Theodora (Oxenbridge) Thatcher (1659 - 1697)

Ancestors

Wife of Peter Thatcher — married 21 Nov 1677 in Milton, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 18 Nov 1697 at age 38 in Milton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

THEODORA OXENBRIDGE, born 25 Jul 1659 in England, was the daughter of Rev. John Oxenbridge and Frances Woodward.^[1][2] Her mother died in childbirth^[1] and was buried at Eton, Buckinghamshire.^[2]

Theodora married Rev. Peter Thatcher^[3] on 21 Nov 1677,^[4][5][6] and they later removed to Milton, Massachusetts.^[1] Theodora and Peter had the following children:^[6]

1. Theodora; b.1 NOV 1678 d.7 DEC 1732 m) Lt. Jonathan Gulliver
2. Bathsheba; b. 16 May 1680, d. 13 Aug 1680
3. Oxenbridge, b. 17 May 1681, d. 22 Oct 1772; m) Elizabeth Hobby
4. Eliza, b. 7 Mar 1683, d. 10 Feb 1715, m) Rev. Samuel Niles
5. Mary; b. 15 MAR 1685 d. 17 MAR 1685
6. Peter, b. 16 Oct 1688, d. 22 Apr 1744 m) Mary Prince
7. John, b. 30 MAR 1691, d. 14 APR 1692
8. Thomas, b. 6 APRIL 1693, d. 19 DECEMBER 1721
9. John.

Theodora Thatcher died 18 Nov 1697^[6] and left a large family estate which was managed by her husband.^[7] She was buried in Milton, Massachusetts, and her headstone is inscribed as follows:

"Mrs Theodora Thacher ye daughter of ye Revd Mr John Oxenbridge past of ye First Church in Boston & Wife of Mr Peter Thacher aged 38 years 3 months 25 days was Translated from Earth to Heaven Novr ye 18th 1697".^[8] at the Milton Cemetery^[9]

Theodora's father, John Oxenbridge, is a descendant of Edward III, King of England and Philippa of Hainault.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Cooper, William Durrant, "Oxenbridges of Brede Place, Sussex, and Boston, Massachusetts." London: John Russell Smith, 1860. Access online at Archive.org. Page 11.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Vol. III, pages 293-4, #16, Oxenbridge. Searchable online at Google.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004; Ancestry.com, [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: #467 p.160.
4. ↑ Cooper, Thompson, "Oxenbridge, John" entry in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Vol. 43.
5. ↑ Torrey, Clarence, "New England Marriages Prior to 1700." Accessed online at Ancestry.com: "Thatcher, Peter (bpt Salem 1651-1727 Milton) & 1/wf Theodora Oxenbridge ( - 1697); 2 Nov 1677, 21 Nov 1677; Milton."
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Allen, David. Genealogy, and Biographical Sketches, of the Descendants of Thomas and Anthony Thacher. (Independent Printing House, Vineland, NJ, 1872), accessed online at Archive.org, pages 10-11.
7. ↑ Tyler, Cornelius, comp., Autobiography of William Seymour Tyler, DD, LLD and Related Papers: with a Genealogy of the Ancestors of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Tyler. Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016: page 249, entry for Rev. Peter Thatcher.
8. ↑ Trask, Mr. Wm. B., "Burial Inscriptions, Milton, Mass.", The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, (NEHGS, Boston, 1853). Online at Archive.org, Vol. 7, page 89.
9. ↑ Memorial

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 April 2020), memorial page for Theodora Oxenbridge Thacher (25 Jul 1659–18 Nov 1697), Find a Grave Memorial no. 21147961, citing Milton Cemetery, Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Don Blauvelt (contributor 46932939) .