Jonathan Dyer (1791 - 1858)

Born 22 Feb 1791 in Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Vashti (Larry) Dyer — married 27 Dec 1812 in Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Nov 1858 at age 67 in Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Descendant of Mayflower passenger Stephen Hopkins.

Jonathan Dyer the son of William Dyer and Peggy Snow was born on February 22, 1791 in Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^[1]

On December 27, 1812, in Provincetown, Jonathan Dyer married Vashti Oakes Larry.^[2][3] They had 5 known children.

1. Sophronia M Dyer (1814-1889)^[4]
2. Vashti Larry (Dyer) Quinn (1823-1864)^[5]
3. Thankful (Dyer) Garrick (1827-)
4. Joseph B Dyer Sr. (1832-1910) m. Mary A Smith; 1854; ^[6]
5. Mary H. Dyer (abt.1835-)

In 1850, at age 59, he and Vashdi (age 55) lived in Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, where he was a Mariner, for Water Transportation and Vashdi was taking care of the home with their son, Joseph Dyer-17 in it.^[7]

He died on November 4, 1858, at the age of 67, in Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, and was buried in the Provincetown Cemetery.^[1] Cause of Death Consumption

Occupation

Occupation:

Date: 1858

Place: Mariner

Note

Note: 1858 VR's Deaths, has him as son of Wm. & Margaret??

Provincetown Cemetery Records #198-38;

1850 Census, Provincetown, Barnstable, Ma.;

Jonathan Dyer 59 mariner;

Vashti 55;

Joseph 17.

Jonathan, age 64, Laborer, Provincetown, in 1855 Census of Barnstable County.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Jonathan Dyer (22 Feb 1791–4 Nov 1858), Find A Grave: Memorial #51169335, citing Provincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Chip5610 (contributor 46997557).
2. ↑ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; Ancestry's Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital RecordsAncestry Record 2495 #47712169
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/40400_274551-00008
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHS8-X9Q : 10 November 2020), Johnathan Dyer in entry for Sophronia M. Dyer Hallett, 9 Dec 1889; citing Death, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004273066.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7JJ-W94 : 14 December 2022), Jona. Dyer in entry for Vashti L. Quinn, 1864.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-12RD : 19 May 2022), Jonathan Dyer in entry for Joseph B. Dyer and Mary A. Smith, 20 Mar 1854; citing Marriage, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010730.
7. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census; Dwelling 461; Family 590; Line 40; Aug 12, 1850; Ancestry's 1850 Census Ancestry Record 8054 #9866721

See Also:

• Title: Records of Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts 1698-1859; Abbreviation: Note: The first installment of this database contains the following records: Births, 1698-1802; Marriages, 1745-1783; and Deaths 1730-1783; Marriages solemnized in other towns (from Vol. III of town records); Births and Deaths by Families 1785-1841 (from Vol. IV of town records); Second Book of Records of Births and Deaths 1816-1846, AD 1838 (from Vol. VIII of town records); NS300373; Source Media Type: Electronic; Master Listing Source: Y

• Title: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (NEHGS); Abbreviation: Note: (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives); (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004); NS205093; Source Media Type: Electronic; Master Listing Source: Y

• Title: Marriage Index: Massachusetts, 1633-1850, CD 231; Abbreviation: Marriage Index: Massachusetts, 1633-1850, CD 231; Note: NS200643; Source Media Type: Family Archive CD

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD6-F89 : 14 January 2020), Jonathan Dyer, 1791.