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Personal data Agnes Tayer 

• She was born on March 15, 1607 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England.Sources 2, 3, 4, 7, 10
• She was baptized in the year 1607.Source 5
• (Arrival) in the year 1635 in Boston, Massachusetts.Source 6
• She died on June 27, 1650 in Taunton, Bristol, MA, she was 43 years old.Source 3
• She is buried in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA.Source 3
• A child of Richard Thayer and Ursula Alice Dimery

Household of Agnes Tayer

(1) She is married to John Briggs.

They got married on November 11, 1633 at Thornbury, St Marys, Gloucestershire, England, she was 26 years old.Sources 2, 5, 7, 8, 9

Child(ren):

1. John Briggs  1634-1692
2. Katherine Briggs  1637-????
3. Richard Briggs  1638-1692 
4. Joanna Briggs  ± 1639-1685
5. Hugh Briggs  ± 1642-1698 
6. William Briggs  1645-1728 

(2) She is married to William Barton.

They got married on June 27, 1630 at Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, she was 23 years old.

Notes about Agnes Tayer

Per Philip S. Thayer, a descendant of bothe Richard1 and Thomas1 Thayer, with other lines from six Mayflower passengers, three immigrants with royal lines, and a Salem witch,

"The origin of the Thayer family in America and the origin of the name may be more closely related than any speculations known to the writer have brought out. It is now generally agreed that the Thayers of Massachusetts (Braintree and Taunton) are ancestral to most if not all the known Thayers in this country, and are descendants of the brothers Richard and Thomas (of Braintree, and thence Mendon), and their (presumed) nephew, Nathaniel of Taunton. This is well demonstrated in the work of Waldo C. Sprague, available at the Society in manuscript and partially on microfilm. The possible relationship between the brothers and Nathaniel is strengthened by the recent report that the wife of John Briggs of Taunton was Agnes Thayer, believed to be a sister of Richard and Thomas (Richardson, 1983). A fifth possible immigrant is John Tayer of Bloody Point, Maine, in 1635, believed (Noyes, et al, 1976) to be "a brother of Cicely Thayer of Thornbury." No evidence is given for this statement, nor is John credited with any descendants."

15 Mar 1607 Agnis Taire, the daughter of Richard Taire
Godfather - Nicholas Harly; Godmothers - Agnis Grainge, Jone Walker
Record of baptism of Agnes Thayer. New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 60, p284, July 1906

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