Peter Oxenbridge Thacher (1752–1802) was a Congregationalist minister in

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Peter Thacher was born in

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on March 21, 1752. His brother was Thomas Thatcher. He served as pastor in Malden of the First Church (1770–1784) and in

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of the

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(1785–1802). He actively supported the

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. He participated in the drafting of the

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in 1780. In 1794, he was elected a Fellow of the

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. He belonged to the

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and

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. He was educated at Harvard College, 1765–1769. On October 8, 1770, he married Elizabeth Poole (Hawkes); they had ten children. Peter Thacher died in

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on December 16, 1802.

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