John Thacher (1639 - 1713)

Born 17 Mar 1639 in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Winslow) Thacher — married 6 Nov 1661 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Husband of Lydia (Gorham) Thacher — married 1 Jan 1683 in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 8 May 1713 at age 74 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

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Biography

John was born about 17 Mar 1639

Marriage

1 Jan 1683 Yarmouth, Barnstable

Research Notes

(The following notes were originally attached to the profile of Rebecca (Winslow) Thacher but appear to be more applicable to this profile. Larry Ridgley 4 Sep 2023.)

Colonel John Thacher married (first) at Marshfield, Massachusetts, November 6, 1661, Rebecca Winslow, of that place. She was born there, July 15, 1643, and died at Yarmouth, July 15, 1683. She was the daughter of Josiah Winslow (born at Droitwich, England, February 11, 1606, died December 1, 1674), a brother of Governor Edward Winslow, and of his wife, Margaret Bourne, who was buried at Marshfield, October 2, 1683. By this first marriage he had nine children. He married (second) at Yarmouth, Massachusetts, January 1, 1684, Lydia Gorham, of Barnstable, Massachusetts, who was born there, November 6, 1661, and died at Yarmouth, August 2, 1744, where she was buried; daughter of Colonel John Gorham and his wife, Desire Howland, both of Barnstable, Massachusetts. By the second marriage he had twelve children:

1. Peter, born May 20, 1665, died at Yarmouth, February 12, 1736; statesman and judge; married there, about 1693, Thankful Sturgis.

2. Deacon Josiah, born April 26, 1667, died at Yarmouth, May 12, I702; was a deacon; married there, February 25, 1690, Mary Hedge.

3. Rebecca, born June 1, 1669, died at Barnstable, April 10, 1734; married (first) James Sturgis; married (second) at Yarmouth, February 28, 1720, Ebenezer Lewis.

4. Bethia, born July 10, 1671, died at Barnstable, July 7, 1734; married, at Yarmouth, April 9, 1691, James Paine.

5. John, born January 28, 1675, died at Barnstable, March 26, 1764; colonel of militia and judge of the court of common pleas; married, at Barnstable, November 10, 1698, Desire Sturgis, widow of Captain Dimmock.

6. Elizabeth, born June 19, 1677, died at Falmouth, Massachusetts, May 18, 1710; married there, October 18, 1699, Deacon Moses Hatch.

7. Hannah, born August 19, 1679, died July 11, 1689.

8. Mary, born August 3, 1682, died September 7, 1682.

9. Child, sex not given, mentioned in a poem written by its father.

Probate

The will of John Tahacher of Yarmouth was dated 25 April 1713 and proved on 19 June 1713 in Barnstable. He mentioned his wife, Lydia (executor), and his children, Peter Thacher (executor), John Thacher, Josiah Thacher, decd., Judah Thacher, Joseph Thacher, Benjamin Thacher, Thomas Thacher, Rebecca Sturgis, Bethiah Paine, Elizabeth Hatch, decd., Lydia Freeman, Mary Gorham. His inventory was taken on 1 July 1713 in Yarmouth.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "Probate records v. 1-3 1686-1747" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YB-NTZ  : 28 April 2024), Film# 007705400, Barnstable, Massachusetts, image 367-370, Vol 3, Page 295-300.

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