When Ellery Thayer was born on 1 April 1797, in Fairfield, Franklin, Vermont, United States, his father, Stephen Thayer, was 31 and his mother, Anna Twitchell, was 27. He married Clarissa Hawley on 7 July 1822, in Oneida, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Floyd, Oneida, New York, United States for about 20 years and Floyd, Floyd, Oneida, New York, United States in 1865. He died on 17 March 1869, in Oneida, New York, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Rome, Oneida, New York, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1798: Oneida, New York, United States
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English (Gloucestershire and Somerset): from Middle English the eir ‘the heir’ with fused definite article. See Ayer .
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