Joseph Dyer (1719 - 1780)

Born 7 Feb 1719 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Abiel (Marston) Dyer — married 12 Mar 1741 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Amy (Bumstead) Dyar — married 23 Jan 1766 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 1780 at about age 60 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Joseph Dyer/Dyar was born in Boston, Massachusetts Bay, in February of 1717/8, a son of Joseph and Lydia (Hough) Dyer. A cooper, he (re-)instituted the spelling of his surname "Dyar", as it appears on the gravestone of his grandfather^[1]; he married first, at Boston, Abiel/Abial Marston, on the 12th of March, 1740/1. He married second, Amey Bumstead, on the 23rd of January, 1766; he died prior to the proving of his mother's will in 1780, for which reason his inheritance passed directly to his children.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 November 2019), memorial page for John Dyar (10 Jul 1643–2 Jun 1696), Find A Grave Memorial no. 144658040, citing Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Caretaker (contributor 47396497); https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144658040
2. ↑ "Dyar Family - The First Five Generations", Babcock Ancestry: The Ancestry of Marian (Otis) Chandler; http://www.babcockancestry.com/books/otis/045dyar5gen.shtml

• Birth: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4D7-2QJ : 10 March 2018), Joseph Dyer, 07 Feb 1718; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, v 24 p 128; FHL microfilm 14,734.

• Marriage (1) 12 March 1740/1: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQW-DJT : 4 November 2017), Joseph Dyer and Abiel Marston, 12 Mar 1740; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004277232.

• Marriage (2) 23 January 1766 (NEHGS): "*Joseph Dyer & Ame Bumstead Married By Rev. Andrew Elliot on Jan. 23, 176[6]" -- Boston, MA: Marriages, 1700-1809. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006), Originally published as: Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, Containing the Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1751 (Vol. 28), Boston, Municipal Printing office, 1898. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (vol. 30), Boston, Municipal Printing Office, 1903; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB174/i/7455/47/248653615 (subscription)

• Death (date by which death is known to have occurred; NEHGS): "JOSEPH DYAR... by 14 June 1781/estate adv." [also listed under "Joseph Dyer" as "cooper; estate adv."] -- from Oliver A. Roberts, "History of The Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company", [Boston, 1895]; Boston, MA: Deaths, 1700-1799. (Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (Dunkle, Robert J. and Lainhart, Ann S. Boston Deaths, 1700-1799, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1999.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB34/rd/6531378 (subscription)

See also:

• A Preliminary Genealogy of the Dyar Family, by Harrison Gray Dyar, Gibson Bros., printers, 1903, p. 6 and pp. 8-9; https://archive.org/details/preliminarygenea03dyar/page/6 and https://archive.org/details/preliminarygenea03dyar/page/8