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Lemuel Dyer (1774 - 1858)

Lemuel Dyer
Born in Steuben, Washington, Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married [date unknown] in Gouldsboro, Hancock, Memap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 84 in South Addison, Washington, Maine, United Statesmap
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Descendant
Descendant of John Howland.

Biography

Lemuel was born in 1774. Documented GMS descendant [1] He is the son of Capt. Henry Dyer III and Elizabeth Simonton. He is a descendant on his mother's side of 1620 Mayflower passengers Jonathan Howland and John Tilley. He married c1799 at Gouldsboro, Massachusetts (now Maine) Elizabeth Leach, daughter of Eliphalet Leach and Elizabeth Cunningham; 12 children. He was a farmer at Steuben, Maine. [2] [3] then moved c1817 to South Addison, Maine. [4] [5] [6] He passed away in 1858 and is buried at Dyer Cemetery in Addison, Maine. [7] [8] [9] [10]

Research Notes

"Reader Corrects 102 Year Old Publishing Error", DOWNEAST ANCESTRY, Vol 10(?), pp172-174; 1774-1879; Vol 10(?); pp 172-174; Ft. Myers, FL Public Library;NOTE: He was a farmer.

Source

  1. FamilySearch Film # 008203762 Image 25 of 335 (Steuben, Maine, Vital records, 1812-1891): Family of Henry Dyer and Batty Dyer. Copied by J. D. Parker, Town Clerk.
    Henry Dyer, Died Jany 1800 Cape Elizabeth
    Batty Dyer, Died June 1880 do [Cape Elizabeth]
    Children:
    Henry Dyer Jr., June 16th 1769; Died Decr 24th 1798, 29 yrs 6 mo 8 days, Steuben, Lost at Sea
    Annah Dyer, Feby 16th 1771
    Ebenezer Dyer, Sept 25th 1772
    Lemuel C. Dyer, June 11th 1774
    Abigail Dyer, July 24th 1776
    Reuben, June 16th 1778
    Anna, June 10th 1780
    Christian, March 25th 1782
    Asa, Apl 12th 1784
    Walter, Jany 30th 1786
    Molly [m. James Moore], Feby 11th 1789
  2. "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRS-RJB : accessed 27 November 2019), Lemuel Dyer, Steuben, Washington, Maine, United States; citing p. 591, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 218,678.
  3. "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH24-C4V : accessed 27 November 2019), Lemuel Dyer, Steuben, Washington, Maine, United States; citing p. 630, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 12; FHL microfilm 218,683.
  4. "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPG-G93 : 24 August 2017), Lemuel Dyer, Addison, Washington, Maine, United States; citing 347, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 47; FHL microfilm 9,701.
  5. "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT6-XYP : 15 August 2017), Lemuel Dyer, Addison, Washington, Maine, United States; citing p. 120, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 152; FHL microfilm 9,709.
  6. "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6VC-2DY : accessed 14 Aug 2014), Lemuel Dyer, Addison, Washington, Maine, United States; citing family 91, NARA microfilm publication M432.
  7. Find A Grave: Memorial #90523015, Capt Lemuel Dyer, Sr.
  8. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLC-FS9C : 13 December 2015), Lemuel Dyer, 1858; Burial, Addison, Washington, Maine, United States of America, Dyer Cemetery; citing record ID 90523015, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  9. Tibbetts, Leonard F. & Lamson, Darryl B. Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine. Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1997. p. 189. online library link
  10. Tibbetts, Leonard F. & Lamson, Darryl B. Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine. Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1997. pp. 191-192. online library link [For marriage to Elizabeth Leach]

See also:

Title: Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol.3
Author: Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill
Publication: Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.: 1934
Abbreviation: Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol.3
Title: Maine Families in 1790; Maine Gen. Soc. Special Publ #5
Author: Ruth Gray
Publication: Picton Press: 1990
Abbreviation: Maine Families in 1790; Maine Gen. Soc. Special Publ #5
Title: Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol. 1
Author: Underhill, Lora Altine Woodbury
Publication: Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston & New York, 1934
Abbreviation: Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol. 1




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