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Benjamin Thayer 1709–1761 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Sep 1709

Birth Location: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: May 1761

Death Location: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Samuel Thayer

Mother: Mary Bass

Spouse(s): Mercy Wilkinson

Children(s): Huldah Thayer

Benjamin Thayer was born in 1709 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Samuel Thayer And Mary Bass. Benjamin Thayer married Mercy Wilkinson, and had children including Huldah Thayer. Benjamin Thayer passed away in 1761 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Thayer was born in 1709 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Samuel Thayer And Mary Bass.
  • Benjamin Thayer married Mercy Wilkinson, and had children including Huldah Thayer.
  • Benjamin Thayer passed away in 1761 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel Thayer
1666–1721
Birth Location: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Mary Bass
1672–1727
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

Mercy Wilkinson
1705–1796
Birth Location: Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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Children(s)

Huldah Thayer
1730–1804
Birth Location: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Benjamin Thayer's Ancestors

Self
Benjamin Thayer
1709–1761
Birth Place: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Samuel Thayer
1666–1721
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Mary Bass
1672–1727
Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Ferdinando Thayer
1625–1713
Thornbury, South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority, Gloucestershire, England
Huldah Hayward
1636–1690
Stepney, Greater London, England
Thomas Bass
1635–1718
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah Wood
1642–1678
Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Thayer
1596–1665
Margery Wheeler
1600–1672
William Hayward
1604–1659
Margery Knight
1610–1676
Samuel Bass
1600–1694
Anne Saville
1601–1693
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Thayer
1562–1625
Ursula Dimery
1568–1619
Abell Wheeler
–1614
Jane Sheperd
–1629
John Hayward
1583–1639

Benjamin Thayer's Descendants

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Benjamin Thayer (11 Sep 1709–May 1761) m. Mercy Wilkinson (12 Dec 1705–11 Sep 1796)
  1. 1. Huldah Thayer 1730–1804 m. Thomas Thayer 1721–1770
    1. 1. Mercy Thayer 1755–1827 m. Berzillai Yates 1757–1841
      1. 1. Mercy Yates 1788–1860 m. Ebenezer (West) Jr. 1768–1828
        1. 1. Sally West 1811–1888 m. James Sharpe 1800–

Benjamin Thayer's Timeline

2 Records

1709
11 Sep 1709
Birth of Benjamin Thayer in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
1761
May 1761
Age 52
Death of Benjamin Thayer in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Sep 1709
    Event Place: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: May 1761
    Event Place: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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