Col. Samuel Thaxter (1665-1740), of Hingham, Massachusetts, was one of the most prominent and influential citizens in Plymouth, New England. He was a member of the commission to settle the boundary between Massachusetts and Rhode Island in 1719. He commanded the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts in 1728. His son Samuel Thaxter Junior (1695-1732) married Mary Hawke (1711-1798) who was the mother of John Hancock (Signer of the Declaration of Independence).
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1665
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1740 (aged 74)
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