John Dyer (1711 - abt. 1770)

Born 27 Dec 1711 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Bickford) Dyer — married 11 Aug 1731 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 1770 at about age 58 in Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, British Colonial America

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Biography

Note

Note:  !BIRTH: Truro (MA) original town records, page 17.

Before 1736, John Dyer moved his family to Falmouth, Maine, and remained there. The first land he bought in Falmouth consisted of three acres of the thirty-acre lot granted to John White by the Falmouth Proprietors, the remainder of the lot being bought at the same time by his brother, William Dyer.(*) In 1740, John Dyer and his wife Mary sold their "house & 3 acres on which it stands" to Christopher Strout, of Falmouth, for œ115. John Dyer then called himself a cordwainer.(+) About 1760, he received from the estate of his father-in-law, Cristopher Strout, deceased, a hundred-acre lot of land in Gorham, which he divided later among his children, as follows:

To John Dyer, Jr., he gave thirty acres from the eastern end of the lot.

To Bickford Dyer, the next lot of thirty acres.

To Dorcas, wife of William Weeks, an adjoining lot of twenty-four acres.

To Prince Strout and his wife Christiana, the remaining sixteen acres.

To his son Samuel he gave a deed of the homestead property in Cape Elizabeth.

Cumberland co deeds 6-488 (Grantee)

John Dyer Estate: Mary & David Strout to John Dyer of Falmouth. Mary called wid and Christopher called Gentleman; Christopher Strout was Adm. of Estate. township #4, now called Gorham ME, 100 acres, lot #22.

1 Sep 1765, recorded 17 Jul 1770. (daughters Elizabeth & Hannah are omitted, perhaps they had died).

John divided the land from his father in law to Christopher Strout 1760. John Jr 30 acres last end of lot; Bickford next 30 acres; to Dorcas, wife of William Weeks, adjoining 16 acres; Prince Strout &

Christiana 16 acres; Samuel the homestead.[AWM]

by Rev. John Avery, pastor of the church in Truro.

Sources

See also:

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWY-C8P : accessed 26 August 2015), John Dyer, 27 Dec 1711; citing TRURO,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 911,761.

• Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol.3: Author: Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill: Publication: Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.: 1934: Note: NS113933: Source Media Type: Book: Master Listing Source: Y

• Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol. 1: Author: Underhill, Lora Altine Woodbury: Publication: Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston & New York, 1934: Note: NS113603: Source Media Type: Book: Master Listing Source: Y

• Marriage Index: Massachusetts, 1633-1850, CD 231: Note: NS200643: Source Media Type: Family Archive CD: Master Listing Source: Y

• Records from Old North Cemetery, Truro. The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. XII: CD203: Note: NS299593: Source Media Type: Book: Master Listing Source: Y

• Descendants of Christopher Strout, Sr.: Author: Jean L. Franks: Publication: Strout.Ged: Note: Jean L. Franks: CD203: NS112203: Source Media Type: Electronic: Master Listing Source: Y

• Eastham & Orleans, Mass., Vital Records, The Mayflower Descendant, Vol.IV: Author: Family Tree Maker: Publication: CD #203: Note: NS128493: Source Media Type: Newspaper: Master Listing Source: Y