Born before in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
Daughter of William Mortimore
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Richard Thayer Jr.
— married
5 Apr 1624 (to 17 Jan 1641) in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
Descendants 
Mother of
Richard Thayer III, Jonathan Thayer, Elizabeth Thayer, Deborah Tayer, Sarah (Thayer) Davis, Jael (Thayer) Harbour, Zachariah Thayer, Deborah (Tayer) Faxon, Hester (Thayer) Gray, Nathaniel Thayer and Cornelius Thayer
Died before
at about age 36
in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
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Biography
The spelling of Dorothy's last name as "Mortimore" is from the Thornbury, Gloucestershire parish records published by Stott in 1998 in The American Genealogist. The "e" at the end is also visible in the free ancestry.com baptismal image linked below.
Dorothy was baptized 29 Jan 1603/4 as daughter of William Mortimore. Unusually, in this section this parish register did NOT begin the New Year after Lady's Day; it began 1604 on January 1 1604 as is clearly visible from the linked parish register image here despite some sources citing a more usual 1604/05 date.[1] Her mother was Dorothy Unknown, first wife of William Mortimor(e).
5 Apr 1624 she married Richard Thayer (jr) at Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England[2][3]
On 17 Jan 1640/41 Dorothy (Mortimore) Thayer was buried at Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England.[4][5]
Sources
- ↑ Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813 Thornbury 1684-1736 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/4732/images/41511_636897_1964-00356 free image at ancestry.com
- ↑ Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813 for Dorothy Martimore Thornbury free parish register image by ancestry.com
- ↑ Gloucestershire : Thornbury : St Mary : Unknown : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5817e04ee93790eb7fb9a3ca : viewed 31 Jul 2021) marriage Richard Tayer to Dorothy Martimore 5 Apr 1624
- ↑ Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813 Thornbury 1684-1736 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/4732/images/41511_636897_1964-00541 free image at ancestry.com
- ↑ Sprague, Waldo Chamberlain, Genealogies of the families of Braintree, Mass., 1640-1850 : including the modern towns of Randolph & Holbrook and the city of Quincy, after the separation from Braintree in 1792-3. "New England Historic Genealogical Society". Transcribed from Microfilm by Frank E. Dyer Jr., Enfield, Ct. ; reformatted to Register style and compared to the original by Robert J. Dunkle. Reference page 1518 via American Ancestors $Subscription
See also:
- Dorothy Mortimore Thayer on Find A Grave: Memorial #74908869
- The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1910) Vol. 64, Page 185.
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It is not made clear in the biography narrative why the profile is project protected. If she was not a PGM era migrant perhaps project protection can be lifted?
David
edited by David Mortimer
Does anyone have a valid source that shows she was in Braintree in 1641 when she died? I added the source I found (there are also others) that show she died and was buried in England. The Ancestry "source" that had been used to support her vitals is not available.
The last child's birth is also suspicious.
edited by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Now I wonder if the parish register was written incorrectly, I see no other records of a "Robert" Thayer in Thornbury reading Stott and other sources. Cornelius could well have been the son of Richard & Dorothy, if he was born Dec 1640 and Dorothy died a month later in Jan 1641, that's plausible enough.
Strike all this, the probate of Cornelius shows that Richard & Zachariah were his brothers.
edited by Brad Stauf
Please can she be detached from Groome-72 who is not her mother - William and Margaret married in 1623.
See also: Dorothy Mortimer d. 1622. Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P330 in 1/3; Dorothy Mortimer bur. 4 May 1622 Thornbury
edited by David Mortimer
John Groome 1554 Dorothy Edward 15551634 Spouse & Children William Mortimore 15801626 Dorothy Mortimore 16031641 Agnes Mortimore 1607162