Reuben Dyer (abt. 1740 - abt. 1778)

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Thrasher) Crabtree — married 21 Sep 1761 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died about 1778 at about age 38 in Steuben, Washington, Maine

Biography

Capt. Reuben Dyer served with 6th Lincoln County Regiment, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Reuben Dyer is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 152108
Rank: Soldier

Note: Reuben Dyer 1740-1778; Area Cemetery Steuben ME; Soldier ME; Mary Thrasher. SAR Graves of Revolutionary Soldiers, Revolutionary War Graves Register. p189 REF: MSA; MOCA; Boston Transcript [AWM]

Henry4 Dyer, in his deposition regarding the settlement at Steuben, states that "Reuben Dyer, a son of my brother Reuben, also settled there." In 1777, "Captain Reuben Dyer" served at Machias, and in the expedition against St. John, N. B. This Reuben5 Dyer died about 1778, in Steuben, according to the deposition of the only child of whom we have knowledge. (Descendants of Edward Small)

Reuben Dyer served as private, in 1758,(+) in Captain John Libby's Company, Colonel Jedidiah Preble's regiment.

According to "Mass. Soldiers & Sailors in the War of the Revolution", Capt. Dyer was engaged Aug 1, 1777; discharged Dec 16, 1777; service 4 mos. 18 days under Col. John Allan; company raised for expedition against St. Johns, Nova Scotia and continued in service at and for defence of

Machias; also in Capt. Reuben Dyer's Co. were Jonas (also called Jones) Dyer of Machias, Reuben Dyer Jr. of Machias, James Dyer of Machias.

Research Notes

m. Mary

DYAR, REUBEN;, Narragaugus. Captain, 6th co., 6th Lincoln Co. regt. of Mass. militia ; list of officers; commissioned July 11, 1776; also, Captain; engaged May 24, 1777 ; discharged Aug. 1, 1777; service, 2 mos. 6 days; company raised between Mt. ... page 116 & DYER;, REUBEN;. Captain; engaged Aug. 1, 1777 ; discharged Dec. 16, 1777; service, 4 mos. 18 days, under Col. John Allan; company raised for expedition against St. Johns, Nova Scotia, and continued in service at and for defence of Machias. page 128

+ 621 M ii. Reuben Dyer 79 was born about 1740, died about 1778 in Steuben, Washington, Me about age 38, and was buried in 1778 in Steuben, Washington, Me. https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~dyer/genealogy/william_of_ri/D5.htm#i17351

• Marriage Intention "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B2-VHM5?cc=1803978 : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; multiple sources, Maine.

Sources

Source: #S25

Marriage:

Date: 1 OCT 1737

Place: Falmouth (Portland), Cumberland, Me

Source: #S64

Page: Vol. 14, page 225, July 1860

Data:

Text: Records of Falmouth (now Portland), Me.

Source: #S101

Page: 1334

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 S596

Title: Maine Families in 1790; Volume 6

Author: Clayton R. Adams

Publication: Maine Genealogy Society, 1998, Picton Press

Abbreviation: Maine Families in 1790; Volume 6

Note: Source Media Type: Book

Master Listing Source: Y

Source S64

Title: John(5) Billings of Deer Isle, Maine

Author: Harold Ward Dana, A.B., M.D., of Brookline, Norfolk, Mass

Publication: NEHGR, Vol. 97, October 1943

Abbreviation: John(5) Billings of Deer Isle, Maine

Note: Originally from "Genealogy of William Billings", Frank Billings, M.D., n.d., publisged about 1931.

NS182813

Source Media Type: Electronic

Master Listing Source: Y