Leonard
Dyer
Born in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine
Ancestors 
Son of William Dyer
and Thankful Higgins
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Zilpha (Unknown) Dyer
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
Mary E. (Dyer) Merrill
Died after
after age 65
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Sep 2010
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Biography
Leonard Dyer served for the United States of America in the War of 1812
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Leonard Dyer was born on October 9, 1794 in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. He was the eldest child of William and Thankful Dyer.[1]
Leonard served in an unknown company in War of 1812.[2]
1850 census: Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine[3]
- Leonard Dyer, 52, M, Farmer, Real Estate $2500, ME
- Zilpha, 48, F, ME
- Mary Morrill, 15, F, ME
1860 census: ME, 437, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine[4]
- Dyer, Leonard, m, 66, ME, farmer, $4000 real estate, $150 personal estate
- Dyer, Zilpha, f, 62, ME
- Merrill, Mary E, f, 23, ME
- Merrill, Mary A, f, 3, ME
Sources
- ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKW-H2X : 2 March 2021), Leonard Dyer, 09 Oct 1794; citing Cape Elizabeth, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
- ↑ Geo A Wheeler, History of Brunswick, Topsham & Harpswell, Maine. Alfred Mudge & Sons, Boston, 1878; page 895.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JG-SF7 : 22 December 2020), Leonard Dyer, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHY-596 : 18 February 2021), Leonard Dyer, 1860.
- Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill, Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol. 3. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.: 1934; page 1321.
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David Wilson
David Wilson
This man could not have been born in Maine since the current state of Maine was Massachusetts during this time period.
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