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A Grandchild's Heritage - The DYER Line
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The Dyer Line
Other lines directly linked to Dyer through their wives are Hutchinson & Greene
Links to external Dyer pages: ** Legends ** Sam Behling**
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Generation No. 1

John Dyer
LINK
b 1550, Bratton Seymore, Somerset Co, England[www2]

He married Jane Ernley

Generation No. 2

William Dyer
LINK
b c1580 England
died in Kirkby Lathrope, Lincoln, England[www2]
Occupation Yeoman

m 1605, London, England

Generation No. 3

William Dyer
Rhode Island Charter - LINK - *LINK* - LINK - LINK
occ. mariner, warf owner, milliner
b Bef 19 Sep 1609 in London, England[www2]
� 19 Sep 1610, Kirkby La Thorpe, Lincolnshire, England. d 1677 in Newport, RI[www2]
Religion - Quaker

m 27 October 1633 in St. Martin-in -the-Fields, London, England[www2]

Mary Barrett b c1610, London, England
d 1 Jun 1660 in Boston, Suffolk, MA.(HANGED)
Religion: Quaker
William Dyer was a signer of the Portsmouth Compact.
Portsmouth Compact Plaque
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Mary Barrett Dyer: some biographical notes ...
- Funk & Wagnalls Quote
- Mayflower Families Biography
- Noteable Women Ancestors Biography
- Martyrdom of Mary Dyer
- Making a Difference
- Statues in Boston State House grounds
- Puritan Motivations for Quaker Persecution
- Mary Dyer Biography
- Henry J. Cadbury Library Booklist
- Legends - Dyer Family
- Colonial Women

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Mary Statue 1 Mary Statue 2 Mary Statue 3 Mary Statue 4
Mary Dyer Statue in Boston Common by the State House.


Children of William Dyer and Mary Barrett are:
i. William, bapt. 24 Oct 1634; buried 27 Oct1634, London, England
ii. SamuelDyer
iii. Stillborn daughter, 17 Oct 1637, Boston, MA
iv. William, b. abt 1640, Newport, RI; d. 1687/8; m. Mary Walker
v. Mahershallahasbaz, b. abt 1643, Newport, RI; d. bef 1670; m. Martha Pearce
vi. Henry, b. abt 1647, Newport, RI; d. Feb 1690; m. Elizabeth Sanford
vii. Mary, b. before 1650, Newport, RI; d. aft 26 Jan 1679, DE; m. by 1675, Henry Ward
viii. Charles, b. abt 1650, Newport, RI; d. May 15, 1727; m. (1) Mary (___); m. (2) Martha (Brownell) Wait
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Generation No. 4

Samuel Dyer
b 10 Oct 1635 in Boston MA[www2]
baptized in Boston, Suffolk, MA on 20 Dec 1635
died 1678 in Kingstowne, RI[www2]
Religion - Quaker


He married Anne Hutchinson Abt 1660[www2]
b 18 Nov 1643 in Boston, Suffolk, MA.
bap in Boston, Suffolk, MA on 19 Nov 1643
d in Newport, Newport, RI on 16 Jan 1710; she was 66
Religion: Quaker
Generation No. 5

Edward Dyer
b 1670 in Newport, RI[www2]
d Aft 1744 in North Kingstowne, RIhe was 74[www2]
Occupation: House Carpenter

He married Mary Greene Abt 1698[www2]
b 8 Jul 1677 in Warwick, Kent, RI.
d aft 1705; she was 27

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Generation No. 6

Edward Dyer
b 6 Jan 1701/02[www2]
d 18 Mar 1788, he was 87[13]

He married Freelove.

Generation No. 7

Hannah Dyer
b 1718[14]
d 1795 in Burlington, NS[15]

She married Richard Card 2 April 1752

Lineage = Dyer -> Card -> Wilcox -> Saunders -> Barb�

Index of Names
A B C D E F G H IJK L M N O P QR S T UV W XYZ
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Sources:

[rt1] Reference Texts

[www1] WWW References

[hs1] Prof. Dr. Herbert Stoyan references

[S418] Bonner & Bass references - change ending of URL below to find the source. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/sources/sou0003.html#S418



13. - 15. BOOK: Descendants of Richard Card in Kings County now Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada by Dr. Thomas A. Card

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