Henry Dyer II is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor. NSSAR Ancestor #: 152076 Rank: Soldier
Deacon Henry Dyer was born on 14 Feb 1717 in Truro, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was the son of [Dyer-6277|Henry Dyer]] and [[Small-88|Anna Small]. Henry Dyer married Sarah Ridley on 18 Sep 1739 in Falmouth Cumberland Maine Colony. Today now known as Portland, Maine. He passed away on 28 APR 1798 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, USA.
Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder, vol. 4 : 258.
Vide page 1143.
Cape Elizabeth Town Proceedings, vol. I : 47, 48, 49, 59, 74, 95, 105.
Cape Elizabeth Town Proceedings, vol. I : 111, 127, 118.
The Dyer Family [page] Volume 3; pages 1228 & 1229
Descendants of Edward Small of New England, and the allied families, with tracings of English ancestry by Underhill, Lora Altine Woodbury, 1844- Publication date 1910
Place: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, South Portland, Cumberland, Maine
Note
Note: !DEATH: From Portland Maine Gazette 14 May 1798, Portland Maine Oriental Trumpet, 2 May 1798.
That he had some disagreement with his own church, and joined the First Church of Scarborough, is evident from the following, taken from the records of that church: "Deacon Henry Dyre, a late member of the Church in Cape Elizabeth, was received into this Church . . . May 14, 1786."(*) Deacon Henry Dyer is described in an ancient manuscript as "a good man and true for the faith, hence delivered to the Saints being like some of his succeeding race a good Calvinist and mighty in the Scriptures."
In the town affairs of Cape Elizabeth he bore a prominent part, both before and during the Revolutionary period. In 1757, he belonged to the Train Band, under command of Captain Loring Cushing. On March 18, 1766, he was allowed eight shillings for service "as a Committy Man." He was town treasurer, 1774-1776, inclusive. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 1772, Deacon Henry Dyer was one of the "eleven men" chosen to take into consideration "a Letter of Correspondence from the Town of Boston."(+) In 1774, 1775, 1778, 1779, he was on the "Committee of Correspondence and Safty."XXX Aug. 6, 1779, he was on a committee of three "to regulate the prices of our domestic trade & comerce;" in 1781, he was on a committee to consider what bounty should be paid to the soldiers; in 1782, he was measurer of corn. He frequently served as moderator at town-meetings.
In 1760, Henry Dyer and his son, Henry Dyer, Jr., "signed a petition with 209 others," to the Great and General Court of Massachusetts, for grants of lands. Two years later, "Township Number Four" was granted to about fifty-six men, including Henry Dyer and his son Henry. This township, later called Steuben, was "eastward of Union or Mt. Desert River." On May 23, 1793, Henry Dyer testified as to the settlement there, as follows:
"I, Henry Dyer of Cape Elizabeth, testify & say that before the late war I am knowing to the following persons having settled in the Township numbered four, at the eastward of Union River, being as I understand some of the original Proprietors in said Township, viz: "Henry Dyer my son, Lemuel Dyer another son, John Yeaton a son-in-law, Elisha Parker, Isaac Lovet, Joshua Sawyer, and I have heard of others who all settled in said Township before the said war, but I cannot recollect any other name. Elisha Small was also a settler there "I also testify that my son Henry has now fourteen children living there or were living there when I last heard from there. Reuben Dyer, a son of my Brother Reuben, also settled there also Gershom Rogers & one Godfrey Henry Dyer "Cumberland ss. May 24, 1793. The above named Henry Dyer personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above Depositions by him signed Before me Saml Freeman Jus Pacis" (Descendants of Edward Small)
See Also:
!BIRTH-DEATH-SPOUSE-MILITARY: American Gen. Research Inst., DYER FAMILY HISTORY; 1600-1900; Washington, District of Columbia, Dc,Heritage Press, Inc.;1978;p65 ;In poss of Joseph W. Pehoushek, 1995; NOTE: Did patriotic Service in Mass.
!CHILD-SPOUSE: Ruth Gray, MAINE FAMILIES IN 1790; Maine Gen. Soc. Special Publ #5; Picton Press;1990; NOTE:Of Falmouth
!BIRTH-SPOUSE-MARRIAGE-PARENTS-CHILDREN-MILITARY-OCCUPATION: Lora Underhill, DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD SMALL OF NEW ENGLAND; 1600-1900; 1934, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston & New York, Revised Edition ; p1324-5; San Diego Public Library;NOTE: Active in town affairs in Cape Eliz. Served on Comm. of Correspondence and Safety during Rev War. Was a petitioner in 1760 and original settler of Township No. 4 (later Steuben, Maine) along with sons Henry, Lemuel, and Henry's 14 children - (with others listed).
In 1774, the Falmouth Proprietors granted to Henry Dyer seven and a half acres of the common land, adjoining John Marriner's twelve and a half acre lot.(*) With the land purchased of his father, and set aside from his estate, Henry Dyer possessed a comfortable farm. His first house was built of logs; later, he built a frame house, nearer the street (now Sawyer Street), which was torn down and rebuilt on the same site by his son Mark. Henry Dyer was early appointed Deacon of the church at Cape Elizabeth.
!RESIDENCES: : Berry, Marcelia Dyer Rennard "The Dyers from England to Cape Elizabeth 1557-1987 - Descendants of Henry, 3rd son of Dr. William Dyer", Manuscript,p17; NOTE: Along brother Reuben, Capt. Henry Dyer was the first settler in what is called Dyer's Cove.
!HONORS: Berry, Marcelia Dyer Rennard "The Dyers from England to Cape Elizabeth 1557-1987 - Descendants of Henry, 3rd son of Dr. William Dyer", Manuscript,p17; NOTE: It is to Henry that the Baronetcy of Stourton in Wincanton, Somersetshire near Glastonbury was supposed to descend, if you accept the family descendancy from William Dyre and Mary Barrett.
Henry Dyer 1716-1798; Area Cemetery Cape Elizabeth ME; Soldier; wife Sarah Ridley. REF: SAR Graves of Revolutionary Soldiers, Revolutionary War Graves
Register. p 189.; Maine Families in 1790 Vol 3:76-7. Truro Vital Records, 81 yrs. Cape Elizabeth, VR; VR S Portland vol1-381 [AWM] intention date
Fact: Christening (27 February 1726) Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay
Fact: Military Service (Nov 1775) Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Massachusetts
Fact: Burial Mount Pleasant Cemetery, South Portland, Cumberland, Maine
Sources
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77870437/henry-dyer: accessed 12 December 2023), memorial page for Deacon Henry Dyer Jr. (14 Feb 1717–28 Apr 1798), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77870437, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Stuart Strout Woodside Skolfield (contributor 46954007).
↑ Harold Ward Dana, John(5) Billings of Deer Isle, Maine; NEHGR, Vol. 97, October 1943. Originally from "Genealogy of William Billings", Frank Billings, M.D., n.d., publisged about 1931; Vol.14, page 225, July 1860
↑ Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill, Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol.3, Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.: 1934, p 1324
↑ Early American Newspapers, Series I, 1690-1876, Oriental Trumpet: 1798-05-09; Vol: 2; Iss: 74; Page: 3 or 13; see also Salem_Gazette.; Date: 1798-05-15; Vol: XII; Iss: 707; Page: 3 or 13
Descendants of Edward Small of New England, and the allied families, with tracings of English ancestry Volume 3
American Gen. Research Inst., Dyer Family History:1600-1900; Heritage Press, Inc. 1978, Washington, District of Columbia, DC, p.65
Portland, Maine Oriental Trumpet (Newspaper), p 2 May 1798
Portland, Maine Gazette ( Newspaper), 14 May 1798
Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill, Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol. 1, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston & New York, 1934, p.1324-5
Marcelia Dyer Rennard Berry, The Dyers from England to Cape Elizabeth 1557-1987, Desc. of Henry 3rd son of Dr. William Dyer, publisher? Date? p.17
Ruth Gray, Maine Families in 1790; Maine Gen. Soc. Special Publ #5; Picton Press: 1990
Early American Newspapers, Series I, 1690-1876 (NEHGS)
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