William Dyer IV (1737 - aft. 1810)

Born 17 Jul 1737 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Descendants

Died after 1810 after age 72 in Vinalhaven, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

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Research Notes

(1)1793 Hancock Co., Maine Deed; Volume 2 folio 317; reflects William Dyer Sr. wife as Peggy [Margaret Unknown].

(2)William Dyer Sr. [& brothers] listed in the 1810 Census of Vinalhaven, Maine.

(3)Peggy Dyer listed as head of household in the 1820 Census of Vinalhaven, Maine

NOTED: Peggy Dyer, wife of William Dyer of Vinalhaven, is given as Miss Margaret "Peggy" Eames {AMES} on Family Search [No Source] https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/MDNZ-8ZF/margaret-dyer-1776

The following web site reflects a Margaret Eames born about 1746 of Marshfield. Sister to Ruth Eames, wife of Benjamin Dyer of Vinalhaven. [No Source] https://www.geni.com/people/Margaret-Eames/6000000006802862320 {AOS 18 July 2021}

Name

Name: William Dyer

Source: #S8

Source: #S77

Page: 101902-090299080246

Note: Notes: Available on CD-ROM Disc# 25 . Submitted by: Frank DYER, 21 Sharren Lane http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb/~dyer, Enfield, Ct, 06082, United States of America

Source: #S101

Page: 1306

Birth

Date: 17 Jul 1737

Place: Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Source: #S8

Christening

Date: 17 Jul 1737

Place: Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Source: #S8

Source: #S6

Text: William Dyer; Male; Christening: 17 JUL 1737 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts; Father: William Dyer; Mother: Elizabeth Small; Film Number: 457586 Page Number: Reference number:

Marriage

@F4142@ FAM

Husband: @I15806@

Wife: @I24855@

Child: @I17444@

Child: @I9575@

Child: @I22866@

Child: @I4052@

Child: @I12081@

Marriage:

Date: 6 NOV 1735

Place: Truro, Barnstable, Ma

Source: #S359

Source: #S549

Source: #S25

Page: 135

@F863@ FAM

Husband: @I2507@

Wife: @I2531@

Marriage:

Date: 6 Nov 1735

Place: Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Source: #S77

Page: 101902-090299080246

Note: Notes: Available on CD-ROM Disc# 25 Sources: Available on CD-ROM Disc# 25. Submitted by: Frank DYER, 21 Sharren Lane http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb/~dyer, Enfield, Ct, 06082, United States of America

Data:

Text: William Dyer III and Elizabeth Small m 6 Nov 1635, Truro, Barnstable, Ma. 5 children: 1) William Dyer b 1737 Truro, Barnstable, Ma; 2)Levi Dyer b 1738 Truro, Barnstable, Ma; 3) Anthony Dyer b 1744 Truro, Barnstable, Ma; 4) Benjamin Dyer b 1745; Daniel Dyer , Dea. b 1756 Falmouth, Cumberland, Me

Source: #S8

Notes

Note: Vinalhaven historical society one of the early settlers on the island, b. 17 July 1737 Truro,

Mass, son of William and Elizabeth Smalley. Children: Nathaniel, Sr.; William b. ?, (m. 1797), others?

This must have been the William Dyer who went to Fox Islands, about ten miles east of Rockland, on the coast of Maine. These two islands were incorporated, in 1789, as the town of Vinalhaven; in 1844, the northern island was set off as North Haven.

Tradition has it that William Dyer was born in Marshfield, Plymouth, Mass.; investigation, however, shows that not a person by the name of Dyer appears in the town or church records of Marshfield, or in the county records as "of Marshfield." The name of the wife of William Dyer is not remembered; it is possible that he married into a Marshfield family, as did his brother Anthony. A part of the lot upon which William Dyer settled, some time before the Revolution, is now North Haven village. "His occupation was farming and fishing, and he is said to have been an expert in shooting sea-fowl." The number of children in his family is not known; his son Nathaniel6 lived and died in North Haven. It is said of his family that they "were all large men, some of them weighing 250 pounds." [Genealogy of Edward Small (The Dyer Family)]

NEHGR 105:205; US CENSUS 1800; Vinalhaven, Maine, Hancock Co.; NOTE: Family with 4 males, 3 females including 1 male over 45. Came from Portland, Maine.

US CENSUS 1790 - Maine, Hancock Co., Vinalhaven; NOTE: Family with 2 males 16 or over, 3 males < 16, 3 females.

Brothers Anthony Dyer & Benjamin Dyer are found in 1790 Census in Vinalhaven.

Sources

• Descendants of Edward Small of New England, and the allied families, with tracings of English ancestry by Underhill, Lora Altine Woodbury, https://archive.org/details/descendantsofedw03unde/page/1208/mode/2up?q=Vinalhaven

• 1793 Hancock Co. Deed https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-K35J-1?i=475&cat=334690

• 1810 Dyer at Vinalhaven https://www.mainegenealogy.net/census_guide.asp?censusyear=1810&county=hancock

• Peggy Dyer 1820 Vinalhaven Maine "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYY-3DY?cc=1803955&wc=3L7F-HDJ%3A1586988102%2C1586985947%2C1586988132 : 16 July 2015), Maine > Hancock > Vinalhaven > image 2 of 5; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

1785 Map of Vinalhaven/with North Fox Island http://digitalarchives.sec.state.ma.us/uncategorised/digitalFile_02134e97-7cde-4a18-a0f5-6af14a44d6cc/

Source S101

Call Number: R929.2 S635uV.3

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

Note: NS113933

Source Media Type: Book

Master Listing Source: Y

Source S25

Call Number: R929.2 S635uV.1

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

Note: NS113603

Source Media Type: Book

Master Listing Source: Y

Source S359

Title: Vital Records of Truro, Barnstable County, Mass.

Author: George Ernest Bowman

Abbreviation: Vital Records of Truro, Barnstable County, Mass.

Note: Source Media Type: Book

Master Listing Source: Y

Source S549

Title: Marriage Index: Massachusetts, 1633-1850, CD 231

Abbreviation: Marriage Index: Massachusetts, 1633-1850, CD 231

Note: NS200643

Source Media Type: Family Archive CD

Master Listing Source: Y

Source S6

Abbreviation: International Genealogical Index(R)

Title: International Genealogical Index(R)

Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Publication: Copyright (c) 1980, 2002

Source S77

Abbreviation: Pedigree Resource File

Title: Pedigree Resource File

Source S8

Abbreviation: Personal knowledge and family records (RST Jr)

Title: Personal knowledge and family records

Author: R. S. Turley, Jr.

Repository: #R2

Repository R2

Name: Robert S. Turley Jr.

Address: Robert S. Turley Jr.

1528 Green Apple Street

South Jordan, Utah, USA 84095-4647

Phone Number: (801) 302-8678

See also:

• Timeline from FamilySearch.org