Born in Braintree, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Zachariah Thayer
and Lydia (Pray) Thayer
Wife of
Peter Dyer
— married
29 Jun 1777 (to 9 Feb 1795) in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Isaac Dyer and Jacob Dyer
Died
at age 38
in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Aug 2019
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Biography
Thankful was born in 1756. She was the daughter of Zachariah Thayer and Lydia Pray. She passed away in 1795.
Sources
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 August 2019), memorial page for Thankful Thayer Dyer (11 May 1756–12 Feb 1795), Find A Grave: Memorial #27019984, citing Dyer Hill Cemetery, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Carol Bestick (contributor 46991759) .
- Sprague, Waldo Chamberlain. Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, MA. 1640-1850 (2001) Numbers: 1483, 4683.
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 28 March 2019, 17:37), entry for Thankful Thayer(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K6SY-W46); contributed by various users.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thankful by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thankful:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thankful by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thankful:
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~0.78%
Valerie Nichols
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member vastlimi
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~0.78%
Gordon Faust :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Betty (Ruggles) Tolias :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Albert Denison :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member denisonancestry
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