Dr. William Dyer

William lived at Truro before the original proprietors came, though the births of his children are recorded in Barnstable.

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Dr William Dyer

BIRTH 7 Mar 1653 Dorking, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England

DEATH 27 Jul 1738 (aged 85) Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA

BURIAL Old North Cemetery Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA

Dr. Dyer resided in Barnstable from about 1686, and moved to Truro approximately 1705. He was born in England.

Dr. William of Barnstable, b. 1653. Settled at Truro before the proprietors. He m. 1686, Mary, dau of Wm. Taylor of B. The house occupied by the late Capt. Ebenezer Atkins taken down within the last twenty years, was built by him. The gravestones from which we copy, are still in good condition in the Old North.

The old doctor had a knack of keeping in hot water with his neighbors, and like Tristam Shandy's father, had a spice in his temper known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and obstinacy in a bad one. I should do great injustice to a long line of descendants, justly proud of their ancestors,to deny them a like precious inheritance. His family all married and settled around him, soon became among the largest and most influential in town ; a position maintained to this day.

Children: i. Lydia, b. 1688. ii. William Junisimus, b. 1690, m. Hannah, iii. Jonathan, b. 1692, m. Phebe. 2d, Hannah, iv. Henry, b. 1693, m. Anne, v. Isabel, b. 1695, m- Samuel Small, 1713. vi. Ebenezer, b. 1697, m. Sarah Doane of Eastham, 1720. vii. Samuel, b. 1698. m. Mary Brown, he d. 1773. viii. Judah b. 1701, m. Phebe Young, sons, Elijah, Judah.

Family Members

Spouse Photo Mary Taylor Dyer 1658–1738 (m. 1658)

Children Henry Dyer 1693–1767

Photo Ebenezer Dyer 1697–1777

Photo Samuel Dyer 1698–1773

Photo Judah Dyer 1701–1742

Inscription

Her lyes the body of Doc William Dyer aged about 85 yrs died July 27th 1738

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Dr William Dyer Sr

Born 7 Mar 1663 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Son of Samuel Dyer and Anne (Hutchinson) Vernon

Brother of Samuel Dyer, Nathaniel Dyer, Edward Dyer, Elisha Dyer, Ann (Dyer) Clarke, Henry Dyer, Barrett Dyer, Daniel Vernon [half], Samuel Vernon [half] and Catherine Vernon [half]

Husband of Mary (Taylor) Dyer — married Dec 1686 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Father of Lydia Dyer, William Dyer Jr, Jonathan Dyer, Henry Dyer I, Isabel (Dyer) Hatch, Ebenezer Dyer, Samuel Dyer Sr and Judah Dyer

Died about 27 Jul 1738 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 11 May 2020 | Created 11 Sep 2010

Biography

Born 7 MAR 1662/1663 in Boston, Suffolk, Mass.[1][2][3]

Married Mary Taylor in December 1686 in Barnstable.[4][5][6][7][8] The exact date may be 15 DEC 1686.[9]

Died 27 JUL 1738 in Truro, Barnstable, Mass.[10][11][12][13][14]

He was buried in 1738 in Old North Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable, Mass. His widow Mary was also buried there.

Gravestone reads: "Dyer, William, Dr., died 27 July 1738, aged about 85 years."

The Dyer family is an ancient one in Somerset County, England. Some of them were titled. The Dyer family was severely persecuted by King James and was especially condemned for loyalty to Charles I.

Dr. William Dyer, when Truro was incorporated on July 16, 1709, was a proprietor. In 1710 he was one of the 20 owners of cattle of a large Danish breed, yellow in color, which were brought over by Francis Small.

William lived at Truro before the original proprietors came, though the births of his children are recorded in Barnstable.

The house built by Doctor Dyer, in Truro, was occupied after his death by his son Ebenezer, who by will dated June 2, 1773, gave to his son, Fulk Dyer, "my Dwelling house wherein I now live and the lands adjoining thereto formerly called Doct. Dyers homestead." Fulk Dyer lived there until his death, in 1814, in his eighty second year. The inventory of his estate includes the "land called the homestead whereon the house and other buildings standeth.... $150.00, One Dwelling House..... $250.00." The old house, last occupied by Captain Ebenezer Atkins, was taken down since 1865. [Small Genealogy]

Family moved to Truro Abt 1701.

WILLIAM 2 DYER

William 2 Dyer was born about 1653; the place of his birth is unknown. " The Marriage of William Dier & Mary Taylor Decem'r 1686," is recorded with the births of theirchildren, in Barnstable. Mary3 Taylor was daughter to Henry2 Taylor, of Barnstable, who married December 19,1650, Lydia2 Hatch.

Lydia2 Hatch was sister to Jonathan2, and daughter to Thomas1 and Grace Hatch, of Barnstable, formerly of Scituate.[15][16]

Death

27 JUL 1738 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts[17] Burial

Old North Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Title

Dr. Marriage

DEC 1686 Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts[18] Sources

↑ Liela Morse Wilson, Ten Generations from William & Mary Dyer of Newport, R.I. Windham, Ct, private, 1949, p. ?? ↑ William H. Whitmore, A Report of the Record Commissioners of Boston, Suffolk, Ma. 1630-1699. Rockwell and Churchill. Boston. 1883. Call Number: F73.4.B67x, vol.9, Page: 88. ↑ Other sources have the birth as 1653 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. This is apparently William Richard Cutter, A. M., Genealogy - Boston and Eastern Massachusetts aka Genealogical & Personal Memoirs of the Families of Boston & Eastern Mass. Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1908. Vol. 1, page 461. ↑ Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 1994, p ?? ↑ Harold Ward Dana, "John(5) Billings of Deer Isle, Maine," in NEHGR, Vol. 97, October 1943. Originally from "Genealogy of William Billings", Frank Billings, M.D., n.d., published about 1931. Vol 2, p.66. ↑ Boston Transcript. Newspaper: 17 Dec 1902 #3535 ↑ Charles Lathrop Pack, Thomas Hatch of Barnstable & Some of His Descendants, The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey. 1930. Call Number: R929.2 H361P. Page: 57 ↑ "Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records," in The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. IV. Page: 224 ↑ Cutter ,Vol. 1, page 461. ↑ Downeast Ancestry, Vol 2, #4 ↑ Gravestone, Old North Cemetery, No. Truro, Barnstable, Ma. Author: Jeanne Gonzales, April 18, 1998. st 251. ↑ Pack, Page: 57 ↑ "Records from Old North Cemetery, Truro," in The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. XII. Page: 235. ↑ Cutter, Vol. 1, page 461. ↑ Volume 3 page 1197 Adrian Stanley 31 May 2015 ↑ Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill, Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol.3. ↑ Source: #S240 Page: Old North Cemetery ↑ Source: #S10 Page: v1 See also:

"The Dyers from England to Cape Elizabeth 1557-1987 - Descendants of Henry, 3rd son of Dr. William Dyer", Berry, Marcelia Dyer Rennard. Manuscript, p 9. Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill, Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol.3. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.: 1934. Call Number: R929.2 S635uV.3. Johann Winsser, "Mary (Dyre) Ward: Mary (Barrett) Dyre's Missing Daughter Traced," in NEHGR, Volume 145, January 1991. John Bensiah Dyer, "Inscriptions from gravestones in the Old North Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable, Mass. 1713-1840," The Advocate Press: H.F. Hopkins, 1897, Provincetown, Barnstable, Mass. Harold Ward Dana, "John(5) Billings of Deer Isle, Maine," in NEHGR, Vol. 97, October 1943. Originally from "Genealogy of William Billings", Frank Billings, M.D., n.d., published about 1931. S10 Title: Barnstable VR S240 Title: Truro VR Dyer, John. Inscriptions From Gravestones in the Old North Cemetery, Truro, Mass. (Advocate Press, Provincetown, Mass., 1897) Page 11

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Biography

Born 7 MAR 1662/1663 in Boston, Suffolk, Mass.<ref>Liela Morse Wilson,Ten Generations from William & Mary Dyer of Newport, R.I. Windham, Ct, private, 1949, p. ??</ref><ref>William H. Whitmore, A Report of the Record Commissioners of Boston, Suffolk, Ma. 1630-1699. Rockwell and Churchill. Boston. 1883. Call Number: F73.4.B67x, vol.9, Page: 88.</ref><ref>Other sources have the birth as 1653 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. This is apparently William Richard Cutter, A. M., <i>Genealogy - Boston and Eastern Massachusetts</i> aka Genealogical & Personal Memoirs of the Families of Boston & Eastern Mass. Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1908. Vol. 1, page 461.</ref> Married Mary Taylor in December 1686 in Barnstable.<ref>Clarence AlmonTorrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 1994, p ??</ref><ref>Harold Ward Dana, "John(5) Billings of Deer Isle, Maine," in NEHGR, Vol. 97, October 1943. Originally from "Genealogy of William Billings", Frank Billings, M.D., n.d., published about 1931. Vol 2, p.66.</ref><ref>Boston Transcript. Newspaper: 17 Dec 1902 #3535</ref><ref>Charles Lathrop Pack, Thomas Hatch of Barnstable & Some of His Descendants, The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey. 1930. Call Number: R929.2 H361P. Page: 57</ref><ref>"Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records," in The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. IV. Page: 224</ref> The exact date may be 15 DEC 1686.<ref>Cutter ,Vol. 1, page 461.</ref> Died 27 JUL 1738 in Truro, Barnstable, Mass.<ref>Downeast Ancestry, Vol 2, #4</ref><ref>Gravestone, Old North Cemetery, No. Truro, Barnstable, Ma. Author: Jeanne Gonzales, April 18, 1998. st 251.</ref><ref>Pack, Page: 57</ref><ref> "Records from Old North Cemetery, Truro,"in The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. XII. Page: 235.</ref><ref>Cutter, Vol. 1, page 461.</ref> He was buried in 1738 in Old North Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable, Mass. His widow Mary was also buried there. Gravestone reads: "Dyer, William, Dr., died 27 July 1738, aged about 85 years." The Dyer family is an ancient one in Somerset County, England. Some ofthem were titled. The Dyer family was severely persecuted by King James and was especially condemned for loyalty to Charles I. Dr. William Dyer, when Truro was incorporated on July 16, 1709, was a proprietor. In 1710 he was one of the 20 owners of cattle of a large Danish breed, yellow in color, which were brought over by Francis Small. William lived at Truro before the original proprietors came, though the births of his children are recorded in Barnstable. The house built by Doctor Dyer, in Truro, was occupied after his deathby his son Ebenezer, who by will dated June 2, 1773, gave to his son,Fulk Dyer, "my Dwelling house wherein I now live and the lands adjoining thereto formerly called Doct. Dyers homestead." Fulk Dyer lived there until his death, in 1814, in his eighty second year. The inventoryof his estate includes the "land called the homestead whereon the house and other buildings standeth.... $150.00, One Dwelling House..... $250.00." The old house, last occupied by Captain Ebenezer Atkins, was taken down since 1865. [Small Genealogy]

Family moved to Truro Abt 1701.

WILLIAM 2 DYER William 2 Dyer was born about 1653; the place of his birth is unknown." The Marriage of William Dier & Mary Taylor Decem'r 1686," is recorded with the births of theirchildren, in Barnstable. Mary3 Taylor was daughter to Henry2 Taylor, of Barnstable, who married December 19,1650,Lydia2 Hatch. Lydia2 Hatch was sister to Jonathan2, and daughter to Thomas1 and Grace Hatch, of Barnstable, formerly of Scituate.<ref>Volume 3 page 1197 Adrian Stanley 31 May 2015</ref><ref>Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill, Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol.3.</ref>

Death ===:: 27 JUL 1738 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts<ref>Source: #S240 Page: Old North Cemetery</ref>

Burial

:: Old North Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Title

:: Dr.

Marriage ===:: DEC 1686 Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts<ref>Source: #S10Page: v1</ref>

Sources

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See also:* "The Dyers from England to Cape Elizabeth 1557-1987 - Descendants ofHenry, 3rd son of Dr. William Dyer", Berry, Marcelia Dyer Rennard. Manuscript, p 9.* Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill, Descendants of Edward Small of NewEngland, Vol.3. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.: 1934. CallNumber: R929.2 S635uV.3.* Johann Winsser, "Mary (Dyre) Ward: Mary (Barrett) Dyre's Missing Daughter Traced," in NEHGR, Volume 145, January 1991.* John Bensiah Dyer, "Inscriptions from gravestones in the Old North Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable, Mass. 1713-1840," The Advocate Press: H.F. Hopkins, 1897, Provincetown, Barnstable, Mass.* Harold Ward Dana, "John(5) Billings of Deer Isle, Maine," in NEHGR, Vol. 97, October 1943. Originally from "Genealogy of William Billings", Frank Billings, M.D., n.d., published about 1931.

• S10 Title: Barnstable VR
• S240 Title: Truro VR * Dyer, John. Inscriptions From Gravestones in the Old North Cemetery, Truro, Mass. (Advocate Press, Provincetown, Mass., 1897) Page 11