Elijah
Thayer
Born in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of John Thayer
and Rebecca (French) Thayer
Brother of
Benjamin Thayer, Obadiah Thayer, Micah Thayer, Richard Thayer, Abiah Thayer and Simeon Thayer
Husband of
Hannah Hayden
— married
18 May 1765 in Braintree, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Husband of
Elinor Thayer
— married
11 May 1790 in Braintree, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay
[children unknown]
Died
at age 86
in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jan 2015
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Biography
Elijah Thayer was born 16 July 1736, son of John Thayer and Rebecca (not Dependence) French; he married first 18 May 1765 Hannah Hayden (mother of his children) who died before 1790; he married second 11 May 1790 Elinor Thayer.[1]
Research notes
Note that the Memorial of the Thayer name incorrectly gives Dependence French as Elijah's mother.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Sprague, Waldo Chamberlain. Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, MA. 1640-1850 (2001). Numbers 1073, 2334, 4631, 4654, 4670.
- ↑ Bezaleel Thayer, Memorial of the Thayer Name Oswego, NY: R.J. Oliphant (1874), p 27, 57
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I've added the Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, which is more current than the Thayer Memorial. I'd like to update the death info and the parent info in the bio to align with Sprague. Any objections?