The Thayer family is an American Boston Brahmin family. They are descended from early settlers and brothers Thomas Thayer (1596–1665) and Richard Thayer (1601–1664).[1]
Sylvanus Thayer , the Father of West Point
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Atherton Thayer (1766–1798), Sheriff
Ebenezer Thayer (1746–1809), Sheriff
Thomas Thayer (1596–1665), Pilgrim.[1]
Richard Thayer (1601–1664), Pilgrim.[1]
Simeon Thayer (1737–1800), American Revolutionary War officer
Sylvanus Thayer (1785–1872), United States Army general, Father of West Point
Nathaniel Thayer, Jr. (1808–1883), financier, philanthropist , and one of the most generous citizens of Boston
Nathaniel Thayer, III (1851–1911), capitalist and pioneer railroad promoter
Bayard Thayer (1862–1916), millionaire sportsman, horticulturist
John Eliot Thayer (April 3, 1862 – July 29, 1933) ornithologist
Eugene Van Rensselaer Thayer (1855–1907), financier and capitalist
Eugene Van Rensselaer Thayer, Jr. (1881–1937), banker and businessman
Adin Thayer (1816–1890), New York politician
Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1817–1897), American librarian, journalist, and biographer
Andrew J. Thayer (1818–1873), United States Representative from Oregon
William Wallace Thayer (1827–1899), Governor of Oregon and brother of Andrew J. Thayer
James Bradley Thayer (1831–1902), American legal writer and educationist
Amos Madden Thayer (1841–1905), United States federal judge
Francis S. Thayer (1822–1880), New York politician
William Roscoe Thayer (1859–1923), American historian
Harry Irving Thayer (1869–1926), United States Representative from Massachusetts
Ernest Thayer , American poet
Ernest Thayer (1863–1940), American poet, author of "Casey at the Bat", and uncle of Scofield Thayer
Scofield Thayer (1889–1982), American poet and publisher
Eli Thayer (1819–1899), United States Representative from Massachusetts
John A. Thayer (1857–1917), United States Representative from Massachusetts
John Milton Thayer (1820–1906), Governor of Nebraska, Governor of Wyoming, United States Senator, and Civil War general
Samuel R. Thayer (1837–1909), United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
John R. Thayer (1845–1916), United States Representative from Massachusetts
Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849–1921), American painter, amateur naturalist, and teacher
Webster Thayer (1857–1933), the judge at the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
William Greenough Thayer (1863–1934), American educator
Sigourney Thayer (1896–1944), poet, theatrical producer, and aviator
Robert H. Thayer (1901–1984), American lawyer, naval officer, and diplomat
Edwin Pope Thayer (1864–1943), Secretary of the United States Senate from 1925 to 1933
Martin Russell Thayer (1819–1906), United States Representative, great uncle of John Borland Thayer
John Borland Thayer (1862–1912), American businessman who died on the RMS Titanic
Jack Thayer (1894–1945), his son, survivor of the Titanic sinking
James B. Thayer (1922–2018), United States Brigadier General
Tom Thayer (born 1961), retired American football player for the Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins