| 12. | Ferdinando* Thayer was born before 18 Apr 1625 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England (son of Thomas* Thayer, I and Margery* Wheeler); died on 28 Mar 1713 in Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts. Other Events and Attributes:
- Birth: 18 Apr 1625, St.Mary's, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
- Emigration: 1639, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
Notes:
Birth: Source, Gen. & Personal Memoirs of Worcester Co., by Ellery Bicknell
Crane. One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families, by John Osborne Austin.
Thayer's Family Memorial, pp 136-153.
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Suffolk County Wills- Abstracts of the Earliest Wills Upon Record in the County of Suffolk, MA:
Ferdinando second son of Thomas and Margery Thayer, m Huldah Hayward, of Braintree, Jan 14, 1562. "He lived in Braintree, until after his father's death," says Dr. Thayer, "when he removed to Mendon, Mass. with a colony from Braintree and Weyuth, where many of his descendants are living at this day." Fernandando and Huldah Thayer had 12 children, five or six born in Braintree, the others in Mendon. The names of the children were Sarah, Huldah, Jonathan, David, Naomi, David, Thomas, Samuel, Isaac, Josiah, Ebenezer, Benjamin. Huldah died at Mendon, Sept 1, 1690; Ferdinando d March 28, 1713.
He lived first in Braintree and then moved to Mendon Mass. in 1664 where he was one of the founders of the town along with John Thomson and others. He was chosen as Selectman in 1667 and was a messenger to the General Court in 1660. His home was located a short distance south of the center of town on Providence Road. He was regarded as a man of wealth and was an extensive land owner and dealer acquiring valuable land through allotment and much through purchase.
After Huldah died in 1690 he remarried Anna Freeburg in Mendon.
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from: alicep@ma.ultranet.com (Alice Palladini)
Reply-to: Aldrich_NAA@onelist.com
FERDINANDO Thayer:
He spelt & signed with two small ff 's ffardinando ?? :) why no one
knows,,
However in the early " Mendon Annals" his name is first spelt, FARDINANDO.
But Ferdinando is the name used.
He was not Spanish as many thought, because of his first name,
They say probably he was named after Ferdinando Gorges.
However . the connection between Thayers and Gorges is not known.
Ferdinando* married Huldah* Hayward on 14 Jan 1652 in Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts. Huldah* (daughter of William* Hayward, II and Margery* Knight) was born on 7 Oct 1636 in Stephney, London, Middlesex, England; died on 1 Sep 1690 in Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Abt 1716 - Aft 1774 (~ 59 years)