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Richard Thayer 1655–1705 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 Aug 1655

Birth Location: Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Death Date: 1705

Death Location: Elm Street Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Father: Richard III

Mother: Dorothy Pray

Spouse(s): Rebecca McCall

Children(s): John Thayer

Richard Thayer was born in 1655 in Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, the child of Richard Thayer Iii And Dorothy Pray. Richard Thayer married Rebecca Mccall, and had children including John Thayer. Richard Thayer passed away in 1705 in Elm Street Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

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Biography

  • Richard Thayer was born in 1655 in Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, the child of Richard Thayer Iii And Dorothy Pray.
  • Richard Thayer married Rebecca Mccall, and had children including John Thayer.
  • Richard Thayer passed away in 1705 in Elm Street Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

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Richard Thayer's Ancestors

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Richard Thayer
1655–1705
Birth Place: Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Parents
Richard Thayer III
1624–1695
Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
Dorothy Pray
1634–1705
Gloucestershire, England
Grandparents
Thomas Thayer
1596–1665
Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
Margery Wheeler
1600–1672
Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Thayer
1562–1625
Ursula Dimery
1568–1619
Abell Wheeler
–1614
Jane Sheperd
–1629
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Thayer
1531–1584
Mary Dixon
1535–1611
William Dimery
1530–1578
Amye Gould
1532–1578

Richard Thayer's Descendants

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Richard Thayer (31 Aug 1655–1705) m. Rebecca McCall (22 Jan 1658–1732)
  1. 1. John Thayer 1688–1768 m. Rebecca French 1694–1762
    1. 1. Abiah (Abraham) Thayer 1729–1789 m. Elizabeth Hunt 1730–1801
      1. 1. Oliver Thayer 1752–1823 m. Ruth Hunt 1752–1833
        1. 1. Oliver Thayer 1778–1824 m. Hannah Hillman 1780–1856

Richard Thayer's Timeline

3 Records

1655
31 Aug 1655
Birth of Richard Thayer in Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1705
4 Dec 1705
Age 50
Death of Richard Thayer in Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1705
1705
Age 50
Burial of Richard Thayer in Elm Street Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Elm Street Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 Aug 1655
    Event Place: Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
    Record Source: "FamilySearch," database, \\i FamilySearch\\i0, accessed 8 Aug 2023), entry for John Thayer, person ID MSZQ-2WP.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Dec 1705
    Event Place: Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
    Record Source: "FamilySearch," database, \\i FamilySearch\\i0, accessed 8 Aug 2023), entry for John Thayer, person ID MSZQ-2WP.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1705
    Event Place: Elm Street Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
    Record Source: "FamilySearch," database, \\i FamilySearch\\i0, accessed 8 Aug 2023), entry for John Thayer, person ID MSZQ-2WP.

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