| Name |
Richard Tayer [1, 2] |
| Birth |
Bef 5 Apr 1601 |
Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England  [3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Note |
- was from England; was in Boston in 1641 and admitted freeman at Braintree, MA, 1646 He and Dorothy were married by Thomas Flynt of Concord. He went back to England on business and returned to Boston, 1679 (as is told adds JS) Possibly had son Zechariah and probably Jael, Abigail and Cornelius. Ref: CAG I-855; Thayer 119 #1; JS IV-277; Linzee 532/3; NEG&HR xxxvii-84.
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| Note |
- Sprague 4619R
Children of Richard & Dorothy Thayer, bapt. at St. Mary's Church, Thornbury, England
+ Richard bapt. Feb.10,1624/5
Deborah bapt. Feb.4,1629/30, buried Mar.16,1630/1, (probably)
Sarah bapt. Feb.9,1631/2, m. Jul.20,1651 at Boston, Samuel Davis.
Jael bapt. Jun.2,1633, m. Mar.17,1654 at Braintree, John Harbor Jr. She died Mar.10,1701.
Deborah bapt. Mar.27,1633/4, m. Apr.11,1653 at Braintree, Josiah Faxon Jr. She died May 31,1662.
Zachariah bapt. Mar.6,1634/5, died single Jul.29,1693 at Braintree, brother Richard was administrator.
Hester bapt. Nov.24,1636, m. (after 1676) Joseph Gray of Taunton, as 2nd wife. She died 1724 at Norton.
Nathaniel bapt. Apr.11,1639, m. (before Aug.1669) at Boston, Deborah Townsend, bapt. Aug.23,1650 at Boston, dau. of William & Hannah (Penn) Townsend. He died 1693 at Boston, leaving five children, whose descendants resided in Boston. He was in Barbados in 1660 with his father.
Cornelius bapt. Dec.10,1640, died single, about June 1663 at Weymouth, administration of his estate given to brothers Zachariah & Richard, "in behalf of themselves and the rest of his brethren and sisters."
Hester Thayer did not marry Edward Hall of Braintree and Taunton as sometimes claimed (over) (See Suffolk Deeds 35-15.)
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I do not believe Hester Thayer bapt. Nov.24,1636 married in 1650 at age 13 Edward Hall. Edward Hall and wife Esther or Hester had a son, born Jan.23,1650(1) when Hester Thayer was just over 14 years old. Hester Thayer in 1695 was wife of Joseph Gray of Taunton whom she married after 1676 when his first wife died. Edward Hall died in 1670 at Rehoboth.
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| Note |
- Richard Thayer was baptized Apr.5,1601 at St. Mary's Church, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, perhaps a son of Richard Thayer, but only the names of his god parents are given on the register, - Richard Dimery, Nicholas Tayer, and Elizabeth Griffing. He married 1st Apr.5,1624 at Thornbury Dorothy Mortimore, who was buried there Jan.17,1640/1, a daughter of William Mortimore whose second wife Margaret Groome survived him.
Immediately after the death of his wife Richard Thayer with his eight small children embarked for America and came to Braintree where Thomas Thayer, undoubtedly his brother was established. Here he bought 4 acres of land on present Elm St. Braintree, about 1/3 mile easterly of Thomas Thayer's homestead, and his son Richard settled here permanently.
About July 1646 Richard Thayer Sr. married at Boston Jane, widow of John Parker of Boston, who came from Marlboro, England. In Oct.1656 Jane "the now wife of Richard Tare, late of Boston, heretofore the widow of John Parker late of Boston, deceased, with Thomas Parker her son, and children John and Noah for their education ... sell to Stephen Greenleaf of Newbury, blacksmith, her house and land at Boston and 42 acres at Muddy River (Brookline)... with the consent of her children for their and her own transportation into England, dated Oct.14,1656 (S.D. 3-148). Mrs. Jane (Kember) Parker Thayer probably died in England before 1660. John Parker m. Jane Kember Sep.29,1628, Marlboro, England. (See American Genealogist, Vol.18, p.114).
Richard Thayer married 3rd, probably in England, before 1660, Katherine -who survived him and died between Feb.1, and Apr.5,1687 in the town and parish of St. Michael's, Barbados. Richard1 Thayer died at the same place in Barbados in Oct.1664, leaving a will dated Oct.6, proved Oct.12,1664, giving his estate to his wife Katherine for life, then to be divided among his surviving children (not named).
The widow Katherine Thayer left a will dated Feb.1, proved Apr.5,1687 only disposes of a negro slave named Dorcio. Both wills are disappointing genealogically, but Suffolk Court records (#424,455,828, paper 29) show that Richard Thayer was in Barbados as early as Mar.12,1660 as were his sons Richard and Nathaniel, and he also mentions his daughter Dorothy and his wife Katherine and Samuel (Samuel Davis, his son in law). He was a merchant there apparently engaged in shipping rum, cotton, and sugar to New England as mentioned in his account (published in "Ancestors and Descendants of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury by J.W. Lingee, pp.529-57).
There was also a John Thayer at Barbados who left a will dated Aug.29,1661, proved Jun.22,1665. He mentions various people, but the only relative mentioned is his sister Elinor Lemon. There are several baptisms of John and Elinor Thayer's at Thornbury, England, the home of Richard Thayer and Thomas Thayer.
Richard Thayer was made a freeman of Mass. Bay Colony 1641, so was evidently a church member here.
Immigrant 1641
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| Note |
- 'The name Tawier, Tare, Tayer or Thayer, is of ancient English origin, and meant from the Anglo-Saxon root word 'Taw', to dress skins to make them into leather.' The family owned land in Thornbury since the reign of Edward II. 'Richard Thayer of Thornbury, which lies in the western part of Gloucestershire, England, about eleven miles north of Bristol, came to Boston, in New England, about the year 1640; he was a freeman in that year, and moved to Braintree in the year 1641.'-(Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll. 4th Series, V : 105) 'When Richard Thayer, a widower with eight children, came to New England he was in very humble circumstances, and was allowed to sojourn in a remote and obscure part of the Town of Braintree, until he purchased four acres of land for a few shillings. The old house of Richard Thayer was near the corner of Middle and Union Streets, and was used, until after 1677, as garison depot for protection against the Indians. He was a member of the church at Braintree, and by occupation a farmer, cordwainer, and with his older brother Thomas Thayer, who was freeman 26 May 1647,shoemakers.' 'Richard Thayer returned to Boston about 1646, where as Richard Tare he married Jane the widow of John Parker; he and his second wife and her children proposed to return to England after 1658, but from letters written by him to his sons Zachariah and Richard from Barbados in 1660, there is reason to believe that his death occurred on that island in the West Indies. His son Nathaniel, and Katherine Thayer, a probable daughter by his second wife, were with him and his wife on the island.' Linzee 529.
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| Note |
- Came from England to Boston 1640. James Savage states that Richard came with the first three children and probably with the last three. Mansucript notes in the copy of ET(?)in Boston Public Library indicates that he was in Barbadoes in 1664 and died in England before 1668. Ref: CAG I-855; Linzee 527-9; JS IV-277; NEG&HR xxxvii-84
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| Note |
- Thayer 4617
Richard1 Thayer was baptized Apr.5,1601 at St. Mary's Church, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, perhaps a son of Richard Thayer, but only the names of his god parents are given on the register, - Richard Dimery, Nicholas Tayer, and Elizabeth Griffing.
He married 1st Apr.5,1624 at Thornbury Dorothy Mortimore, who was buried there Jan.17,1640/1, a daughter of William Mortimore whose second wife Margaret Groome survived him.
Immediately after the death of his wife Richard Thayer with his eight small children embarked for America and came to Braintree where Thomas Thayer, undoubtedly his brother was established. Here he bought 4 acres of land on present Elm St. Braintree, about 1/3 mile easterly of Thomas Thayer's homestead, and his son Richard settled here permanently.
About July 1646 Richard Thayer Sr. married at Boston Jane, widow of John Parker of Boston, who came from Marlboro, England. In Oct.1656 Jane "the now wife of Richard Tare, late of Boston, heretofore the widow of John Parker late of Boston, deceased, with Thomas Parker her son, and children John and Noah for their education ... sell to Stephen Greenleaf of Newbury, blacksmith, her house and land at Boston and 42 acres at Muddy River (Brookline)... with the consent of her children for their and her own transportation into England, dated Oct.14,1656 (S.D. 3-148). Mrs. Jane (Kember) Parker Thayer probably died in England before 1660. John Parker m. Jane Kember Sep.29,1628, Marlboro, England. (See American Genealogist, Vol.18, p.114).
Richard1 Thayer married 3rd, probably in England, before 1660, Katherine -
Thayer (cont.) 4618
who survived him and died between Feb.1, and Apr.5,1687 in the town and parish of St. Michael's, Barbados. Richard1 Thayer died at the same place in Barbados in Oct.1664, leaving a will dated Oct.6, proved Oct.12,1664, giving his estate to his wife Katherine for life, then to be divided among his surviving children (not named).
The widow Katherine Thayer left a will dated Feb.1, proved Apr.5,1687 only disposes of a negro slave named Dorcio. Both wills are disappointing genealogically, but Suffolk Court records (# 424,455,828, paper 29) show that Richard Thayer was in Barbados as early as Mar.12,1660 as were his sons Richard and Nathaniel, and he also mentions his daughter Dorothy and his wife Katherine and Samuel (Samuel Davis, his son in law). He was a merchant there
apparently engaged in shipping rum, cotton, and sugar to New England as mentioned in his account (published in "Ancestors and Descendants of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury by J.W. Lingee, pp.529-57).
(continued) Thayer (cont.) 4618
There was also a John Thayer at Barbados who left a will dated Aug.29,1661, proved Jun.22,1665. He mentions various people, but the only relative mentioned is his sister Elinor Lemon. There are several baptisms of John and Elinor Thayer's at Thornbury, England, the home of Richard1 Thayer and Thomas1 Thayer.
Richard1 Thayer was made a freeman of Mass. Bay Colony 1641, so was evidently a church member here.
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| Name |
Richard Thayer [9] |
| Death |
Bef 8 Oct 1664 |
St. Michael's Parish, Barbados, West Indies [10, 11] |
- [COLOR:38,38,37,232,231,225]"Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887," database with images, [:COLOR][ITAL:][COLOR:38,38,37,232,231,225]FamilySearch[:COLOR][:ITAL][COLOR:38,38,37,232,231,225] (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RST-LG6?cc=1923399&wc=M6PQ-8MS%3A218217901%2C218217802%2C218288201 : 6 August 2015), St Michael > Church of England > Baptisms, marriages, burials 1648-1702 > image 50 of 328; Department of Archives, Blackrock.[:COLOR]
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| Burial |
8 Oct 1664 |
St. Michael's Parish, Barbados, West Indies [11] |
- [COLOR:1,1,1,255,255,255]"Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887," database with images, [:COLOR][ITAL:][COLOR:1,1,1,255,255,255]FamilySearch[:COLOR][:ITAL][COLOR:1,1,1,255,255,255] (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RST-LG6?cc=1923399&wc=M6PQ-8MS%3A218217901%2C218217802%2C218288201 : 6 August 2015), St Michael > Church of England > Baptisms, marriages, burials 1648-1702 > image 50 of 328; Department of Archives, Blackrock.[:COLOR]
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| Person ID |
I678 |
HHTT | Dad's Side |
| Last Modified |
1 Jul 2022 |
| Family 1 |
Dorothy Mortimer, b. 1603 d. Bef 17 Jan 1640/41, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England (Age < 38 years) |
| Marriage |
5 Apr 1624 |
Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England [3, 14] |
| Children |
| > | 1. Richard Thayer, 2, b. Bef 10 Feb 1624/25 d. 27 Aug 1695 (Age > 70 years) |
| | 2. Elizabeth Tayer, b. Bef 10 May 1628 |
| | 3. Deborah Tayer, b. Bef 4 Feb 1629/30, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d. 16 Mar 1630/31 (Age > 1 years) |
| > | 4. Sarah Thayer, b. 9 Feb 1631 d. 8 Jul 1714, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 83 years) |
| > | 5. Jael Thayer, b. Bef 2 Jun 1633, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d. 10 Mar 1700/01, Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, -America (Age > 67 years) |
| > | 6. Deborah Thayer, b. Bef 27 Mar 1634, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d. 31 May 1662, Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, -America (Age > 28 years) |
| | 7. Zacaria Tayer, b. Bef 6 Mar 1634/35, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d. 29 Jul 1693, Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, -America (Age > 58 years) |
| > | 8. Hester Thayer, b. Bef 24 Nov 1636, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d. Bef 22 Dec 1724 (Age < 88 years) |
| > | 9. Nathaniel Thayer, b. Bef 11 Apr 1639, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d. Abt 1693, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, -USA (Age > 53 years) |
| | 10. Cornelius Thayer, b. Bef 10 Dec 1640, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d. Bef 25 Jun 1663, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, -America (Age < 22 years) |
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| Family ID |
F300 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
1 Jul 2022 |
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