Deacon Josiah THACHER

1667 - 1701  (34 years)

• Name	Josiah THACHER  [1, 2, 3]
  	He lived at Yarmouth, his home being on his father's land; he was a deacon in the church, and from 1693 til his death he was a selectman in Yarmouth; he died at yarmouth, May 12th , 1701 (or 1702), "in his 36th year" and was buried in Old Cemetery at Yarmouth.... Deacon Josiah Thacher died intestate and letters of administration were granted unto his widow, Mary, December 1st, 1702. As appears by his inventory, his house was located on the land of his father in Yarmouth. In the settlement of his estate his son, Anthony Thacher, is mentioned as the oldest child. Barnabas Lothrop, Commissioner of Intestate Estates, settled the division of his property; giving to his wife one-third of personal and real estate for life; two (2) parts to eldest son Anthony, and one (1) part each to Elisha, Josiah, Rebecca and Mary; widow's one-third of real estate to go at her death to children of Deacon Josiah Thacher. There proved to be no real estate. Inventory taken September 7th, 1702, L113, 14s., 9d. [1]
  Prefix	Deacon
  Birth	26 Apr 1667	Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts   [1, 3]
  Christening	26 Apr 1667  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 May 1701	Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I74313	Main Tree
  Last Modified	20 May 2020

  
  

  Father	Hon. Colonel John THACHER,   b. 17 Mar 1638/39, Marblehead, Massachusetts d. 08 May 1713, Yarmouth, Massachusetts (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Rebecca WINSLOW,   b. 15 Jul 1643, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 15 Jul 1683, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	06 Nov 1661	Yarmouth, Massachusetts   [1, 3, 4]
  Family ID	F07535	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary HEDGE,   b. Mar 1671, Yarmouth, Massachusetts d. Aft 6 Aug 1727 (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	25 Feb 1690/1	Yarmouth, Massachusetts   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Capt Josiah THACHER,   b. 7 Jul 1701, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts d. 22 Aug 1780, Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut (Age 79 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F30115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 May 2020

  
  

• Sources

  [S7311] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 1911 Vol. 42 No. 2 April. [S5948] Robert Joseph Curfman, "The Paddock Genealogy": Descendants of Robert Paddock of Plymouth Colony, Blacksmith and Constable 1646. [S11479] John R. Totten, THACHER-THATCHER Genealogy, (New York Genealogical and Biographical Society 1910). [S02658] Mayflower Increasings 2nd Edition by Susan E. Roser.