Sarah (Thayer) Hayward (abt. 1644 - 1695)

Born about 1644 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Hayward — married 6 May 1663 in Braintree, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 27 Aug 1695 at about age 51 in Braintree, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Sarah Thayer was born about 1644 at Braintree, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Thomas Thayer and Hannah Unknown.^[1][2]

The vital records of Braintree include the following entry for the marriage of Sarah and Jonathan Hayward:

Jonathan Hayward & Sarah Thayer were maried 3d mo. 6th 1663, by Peter Brackett^[3]

Since, in the old calendar, March was the first month, this means they were married on May 6, 1663.

Jonathan, William, Samuel, Benjamin, Huldah, Deborah, Sarah, children of Sarah Haward, widow, baptized May 8,1692 and Jonathan, William, Huldah, & Deborah then owned the covenant. "Sarah Haward, widow, child of this Church", admitted to full communion, Mar.13, 1692.^[1]

Sarah Hayward died at Braintree in 1695.^[2]

Research Notes

Sarah's parents are often quoted as being Thomas Thayer and Margery Wheeler. However, there has been much confusion about this family and it is more likely that they are Sarah's grandparents. Her parents would then be Thomas Thayer Jr. and Anna / Hannah. Braintree records don't start until after Sarah was born, but since her joining the Braintree church on May 6, 1692 lists her as a "child of the church" it's very likely she was born in Braintree somewhere between 1640 and 1643. If born in 1642, her father Thomas would have been 20 and her grandfather Thomas 46, making either one a possibility of being her father. It does appear her father Thomas' first child Hannah was born in 1741.

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Sprague, Waldo Chamberlain AB. Including the modern town of Randolph & Holbrook and the city of Quincy, after the separation from Braintree in 1792-3. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Page: 2349, 4874.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Sarah Thayer Hayward Find A Grave: Memorial #44830937
3. ↑ Samuel A. Bates, "Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793," 1886, 717

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8C-75VY : 11 May 2022), Jonathan Hayward and Sarah Thayer, 6 Mar 1663; citing Marriage, Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009769.

• Unmarked Memorial https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44830937/sarah-hayward

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/L8HV-GB9

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Thayer-2260 created through the import of oldweymouth families072011.GED on Jul 5, 2011 by Alyson X. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Alyson and others.

No sources. The events of Sarah's life were either witnessed by Living Large or Living plans to add sources here later.

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

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