Rachel Thayer

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 10 May 1629, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
• Emigration: 1639, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England

Notes:

christened 10 May 1629
Shadrach, youngest son of Thomas and Margery, m Mary Barrett, January 11, 1654. She died February 2, 1658. They had two children, Rachel and Tyrall.
The second wife of Shadrach was Deliverance Priest. By this connection he had seven children: Freelove, Mary, Timothy, Samuel, Ephraim, Hannah, William.
Shadrack died Oct. 19, 1678. Deliverance, his widow, died January 17, 1723, at about 79 years. --- Thayer's Family Memorial, pp 136-153.

Shadrach married Mary Barnett on 1 Jan 1654 in Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts. Mary was born about 1633; died on 2 Feb 1658. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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Notes:

Source: F.E. Stow Collection, Phila. Gen. Soc. ST 16:1-107,66. Dict. of the
First Settlers of NE by James Savage, Memorial of Richard and Thomas Thayer by Bezaleel Thayer, 1874., Gen. & Personal Memoirs of Worcester
Co. by Ellery Bicknell Crane, 1907.

He first married Ann Gibb in 1585 in Thornbury. It has not been confirmed but is believed that these children were by Ann rather than his second wife, Margery. Ann died on April 10, 1590, assuming possibly at childbirth.
These children were:
1. Ann Thayer, who died November 19, 1590 (7 mos after Ann's death)
2. Margaret Thayer
3. Judith Thayer
4. Sicely Thayer

His date of death is given as November 10, 1590; however, all the children by Margery were after that date.

Richard* married Margery* Ursula Alice Dimery on 11 Feb 1592 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England. Margery* (daughter of Thomas* Dimery and Mariah* Gayner) was born in 1568 in of, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England; died after 1612. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source of birth/death dates of first three children JOANNE, JOHN, and MARY are: Parish Registry of Thornbury, Gloucester.
Thayer Family of Thornbury by Tomas Thayer Ojeda, NEHGR Lib.

Notes:

His parents were from Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England.

Abell* married Jane* Shepherd on 15 Jan 1588 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England. Jane* (daughter of John* Shephard and Johanne* (..) Pamoore) was born in 1545 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England; died in 1629 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]