Brief Life History of Jacob
When Jacob Thayer was born on 30 November 1805, in Westhampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Silas Thayer, was 74 and his mother, Rachel Hanks, was 44. He lived in Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1805. He died in 1828, at the age of 23.
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- Jacob Thayer, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
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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