Deborah B. (Potter) Dyer (1818 - 1891)

Born 30 Mar 1818 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Wife of Jesse Wilbour Dyer — married 25 Dec 1837 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Dec 1891 at age 73 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Deborah B Potter daughter of Simeon Potter and Comfort Manchester was born ca 1818 in Westport, Massachusetts.^[1]

She married Jesse Wilbour Dyer on December 25, 1837 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts.^[2] They had 7 children.

1. Deborah B. Dyer (aft.1837-bef 1850)
2. Hannah W (Dyer) Guello (abt.1840-)^[3]
3. John B. Dyer (1841-1880)^[4]
4. Mercy C Dyer (1842-)^[3][4][5]
5. Daniel Potter Dyer (1844-1878)^[3][6]
6. George W Dyer (1849-1882)^[3][4][7]
7. Jesse H. Dyer (1860-1863)

Deborah (age 33) and Jesse (age 33) lived in New Bedford, Bristo, Massachusetts in 1850, where he was a Mason, and she was taking care of the home and children, Hanna-10, Mercy-8, Danel-7, and George-1.^[3]

They were in their home in Hew Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts in 1865, with John-25, Mercy-23, Daniel-20, and Geroge-16, still in the home. Jesse and his son Daniel were Mason, and John was a Mariner. ^[4]

Her husband Jesse passed away on May 6, 1874, in Edgartown, Massachusetts, at the age of 55. They had been married 36 years.

At age 62, and widowed she was keeping the home in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts in 1880, with her father Simon-83 in the home with her.^[8]

Deborah died at the age of about 73 in 1891 in New Bedford, Bristol, Ma.^[1][9]

Research Notes

Notes from external profile

1880 Census Birth Year <1818>

Birthplace MA

Age 62

Occupation Housekeeper

Marital Status W

Race W

Head of Household Deborah B. DYER

Relation Self

Father's Birthplace MA

Mother's Birthplace MA

Source Information:

Census Place New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts

[1]

Note: she was of New Bedford at marriage

Marriage:

Date: 25 DEC 1837

Place: Westport, Bristol, Ma

both of New Bedford at marriage

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7R2-6QV : 14 December 2022), Deborah B. Potter Dyer, 1891.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4QP-NXX : 29 November 2022), Deborah B. Potter in entry for Jesse W. Dyre, 1837.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD9J-YLK : Mon Jul 17 23:17:13 UTC 2023), Entry for Jesse W Dyer and Deborah Dyer, 1850.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} "Massachusetts State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQHV-TQ1 : 22 February 2021), Deborah B Dyer in entry for Jesse W Dyer, 1865.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZXH-DF8M : 16 November 2022), Deborah Potter in entry for Mercy C. Dyer, 1922.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-HW4K : 20 May 2022), Deborah B. Potter in entry for Daniel Potter Dyer, 15 May 1844; citing Birth, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009325.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD1-2VK : 15 January 2020), Deborah Potter in entry for Dyer, 1849.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH6Q-KLK : 14 January 2022), Deborah B. Dyer, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
9. ↑ Death: Title: 1. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (NEHGS). Abbreviation: 1. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (NEHGS). Note: (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives). (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004). NS017403. Source Media Type: Electronic. Master Listing Source: Y. Citing: Page: Vol.418, Page 239 (accessed before 11 September 2010)

See also:

• Title: Vital Records Of Westport, Bristol, Mass., to the Year 1850. Abbreviation: Vital Records Of Westport, Bristol, Mass., to the Year 1850. Note: Source Media Type: Book. Master Listing Source: Y

Acknowledgements

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