Peter Oxenbridge Thacher (1752–1802) was a Congregationalist minister in Massachusetts.
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| Born | Peter Oxenbridge Thacher March 21, 1752 Milton, Massachusetts |
| Died | December 16, 1802 (aged 50) Savannah, Georgia |
| Education | Harvard College |
| Occupation | Clergyman |
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Elizabeth Hawkes (m. 1770) |
| Children | 10 |
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Biography
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Peter Thacher was born in Milton, Massachusetts on March 21, 1752.[1][2] His brother was Thomas Thatcher.
He served as pastor in Malden of the First Church (1770–1784)[3] and in Boston of the Brattle Street Church (1785–1802). He actively supported the American Revolution.[a]
He participated in the drafting of the Massachusetts Constitution in 1780. In 1794, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[6] He belonged to the Massachusetts Historical Society and Massachusetts Humane Society. He was educated at Harvard College, 1765–1769. On October 8, 1770, he married Elizabeth Poole (Hawkes); they had ten children.[1][7]
Peter Thacher died in Savannah, Georgia on December 16, 1802.[8]
Notes
edit- ^ For example as a young man in 1772 he "went to the Old South meeting & heard Mr. Warren pronounce an oration in commemoration of the massacre perpetrated this day 2 years ago."[4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Memoirs of the Rev. Dr. Thacher". Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society. VIII. Boston: Munroe & Francis: 277–284. 1802. Retrieved March 17, 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ Emerson, William (1803). A Sermon on the Decease of the Rev. Peter Thacher. Brattle-Street Church, Boston. p. 23. Retrieved March 17, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Manual of the First Church, Malden, Mass. Boston: Beacon Press. May 1878. p. 4. Retrieved March 17, 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Life in the Old Parsonage 1772–1784, From the Diary of Rev. Peter Thacher". Register of the Malden Historical Society (1): 41. 1910. Retrieved March 17, 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ Peter Thacher. "Oration Delivered at Watertown, March 5, 1776." Boston Orations. Boston: Peter Edes, 1785. Reprinted in: Niles, Hezekiah (1876). Centennial offering, Republication of the Principles and acts of the revolution in America. New York: A. S. Barnes & co. pp. 43–46. OL 7106494M. Retrieved March 17, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter T" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
- ^ Emerson, William (1803). A Sermon on the Decease of the Rev. Peter Thacher. Brattle-Street Church, Boston. p. 30. Retrieved March 17, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Emerson, William (1803). A Sermon on the Decease of the Rev. Peter Thacher. Brattle-Street Church, Boston. p. 37. Retrieved March 17, 2023 – via Internet Archive.