Thomas* Thayer, I
1596 - 1665 (68 years)-
Name Thomas* Thayer Suffix I Born 16 Aug 1596 Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England 
Gender Male Emigration 1639 Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Will 24 Jun 1664 Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts written - 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 2 Apr 1665 Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts - "Old Thomas Thayer dyed 2 d 4 mo. 1665. Margery Thayer dyed 11 d 12 mo. 1672." -- Thayer's Family Memorial, from Braintree Records.
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
Person ID I2315 Roots Last Modified 28 Jun 2011
Father Richard* Thayer, Sr, b. 2 Aug 1562, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England , d. Aft 1612, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England (Age > 51 years) Mother Margery* Ursula Alice Dimery, b. 1568, of, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England , d. Aft 1612 (Age > 45 years) Married 11 Feb 1592 Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Family ID F1129 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Margery* Wheeler, b. 25 Apr 1600, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England , d. 11 Dec 1672, Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts (Age 72 years) Married 13 Apr 1618 Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Children 1. Ursula Thayer, b. 18 Nov 1618, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England , d. 13 Dec 1619, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England (Age 1 years)2. Margery Thayer, b. Abt 1620, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England , d. 8 Jul 1676, Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts (Age ~ 56 years)3. Wilfrey Thayer, b. 20 May 1621, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England , d. 10 Jul 1621, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England (Age 0 years)+ 4. Thomas Thayer, II, b. Bef 15 Sep 1622, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England , d. 9 Aug 1663, Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts (Age > 40 years)5. Elizabeth Thayer, b. Abt 1623, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England , d. Bef 1639, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England (Age ~ 15 years)+ 6. Ferdinando* Thayer, b. Bef 18 Apr 1625, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England , d. 28 Mar 1713, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts (Age > 87 years)7. Ursula Thayer, b. 8 Oct 1626, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England , d. 2 May 1627, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England (Age 0 years)8. "Daughter" Thayer, b. 3 Dec 1627, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England , d. Bef 1639, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England (Age < 11 years)+ 9. Shadrach Thayer, b. Bef 10 May 1629, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England , d. 19 Oct 1678, Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts (Age > 49 years)10. Mary Thayer, b. 24 Jun 1630, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England , d. Bef 1639, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England (Age < 8 years)11. "Son" Thayer, b. Dec 1632, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England , d. Bef 1639, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England (Age ~ 6 years)12. Jonathan Thayer, b. Abt 1634, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England , d. Bef 1639, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England (Age ~ 4 years)13. Hannah Thayer, b. 1640, Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts , d. Aft 1665 (Age > 26 years)14. Ruth Thayer, b. Abt 1641, Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts , d. Aft 1642 (Age ~ 2 years)15. Sarah Thayer, b. 12 Mar 1654, Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts , d. 27 Aug 1695, Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts (Age 41 years)Last Modified 10 Feb 2011 Family ID F1115 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- From Suffolk Co Wills-Abstracts of the Earliest Wills Upon Record in the County of Suffolk, MA, Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore 1984
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