Polly Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Jul 1779 - Cape Elizabeth, Maine 1
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Parents
Father: Robert Dyer (1752-1826) 2
Mother: Miriam Jordan (Cir 1759-1850) 2
Polly Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Nov 1804 - Truro, Massachusetts 3
Baptism:
Death:
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Parents
Father: Ebenezer Dyer (1781-1852)
Mother: Betsey Dyer (1782-1859) 4
Spouses and Children
1. *Manual Howes (Est 1805 - )
Marriage: 22 Nov 1825 - Truro, Massachusetts 5
Status:
Priscilla Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Apr 1790 - Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Baptism:
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Father: Joshua Dyer (Cir 1747-1825)
Mother: Mercy Sawyer (1753-1834)
Priscilla Dyer
Sex: F
AKA: Prissillah Dyer 6
Individual Information
Birth: 1 May 1768 - Truro, Massachusetts 7
Baptism: 12 Jun 1768 - Truro, Massachusetts 8
Death:
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Parents
Father: Judah Dyer (1729-1778)
Mother: Anna Harding (1733-1816)
Spouses and Children
1. *Isaiah Atkins (4 Feb 1769 - Feb 1794)
Marriage: 27 Apr 1792 - Truro, Massachusetts 9
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2. Captain Caleb Hopkins (26 Oct 1769 - 17 Apr 1831)
Marriage: 28 Feb 1797 - Truro, Massachusetts 10
Status:
Children:
1. Betsey Hopkins (1798- ) 11
2. Priscilla Hopkins (1799- )
3. Caty Hopkins (1802- ) 12
4. Thankful Hopkins (1803- ) 13
Priscilla Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 6 Jul 1809 - Truro, Massachusetts 14
Baptism:
Death: 24 Feb 1885 - Truro, Massachusetts 15
Burial: in Snow cemetery, Truro 16
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Judah Dyer (1772-1823) 2
Mother: Ruth Atkins (1776-1862)
Spouses and Children
1. *Jonathan Wing Childs (4 Mar 1804 - 2 May 1877)
Marriage: 13 Mar 1828 - Truro, Massachusetts 17
Status:
Children:
1. Atkins H Childs (1834-1867)
2. John K Childs (1836-1864) 16
3. Mary Ellen Childs (1842-1879) 18
4. Isaac H Childs (1844-1924) 16
Priscilla Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 3 Dec 1919
Baptism:
Death: 5 Dec 1919
Burial: in Truro Congregational cemetery 19
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Raymond Dyer (1886-1957)
Mother: Ruth Pickering (1895-1983)
Rachel Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism: 24 Sep 1752 - Truro, Massachusetts
Death:
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Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jonathan Dyer (1715-Cir 1772)
Mother: Keturah Doane (1715-1789)
Rachel Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 31 Dec 1757 - Truro, Massachusetts 20
Baptism: 22 Oct 1758 - Truro, Massachusetts 21
Death: 12 Feb 1836 - Truro, Massachusetts 22
Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro 23
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Fulke Dyer (1733-1814) 2
Mother: Elizabeth Atkins (1738-1815) 2
Spouses and Children
1. *Captain John Hughes (1751 - 2 May 1799)
Marriage: 21 Mar 1776 - Truro, Massachusetts 24
Status:
Children:
1. Emma Hughes (1781-1878)
2. Mary Hughes (1783-1861)
3. John Hughes (1788-1865)
4. Anna Hughes (1790- )
5. James Hughes (1793-1872)
6. Atkins Hughes (1796-1828)
7. Rachel Hughes (1798- )
Notes
General:
stone:
ERECTED
to the memory of
Mrs RACHEL
relict of
Capt John Hughes
who died
Feb. 12, 1836
also
Atkins Hughes
who was lost at sea
April 1828
aged 32 25
Rachel Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1748
Baptism: 24 Sep 1752 - Truro, Massachusetts 21
Death:
Burial:
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Parents
Father: Anthony Dyer (1720- ) 26
Mother: Elizabeth Walker (1722- )
Rachel S Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Nov 1828 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
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Parents
Father: James Snow Dyer (1797-1880) 27
Mother: Hannah S Cook (1802-1865)
Spouses and Children
1. *Edmund Mayo Graham (17 Apr 1827 - 6 Nov 1873) 28
Marriage: 28 Mar 1850 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Status:
Raymond Elsworth Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Jun 1896 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 29
Baptism:
Death: 5 Jan 1999 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 2
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Austin Elsworth Dyer (1864-1947) 2
Mother: Mehitable A Atkins (1872-1938) 30
Spouses and Children
1. *Nellie May Rose (20 Aug 1890 - 22 Oct 1979) 30
Marriage: 9 Feb 1918 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 31
Status:
Children:
1. William Knowles Dyer (1927- )
2. Private
3. Katherine Louise Dyer (1930- )
Rebecca Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Apr 1790 - Cape Elizabeth, Maine 32
Baptism:
Death:
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Parents
Father: Captain Nathaniel Dyer (1750-1823)
Mother: Hannah (Est 1752- )
Rebecca Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 29 Dec 1774 - Cape Elizabeth, Maine 33
Baptism:
Death:
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Parents
Father: Joshua Dyer (Cir 1747-1825)
Mother: Mercy Sawyer (1753-1834)
Rebecca Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1825 - Truro, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 18 Jul 1901 - Boston, Massachusetts 34
Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Dyer (1780-1835)
Mother: Esther Paine (1784-1851)
Spouses and Children
1. *John Small (2 Nov 1821 - 10 Sep 1888)
Marriage: 4 Dec 1847 - Truro, Massachusetts 35
Status:
Children:
1. Dr Herbert Elwyn Small (1858-1911)
2. Ina Small (1885-1982)
Rebecca Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Nov 1793 - Truro, Massachusetts 36
Baptism: 4 May 1794 - Truro, Massachusetts 37
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Dyer (1768-1795)
Mother: Rebecca Collins (1774- )
Notes
General:
Unusually, the birth record omits the mother: "Rebeccah Dyer daughter of John Dyer" 36
Rebecca Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Oct 1753 - Truro, Massachusetts 38
Baptism: 24 Oct 1753 - Truro, Massachusetts 39
Death: 25 Dec 1820 - Gorham, Maine 40
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Samuel Dyer (1730- )
Mother: Rebecca Paine (1732- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Ebenezer Higgins (23 Aug 1749 - Between 1793 and 1801)
Marriage: 14 Apr 1772 - Truro, Massachusetts 41
Status:
Children:
1. Ebenezer Higgins (1775- ) 40
2. Rebecca Higgins (1780- )
3. Hannah A Higgins (1782- )
4. Martha Higgins (1784- )
5. David Higgins (1787- ) 40
6. Susanna Higgins (1789- )
7. Desire P Higgins (1793- )
2. Colonel Nathaniel Frost (5 Nov 1769 - May 1838)
Marriage: 7 Nov 1801 - Gorham, Maine 40
Status:
Notes
General:
Marriage 2 Nathaniel FrostMarriage Notes (Ebenezer Higgins)
Married: 7 NOV 1801 in Gorham, Cumberland, Me
He resided at Truro and Provincetown and about 1781-2 moved to Pearsonstown (now Standish), Maine, where he was living there in 1790, then moved back to Truro, Barnstable, Ma where he died.
Children
Mary Higgins b: AFT 1772
Rebecca Higgins b: 4 JUL 1775 in Provincetown, Barnstable, Ma
Ebenezer Higgins b: BEF 30 JUL 1775 in Truro, Barnstable, Ma
Hannah Atkins Higgins b: 20 AUG 1782 in Standish, Cumberland, Me
Martha Higgins b: 21 JUN 1784 in Standish, Cumberland, Me
David Higgins b: 3 NOV 1787 in Standish, Cumberland, Me
Susanna Higgins b: 14 APR 1789 in Standish, Cumberland, Me
Desire Parker Higgins b: BEF 19 MAY 1793
(will_riged)
Rebecca Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 28 Aug 1746 - Truro, Massachusetts 42
Baptism: 26 Jul 1747 - Truro, Massachusetts 39
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Elijah Dyer (1726-1794)
Mother: Deliverance Atkins (1729-1801)
Spouses and Children
1. *Jonathan Paine (28 Jul 1744 - 3 Jan 1778)
Marriage: 28 May 1765 - Truro, Massachusetts 43
Status:
Children:
1. Jonathan Paine (1765-1799)
2. Rebecca Paine (1767-1829)
3. Deliverance Paine (1769-1799)
4. Hugh Paine (1771-1793)
5. Rachel Paine (1774- )
Rebecca Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 22 Jun 1793 - Truro, Massachusetts 44
Baptism: 1 Sep 1793 - Truro, Massachusetts 21
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Harding Dyer (1758-1810)
Mother: Rebecca Covell (Est 1760- )
Rebecca Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1849 - Truro, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Thomas Kenney Dyer (1801-1863) 45
Mother: Betsey Knowles Childs (1807-1901) 46
Rebecca Dyer
Sex: F
AKA: Rebekah Dyer
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Aug 1756 - Truro, Massachusetts 47
Baptism: 22 Aug 1756 - Truro, Massachusetts 21
Death: 23 Oct 1813 - Truro, Massachusetts 48
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Elisha Dyer (1730-1791) 2
Mother: Hannah Atkins (1728-1813)
Spouses and Children
1. *Abner Paine (20 Aug 1752 - Bef 1781)
Marriage: 28 Apr 1774 - Truro, Massachusetts 24
Status:
2. Simeon Lombard (2 Mar 1761 - 17 Jun 1802)
Marriage: 8 Aug 1781 - Truro, Massachusetts 49
Status:
Children:
1. Jemima Lombard (1782-1867)
2. Jane Atkins Lombard (1784-1844) 25
3. Richard Paine Lombard (1788-1859)
4. John Lombard (1791-1796) 48
5. John Lombard (1796-1796) 48
Notes
General:
? Rebecca Dyer, b 1756? married Abner Paine, 1774, no further info
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3. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 186.
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