Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Thatcher was born on 2 January 1698, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Lt Samuel Thatcher, was 49 and her mother, Mary Farnsworth, was 37. She died on 14 October 1715, in her hometown, at the age of 17.
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Family Time Line
Lt Samuel Thatcher
1648–1726
Mary Farnsworth
1660–1725
Mary Thatcher
1681–1682
Samuel Thatcher
1683–
John Thatcher
1685–1744
Hannah Thatcher
1688–1690
Mary Thatcher
1690–1720
Hannah Thatcher
1692–1741
Abigail Thatcher
1694–
Mary Thatcher
1698–1715
Sarah Thatcher
1699–1727
Ebenezer Thatcher
1704–1753
Sources (5)
- Mary Thacher, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Mercy Thatcher, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Mary Thacher, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a thatcher, someone who covered roofs in straw, from an agent derivative of Middle English thach(en) ‘to thatch’ (Old English thæccan).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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