Margaret Thayer1

F, (17 December 1701 - 22 October 1749)
Father-Biological*Benjamin Thayer1
Mother-Biological*Sarah Haywood1
Last Edited=11 May 2024
Gravestone of Margaret Wood
     Margaret Thayer was born on 17 December 1701 at Mendon, Massachusetts.1,2,3 She was the daughter of Benjamin Thayer and Sarah Haywood.1

Margaret Thayer, age 18, married Captain Jonathan Wood, age 19 , son of Captain Ebenezer Wood and Rachel Nichols, on 15 December 1720 at Mendon, Massachusetts, by Mr. Joseph Dorr.

Children:
1. Ezra Wood (c1723-1815)
2. Daniel Wood
3. Jonathan Wood
4. Lois Wood (1740-____)
5. Simeon Wood (1741-____)
6. Unice Wood (1742-____.)1,4,5


Margaret Thayer died on 22 October 1749 at Upton, Massachusetts, at age 47.2 She was buried at Old First Cemetery, Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Margaret's epitaph reads:

In Memory of
Mrs Margaret, ye
wife of Capt.
Jonathan Wood
who died Oct ye
22, 1749 in ye
48th Year of
her Age.2


Citations

  1. Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1920.
  2. Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/
  3. Thayer, Bezaleel. Memorial of the Thayer Name, From the Massachusetts Colony of Weymouth and Braintree, Embracing Genealogical and Biographical Sketches of Richard & Thomas Thayer and Their Descendants, From 1636 to 1874. Oswego, New York: R. J. Oliphant, 1847.
  4. Boston, Massachusetts Registry Department. Boston Marriages from 1752-1809. Volume 2. Boston: Municipal Print, 1903.
  5. Holbrook Research Institute. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2011.