Oxenbridge Thacher (1681 - abt. 1772)

Born 17 May 1681 in Milton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Hobby) Thacher — married 10 Feb 1714 in Milton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 22 Oct 1772 at about age 91 in Milton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Oxenbridge was born in 1681.

He was the son of Peter Thatcher and Theodora Oxenbridge.

Graduated from Harvard in 1698, Oxenbridge was a selectman for many years in Boston, and a representative for Milton. He ministered in his early days and was the first to preach a sermon in Stoughton

Oxenbridge married Widow Mrs Elizabeth Lilly (Hobby) on 10 Feb 1713/4 in Milton, Mass by Rev Peter Thacher (Oxenbridge's father)^[1]

Oxenbridge married secondly to Widow Mrs. Bathsheba Kent (Daggett) on 26 Jun 1740 in Boston, Mass.,^[2]

Oxenbridge Thacher Esq. passed away in 1772, he was 92 years old ^[3]

He wrote his Will on Feb 10, 1770^[4] , ^[5]and ^[6] In his Will he mentions his wife Bathsheba, and his grandchildren; Elizabeth Merriam, Sarah Leonard, Bathsheba Rogers, Thomas Thacher, Peter Thacher, Judith Thacher, Nathaniel Thacher

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage Record Thacher Lillie-Hobby
2. ↑ Thacher Kent-Daggett Marriage Record
3. ↑ Death Notice
4. ↑ Will Page 1
5. ↑ Will Page 2
6. ↑ Will Page 3

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• Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Suffolk County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, 1636-1899; Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Suffolk County); Probate Place: Suffolk, Massachusetts, Notes: Probate Records, Vol 76-77, 1777-1778

• Allen, David. Genealogy, and Biographical Sketches, of the Descendants of Thomas and Anthony Thacher (Independent Printing House, Vineland, NJ, 1872) Page 11

• Teele, Albert Kendall. The History of Milton, Mass., 1640 to 1877 (Rockwell & Churchill, Boston, 1887) Page 509 Oxenbridge Thacher Jr

• Ancestral File Number: V78Z-GL

• Harris, Edward Doubleday. Rev. Peter Thacher's Record of Marriages at Milton, Mass., NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 1884) Vol. 38, Page 26.

• Arnold, James Newell. Providence Gazette - Deaths K to Z, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., Providence, R.I., 1905) Vol. 14, Page 332.
  • 29 Oct 1772: "Thatcher, Oxenbridge, aged 92 years, formerly of Boston, at Milton"