Lemuel Dyer Jr (1783 - 1847)

Born 23 Mar 1783 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Ford) Dyer — married about 9 Feb 1812 in Maine, Massachusetts, United States

Died 22 Jan 1847 at age 63 in Maine, United States

Biography

Lemuel Dyer was born on 23 March 1783, in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, United States as the son of Lemuel Dyer and Sarah Jones. He married Abigail "Nabby" Ford on 9 February 1812, in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter.

Lemuel Ford Dyer BIRTH 27 Apr 1786 Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Maine, USA DEATH 22 Jan 1847 (aged 60) Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA BURIAL Eastern Cemetery Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA PLOT Tomb A-22 Find a Grave Memorial 101640480

Inscription

Lemuel Dyer died 1-22-1847

Nabby Ford Dyer, wife of Lemuel

Emma Ford Dyer, daughter of Lemuel & Nabby

Robert Ford Dyer, son of Lemuel & Nabby

Susan C. Dyer, wife of Robert F. died 8-20-1847

Emma L. Ford, widow of Robert

Robert Ford

Samuel A. Miller, son of Augustus A. died 9-2-1848

• • "Capt. Dyer has been, for many years very extensively engaged in ship building, and was also a large ship owner. He leaves a numerous family, to whom he was greatly endeared. His loss is also lamented by hundreds of persons and families to whom he has long given support, and who have looked to him as their best patron and friend." Source: obituary in the Portland Advertiser.
  • Mr. Dyer met his untimely demise one January day in Hiram "when the axe of his fellow workman flew from the handle and struck him over the instep of one of his feet, almost severing it in two."
  • Above provided by Art Gaffar.

Note: called a mariner in 1814, but in later life and still of Portland, was called trader when he and his wife Nabby, sold property that had been devised to his mother by her fourth husband, John Thrasher. In 1802 Lemuel, mariner, and his half-sister, Sarah RANDALL, a widow, jointly bought a pew in the meeting house at Cape Elizabeth. The Maine Genealogist vol 19 #2 pg 73. [AWM]

Lemuel married Nabby Foard on 9 February 1812 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, United States.^[1]

Children Abigail "Nabby" Ford and Lemuel Dyer (2)

Robert Ford Dyer 1817–1820

Abby Ford Dyer 1823–1910

Lemuel died (age 61) on 24 January 1847 in Portland, , Maine, United States.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
   Citing Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
   FamilySearch (accessed 28 March 2022)
   FamilySearch Image Image number 00082
   Lemuel Dyer marriage to Nabby Foard on 9 Feb 1812 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, United States.
2. ↑ Death: "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
   Citing Portland, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
   FamilySearch (accessed 28 March 2022)
   FamilySearch Image
   Lemuel Dyer death 24 Jan 1847 (age 61) in Portland, , Maine, United States.

Lemuel Dyer 23 March 1783 – after 1823 https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHQM-PNC

Maine birth index https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2HKW-2RS

"Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKW-2RS : 2 March 2021), Lemuel Dyer Jr., 25 Mar 1783; citing Cape Elizabeth, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.

son, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HJB-PVY : 2 March 2021), Lemuel in entry for Robert Ford Dyer, 04 Jan 1820; citing Portland, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.

daughter "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24F-G8D9 : 2 March 2021), Lemuel Dyer in entry for Abby Ford Dyer, 31 Mar 1910; citing Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.

Acknowledgements

Title: The Maine Genealogist

Author: Maine Genealogical Society

Abbreviation: The Maine Genealogist

Call Number: Family Tree Maker CD523

Title: Maine Historical & Genealogical Recorder, Vol. III, 1886

Publication: Maine & New Hampshire Settlers, 1600's-1900's (CD523)

Abbreviation: Maine Historical & Genealogical Recorder, Vol. III, 1886

Title: Massachusetts & Maine Family Histories, 1650's - 1930's

Abbreviation: Massachusetts & Maine Family Histories, 1650's - 1930's

Title: The Ancestry of Bethia Harris 1748-1833

Author: Walter Goodwin Davis

Publication: The Southworth Press, Portland, Maine, 1934

Abbreviation: The Ancestry of Bethia Harris 1748-1833