John Dyer Jr. (abt. 1739 - abt. 1812)

Born about 1739 in Falmouth, Cumberland, (Maine) Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Dorcas (Weeks) Dyer — married 19 Dec 1761 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Me

Descendants

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John (Jr.) Dyer was married to Dorcas Weeks, 19 Dec 1761. ^[1]

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Note

Note: In 1757, John Dyer served four weeks, from Feb. 21 to March 21, in Captain George Berry's company, "scouting Eastward." April 29, following, he joined the Train Band and Alarm List, in the Second Parish, under command of Captain Loring Cushing. In 1758, he enlisted in Captain John Libby's company, Colonel Jedidiah Preble's regiment, "for the reduction of Canada." As he was still under age, his father, John Dyer, signed for him

John and Mary (Weeks) Dyer had several children, including a son, John, Jr., who had a wife Molly; their six children were recorded in Gorham.

 !LAND-PARENTS-CHILDREN: Hugh D. McLellan, "History of Gorham Maine", (Smith & Sale Printers, 1903), 473-476; NOTE: This book says John is son of John and Mary (Strout) Dyer of Cape Elizabeth. He came from that town to Gorham in July 1765. He settled and cleared land in the south part of town. He received land from his father. In 1903 this land was still in posession of his descendants.

He married Dorcas ________. Probably died about 1812.

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Source

Source: #S210

Source: #S101

Page: 1305

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Marriage:

Date: 15 FEB 1758

Place: Falmouth, Cumberland, Me

Source: #S64

Page: Vol. 14, page 226, July 1860

Data:

Text: Records of Falmouth (now Portland) Me.

Source: #S101

Page: 1305

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Marriage:

Date: 11 AUG 1731

Place: Truro, Barnstable, Ma

Source: #S549

Sources

1. ↑ William Willis, comp., "Records of Falmouth (now Portland) Me." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 14, no. 3 (1860) 226; digital image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/newenglandhistor014wate#page/226/mode/2up); imaged from David O. McKay Library, Brigham Young University-Idaho, call F1.N56 V.14.

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

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Source S210

Title: History of Gorham, Maine

Author: Hugh Davis McLellan

Publication: Smith & Sale Printers, 1903

Abbreviation: History of Gorham, Maine

Note: Source Media Type: Book

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Source S549

Title: Marriage Index: Massachusetts, 1633-1850, CD 231

Abbreviation: Marriage Index: Massachusetts, 1633-1850, CD 231

Note: NS200643

Source Media Type: Family Archive CD

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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