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Henry Dyer I (1693 - bef. 1767)

Henry Dyer I
Born in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusettsmap
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Husband of — married about 1715 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Died before before age 73 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Mainemap
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Biography

Birth:
Date: 11 APR 1693
Place: Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts[1][2]

He was a founder of the church of Truro MA. In 1737 he bought 90 acres of land in Falmouth ME. 1752 he sold 50 acres of it to son Reuben. 1753 he sold the salt marsh in Scarborough ME to son Henry.

"Henry Dyer appears to have been one of the founders of the church in Truro, Barnstable, Mass. On May 17, 1730, his wife "Annar" was admitted to membership. On May 24, 1737, Henry Dyer bought ninety acres of land in Falmouth, Cumberland, Me. of John Foye of Charlestown, Suffolk, Ma. for 300 Lbs. It was near the land of John Sawyer and John Marriner. He bought more land later of Capt. John Libby and exchanged acres with Briant Morton. He began dividing land for his sons, giving his son Henry ... acres next to William Elwell's 60 acre lot."[3]

"The most remarkable achievement recorded of Henry Dyer is his service, in 1757, in the Train Band and Alarm List of Cape Elizabeth, under command of Captain Loring Cushing. Henry Dyer was then sixty-four years of age, four years past the legal requirement of military service; yet he was "training," and liable to be drawn into other service, in the same company with his son, Henry, Jr., and grandson, "Henry Dyer 3d," -- three generations. It would be difficult to find a parallel. Henry Dyer, Sr., lived in a stockaded house on a "Bight of the Cape, almost to the Scarborough line"[4]

He died before 1767. On Nov. 4, 1767, his heirs made division of his real estate, as follows:

  • "Our Elder Brother Henry Dyer to have the Gore of Land at the Frog Pond that our Father gave him in his life time & a piece of land lying at the South West Corner of the Ninety acre lot adjoining John Mariners twenty Eight Acre lot," also two and a half acres at "the end of the Old Neck in Scarborough for his double portion."
  • Henry Dyer also was to have eight acres and seven rods, "northward of road," adjoining his homestead.
  • Isaac Dyer was to have the ten acres his father gave him, "Southward of the Road adjoining his Brother Henrys homested lot," also "to have the Log end of the House & the orchard and to give his mother One half the apples [during] her life time."
  • "James Dyer to have his 5 acres adjoining his Brother Isaac."
  • "Judah Dyer, or the Heirs of Reuben Dyer deceased, to have Six Acres and three quarters and Seven Rods adjoining Henry Dyers lot."
  • "Joseph Cobb and Annar his wife to have six and three quarters acres adjoining Judah Dyers lot," also "to have the House lot, and land at the Ferry in lieu of their part of the Marsh."
  • "Ephraim Dyer to have six and three quarters acres and seven rods adjoining Joseph Cobb."

Meanwhile, on Nov. 8, 1767, these heirs gave to their mother, "Annar Dyer of Falmouth, widow" of "Mr Henry Dyer late of said Falmouth," for œ200, a deed or bond of all his real estate, including fifty acres of land, a salt marsh, his late dwelling-house and barn.

"The Condition of the above written Instrument is such that if We the above mentioned Children & Heirs of the above named Henry Dyer Deceased shall and do well and truly support and maintain, or Yearly pay his proportionable part for the Support and Maintainance of our Mother the within Named Annar Dyer, with suitable Apparell, Meat, Drink, Washing and Lodging during her natural Life, and decently bury her Body after her Decea: then the within written Instrument to be Void and of no effect, otherwise to abid in full force and Virtue."
(Signed)
"Henry Dyer [seal]
James Dyer [seal]
Eph?? Dyer [seal]
Joseph Cobb [seal]
Anna Cobb [seal]
Isaac Dyer"(*) [seal][5]

Sources

  1. Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records, published in The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. IV, Page: 224-225
  2. William Richard Cutter, A. M., Genealogy - Boston and Eastern Massachusetts (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1908), Vol. 1, page 461
  3. The Morton-Rich Ancestry Line, Book 1, Descendants of Bryent Morton & Thankful Parker (Eastham, Barnstable, Gorham), by Frances Morton Demars, 1983-1987
  4. Might be from MD 4:225; check
  5. will Cumberland co Deeds Bk 16 p 158 & 259; see will #1323

See also:

  • Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill, Descendants of Edward Small of New England, vol 3; Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.: 1934
  • Truro MA vital records & church records
  • Marcelia Berry, The Dyers from England to Cape Elizabeth, (Cape Elizabeth Historical Society).
  • Harold Ward Dana, A.B., M.D., "John(5) Billings of Deer Isle, Maine," in NEHGR, Vol. 97, October 1943, Vol 2, p.66. Originally from "Genealogy of William Billings", Frank Billings, M.D., n.d., published about 1931.
  • Families of the First Settlers of Barnstable, Massachusetts
  • Boston Transcript, 17 Dec 1902 #3535
  • Charles Lathrop Pack, Thomas Hatch of Barnstable & Some of His Descendants, The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey. 1930. Page: 57
  • Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (1994)
  • Thomas Hatch of Barnstable & Some of His Descendants




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I found the 1781 deposition of Anna Dyer that makes her father Daniel and her grandfather Francis. I’ve detached the Anna Smalley daughter of Francis Jr as spouse of Henry Dyer and as mother of his children. Thanks Adrian for bringing this to our attention.
posted by Jillaine Smith
I can’t find the source that book uses for Anna’s identity. I assumed “Vide” is like “ibid” so I looked at Mayflower Descendant vol 10, p 101. Nothing about the Small family. I also searched all Mayflower Descendants for her without success.
posted by Jillaine Smith
Th Anna (Smalley) Dyer profile appears to have the wrong parents [Francis Small Jr. and Elizabeth Hicks] should be Daniel Small and Elizabeth? [Daniel brother of Francis Small Jr.]

Source: https://archive.org/stream/descendantsofedw03byuunde#page/1223/mode/1up/search/henry+dyer

posted by Adrian Stanley

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