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- Ferdinando2 (Thomas1) baptized Apr.18,1625 at St. Mary's Church, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England.died Mar.28,1712 at Mendon, Mass. married 1st Jan.14,1652/3 at Braintree, Huldah Hayward, born 163-, probably in England, died Sep.1,1690 at Mendon, dau. of William & Margery (-) Hayward of Braintree.
married 2nd (before 1696) Ann Freebury, probably widow of Nicholas Freeby whom Savage mentions as being at Casco about 1680, or of Richard Friebury Sr. who was taxed at Pemaquid in 1687 (Register Vol. 32-314). No record of her marriage or death is found except in the court records at Boston which give much information on her life in Mendon and the violent domestic quarrel with Ferdinando Thayer and his sons to whom he deeded his property, partly at least to prevent her from acquiring it. (See Records of Supreme Court of Judicature #4657,4845,4703,4727, in Suffolk Co. Court House, Boston). Ann Freeberry (or Freebury) was an "eastern woman", that is, from Maine, probably driven here by the Indian Wars; she was born about 1648 according to her own deposition. She departed from Ferdinando Thayer after 1700, when he made an agreement "to be shaft of her" after she testified he and his sons sold liquor to the Indians and that he had deserved to have his house burnt by the Indians during the War and that it would occur again if he did not stop trafficking with them, that he had tried to starve her by not providing food in the house, etc.
Ferdinando Thayer was one of the original grantees and proprietors of Mendon to which he removed in 1663 but was forced to return to Braintree for several years during King Philip's War (where he and son Jonathan Thayer took the oath of allegiance about 1678 (Vol.29 - Boston Rec. Com. Rep.) when Mendon was abandoned and his house there burnt as we learn from the court records. He was selectman in Mendon 1667-70, 1672,1674, perhaps in 1675, in 1680,1685,1686,1688, surveyor of highways 1682-3,1687. According to the Preserved Smith Thayer Mss. now in possession of a relative in Worcester, his house lot of 40 acres was a little south of the residence (1859) of Alexander H. Allen. It was bounded east on Muddy Brook, south on house lot of John Rockwood, west on house lot of Samuel Hayward, north on house lot of John Gurney. His son Benjamin received all his lands that he had not previously deeded to his other sons, Jonathan, Thomas, Samuel, and Isaac. Ann Thear deposed in court July 1696 aged 48 years (court Rec. #4342) that she saw Ebenezer Thear sell "two quarts od sider" to an Indian. On May 7,1700 "Ferdinando Thear" complained of "the wild words, carriages and actions of my wicked disposed and perverse wife Ann Thear formally an Eastern woman and until my unhappy marriage with her known by the name of Ann Freeberry who hath been endeavoring to ruinate me in respect to my person, name, and estate either by fire in burning my house over my head as she hath lately threatened in so much that I am afraid to live with her", etc., "and that none of my children durst live with me, and I am unable to help myself being almost 80 years old, and by reason of her private conveying of things out of the house my house is left almost destitute of outwards comforts", etc. Depositions were also made by Ebenezer Thayer aged 26, and Martha his wife a.25, and Benjamin Thayer a.20, William Howard a.32, John Rocket a.59, John Bridges a.52, Peter Holbrook a.41.
Children of Ferdinando & Huldah born 1st five at Braintree
1. Sarah May 12,1654, m. Jul.2,1671 (Mendon V.R.) Joseph Stevens who died soon. Her daughter Tryall bapt. Feb.10,1677/8 at Braintree during King Philip's War. She was a widow in Mendon in 1684.
2. Huldah Jun.16,1657 (Boston Returns, in Register Vol.12 p.108), m. Jun.25,1675 at Medfield, Jacob Aldrich (or Aldridge) of Mendon, formerly of Braintree.
3. Jonathan Mar.18,1658, m. Jul.13,1680 at Medfield, Elizabeth French of Braintree. He died 1690 and she m. 2nd about 1692, Benjamin Wheelock Sr. of Mendon (Reg. Vol.12).
4. David Jun.20,1660, died Aug.1,1674
5. Naomi Jan.23,1662/3, m. Apr.16,1684 at Mendon, John Cook.
6. Thomas Feb.14,1664 (Mendon V.R.), m. Oct.28,1687 at Milton, Mary Poole of Weymouth (Reg. Vol.36).
7. Samuel Feb.16,1666 (Mendon V.R.), m. about 1690, Mary Butterworth, dau. of John of Weymouth, Rehoboth and Bristol.
8. Josiah Jan.14,1669, m. 1st Sarah - (not Bass); 2nd Margaret Holbrook, widow of William3.
9. Isaac about 1672, m. 1st Mercy Rockwood; 2nd Mary -; 3rd Hannah (Winter) Peck, widow of Noah.
10. Ebenezer about 1674, m. Jun.13,1695 at Milton, Martha Thompson, dau. of John & Thankful (Woodland) (Reg. Vol.36).
11. David bapt. Jun.17,1677 at Braintree (during King Philip's War), died Aug.29,1678 at Braintree.
12. Benjamin about 1680, m. 1st Sarah Hayward, dau. of Samuel & Mehitable (Thompson) Hayward of Bra. & Mendon; m. 2nd Hannah Hayward, dau. of William & Sarah (Butterworth) Hayward of Bra. & Mendon.
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