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Thomas Thayer, Sr. (b. August 15, 1596, d. June 02, 1665)
Thomas Thayer, Sr. (son of Richard Thayer I and Unknown)17 was born August 15, 1596 in Thornbury, Gloucester Co, England17, and died June 02, 1665 in Braintree, Suffolk Co, MA17. He married Margery Margerie Wheeler on April 13, 1618 in Thornbury, Gloucester Co, England17.
Notes for Thomas Thayer, Sr.:
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Initial Source: "New England Families, Volume I, Genealogies and Memorials," page 132.
Excerpt from above-listed source:
"(I) Thomas Thayer, immigrant ancestor; came from Thornbury, England, and settled in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1630. He married Margery Wheeler, who died December 11, 1672, and he died April, 1672. He was a shoemaker. His will was dated September 13, 1665. Children: Thomas Jr., Ferdinando, mentioned below; Shadrach."
Add'l Source: "Pioneers of Massachusetts, Surnames S-T," pg 450.
Excerpt from above-listed source:
"Thomas, shoemaker, Braintree, b. at Thornbury Eng., came before 1639; when he had a grant of land for 9 heads and 40 acres more, 76 acres in all. He m. at Thornbury April 13, 1618, Margerie Wheeler; ch. Thomas bapt. at T. 15 Sept. 1622, Ferdinando bapt. April 18, 1625, Shardrach, (Sydrick,) bapt. May 10, 1629, [Sarah, (m. Jonathan Haryward.)]
"He d. 2 (4) 1665. Will dated 24 June, 1664, prob. Sept. 13, 1665. Beq. to wife and sons mentioned above. The widow d. 11(12) 1672. [Reg. XIII, 335, and XXXVII, 84.]"
Add'l Sources: "Sufflok County Wills, Abstracts of the Earliest Wills Upon Record or on File," pg 253
"Thayer's Family Memorial," pgs 136-153.
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WILL OF THOMAS TAYER/THAYER -- JUNE 24, 1664
Taken from "Suffolk County, Wills, Abstracts of the Earliest Wills Upon Record or on File," p. 253
Transcribed by Pam Spooner.
I, Thomas Tayer* of Brantrey, in Suffolke, in the Massachusetts Colonie, of New England, Shoemaker, 24th June 1664, doe make this my last will. Vnto my wife, Margery, that now is, all my lands, goods and estate in Brantrey, du[r]ing the tyme of her life, and after her decease I give Vnto my sonne, Thomas Tayer, his heiers & assigns all my ground, being over Monotoquot River, within the limmitts of Brantrey, with the tymber and other wood growing or fallen vppon the same, with the other appurtenances, part of which ground he hath allready in his possession. Vnto Fardinando Tayer, my sonne, his heiers and assignes (ymmediately after the decease of Margery, my wife) my house and orchard therevnto belonging, lyeing in Braintrey, with all the planting ground and pasture lyeing between ye high way and the River, called Montoquot River, aforesaid, And on the other side of the high way from the south sid of the barne to the end of the lotte. Further my will is, that the said Fardinando, shall haue free liberty to cut fale and Carry away fier wood for his and his now wifes owne burning, of and from my lotte called Twenty acre Lotte, during his and his said wifes life. Vnto my sonne, Sidrache Tayer, his heiers and assignes, ymmediately after the decease of Margery, my wife, a parcel of ground in Brantrey, which shall begin at the corner of the barne nest his dwelling house and shall run with a straight line to the vpper end of the lott. I giue twenty acres of land more vnto the said Sidrach, his heiers and assignes [as before] land in Brantrey, next vnto the ground of Henry Neale, provided he, his heiers and assignes, permit my soonne, Fardinando, & his now wife to take wood thereof for their owne burneing during their naturall lives, as before expressed. I fiue all my goods and Chattells Vnto my grand Children, to be equally divided amongst them. If any of my said Children shall appeare to be discontented & murmur at this my last will and testament, Then my will and minde is, That any such child, one or more of them, shall haue but five shillings for their portion, and the portion or portions of any such Child or Children so murmuring and discontented, as aforesaid, shall be equally divided amongst the rest of my Children and Grand children. I appoint my wife, Margery, & sonne, Fardinando, executors of this my last will and testament. Thomas [X] Thayer.
Sarah [X] Sauill, Ruth [X] Basse, Margery Flint.
13 Sep 1665. Sarah Sauill & Ruth Basse deposed.
[On the other side of the original will, is the following, which is not on record:] - "Wee, Ferdinando, Thomas, and Sydrach Thayer, children of Thomas Thayer, deceased, That is to say upon Aduice & counsel, The Abouesayd Ferdinando, who by his fathers will is made executor [of] his fathers last Will and Testament soeing some Inequality, especially in the behalfe of his elder brother, will some litell to Sydrach, in consideration that brotherly loue may continue, Doth grant to his beloued brethren all the land aboue the highway excepting Two acres, which two acres is bounded on the line running from the highway from the south side of the land where the barne stood and so upon a straight line to the south corner of goodman Prays line; all on the south side of this, to bee to Sydrach, to him & his heires for euer, and the said Ferdinandoes to come Inward towardes Thomas from that line seuen rods [ ] broad towards Thomas, and the rest to bee to Thomas, to his heires execqutors and assignes foreuer. This being a full and unanimous agreement betweene the three brethren. And wee, the Aboue said Thomas, Ferdinando & Sydrach doe heerby engage ourselues, Joyntly and seuerally, for himselfe, neuer to make any disturbance, either of other any expression in our fathers will notwithstanding.
Witnesse our hands this thirtieth of June one Thousand six hundred sixty fiue.
[No signatures.]
Inventory of the estate of Thomas Thayer senr of Braintree Late deceased, taken by Francis Elliott, John French, Samuell Tomson, 7th June, 1665. 13th Sept. 1665. Ferdinando Thayer deposed.
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Add'l Source: "The First Settlers of New England, Surnames, S-T," pg 285.
Add'l Source: "Thayer and Burton Ancestry," 1894, pg 113.
Excerpt from above-referenced source:
"THOMAS THAYER, possibly one of two brothers to settle at Braintree, Mass., about the same time, was a native of Thornbury, Gloucester County, England. He was a shoemaker by trade, and married Margery Wheeler, April 13, 1618. They came to this country about 1630, and settled on a large farm in Braintree. It is an interesting fact that this farm, or portions of it, have, until recently, continuously remained in the possession of Thomas Thayer or a lineal descendant of his, named Thayer. In 1892 the last piece of the original farm was sold by the heirs of Jechonias Thayer, and so the old homestead has finally passed out of the family possession after 262 years of continuous ownership. The old homestead was situated about a quarter of a mile east of the present [c. 1894] (North) Braintree railroad station, and the site is now (1894) occupied by a substantial farm-house on the north side of the highway. An ion mine situated on the farm was successfully worked for several years, and specimens of iron slag are still to be found there. Thomas Thayer died June 2, 1665, and was probably buried in Quincy, then a part of Braintree. . . . His wife died February 11, 1672-3."
Add'l Source: "New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume I," pg 332.
Above-referenced source also cites "The Thayer Family of Thornbury," by Thomas Thayer Ojeda (1907).
Add'l Source: "One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families, Surnames Q-T," pgs 241 & 242.
Excerpt from the above-referenced source:
"This family was of Saxon origin, and owned lands in Thornbury from the reign of Edward II (1307); the prefix of Gent being universally given to individuals mentioned upon the records. The name as originally spelt, and up to the time of Thomas Thayer's coming to America still so used, was Tayer. The family is now extinct at Thornbury."
Inventory of his estate is given as follows:
"Invetory, 209 pounds, 16s, 10d. Money, 6 pounds. Five shirts, 1 pound, 10s. Blankets, cotton and linen sheets, broad cloth, red cotton, brown Kersey, coarse Holland, lockram, blue linen, yellow peniston, and other cloth. 1 sow, 4 pigs, 2 cows, 2 yearlings, 1 calf, 1 pair scales, etc. House and lands about it, 70 pounds. Other lands, 56 pounds."
More About Thomas Thayer, Sr.:
Burial: Probably Quincy (then a part of Braintree), MA.17
Fact 1: Sources: See "Notes.".17
Fact 2: 1630, The immigrant Thayer ancestor who.17
Fact 3: settled in Braintree, MA..17
Fact 4: Was a shoemaker..17
Fact 5: 1647, Listed as a Freeman..17
Fact 6: June 24, 1664, Date of will..17
Fact 7: September 13, 1665, Date will probated..17
Fact 8: See "Notes" for content of will..17
More About Thomas Thayer, Sr. and Margery Margerie Wheeler:
Marriage: April 13, 1618, Thornbury, Gloucester Co, England.17
Marriage Fact 1: Source: "Pioneers of MA," pg 450..17
Children of Thomas Thayer, Sr. and Margery Margerie Wheeler are:
- +Thomas Thayer, Jr., b. Abt. September 1622, Thornbury, England17, d. May 09, 1693, MA17.
- +Ferdinando Thayer, b. Abt. April 1625, Thornbury, England17, d. March 28, 1713, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA17.
- +Shadrach Sydrick Thayer, b. Abt. May 1629, Thornbury, England17, d. October 19, 1678, MA - Probably Braintree17.
- +Sarah Thayer, d. 169017.

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