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SUMNER, ARTHUR E.10 (Andrew Jackson,9 Ellis,8 Ebenezer,7 Ebenezer,6 Dan- iel,5 Ebenezer,4 George,3 William,2 William 1), b. Oct. 28, 1845; m. Mary F. Joy of Malden, Nov. 16, 1865; cer. by Rev. Thomas J. Greenwood. Full family record expected, but not received. Obliged to halt here.
SUMNER, CLARENCE A.10 (Albert M.,9 Ellis,8 Ebenezer,7 Ebenezer,6 Daniel,5 Ebenezer,4 George,3 William,2 William 1), b. Sept. 16, 1847; m. Estelle Sophia Claflin, Mil., Oct. 18, 1871; cer. by Rev. G. L. Demarest. She was a dr. of Ethan C. and Roxana S. (Harrington) Claflin, b. Dec. 12, 1851. Issue : -
A SON, nameless, b. Oct. 8, 1872; d. same day.
BERTHA LOUISE, b. Jan. 4, 1874.
LILLA MARION, b. Feb. 26, 1879.
Promising family. Mr. Sumner is a man of talent, enterprise, and business tact. He was for several yrs. clerk in the manufacturing establishment of Capt. Elbridge Mann. In March, 1879, he purchased certain proprietary rights of Capt. Mann, and went into business on his own account. He has since been successfully manufacturing the " Mann and Howard " patent crimping-screws, the "Perfection " patent Rubstick for crimpers, crimping brakes, boot-trees, forms, etc., -goods sold in all parts of the U. S. and Canada, wherever boots are manufactured. They are in very high repute, and increasing demand.
SWAN, ALBERT FRANCIS 3 (Willard,2 Duty 1), b. in No. Bellingham, Feb. 21,
1834; mr.'s maiden name Ann Burlingame; carpenter; m. Mary Eliza
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Aldrich, dr. of Arnold and Diana A. (Cass) Aldrich, b. in -; cer. Woon- socket, R.I., Dec. 27, 1865, by Rev. John Boyden. Their chn .:- GEORGE ELWOOD, b. Mendon, Feb. 29, 1868; d. Oct. 15, 1869.
JOSEPHINE ALBERTIE, b. Mendon, Oct. 7, 1873; d. Oct. 15, 1880.
Worthy, much bereaved, but hope-consoled parents. They have res. in town 10 yrs. Mr. Swan is a skilful and executive joiner, mostly employed in the Hopedale machine-shop. I remember his grandparents, Duty and Elona Swan of Attleboro', in the days of my boyhood; also his father and mother later in life. He comes of solid ancestry, and honors his lineage.
SWAN, THOMAS, and wf. Elizabeth, res. here in 1836, and had an infant dr.,
Catherine, who d. April 20 of that yr., a. 2 yrs. But whence they came or whither went, I get no intimation.
SWASEY, NATHANIEL, and wf. Hannah, pedigrees untraced; he b. in Dover, N.H., Jan. 21, 1791; and she b. in the same place, July 15, 1788; came to res. at Hopedale in May, 1852. They became members of the Community, and remained such several yrs. They brought along with them their youngest unmarried dr., Hannah Horn Swasey, who d. here very suddenly, Dec. 7, 1853, a. 28 yrs. Mr. Swasey himself d. Sept. 2, 1867, in his 77th yr. A few yrs. later Mrs. Hannah, his wid., removed to San Francisco, Cal., where some of her chn. and relatives dwelt. She was a woman of remark- able vigor and judgment, sustaining a very green old age. She has made one visit across the continent to her eastern friends, and is still smart at ninety.
SWASEY, FRED, our skilful and popular architect, Jefferson Block; m. Emma Diana Barker, Oct. 24, 1877; 1 dr. :-
LILLIAN PARKHURST, b. Mil., June 12, 1878.
SWASEY, GEORGE E., book-keeper, Directory, 1880.
SWEET, STEPHEN, son of Jonathan and Jerusha Sweet, b. Aug. 1, 1802; m. Caroline Cook, dr. of Peter and Amy (Sumner) Cook, b. Mil., April 1, 1807; cer. Aug. 30, 1823, by Rev. Jacob Frieze. Issue : -
BERIAH, b. April 8, 1824; d. Sept. 25, 1835.
DIANA, b. Oct. 30, 1825; d. Oct. 20, 1826.
MONROE, b. April 11, 1827; d. May 19, 1832.
SUMNER, b. Oct. 3, 1829; m. Caroline Boynton, April 4, 1858.
STEPHEN, Jun., b. Dec. 12, 1831; unm. ; res. Mil. ; trader.
MARCELLUS, b. Oct. 30, 1836; d. Feb. 19, 1859.
ELIZA, b. Oct. 15, 1838; d. May, 1841.
EMMA C., b. July 8, 1840; m. Benjamin Ward, 1858.
ALBERT HALSEY, b. Nov. 17, 1842; m. Jane Maria Eames, Oct. 27, 1861. ABBIE ANN, b. June 25, 1845; d. 1847.
Stephen Sweet and wf. were young m. persons when I came into town in 1824, and with slight exceptions have had their home among us, - well-known and respected people. Their record shows a large family sadly desolated by death. Mr. Sweet d. Feb. 19, 1873, a. 70 yrs. 6 mos. 19 ds. Mrs. Caroline, never very healthy, still survives with enduring strength into a good old age. SWEET, SUMNER 3 (Stephen,2 Jonathan 1), b. Oct. 3, 1829; m. Caroline Boyn- ton, dr. of Solomon L. and Polly Boynton, b. in Chazy, N.Y., 1828; cer. at Hopedale, April 4, 1858, by the writer. Issue :-
WILLIE S., b. Mil., Aug. 23, 1859; d. April 30, 1860.
IRVING WARREN, b. Mil., June 30, 1861; of good promise.
Quiet, well-disposed, worthy little family.
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SWEET, ALBERT HALSEY, son of Stephen and Caroline, our recently estab- lished and enterprising druggist, ought not to have slighted my repeated calls for his family record, but has; and I must be silent.
SWEET, ORRIN, a cousin, I think, of Stephen; m. Sarah Despeaux, dr. of Jesse, in 1849. He has left me ignorant of his family record. They are worthy of a better notice than this.
SWEET, GEORGE W., since decd., is mentioned in directories of 1856 and 1869.
SWEET, ROXANA, wid. of George W., is mentioned in directories of 1872 and downward.
Several other Sweets also appear in directories of 1872 and downward.
TAFT. The Tafts have long been numerous in Mendon, its offspring towns, Up., etc. They are descendants of Robert and Matthew Taft, under- stood to have been bros. of an ancient Scotch lineage. Robert and wf. Sarah, with several sons b. in England, set. in Mendon, near Nipmuck Pond, in 1679 or 1680. Matthew and wf. Anna (Quintain) came from Scotland (according to an old family record) with one or two chn., in 1728, and set in the easterly part of Up. The Tafts were prolific, and famous for large families. Few of them have ever inhabited our territory, and most of these are comparatively recent comers. But I observe, by examination of our old tax-lists, that several of them, on the Up. border, were landholders here, and that many of the two lineages, though outsiders, have always been more or less intimately connected with our people. I have posted myself as well as I could in the genealogy of the Tafts, and will try to show in my tabulations the relation of our few to their ancestors. I shall have to include some border families, and may ignorantly omit others that were partially residents on our soil.
TAFT, NATHAN 4 (Solomon,3 Robert,2 Matthew 1), b. May 18, 1777; mr.'s maiden name Sarah Fisher; m. Lydia Legg, dr. of Nathaniel and Abigail (White) Legg, birth-date not found; cer. Feb. 25, 1802, by Rev. D. Long. Issue : -
ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 29, 1804.
NATHANIEL LEGG, b. Sept. 15, 1805.
ARBA, b. Oct. 6, 1807.
GILLESPIE CHAPIN, b. Nov., 1810.
I suppose that Nathan Taft and wf. res. in Up. He d. Dec. 27, 1835. Mrs. Lydia d. Dec. 7, 1843.
TAFT, ARBA 5 (Nathan,4 Solomon,3 Robert,2 Matthew 1), b. Up., Oct. 6, 1808; m. Rhoda Fletcher, dr. of Nathan and Catherine (Morse) Fletcher, b. Aug. 30, 1809; cer. Mil., May 13, 1841, by Rev. William Tozer. Issue : - LYDIA MARIA, b. June 12, 1842.
LYMAN !
b. June 18, 1845; d. March 17, 1846.
LUCY S (twins), b. June 18, 1845.
I learn no more, except that this family dwelt mostly in Mil.
TAFT, HARVEY FLAGG 5 (Amasa,4 Solomon,3 Robert,2 Matthew 1), b. Aug. 8, 1810; m. Prudence D. Adams, ptge., birth-date, etc. not ascertained; cer. July 20, 1834, by Rev. D. Long. Issue :-
OLIVIA ALMIRA, b. June 18, 1835; d. Aug. 18, 1873, a. 38 yrs.
EDWIN BLISS, b. May 1, 1837; m., 1st, Sarah L. (Handley) Gore; 2d, Angelia Cook.
CHARLES WARREN, b. Sept. 7, 1839; d. Oct. 28, 1844.
CHARLES ORISON, b. Sept. 7, 1844; m. Vesta Ann Barton, 1864.
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AMASA GEORGE, b. Feb. 15, 1847; m. Eliza Whittemore, 1871; res. in Mil.
This family has res. mostly, if not always, in Mil. Mr. T. is a farmer, and has long dwelt on West St. An orderly, reputable family.
TAFT, EDWIN BLISS6 (Harvey Flagg,5 Amasa,4 Solomon,3 Robert,2 Matthew1), b. May 1, 1837; clerk and salesman; m., 1st, Sarah L. (Handley) Gore, pedigree, etc., not given; cer. May 11, 1867. Issue : -
CORA INEZ, b. Mil., Aug. 27, 1868.
LEORA MAY, b. Mil., Dec. 31, 1869.
Mrs. Sarah d. July 29, 1873. The hus. m., 2d, Angelia Cook, dr. of Ste- phen and Diana (Hunt) Cook, b. Mil., Nov. 6, 1849; cer. at Hopedale, Nov. 25, 1875, by the writer. Issue : -
MAUD EVELYN, b. Mil., Aug. 16, 1877.
An intelligent, worthy, and promising family. Their homestead is on Pros- pect St.
TAFT, CHARLES ORISON, next youngest bro. of Edwin B .; m. Vesta Ann' Barton ; cer. 1864, no particulars given. Issue : -
FREDDIE A., b. May 3, 1866.
FLORA MAY, b. 1868, d. Aug. 18, 1870.
MABEL and
CHARLES ROBERT, dates not given.
No further information concerning this family. Do not know their present res.
TAFT, AMASA GEORGE, youngest son of Harvey F .; m. Eliza Whittemore, pedigree and other particulars not given; cer. 1871. Issue :-
GRACE MARY, b. 1872; d. July 13, 1874.
GERTRUDE MARY, b. Oct. 7, 1875; possibly others since the above were re- ported to me.
Amasa G. is an honest farmer, and res. on West St.
TAFT, AMARIAH AULANDO 6 (Amariah,5 Jotham,4 Caleb,8 Daniel,2 Robert 1),
b. Mendon, May 15, 1824; mr.'s maiden name Watee Wood; m. Thankful S. Wilkinson, dr. of David and Thankful (Sayles) Wilkinson, b. Smithfield, R.I., July 9, 1831; cer. Worcester, Feb. 20, 1854, by Rev. Dr. Alonzo Hill. Issue : -
JESSE A., b. in Mendon, Feb. 8, 1857.
Mr. Taft has res. over 20 yrs. in town, and is widely known as one of our enterprising and solid citizens. He is a bank director, large dealer in real estate, etc. His wf. and only son are worthy of the respectable social standing they enjoy.
TAFT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, a descendant of Robert in the 6th or 7th generation; son of James A. and Elmira (Forristall) Taft; b. in Bell., Feb. 8, 1829; m. Eliza Newton Fitch, dr. of George W. and Cassandra (Merrill) Fitch, b. in Charlestown, Feb. 12, 1839; cer. Providence, R.I., June 14, 1866, by Rev. Amasa Howard. Issue : -
FRED ARLINGTON, b. July 10, 1868; and ESTELLE ALMIRA, b. March 15, 1870.
I find Mr. T.'s name in our Directory for 1856, as clerk. He must there- fore have res. here some 25 yrs. He is a respectable grocer at 146 Main St., with a worthy wf. and promising chn. Mrs. T. is gt. gd. dr., on her mr.'s side, of Rev. Mr. Merrill, the first minister ordained in Saco, Me.
TAFT, RUFUS AUGUSTUS, another descendant of Robert in the 6th or 7th generation; son of Elijah and Cynthia W. (Moffitt) Taft, b. Mendon, May 22, 1841; m. Mary Eugenie Angell, dr. of Cyrus and Sabra W. (Dexter)
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Angell, b. Smithfield, R.I., May 16, 1846; cer. April 30, 1866, by Rev. George W. Stacy. Issue : -
MABEL EMMA and MARY ELLA, twins, b. Mil., April 11, 1868.
Mr. Taft has res. in town prob. over 20 yrs. He is our expert and genial baggage-master on the Boston and Albany R.R., Mil. Branch, with a pleasant and promising family. I find indorsed on the back of his returned family record as follows: "Sabra White Dexter is a direct descendant of Rev. Gregory Dexter, who came from England in 1644. The armorial seal of Gregory Dexter is a heart pierced by two arrows, surmounted by a crown; as shown in the "Dexter Genealogy' printed in the yr. 1859."
TAFT, AMOS, another descendant of Robert in prob. the 6th generation, has dwelt in town several yrs., and has a family; but he has not given me his family record, so I am unable to inscribe it on these pages.
TAFT, RICHARD, EDWARD, and JOHN, for several yrs. res. in town, all masons by trade, are immigrants from Ireland or England. No report of their family records enables me to say more.
A few others of the name, more or less transient dwellers, are omitted. Much collected data relating to neighboring families also omitted. I have long had many friends among the Tafts; having solemnized 42 mges. in their fami- lies, and ministered at 53 funerals.
TAYLOR, Rev. EZEKIEL, pedigree, etc. untraced, res. first in Grafton, and later as a set. clergyman in Newfane, Vt .; m. Sarah Frost, dr. of Rev. Amariah and Esther (Messinger) Frost, b. in our Precinct, May 24, 1751; cer. March 30, 1774, by Rev. A. Frost. Mrs. Sarah (Frost) Taylor was recd. into full communion with her fr.'s ch. here, Dec. 4, 1774. She had a son bap. here; viz., SIMON, March 29, 1778. The family no further traced.
TAYLOR, EZEKIEL, son of Joseph and Diadama (Sprague) Taylor, b. in No. Scituate, R.I., Sept. 14, 1810; engineer; m. Adelia Nelson, dr. of Nathaniel T. and Silence (Kenny) Nelson, b. New York City, Oct. 13, 1824; cer. in Mil., Nov. 6, 1842, by Rev. William Bell. Their chn. :-
FAYETTE, b. Mil., July 10, 1843; d. at the a. of 14 days.
ELLA MARIA, b. Mil., May 13, 1847; d. Sept. 14, 1847.
EMMA F., b. Mil., Oct. 24, 1851; milliner, 101} Main St.
Of good repute, to the best of my knowledge. Res. Mil., except 3 yrs. in Valley Falls, R.I.
TAYLOR, LEVI, b. in Sutton, was with the Community at Hopedale from Dec. 23, 1844, to April 28, 1847; an unm. man; ptge. not remembered. He d. several yrs. ago.
"TAYLOR, HARRISON, boot-click, house Leonard St," sends me no family record.
"TAYLOR, JAMES A., farmer near Deerbrook," reports nothing.
TAYLOR, THOMAS B., inspector of rings some yrs. at Hopedale, now res. in California. Other transient Taylors, that have come and gone, need no notice here.
TENNEY, THOMAS 3 (Daniel,2 Thomas1), b. in Rowley, 1681, and came into these parts some time previous to 1720. I have given these antecedents on strong presumptive evidence, with slight doubts of possible mistake, all things considered. I suspect that Thomas 3 must have had a wf. and 1 son before 1720, though Mendon records do not say so. I infer this from the facts that those records show him to have m. Sarah Taft, May 20, 1720, whose first b. son was Thomas, jun., May 13, 1721; yet in his will, made in
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1746, at an "advanced age," he names as his oldest son "Moses." Whether he brought his 1st wf. and oldest son with him, or only the son, I have no data for determining. He was m., as aforesaid, May 20, 1720, by Rev. Joseph Dorr. And taking Mendon records, together with his will, I make his chu. to have been, -
MOSES, birth-date not found; m., 1st, Susanna -; 2d, Hannah Whitney. THOMAS, Jun., b. May 13, 1721; m. Abigail Bullen of Medway, Dec. 6, 1744. ISAAC, b. Feb. 22, 1723; m. Susanna Whitney, June 25, 1752.
DANIEL, b. Dec. 22, 1728; no further traced ; perhaps d. young.
ELIZABETH, birth-date not found; m. William Legg, Jan. 18, 1759.
PHEBE, birth-date not found; m. Ichabod How of Brookfield, May 4, 1748.
Thomas Tenney owned and dwelt on what, in after times, got the name of "Noah Wiswall place." Of whom he made his first purchase does not appear; but from March 9, 1720, to March 7, 1745, he made repeated additions to his acres, by taking up parcel after parcel from common lands, till at length he acquired a large farm, extending north and south from the Cedar Swamp to the foot of Bear Hill, with an ample width east and west. This estate passed, at his death, into the possession of his son Isaac. He must have been a man of enterprise and energy. I have not found the date of his death; but it is indi- cated, by the probate of his will, to have taken place not far from 1746. That will is a very interesting one; and I should be tempted to insert it, had I not decided to exclude such documents from this work. He made his wf. execu- trix. Her death-date not found.
TENNEY, MOSES 4 (Thomas,3 Daniel,2 Thomas 1), b. prob. in Rowley ; date not ascertained; m., 1st, Susanna (no particulars found), of whom were born, -
JOSIAH, b. Sept. 24, 1734.
STEPHEN, b. June 7, 1736; d. June 22, 1737.
Mrs. Susanna d. Aug. 30, 1736. The hus. m., 2d, Hannah Whitney of Ux- bridge; cer. March 16, 1738. Their chn .: -
MOSES, Jun., b. Oct. 17, 1740; m. Lovice Lesure, 1797; he was then of Up.
SAMUEL, b. Oct. 10, 1741; untraced.
JOSHUA, b. April 1, 1745; untraced.
SARAH, b. March 23, 1747; untraced.
SUSANNA, b. Nov. 24, 1750; untraced.
PHEBE, b. Sept. 8, 1755; untraced.
Moses Tenney was one of the original members of the new Cong. ch. formed here April 15, 1741; and his wf. joined in 1744. All their chn., above named, were duly bap. They dwelt, if I mistake not, on what is now called Highland St., in the near vicinity of the Cleveland place; but I cannot make out the precise spot. He d. June 2, 1770. When or where Mrs. Hannah d., I have not ascertained. This whole family disappear from my available records soon after 1770; and I have not further traced them, except Moses to Up., as above.
TENNEY, THOMAS, Jun.4 (Thomas, sen.,8 Daniel,2 Thomas 1), b. May 13, 1721; m. Abigail Bullen of Medway, Dec. 6, 1744. They had 1 child bap. here; viz., -
SAMUEL, April 6, 1746.
They then moved into Holl., where they raised up a large family, - some 8 or 9 in all.
TENNEY, ISAAC4 (Thomas, sen., Daniel,2 Thomas1), b. Feb. 22, 1723; m.
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Susanna Whitney, dr. of Jonathan and Lydia (Jones) Whitney, b. Feb. 12, 1728; cer. Jan. 25, 1752, by Rev. Amariah Frost. I found no chn. credited to this pair on Mendon records. But in Rev. Mr. Frost's record of baptisms I find 2; viz., -
RUTH, bap. May 13, 1753; untraced.
JONATHAN, bap. April 20, 1755; untraccd.
Isaac inherited his fr.'s farm, the Noah Wiswall place, afterwards so called. Both he and his wf. were members of the Cong. ch. His death-date not found. Mrs. Susanna, his wid., m. Noah Wiswall; cer. April 11, 1764, by Rev. A. Frost. See Wiswall.
There was a LYDIA TENNEY, who m. to Jonathan Forrestall ; cer. Nov. 8, 1781, by Rev. A. Frost. The records do not show who she was. She must, I think, have been a dr. either of Moses or his bro. Isaac. I conjecture, from her name, that she was a dr. of Isaac and Susanna (Whitney), but am not sure.
TENNEY, MOSES, Jun.5 (Moses,4 Thomas,3 Daniel,2 Thomas1), b. Oct. 17,
1740; m. Lovice Lesure, 1797; no further particulars given. Issue in this town : -
BENJAMIN, b. Jan. 11, 1800.
WILLIAM, b. Feb. S, 1802.
ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 17, 1804.
JOSHUA, b. Sept. 24, 1813.
No further traces of this family found. The hus. and fr., when his inten- tions of mge. were published, is said to have been of Upton. Being of middle age when m. to Lovice Lesure, he may have been previously m., and had chn. by a former wf. But I learn no more of his history.
THAIN, THOMAS, ancestry and birth-date not ascertained; m. Miranda Cook, dr. of Whipple and Lucy (Darling) Cook, b. in Franklin, April 18, 1799; cer. Jan. 5, 1826, by Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Emmons. They came to this town between 1835 and 1840. Not far from the latter date, they set. on the Capt. Ezra Nelson farm, which they occupied for several yrs. They subsequently removed to W. Wrentham, where, at length, if I rightly remember, he d. I believe Mrs. Miranda, his wid., still survives, perhaps in Franklin. Some
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of their chn. have d., and the surviving ones are set. in various localities.
The parents had recorded here the following-named chn. : -
CHARLES ALEXANDER, b. May 8, 1826; m. Evelina L. Spooner, Wrentham, 1849.
ELIZA MARION, b. Feb. 26, 1828; m. Clarendon Taft of Mendon.
WILLIAM WALLACE, b. April 18, 1829; untraced.
THOMAS GREEN, b. May 6, 1831; untraced.
GILBERT MORTIMER, b. April 3, 1833; untraced.
MARCUS MORTON, b. April 8, 1835; d. Oct. 10, 1843.
SAMUEL, b. May 2, 1838; untraced.
EUGENE, b. Oct. 15, 1839; untraced.
ELLEN, b. March 23, 1842; untraced.
I might have communicated with some member of this family, and posted myself in its genealogical data; but, in the multiplicity of similar researches, omitted to do so. It was worthy of more attention, and I could not do less than give the above from the town records.
THAYER. The Thayers take honorable rank among our old, substantial, and influential families. They were early on our soil, and have been a prolific stock, both for home inhabitancy and emigration. They have been mostly, if
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not wholly, descendants of Ferdinando, the Mendon patriarch. Fortunately in this, as in a few other cases, I have the guidance and assistance of published genealogies. There are two of these: one by Elisha Thayer of Dedham, and the other by Gen. Bezaleel Thayer of Mexico, N.Y. Elisha Thayer's is a small volume, including, with the Thayers, thirteen other families, and was pub. in 1835. Gen. Bezaleel's is a large and elaborate work of over 700 pp. It was pub. in 1874, and contains a vast multitude of names. Both vols. have been kindly lent me by friends, and have afforded me much help. According to these authors, all the Thayers in the United States have descended from Richard and Thomas Thayer, early settlers in Braintree. They are believed to have emigrated from Braintree, Eng., not far from 1630. Richard was made a freeman in 1640; and Thomas, as early as 1636. They appear to have come from the same neighborhood in Eng., and prob. were family relatives. But how near their kinship was, is unknown. It is not claimed that they were bros., though there is no proof of the contrary. The name is said by some to be of German origin, and to signify, in English, bullock, or a strong animal of the cow kind. Like most of our surnames, it originated in some peculiar fact or cir- cumstance important enough to distinguish the man who first received it from his neighbors: possibly from his being famous as a cattle-raiser, or a drover of fattened bullocks. The name was formerly written, like most others, in many different ways, - Thear, Their, Thare, Thayer, etc. The last orthography finally became universal. Our Thayers are descendants from Thomas of Braintree,. through Ferdinando of Mendon. If I find any exceptions, they will be- denoted as such.
THAYER, THOMAS,1 and wf. Margery, brought with them from Eng., -
THOMAS, date of birth not given; m., and had 1 son b. in Eng .; set. in Braintree.
FERDINANDO, date of birth not given; one of the original proprietors of Mendon.
SHADRACH, date of birth not given; m. and set. in Braintree ..
The fr. made his will June 21, 1664; and it was proved Sept. 13, 1665. His- wf. and son Ferdinando were appointed executors. It provided, that, if any of his legatees murmured against it, such should be cut off with barely 5 shillings,. and the rest inherit equally all thus forfeited. He d. June 2, 1665. Wid .. Margery d. Feb. 11, 1672-73.
THAYER, FERDINANDO 2 (Thomas 1), m. Huldah Hayward of Braintree, Jan. 14, 1652. He continued with his fr. in Braintree until his death, and then removed his family to Mendon, having previously joined the colony from Weymouth and Braintree that constituted the Quinshipaug Plantation .. He was one of the richest plantationists, and took a prominent part in the affairs of the settlement. After King Philip's war he was an early re-settler .. His homestead is said to have been a short distance down the Providence road south of the town-seat. The chn. of Ferdinando and Huldah Thayer were, -
SARAH, b. Braintree, May 12, 1654; m. Joseph Stevens, 1676; d. 1677.
HULDAH, b. Brain., June 16, 1657; m. Jacob Aldrich, Mendon.
JONATHAN, b. Brain., March 18, 1658; m. and set. Mendon.
DAVID, b. Brain., June 20, 1660; d. Aug. 1, 1674.
NAOMI, b. Brain., Feb. 28, 1662-3; m. John Cook, Mendon.
The birth-dates of the others supposed to have been lost with the record's burned by the Indians. They were THOMAS, SAMUEL, ISAAC, JOSIAH, EBEN-
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THAYER FAMILIES.
EZER, BENJAMIN, and DAVID 2d. These latter-named chn. were all b. in Mendon. David 2d was bap. there Aug. 29, 1678. According to all accounts, Ferdinando Thayer must have been a very talented, enterprising, and influ- ential man. He held numerous offices, accumulated a large property, especially in lands, and became the venerated patriarch of a numerous posterity. He d. in Mendon, March 28, 1713. His wf. Huldah preceded him, Sept. 1, 1690. As the published Thayer genealogies can be consulted by interested inquirers, I may properly confine my tabulations chiefly to the Thayers of our own territory. THAYER, JONATHAN 3 (Ferdinando,2 Thomas1), b. in Braintree, March 18,
1658; m. Elizabeth French, June 22, 1679. Their chn. :-
HEZEKIAH, b. Feb. 8, 1681; d. young.
HULDAH, b. March 11, 1682; m. Benjamin Wheelock, Mend., Dec. 9, 1700.
GRACE, b. Dec. 20, 1684; m. James Wood, Oct. 8, 1723.
DEBORAH, b. Nov. 4, 1687; m. John Albee, Mend., June 6, 1705.
JONATHAN, Jun., b. Dec. 8, 1690; lived and d. on our territory.
ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 10, 1695; m. William White, Mend., Aug. 13, 1721.
The fr. was a farmer, and prob. dwelt several yrs. in old Mendon, but is believed to have set. in the south-east corner of our ter. before the yr. 1707. For the following record stands on the ancient proprietor's book: "Feb. 11, 1707, there was laid out to Jonathan Thayer 20 acres belonging to Ferdinand Thayer's lot, on the west side of Second-bridge River, above Medfield road, bounded southerly on said Thayer's 42 rods, easterly on common 78 rods, northerly on common 42 rods to James Albee's land, westerly upon said Albee's land 78 rods." Just where his domicile stood, I have not ascertained; but it must have been located in the easterly part of So. Mil. district. His wf. Elizabeth d. Oct. 3, 1703. I have sought but found no record of the husband's death. The Suf- folk Reg. of Probate ought to indicate it, but prob. I overlooked the settlement of his est.
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