Col. Samuel Thaxter (1665–1740), of Hingham, Province of Massachusetts Bay, 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 Jr. (1695–1732) married Mary Hawke (1711–1798), the mother of John Hancock.
- Occupation
- politician
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- 1665, August 6, 1665
- Died
- 1740, November 13, 1740
