Peter Thacher
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Peter Oxenbridge Thacher (1752–1802) was a Congregationalist minister in Massachusetts.
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March 21, 1752
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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
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] For about two months, from February 4 to April 1, 1778, he served as a chaplain in a Massachusetts regiment in Rhode Island.[6]
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.[7] 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][8]
Peter Thacher died in Savannah, Georgia on December 16, 1802.[9]
Notes
- 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]