Nathaniel Dyer Jr. (1772 - 1837)

Born 28 Dec 1772 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail Higgins — married 27 Mar 1794 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine

Descendants

Died 4 May 1837 at age 64 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Biography

Nathaniel Dyer Jr. was born on December 28, 1772 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine. He was the son of Nathaniel Dyer and Hannah Dyer.

He married Abigale Higgins (1777-1871) on March 27, 1794 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumbelrand, Maine.^[1] They had 10 children.

1. Jonah Dyer (1794-1882)
2. Happy (Dyer) Jordan (1796-1842)
3. Eliza (Dyer) Jordan (1799-1865)
4. Elmira Dyer )1901-1912)
5. Scott Dyer (1803-186
6. Rufus Dyer (1806-1864)
7. Ezekiel Dyer (1807-1807)^[2]
8. Arthur Dyer (1808-1888)^[3]
9. Martha Dyer (1812-1835)
10. Emily Dyer (abt.1816-1818)

Nathaniel died at the age of 64 on May 4, 1837 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, and was buried the in Bayview Cemetery, South Portland, Cumberland, Maine.

Research Notes

Note: DEATH: Quaker Records; Christian Mirror, 11 May, 1837 issue.

He was a Selectman in Cape Elizabeth 1810-13 and 1830-31.

Information on his family taken from Quaker Records and private Bible.

Family sampler by Emily Dyer Jordan in 1834 lists all 9 children, death Nathaniel and three children, Martha, Almira and Emily. Sampler is owned (1997) by Mrs Edith Jordan of Fairfield, Jefferson, Ia, picture of by Norman Jordan Cape Elizabeth, Maine.

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKW-H2P : Sat Mar 09 20:34:13 UTC 2024), Entry for Nathaniel Dyer, Jr, Jr and Nathaniel Dyer, 27 Mar 1794.
2. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKW-LSH : Fri Mar 08 04:15:10 UTC 2024), Entry for Ezekiel Dyer and Nathan Dyer, 23 Feb 1807.
3. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLCC-V2TT : Fri Mar 08 21:36:20 UTC 2024), Entry for Arthur Dyer and Nathaniel Dyer, 9 September 1888.

See Also:

• Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Nathaniel Dyer Jr. (28 Dec 1771–4 May 1837), Find A Grave: Memorial #82276295, citing Bay View Cemetery, South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Stuart Strout Woodside Skolfield (contributor 46954007). NO head stone or lost.
• Underhill, Lora Altine Woodbury. Descendants of Edward Small of New England (Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1910), Vol.3.
• Births, Deaths: Windham, Cumberland County, Maine - Friends Church Records. Author: Windham Historical Society. Note:
• Higgins, Katharine. Richard Higgins: A Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth (K.C. Higgins, Worcester, Mass., 1918)
• Jordan, Norman. Author: Tristram Frost Jordan. Publication: njordanworldnet.att.ne
• Maine Historical & Genealogical Recorder, Vol. III, 1886. Publication: Maine & New Hampshire Settlers, 1600's-1900's (CD523).
• Vital Records of Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
• Vital Records of South Portland, Maine.
• The Reverend Robert Jordan Memorial. Author: Jordan, Tristram Frost. Publication: Boston: Press of David Clapp & Son, 1882.