Charles George Dyer (1791 - 1849)

Born 4 Jul 1791 in Vinalhaven, Knox, Maine, United States

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Died 10 Aug 1849 at age 58 in South Thomaston, Knox, Maine, United States

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Biography

Charles married Hannah Cooper, daughter of Benjamin & Lydia (Bartlett) Cooper, on 15 Dec 1816 - parents of Anthony William, Benjamin C., Sarah Frances, Lydia, Cathleen, Maria, Charles George II, Abigail H. & Angeline C. Dyer

Note

Note: A reprint in the "Courier Gazette" Rockland ME (ca 1984) says --Charles George Dyer Jr. d at Sea off Provincetown MA, his mother was listed as Hannah Post. (on file is a marriage of Mrs. Hannah Dyer to Stephen POST as his 3rd wife, 28 Jun 1795, this is NOT this Hannah as she is listed as Hannah DYER 1850 & 1860 census and died 1864 So Thomaston ME

1850 Census South Thomaston ME, Roll 259, Page 130a Hannah Dyer head of house 57; Abby H 17; Charles 19; Angelina C 15; Sarah Fletcher SPEED; John SPEED last 2 brother & sister. Son Anthony & family were next door.

1860 USC she was with son Charles and wife Sarah F S Thomaston ME, 124-133 and Anthony and family was house 121 family 130

REF: Barbor 4:1423; 1850 census Thomaston ME; Muriel Dyer MARTIN; Courier Gazette: 57 yrs [AWM], Source: #S901 vol 1 #3 p.42

Marriage:

Date: 15 DEC 1816

Source: #S9

Marriage: 16 DEC 1772, Fox Islands, Knox, Me, Source: #S319^[1] #S1598

Burial

Burial: 1849, Holiday Beach Cemetery, Owls Head, Knox, ME, Source: #S11

Sources

1. ↑ Underhill: p.1308

• Underhill, Lora Altine Woodbury. Descendants of Edward Small of New England (Privately Printed at the Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1910)

• Source S11Gravestone

• Source S1598Commissioners Records of Lincoln County, Maine, 1759-1777 by Georgianna Hewins Lilly, of Hallowell, ME, Lincoln County Courthouse in Wiscasset, Lincoln, ME, Note: Prior to 1760, all of Maine was made up of two counties (York and Cumberland). On June 21, 1760, Lincoln County was established, originally covering three-fifths of what would become the state of Maine. This coverage remained until 1790, when Hancock and Washington counties were established, and these were followed by many additional divisions over the years. NS105893

• Source S319Call Number: CS71.K37, "Kent Genealogies" by Briggs, L. Vernon, Rockwell and Churchill Press, Boston, 1898 NS183933

• Source S9Call Number: LH7560 "History Thomaston, So. Thomaston, Rockland, Maine" by Cyrus Eaton, 1865, Hallowell Me.; Masters, Smith & Co., printers NS174133

• Source S901"Downeast Ancestry"