54yrs∼Parents: Josiah and Avis (Hayward) Thayer Jr. Husband of: 1. Christianna A. E. (Fossett) Thayer, 2. Mary Ursule (Falatt) Thayer.

ON the chilly morning of 2 December 1826, a group of Virginia artisans assembled in the Blandford churchyard to pay their respects to a fellow mechanic, Sceva Thayer. The body of the Petersburg blacksmith had been found two days earlier; he had been murdered on Old Street in the town's market district.

State: Virginia Year: 1863
Location: Petersburg Location Type: City

Abstract: The heirs of the late Sceva Thayer join other interested parties in asking that his estate be divided "amongst those entitled." They inform the court that "the late Sceva Thayer left quite a good estate which was administered" and that "at the March term 1830 of the Hustings Court of Petersburg Commissioners were appointed to assign Mrs. Mary U. Thayer her Dower in her husband's estate." They further report that she received "the family mansion," a lot, and four slaves, two of whom have since died. The petitioners point out that the said Mary is now deceased and the "entire property now owned by Sceva Thayer's heirs" consists of "the mansion lot ... worth about $4000 or $5000 ... the Negro Maria worth now about $1500 -- and Robert about $1500." Believing that "it being manifest that the said property cannot be divided in kind," the petitioners pray that the court "appoint some fit and proper person or persons to make sale of the property aforementioned for partition amongst those lawfully entitled."

Sceva married Miss Christianna Ashbrurthnot E. Fawcett on 12 December 1798. Sceva and Christianna were the parents of one child:

i. James Howard Thayer, born 2 Mar 1801.

Christianna died 8 days later on 10 Mar 1801, and her baby probably died with her as there is no further mention of him.
Sceva remarried in Petersburg on 4 August 1803 to Mary Ursula Fallat who was born 1787 in France. They were the parents of the following children, all born in Petersburg, Virginia:

Henry Howard Thayer b. 2 Sep 1804, d. 27 Dec 1844.

Richard Faxon Thayer, b. 22 Aug 1806, (probably died young).

Charles Martin Thayer b. 10 Feb 1809, d. 1894 Volusia County, FL.

Catherine Avis Thayer b. 20 Dec 1810, (probably died young).

Stephen Dodge Thayer b. 22 Jun 1812, (probably died young).

Christianna Thayer b. 28 Jan 1818 (probably died young).

Sceva Thayer b. 14 Mar 1821, d. 20 Mar 1884 Petersburg, Dinwiddie, VA.

.Abel Wales Thayer b. 2 August 1823 (probably died young)

Mary A.Thayer b. 24 October 1825 (married Peter Moran).