Richard Thayer

1601 - 1695  (~ 94 years)

• Name	Richard Thayer
  	Soon after he came to New England, his last name began to be spelt "Thayer", instead of "Tayer". [1]
  Christened	5 Apr 1601	Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Will	31 Aug 1626	Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England   [6]
  Richard and Dorothy are mentioned in the will of Dorothy's father, William.
  Immigration	1641  [1, 2]
  	Richard came to New England.
  Died	27 Aug 1695	Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts   [2]
  Ojeda (1907) says he and his second wife returned to England where he died before 1668. [3]
  Siblings	11 siblings
  1. Joane Tawier ,   c. 6 Jan 1592/93, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England ,   bur. 5 Feb 1592/93, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England  (Age ~ 0 years)   2. John Tayer ,   c. 17 Apr 1593, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England ,   bur. 15 Mar 1606/07, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England  (Age ~ 13 years)   3. Mary Tayer ,   c. 1 Mar 1595/96, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England + 4. Thomas Thayer ,   c. 16 Aug 1596, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 2 Jun 1665, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 68 years) ▻ Margery Wheeler ,  m. 13 Apr 1618   5. Wilfrey Tayer ,   c. 1 Jan 1599/1600, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England ,   bur. 12 Jun 1622, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England  (Age ~ 22 years) + 6. Richard Thayer ,   c. 5 Apr 1601, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 27 Aug 1695, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 94 years) ▻ Dorothy Mortimer ,  m. 5 Apr 1624 ;  Jane ,  m. After 5 Jul 1646   7. Catherine Tayer ,   c. 24 Feb 1603/04, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England   8. William Tayer ,   c. 5 May 1605, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England   9. Margaret Tayre ,   c. 10 Jun 1606, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England   10. Agnes Taire ,   c. 15 Mar 1607/08, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England   11. John Taire ,   c. 29 Apr 1610, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England ,   bur. 12 Oct 1610, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England  (Age ~ 0 years)   12. John Tayer ,   c. 26 Dec 1611, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England ,   bur. 20 Feb 1627/28, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England  (Age ~ 16 years)
  Person ID	I565	| Roy Line
  Last Modified	5 May 2019

  
  

  Father	Richardus Tawier,   c. 2 Aug 1562, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
  Mother	Dimery
  Married	Abt 1591	England
  Family ID	F568	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Dorothy Mortimer,   bur. 17 Jan 1640, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
  Married	5 Apr 1624	Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England   [1, 3]
  Agency: Saint Mary's Parish
  Age at Marriage	He was 23 years - She was ??
  Children	+ 1. Richard Thayer,   c. 10 Feb 1624/25, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 4 Dec 1705, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 80 years)   2. Elizabeth Tayer,   c. 10 May 1628, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England   3. Deborah Tayer,   c. 4 Feb 1630, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England ,   bur. 16 Mar 1631, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England  (Age ~ 1 years)   4. Sara Thayer,   c. 9 Feb 1631/32, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England   5. Jaell Thayer,   c. 2 Jun 1633, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 10 Mar 1701, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 67 years) + 6. Deborah Thayer,   c. 27 Mar 1633/34, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 31 May 1662, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 28 years)   7. Zachariah Thayer,   c. 6 Mar 1634/35, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 29 Jul 1693, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 58 years)   8. Hester Thayer,   c. 24 Nov 1636, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England   9. Nathaniel Thayer,   c. 11 Apr 1639, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 28 Mar 1728, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 88 years)   10. Cornelius Thayer,   c. 10 Dec 1640, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 1663, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 22 years)   11. Abigail Thayer,   b. 1642, Massachusetts ,   d. 6 Aug 1717, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 75 years)   12. Hannah Thayer
  Last Modified	5 May 2019
  Family ID	F483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Jane
  Married	After 5 Jul 1646	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [1, 3]
  Age at Marriage	He was 45 years - She was ??
  Last Modified	5 May 2019
  Family ID	F571	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Christened - 5 Apr 1601 - Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Married - Agency: Saint Mary's Parish - 5 Apr 1624 - Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Will - Richard and Dorothy are mentioned in the will of Dorothy's father, William. - 31 Aug 1626 - Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Married - After 5 Jul 1646 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Died - 27 Aug 1695 - Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S282] Faxon, Walter and Edward Henry Whorf. "Thayer (Thayer) Family Entries in the Parish Register of Thornbury, Gloucestersire, England" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume LXX, July 1906), Secondary Source. [S698] Thayer, Bezaleel. Memorial of the Thayer Name, From the Massachusetts Colony of Weymouth and Braintree, Embracing Genealogical and Biographical Sketches of Richard & Thomas Thayer and Their Descendants, From 1636 to 1874, (Oswego, New York: R. J. Oliphant, 1847), Secondary Source. [S283] Ojeda, Tomás Thayer. Thayer Family of Thornbury, (Moneda, Chile: Imprenta Moderna, 1907), Secondary Source. [S1015] Ojeda, Luis Thayer. Genealogy of the Descendants of William Turpin Thayer of Bellingham , (Valparaiso, Chile: Imprenta Roma, 1933), Secondary Source. [S1016] Ojeda, Luis Thayer. Some Notes and Corrections Referring to Thayer Genealogy According to the Researches of Walter E. Thayer, Esq, (Valparaiso, Chile: Imprenta Y Encuadernacién Roma, 1937), Secondary Source. [S286] Woods, Henry Ernest. "Abstracts of Wills Relating to the Tayer (Thayer) Family of Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume LX, July 1906), Secondary Source.