Individual Details
Antony Thacher
(1588/89 - 1667)
Baptised "Anthony" but went by "Antony" his whole life
All children by his first wife died (drowned) in a shipwreck as Antony and his second wife were sailing to Marblehead, Massachusetts from Ipswich, Massachusetts 15 August 1635.
RESIDENCE: Lived in Queen Camel until he came to America on 5 April 1635 on the "James", he arrived in June 1635. He lived first in Ipswich, Massachusetts, then Newbury, Massachusetts, then after the shipwreck in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, then to Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Was a Yarmouth original grantee of 1639 and had a large estate there.
Served as Yarmouth town clerk and town treasurer.
BURIAL: On his estate in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
All children by his first wife died (drowned) in a shipwreck as Antony and his second wife were sailing to Marblehead, Massachusetts from Ipswich, Massachusetts 15 August 1635.
RESIDENCE: Lived in Queen Camel until he came to America on 5 April 1635 on the "James", he arrived in June 1635. He lived first in Ipswich, Massachusetts, then Newbury, Massachusetts, then after the shipwreck in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, then to Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Was a Yarmouth original grantee of 1639 and had a large estate there.
Served as Yarmouth town clerk and town treasurer.
BURIAL: On his estate in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Events
Birth | 1588/89 | Queen Camel, Somerset, England | |||
Marriage | Bef 1620 | England - Mary ? | |||
Marriage | 1635 | England - Elizabeth Jones | |||
Death | 1667 | ||||
Burial | Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts |
Families
Spouse | Elizabeth Jones ( - ) |
Child | Col. John Thacher (1639 - 1713) |
Child | Judah Thacher ( - 1676) |
Child | Bethia Thacher ( - 1725) |
Spouse | Mary ? ( - 1634) |
Child | Willliam Thacher (1620 - 1635) |
Child | Edith Thacher (1622 - 1635) |
Child | Mary Thacher ( - 1635) |
Child | Peter Thacher ( - 1635) |
Child | Benjamin Thacher (1634 - 1639) |
Father | Rev. Peter Thatcher (1545 - 1624) |
Sibling | Rev. Peter Thatcher (1587 - 1641) |
Sibling | John Thatcher (1590 - 1653) |
Sibling | Giles Thatcher (1591 - 1602) |
Sibling | Thomas Thatcher ( - 1650) |
Endnotes
1. The American Historical Society, Inc., New England Families, Rhode Island Edition 1928 (1928).
2. The American Historical Society, Inc., New England Families, Rhode Island Edition 1928 (1928).