Christopher Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 29 Dec 1722 - Truro, Massachusetts 2
Baptism: 11 Mar 1728 - Truro, Massachusetts 3
Death: 2 Oct 1759 - Cape Elizabeth, Maine 4
Burial: in Meetinghouse Hill cemetery, South Portland
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: William Dyer (1690-After 1764) 5
Mother: Hannah Strout (1690-1735)
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Smalley (Oct 1721 - 13 Apr 1798)
Marriage: 27 Aug 1741 - Truro, Massachusetts 6
Status:
Children:
1. Mercy Dyer (Cir 1742- )
2. Christopher Dyer (Cir 1744- )
3. Joshua Dyer (Cir 1747-1825)
4. Peter Dyer (1748- )
5. Captain Nathaniel Dyer (1750-1823)
6. Captain Jonah Dyer (1755-1831)
7. Hannah Dyer (1756- )
Christopher A Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Aug 1856 - Chelsea, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 17 Nov 1918 - Malden, Massachusetts
Burial: in Malden, Massachusetts
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Solomon Harding Dyer (1829-1904) 8
Mother: Henrietta Ellen Atwood (1837-1866)
Notes
General:
Burial: 1918 Forestdale, Malden, Middlesex, Ma
Occupation: 1882 Bootmaker
Note:
Occupation: Candy maker
died: 62-3-4 M
1880 Census, Chelsea, Suffolk, Mass:
Sarah ATWOOD Self W Female W 64 MA Keeping Hou
Christopher DYER GSon S Male W 24 MA Fish Market MA MA
Ella WHITE Other D Female W 26 MA Vest Maker MA MA
1900 Census, Malden, Middlesex, Ma
Dyer, Christopher A, Aug 1857
Mary J, wife
1910 Census, Malden, Middlesex, Ma
Dyer, Christopher A, Head, 56, M1 22, Ma, Proprietor Fish Store
Mary J, wife, 45, M1 22, (ch. 1-1), Ire English
Etta, dau, 24, S, Ma
Marriage 1 Mary J. Cronin b: ABT 1861 in Malden, Middlesex, Ma
Married: 5 AUG 1882 in Malden, Middlesex, Ma
Note: He age 26, she 21, both of Malden
Child
Etta Dyer b: ABT 1886 in Massachusetts 7
Clara G Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Jan 1871 - (Truro, Massachusetts)
Baptism:
Death: 13 Apr 1873 - (Truro, Massachusetts)
Burial: in Methodist cemetery, Truro
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joseph Lewis Dyer (1831-1895)
Mother: Abigail Gross Atkins (1837-1919) 9
Notes
Medical:
age 2-3
Clara Medora Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 7 Aug 1861 - Truro, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 13 Jun 1887
Burial: in Truro Congregational cemetery 10
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Thomas Dyer (1814-1898)
Mother: Sarah Jane Burgess (1817-1866) 7
Notes
General:
m Roome
Clark Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Oct 1815 - Gorham, Maine
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth, , Gorham, Maine in Gorham, Maine
Parents
Father: Clark Dyer (Est 1780- )
Mother: Catharine Hatch (Est 1790- )
Clark Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1780 - (Maine)
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah Whitney (Est 1790 - 17 Oct 1812)
Marriage: 29 Jan 1814 - Gorham, Maine
Status:
2. Catharine Hatch (Est 1790 - )
Marriage: 29 Jan 1814 - Gorham, Maine
Status:
Children:
1. Clark Dyer (1815- )
Clement Jordan Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Nov 1795 - Cape Elizabeth, Maine 11
Baptism:
Death: 1 Feb 1869 - Yorkville, Kendall, Illinois 7
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Robert Dyer (1752-1826) 7
Mother: Miriam Jordan (Cir 1759-1850) 7
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Lois Woodford North b: 1787 in Maine
Married: 12 OCT 1818 in Cape Elizabeth 7
Collins Smith Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 28 Apr 1828 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 12
Baptism:
Death: 25 Sep 1828 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 12
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: David Young Dyer (1795-1870) 13
Mother: Hannah Holbrook (1797-Between 1860/1870) 14
Cora Ashton Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Nov 1889
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Charles Henry Dyer (1851-1929) 15
Mother: Elizabeth D Higgins (1855-1915)
Cynthia Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Nov 1803 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 13
Baptism:
Death: 31 Dec 1853 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death: cancer 17
Events
• Alt Death 18, , Wellfleet, Massachusetts in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Captain Micah Dyer (1768-1847) 7
Mother: Bethiah Dyer Gross (1775-1868) 7
Spouses and Children
1. *Hezekiah Doane Crosby (5 May 1799 - 11 Aug 1854) 19
Marriage: 24 Oct 1822 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 20
Status:
Children:
1. Margery Doane Crosby (1822-1851) 21
2. Benjamin Hamblen Crosby (1824- ) 21
3. Lewis Rich Crosby (1826- ) 21
4. Emily Crosby (1829- ) 21
5. Cynthia Dyer Crosby (1831-1882) 22
6. Matilda Crosby (Est 1834-Bef 1850) 21
7. Betsey D Crosby (1834- )
8. Hannah H Crosby (1836- )
9. Warren J Crosby (1840- ) 21
10. William D Crosby (1842- ) 21
Notes
General:
epitaph:Medical:
"Mother, the hand that led safley o'er
Will surely guide thy lone ones home.
Father, thou hast passed before.
Soon will all come." 23
age 50-2- (gravestone), 50 (VR) [age fits 1853 death, but record is at end of 1854 deaths]Marriage Notes (Hezekiah Doane Crosby)
Cynthia Crosby
wife, Hezekiah Crosby
b Wellfleet
Cynthia, Betsey, Matlida, Warren and William are listed without birthdates in the Wellfleet family records. 1850 census does not include Matilda, but has Hannah H.
1850 census, Wellfleet
309 366
Hezekiah D Crosby 50 m labourer $600
Cynthia Crosby 44
Benjamin Crosby 26 m mariner
Lewis R Crosby 24 m mariner
Emily Crosby 21
Cynthia D Crosby 19
Betsey D Crosby 16
Hannah H Crosby 14
Warren J Crosby 10
William D Crosby 8 m 21
Daniel Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Oct 1762 - Truro, Massachusetts 24
Baptism: 14 Nov 1762 - Truro, Massachusetts 25
Death: Bef 1802
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Judah Dyer (1729-1778)
Mother: Anna Harding (1733-1816)
Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah Knowles (Cir 1766 - 3 Apr 1832) 26
Marriage: 15 Sep 1791 - Eastham, Massachusetts 27
Status:
Notes
General:
Is this the Daniel Dyer of Truro?: DYER, Daniel, Truro. Private, Capt. Isaiah Higgins's co., Col. Thomas Marshal's regt.; abstract for advance p ay for 1 mo. from June 6, 1776, etc., dated Boston, June 17, 1776; also, same co. and regt.; abstract for advance pay for 1 mo., etc., of certain men who had joined said company subsequent to last previous return; order signed by Capt. Higgins for payment of amount of roll dated Long Island, Se pt. 2, 1776; also, same co. and reg't; service from Nov. 1, 1776 to time of discharge, 1 mo.; reported 120 miles from home.
[seems too young for Rev]
Daniel H Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1802 - (Buckstown, Maine)
Baptism:
Death: 11 Apr 1834 - Bucksport, Maine
Burial: in Riverview Cemetery, North Bucksport
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ambrose Dyer (1770- )
Mother: Rhoda (1766-1839)
Daniel Pike Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 28 Jul 1797 - Truro, Massachusetts 29
Baptism: 5 Nov 1797 - Truro, Massachusetts 30
Death: 7 Jul 1822 - West Indies
Burial: in Cranberry Horn Cemetery, Great Island, Harpswell
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Isaac Dyer (1760-1820)
Mother: Mary Pike (1763-1844)
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Lucy Rumril b: 29 JAN 1802 in Great Island, Harpswell, Cumberland, Me
Married: 19 NOV 1820
Children
Daniel Pike Dyer b: 27 FEB 1821 in Harpswell, Cumberland, Me
Rebecca Pike Dyer b: 20 JUN 1822 in Harpswell, Cumberland, Me 7
David Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 3 Jan 1754 - Cape Elizabeth, Maine 31
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Micah Dyer (1728-1797) 7
Mother: Hannah Marriner (Cir 1730-Cir 1809)
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Lewis (Est 1756 - )
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. David Dyer (1774-1851) 32
David Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 28 Jun 1749 - Truro, Massachusetts 33
Baptism: 23 Jul 1749 - Truro, Massachusetts 34
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: David Dyer (1719-1752)
Mother: Ruth Harding (Cir 1723-1803)
Notes
General:
He went from Truro MA to New Meadows ME and then to Brooksville ME
David Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Sep 1760 - Truro, Massachusetts 35
Baptism: 16 Nov 1760 - Truro, Massachusetts 36
Death: 4 Apr 1816 - Truro, Massachusetts 37
Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro 38
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Elisha Dyer (1730-1791) 7
Mother: Hannah Atkins (1728-1813)
Spouses and Children
1. *Martha Knowles (24 Dec 1760 - 12 Feb 1845)
Marriage: 21 Apr 1785 - Truro, Massachusetts 39
Status:
Children:
1. David Dyer (1786- )
2. Hannah Dyer (1788- )
3. Rebecca Dyer (1788-1806)
4. Elisha Dyer (1792-1871)
5. Captain Henry Dyer (1794-1884)
6. Sarah Dyer (1797-1851)
7. Reuben Dyer (1800-1831)
David Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 3 Aug 1774 - Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Baptism:
Death: 10 Nov 1851 - Windham, Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: David Dyer (1754- ) 31
Mother: Sarah Lewis (Est 1756- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Marcy Higgins (5 Oct 1777 - 30 Jul 1851)
Marriage: 13 May 1799 - Maine
Status:
Notes
General:
Occupation: Farmer
Note:
1850 census Portland ME. David & Mercy Dyer were with dau. Mary (Dyer) Dyer in Portland ME.
REF: MS; Cape Elizabeth ME VR; Desc Richard Higgins; 1850 census Portland ME; Cecil Dyer.
77 yrs
Children
Gardner Dyer b: 29 JUN 1801 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Me
Seth Dyer b: 13 MAY 1805 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Me
Mercy Higgins Dyer b: 14 FEB 1811 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Me
(Dyer)
David Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Jul 1786 - Truro, Massachusetts 41
Baptism: 19 Nov 1786 - Truro, Massachusetts 34
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: David Dyer (1760-1816)
Mother: Martha Knowles (1760-1845)
David Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Oct 1791 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 42
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ambrose Dyer (1770- )
Mother: Rhoda (1766-1839)
David Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 28 Aug 1719 - Truro, Massachusetts 35
Baptism: 17 Apr 1726 - Truro, Massachusetts 25
Death: Apr 1752 - Truro, Massachusetts
Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro 43
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jonathan Dyer (1692-1773)
Mother: Susannah Brown (1700- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Ruth Harding (Cir 1723 - 23 Jun 1803)
Marriage: 7 Feb 1742 - Truro, Massachusetts 44
Status:
Children:
1. Hannah Dyer (1743- ) 45
2. Ruth Dyer (1745-1816) 7
3. Micah Dyer (1747-1807) 45
4. David Dyer (1749- )
5. Phebe Dyer (1751- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Ruth Harding)
He and wife, Ruth were admitted to Truro Church 19 Feb 1743. Children Ruth, Micah and David moved to New Meadows, Maine. 7
Sources
1. Marilyn Maxwell Strout, "Descendants of James Maxwell and Christopher Strout" (2001. freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~strout/geneal.html). unreferenced but generally plausible
2. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 4.
3. John Harvey Treat, rearranged by Kathryn Rich, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Vital Statistics. Section Two, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (1969. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), 17. has transcription errors
4. Rootsweb.com, bob_bartlett.
5. Marilyn Maxwell Strout, "Descendants of James Maxwell and Christopher Strout" (2001. freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~strout/geneal.html).
6. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 23, 55. by Rev Mr John Avery, pastor of ye Chh in Truroe.
7. Frank Dyer, "Descendants of William & Mary (Barrett) Dyer of Rhode Island" (Rootsweb files will_riged, spragueged).
8. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:108 Sylvanus & Betsey Dyer family.
9. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 26, Joseph L. & Abigail Gross Dyer family.
10. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association).
11. Anne Diehm, compiler; Joseph Crook Anderson III and Marlene A. Groves, editors, Vital records of Cape Elizabeth, Maine (2009. Rockland, Me: Picton Press), 26.
12. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:121. the children of David and Hannah Dyer.
13. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:70. Micah and Bethiah Dyer family.
14. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:51. children of Joseph and Polly Holbrook.
15. Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 24: Wellfleet (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 817.
16. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), Hezekiah D. & Cynthia D. Crosby. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:70. Micah and Bethiah Dyer family.
17. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1843-1859 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 2:89. frequently differ from other records
18. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1843-1859 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 2:89.
19. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), Hezekiah D. & Cynthia D. Crosby.
20. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:573. Marriages.
21. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:130. children of Hezekiah D. & Cynthia Crosby.
22. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), row 22, lot 3. Timothy D. Atwood family.
23. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), lot 216. Hezekiah D. & Cynthia D. Crosby.
24. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 81.
25. John Harvey Treat, rearranged by Kathryn Rich, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Vital Statistics. Section Two, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (1969. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), 16.
26. Charles Thornton Libby, "The Knowles family of Eastham" (1927-1928. NEHGR in 5 parts: vol. 79: 286-297, 379-392; vol. 80: 6-24, 119-130, 265-279.), 80:20. .... Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003 ff. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.
27. marriages, circa 1761-1844. from Book 2, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute (2 Cds), files H01_04a - H01_04f), 4.
28. E. Payne, Turner family (email Dec 2007, Mar 2008).
29. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 171.
30. John Harvey Treat, rearranged by Kathryn Rich, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Vital Statistics. Section Two, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (1969. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), 20.
31. Anne Diehm, compiler; Joseph Crook Anderson III and Marlene A. Groves, editors, Vital records of Cape Elizabeth, Maine (2009. Rockland, Me: Picton Press), 10.
32. Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 172. This is a major source, which seems accurate.
33. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 20.
34. John Harvey Treat, rearranged by Kathryn Rich, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Vital Statistics. Section Two, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (1969. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), 18.
35. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 34.
36. John Harvey Treat, rearranged by Kathryn Rich, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Vital Statistics. Section Two, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (1969. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), 19.
37. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 220.
38. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), #643.
39. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 135.
40. Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 172.
41. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 139.
42. George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 12:23.
43. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), #397.
44. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 45.
45. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 19.