Jonathan Collins Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Aug 1838 - Truro, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death: 31 Mar 1896 - Somerville, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death: Broght's Disease
Parents
Father: Thomas Dyer (1814-1898)
Mother: Sarah Jane Burgess (1817-1866) 2
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Sarah Elizabeth Randall b: OCT 1835 in Cutler, Washington, Me
Married: 1 JUL 1860 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Ma
Children
Frances Krogman Dyer b: 18 AUG 1867 in Boston, Suffolk, Ma
Eva L. Dyer b: 10 SEP 1869 in Somerville, Middlesex, Ma
Lenora A. Dyer b: 1872 in Mass
Frederick T. Dyer b: ABT 24 MAR 1874 in Somerville, Middlesex, Ma 2
Jonathan Collins Lee Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Aug 1829 - Truro, Massachusetts 4
Baptism:
Death: 20 Oct 1836 - Truro, Massachusetts
Burial: in Truro Congregational cemetery
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Thomas Dyer (1783-1862)
Mother: Ruth Collins (1792-1829)
Joseph Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 24 Feb 1784 - Cape Elizabeth, Maine 5
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joshua Dyer (Cir 1747-1825)
Mother: Mercy Sawyer (1753-1834)
Joseph Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Jan 1718 - Truro, Massachusetts 7
Baptism: 11 Mar 1728 - Truro, Massachusetts 8
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: William Dyer (1690-After 1764) 9
Mother: Hannah Strout (1690-1735)
Joseph Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 2 Mar 1686 - Boston, Massachusetts Bay 10
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Dyer (Est 1640-1696)
Mother: Elizabeth (Est 1660- )
Notes
General:
possibly the Joseph Dyer baptized at First Church Boston, 7 Apr 1695 11
Joseph Adam Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 29 May 1843 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 12
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Adam Mileson Dyer (1789-1855) 2
Mother: Elizabeth Smith Hill (1810- ) 13
Joseph Adam Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 29 May 1833 - Truro, Massachusetts 14
Baptism:
Death: 9 May 1855 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Burial: in Smallpox cemetery, Provincetown
Cause of Death: smallpox
Events
• Occupation
• Alt Birth, , Provincetown, Massachusetts in Provincetown, Massachusetts
Notes
Medical:
age 22
Joseph B Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Jul 1840 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: Bef Oct 1877
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Snow Dyer (1797-1880) 15
Mother: Hannah S Cook (1802-1865)
Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah Louise Cook (23 Oct 1845 - 16 Jan 1915) 16
Marriage: 19 Oct 1864 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Edwin Cook Dyer (1867-1868)
Joseph E Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1858 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Emily M Ewell (1860 - )
Marriage: 3 Nov 1880 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 17
Status:
Joseph Lewis Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Dec 1831 - Truro, Massachusetts 18
Baptism:
Death: 2 Feb 1895 - Truro, Massachusetts 19
Burial: in Truro Methodist cemetery
Cause of Death: angina pectoris
Parents
Father: Thomas Kenney Dyer (1801-1863) 20
Mother: Patty Snow Smith (1805-1837)
Spouses and Children
1. *Abigail Gross Atkins (16 Aug 1837 - 1919) 21
Marriage: 3 Apr 1856 - Boston, Massachusetts 22
Status:
Children:
1. Etta Lewis Dyer (1859-1863) 21
2. Bertha L Dyer (1865-1867) 21
3. Henrietta Paine Dyer (1869-1946)
4. Clara G Dyer (1871-1873) 21
Notes
Medical:
age 63-1-2
Joseph Lewis Dyer
husband of Abbie G Dyer
store keeper, groceries
b 7 res Truro
s/o Thomas K Dyer & Betsey Smith, both b Truro
23
Joseph Snow Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Dec 1792 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 12
Baptism:
Death: 1 Dec 1872 - Truro, Massachusetts 24
Burial:
Cause of Death: paralysis
Parents
Father: Adam Mileson Dyer (1765- )
Mother: Sarah Snow (1766-1807)
Spouses and Children
1. *Jemima Dyer (7 Jul 1796 - 20 Aug 1882)
Marriage: 1814 - Truro, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Pauline Paine Dyer (1815-1896)
2. Ruth Young Dyer (1817-1877)
3. Ann Atwood Dyer (1820- )
4. Jemima Dyer (1824-Bef 1826)
5. Jemima Dyer (1826-1895)
Notes
Medical:
age 79-11-21Marriage Notes (Jemima Dyer)
Joseph Dyer
married
mariner
res Truro, b Provincetown
s/o Adam Dyer and Sarah mn Snow, both b Provincetown
1850 Census, Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Joseph Dyer 56 mariner; Jemima 54.
Joshua Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1853 - Chelsea, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joshua Dyer (1825-1865) 25
Mother: Eleanor McKage (1830-1910)
Joshua Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Apr 1777 - Cape Elizabeth, Maine 5
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joshua Dyer (Cir 1747-1825)
Mother: Mercy Sawyer (1753-1834)
Joshua Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Feb 1775 - Truro, Massachusetts 26
Baptism: 26 Mar 1775 - Truro, Massachusetts 27
Death: 21 Mar 1803 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Burial: in Cemetery #2, Provincetown
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Death 28, , Provincetown, Massachusetts in Provincetown, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Fulke Dyer (1733-1814) 2
Mother: Elizabeth Atkins (1738-1815) 2
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Collins (14 Mar 1779 - 3 Oct 1872)
Marriage: 13 Feb 1798 - Truro, Massachusetts 29
Status:
Children:
1. John Dyer (1798-1803) 30
2. Hutte Dyer (1800-1826) 31
3. Deacon John Dyer (1802-1885) 32
Notes
General:
"Drowned at Provincetown, Mr. Joshua Dyer, aged 26 years in the violent squall of the 21st ins., (Mar.1803) son of H. Dyer of Truro.These unhappy parents have had four sons, two sons-in-law, and one grand child drowned within four years".
His son, Mr Hutte Dyer is buried with Parker, also mentions that his father died at age 28-29. Provincetown Cemetery Records; Cemetery #2, Old section, lot 246 grave 7.
REF: Mass Vital Records (deaths 1885-364-15); Provincetown Cemetery Inscriptions.
Joshua Dyer reported drowned at Provincetown in the Columbian Centinel Apr 2, 1803 as found in INDEX OF OBITUARIES IN MASS. CENT. & COL. CENT. 178 4-1840; Am. Antiquarian Soc.; G.K. Hall Co., 1961.
On Oct. 10, 1802 [sic] Fulke Dyer was appointed administrator of the estate of his son Joshua; on March 20, 1816, the widow Sarah was given "her thirds in the Estate of her first husband Joshua Dyer decesd." 2
Joshua Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Nov 1780 - Truro, Massachusetts 13
Baptism: 12 Nov 1780 - Truro, Massachusetts 33
Death: After 1850 - (Vinalhaven, Maine)
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: William Dyer (1742-1789) 2
Mother: Hannah Eldridge (1739-1795)
Spouses and Children
1. *Jane Dyer (21 Oct 1783 - After 1850) 34
Marriage: 19 Dec 1802 - Truro, Massachusetts 35
Status:
Notes
General:
birth/baptism date discrepancyMarriage Notes (Jane Dyer)
He left Provincetown MA for Vinalhaven ME 1812.
1850 Census, Vinalhaven (all b. Mass.)
Joshua Dyer, 69, Fisherman, Real Estate $500
Jane, 66, F
(will_riged)
Children
Timothy Dyer b: 11 OCT 1803 in Truro, Barnstable, Ma
Jane Dyer b: 1804 in Truro, Barnstable, Ma
Joshua Dyer b: 1813 in Provincetown, Barnstable, Ma
Hannah Dyer b: ABT 1818 in Maine
Elijah Dyer b: 13 JAN 1822 in Vinalhaven, Knox, Me
Delia\Cordelia Dyer b: MAR 1825 in Vinalhaven, Knox, Me
(will_riged)
Joshua Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1737 - (Truro, Massachusetts)
Baptism: 24 Sep 1752 - Truro, Massachusetts 27
Death: in Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jonathan Dyer (1715-Cir 1772)
Mother: Keturah Doane (1715-1789)
Father: Anthony Dyer (1720- ) 9
Mother: Elizabeth Walker (1722- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Cobb (26 Mar 1753 - )
Marriage: 13 Oct 1774 - Truro, Massachusetts 36
Status:
Notes
General:
(via papajohn)Marriage Notes (Elizabeth Cobb)
The date of his birth is obtained from his records of military service:(*)
Joshua Dyer, in a Return dated Falmouth, April 12, 1759, enlisted for service in the regiment of Colonel Samuel Waldo, Jr., to be under the command of "His Excellency Jeffry Amherst Esq., General and Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty's forces in North America, for the invasion of Canada. Age 22; residence Falmouth; enlisted April 10. Reported Enlisted in the King's Navy.
"Joshua Dyer, on Muster Roll of the seamen in His Majesty's service on board the Neptune; discharged by order of Admiral Saunders. Entered service March 10, 1759; served till Nov. 10, 1759; length of service 35 weeks, 1 day. (Quality missing on 2d sheet of Roll.) Reported in Council Warrant of Jan. 19, 1760. Service up the St. Lawrence."
This Elizabeth Cobb is tentative.
Joshua Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 28 Oct 1825 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 25
Baptism:
Death: 4 Jun 1865 - Chelsea, Massachusetts
Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet 37
Cause of Death: Consumption or Liver Complaint
Parents
Father: Sylvanus Collins Dyer (1786-1870)
Mother: Betsey M Hopkins (1793-1863)
Spouses and Children
1. *Eleanor McKage (1830 - 24 Jul 1910)
Marriage: Cir 1849
Status:
Children:
1. Apphia A Dyer (1850-1851) 37
2. Benjamin Dyer (1851- )
3. Joshua Dyer (1853- )
4. Effie A Dyer (1860- )
Notes
General:
Occupation: 1860 OystermanMarriage Notes (Eleanor McKage)
Occupation: 1865 Seaman
Medical Information: married, age 41-7
1850 Census Chelsea, Suffolk, Mass.,
Joshua Dyer 28 Oysterman;
Eleanor 20; [Eleanor Harris, from New Brunswick]
Benjamin A 2;
Sophia 8/12;
Eleanor Harris 45, b. N.S.;
Mary A Harris 10, b. N. Brunswick.
1860 Census, Chelsea, Suffolk, Ma:
Joshua Dyer, 36, Oysterman, $1500, $500, Ma
Eleanor, 25, N.B.
Benj., 12, Ma
Joshua, Jr., 8, Ma
Elvira House, 15, Canada 2
1865 Mass. census, Chelsea
1870 US census, Chelsea
Joshua Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Nov 1785 - Truro, Massachusetts 34
Baptism: 10 Sep 1786 - Truro, Massachusetts 27
Death: 22 Nov 1822 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Burial: in Cemetery #1, Provincetown
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Elijah Dyer (1752-1796)
Mother: Deliverance Collins (1752-1836)
Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca Cobb (2 Jun 1790 - 16 Aug 1863)
Marriage: 3 Oct 1816 - Truro, Massachusetts 38
Status:
Children:
1. Eliza F Dyer (1817-1850)
2. Delia C Dyer (1820- )
Joshua Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Jan 1749 - Truro, Massachusetts 39
Baptism: 15 Jan 1749 - Truro, Massachusetts 40
Death: 23 Oct 1774 - Truro, Massachusetts
Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro 41
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Elijah Dyer (1726-1794)
Mother: Deliverance Atkins (1729-1801)
Joshua Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 3 Aug 1820 - Truro, Massachusetts 42
Baptism:
Death: 30 Jun 1891 - Truro, Massachusetts 23
Burial: in Truro Congregational cemetery 43
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ebenezer Dyer (1781-1852)
Mother: Betsey Dyer (1782-1859) 44
Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah Collins Snow (11 Aug 1820 - 14 Jul 1892)
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Mary Freeman Dyer (1856- )
Notes
Medical:
age 69-10-27
Sources
1. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 297.
2. Frank Dyer, "Descendants of William & Mary (Barrett) Dyer of Rhode Island" (Rootsweb files will_riged, spragueged).
3. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 74.
4. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 259.
5. Anne Diehm, compiler; Joseph Crook Anderson III and Marlene A. Groves, editors, Vital records of Cape Elizabeth, Maine (2009. Rockland, Me: Picton Press), 14.
6. Marilyn Maxwell Strout, "Descendants of James Maxwell and Christopher Strout" (2001. freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~strout/geneal.html). unreferenced but generally plausible
7. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 4.
8. 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
9. Marilyn Maxwell Strout, "Descendants of James Maxwell and Christopher Strout" (2001. freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~strout/geneal.html).
10. Boston MA Vital Records, 169.
11. Boston MA Vital Records, 225.
12. George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 27:125.
13. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 199.
14. Cape Codder (Orleans, Massachusetts), 28 Oct 2005. Provincetown smallpox cemetery.
15. George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 23:168.
16. Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm). badly organized
17. Barnstable Patriot (Barnstable, Mass [archives 1830-1930 online at Sturgis Library, Barnstable]), 16 Nov 1880.
18. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 273.
19. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 26, Joseph L. & Abigail Gross Dyer family. .... Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Truro.
20. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 179.
21. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 26, Joseph L. & Abigail Gross Dyer family.
22. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Boston.
23. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Truro.
24. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), 247:19 (Truro).
25. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:108 Sylvanus & Betsey Dyer family.
26. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 119.
27. 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.
28. George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 27:128.
29. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 203. Rev Jude Damon.
30. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 173.
31. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 175.
32. Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm).
33. 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.
34. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 139.
35. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 204. Return of marriages made by Revd Jude Damon to Anthony Snow, Town Clerk.
36. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 107.
37. 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 646. Joshua & Eleanor Dyer family.
38. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 218. (Rev Jude Damon).
39. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 62.
40. 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.
41. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), #339.
42. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 233.
43. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 176. Joshua & Hannah C. Dyer.
44. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 197. Ebenezer & Betsey Dyer family.