 John Harbour Jr.
Child 1.Esther Harbor+5 b. 1663

Citations

  1. [S458] Walter Faxon, Edward Henry Whorf and introduction and notes by Henry Ernest Woods, "Tayer (Thayer) Family Entries in the Parish Registry of Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England", New England Historical & Genealogical Register Volume 60 (July 1906): page 286. Hereinafter cited as "Tayer (Thayer) in Thornbury Parish Records - NEHGR."
  2. [S458] Walter Faxon, Edward Henry Whorf and introduction and notes by Henry Ernest Woods, "Tayer (Thayer) in Thornbury Parish Records - NEHGR", page 284 footnote.
  3. [S452] The Thayer Families Association Website, online at www.thayerfamilies.com, Richard Thayer, First 5 Generations. Hereinafter cited as Thayer Families Association Website.
  4. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  5. [S869] Marcus Taft Jones, Hayward-Howard genealogy and family history: descendants of William and Margery Hayward of Braintree, Massachusetts, 1648; earlier of Weymouth. Microfilm of typescript at the Rhode Island Historical Society in Providence, Rhode Island. Hayward genealogy 1648-1690: pages 133-150; FHL Film# 22344, Item 2, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Hayward-Howard genealogy and family history.

Joanna Thayer1

Family
Marriage*7 January 1689/90She married John Crossman on 7 January 1689/90 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts (Plymouth Colony).2,1 

Family

 John Crossman
Child 1.Abigail Crossman+1,2 b. 7 Oct 1690, d. 22 Jan 1767

Citations

  1. [S1194] Thomas J. Lothrop, The Nicholas White Family, 1643-1900, downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (Taunton, Massachusetts: Thomas J. Lothrop, printed by C.A. Hack & Son, 1902), page 22. Hereinafter cited as Nicholas White Family, 1643-1900.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Taunton Marriages, Volume 2, page 126. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.

John Thayer1

b. 14 July 1773
Family
Father*Ebenezer Thayer1 b. 16 Jul 1734, d. 6 Sep 1792
Mother*Martha Cotton1 b. 30 Nov 1739, d. c 1809
Birth*14 July 1773John Thayer was born on 14 July 1773 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.1 

Citations

  1. [S1039] Hampton, NH: Vital Records to 1900, online at www.americanancestors.org, Volume 1, page 219. Hereinafter cited as Hampton Vital Records to 1900.

Joseph Thayer1

Family
Marriage*1727He married Hannah Hayward, daughter of William Hayward and Esther Harbor, in 1727.1 

Family

 Hannah Hayward

Citations

  1. [S869] Marcus Taft Jones, Hayward-Howard genealogy and family history: descendants of William and Margery Hayward of Braintree, Massachusetts, 1648; earlier of Weymouth. Microfilm of typescript at the Rhode Island Historical Society in Providence, Rhode Island. Hayward genealogy 1648-1690: pages 133-150; FHL Film# 22344, Item 2, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Hayward-Howard genealogy and family history.

Katherine Thayer1

b. 28 September 1779
Family
Father*Ebenezer Thayer1 b. 16 Jul 1734, d. 6 Sep 1792
Mother*Martha Cotton1 b. 30 Nov 1739, d. c 1809
Birth*28 September 1779Katherine Thayer was born on 28 September 1779 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.1 

Citations

  1. [S1039] Hampton, NH: Vital Records to 1900, online at www.americanancestors.org, Volume 1, page 224. Hereinafter cited as Hampton Vital Records to 1900.

Lydia Thayer1

Family
Father*Cornelius Thayer2 b. 14 Nov 1684, d. 1745
Mother*Lydia Turell2 b. 8 Jul 1683
Marriage*circa 1741She married Josiah Carter circa 1741.2 
(Heir) Will9 November 1776The children of Lydia Carter, described as his deceased niece, were named as beneficiaries of the Reverend Ebenezer Turell in his will dated 9 November 1776 in Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Continental Congress). Turell's will gave Lydia (Thayer) Carter's children 40 pounds sterling to be equally divided between them.1 

Family

 Josiah Carter b. c 1705

Citations

  1. [S485] Probate Records 1648-1924, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (886 microfilm reels of original records in the Middlesex County Courthouse, Cambridge, Massachusetts), LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Ebenezer Turell 1778 probate packet# 23046, FHL Film# 421543. Hereinafter cited as Probate Records 1648-1924, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  2. [S452] The Thayer Families Association Website, online at www.thayerfamilies.com, Richard Thayer, First 5 Generations. Hereinafter cited as Thayer Families Association Website.

Lydia Thayer1

b. 1 January 1744
Family
Father*Nathaniel Thayer1 b. 17 Jul 1710, d. 15 Dec 1786
Mother*Ruth Eliot1 b. 20 Sep 1711, d. 1746
Baptism*1 January 1744Lydia Thayer was baptized on 1 January 1744 at First Church, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 

Citations

  1. [S494] Boston MA: Church Records, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, First Church, page 325. Hereinafter cited as Boston MA: Church Records.