Parents: Gideon and Maribah (Wilcox) Thayer. Husband of: 1. Phoebe (Harris) Thayer (married: February 7, 1809), and 2. Rebecca (Thomas) Thayer (married: 1817).
SOURCE: Biographical Review of the Leading Citizens of Livingston and Wyoming Counties New York
Boston, Biographical Review Publishing Company, 1895
Willard THAYER, son of Gideon, was born in 1784, and came to Wyoming County, New York, in 1807. He was married twice, his first wife being Miss Phoebe HARRIS (NOTE - Phoebe HARRIS THAYER died March 23, 1817 at age 28) who was the mother of four children – Isaac; Linus W.; Mary (Mercy); and Israel, who was accidentally drowned in the Mississippi River in early youth. The second Mrs. THAYER was before marriage, Rebecca THOMAS. Of the seven children she bore her husband, only one, William F., is now living. Mrs. Rebecca THAYER died March 12, 1817 (NOTE - CORRECTION - Rebecca THAYER died in 1873 at age 83), aged twenty-eight. Her husband lived to the age of seventy-nine, dying on March 23, 1862. He was an arbiter and counselor among the farmers of the neighborhood, who had great faith in his judgment and impartiality.
NOTE: See Find-a-Grave memorial number 73590592 for daughter Mercy (Thayer) Lucas.
SOURCE: Biographical Review of the Leading Citizens of Livingston and Wyoming Counties New York
Boston, Biographical Review Publishing Company, 1895
Willard THAYER, son of Gideon, was born in 1784, and came to Wyoming County, New York, in 1807. He was married twice, his first wife being Miss Phoebe HARRIS (NOTE - Phoebe HARRIS THAYER died March 23, 1817 at age 28) who was the mother of four children – Isaac; Linus W.; Mary (Mercy); and Israel, who was accidentally drowned in the Mississippi River in early youth. The second Mrs. THAYER was before marriage, Rebecca THOMAS. Of the seven children she bore her husband, only one, William F., is now living. Mrs. Rebecca THAYER died March 12, 1817 (NOTE - CORRECTION - Rebecca THAYER died in 1873 at age 83), aged twenty-eight. Her husband lived to the age of seventy-nine, dying on March 23, 1862. He was an arbiter and counselor among the farmers of the neighborhood, who had great faith in his judgment and impartiality.
NOTE: See Find-a-Grave memorial number 73590592 for daughter Mercy (Thayer) Lucas.
Parents: Gideon and Maribah (Wilcox) Thayer. Husband of: 1. Phoebe (Harris) Thayer (married: February 7, 1809), and 2. Rebecca (Thomas) Thayer (married: 1817).
SOURCE: Biographical Review of the Leading Citizens of Livingston and Wyoming Counties New York
Boston, Biographical Review Publishing Company, 1895
Willard THAYER, son of Gideon, was born in 1784, and came to Wyoming County, New York, in 1807. He was married twice, his first wife being Miss Phoebe HARRIS (NOTE - Phoebe HARRIS THAYER died March 23, 1817 at age 28) who was the mother of four children – Isaac; Linus W.; Mary (Mercy); and Israel, who was accidentally drowned in the Mississippi River in early youth. The second Mrs. THAYER was before marriage, Rebecca THOMAS. Of the seven children she bore her husband, only one, William F., is now living. Mrs. Rebecca THAYER died March 12, 1817 (NOTE - CORRECTION - Rebecca THAYER died in 1873 at age 83), aged twenty-eight. Her husband lived to the age of seventy-nine, dying on March 23, 1862. He was an arbiter and counselor among the farmers of the neighborhood, who had great faith in his judgment and impartiality.
NOTE: See Find-a-Grave memorial number 73590592 for daughter Mercy (Thayer) Lucas.
SOURCE: Biographical Review of the Leading Citizens of Livingston and Wyoming Counties New York
Boston, Biographical Review Publishing Company, 1895
Willard THAYER, son of Gideon, was born in 1784, and came to Wyoming County, New York, in 1807. He was married twice, his first wife being Miss Phoebe HARRIS (NOTE - Phoebe HARRIS THAYER died March 23, 1817 at age 28) who was the mother of four children – Isaac; Linus W.; Mary (Mercy); and Israel, who was accidentally drowned in the Mississippi River in early youth. The second Mrs. THAYER was before marriage, Rebecca THOMAS. Of the seven children she bore her husband, only one, William F., is now living. Mrs. Rebecca THAYER died March 12, 1817 (NOTE - CORRECTION - Rebecca THAYER died in 1873 at age 83), aged twenty-eight. Her husband lived to the age of seventy-nine, dying on March 23, 1862. He was an arbiter and counselor among the farmers of the neighborhood, who had great faith in his judgment and impartiality.
NOTE: See Find-a-Grave memorial number 73590592 for daughter Mercy (Thayer) Lucas.
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