Born in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ebenezer Thayer III
and Rebecca (Miller) Thayer
Sister of
Ebenezer Thayer Esq. [half], Samuel Miller Thayer, Atherton Thayer, Stephen Thayer and Minot Thayer
Wife of
Edmund M Soper Jr
— married
22 Oct 1777 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Rebecca Miller Thayer was born August 6, 1758, in Braintree, Massachusetts, a daughter of Colonel (Honorable) Ebenezer Thayer and his second wife, Rebecca Miller. [1] Rebecca's father served as an officer during the American Revolutionary War and became a member of the Provincial Congress and the General Court. He is honored for his military service by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution as DAR Ancestor #A113962.
On October 22, 1777, Rebecca married Lieutenant Edmond M. Soper, Jr. was born January 24, 1759, in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, a son of Edmond M. Soper, born 1731, in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Edmond's father was a Member of the Third Provincial Congress of the United and is honored for his Patriotic Service by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution as DAR Ancestor #A107082.
Rebecca and Edmond settled in Braintree, Massachusetts, where they became the parents of nine children. [2] Children are:
- Elisha Thayer Soper, born April 14, 1778, died May 19, 1778
- Rebecca Miller Soper, born November 8, 1779, married Samuel Vinton Arnold [3]
- Susannah Thayer Soper, born April 8, 1781
- Lucinda Artherton Soper, born January 14, 1784
- Stephen Thayer Soper, born February 28, 1786
- Mary Frances Soper, born July 3, 1788, died January 25, 1859
- Edward Soper, born May 11, 1790, died May 12, 1790
- Mary Ann Soper, born February 23, 1793
- Eliza Miller Soper, born February 8, 1795
Sources
- ↑ Memorial of the Thayer Name: From the Massachusetts Colony of Weymouth and Braintree, Embracing Geneological and Biographical Sketches of Richard & Thomas Thayer, and Their Descendants from 1636 to 1874 by Bezaleel Thayer, Family No. 1483, pages 211-212
- ↑ Memorial of the Thayer Name: From the Massachusetts Colony of Weymouth and Braintree, Embracing Geneological and Biographical Sketches of Richard & Thomas Thayer, and Their Descendants from 1636 to 1874 by Bezaleel Thayer, Family No. 1497, page 215
- ↑ National Number 278120
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