19 Feb 1726 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay:: Source: #S139::: Page: 177[1]
Baptism
26 MAR 1727 in Truro, Barnstable, Me
Note
In 1757, he belonged to Captain Loring Cushing's Train Band, in Cape Elizabeth. Ephraim Dyer "was a packet master and was known as 'Old Ready Money;'" the name suggests that he was unusually thrifty. From Cherryfield, Maine, comes the statement that "Capt. Ephraim Dyer, a brother of Henry Dyer, Jr., came east in his vessel of 70 tons burden, in 1765, and settled in Sullivan soon after. He made several trips in his vessel, and brought down settlers and supplies." This is confirmed by a grant of one hundred acres of land in Sullivan to Ephraim Dyer, as a settler of that town prior to 1784.(+)
MILITARY: Mass. Soldiers & Sailors of the Rev. War;Secretary of Commonwealth; 1899; Vol 5; p120; NOTE: Served variously for Cape Elizabeth from Nov 1775 to Dec 31, 1779, including building a fort at Falmouth Neck, and Continental Army.
Johnson & Mitchell Ancestry says father md. Hannah Thorndike. The first settlements on the Narraguagues River were made at Steuben & Milbridge ME. Maj. Joseph Wallace Sr. was in all probability the founder of the town of Milbridge & 1st settler. He and Capt. Andrew Simonton, Ephraim Dyer and Ebenezer Thorndike had mills in town in 1768. (Bangor Historical Mag. 7:99) Revolutionary pensioners in Hancock Co ME under act of Congress 1818--Ephraim Dyer is listed.
Query--father or son? Ephraim Dyer from Cape Elizabeth was in Capt Richard Mayberry's Co. (Maine at Valley Forge) Ephrain Dyer in Capt Loring's Train Band from Cape Elizabeth, res Cherryfield ME. Ephraim is said to have had a large family but only five (5) are known. Louise Muzrall 11 Duncan DR, Norwell MA believes they also had a son ASA DYER who married Sarah Simonton.
REF: Dyer Family by Ephraim Dyer of California pub 1962 (Bangor Pub. Library) copy AWM;
Johnson & Mitchell; Descendants of John Thorndike of Essex Cnty MA;
Hst. Thomaston, Rockland & So Thomaston by Cyrus Eaton. [AWM]
called "Capt." Ephraim Dyer
Sources
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCW1-LRS : 4 December 2014), Ephraim Dyer, 19 Feb 1726; citing TRURO,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 911,761.
Title: Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol.3
Author: Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill
Publication: Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.: 1934
Abbreviation: Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol.3
Note: NS113933
Source Media Type: Book
Master Listing Source: Y
Source S139
Call Number: CD203
Title: Truro, Barnstable, Mass., Church Records, The Mayflower Descendant, Vol.IX, CD 203
Author: George Ernest Bowman
Abbreviation: Truro, Barnstable, Mass., Church Records, The Mayflower Descendant, Vol.IX, CD 203
Note: NS365623
Source Media Type: Book
Master Listing Source: Y
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
Note: NS113603
Source Media Type: Book
Master Listing Source: Y
Source S289
Call Number: Family Tree Maker CD523
Title: Maine Historical & Genealogical Recorder, Vol. III, 1886
Publication: Maine & New Hampshire Settlers, 1600's-1900's (CD523)
Abbreviation: Maine Historical & Genealogical Recorder, Vol. III, 1886
Note: NS195373
Source Media Type: Book
Master Listing Source: Y
Source S781
Title: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution
Author: Secretary of Commonwealth; 1899
Abbreviation: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Master Listing Source: Y
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