THAYER, Richard

1625 - 1695  (70 years)

• Name	THAYER, Richard
  Born	10 Feb 1624/25	Thornbury, Glouc., England
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Aug 1695	Braintree, Norfolk Co., Mass.
  Person ID	I769	theHornes Genealogy
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2003

  
  

  Father	THAYER, Richard,   b. 5 Apr 1601, Thornbury, Gloucs., England ,   d. Oct 1664, St. Michael's, Barbados Islands, West Indies  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	MORTIMER, Dorothy,   b. 1602, Thornbury, Gloucester, England ,   d. 17 Jan 1641, Thornbury, Gloucester, England  (Age 39 years)
  Married	5 Apr 1623	Thornbury, Gloucs., England
  Family ID	F192	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	PRAY, Dorothy,   b. Abt 1634, England ,   d. 11 Dec 1705, Braintree, Norfolk, Mass.  (Age 71 years)
  Children	1. THAYER, Nathaniel,   b. 1 Jan 1656/57, Braintree, Norfolk, Mass. ,   d. 28 Mar 1728, Braintree, Norfolk, Mass.  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F233	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Richard was brought to America by his widowed father when he was about 15 or 16 years of age. He was i the Barbados Islands, West Indies with his father for a time about March 12, 1660. He served in Capt. Johnso’s Braintree Co. in King Phillip’s War in 1675. Sprague states Richard “had no probate records and he probably had but little estate remaining as his very extensive land dealings and speculation ended bdly and it seems apparent the mortgages were foreclosed. He suffered from the extensive litigatin as a result of the failure of the Iron Works and his titles were not always clear. He even went to England to gain support for his claims, which however were not sustained.” (More information that is supposed to be an amazing story can be found from the Braintree Historical Society) Source: The Thayer Families of Gloucestershire, England 1500-1660, by Patricia Thayer Muno