Born
23 May 1756 in
Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors
Wife of
Benjamin Dyer
— married
23 May 1773 in Augusta, Kennebec, Maine
Descendants
Mother of
Jonathan B Dyer ,
Miriam (Dyer) Lampson ,
Rachel Dyer ,
Benjamin Harrison Dyer ,
Jemima (Dyer) Gould ,
Rachel (Dyer) Gould ,
William Dyer ,
Nathaniel Dyer ,
David Eaton Dyer ,
Moses Dyer ,
Zipporah Dyer ,
Abigail (Dyer) Perry ,
Anna Dyer and
Sylvia (Dyer) Robinson
Died
8 Jan 1831
at age 74
in
Sidney, Kennebec, Maine
Profile last modified 4 Nov 2023
| Created 11 Sep 2010
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Biography
Birth
William Blake's daughter Jemima Blake was born 23 May 1756 in
Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine.[1]
Christening
Name: Jemima Blake
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 23 May 1756
Christening Place: HARPSWELL, CUMBERLAND, MAINE
Birth Date:
Father's Name: William Blake
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50340-3
System Origin: Maine-ODM
GS Film number: 10933
Citing this Record: "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4WR-K2P : accessed 27 Oct 2014), Jemima Blake, ; citing ; FHL microfilm 10933.
Death
Death:
Date: 8 JAN 1831
Place: Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, United States
Page: Eastern_Argus.; Date: 1831-01-25; Vol: XXVII; Iss: 1458; Page: [3
Mortuary Notice; Date: Tuesday, January 25, 1831
Paper: Weekly Eastern Argus (Portland, ME) Volume: XXVII Issue: 1458 Page: 3
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Burial
Sibley Cemetery, Sidney, Kennebec, Maine
Find A Grave Memorial# 54889002
Note
Note: died age 75yrs (Gs)
Her parents were residents of Milton MA, Lisbon & Harpswell ME. [AWM]
Buried in the graveyard on the "River Road" in Sidney, a little south of their home.
by James Howard, Esq., of Augusta.
Sources
Source S191
Title: Maine Families in 1790; Maine Gen. Soc. Special Publ #5
Author: Ruth Gray
Publication: Picton Press: 1990
Abbreviation: Maine Families in 1790; Maine Gen. Soc. Special Publ #5
Source S25
Call Number: R929.2 S635uV.1
Title: Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol. 1
Author: Underhill, Lora Altine Woodbury
Publication: Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston & New York, 1934
Abbreviation: Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol. 1
Source S443
Title: Early American Newspapers, Series I, 1690-1876
Publication: NEHGS
Abbreviation: Early American Newspapers, Series I, 1690-1876
Note: NS123873
Source S505
Title: Cemetery Transcriptions form the NEHGS Manuscript Collection, Kennebec County, Me
Abbreviation: Cemetery Transcriptions form the NEHGS Manuscript Collection, Kennebec County, Me
Family Search ID K8JC-ZYT https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/K8JC-ZYT
Acknowledgements
This person was created through the import of LaBach Family TreeApril28_2011.ged on 05 May 2011.
This person was created through the import of dyermaeettaaug2010.ged on 11 September 2010.
↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WR-K25 : 14 January 2020), William Blake in entry for Jemima Blake, 1756.
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