Rev. Ebenezer Thayer

1734 - 1792  (58 years)

• Name	Rev. Ebenezer Thayer
  Birth	16 Jul 1734	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, -USA
  Gender	Male
  Note	Ordained pastor at Hampton, 1766. 'The sermon of ordination was preached by his maternal uncle, Rev. Andrew Eliot, D. D., of Boston, from 2 Timothy, ii:15; the Rev. Nathaniel Appleton of Cambridge gave the charge; and Rev. John Lowell of Newburyport, the right hand of fellowship' (quoted from the Church Records in NEH&GR I-329). He was a tutor at Harvard for six years. He preached two sermons the day before his death; in the morning it was taken from John xiv:6 and in the afternoon his text was Matt xxii:11-14. At his funeral, Rev. Webster of Salisbury preached from Ps. xii:1. Ref: VRN 45, 204; Dow 48, 298, 993; IOM 4434; BB 219; Thayer 134 #76
  Death	6 Sep 1792	Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, -USA
  Burial	Aft 6 Sep 1792	Old Burying Ground Cemetery, Hampton, New Hampshire, -USA
  Person ID	I670	HHTT | Dad's Side
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Thayer,   b. 17 Jul 1710   d. Dec 1786, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Ruth Eliot,   b. 20 Sep 1711   d. 1746 (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	8 May 1733	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, -USA
  Family ID	F295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Cotton,   b. 30 Nov 1739, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, -USA d. 11 Feb 1809, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	2 Oct 1766	Newton, Massachusetts, -USA
  Children	1. Ebenezer Thayer,   b. 15 Jul 1767 > 2. Rev. Nathaniel Thayer,   b. 11 Jul 1769, Hampton, New Hampshire, -USA d. 23 Jan 1840, Rochester, Ontario, New York, -USA (Age 70 years)   3. Martha Thayer,   b. 21 Apr 1771   4. John Thayer,   b. 14 Jul 1773   5. Catherine Thayer,   b. 28 Sep 1779   6. Andrew Eliot Thayer,   b. 4 Nov 1783
  Family ID	F291	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022