Born in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Daughter of Daniel Sheriff
and Jane (Sutton) Shrieve
Sister of
Martha (Shrieve) Linnekin, Sutton Shreve, John Shreive, Daniel Shreive, Thomas Shrieve, William Shreve, Caleb Shreive and Benjamin Shreive
Wife of
Charles Dyer
— married
[date unknown] in Middletown, Newport, Ri
Descendants 
Mother of
Bathsheba (Dyer) Shreve, Mary (Dyer) Burdick, John Dyer, Elizabeth (Dyer) Shepard, Charles Dyer, Edward Dyer, Wealthy (Dyer) Trafford, Phebe (Dyer) Greene, James Dyer, Samuel Dyer, Charles Dyer Jr., Joseph Dyer, Benjamin Dyer, Ann Dyer, Preserved Dyer, Lois (Dyer) Russell, Zacheus Dyer and Eunice Dyer
Died
at age 80
in Little Compton, Newport, RI
Profile last modified
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Biography
Elizabeth Shreive was born on May 20, 1698, in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island.[1] Her parents were Daniel Sheriff and Jane Sutton.
She married Charles Dyer on 21 January 1716/17 in Middletown, Rhode Island.[2]
Together they had the following children:
- Preserved Dyer
- Wealthy Dyer
- Ann Dyer
- Edward Dyer
- Samuel Dyer
- John Dyer
- Zacheus Dyer
- Lois Dyer
- Eunice Dyer
- Elizabeth Dyer
- Phebe Dyer
- Mary Dyer
- Charles Dyer
- Joseph Dyer
- Charles Dyer
- Bathsheba Dyer
- Benjamin Dyer
- James Dyer
She died about July 1778 in Little Compton, Newport, RI
Her will is dated 5 January 1775 and proved on 4 August 1778 in Little Compton, Rhode Island.[3] Her inventory was taken on 4 August 1778.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F87K-CZG : 17 December 2019), Elizabeth Shrieve, 1698.
- ↑ "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KL-P3L : 22 January 2020), Elizabeth Shrief in entry for Charles Dyer, 1716.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649137_00441). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], image 440-441, Newport, Little Compton, Book 2 page 399-401. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Free image by Ancestry.com
- Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin; Little Compton Families, Volume I and Volume II. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1967.
- Allen, Luther P; The Genealogy and History of the Shreve Family, Greenfield, Illinois: Privately Printed, 1901
- Arnold, James Newell; Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850, Births, Marriages & Deaths Vol.4, Newport County. Narraganset Hist. Publishing Co., Providence, RI. 1893
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Rejected matches › Elizabeth Betsey (Waterman) Dyer (-aft.1805) › Elizabeth (Babcock) Dyer (-aft.1822) › Elizabeth Dyer › › Mary Elizabeth (Buckley) Dyer (abt.1923-) › Margaret Elizabeth (Cloud) Dyer (1888-1938) › Ann Elizabeth Dyer › Elizabeth (Dyer) Potter (bef.1730-) › Elizabeth (Dyer) Frost › Elizabeth Dyer › Elizabeth (Dyer) Messamore (1920-2006) › Elizabeth (Dyer) Wallace (1807-1870) › Elizabeth (Dyer) Temple (abt.1795-) › › Elizabeth (Dyer) Godfrey (abt.1697-) › › Elizabeth Dyer › › Elizabeth Duncan Dyer › Elizabeth (Dyer) Hodges
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