Descendants of Thomas Thayer

Generation One

1. Thomas¹ Thayer married Margary Wheeler on 13 Apr 1618 at Thornbury, Gloucester, Mass. He died on 2 Jun 1665 at Mendon, Mass.

Children of Thomas¹ Thayer and Margary Wheeler were as follows:

• i. Thomas²; m. Hannah (--?--); b. Sep 1622; d. 9 Aug 1693 at age 70.
• 2. ii. Fernando, m. Huldah Hayward; b. Apr 1626 at Thornbury, Gloucester, England.
• iii. Shadrach; b. May 1629; m. Mary Barrett 11 Mar 1654; d. 19 Nov 1678 at age 49.

Generation Two

2. Fernando² Thayer (Thomas¹) married Huldah Hayward, daughter of William Hayward and Margary (--?--). He was born in Apr 1626 at Thornbury, Gloucester, England. He died on 28 Mar 1713 at Mendon, Mass, at age 86.

Children of Fernando² Thayer and Huldah Hayward were as follows:

• i. Samuel³; m. Mary Butterworth; d. 19 Dec 1721.
• ii. Josiah; m. Sarah (--?--).
• iii. Issac; m. Mercy Ward 4 Apr 1692.
• iv. Ebenezer; m. Martha Thompson 13 Jun 1695.
• v. Benjamin; m. Sarah Hayward, daughter of Samuel Hayward and Mehitable Thompson, 15 Sep 1699; d. 1729.
• 3. vi. Thomas, b. at Braintree; m. Mary Adams.
• vii. Sarah; m. Joseph Stevens; b. 12 May 1654.
• 4. viii. Huldah, b. 16 Jun 1657 at Braintree, Mass; m. Jacob Aldrich.
• ix. Jonathan; b. 18 Mar 1659; m. Elizabeth French 22 Jun 1679.
• x. Naomi; b. 28 Jan 1662; m. John Cook 16 Apr 1684; d. after 1718.

Generation Three

3. Capt. Thomas³ Thayer (Fernando², Thomas¹) was born at Braintree. He married Mary Adams. He died on 1 May 1738.

Children of Thomas³ Thayer and Mary Adams were:

• 5. i. Thomas⁴, b. 14 Jan 1694; m. Ruth Darling.

4. Huldah³ Thayer (Fernando², Thomas¹) was born on 16 Jun 1657 at Braintree, Mass. She married Jacob Aldrich, son of George Aldrich and Catherine Seald, on 3 May 1695. She died in 1707.

Children of Huldah³ Thayer and Jacob Aldrich were as follows:

• 6. i. Jacob⁴, b. 17 May 1676 at Braintree, Mass; m. Margary Hayward.
• ii. Seth; m. Deborah Hayward, daughter of Samuel Hayward and Mehitable Thompson; b. 6 Jul 1679; d. 1737.
• iii. Peter; m. Hannah Hayward, daughter of Samuel Hayward and Mehitable Thompson; b. 17 Oct 1686; d. 1748.

Generation Four

5. Hon. Thomas⁴ Thayer (Thomas³, Fernando², Thomas¹) was born on 14 Jan 1694. He married Ruth Darling, daughter of John Darling and Elizabeth Morse, on 5 Jan 1714 at Mendon, Worcester, Mass.

Children of Thomas⁴ Thayer and Ruth Darling were as follows:

• 7. i. Priscilla⁵, b. 6 Jun 1717; m. Moses Taft.
• ii. Thomas; b. 23 Jan 1720 at Mendon, Worcester, Mass.
• iii. Peter; b. 16 Apr 1720 at Mendon, Worcester, Mass; m. Sarah Holbrook, daughter of Sylvanus Holbrook and Naomi Cook, 12 Jun 1740.
• iv. Elizabeth; b. 17 Feb 1723.
• v. Patience; b. 1726 at Mendon, Worcester, Mass; m. John Legg Jr., son of John Legg and Temperance Thayer, 3 May 1747; d. 24 Feb 1812.

6. Jacob⁴ Aldrich (Huldah³Thayer, Fernando², Thomas¹) was born on 17 May 1676 at Braintree, Mass. He married Margary Hayward, daughter of Samuel Hayward and Mehitable Thompson, on 16 Sep 1699. He died in 1753 at Mendon, Mass.

Children of Jacob⁴ Aldrich and Margary Hayward were as follows:

• 8. i. Mercy⁵, b. 21 Jun 1700 at Mendon; m. Israel Taft.
• ii. Hannah; b. 3 Jun 1704; m. John Harwood 9 Feb 1727;¹ d. after 1787.
• iii. Experience; b. 30 Dec 1708; m. Benjamin Craigin, son of John Craigin and Deborah Skilton, 13 Jun 1727; d. after 1786.
• iv. Jacob; m. Mary (--?--); b. 29 May 1711; d. after 1753.
• v. Bethiah; b. 7 Mar 1713; m. Abraham Fletcher, son of Hezekiah Fletcher and Mary Wood, 25 Oct 1761; d. after 1777.
• vi. Margaret; b. 14 Mar 1714; m. Ichabod Ammidown, son of Philip Ammidown and Ithamer Warfield, 7 Mar 1732; d. after 1753.
• vii. Noah; b. 28 Aug 1717; m. Sarah Fletcher, daughter of Hezekiah Fletcher and Mary Wood, 22 Jan 1740; d. after 1759.

Generation Five

7. Priscilla⁵ Thayer (Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Fernando², Thomas¹) was born on 6 Jun 1717. She married Moses Taft, son of Joseph Taft and Elizabeth Emerson, on 30 Oct 1737.

Children of Priscilla⁵ Thayer and Moses Taft all b. at Uxbridge, Worcester, Mass, were as follows:

• i. Abner⁶; b. 28 Dec 1736; m. Trial White 25 Nov 1756.
• 9. ii. Ruth, b. 1742; m. Capt Joseph Chapin.
• iii. Margaret; b. 19 Feb 1742; m. Levi White 5 Dec 1765.
• iv. Moses; b. 31 Dec 1742.
• v. Nathum; b. 17 Aug 1745; m. Rachael Albee 19 Feb 1767.
• vi. Priscilla; b. 30 Apr 1749; m. Timothy Taft 6 Dec 1780.
• vii. Luke; b. 10 Aug 1754.

8. Mercy⁵ Aldrich (Jacob⁴, Huldah³Thayer, Fernando², Thomas¹) was born on 21 Jun 1700 at Mendon. She married Israel Taft, son of Robert Taft and Elizabeth Woodward, on 19 Dec 1717. She died in 1752 at Upton, Mass.

Children of Mercy⁵ Aldrich and Israel Taft were as follows:

• i. Huldah⁶; b. 28 Jun 1717;² m. David Daniels, son of Eleazer Daniels and Mary Holbrook, 1736; d. 1775.
• ii. Priscilla; b. 15 Aug 1721;² m. Moses Wood 5 Feb 1738.
• iii. Israel;² b. 23 Apr 1723;² m. Martha (--?--) 1743.
• 10. iv. Jacob, b. 22 Apr 1725; m. Esther Marsh.
• v. Hannah; b. 26 Nov 1726;² m. Elijah Benjamin 1747.
• vi. Elisha;² b. 3 May 1728;² m. Experience Taft 2 Jul 1754.
• vii. Robert;² b. 14 Feb 1730;² m. Jane Crag 1750;² d. 12 Nov 1810 at age 80.²
• viii. Mercy;² b. 7 Apr 1733;² m. Benjamin Greene, son of Benjamin Greene and Martha Adams, 2 Oct 1753.
• ix. Samuel; b. 23 Sep 1735; m. Mary Murdock, daughter of Benjamin Murdock and Mary Hyde, 1758; m. Experience Humes, daughter of Nicholas Humes, 9 Jan 1786;² d. 2 Aug 1816 at age 80.
• x. Stephen; m. Anna (--?--);² b. 1 Apr 1741; m. Mercy Hazeltine 14 Apr 1763.²
• xi. Silas; b. 5 Nov 1744; m. Elizabeth Sadler 8 Sep 1772.
• xii. Margary; m. Simon Wood; b. 14 May 1748. =

Generation Six

9. Ruth⁶ Taft (Priscilla⁵Thayer, Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Fernando², Thomas¹) was born in 1742 at Uxbridge, Worcester, Mass. She married Capt Joseph Chapin, son of Josiah Chapin and Mary Nelson, on 29 Mar 1758 at Uxbridge, Worcester, Mass.

Children of Ruth⁶ Taft and Capt Joseph Chapin were:

• i. Ameriah⁷; b. 20 Apr; m. Olive Taft, daughter of Jacob Taft and Esther Marsh, 10 Jan 1778; d. 18 Apr 1840.

10. Jacob⁶ Taft (Mercy⁵Aldrich, Jacob⁴, Huldah³Thayer, Fernando², Thomas¹) was born on 22 Apr 1725.² He married Esther Marsh, daughter of John Marsh and Abigail Hayward, on 13 Feb 1745. He died on 5 Mar 1803 at age 77.

Children of Jacob⁶ Taft and Esther Marsh were as follows:

• i. Olive⁷; b. 16 Mar 1745; m. Ameriah Chapin, son of Capt Joseph Chapin and Ruth Taft, 10 Jan 1778; d. 3 May 1839 at age 94.
• ii. Esther; b. 9 Jan 1748.
• iii. Timothy; b. 3 Apr 1750.
• iv. Jacob; b. 1 Dec 1751.
• v. Abigail; b. 5 Oct 1754.
• vi. Lois; b. 28 Apr 1757.
• vii. Mary; b. 5 Mar 1758.
• viii. Israel; b. 1 Mar 1761.
• ix. Easeman; b. 16 Jun 1763.

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