Thacher, George, 1754-1824
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Lawyer, judge, and member of Continental Congress, of Biddeford, Me.
From the description of Papers, 1813-1853. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70979003
Continental congressman and representative from Massachusetts; surname also found spelled as Thatcher.
From the description of Letter, 1789 Sept. 1. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70949847
George Thacher, of Maine, was a lawyer, judge and member of the Continental Congress.
From the description of Records of the descendants of Anthony Thacher, 1861. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 568599428
George Thacher (1754-1824), congressman, jurist, and genealogist, was born in Yarmouth, Mass., one of eleven children of Lt. Peter Thacher ( -1775) and Anner Lewis Thacher ( -1784). He was graduated from Harvard College in 1776, served one year during the Revolution, and then studied law for three years with Shearjashub Bourne (1746-1806). In 1782, he settled in Biddeford, Me. (then Massachusetts), and married, in 1784, Sarah Savage (1760-1843) of Weston, Mass. He served as congressman from the District of Maine, 1789 to 1801, and associate judge, supreme judicial court of Massachusetts, 1801 to 1824.
From the description of Correspondence, 1785-1795. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259803
George Thatcher (surname also found as Thacher), b. in Yarmouth, Mass.; graduated from Harvard in 1776 and became a lawyer, first in York, Maine, and then in Biddeford, where he was based for the rest of his life. In 1787, Thatcher was named a Massachusetts delegate to the Continental Congress and also served as a U.S. Congressman from 1789-1792 and 1794-1801. During this time he also served on a Massachusetts State Court and in 1800 was appointed to the state's Supreme Court. Thatcher participated in the organization of Maine's statehood, participating in the constitutional convention and eventually becoming a justice on Maine's Supreme Court after the territory gained statehood in 1820. An outspoken Unitarian, he also helped found Bowdoin College and served as a regent for the first 12 years of the college's existence. Nathaniel Barrell (1732-1831) belonged to the Sandemanian sect, which believed obedience to one's temporal ruler was a Christian duty. Sandemanians thus refused to fight in the Revolutionary War and were seen as Loyalists. Barrell was elected to the Massachusetts Convention as an anti-federalist for the town of York, but he decided to support the Constitution, an unpopular move in his town.
From the description of George Thacher correspondence with Nathaniel Barrell, 1787-1800. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 233646827
U.S. representative from Massachusetts (1787, 1789-1801) and associate judge, Massachusetts Supreme Court and Maine Supreme Court.
From the description of George Thacher papers, 1789-1792. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980588
Lawyer, judge, and member of Continental Congress and U.S. House of Representatives; of Biddeford, Me.; surname also spelled Thatcher.
From the description of George Thatcher papers, 1796-1798. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 320113677
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