The Thayer family in America. Nathaniel Thayer came from Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England and settled at Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts in 1660. He was christened 1640 at St. Mary's Church in Thornbury. He married Abigail Harvey, the daughter of William Harvey, shortly after his arrival in America. Nathaniel was the nephew of Richard and Thomas Thayer, the sons of Richard Thayer and Miss Dimery. Richard Thayer, the immigrant of 1641, settled in...

Nathaniel Thayer was christened in 1640 at St. Mary's Church in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England. He and settled at Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts in 1660. He married Abigail Harvey, the daughter of William Harvey, shortly after his arrival in America. Nathaniel was the nephew of Richard Thayer, son of Richard Thayer and Miss Dimery. Richard Thayer, the immigrant of 1641, settled in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, where his brother Thomas...

Walter Cook was born 7 March 1615/6 in Bromyard, Hertfordshire, England. He married Experience and they had four children. He married Catherine Brenton (1628-1690/1) and they had eight children. He emigrated in 1653. He died 5 January 1695/6 in Mendon, Massachusetts. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Twelve generations of the descendants of Humphrey (Hugh) Wheelock (1513-1594/95) of Shropshire, England, are presented here. Ralph Wheelock (generation no. 3), son of John/Joseph, was born in 1600 in Dorrington, Shropshire, England, and died in 1683/84 in Medfield, Massachusetts. He married Rebecca Clarke of Norfolk, England, who died in 1679/80 in Medfield, Massachusetts. They had nine children, two of whom were born in England while the rest...

David Thomson (1592-1628) married in 1613 in England, and immigrated to Massachusetts in the 1620s. Descendants lived in New England, New York, the midwest, and elsewhere.

Benoni Benson (1689-1771), son of Joseph and grandson of immigrant John, married (1) Sarah Thayer about 1710, and (2) Prudence (Smith) White, widow of Joseph White. He lived on a farm near Millville, Mendon, Massachusetts. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, New York, Illinois, Iowa and elsewhere.

Ralph Lucas Thayer was born 5 April 1890 in St. Paul, Minnesota. His parents were Charles Eugene Thayer (1858-1941) and Nettie Ella Lucas (1865-1956). He married Dorothy Burgette (1861-1959) in 1938. He married Jessie G. Lang (1884-1968) in 1962. He has no descendants. Ancestors and relatives lived mainly in England and Massachusetts.

James Sanders was born in about 1643-45. He married Sarah Page, daughter of John Page and Mary Marsh, in 1669. They had eight children. He married Hannah Tewksbury in 1687. They had six children. He died in 1721 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in England, Wales, Ireland, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

William Holbrook of Glastonbury, Sommersetshire, England, and his wife, Edith, had seven children, ca. 1587-ca. 1602. His will was probated in 1626. His son, Thomas Holbrook (ca. 1591-1675), married Jane Powers in 1616. They had six children, 1618-1637. The family emigrated from Glastonbury in 1635 and settled at Weymouth, Massachusetts. Descendants of his grandsons, chiefly some descendants of his grandson, Peter Holbrook (1655-1713), lived in Massachusetts,...

William Hayward (ca.1614-1659) married Margery Knight in 1633, and emigrated from London, England to Massachusetts in 1635, settling in Charlestown in 1637 and in Braintree sometime later. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, New York, Colorado and elsewhere.