Jonathan Aldrich

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 18 Mar 1758, Worcester Co, Massachusetts

Notes:

He settled in that part of Mendon known as Blackstone. David was a blacksmith, but he also probably farmed. He was a major landholder in Mendon. He and his wife were apparently Anabaptist. David and both of his wives are buried in the old graveyard in what is known as South Bellingham about a mile from Crook's Corner. His stone is the oldest one there.


Will:
In the name of God Amen the Eighteenth Day of March 1758 I David Aldrich of Mendon, in the County of Worcester in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Blacksmith being grone old and weak in Body But of a Perfect mind and memory, Thanks be given unto God Therefore calling to mind the Mortality of my Body and Knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die do make and Ordain this my Last will and Testament (that is to say) Principally and first of all I Recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it and my Body I Recommend to the Earth to be Buried in a Decent Christian Burial at the Direction of my Executor nothing Doughting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the Mighty power of God And as touching such Worldly Estate that I have Left wherewith it has pleased God to Bless me at present with it being some small matter of moveable or personal Estate my reall Estate I have near all given to my sons hereafter mentioned by Respective Deed which may make it fully app___. Said Personal Estate after my just Debt, and funeral charges and Probate Charges are paid I Give Devise and Dispose of in the following manner and form.

In primas I Give and Bequeath to Mehetabel my Dearly Beloved wife Twenty Spanish mil'd Silver Dollors to be raised and Levied out of my Said Estate to geather with one Third part of my Houshold Good Debts and moveable Effects as the Law Directs.

Item--I Give and Bequeath to David Aldrich my Eldest Son to be raised out of my Estate on cow one Silver Spoone, one Spanish mil'd Dollor Silver.

Item--I Give and Bequeath to Edward Aldrich my Second Con on Dollor as aforesd.

Item--I Give and Bequeath to Benjamin Aldrich Son of my Eldest Daughter Elizabeth Deceased wife of Abel Aldrich on Dollor aforesd.

Item--I Give and Bequeath to the Children of my 3rd Son Peter Aldrich Deceased on Shilling Lawful money apiece to be paid to them out of my sd Estate by my Executor as they shall come of age.

Item--I Give and Bequeath to my fourth Son Jonathan Aldrich on stake anvil on vice for the Black Smith and one Spanish mil'd Dollar as aforesd -- the anvill and vice is in his hand already.

Item--I Give and Bequeath to my Second Daughter Margaret Smith wife of George Smith one of my Best feather Beds and all the Beding and furniture thereunto belonging She Paying to my Executor Thirty Six Shillings Lawful money.

Item--I Give and Bequeath to my two younger Sons Abner and Levi Aldrich to them their Heirs and asigns forever as it was and is the intent of all the foregoing Legacy The Remainder part of all my Estate Either reall or personal that is not Disposed on by Deed or Deeds under my hand and Seal already or any Estate that Shall or might by Right become to be mine I Give to them aforesd to be Equally Divided betweend them or their Heirs all the aforesd Legacies Excepting Peters Children is to be paid out by my Executor one year after my Death.

Witnesses: Ralph Freeman, William Cook and Paul Cook.
Sole Executor: Abner Aldrich

http://www.wellswooster.com/tree/getperson.php?personID=I26628&tree=bryant#sthash.QaFI3W8K.dpuf

David* married Hannah* Capron in 1710 in Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts. Hannah* (daughter of Banfield* Capron, Sr (immigrant stowaway) and Elizabeth* "Betsy" Callendar, (immigrant)) was born on 2 Jul 1689 in Attleboro, Bristol Co, Massachusetts; died on 17 Feb 1732 in Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts; was buried in South Bellingham, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Possibly born in Swansea, MA (per Lori London plondon@bellsouth.net)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: American Revolution

Notes:

They were living in Mendon at the time of their marriage, but it was recorded in Milford, performed by a Justice of the Peace. They may have been evacuating the town at the time, as it was burned by Indians a few days later (King Phillip?s War). Their first three children were born during their ?exile? in Braintree. They moved back to Mendon by 1680. After Jacob died, Huldah married Ebenezer Staples. Thayer {a} has Huldah married 13 Apr 1697 to Samuel Wilkerson, but that marriage should be her daughter Huldah [3712.4].

Jacob and Huldah are Congregational. Jacob died without a will, leaving an estate of 267 pounds (about $30,000 today). They had difficulty dividing the estate, so the farm was sold to oldest son Jacob for 183 pounds.
http://www.stupakgen.net/Genealogy/Beahm/03712_aldr.htm

Jacob* married Huldah* Thayer on 3 Nov 1675 in Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts. Huldah* (daughter of Ferdinando* Thayer and Huldah* Hayward) was born on 16 Jun 1657 in Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts; died after 1707 in Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Name: Huldah Thayer
Gender: Female
Birth Place: MA
Birth Year: 1657
Spouse Name: Jacob Aldrich
Marriage
Year: 1675
Number Pages: 1

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 1674, Devonshire (probably), England
• Immigration: 1674, Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts

Notes:

m (2) Elizabeth Blackington Abt. 1733
May 20, 1735 Elizabeth died.
December 16, 1735 m (3) Sarah Daggett. nee Norton widow of Deacon John Daggett
January 20, 1706/07 death of John Callendar

FIRST GENERATION:--- BANFIELD CAPRON, a stowaway from England, supposedly from Chester. but no Caprons have been found there. There are numerous Caprons in Devon and several in Somerset. There are several Callenders in Devon, including an Elizabeth born 1661, daughter of John. Have not made positive ID on this Elizabeth. Believe the Holden book to be wrong in assuming Banfield to have been from Chester. (From DE SILVA)

"NEW HAMPSHIRE" by Ezra Stone, 974.2 S799 Vol. 3, pages 1219-1220 in the Los Angeles Library:--No information has thus far been gathered relative to the origin and history of the Capron Family prior to its establishment in America. The numerous families of this name in New England are all descendants from one common ancestor, and the story of his secret flight across the ocean, briefly narrated in the succeeding paragraph, will serve to show that the stowaway passenger on the trans-Atlantic steamships of the present day is not entirely a modern innovation.
In 1674, Banfield Capron, born in Chester, England in 1660, conceived an ardent desire to seek his fortune in America, but the funds with which to pay his passage, as well as the necessary permit to leave the country, were beyond the reach ofe venturesome youth. He was determined, however, to cross the sea, and, in company with three other impecunious youths secreted himself in the hold of an emigrant ship about to sail for New England. When the vessel was well out to sea, the quartette of adventurers discovered themselves to the astonished captain and crew, but the master was unwilling to disobey the stringent law against transporting passengers who had failed to procure the required license, and would have turned back had not the mate and crew interceded in behalf of the stowaways with such earnestness as to cause him to relent and proceed westward. Soon after young Capron reached Boston, a family named Callender, whom he had known in England, arrived there, and going with them to Rehoboth, MA, remained in their family for a number of years, eventually marrying one of the daughters. He subsequently removed to Attleboro, where his first wife, whose parents, the Callenders, were in affluent circumstances, made him wealthy. He resided in Attleboro for the remainder of his life, which terminated August 20, 1752, at the advanced age of ninety-two years. His second wife was Elizabeth Blackington, of Attleboro, who died May 20, 1735, and his third wife, whom he married December 16 of the latter year, was Mrs. Sarah Daggett, (nee Norton) widow of Deacon John Daggett, of Attleboro. To each of his surviving children he gave a farm of about two hundred acres.

His 12 children, all of whom were of his first union, were all born in Bristol, MA.

The following items are from Philip De Silva, 802 Enderby Drive, Alexandria, VA, 22302: "ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF PAWTUCKET" by GRIEVE describes him as "being of medium height, strongly built, of light complexion with blue eyes and light hair with a reddish tinge."

"BRISTOL CO., MA WILLS, Vol. 13, p 258: Will of Banfield Capron of Attleboro Co., Bristol, Provience MA. Bay in N.E. "To Sarah well-beloved wife one fireroom in dwelling home; brass kettle and irons during her natural life and the reason y I give my wife no more is because we did agree ( ) before marriage. Son of Jonathan Capron who is also executor, real estate in Attleboro, land and tenement where ( ) dwells etc, etc, Son Banfield Capron; Son Joseph Capron; Dau Elizabeth Brown; Dau Rebeeka wife of son Jonathan; son John Capron's children 20 pounds each.; son Edward Capron; Dau Hannah Aldrich; Children of dau Margaret Arnold; g.s. Benjamin Capron son of son Jonathan.
Signed by Banfield Capron . Probated 13-Oct-1752. Witnessed by Thomas Wilmarth, Eliphalet Wilmarth, Rebecca Wilmarth.

Found in the PROPIETORS' RECORDS OF BRISTOL CO.:-- The Bounds of the Lands of Jn Calender and Banfield Capron. Impr. fourty five acres of land Be it more Lest. Being their first and part of their second Lotts Lying by Ould Thomas Coopers Land Beyond Jn Lanes the first corner is a black oake in said Coopers Line thence North one Hundred Rod to a White Oake markt thence North Nor West Eighty Rod to a Toa (sic) black oake markt for a Corner thence West fourty rod to a white oake markt for a corner thence South South East Eighty Rod to a white oake markt thence South a hundred Rod to White oake markt for a Corner thence East to said Coopers corner being an ash tree then by said Coopers Line to the first corner. Impr Likewise the Remaining part of theire Second Lotts being five acres be it more or less four acres whereof Lyeth by Jn Calenders ould Lott Bounded South theire own Land East the Bay Rhoad North Jn Martains Land thence South from the South West corner of said Martains Land to there own Land. Impr. Likewise one acre lying on the East sid of the bay Rhoad over against the sd Calender ould house for Conveniency of Building a house.

BRISTOL COUNTY DEED BOOK 4:508---- Bristol Mar. 3rd 1697/8. John Callender of Attleborough, Bristol County. Mass., for the Sum of forty six Pounds currt silver - - payd by Banfield Capron of the town - - - aforesaid - - - sell- - - the one half of a whole share of upland Swamp & Medow ground in the lands called Rehoboth north Purchase Lands on the Bungee river and also other piece of land.
22-Nov-1706 Winesses, Nicholas Ide, Daniel Smith

ATTLEBORO, MA VITAL RECORDS-----Death of Elizabeth Callendar Capron

5466 Descendants as of 27-Jan-901

John Callendar, father of Elizabeth, d 20-Jan-1706/7 in MA
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Archive Record (Family Group Sheet) Salt Lake City, Utah

Genealogy of the Descendants of Banfield Capron, from A.D. 1660 to
A.D. 1859 by Frederic A. Holden Boston: Printed by Geo. C. Rand & Avery 1859

Buried: Pecks Burying Ground, Attleboro, Bristol, Mass.

Banfield* married Elizabeth* "Betsy" Callendar, (immigrant) in Dec 1680 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts. Elizabeth* (daughter of John* Callendar, (immigrant)) was born in 1661 in Devonshire (probably), England; died on 10 May 1732 in Attleboro, Bristol Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: Aft 1674, Devonshire, England
• Immigration: Aft 1674, Massachusetts

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 6 Nov 1631, Derbyshire, England

Notes:

From the publication "George Aldrich Genealogy", the following is transcribed from page twenty seven.

George Aldrich. From the notes of Marcus M. Aldrich and other sources we derive the following: In the words of the printed record. George Aldrich said - "God brought me to America from Derbyshire, England, 6 November in the year 1631." Thesedoubtedly are the words of George Aldrich the reputed progenitor of the Aldriches living in America, formed in his own mind, inscribed with his own hand, verified in his own experience.

http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Marina/2343/
God brought me to America from Derbyshire, England, November 6, 1631. These are the words of George Aldrich, the progenitor of the American Aldrich race, and in which his unqualified faith In the over-ruling power of God In all things is clearly expressed.
"As stated above, George Aldrich was a tailor, and it is concluded that it was by this trade he gained subsistence, for with but one acre of land at Dorchester and only eight at Braintree, it would appear that he was paying but little attention to agriculture. It is also found that of sons, John and. Peter, thus leaving him with but thirteen and one-third acres in his home lot. As he was about 60 years of age when coming to Mendon it is doubtful about his ever engaging much in farming here. The authorities who had the matter in charge, fixed for the rule of settling the new township of Mendon, that those who had been accepted as worthy to become members of the seemingly select company should reach the new territory before the seventh month, 1665, and, as stated above, Ferdinando Thayer and George Aldrich were among the first to comply with this requirement."

"At Mendon George Aldrich had a houselot set off to him a little southerly of the present Mendon village, which lot today comprises the southerly portion of the Gilbert Gaskill farm; and the house where George Aldrich lived, and some three or four generations after him, must have stood, in the vicinity of the Gilbert Gaskill vegetable garden, opposite the Gaskill house."

"Until 1786 the homestead of George Aldrich was in the hands of his descendants. At this time Rev. Caleb Alexander, the sixth settled minister of Mendon, bought the ancient Aldrich homestead, together with the John Harber houselot, (which sometime previous had come Into possession of Stephen Aldrich, a great grandson of the first George) the above-mentioned Gaskill house being situated on the John Harber houselot."

"George Aldrich had eleven children, all of whom were born before his coming to Mendon, his youngest, son, Jacob, being seven years old at that time. George died In Mendon March 1, 1682 and his wife Katherine Jan. 11, 1692. His first child., Abel, was probably born In England, and. as I find no trace of him or his birth date, it is concluded that he died there. Joseph, his second child, married Patience Osborne and came to Mendon with his father, he also becoming a proprietor. Joseph's houselot of 20 acres comprised the northerly portion of the N. R. George farm, extending across the road and taking in the southerly portion of the present home place of Julius A. George. The house of Joseph Aldrich stood in the vicinity of where our former village blacksmith, the late John Barry, lived and died. Joseph Aldrich stayed in Mendon until about the time of his father's death in 1682 when he removed to what is now Smithfield, Rhode Island, in which state many of his descendants are still found, including the Hon. Nelson W. Aldrich, the financial leader of the United States Senate, whose daughter married John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Joseph Aldrich was of the Quaker faith and tradition has It that on this account his house was spared at the burning of the town in 1676 by King Philip's warriors. The next three of George Aldrich's children all died young. John, the sixth child, married Sarah Thompson, daughter of John and Sarah Thompson of Mendon. He had a third part of his father's houselot and may properly be termed a proprietor. His lot of 15 1/3 acres comprised the southerly portion of the said N. R. George farm and his house is supposed to have been In the vicinity of where the Nathan George "yellow house" so called, formerly stood, In front of the town's burying ground. John Aldrich removed from Mendon to Bridgewater about the time of the King Philip war, where he is supposed to have lived until his death. "

"Peter, the eighth child, has not been positively traced but he is believed to have removed to Long Island and become the progenitor of the Aldrich branch who for many generations have existed there. Mercy, the ninth child, married John Randall, a son of Robert Randall of Weymouth, and as the births of some of their children are recorded in Mendon, it is evident that they lived here for a while at least. It is found, however, that they subsequently removed to Weymouth and spent their days on his father Robert's farm. Martha, the eleventh child of George Aldrich, married John Dunbar, and while they had a son born in Mendon, I have gained no further knowledge of them worthy of mention."

"I will now go back to the tenth child, Jacob, who married Ferdinando Thayer's daughter Huldah, and from here on the title of my paper, "The Thayer-Aldrich Tribe" applies. Jacob Aldrich and Huldah Thayer were married November 5, 1675 and in the main it will be upon their descendants that the remainder of this paper will treat. Jacob settled in Mendon on the Aldrich homestead which was bequeathed to him by his father, and while I do not wish to speak disparagingly of my own side of the house, I feel forced to admit that of the innumerable descendants of Jacob Aldrich and Huldah Thayer the Thayer blood has predominated. They had a family of twelve children, the most of whom grew to adult age. To six of their sons sixty-five children were born, and with eighteen children born to their daughters, eighty-three grand children are credited to Jacob Aldrich and Huldah Thayer."

Marcus M. Aldrich, Mendon, MA, 1908

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Boston Evening Transcript, Query No. 2480, 1932
George Aldrich, born in Derbyshire, England was the son of George Aldrich of London, Eng. tableted in Cheam Church "Descendant of William Aldrich of Norfolk who married Mary, daughter of Isabella of France and Edward II of England."
(Isabella was a daughter of Philip IV of France and sister of Charles IV. George Aldrich came to New England in 1631, 1644 lived in Braintree. His will dated at Mendon, Mass., 2 Nov., 1682 and proved 26 Apr., 1638.)

The location of the entire publication is not known at this time. However, the pages concerning George and his decendants have been photocopied and are in the collection of papers held by Malcolm Clever Sr.
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George Aldrich of Derbyshire m. Katherine Seald Sep. 3 1629. On Nov 6, 1631 he came to America and first settled in Dorchester, Ma, then in Braintree, and in 1633 before the seventh month came to the territory which in 1667 was incorporated as a town and called Mendon. He, with six other men being the first pioneers of the town.
Dec. 7, 1636 George Aldrich was made a Freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in Dorchester, MA. At that time church membership was a requisite for becoming a freeman. Only freemen could vote and hold office; so it was carefully arranget only "orthodox" persons should have any part in the government. As it was, they emigrated to America for this reason and for many other factors.
On Feb. 24 1640 Land was granted by the general Court of Massachusetts Colony to George Aldrich, John French, George Shepard, Thomas Thayer, Daniel Lovett and others.
On June 9 1663 George Aldridge, tailor, and Katherine his wife sold to Richard Thayer for 30 pounds sterling one dwelling house at Montreol in Braintree 2 orchards, 8 acres bounded east and west on Richard Thayer north and Joseph Crosky Son Montreol River. After the sale he bought 240 acres of land, called Aldridges farm, situated near Great Pond on Braintree, which was sold later to a man called Deafie in 1677, the time at which George and his family moved back to Mendon after King Philip War ended.
The tablet at Founder's Park in Mendon, in memory of the founders of Mendon, "The Old Mother Town", settled 1663, incorporated 1667, lists at the first three meeting houses, in 1668: Ferdinando Thayer, George Aldrich, Daniel Lovett, John , John Woodland, John Harbor, Mathias Puffer, Joseph White, John Thompson, Walter Cook, Abraham Staples, John Gurney and John Rockwood. In 1680 it lists Samuel Hayward, William Holbrook, Angel Torrey, and in 1690 it lists Robert Taft, Benjamin Wheelock, Josiah Chapin, James Keith, Eleazer Daniels.
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http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Marina/2343/mystery.htm
WHERE IS GEORGE BURIED?

Written for " Pickering Pitchforks" May-1994 by Alice Pickering Palladini

"There is a huge unmarked boulder, in The Old Cemetery in Mendon, Ma. and many throughout the years have written George1 is buried under this boulder.. The reasoning being that George's land abutted the Old Cemetery and it was the natural location to inter his remains. Also other Aldrich's are buried near that site. However, in Uxbridge, Ma., (once part of Mendon, ) on the corner of Glendale Rd. & Aldrich St. is an old Cook/Aldrich Historic Cemetery."

"At the entrance of this cemetery stands a Memorial stone & large plaque that was erected by descendants of the first George and Jacob2, and this plaque reads, " Buried Here ----------" George Aldrich, Jacob Aldrich, Seth Aldrich, Samuel Aldrich, lyman Aldrich, Sylvanus Bucklin Aldrich, Edward Irving Aldrich and that this Burying Ground was restored by Richard Stoddard Aldrich 1955; 8th in direct line of George Aldrich."

"The question is, did the family of George drive 10 miles in 1683 to bury George in Uxbridge (then also Mendon) or did they go less than a half mile and inter his remains in the Old Cemetery, that abutted his land????"

"This question will probably never be answered in our life time nor any other... I believe the Uxbridge Memorial plaque to be just that; a Memorial Plaque to George1 & Jacob2 erected by his descendant and his remains are probably under the boulder in the Old Cemetery in Mendon.. "

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From: dsam@wasatch.com (W. David Samuelsen)
Reply-to: dsam@wasatch.com
To: ALDRICH-L@rootsweb.com

Decided to take a check on what's available in the Family History
Library, SLC on the Aldrich records (there are 70 references) yesterday.

Here is what I found:

Alice Cady's Bowen Family Records, filed in Vermont Library contained some very interesting information about George and Katherine. This was 1944. The information contained within are pre-1944.
The references led to New England Genealogical and Historical Register. Seems one of descendants has the exact date of marriage! and exact date of arrival in Boston! Plus other info as well.
George Aldrich died 1 March 1682/3 (Register vol 75, p. 321) will dated 2 Nov 1682.
Married 5 Nov 1629 Catherine Seald (Raymond Meyers Tingley in Register)
Catherine born 1610, died Mendon 11 Jan 1691.
was in Swansea 1669-1670 before returning to Mendon.
Sailed 6 Nov 1631. (Raymond Meyers Tingley mentioned this in Register)
Was at Suffolk, MA 1635
There was a mention in Register that Raymond Meyers Tingley was researching/collecting the genealogies of the descendants of George Aldrich. Mention said he lived at Herrick Centre, PA. That would be before 1944. Wondering what became of him and his records?
In Bowen genealogy, Abel, the oldest child/son DIED 1683!
Vol 49 p. 350 of Register....
George was made freeman at Dorchester 7 Dec 1636. Was at Braintree
1640-1663. Mendon 1663-1683

W. David Samuelsen
dsam@wasatch.com
http://www.wasatch.com/~dsam/aldrich
< Re: Royalty: There is no HARD evidence to support the connection to William Aldrich of Co. Norfolk, England either - Norfolk is another way away from Essex._____________
Subj: [ALDRICH-L] Q & A page on George???
Date: 8/15/98 1:19:07 AM Central Daylight Time
From: dsam@wasatch.com (W. David Samuelsen)
Reply-to: dsam@wasatch.com
To: ALDRICH-L@rootsweb.com

Yesterday I was a bit flabbergasted to see some manufactured information about George Aldrich.

This is in addition to some falsehoods last week on the list about him too.

It is quite clear that we need to have a page set up at NAA to set record straight concerning George's facts and fictions.

Like the claim about him coming over in Nov 1631 which is disproved because the writers of "Great Migrations" couldn't find anything about him before 1635.

Also another fixed claim on his birth place, Derbyshire, England - again - another fiction - and nothing to support it.

3rd one is his exact marriage - another fiction. We have only two dates (Sep or Nov 1629) and nothing hard to back up either one.

4. father George of Canfield, - good grief - couldn't anyone realize it is impossible for him to be father of our George. Him dead 1599 or is that 1601 and our George born 1605.

5. Abel - the oldest one - what hard evidence to show him ever existed?

Etc, etc.
W. David Samuelsen

George*^ married Katherine*^ Seald on 5 Nov 1629 in Derbyshire, England. Katherine*^ was born in 1610 in Derbyshire, England; died on 1 Jan 1691 in Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts. [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: Aft 1674, Devonshire, England