Descendant Register of Zachariah Thayer (1686-1755)

Descendant Register, Generation No. 1

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1.	Zachariah Thayer (18th Cousin 3 Times Removed) (Nathaniel Thayer6, Richard Thayer5, Richard Thayer4, Richard Tayer3, John Tayer2, John Tayer1) was born 16 Mar 1686 in Braintree, MA, and died 8 Feb 1755 in Braintree, MA. He married Abigail Seeley 28 May 1735 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, daughter of John Seeley and Sarah Gory. She was born 23 Aug 1703 in Boston, MA, and died 4 May 1790 in Williamburgh, MA. He married Elizabeth Curtis 4 Feb 1717 in Braintree, MA.
	Children of Zachariah Thayer and Abigail Seeley are:   2   i. Ruhannah Thayer was born 4 Mar 1735 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA.   3   ii. Abigail Thayer was born 30 Jun 1739 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA. + 4   iii. Abel Thayer was born 2 Feb 1740 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA, and died 31 Jul 1814 in Williamburgh, MA.   5   iv. Joshua Thayer was born 11 Feb 1740 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA.   6   v. Silence Thayer was born 11 Feb 1744 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA.   7   vi. Enoch Thayer was born 8 Feb 1746.   8   vii. Bethiah Thayer was born 22 Apr 1748 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA.

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Descendant Register, Generation No. 2

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4.	Abel Thayer (Zachariah Thayer7, Nathaniel Thayer6, Richard Thayer5, Richard Thayer4, Richard Tayer3, John Tayer2, John Tayer1) was born 2 Feb 1740 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA, and died 31 Jul 1814 in Williamburgh, MA. He married Dorothy Curtis 5 Apr 1759 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA, daughter of Edward Curtis and Hannah Hayward. She was born 14 Jan 1744 in Stoughton, Norfolk, MA, and died 1827 in Northampton, MA.
	Children of Abel Thayer and Dorothy Curtis are:   9   i. Lucy Thayer was born 30 Mar 1762 in Williamsburgh, Franklin, MA.   10   ii. Prudence Thayer was born 3 Oct 1763.   11   iii. Abigail Thayer was born 12 Sep 1765.   12   iv. Stephen Thayer was born 31 May 1770 in Williamsburg, Hampshire, MA.   13   v. Hannah Thayer was born 25 Sep 1772 in Williamsburg, MA.   14   vi. Abel Thayer was born 6 Apr 1775.   15   vii. Naomi Thayer was born 1 Oct 1779.   16   viii. Obed Thayer was born 30 Mar 1780.   17   ix. Job Thayer was born 6 Aug 1782 in Williamsburg, Hampshire, MA. + 18   x. Murray Thayer was born 6 Jan 1785, and died in Deep Creek, MD.

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Descendant Register, Generation No. 3

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18.	Murray Thayer (Abel Thayer8, Zachariah Thayer7, Nathaniel Thayer6, Richard Thayer5, Richard Thayer4, Richard Tayer3, John Tayer2, John Tayer1) was born 6 Jan 1785, and died in Deep Creek, MD. He married Keziah Barrows 20 Aug 1808 in Williamsburg, Hampshire, MA. She was born 1788 in Amherst, MA, and died 1 Jun 1862. She was buried in Smith Cenetery In Pruntytown, WV.
	Children of Murray Thayer and Keziah Barrows are:   19   i. Eliza Thayer was born 30 Sep 1809. She married John White.   20   ii. Dorothy "Dolly" Thayer was born 31 Aug 1811. She married Isaac Shaffer.   21   iii. Lucy Thayer was born 2 Apr 1814. She married Robinson Glade.   22   iv. Obed Thayer was born 14 Jan 1816.   23   v. John Murray Thayer was born 4 Jun 1818. He married Catherine Bailey. + 24   vi. Orange Wright Thayer was born 14 Aug 1823, and died 20 Jan 1899.   25   vii. Alfred Thayer died in Tuscola, IL. He married Lucinda Frantz.   26   viii. Selah Thayer.   27   ix. Samuel Thayer died in Aurora, WV. He married Margaret Erb.   28   x. Archibald Thayer. He married Abbie Barrows.   29   xi. Mary Thayer. She married Joseph Dewitt.

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Descendant Register, Generation No. 4

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24.	Orange Wright Thayer (Murray Thayer9, Abel Thayer8, Zachariah Thayer7, Nathaniel Thayer6, Richard Thayer5, Richard Thayer4, Richard Tayer3, John Tayer2, John Tayer1) was born 14 Aug 1823, and died 20 Jan 1899. He married Mary Trent 5 Jun 1851 in Allegany, MD. She was born 22 Apr 1832.
	Children of Orange Wright Thayer and Mary Trent are:   30   i. John Oliver Thayer was born 29 Jun 1852.   31   ii. Mary Martha Thayer was born 17 Nov 1853, and died 4 Dec 1867.   32   iii. William Milton Thayer was born 16 Aug 1856, and died 3 Feb 1939.   33   iv. Charles Edward Thayer was born 25 Nov 1858, and died 28 Jan 1862.   34   v. Archibala Thayer was born 26 Oct 1860, and died 22 Feb 1862.   35   vi. Thayer was born 14 Feb 1862, and died 27 Mar 1862. + 36   vii. Thomas Bosley Thayer was born 1 Mar 1863, and died 24 Jan 1904.   37   viii. George Bosley Thayer was born 30 Apr 1865 in Thayerville, and died 11 Sep 1948 in Washington D.C.. He married Liza Jane Smith 17 Apr.   38   ix. Lucy Thayer was born 17 Feb 1867. She married Beckman.   39   x. Daniel Trent Thayer was born 3 Jan 1869.   40   xi. Harry Thayer was born 8 Oct 1874.

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Descendant Register, Generation No. 5

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36.	Thomas Bosley Thayer (Orange Wright Thayer10, Murray Thayer9, Abel Thayer8, Zachariah Thayer7, Nathaniel Thayer6, Richard Thayer5, Richard Thayer4, Richard Tayer3, John Tayer2, John Tayer1) was born 1 Mar 1863, and died 24 Jan 1904. He married Unnamed. He married Alice Liston.
	Children of Thomas Bosley Thayer and Unnamed are: + 41   i. Sadie Pearl Thayer was born Mar 1898 in Garrett Co, MD, and died 1 May 1955 in WV. + 42   ii. Cecil Thayer.   43   iii. Perry Thayer.   44   iv. Wright Thayer was born in Friendsville, and died 7 Mar in Aspinwall, PA. He married Virgie Kitzmiller 15 Aug 1925.   45   v. Elsie Thayer. She married Stotler. Children of Thomas Bosley Thayer and Alice Liston are:   46   i. Orville Thayer.   47   ii. John Thayer.   48   iii. Goldie Thayer. She married Robbins.

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Descendant Register, Generation No. 6

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41.	Sadie Pearl Thayer (Thomas Bosley Thayer11, Orange Wright Thayer10, Murray Thayer9, Abel Thayer8, Zachariah Thayer7, Nathaniel Thayer6, Richard Thayer5, Richard Thayer4, Richard Tayer3, John Tayer2, John Tayer1) was born Mar 1898 in Garrett Co, MD, and died 1 May 1955 in WV. She married Bruce Moyers 10 Jun 1916, son of Allen Moyers and Katherine Glover. He was born 3 Apr 1888, and died 24 Dec 1974 in WV.
	Children of Sadie Pearl Thayer and Bruce Moyers are: + 49   i. Eloise Faith "Gracal" Moyers was born 1 Apr 1920 in Morgantown, WV, and died 12 Apr 2002 in Irving, Texas.   50   ii. William "Bill" Guy Moyer was born 19 Dec 1921.   51   iii. Katherine Moyer.   52   iv. Virginia Lee Moyer. She married Rex Lough Brand. He was born 25 Sep 1914.   53   v. June Moyer.

42.	Cecil Thayer (Thomas Bosley Thayer11, Orange Wright Thayer10, Murray Thayer9, Abel Thayer8, Zachariah Thayer7, Nathaniel Thayer6, Richard Thayer5, Richard Thayer4, Richard Tayer3, John Tayer2, John Tayer1).
	Children of Cecil Thayer are:   54   i. Gloria Thayer.   55   ii. Franklin Thayer.