Daniel Dyer Sr (abt. 1753 - 1817)

Born about 1753 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Cash) Dyer — married 5 Feb 1777 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine

Descendants

Died 6 Jan 1817 at about age 64 in South Limington, Limington, York, Maine, United States

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Biography

Died 6 JAN 1817 in So. Limington, York, Me^[1][2]

PLEASE NOTE!!!

He MAY be the son of William and Elizabeth (Small) Dyer. She being the daughter of Daniel Small, she had a sister Rachel, she names a daughter Rachel, and sister Alice/Elyse married Samuel CASH, brother Daniel Small married Thankful Strout. PLUS this is the earliest born Daniel DYER found in ANY of the Dyer lines and he was PERHAPS named for his Grandfather Daniel SMALL (if he is the son of William and Elizabeth (SMALL) DYER.).

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He served in the Revolutionary War in Capt Dunn's Co Daniel Dyer 1756-1817; Area Cemetery Limington ME; Soldier ME; Ruth Cash. SAR Graves of Revolutionary Soldiers, Revolutionary War Graves Register.

p189 He settled on lot #3, Range B in Limington ME. Was one of the first Deacon's of the Congregational Church in 1796. It has been stated that Daniel was born in Falmouth ME but no concrete proof.

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LIMINGTON MAINE CHURCH RECORDS (N.E. REGISTER 99:196-197)

article contributed by Walter Goodwin Davis of Portland Maine.

Francis Small, Isaac Robinson, Amos Chase, Jonathan Boothby, Daniel Dyer, and Asa Edmunds, inhabitants of the plantation which was incorporated on February 8, 1792, as the town of Limington, York

County Massachusetts (now Maine), met on October 11, 1789, and subscribed to the covenant of a Congregational church. The new church was without a settled minister until May 16, 1794, when Rev. Jonathan Atkinson accepted a call which had been given him on October 14, 1793. The first book of records of the church is a small leather bound quarto now in the possession of the Maine Historical Society. From it the following baptism and death records have been abstracted: The church records are listed following the above in the New England Historic Register. July 1945, Volume 99, Pages 196 through 203. Copy on File.

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1810 USCensus York Co

Daniel Dyer (head):Males 5th col 1 (45+)Females 3rd col 1 ( ); 5th col 1 ( ) Daniel Dyer Jr. Males 1st col 2; 2nd col 1; 4th col 1; Females 1st col 1; 4th col 1.

NOTE: In the book, "Maine in the Making of the Nation" by Elizabeth Ring, 1996 pg 86, Among the first settlers who had two wivies were: Ezra Davis, Josiah Black, Daniel Dyer, Nicholas Edgecomb, Elias Foss, Harvey Libby, Pelitiah Marr, Daniel Libby and Joshua Small Jr. WHO WAS THIS FIRST WIFE?? pg 93, [AWM's NOTE: I think they were in error, mistaking Daniel for Isaac Dyer who was married twice.]

Six Covenanters were:

1) Francis Small, brother of Benjamin and William Small,

2) Amos Chase,

3) Isaac Robinson, his brother in law who lives at Chases' Mills,

4) Jonathan Boothby,

5)* Daniel Dyer, brother of Isaac Dyer,

6) Asa Edmunds,

*NOTE, Daniel being brother of Isaac has not been proven.

He was elected the first town clerk. [taken from - Record Book of the Congregational Church, 1789-1846 p 4. p93 also says --children were taken to Saco and Buxton for christening. Rev Paul Coffin in Buxton

and Rev John Fairfield in Saco.--

Limington Church Record.

Davis Cemetery; SAR; Graves of Rev. War Soldiers pg 189.

Revolutionary War service. taken from " "The Commander-In-Chief's Guard."

Daniel Dyer: Enlisted, Cape Elizabeth (also given Salisbury ), Mass., May 23, 1775, for eight (8) months, a private, Captain Samuel Dunn's Company, Thirty-first Regiment, Continental Infantry, commanded by

Colonel Edmund Phinney; re-enlisted January January 1, 1776 for one year, Captain Hart William's company, Eighteenth Regiment, continental Infantry, commanded by Colonel Edmund Phinney; re-enlisted January 1, 1777, for three years, Captain George Smith's Company, First

Massachusetts REgiment, commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose; transferred, Valley Forge, PA., March 10, 1778, to the Commander-in-Chief's Guard, commanded by Captain Caleb Gibbs; at battle of Monmouth, N. J. June 28, 1778; discharged, Morristown, N. J., January 1, 1780.

More About DANIEL DYER:

Burial: Limington, York co, ME

Military: 1

Occupation: blacksmith

WFT 16, #1155 notes m. source as Williams, Winona K. 1997

Sources

• S25 Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol. 1. Author: Underhill, Lora Altine Woodbury. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston & New York, 1934.

• S359 Vital Records of Truro, Barnstable County, Mass. Author: George Ernest Bowman.

• S38 Daniel Dyer Gedcom. Author: Morrison, Aurie Willis. Publication: Nov. 1999.

• S443 Early American Newspapers, Series I, 1690-1876. NEHGS.

• S494 Limington Maine, Church Records. NEHGR, Vol.99, July 1945.

• S549 Marriage Index: Massachusetts, 1633-1850, CD 231.

• Military Records from Revolutionary War (Master of Arms) Entered service at Salisbury, Maine. Marriage and Military ls; cl-5 L-1 PP131, 164

1. ↑ #S494 Page: 203.
2. ↑ #S443 "Died in Limington, Me., Dea. Daniel Dyer, 61." From the Boston Recorder; Date: 1817-02-11; Vol: II; Iss: 7; Page: 27.