Born in Unity, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Knowles Harding Sr.
and Hannah (Unknown) Harding
Sister of
Isaac Harding, Sarah Harding, Knowles Harding, Richard Perry Harding, Hannah (Harding) Sawyer, Eliza Harding, Eunice (Harding) Hoxie, Solomon Harding and Nathaniel Harding
Wife of
Peter Dyer
— married
4 Jul 1829 in Unity, Waldo, Me
Descendants 
Mother of
Edward Triboo Dyer, William M Dyer, Lydia Ann Triboo (Dyer) Ingraham, Charlotte P (Dyer) Stevens, Winfield Scott Dyer, Eliza J (Dyer) Hislop, Knowles H. Dyer, Knowles H. Dyer, Benson B. Dyer, Joseph S. Dyer, Alphonso Dyer and Roscoe Dyer
Died
at age 82
in Troy, Waldo, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Sep 2010
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Biography
She married 2nd, 5 Sep 1867, probably Troy, Waldo, Me. Hiriam Hillman. There is no record of her first marriage to Peter Dyer but in her obit it says she was 1st married to him and in her son's Civil War papers she gives her marriage date.
There is no record of her 1st marriage or death record for her but a copy of her obit gives her date of birth, states who she married first and second, number of children and grandchildren. When she applied for a pension from son Benson's Civil War service she had to prove her marriage to Peter and Peter's death. It is stated in the papers.
She was Hiram Hillman's 3rd wife, he married 1st 18 June 1831; 2nd Dorcas Chase Emeline Stevens 4 Mar 1848and had the following children by 1st wife in Troy ME: George F 9 Aug 1832, Charles E 12 Feb 1835; a daughter born 13 Aug 1843. Emeline died 6 Jan 1847 Troy ME [VR p 29][1]
Olive's Harding ancestry takes us back to the good ship "Mayflower" and to the Pilgrim Stephen Hopkins. The line has been proven and registered as a Mayflower Descendant under Aurie Willis Morrison, Massachusetts Society No. 6618, General No. 37513. one record says b in Albion ME.
Census: 1850, Jackson, Waldo co, ME [AWM] date from son's Civil War papers
- Marriage:
- Date: 4 JUL 1829
- Place: Unity, Waldo, Me
Sources
- ↑ Vital Records of Troy ME prior to 1892 by Ralph E Hillman pub 1995
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15949368/olive-dyer
- "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4SF-7XZ : accessed 25 January 2015), Olive in entry for Edward Triboo Dyer, 25 Jul 1830; citing Unity, Penobscot, Maine; FHL microfilm 11,530.
Acknowledgement
- This person was created through the import of dyermaeettaaug2010.ged on 11 September 2010.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Olive by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Olive:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Olive by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Olive:
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~0.78%
~3.12%
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