Nathaniel Thayer

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Rev. Nathaniel Thayer (July 11, 1769 - June 23, 1840) was born in Hampton, New Hampshire, the son of Rev. Ebenezer Thayer (1734-1792) and Martha Cotton (1739-1809). Nathaniel Thayer's maternal grandfather was the Rev. John Cotton of Newton, MA (b. 1694). Thayer died in Rochester, New York while journeying for pleasure & improvement of his health, to the falls at Niagara on a trip for health reasons. [1]

Thayer graduated from Harvard College in 1789 and was a tutor there from 1792-1793. On October 22, 1795 he married Sarah Parker Toppan (1775-1857), daughter of Christopher Toppan and Sarah Parker; by whom he had eight children. Thayer was ordained junior pastor of a Congregational meeting house in Lancaster, Massachusetts on October 9, 1793, and served as a Unitarian minister at Lancaster for forty-seven years. Thayer received his Doctor of Divinity degree from Harvard in 1817.

[edit] Children

Children of Nathaniel Thayer and Sarah Toppan; all born in Lancaster, MA

  • Sarah "Sally" Toppan THAYER (Aug 21, 1796 - Dec 20, 1831)
  • Martha THAYER (Apr 5, 1798 - )
  • Mary Ann THAYER (Apr 13, 1800 - )
  • John Elliott THAYER (Aug 23, 1803 - Sep 29, 1857)
  • Christopher Toppan THAYER (Jun 25, 1805 - )
  • Nathaniel THAYER Jr (Sep 11, 1808 - Mar 7, 1883)
  • Abigail THAYER (Oct 1, 1812 - Dec 11, 1834)

[edit] Bibliography

  • A discourse, delivered January 27, 1830, at the ordination of Rev. Christopher T. Thayer, to the pastoral care of the first parish in Beverly, MA. Salem: Foote & Brown, 1830; 36 pp.
  • The preaching and practice of the apostles recommended as a model for the ministers of Christ: a sermon preached at the ordination of the Rev. Elihu Whitcomb, as pastor of the Christian Society in Pepperellborough, on the 3d. of July, 1799; Printed at Portland [Me.] by B. Titcomb, 1799. 22pp
  • A sermon delivered at Lancaster...Dec. 29, 1816; Worcester, 1817
  • A discourse, pronounced before His Excellency John Brooks, esq., governor, His Honor William Phillips, esq., lieutenant governor, the honorable council, and the two houses, composing the Legislature of Massachusetts, on the anniversary election, May 28, 1823; Boston, Printed by order of the legislature, 1823; 24 pp.
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