Isaac Thayer

Isaac married Mercy (Ward) Woodcock on 1 Feb 1691 in Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts. Mercy was born about 1670; died on 18 Dec 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Notes:

of Braintree.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 1639, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
• Will: 24 Jun 1664, Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts; written

Notes:

Thomas Thayer came to New England in 1639.
Source: Gen. & Memoirs of Worcester Co by Ellery Bicknell Crane states
he died Apr 1672. He was a shoemaker.
History of The Little Family of Marshfield, MA., LDS Film #1035643.
Marr: NE Marr. Prior to 1700, C A Torrey, 1985, Balt., MD.
Death: The Rec. of the Town of Braintree, MA. ed. by Samuel Bates, NEHGR Lib.
Source: Thirty-One English Emigrants Who Came to NE by Dorothy and Gerald
Knoff, Gateway Press, 1989. NGS Lib.
Source: The Thayer Family of Thornbury by Tomas Thayer Ojeda, 1907 NEHGR Lib.
Source: Registry of Thornbury, Gloucestershire



Will:
From Suffolk Co Wills-Abstracts of the Earliest Wills Upon Record in the County of Suffolk, MA, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore 1984

WILL OF THOMAS THAYER: "I, Thomas Tayer* of Brantrey, in Suffolke, in the Massachusetts Colonie, of New England, Shoemaker, 24th June 1664, does make this my last will. Vnto my wife, Margery, that now is, all my lands, goods and estate in Brantrey, duing the tyme of her life, and after her decease I giue vnto my sonne, Thomas Tayer, his heiers & Assigns all my ground, being ovre Monotoquot River, within the limmitts of Brantrey, with the tymber and other wood growing or fallen yppon the same, with the other the appurtenances, part of which ground he hath allreay in his possession. Vnto Fardinando Tayer, my sonne, his heiers and assignes (ymmediately after the decease of Margery, my wife) my houe and orchard therevnto belonging, lyeing in Braintrey, with all the planting ground and pasture lyeing between y (e) high way and the River, called Montoquot River, aforesaid, And on the other side of the high way from the south sid of the barne to the end of the lotte. Further my will is, that the said Fardinando, shall haue free liberty to cut fale and Carry away fier wood for his and his now wifes owne burning, of and from my lott called Twenty acre Lotte, during his and his said wifes life. Vnto my sonne, Sidrache Tayer, his heiers and assignes, immediately after the decease of Margery, my wife, a parcel of ground in Brantrey, which shall begin at the corner of the barne next his dwelling house and shall run with a straight line to the vpper end of the lott. I giue twenty acres of land more vnto the said Sidrach, his heiers and assignes [as before] land in Brantrey, next vnto the ground f Henry Neale, provided he, his heiers and assignes, permit my sonne, Fardinando, & his now wife, to take wood thereof for their owne burneing during their natural lives, as before expressed. I giue all my goods and Chattells vnto my grand Children, to be equally divided amongst them. If any of my said Children shall appear to be discontented & murmor at this my last will and testament, Then my will and minde is, That any shuch child, one or more of them, shalve haue but five shillings for their portion, and the portion or portions of any such Child or Children so murmoring and discontented, as aforesaid, shall be equally divided amongst the rest of my Children and Grand children. I appoint my wife, Margery, & sonne, Fardinando, executors of this my last will and testament."
Signed Thomas [X] Thayer.
Sarah [X] Sauill, Ruth [X] Basse, Margery Flint.
13 Sep (t) 1665. Sarah Sauill & Ruth Basse deposed.
[On the other side of the original will, is the following, which is not on record:]--"Wee, Ferdinando, Thomas, and Sydrach Thayer, children of Thomas Thayer, deceased, That is to say upon Advice & counsell,, The Abouesayd Ferdinando, who bs fathers will is made executor [of] his fathrs last Will and Testament seeing some Inequality, especially in the behalfe of his elder brother, with some litell to Sydrach, in consideration that brotherly loue may continue, Doth grant to his beloued brethren all the land aboue the highway excepting Two acres, which two acrers is bounded on the line running from the highway from the south side of the land where the barne stood and so upon a streight line to the south corner of goodman Prays line; all on the south side of this, to bee to Sydrach, to him & his heires for euer, and the said Ferdinandoes to come Inward towardes Thomas from that line seuen rods [ ] broad towards Thomas, and the rest to bee to Thomas, to his heires execqutors and assignes foreuer. This being the full and unanimous agreement betweene the three brethren. And wee, the Aboue said Thomas, Ferdinando & Sydrach doe heerby engage ourselues, Joyntly and seuerally, for himselfe, neuer to make any disturb ance, either of other any expression in our fathers will notwithstanding.
Witnesse our hands this thirtieth of June one Thousand six hundred sixty fiue.
[No signatures.]
Inventory of the estate of Thomas Thayer sen (r) of Braintree Late deceased, taken by Francis Elliott, John French, Samuell Tomson, 7th June, 1665. 13th Sept. 1665. Ferdinando Thayer deposed.


Died:
"Old Thomas Thayer dyed 2 d 4 mo. 1665. Margery Thayer dyed 11 d 12 mo. 1672." -- Thayer's Family Memorial, from Braintree Records.

Thomas* married Margery* Wheeler on 13 Apr 1618 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England. Margery* (daughter of Abell* Wheeler and Jane* Shepherd) was born on 25 Apr 1600 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England; died on 11 Dec 1672 in Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 1639, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England

Notes:

Source: Gen & Personal Memoirs of Worcester Co by Ellery Bicknell Crane states she died 11 Dec 1672.
Death: Rec. of the Town of Braintree, MA ed. by Samuel Bates, NEHGR Lib.
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William HAYWARD, Charlestown, propr. 1637; rem. to Braintree, deputy, 1641. Bought land in 1648. Signed his name "William Haywood," as witness to deed of James Everill in 1654. Ch. Huldah, (m. 14 (11) 1652, Ferdinando Thayer,) Jonathan, (m. 6 (3) 1663, Sarah Thayer).

He was drowned 10 (3) 1659. Admin. gr. 14 June 1659, to widow Margery for herself and children. [Reg. IX, 346.] The widow d. 18 (5) 1676. Admin. of her est. gr. 1 Aug. 1676, to her son Jonathan.

William* married Margery* Knight on 3 Oct 1633 in Stephney, London, Middlesex, England. Margery* (daughter of Thomas* Knight and Margery* Thayer) was born about 1611 in England; died on 18 Jul 1676 in Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]