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Richard Thayer 1601 – 1695 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Apr 1601

Birth Location: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England

Death Date: 27 Aug 1695

Death Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Richard Thayer

Mother: Ursula Thayer

Spouse(s): Dorothy Mortimer

Children(s): Deborah THAYER

Richard Thayer was born in 1601 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, the child of Richard Thayer and Ursula Alice Dimery Thayer. Richard Thayer married Dorothy Mortimore\ Mortimer, and had children including Deborah THAYER. Richard Thayer passed away in 1695 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • Richard Thayer was born in 1601 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, the child of Richard Thayer and Ursula Alice Dimery Thayer.
  • Richard Thayer married Dorothy Mortimore\ Mortimer, and had children including Deborah THAYER.
  • Richard Thayer passed away in 1695 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

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Richard Thayer's Ancestors

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Richard Thayer
1601 – 1695
Birth Place: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
Parents
Richard Thayer
1562 – 1625
Ursula (Alice Dimery) Thayer
1568 – 1628
Grandparents
Baron (William Thomas Dymery of) Thornbury
1530 – 1578
Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Dimery
1502 – 1564
Lady Webb
1519 – 1575
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Catherine Blunt
1492 – 1538
Margaret Webbe\Webb*
1495 – 1578

Richard Thayer's Descendants

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Richard Thayer (5 Apr 1601 – 27 Aug 1695) m. Dorothy (Mortimore\) Mortimer (1603 – 17 Jan 1641)
  1. 1. Deborah THAYER (27 Mar 1634 – 31 May 1662) m. Thomas, (Jr.,) Faxon (11 Jul 1630 – 25 May 1662)
    1. 1. Deborah Faxon (1654-05-28 – 27 Jul 1692) m. William Savill (17 Jul 1652 – 1 Feb 1700)
      1. 1. Benjamin Saville (20 Oct 1692 – 4 MAY 1775)
        1. 1. Benjamin Savil (1729 – 4 May 1775) m. Susanna Belcher (14 May 1734 – 28 Sep 1773)

Richard Thayer's Timeline

2 Records

1601
5 Apr 1601
Birth of Richard Thayer in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
1695
27 Aug 1695
Age 94
Death of Richard Thayer in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Apr 1601
    Event Place: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Genealogy of the descendants of Richard Thayer and Joshua Thayer

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Aug 1695
    Event Place: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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