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died [Aug.15,1889 at Holbrook? a.78-8-17] [May have been erased].

He was a bootmaker, had town aid from Braintree in 1846 and later, paid by Randolph in 1848, aid from Randolph 1865-71, and 1872 and later by Town of Holbrook. Under his account in 1884 was aid to William Thayer, and paid to Town of Abington for digging a grave. He was a boot maker in 1850 at Braintree Highlands

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He was a Revolutionary soldier and was a pensioner in Hillsboro County, N.H. in 1832.

He applied for a pension in Jan.1833 a.71, of Lyndeboro, N.H., says he was in Capt. Ebenezer Thayer's Co. 1776, resided in Braintree until 1811 when he removed to Windsor, Vt. for 6 years, then at Amherst, N.H., near 4 years, then to Merrimack about 1 year, to Dunstable about 1 year, to Amherst about 3 years, then to Lyndeboro where he has been for 6 years. Says he was born Apr.10,1761 as in his family bible. Asa Copeland made a deposition that Jonathan Thayer was a blacksmith at Castle Island boring cannon spiked by the British. In 1838 Betsey Thayer applied for a pension, aged 77, of Lyndeboro, and that Jonathan Thayer died Nov.10,1836 at Lyndeboro, etc. (W.16767). While in Braintree he resided near his father on Washington St. south of Frederick Road, in the Revere house (where Paul Revere (Jr.) lived later, on part now known as the Hollingsworth estate. No settlement of his estate is recorded but Benjamin C. White of Claremont, N.H., a son in law was made administrator of her estate Sep.3,1844 (Hillsboro Co. N.H. Probate 09265).
When she died Jan.22,1840 she left six children Barnabas Thayer, Beulah Holbrook, Ludo Thayer, Joel Thayer, Betsey Damon and Lavinia F. White.

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Note H2910 Index

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S.P.22-775: Hannah Stevens of Braintree "widdow" made administrator of her husband Nathaniel Stevens late of Roxbury, deceased, feltmaker, Dec.7,1722

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a.15mo., gs. Elm St. Cem. (Sep.8, town record).

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He removed from the homestead on Elm St. to the South Precinct, now Holbrook about 1740 and was admitted then to the So. Precinct Church 1752 by letter.
No settlement of the estate is on record.
He was elected hogreave 1727, fenceviewer 1730, tithingman 1735,1743, surveyor of highways 1747 (in So. Precinct), constable 1755 but was excused from it
2nd wife

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died young

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(he dropped the name Thayer in 1819 and resumed it in 1844)
Resided in Bangor, Maine.

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Resided in Fall River.
B.T. p.214: Joseph Henry Jackson Thayer m. 1866, Ann Houghton. Res. Portland, Cumberland, Me. & had Henry Houghton Thayer b.1867.

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b. Nov.31, (sic) 1713 (prob. Nov.13)
died - (alive 1784).
Resided on North St., Randolph, east side within a few feet of Braintree line, and sold his homestead there in 1784 to his sons Timothy and Seth. Seth sold his half interest to Timothy Thayer in 1793 (S.D. 177-8 & 10).
He was elected constable 1753 but excused from it, surveyor of highways 1756 (in So. Precinct), 1758 but excused from it, and was on the Committee of Public Affairs 1774.

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m. "Julia Ann Woodhull"