Cornelius Thayer

Cornelius Thayer was born on 18 September 1670 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. His birth date was recorded as 18 (7) 1670.1 He was the son of Richard Thayer and Dorothy Pray.1 In 1694 Cornelius, married Abigail Hayden, in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.1

Children of Cornelius Thayer and Abigail Hayden

1. Cornelius Thayer1 (1695 - )
2. Moses Thayer1 (1698 - )
3. Gideon Thayer1 (1 Mar 1700 - )
4. David Thayer1 (1702 - )
5. Ezekiel Thayer1 (1704 - )
6. Elikiam Thayer1 (1706 - )
7. Hezekiah Thayer1 (1708 - 19 Oct 1754)
8. Jememiah Thayer1 (1710 - 9 Nov 1711)
9. Abigail Thayer1 (11 Jan 1712 - )
10. Jeremiah Thayer1 (20 Aug 1716 - )

Links

• http://www.genealogy.theroyfamily.com/p2821.htm
• Richard Thayer, First 5 Generations updated August 2009

Citations

1. Thayer, Bezaleel. Memorial of the Thayer Name, From the Massachusetts Colony of Weymouth and Braintree, Embracing Geneological and Biographical Sketches of Richard & Thomas Thayer and Their Descendants, From 1636 to 1874. 1874. Reprint Braintree, Massachusetts: Braintree Historical Society, 1976.

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GEDCOM Note

Thayer, Cornelius(1670-) and Abigail (Hayden)?/Copeland? (-1731); b. 1696? b. 1695?; Braintree
<b>3</b>- Thayer, Richard 9 (-by 1668) & 1/wf Dorothy Mortimer (-1640-1; Thornbury, England, 5 Apr 1624; Braintree
<b>4</b>- Thayer, Richard (1625-1705) & Dorothy Pray (1634-1705); 24 Dec 1651; Braintree¹(other Thayers listed; check against family tree)

Carlsbad Georgina Cole Library has a book on the Thayer family that casts some doubt that Richard Thayer is the father of Cornelius Thayer. This should be investigated.

NamesOriginal TextStart DateLocationRecord TypeCemetery

THAYER Richard son of Cornelious and Abigail Sept. 11 1729 in 33rd. year.1729Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United StatesCemeteryElm St. Cemetery of formerly Old Braintree [footnote 2]

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1. Clarence Almon Torrey, <i>New England Marriages Prior to 1700</i> . p. 734 (Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Co)
Repository: San Diego Genealogical Society Library call number: 974.T694; Internal Tracking: Document 827
note: abbreviation listed after entry relates to source citation in abbreviation list.
2. Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002.)