Parents: Nathaniel and Sarah (Toppan) Thayer. Husband of: 1. Anna (Francis) Thayer, and 2. Cornelia Adeline (Granger) Thayer.
John Eliot Thayer married Cornelia Adeline Granger, only daughter of Hon. Francis Granger, in Canandaigua, N.Y. (Marriages. Daily National Intelligencer, Oct. 8, 1855.) Her mother was a Van Rensselaer. She was a Royal descendant of Henry the Fowler, Emperor of Germany and Louis IV, King of France. (Americans of Royal Descent: A collection of genealogies of American families. By Charles Henry Browning, 1891, p. 397.) John Eliot Thayer left a $50,000 trust in the hands of Samuel A. Eliot, Rev. George Putnam, and his brother Nathaniel, for scholarships to Harvard. He gave $10,000 to Rev. George Putnam; gave more than $5,000 to Rev. Ephraim Peabody's widow and daughters during his lifetime; and left $1000 per annum for life to Dr. James Jackson or his wife. The estate was thought to be about $3 million. (Will of the late John E. Thayer. Boston Daily Advertiser, Oct. 14, 1857.)
John Eliot Thayer married Cornelia Adeline Granger, only daughter of Hon. Francis Granger, in Canandaigua, N.Y. (Marriages. Daily National Intelligencer, Oct. 8, 1855.) Her mother was a Van Rensselaer. She was a Royal descendant of Henry the Fowler, Emperor of Germany and Louis IV, King of France. (Americans of Royal Descent: A collection of genealogies of American families. By Charles Henry Browning, 1891, p. 397.) John Eliot Thayer left a $50,000 trust in the hands of Samuel A. Eliot, Rev. George Putnam, and his brother Nathaniel, for scholarships to Harvard. He gave $10,000 to Rev. George Putnam; gave more than $5,000 to Rev. Ephraim Peabody's widow and daughters during his lifetime; and left $1000 per annum for life to Dr. James Jackson or his wife. The estate was thought to be about $3 million. (Will of the late John E. Thayer. Boston Daily Advertiser, Oct. 14, 1857.)
Parents: Nathaniel and Sarah (Toppan) Thayer. Husband of: 1. Anna (Francis) Thayer, and 2. Cornelia Adeline (Granger) Thayer.
John Eliot Thayer married Cornelia Adeline Granger, only daughter of Hon. Francis Granger, in Canandaigua, N.Y. (Marriages. Daily National Intelligencer, Oct. 8, 1855.) Her mother was a Van Rensselaer. She was a Royal descendant of Henry the Fowler, Emperor of Germany and Louis IV, King of France. (Americans of Royal Descent: A collection of genealogies of American families. By Charles Henry Browning, 1891, p. 397.) John Eliot Thayer left a $50,000 trust in the hands of Samuel A. Eliot, Rev. George Putnam, and his brother Nathaniel, for scholarships to Harvard. He gave $10,000 to Rev. George Putnam; gave more than $5,000 to Rev. Ephraim Peabody's widow and daughters during his lifetime; and left $1000 per annum for life to Dr. James Jackson or his wife. The estate was thought to be about $3 million. (Will of the late John E. Thayer. Boston Daily Advertiser, Oct. 14, 1857.)
John Eliot Thayer married Cornelia Adeline Granger, only daughter of Hon. Francis Granger, in Canandaigua, N.Y. (Marriages. Daily National Intelligencer, Oct. 8, 1855.) Her mother was a Van Rensselaer. She was a Royal descendant of Henry the Fowler, Emperor of Germany and Louis IV, King of France. (Americans of Royal Descent: A collection of genealogies of American families. By Charles Henry Browning, 1891, p. 397.) John Eliot Thayer left a $50,000 trust in the hands of Samuel A. Eliot, Rev. George Putnam, and his brother Nathaniel, for scholarships to Harvard. He gave $10,000 to Rev. George Putnam; gave more than $5,000 to Rev. Ephraim Peabody's widow and daughters during his lifetime; and left $1000 per annum for life to Dr. James Jackson or his wife. The estate was thought to be about $3 million. (Will of the late John E. Thayer. Boston Daily Advertiser, Oct. 14, 1857.)
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