Joseph Thacher (1744 - 1778)

Born 19 May 1744 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Wheldon) Thacher — married 31 Oct 1765 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 16 Oct 1778 at age 34 in Westchester County, New York, USA

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Biography

Joseph Thacher is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-331204
Rank: Private

Joseph Thacher was born on May 19th 1744 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts. He was born to the parents of Joseph Thacher and Ruth (Hawes) Thacher. It was in Yarmouth he was christened on May 27th, 1744. He married Susannah Wheldon, born May 1, 1742 in Yarmouth. Joseph’s marriage intention is recorded in the Massachusetts town and vital records as having taken place on October 31, 1765 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. The same record also documents that his marriage intention to Susannah was recorded on October 5, 1765 and published the following day. Joseph and Susannah had at least three sons and three daughters from this marriage. During his life he resided in Yarmouth in a house built by his father next to Thomas Lang.

Joseph was a Revolutionary War patriot from Massachusetts. His Revolutionary war service is documented in the book “Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors In The War Of the Revolution” wherein there are three entries attributed to him:

THACHER, JOSEPH, Yarmouth. List of men mustered by Joseph Otis, Muster Mas­ter for Barnstable Co.; Capt. Davis's co., Col. Bradford's regt.; engaged for town of Yarmouth; mustered May 15, 1777; term, 3 years; reported received State bounty.

THACHER, JOSEPH, Yarmouth. Private, Capt. John Lamont's co., Col. Gamaliel Bradford's regt.; return [year not given]; residence, Yarmouth; enlisted for town of Yarmouth ; mustered by County and Continental Muster Masters.

THACHER, JOSEPH, Private, Capt. John Grannis's co.; entered service June 1, 1776; service, 2 mos. 6 days; reported enlisted out Aug. 7, 1776; company stationed at Elizabeth Islands for defence of seacoast. Roll dated Tarpaulin Cove and sworn to in Barnstable Co.

A secondary source of this original record, “Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy” states the following, adding more information. As quoted from page 335:

Thatcher, Joseph, Yarmouth-Return of men raised to serve in Continental Army from Col. Nathaniel Freeman's ( rst Barn­stable County) regiment, dated Sandwich, June 10, 1777; resi­dence Yarmouth; enlisted for town of Yarmouth; joined Capt. Lamont's Co., Col. Bradford's regt., enlistment 3 years; also pri­vate, 5th Co., Col. Bradford's Regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from May 16, 1777, to October 16th, 1778; residence Yarmouth; credited to town of Yarmouth; reputed de­ceased; also Capt. John Lamont's Co., Col. Gamaliel Bradford's (rath) regiment; subsistence allowed from date of enlistment, May 12, 1777, to May 27, 1777; credited with 15 days' allowance; also, same Co. and Regt.; return (year not given); mustered by County and Continental Muster Masters; joined June 26th, 1777; reported sick at Kings Ferry." From an analysis of above record it would seem that the date of his death was either on or subsequent to October 16th, 1778, as he was allowed pay up to that date.

Joseph Thacher died at King's Ferry, Westchester County, New York, while serving in the Revolutionary War. Joseph’s grave is reported to be at Old Burial Cemetery in Kingston, New York.

Children

Mary (Polly), born October 28th, 1766 ; died April --, 1795; married Abial Lovejoy, as his first wife; his second wife was Elizabeth Gray,

Joseph, born February 8th, 1769; died August 30th, 1790, at Yarmouth in his "22nd year," and was buried in Yarmouth, in old burying-ground. Not married.

Ruth Hawes, born August 5th, 1771; died--; married Philip Baker.

Ebenezer, born January 23rd, 1774; died August 22 1786, drowned in Saco River; gravestone in Old Yarmouth Cemetery says he died "in his 13th year." Not married.

Susannah, born June 19th, 1776; died September 28th, 1823; married James Thacher

(?) Jonathan Rawson, born September 25th, 1782; died --, 1800, about, "on the Coast of Guinea” He was not married. (Not likely a child, but mentioned in the Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy)

Sources

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DN-DZ8V : 6 December 2016), Joseph Thacher, 1788; Burial, , , ,, ; citing record ID 171472453, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCH5-1MS : 4 December 2014), Joseph Thacher in entry for Jonathan Thacher, 25 Sep 1782; citing YARMOUTH,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 1589030 IT 1-2.

• “Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850,” Author: Ancestry.com; Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Publisher Date: 2005; Publisher Location: Provo, UT, USA.

• “Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988,” Author: Ancestry.com; Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Publisher Date: 2011; Publisher Location: Provo, UT, USA.

• “Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots,”; Volume: 4; Serial: 12259; Volume: 4 Source Information: Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. Vol. 1-4. Dallas, TX, USA: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987.

• “Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy : Part 1 : Coat-of-Arms.” Record Url: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61157/46155_b290288-00299 Source Information: Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Part XI, Pages 254-255.

• “Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors Of The Revolutionary War. A Compilation From The Archives,” Prepared and Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth; Wright & Potter Printing Co.; 1907. Volume XV, Page 502.

See Also

SAR Patriots Register. Url link: http://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/331204