Ebenezer Thayer

Brief Life History of Ebenezer

When Ebenezer Thayer was born on 21 August 1737, in Bellingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Ebenezer Thayer, was 38 and his mother, Hannah Green, was 30. He married Martha Thayer on 6 December 1758, in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 30 April 1782, in Bellingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Northwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ebenezer Thayer
1737–1782
Martha Thayer
1737–1807
Marriage: 6 December 1758
Thaddeus Thayer
1760–1836
Calvin Thayer
1763–1842
Luther Thayer
1766–1804
Irene Thayer
1770–1825
Ebenezer Thayer
1772–1852
Philo Thayer
1775–1843

Sources (19)

  • Ebenezer Thayer, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924"
  • Ebenezer Thayer, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ebenezar Thayer, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

World Events (3)

1773

"First settled in 1763, Northwood was incorporated on February 6, 1773 by colonial governor John Wentworth, when a large tract of land called ""North Woods"" was separated from Nottingham. Around 1800, the Portsmouth to Concord Turnpike was built, and the town began to prosper."

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New Hampshire is 9th state.

Name Meaning

English (Gloucestershire and Somerset): from Middle English the eir ‘the heir’ with fused definite article. See Ayer .

History: Sylvanus Thayer (1785–1872), military engineer, an early superintendant of the US Military Academy at West Point, was born in Braintree, MA, into a family of English origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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