Margaret Thayer

1701 - 1749  (47 years)

• Name	Margaret Thayer
  	Father: Benjamin Thayer Mother: Sarah Haywood [1, 6]
  Birth	17 Dec 1701	Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 4, 6]
  Death	22 Oct 1749	Upton, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [4]
  Burial	Aft 22 Oct 1749	Old First Cemetery, Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Old First Cemetery, Upton, Massachusetts   [4]
  	Gravestone of Margaret Wood In Memory of Mrs Margaret, ye wife of Capt. Jonathan Wood who died Oct ye 22, 1749 in ye 48th Year of her Age.
  Person ID, Branch	I24496
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2025

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Captain Jonathan Wood,   b. 2 Nov 1701, Rowley, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 4 Feb 1796, Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 94 years)  Other Partners: Dorothy Brown  m. 15 Dec 1720
  Marriage	15 Dec 1720	Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 2, 5]
  	Marriage Record of Margaret Thayer and Jonathan Wood
  Age at Marriage	She : 19 years - He : 19 years and 1 month.
  Information	The were married by Mr. Joseph Dorr.  [2]
  Children	From 1723 to 1742  [3]
  1. Ezra Wood (c1723-1815) 2. Daniel Wood 3. Jonathan Wood 4. Lois Wood (1740-____) 5. Simeon Wood (1741-____) 6. Unice Wood (1742-____)
  Family ID	F8751	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Margaret Thayer(1701 – 1749) 2 3

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 17 Dec 1701 - Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Marriage - 15 Dec 1720 - Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Death - 22 Oct 1749 - Upton, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Burial - Aft 22 Oct 1749 - Old First Cemetery, Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1011] Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 , (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1920). [S132] Boston, Massachusetts Marriages, 1700-1809, (Provo, Uah: Ancestry.com, 2000). [S74] Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, (New York: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1907). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 41532106 Margaret Thayer Wood. [S188] Holbrook Research Institute, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Marriage Record of Margaret Thayer and Jonathan Wood. [S698] 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).