When Lewis Thayer was born on 6 February 1795, in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Captain Ezra Thayer, was 32 and his mother, Charlotte French, was 27. He married Julia Ann Beal on 25 April 1816, in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 8 August 1864, in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Holbrook, Norfolk, Massachusetts, 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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