Ambrose Dyer (1709 - 1792)

Born 22 Dec 1709 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Thankful (Hopkins) Dyer — married 22 Jan 1730 in Truro, Barnstable, Ma

Descendants

Died 10 May 1792 at age 82 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

All children of Ambrose and Thankful recorded in Vital Records of the town of Truro, #61, p.46.

Mayflower Families: Ambrose Dyer was listed as a proprietor of Truro in 1730.

He was bp. as an adult March 11,1727/28 and was admitted Feb.2,1745/6. He signed a church petition Nov.14,1766. An Ambrose Dyer was listed at Truro in 1790 census with two adult males and one female in the household. No probate records for Ambrose or Thankful Dyer have been found in Barnstable Co.

[Genealogy of Edward Small (The Dyer Family)]

Hopkins Family Marriage Records in the United States, 1628-1865 (Ancestry.com)

Birth

22 DEC 1709 Truro, Barnstable, Mass.

Death

10 MAY 1792 Truro, Barnstable, Mass.

Marriage

22 JAN 1729/30 Truro, Barnstable, Mass.

Sources

• Treat, John Harvey. From The Diary of Rev. Jude Damon of Truro, Mass., The Salem Press Historical and Genealogical Record (Salem Press, Salem, Mass., 1890) Vol. 1, Page 119
• Underhill, Lora Altine Woodbury. Descendants of Edward Small of New England (Privately Printed at the Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1910) Vol. 1. Vol. 3, Page: 1303.
• Mayflower Vital Records, Deeds and Wills, 1600s-1900s: Author: George Ernest Bowman, and Susan E. Roser. Page: 63
• Truro, Barnstable, Mass., Church Records, The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. XVIII, CD 203. Page: 54: Author: George Ernest Bowman
• Records from Old North Cemetery, Truro. The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. XII
• Eastham & Orleans, Mass., Vital Records, The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. IV: Author: Family Tree Maker: Publication: CD #203
• Stephen Hopkins and His Descendants: Publication: NEHGR, Vol. 104, July 1950. Page 50
• Vital Records of Truro, Barnstable County, Mass.: Author: George Ernest Bowman. Page: 4, 22, 46
• Marriage Index: Massachusetts, 1633-1850, CD 231
• 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. Vol. 102, Jan.1948, Page 50. Stephen Hopkins and Descendants.
• A Munsey-Hopkins Genealogy: Author: Lowell, D.O.S.: Publication: Boston: Privately Printed, 1920. Page: 34