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Eara Taft BENSON's Ancestry
THAYER Family


Created 24 March 2010


Josiah THAYER.
and 1st
Sarah BASS
and 2nd
Margaret FAIRBANKS

Josiah was born 14 June 1668 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts and married 7 January 1690 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, Sarah BASS, the daughter of Thomas BASS and Sarah WOOD. She was born 28 October 1673 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts and died berore 6 June 1719 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.

He married second 6 June 1719 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, Margaret FAIRBANKS, the daughter of Captain George FAIRBANKS and Mary ADAMS; widow of William HOLBROOK. She was born 27 June 1664 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts and died after 1731 in , , Massachusetts. They had 3 children Mary Holbrook born 18 December 1684; Margaret Holbrook born 28 July 1687; and William Holbrook born 28 March 1693.

Josiah died 27 February 1728 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Ninth child of Ferdinando and Huldah Thayer.
According to Judge Melcher of Poston Probate Court, Josiah's estate was divided and settled among his children: Josiah of New Sherburne, Jonathan (a physician), David (a minor who chose his kinsman Jacob Adrich for his guarfdian), Sarah (wife of Benone Benson), Bathsheba (wife of James Linsley), Rebecca 9wife of Charles Sherlock), and Miriam (wife of Isaac Thayer)

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CHILDREN of Josiah THAYER and Sarah BASS:

 +  1. SARAH                       b: 25 May 1691; Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.
                                  md:        1711; Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.
                                                   Benoni BENSON Sr.
                                   d: 20 Jun 1739; Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    2. DAVID                       b:  4 Jun 1694; Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.
                                   d:    Bef 1710; Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    3. JOSIAH                      b:  4 Jun 1694; Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.
                                  md:  1 Jan 1718; Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.
                                                   Elizabbeth KEITH
                                  md:        1730; of Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.
                                                   Esther KEITH
                                   d: Bf May 1741; Sherborn, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    4. SUSANNAH                    b: 13 Sep 1696; Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.
                                  md:    Abt 1715; Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.
                                                   Jacob ALDRICH
                                  md:    Abt 1726; of Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.
                                                   Nathaniel FAIRBANKS
                                   d: 16 Jun 1735; , , Massachusetts.
 +  5. MARIAM                      b:  3 Jun 1698; Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.
                                  md: 18 May 1716; Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
                                                   Isaac THAYER Jr.
                                   d:    Bef 1751; Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    6. JONATHAN                    b: 28 Feb 1702; Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.
                                  md: 21 Feb 1723; Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
                                                   Elizabeth SIMPSON/SIMPKINS/ALDEN
                                   d: 14 Jun 1746; Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
    7. REBECCA                     b: 29 Jul 1704; Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.
                                  md: 25 Feb 1719; Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts. 
                                                   Charles SHERBROOK
                                  md: 20 May 1728; Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.
                                                   Nathaniel MILLARD
                                   d:    Aft 1754; , Worcester, Massachusetts.
    8. BATHSHEBA                   b: 10 Sep 1706; Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.
                                  md:    Abt 1727; of Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.
                                                   James LINSEY/lINDSEY/LINDSLEY
    9. DAVID                       b:  6 Mar 1710; Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.
                                  md: 30 Dec 1729; Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.
                                                   Jane KEITH
                                  md:    Abt 1735; Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.
                                                   Hannah _______
                                  md:        1752; Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.
                                                   Rebecca WILLIAMS
                                   d:        1780; Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.

CHILDREN of Josiah THAYER and Margaret FAIRBANKS:

    0. NONE KNOWN                  b:            ; , , .
Back to Ferdinando THAYER's Family Page.
Back to Thomas BASS' Family Page.
Back to George FAIRBANKS' Family Page.
Gack to Ezra Taft BENSON's Pedigree Chart.
Back to Ezzekiel JOHNSON's Pedigree Chart.

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