Thacher, Peter
clergyman, author, was born in 1651 in Salem, Mass. He was ordained pastor of the church in Milton, Mass., in 1681, and labored there for the remainder of his life. He published Unbelief Detected and Condemned, to which is added the Treasures of the Fathers Inheritable by their Posterity; Election Sermon; Christ's Forgiveness a Pattern: A Sermon; A Sermon on the Death of Samuel Man; A Divine Riddle: He that is Weak is Strong; and The Perpetual Covenant. He died Dec. 17, 1725, in Milton, Mass.