The New York genealogical and biographical record . /^d., on the dates above mentioned. We thus see Rev. Peter1 Thacher installed as Vicar ofQueen Camel, December 4th, 1574, and there he remained asVicar until his death, exact date of which is unknown, but whichmust have occurred before May 7th, 1624, the date of the ap-pointment of his successor who was appointed after his death. The British Gazcteer thus describes Queen Camel: A parish in the hundred of Cabash in Somerset; 5 mileseast of Ilchester, its post town on the river Camel. Formerly amarket town of some importance. The living is a vi
The New York genealogical and biographical record . /^d., on the dates above mentioned. We thus see Rev. Peter1 Thacher installed as Vicar ofQueen Camel, December 4th, 1574, and there he remained asVicar until his death, exact date of which is unknown, but whichmust have occurred before May 7th, 1624, the date of the ap-pointment of his successor who was appointed after his death. The British Gazcteer thus describes Queen Camel: A parish in the hundred of Cabash in Somerset; 5 mileseast of Ilchester, its post town on the river Camel. Formerly amarket town of some importance. The living is a vicarate inthe Diocese of Bath and Wells; church name St. Barnabas. Ahill in the town commands a fine view; forty-one towns and vil-lages may be seen from it. Where Rev. Peter1 Thacher was born has not yet beendiscovered, nor the exact date of his birth; but as I havepreviously shown he must have been born as early as 1549, andpossibly as early as 1545, in order to have been Vicar of QueenCamel in 1574. Where he lived previous to his installation at. igio.] Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. 23 I Queen Camel is not known. The existence of a large settlementof Thachers in Somerset in the 16th Century points to the possi-bility of that being the county of his birth, as well as of hisresidence; but we have no positive proof that such was thecase. The presentation to him by Sir Walter Mildmay of theliving of Queen Camel, and his First Fruit Composition bondhaving been signed by a member of Sir Walters household, pointsto the possibility that he was well known to Sir Walter; andhe may have been born and have resided in the vicinity of SirWalters home, and may possibly have been his relative; inves-tigation along this line of suggestion may result in further in-formation on the subject, which time has prevented my exact date of his death is also unknown; but he died pre-vious to May 7, 1624, on which date his successor was appointedper mortem Peter Thatcher. Where he was buried is a
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