Lemuel Dyer (1759 - 1813)

Born 26 Apr 1759 in Falmouth, York, Province of Maine, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Leach) Dyer — married 24 Dec 1780 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1813 at age 53 in Pejepscot Claim, Lincoln, District of Maine, Massachusetts

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Biography

2d Lieutenant Lemuel Dyer served with 1st Regiment, Cumberland County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Lemuel Dyer is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-152103
Rank: Solder

Born 26 April 1759 in the part of Falmouth that became Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine in 1775 ^[1]

Married 24 DEC 1780 Children:

1. Betsey Dyer
2. James Dyer
3. Mary (Dyer) Rowe
4. Sarah (Dyer) Jordan
5. Lemuel Dyer
6. Lemuel Dyer
7. Annah (Dyer) Waterhouse
8. Betsey Dyer
9. Mercy Dyer
10. Lydia (Dyer) Frost

Died 1 January 1813 in Pejepscot Claim, Lincoln, Maine which later became Auburn^[1][2] Buried in Old Wagg Cemetery, Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine

Notes

Note: MSA: Jordan Memorial p 291; VR Pejepscot & Danville ME; Rep. Journal;

Proof of Lemuel's parentage has not been found, but James Dyer and his first wife Mary Marriner appear likely to be.his parents (Lora A W. Underhill, "Descendants of Edward Small and the Allied Families " rev. ed 1934., 3 vols 3;1335. James Dyer had a brother Lemuel and Lemuel named a daughter Annar, probably after Annar (Small) Dyer, the third wife of James who must have raised Lemuel.

In additon, James Dyer was the second family enumerated after James Leach in the 1790 census of Cape Elizabeth and it is believed that James had several unrecorded children by his first wife.

"Died, in Pejepscot, 1st inst., Mr. Lemuel Dyer, aged 53 years, after a short but painful illness, which he bore with patience and christian fortitude having strong confidence in the redeemer of whom he had professed to follow for twenty years. By this dispensation of providence, his wife is deprived of a kind and affectionate husband, his children of a tender parent, and society of a valuable & worthy member". (Easter Argus)

White's Rev. War Pension Abstracts p.1061

Birth Place: Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Me^[1]

Parents were married 11 November 1744 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Adams, Clayton R. Maine Families in 1790; Volume 6. Maine Genealogy Society, 1998, Picton Press: Page: 118-120
2. ↑ Early American Newspapers, Series I, 1690-1876 NEHGS Page: 3.
3. ↑ Dana, Harold Ward. A.B. M.D. of Brookline, Norfolk, Mass. John(5) Billings of Deer Isle, Maine. NEHGR, Vol. 97, October 1943 Page: Vol. 14, page 225, July 1860

• Marriage: "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", citing Digital film/folder number: 007724779; FHL microfilm: 000010813; Image number: 45, FamilySearch Record: Q28Q-G3FK (accessed 11 December 2023) FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9BL-HF9D, Lemuel Dyer marriage to Sarah Leach on 18 Oct 1780 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, United States.

*Massachusetts. 1896-1908. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War : A Compilation from the Archives. Boston: Wright and Potter Print. Co. State Printers Volume 5, Page 126 & 127. * Memorial: Find a Grave (has image), Find A Grave: Memorial #21315459 (accessed 11 December 2023), Memorial page for Lemuel Dyer (26 Apr 1759-1 Jan 1813), citing Wagg Cemetery, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Sue Warner (contributor 46845334). * FamilySearch Person: L64Z-RXV

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of dyermaeettaaug2010.ged on 11 September 2010.