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...

James Nash married Alice Higgins in Great Hampden, Buckinghamshire, England in 1633. They settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts sometime before 1641. Includes the first six America generations of the Nash family, as well as information about related families including, among others, Allen, Bates, Belcher, Clapp, Curtis, Drake, Newcomb, Porter, Reed, Sprague, Thayer, Turner and White.

Richard Thayer was born 2 August 1562 in Thornbury, Gloucester, England. His son, Thomas (1596-1665), married Margery Wheeler 13 April 1618 in Thornbury. They had eight children. They emigrated and settled in Braintree, Massachusetts. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts.

Dennis Darling maried Hannah Francis in 1662 in Braintree, Massachusetts. They had ten children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts, New York and Vermont.

Patricia Southcombe was born in 1939 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her parents were Kenneth Arthur Southcombe (1911-1982) and Myrtle Margaret Vokes (1909-1988). Her paternal grandparents were Arthur James Southcombe (1880-1953) and Carolyn L. Cotter (1883-1960). Her paternal great grandparents were Arthur Southcombe (1832-1884), Sarah Ann Long (1860-1881), William Barney Cotter (1856-1931) and Mary Louise Gardner (1859-1926). Ancestors and relatives...

James Felgate (1791-1832), son of James Felgate and grandson of Samuel Felgate, was born in St. Margaret Parish, Ipswich, England, and served in the British army in Canada and Ireland. He married Mary Thompson in 1821, and in 1831 (after 21 years of service) was discharged, and immigrated to Quebec. Descendants (chiefly spelling the surname Filgate) and relatives lived in Quebec, Ontario, Ontario, British Columbia and elsewhere. Some descendants immigrated...

The Brodie family is supposed to have originated in Scotland. The first known ancestor to immigrate to America was Robert Brodie (1754-1823). He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and settled in Charleston, South Carolina. He married Mary North and they were the parents of seven children. Their numerous descendants live throughout the United States. Descendants and relatives lived in Georgia, South Carolina, Ohio, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Texas, Oklahoma,...

John Dean (b.1600), son of William, emigrated (with his brother, Walter Dean, and Walter's wife) from England to Boston, Massachusetts in 1637, later moving to Dorchester, Massachusetts, and then to Taunton, Massachusetts. Descendants lived in New England, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Kansas, Oklahoma, Georgia and elsewhere.

Nathaniel Emmons Bunker was born 4 March 1834 in Maine. His parents were Nahum Bunker and Irene Thayer. He married Elizabeth Bridgham Dunning, daughter of Edwin Dunning and Emily Adeline Bither, 28 December 1866 in Carson City, Nevada. They had six children. He died in 1924 in Modesto, California. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Nevada and California.