 1665 - 1740 (75 years)
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| Name |
Samuel Thaxter |
| Prefix |
Col. |
| Born |
6 August 1665 |
Hingham, MA  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
13 November 1740 |
Hingham, MA [1] |
| Notes |
- “Samuel’s death is noticed on the Hingham records as follows: ‘Hon. Samuel Thaxter, late one of His Majesties Council and Colonel of this Regiment, being in the 76 yr of his age, dyed.’ Col. Thaxter was a man of marked ability, and one of Hingham’s most prominent and influential citizens; magistrate; delegate to the General Court 1697, and from 1708 to 1712 inc., also from 1711 to 1718 inc.; an assistant, and otherwise distinguished in pulic posts; selectman 1695, 1705, 1706, and 1717. Resided on the paternal homestead, North St.” [1]
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| Person ID |
I380 |
Schirado |
| Last Modified |
8 January 2003 |
| Father |
Lieut. John Thaxter, b. 1626, England , d. 14 March 1686/7, Hingham, MA (Age 61 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Jacob, b. about 1634, d. 24 November 1725, Hingham, MA (Age ~ 91 years) |
| Married |
4 December 1648 |
Hingham, MA [1] |
| Family ID |
F251 |
Family Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family/Spouse |
Hannah Gridley, b. 19 April 1671, Boston, MA , d. 26 January 1756, Hingham, MA (Age 84 years) |
| Married |
29 December 1691 [1] |
| Children |
| + | 1. Elizabeth Thaxter, b. 18 September 1693, Hingham, MA , d. 11 January 1762, Hingham, MA (Age 68 years) |
| + | 2. John Thaxter, b. 6 January 1693/4, Hingham, MA , d. 6 April 1733, Hingham, MA (Age 39 years) |
| + | 3. Samuel Thaxter, b. 8 October 1695, Hingham, MA , d. 4 December 1732, Hingham, MA (Age 37 years) |
| | 4. Sarah Thaxter |
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| Family ID |
F288 |
Family Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S12] George Lincoln, et al., (published by the Town of Hingham, 1893).
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