Capt.
Elijah
Dyer
Born in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of John Dyer
and Abigail (Fitch) Dyer
Brother of
Sybil (Dyer) Throop, Abigail (Dyer) Cobb, James Dyer Sr., John Dyer, Joseph Dyer, Sarah (Dyer) Harris and Ebenezar Dyer
Husband of
Elizabeth (Williams) Johnson
— married
16 Nov 1752 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Alice (Dyer) Cleveland, Ebenezer Dyer, William Dyer, Sybil (Dyer) Paine, Elijah Dyer, Eunice (Dyer) Johnson, Mehitable Dyer and Joseph Dyer
Died
at age 76
in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Oct 2017
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Biography
Elijah was the son of John & Abigail (Fitch) Dyer
He married Elizabeth Williams on 16 Nov 1752 at Plainfield, Windham, CT - parents of Ebenezer Dyer
Military Officer
He is buried at Carey Cemetery, Canterbury, Windham, CT
Sources
- CT Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
- CT Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
- CT Death & Burials Index, 1772-1934
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11527663
- Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 22, The Descendants of William Bradford, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004. "The Silver Book" Page 227
- Connecticut Church Records, 1630-1920 (Connecticut State Library) Vol. Plainfield, Page 94. Marriage record.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elijah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elijah:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
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