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Russia [New York] Union Church, 110th Anniversary, 1820-1930
Increase Thayer was born 1752; married Mar. 20, 1771, Leah Wheelock, born July 15, 1753; died Jan. 8, 1834. They settled in Mendon, Mass., and later in Norway, N.Y. He died Mar. 3, 1813. Their children were:
1. Jared.
2. Abigail, born June 3, 1778.
3. Sylvia, born Mar. 1786.
Jared Thayer, the son of Increase and Leah (Wheelock) Thayer, was born Sept. 21, 1776, in Mendon, Mass.; married, 1st, Jan. 16, 1802, Mary Rawson, born Dec. 27, 1777; died June 25, 1803; 2nd, Feb. 24, 1811, Sarah Enos, born July 27, 1782; died Feb. 28, 1858. Jared Thayer settled first in Norway and in 1811 in Russia. He was one of the first extensive dairy farmers in Herkimer County. For his services in the War of 1812 he received a Colonel's commission. He was a staunch Presbyterian in the Russia Union Church and a prime mover in their Russia Chapel. He finally settled in Vernon, N.Y., where he died Oct. 29, 1855. Jared Thayer had children by his first wife:
1. Mary R., born June 24, 1803; died May 12, 1841; married Mar. 11, 1824, Bela Pardee, born June 3, 1798, in Norway (Russia), N.Y.; died Apr. 3, 1886, in Vernon, N.Y., the son of Josiah and Abigail (Smith) Pardee. Bela Pardee went from Russia to Vernon, N.Y., about 1832. He was a prosperous farmer and cheesemaker. For many years he was active in the Presbyterian Church. He was the father of 15 children. The children of Bela and Mary R. (Thayer) Pardee were Alonzo, George, Mary A., Charles E., Jay, Rebecca, Charles J.
By second wife:
1. Alonzo, born Sept. 1813; died Oct. 22, 1814.
2. Sarah, born May 10, 1815.
3. Susan, born Mar. 12, 1817; died Mar. 24, 1817.
4. Emily, born Mar. 9, 1819; married Sept. 21, 1842, Bela Pardee, husband of Mary R. Thayer. Emily Pardee died Apr. 13, 1884, in Vernon, N.Y. Bela and Emily (Thayer) Pardee had children, Jared A., Emily G., Alice R., Josiah, Carrie T., Sarah E., Richard H., Henry S.
5. Jared, Jr., born July 4, 1820; married Oct. 11, 1843, Mary A. Graham, born Feb. 24, 1827, the daughter of John Graham, Esq. He was a farmer in Vernon, N.Y. Their children were Willet L., James A., Frances S., Sarah S., Freeman A.
6. George A., born April 9, 1823; married Nov. 25, 1851, Harriett Cole, born Apr. 16, 1827, the daughter of John Cole of Salisbury, N.Y. He graduated from Geneva Medical College in 1847. He was a practicing physician, surgeon and druggist in Medina, N.Y. Their childen were Harriett, Edgar G.
7. Caroline, born Mar. 14, 1825; married Jan. 14, 1852, John Williams, born Oct. 20, 1820. He was a farmer in Russia. Their children were Joseph A., Ella.
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