William Dyer1

b. 6 August 1709
William Dyer|b. 6 Aug 1709|p7977.htm|William Dyer|b. 1 May 1683\nd. b 19 Oct 1741|p7979.htm|Mary Chadbourne|b. 1680\nd. b 9 Apr 1765|p7980.htm|John Dyer|b. c 1648|p8325.htm|Sarah Dowse|b. 1647|p8326.htm|Lieut. Humphrey Chadbourne|b. c 1653\nd. c 1694|p8037.htm|Sarah Bolles|b. 20 Jan 1657|p8038.htm|

4th great-grandfather of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
6th great-grandfather of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Fairfield and Allied Families
Appears on charts:
Pedigree for Ruth Minerva Fairfield
     William Dyer was born on 6 August 1709 in Berwick, York County, Maine.2 He was the son of William Dyer and Mary Chadbourne.1 He was baptized on 7 April 1717 in First Church, Berwick.1 He married Lucretia Emery, daughter of James Emery and Margaret Hitchcock, after April 1731.3,4,5
     
     William Dyer was brought before the court on charges of fornication in December 1730 in York County, Maine.6 He and Lucretia Emery lived in Biddeford.7 On 1 September 1749, William Dyer conveyed land, strongly suggesting this was a marriage gift, to Michael Woodsum, the new husband of Elizabeth Dyer.8 On 3 April 1770, William Dyer "of a place called Freetown at the head of Biddeford" conveyed 50 acres "whereon I the sd. Dyer now live" to Michael Woodsum; which Michael conveyed to Humphrey Dyer on 17 March 1781.9

Children of William Dyer and Lucretia Emery

Citations

  1. [S761] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register; (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001), (Orig. Pub. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 148 vols., 1847-1994) 82:78.
  2. [S752] Descendants of William Dyer of Sheepscot, Maine, online <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dyer/dyer.htm>, citing Sybil Noyes, Biddeford-Saco Families, Collection 296, 1878-1967.
  3. [S761] NEHGR, 82:78, no date, maiden name not stated.
  4. [S750] Rev. Rufus Emery, compiler, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590 to 1890 (Salem, Mass.: Emery Cleaves, 1890), 315, no est. date.
  5. [S754] York County US Court Index, online <http://www.raynorshyn.com/megenweb/york/courtvue.asp>, Index No. 602267, SESS, vol. 9 p. 18, box 43 file 8.
  6. [S754] York Co. Court Index, online <http://www.raynorshyn.com/megenweb/york/courtvue.asp>, Index No. 602233, SESS, vol. 8 p. 62.
  7. [S750] Rev. Rufus Emery, Emery, 315.
  8. [S752] Dyer, online <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dyer/dyer.htm>, citing Woodsum, p.38 [Joseph C. Anderson], York Co. Deeds 27:193.
  9. [S752] Dyer, online <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dyer/dyer.htm>, citing Woodsum, p.39 [Joseph C. Anderson], York Co. Deeds 41:204, 64:257.
  10. [S752] Dyer, online <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dyer/dyer.htm>.