Elkanah Dyer Jr. (1785 - 1863)

Born 7 May 1785 in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Hatch) Dyer — married 27 Nov 1806 in New Portland, Somerset, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Mar 1863 at age 77 in New Portland, Somerset, Maine, United States

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Biography

Elkanah Dyer was born on 7 May 1785 in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States.^[1] Elkanah was the son of Elkanah Dyer and Catherine Brooks

Elkanah married Sarah Hatch on November 27, 1806, when he was 21 years old.^[2]

Elkanah served in the War of 1812 in the military in Massachusetts.

Elkanah died 7 March 1863 and is buried in East New Portland Cemetery, New Portland, Somerset County, Maine, United States with a death date of March 1863 and his inscription lists his age as 77 years and 10 months.^[3]

Research Notes

• Note: 1850 Census New Portland, Somerset County, Maine, Roll 269, Page 209 (all b. Me.)

Elkanah Dyer, 65, M, Farmer

Sarah, 64, F

Catherine D. Metcalf, 15, F (grandchild)

• Gravestone, East Portland Cemetery, New Portland, Maine, <http://www.rootsweb.com/~mefrankl/enptcem.htm>
• "Index of War 1812 Pensioners Pension Filed" p 641 Elkanah, Sarah, WO-6181 (wid orginal certificate) srv Capt George Williams' co MA Militia.
• 1880 census New Portland ME; Lucy Denham; had all these children, Wayne Dyer of Mountain Vier Rd., Groton VT 05046 gave the dates- 1997.

Pedigree chart Arthur DYER

Pedigree chart Arthur DYER:7 Mar from gravestone [AWM]

• Fact: Residence (1785) Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
   citing FHL microfilm: 223931; Record number: 679;
   FamilySearch Record: F4SK-75H (accessed 5 July 2023)
   Elkanah Dyer born on 7 May 1785, son of Elkanah Dyer & Cate, in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States.
2. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21S-WFW9 : 28 November 2018), Elkanah Dyer and Sarah Hatch, 18 Nov 1806; citing Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #63914107 (accessed 5 July 2023)
   Memorial page for Elkanah Dyer (7 May 1785-Mar 1863), citing East New Portland Cemetery, New Portland, Somerset County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Beverly (contributor 47247148).

• Mayflower Ancestral Index, 1981; Media Type: Book
• A History of Lewiston, Maine, with a Genealogical Register of Early Families; Elder, Janus G.; Bowie, MD, Heritage Books, Inc., 1989; Media Type: Book
• 1850 US Census, New Portland, Somerset County, Maine.; NS030093; Media Type: Census
• Vital Records Index, North America, 1631-1888; Family History Resource File; Media Type: Family Archive CD

• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4SK-75H : 14 January 2020), Elkanah Dyer, 1785.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21S-WFW9 : 28 November 2018), Elkanah Dyer and Sarah Hatch, 18 Nov 1806; citing Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.

• United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-SF6G : 12 March 2018), Elkanah Dyer, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 63; FHL microfilm 882,581.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VW-PCC : 4 April 2020), Elkanah Dyer, New Portland, Somerset, Maine, United States; citing family 222, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDCC-MHM : 18 March 2020), Elkanah Dyer in entry for Warren P Dyer, 1860.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #63914107

• "Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM1-7HKJ : 16 March 2018), Elkanah Dyer, 1863; citing Burial, New Portland, Somerset, Maine, United States, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,769,577.