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About Dorothy Thayer
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60231630 Dorthy died the same day as her son Richard Thayer Daughter of Quinton Pray and Joan Valliance.
She married Richard Thayer III on Oct. 24, 1651, in Braintree, Norfolk, MA.
Children: Dorothy Thayer 1653-1693 (John Yardley) Richard Thayer IV, 1655-1705 (Rebecca Mycall) Nathaniel Thayer 1657-1728 (Hannah Hayden) Abigail Thayer abt. 1661-Aug. 6, 1727 Joannah Thayer Dec. 13, 1665 Sarah Thayer Dec. 13, 1667 Cornelius Thayer 1670-1738 (Abigail Hayden)
- It is said that Dorothy Pray Thayer died the same day as her son, Richard Thayer IV. "Dorothy Thayer dyed ye fourth day of December 1705." Records of the Town of Braintree, Massachusetts 1640-1794, p. 695, contributed by Nancy Hills Lamps.
"Birth Records of the Town of Braintree (Norforlk Co., MA) 1640-1699, edited by Samuel A. Bates, transcribed by Jane Devlin: (Select) *Deaths - 1654-1793 Death Records of the Town of Braintree, 1654 to 1793," p. 695, states date of death of (son) Richard Thayer, d. 4 Dec 1705," and his mother, "Dorothy Thayer, d. 11 Dec. 1705."
Thayer Families Association states Dorothy Pray Thayer's dates as "1634-1705"
- Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: May 4 2017, 10:10:10 UTC
- Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Nov 20 2018, 1:11:04 UTC
- Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Nov 20 2018, 1:11:04 UTC
GEDCOM Note
Category: Braintree, Massachusetts
Biography
Parentage; Date and Place of Birth ===Dorothy Pray, daughter of Quinton Pray and Joan (Valliance) Pray, was baptized in Frant, Sussex, England on October 26, 1634.<ref name="DorothyBpt"/>Her birth about 1634 is confirmed by her deposition in September 1650 (transcribed below) in which she stated that she was about sixteen years old.<ref name="EssexCourtV1p198"/>
Immigration; Settlement in Lynn and Braintree ===Dorothy probably immigrated to New England with her family sometime in1643-1648. They appear to have originally settled at Lynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony by 1648 and then moved sometime after that date to Braintree.<ref>See profile for Quinton Pray.</ref>
Deposition Against John Bond ===In connection with a slander suit by John Bond against John Hardman, Dorothy gave the following deposition in 1650 regarding John Bond::Dorothy Prey, aged about sixteen years, deposed that last winter she saw Jno, Bond come to Jno. Herdman's and he had drunk too much wine orbeer, so he could not sit upon his stool. He confessed that he was overcome with drink. He was fined ten shillings. She also deposed that Bond, at Hardman's house last Lord's day seven-night, took her in his arms out of the kitchen into another room on the same floor. She bade him let her alone and hung to one of the doorposts, called for goodwifeLoofe; but he carried her forcibly into the room and shut the door. There was a short ladder, of about four or five rounds, that went up into the room overhead, and she ran up the ladder, the boards not being laid on the upper floors, she went down into the room from which she was taken. Here she met Jno. Hardman coming into the house, and he saidto Jno. Bond, "this must not bee soe on a Lord's day." She further deposed that she heard of Bond's miscarriages toward the wife of Thomas Higgins.<ref name="EssexCourtV1p198"/>
Marriage and Children ===Dorothy married Richard Thayer on December 24, 1651 in Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony.<ref name="Braintree716"/><ref name="Gen Brain"/><ref name="Vinton355-6"/>
Dorothy and Richard had the following children, all born in Braintree:# Dorothy, b. b. August 30, 1653<ref name="Braintree634"/><ref name="Thayer119"/><ref name="Vinton355-6"/># Richard, b. August 31, 1655, m. July 16, 1679 in Braintree, d. December 4, 1705 in Braintree# Nathaniel, b. January 1, 1658,<ref name="Thayer119"/><ref name="Vinton355-6"/> m. Hannah Hayden<ref name="Vinton355-6"/># Cornelius, b. September 18, 1670,<ref name="Braintree648"/><ref name="Thayer119"/><ref name="Vinton355-6"/> m. Abigail Hayden<ref name="Vinton355-6"/>
No reliable sources have been found for their parentage of Abigail Thayer, Joannah Thayer or Sarah Thayer, although the 12-year birth gap between Nathaniel and Cornelius would permit their births.
Death ===Dorothy died December 11, 1705 in Braintree.<ref name="Braintree695"/><ref name="Gen Brain"/><ref name="Thayer119"/> and was buried at Elm Street Cemetery in Braintree.<ref>
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<ref name="Vinton355-6">Vinton, John Adams. The Vinton Memorial Comprising a Genealogy of the Descendants of John Vinton of Lynn, 1648. 1858. pp 355-6. Link to pages at archive.org.</ref> <ref name="Thayer119">Thayer, Elisha Thayer. Family Memorial. Part I. Genealogy of Fourteen Families of the Early Settlers of New England. 1835. p 119. Link to page at archive.org.</ref> <ref name="Braintree695">Bates, Samuel A. Records of the Town of Braintree 1640-1793. 1886.p 695. Link to page at archive.org.</ref> <ref name="Braintree648">Bates, Samuel A. Records of the Town of Braintree 1640-1793. 1886.p 648. Link to page at archive.org.</ref> <ref name="Braintree634">Bates, Samuel A. Records of the Town of Braintree 1640-1793. 1886.p 634. Link to page at archive.org.</ref> <ref name="DorothyBpt">"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JS5P-94M : 30 December 2014, Dorothy Pray, 26 Oct 1634); citing FRANT,SUSSEX,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City;FHL microfilm 1,067,357.</ref> <ref name="EssexCourtV1p198">Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County Massachusetts Volume 1 1636-1656. Essex Institute, 1911. p 198. Link to page atarchive.org.</ref> <ref name="Braintree716">Bates, Samuel A. Records of the Town of Braintree 1640-1793. 1886.p 716. Link to page at archive.org.</ref> <ref name="Gen Brain">Sprague, Waldo Chamberlain. Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, Mass. 1640-1850. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. Item. 3942R, 3943, 3944R.</ref>
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See also:* Thayer, Bezaleel. Memorial of the Thayer Name, from the Massachusetts Colony of Weymouth and Braintree, Embracing Genealogical and Biographical Sketches of Richard & Thomas Thayer and Their Descendants, from 1636-1874. 1874. p. 7. Link to page at archive.org.
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Dorothy Thayer's Timeline
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October 26, 1634
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Frant, Sussex, England
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October 26, 1634
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Frant, Sussex, England
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January 30, 1653
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Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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1654
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New Castle County, Delaware Colony
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August 31, 1655
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Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, American Colonies
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January 1, 1658
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Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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1660
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Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
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February 10, 1661
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Braintree, Norfolk, MA, USA
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December 13, 1665
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Braintree, Norfolk, MA
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