The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

Thayer · ◉ direct ancestor

⚭ Married more than once

♂Noah Thayer

Born 1745, Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Noah Thayer (born 11 July 1745) was a man of Braintree, Massachusetts, whose daughter Mary was born there on 2 January 1770. He was the fifth great-grandfather of Nancy Jane Blanchard (1929–2006) by two separate lines of descent, both through his daughter Mary Thayer (1770–1827).

He is known from the Braintree register of births, which enters “Mary Thayer, the Daughter of Noah Thayer & Mary his wife born January 2d. 1770”. Braintree had several men named Noah in those years, but on the town records only one fits: Noah Thayer 2d, born at Braintree on 11 July 1745, a son of Hezekiah Thayer and his wife Christian. The others are ruled out. A Noah whose wife was named Margaret had a daughter in May 1769, and his son Noah Jr. was born in 1755. The identification rests on the town records alone. On 3 April 1769, nine months before Mary’s birth, a Noah Thayer “of Castle William” married Mary Lyon “of Governors Island” at the New South Church in Boston; the printed Boston marriages of 1752 to 1809 hold no other Noah Thayer.

He married again on 6 April 1771, to Eunice Allen of Wrentham, and their son Obadiah Allen Thayer, born 3 July 1772, is entered in the register directly after Mary. The Noah Thayer whom the town register records as dying “with a Consumption” on 3 December 1790 was not this man but the elder Noah, whose will of that September left his estate to his wife Margaret and their eight children. When this Noah died is not yet known.

Lines of descent

His daughter Mary married Nicholas Blanchard at Weymouth in 1789 and moved with him to Maine. Two of her grandchildren, first cousins, later married each other, so that their son Wesley Blanchard (1844–1908) descended from Noah Thayer through both parents.

Family time line

◉ Noah Thayer 1745– ⚭
1st spouse◉ Mary Lyon
Married 3 Apr 1769, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
◉ Mary Thayer 1770–1827
2nd spouseEunice Allen
Married 3 Sep 1771, Wrentham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Wrentham, Massachusetts Bay Colony
○ Obadiah Allen Thayer 1772–

Recorded events

EventWhenWhereEvidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read
from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so
not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet
Birth 11 Jul 1745 Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America on record
Living at 2 Jan 1770 Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America on record
17451770 17501760

Sources

  • Bates, Samuel A., ed. Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793 (Randolph, Mass., 1886), births and deaths pp. 632-633 and 819 (archive.org recordsoftownofb00brai) — Birth, about this person, family with Eunice Allen, Marriage Bann (Eunice Allen)
  • Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793 (Bates, 1886) - births: Mary Thayer, daughter of Noah Thayer & Mary, 2 Jan 1770 — Living at, about this person, family with Mary Lyon
  • Chamberlain, History of Weymouth, Massachusetts (Weymouth Historical Society, 1923), vol. 3 - BLANCHARD no. 27, Nicholas x Mary Thayer — family with Mary Lyon
  • A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (Boston Record Commissioners vol. 30, City Document No. 101, 1903) — Marriage (Mary Lyon)
  • Baldwin, Thomas W., comp. Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, vol. II (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1910) — Marriage (Eunice Allen)

Borders as they stood about 1763, from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.

Line of descent

  1. Hezekiah Thayer
    1. Nathaniel Thayer 1658–1728
      1. Richard Thayer 1625–1695
        1. Richard Thayer 1601–bef 1668
          1. Richard Thayer 1562–
            1. Johannes Tawier
              1. John Tawier –1561
              2. Constance (surname unknown) –1562
            2. Mary (surname unknown) –1611
          2. Ursula Dimery 1568–1627
            1. Thomas Dimery 1530–1578
            2. Marian Gayner 1538–1578
        2. Dorothy Martimore –1641
          1. William Martimore –1626
          2. not yet known
      2. Dorothy Pray –1705
        1. Quinton Pray abt 1595–1667
          1. Robert Pray 1565–1635
          2. Unknown Pray 1565–
        2. Joan (surname unknown)
          1. Richard Valliance 1569–1612
          2. Margaret Peckham 1571–1638
            1. Symon Peckham 1547–1599
            2. not yet known
    2. Hannah Hayden
      1. John Hayden
        1. John Hayden
        2. Susanna (surname unknown)
      2. Hannah Ames 1641–
        1. William Ames –1654
          1. John Ames
          2. Christian Browne 1583–1625
        2. Hannah (surname unknown)
  2. Christian Aspinall 1704–
    1. John Aspinall
    2. Christian Ager
      1. Jonathan Ager 1639–1718
        1. William Ager 1609–1654
        2. Alice (surname unknown) 1610–
      2. Rebecca Hyde 1644–1710
        1. Richard Hyde 1615–1687
        2. not yet known

Descendants

  1. Mary Thayer 1770–1827
    1. Leonard Blanchard 1791–
    2. Belinda Blanchard 1792–
    3. Mary Blanchard 1793–
    4. Matilda Blanchard 1795–
    5. Noah Blanchard 1797–1875
      1. Martha L. Blanchard 1818–1893
        1. Leonard Blanchard Bangs 1855–1925 ⚭
      2. Joseph Knapp Blanchard 1820–1885
        1. Adaline Blanchard 1841–1861
        2. Wesley Blanchard 1844–1908 ⚔
        3. Frank Leroy Blanchard 1858–1936
        4. Minnie M. Blanchard 1860–1891
        5. Ida Alice Blanchard 1868–1900
      3. Mary Thair Blanchard 1823–1905
        1. Loren Lewis Brewster 1844–1933
        2. Nancy B. Brewster 1846–1869
        3. Maria Brewster 1847–1918
        4. James Densmore Brewster 1850–1925 ⚭
        5. Melissa Brewster 1852–1853 ✧
        6. Morris B. Brewster 1854–
        7. May P. Brewster 1858–1863 ✧
        8. Myrtle Winfred Brewster 1862–1956
        9. Eugenie Cleona Brewster 1865–1941
        10. Dellila Brewster 1868–1899
      4. Lydia Blanchard 1824–1875
        1. William L. Pottle abt 1848–1872
        2. Manley B. Pottle abt 1851–1917
        3. Addie E. Pottle 1853–1913
        4. Almer W. Pottle 1859–1897
        5. Noah B. Pottle 1861–1891
      5. Noah Blanchard 1826–1896
        1. Leroy W. Blanchard abt 1857–
        2. Amos E. Blanchard abt 1860–
        3. Grant S. Blanchard 1864–1941
      6. Morris Barnes Blanchard 1828–1874
        1. Juliette Blanchard abt 1857–1950
      7. Eunice Knapp Blanchard 1831–1856
      8. Nicholas Hovey Blanchard 1833–1910
        1. Alexander Blanchard 1856–1921
        2. Edgar Hovey Blanchard 1858–1927
        3. William Sherman Blanchard 1866–1908
      9. Leonard Blanchard 1837–1922
        1. Irvin Blanchard abt 1866–
        2. Addie E. Blanchard 1867–1948 ⚭
        3. Emma F. Blanchard 1869–1942
        4. Alice Blanchard 1871–1871 ✧
        5. Frederick Bucknam Blanchard 1875–1958 ⚭
      10. Sarah Hovey Blanchard 1840–1904
        1. Charles Nicholas McDonald 1866–1951
        2. Clarence McDonald 1869–
        3. Willis McDonald 1871–
        4. Henry Temple McDonald 1872–1951
        5. Walter Ross McDonald 1875–1955
      11. Cordelia A. Blanchard abt 1843–1874
    6. Alexander Blanchard 1799–1850 ⚭
      1. Mary Ann Blanchard abt 1823–
      2. Elizabeth Trueworthy Blanchard 1825–1884
        1. Adaline Blanchard 1841–1861
        2. Wesley Blanchard 1844–1908 ⚔
        3. Frank Leroy Blanchard 1858–1936
        4. Minnie M. Blanchard 1860–1891
        5. Ida Alice Blanchard 1868–1900
      3. Alexander Blanchard 1828–
      4. Marcellus Blanchard 1831–
      5. Horatio Nelson Blanchard 1834–1863
      6. Leonard Blanchard 1841–1841 ✧
      7. Leonard Wesley Blanchard 1843–
      8. Wilbur Fiske Blanchard 1845–1846 ✧
      9. Sarah Wilder Blanchard 1846–1847 ✧
    7. Allen Blanchard 1801–1893
      1. William Rideout Blanchard 1828–1887
      2. Emeline Blanchard 1831–1857
      3. Ira Blanchard 1833–1907
      4. Allen William Blanchard 1837–1909
        1. Infant Blanchard 1860–
        2. Flora J. Blanchard 1861–1948
        3. Bryseno E. Blanchard 1864–1933
        4. Oramendel Blanchard 1866–1948 ⚭
        5. Emeline Blanchard 1869–1933
        6. William R. Blanchard 1871–
        7. Ethel M. Blanchard 1879–
      5. Dexter Blanchard 1841–1883
        1. Ardell N. Blanchard 1874–1923
        2. Alexander Blanchard 1876–1957 ⚭
        3. Effie Blanchard 1878–1960 ⚭
        4. Bertha F. Blanchard 1881–1953 ⚭
    8. Sarah Blanchard 1801–
    9. Nancy Blanchard 1804–1850
    10. Ira Blanchard 1807–
      1. Clara Blanchard abt 1834–
      2. Mary Thayer Blanchard 1836–1918 ⚭
        1. John C. Fraser 1855–1870 ✧
        2. James B. Fraser 1857–1892 ⚭
        3. Laura Frances Fraser 1860–1929
        4. George Lyons Fraser 1861–1929
        5. Clementine Fraser 1865–1894
      3. Hannah Blanchard abt 1838–
      4. Arvesta Blanchard abt 1840–
      5. Matilda W Blanchard 1843–1931
        1. Everett Ellsworth Fisher 1861–1935
        2. Ira Elton Fisher 1863–1924
      6. Ira Blanchard abt 1844–
      7. Sarah Blanchard abt 1848–
    11. Eliza Blanchard 1807–
    12. Lydia Blanchard 1810–
    13. Nicholas Blanchard 1811–
      1. Loren Blanchard abt 1844–
      2. Emma Amelia Blanchard abt 1859–
      3. Emerson Blanchard –1920
      4. Alphonzo Blanchard –1895
  2. Obadiah Allen Thayer 1772–