Cornelius
Thayer
aka Tayer
Born before in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Richard Thayer Jr.
and Dorothy (Mortimore) Thayer
Brother 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 Abigail Thayer [half]
Died
after age 22
in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Nov 2014
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Biography
Cornelius Thayer was baptized at St. Mary's Church, Thornbury, Gloucestshire, England, December 10, 1640.[1]
The very legible parish register listed his father as Robert Tayer (or Thayer, the spellings are considered interchangeable), not Richard Thayer [2]
Weighed against this are two factors:
- No record of a Robert Thayer is found in Thornbury (marriage or baptism) that would provide such a father, see Stott and other sources from parents of this profile
- Cornelius' 1663 probate in Massachusetts listed Richard & Zachariah, executors of his estate, explicitly as his brothers[3]
On balance, it seems most likely Cornelius was a son of Richard & Dorothy; very possibly her death about a month after his birth was related to childbirth.
Sources
- ↑ 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 pages 1518-19 via American Ancestors $Subscription
- ↑ Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813 Thornbury 1684-1736 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/4732/images/41511_636897_1964-00540 free image from ancestry.com
- ↑ The New England historical and genealogical register by New England Historic Genealogical Society Publication date 1874 Vol 12. p. 54 "Suffolk Wills
See Also
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 November 2018), memorial page for Cornelius Thayer (10 Dec 1640–25 Jun 1663), Find A Grave: Memorial #74934285, citing North Weymouth Cemetery, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Lawrence H. Grunert (contributor 46831293) .
Acknowledgements
- This person was created through the import of thayer jan11.ged on 05 January 2011 by Allan Morton.
- Thayer-2966 was created by Margie Bernard through the import of The Burton _ Marjorie Tollas B.ged on Nov 1, 2014.
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M Cole
Tayer-8 and Thayer-2966 appear to represent the same person because: same birth dates. Thayer is the more commonly used spelling
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