Descendants of John Dyer


Generation No. 1

1.  JOHN1 DYER was born in Bratton Seymour, Somerset Co., England.  He married JANE ERNLEY.  
	
Child of JOHN DYER and JANE ERNLEY is:
2.	i.	WILLIAM2 DYER, d. Kirkby Lathrope, Lincoln Co., England.


Generation No. 2

2.  WILLIAM2 DYER (JOHN1) died in Kirkby Lathrope, Lincoln Co., England.
	
Children of WILLIAM DYER are:
3.	i.	WILLIAM3 DYER, b. Bef. September 19, 1609, Kirkby Lathrope, County Lincoln, England; d. Abt. 1676, Newport, Newport, RI.
	ii.	NICHOLAS.
	iii.	MARGARET.


Generation No. 3

3.  WILLIAM3 DYER (WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born Bef. September 19, 1609 in Kirkby Lathrope, County Lincoln, England, and died Abt. 1676 in Newport, Newport, RI.  He married (1) MARY BARRETT October 27, 1633 in St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England.  She was born Abt. 1610 in London, London, England, and died June 01, 1660 in Boston, Suffolk, Ma.  He married (2) CATHARINE DYER Aft. June 01, 1660 in Boston, Suffolk, Ma.  She died Aft. 1687.

Notes for WILLIAM DYER:
Contriversial birth place; London, Middlesex, England


NEHGR, Vol 151, pages 408-416 "Walter Blackborne, London Milliner" by Johan Winsser; says (in part): About Midsummer's Day (June 24) 1624 Blackborne contracted fouteen year old William Dyer as an apprentice. Dyer, the son of an affluent Lincolnshire yeoman, was the future husband of Mary (Barrett) Dyer, the Quaker martyr. How the Dyer family came to select Blackborne is not certain, but it may have been through the Hutchinsons of Alford, Lincolnshire, or through the Carres of Sleaford, Lincolnshire, both families with known long standing associations with the Dyers and with close relatives in London. It may also be that the Dyers of Lincolnshire knew of Blackborne through one or more of the many Dyer families living in London, to whom they may have been related. In any case, William Dyer must have labored on a trial basis for the first year, because it was not until 20 August 1625 that his nine year indenture was enrolled with the Fishmongers, and it was made retroactive to the previous summer. In assuming responsibility for an apprentice, Blackborne obligated himself to serve as a surrogate father, teaching young Dyer his trade, providing him with bed, food, clothing, and behavioral supervision, and maintaining him in the religious life of the parish. In return, Dyer agreed to serve his master faithfully for the set term of years, to forgo marriage during his apprenticeship, to keep his master's secrets, and to adhere to strict behavorial standards both in his master's house and abroad in the town. 
On 10 February 1632, William Dyer signed a lease to rent "The Globe" in the New Exchange, formerly occupied by Blackborne, for a term of two and a quarter years. 
About a year later 1632/33 William Dyer also assumed the lease for Blackborne's tenement on Mr. Greene's Lane. 
By the autumn of 1635 William Dyer had set sail for Boston and soon was prospering in his new home. He was one of fourteen owners of a wharf in Boston. 
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[The Weaver Genealogy, Page 56,57 
"William Coddington, who had been a crown magistrate at Salem, was chosen Governor of the Rhode Island colony. Thus, two flourishing settlements were planted, each having its own government. Absolute liberty of conscience prevailed, and the persecuted flocked thither from the other colonies. These people were so-called non-conformists and were Quakers, and they formed a plantation which, with Providence and Newport, obtained from England in March 1644, a charter under the title of 'The Incorporation of Providence Plantations in the Narragansett Bay in New England.'" Coddington and his party drew up and signed the following agreement: THE COMPACT "We, whose names are underwritten, do swear solemnly, in the presence of Jehovah, to incorporate ourselves into a body politic, and as He shall help us, will submit our persons, lives and estates, unto our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Hosts and to His Holy Word of Truth, to be guided and judged thereby. Exod. XXIV. 3; 2 Kings XI, 17." 
William Coddington 
John Clark 
William Dyer 
William Freeborn 
John Walker 
Samuel Wilbur 
Richard Garder 
William Baulston 
Edward Hutchinson 
William Hutchinson 
Henry Bull 
John Coggeshall       

Notes for MARY BARRETT:
The 20th Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol. 3, p.366 
Captain William and Mary Dyre, who came from England to Boston, Mass., and joined the First church there in December, 1635. Captain Dyre was disfranchised for "seditious writing" Nov. 15, 1637, removed to Rhode Island, and was one of the signers of the compact of government for that province, March 7, 1638. He was secretary the same year, general recorder, 1648; attorney-general, 1650-53; member of the general court, 1661-62, 1664-66; general solicitor, 1665-66, and 1668, and secretary to the council, 1669. He was commissioned commander-in-chief upon the sea in 1653, and headed an expedition fitted out in Rhode Island against the Dutch. His wife, Mary Dyre, was the only woman to suffer capital punishment in all the oppression of the Friends the world over. She accompanied her husband on his mission to England with Roger Williams and Dr. John Clarke to obtain the revocation of Governor Coddington's power in Rhode Island and while there became a convert to Quakerism and a preacher in the society. On arriving in Boston in 1657 she was imprisoned and on the petition of her husband was permitted to go with him to Rhode Island, but never to return to Massachusetts. She returned, however, and with William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson was tried and convicted for "their rebellion, sedition and presumptuous obtruding upon us notwithstanding their being sentenced to banishment on payne of death, as underminers of the government." Robinson and Stevenson were executed, but through the petition of her son, Mayor William Dyre, she was reprieved on the same conditions as before, but in May, 1660, again appeared on the public streets of Boston, and was brought before the court, May 31, and condemned to death. She was executed June 1, 1660. 

NEHGR Vol 114 p208 "The Story of Jane Hawkins" tells of Jane Hawkins, around 1637-1653 who was banished from the community (Boston) for "practicing Medicine" to live in the woods. While at Portsmouth, as a mid-wife, she, with Anne Hutchinson, had assisted at the birth of the so-called 'monster' of Mary Dyer.... as related in John Winthrop's "History of New England" 

Mary, wife of William, suffered martyrdom at Boston, May 32, 1660. [Rhode Island Friends Record - Deaths, pg.99] 

RI Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project Index shows: Mary Dyer, - 31 May 1660, Newport, RI (NT600) 

The Hartford Courant Newspaper, Saturday, March 11, 2000: "Women who made a difference. Names of the 19 women to be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame October 7 were announced this week" "Mary Barret Dyer (birth year unknown-1660) She defied Puritan church autorities in Colonial Boston to gain religious freedom for Quakers. Her death by hanging helped establish the right to worship freely in the Colonies." 

	
Children of WILLIAM DYER and MARY BARRETT are:
4.	i.	SAMUEL4 DYER, b. Bef. December 20, 1635, Boston, Suffolk, Ma; d. Abt. 1678, Kingston, Washington, RI.
	ii.	WILLIAM DYER, b. October 24, 1634, London, England; d. October 27, 1634, London, England.
5.	iii.	MARY DYER, b. Abt. 1639, Boston, Suffolk, Ma; d. Aft. January 26, 1678/79, Deleware.
6.	iv.	WILLIAM DYER, MAJOR, b. Abt. 1642; d. Bef. June 05, 1688, Sussex County, Pa (now Delaware).
	v.	MAHERSHALLALHASHBAZ, b. Abt. 1643, Boston, Suffolk, Ma; m. MARTHA PEARCE, Abt. 1665, Portsmouth, Newport, RI; b. September 13, 1645, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England; d. February 24, 1743/44.

Notes for MAHERSHALLALHASHBAZ:
MAHERSHALALHASHBAZ DYER, Newport, 1661, son of William Dyer, R. I. Hist. Coll. III, 252, (AUSTIN, R. I., p. 290.) 
"Probably no other child on this side of the ocean has suffered such infliction, though it has long been a tradition that a fondness for Old Testament names, in one instance, brought Beelzebub into use." (SAVAGE, Vol. II, p. 88-9.) 
"Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hashbaz." (ISAIAH, VIII, 1) 
He was a brother to MAJOR WILLIAM DYER of Delaware, intermarried and associated with N. J. fams., (vide, ante, this PART, p. 725). [First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodsridge Olde East New Jersey part 5] 

Resided in Portsmouth, and Newport, RI. Apparently had no children. called "Maher." [WAD] 

1661, Mar.22 He signed certain articles relative to Misquamicut (Westerly) lands. 
1670, Jul.7 His father in deed of this date to son Henry mentions part of farm where my son Maher's tobacco house stood. [Gen. Dict. of RI] 

Was in Newport, 1661. The full name is Mahershallalhashbaz. It is borrowed from Isaiah viii 1. See "Gen. Dict. of 1st Settlers of New England" p88. 

!MARRIAGE-SPOUSE: Clarence Almon Torrey, NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES prior to 1700;p237 

7.	vi.	HENRY DYER, b. Abt. 1647, Rhode Island; d. February 1689/90, Newport, Newport, RI.
	vii.	CHARLES DYER, b. Abt. 1650, Newport, Newport, RI.
	
Child of WILLIAM DYER and CATHARINE DYER is:
	viii.	ELIZABETH4 DYER, b. Abt. 1662, Newport, Newport, RI.


Generation No. 4

4.  SAMUEL4 DYER (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born Bef. December 20, 1635 in Boston, Suffolk, Ma, and died Abt. 1678 in Kingston, Washington, RI.  He married ANNE HUTCHINSON, daughter of EDWARD HUTCHINSON and KATHERINE HAMBY.  She was born November 18, 1643 in Boston, Suffolk, Ma, and died January 10, 1716/17 in Newport, Newport, RI.

Notes for SAMUEL DYER:
1661, Mar.22 He signed certain articles relative to Misquamicut (Westerly) lands. 
1669, May 21 Conservator of the Peace, Kingstown. 
1671, May 20 He took oath of allegiance to Rhode Island. 
1676 His wife had a legacy of lands in Narragansettt from will of her father. 
1680 Estate of Samuel Dyer taxed 15s 6d. 
1687, Oct.18 His widow, now wife of Daniel Vernon, confirmed a deed of her son Samuel Dyer. 
1717, Jan.1 Will - proved 1717. Widow Ann Vernon, of Newport. Ex. son Samuel Vernon. To son Samuel Dyer 5s. To sons Elisha, Henry and Barrett Dyer L30 each. To son Samuel Vernon L45. To daughter Catherine Vernon L65. To sons Henry and Barrett Dyer and Samuel Vernon, all rents due me from Edward Dyer of Kings Town, being due from 1710, Nov 20 at L6 per annum, and all hereafter found due which should have been for my yearly support and maintenance. [Gen. Dict. of RI] 



Notes for ANNE HUTCHINSON:
was the grand-daughter of Anne (Marbury) Hutchinson, who was banished from Boston for her religious activities

Buried in Newport, RI, with second husband. 
will proved 1717 
in Vernon lot with husband Daniel, dau Anne Clark, s Edward Vernon 
	
Children of SAMUEL DYER and ANNE HUTCHINSON are:
8.	i.	EDWARD5 DYER, b. Abt. 1670, Kingston, Washington, RI; d. 1760, North Kingston, Washington, RI.
	ii.	WILLIAM DYER, b. March 07, 1662/63, Boston, Suffolk, Ma; d. July 22, 1738.
	iii.	SAMUEL DYER, b. Abt. 1665, Boston, Suffolk, Ma; d. July 15, 1724, Newport,  RI.
	iv.	NATHANIEL DYER, b. Bet. 1667 - 1668, Boston, Suffolk, Ma; d. October 02, 1738, Newport, Newport,  RI.
	v.	ELISHA DYER, b. Abt. 1672, Boston, Suffolk, Ma; d. Bef. 1755, North Kingston, Washington, RI.
	vi.	ANNE DYER, b. Abt. 1674, Boston, Suffolk, Ma; d. Aft. 1717, Newport, Newport,  RI.
	vii.	HENRY DYER, b. Abt. 1676, Boston, Suffolk, Ma; d. 1742, Boston, Suffolk, Ma.
9.	viii.	BARRETT DYER, b. Abt. 1678, Boston, Suffolk, Ma; d. December 07, 1753, Boston, Suffolk, Ma.

5.  MARY4 DYER (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1639 in Boston, Suffolk, Ma, and died Aft. January 26, 1678/79 in Deleware.  She married HENRY WARD Bet. 1670 - 1675.  He was born Bef. 1647 in England, and died Bet. 1683 - 1684 in New Castle County, Delaware.
	
Children of MARY DYER and HENRY WARD are:
	i.	HENRY5 WARD, b. Bef. 1678; d. May 09, 1734, Cecil County, Maryland; m. ELIZABETH PEARCE, Abt. 1716; d. Bef. April 13, 1733.
	ii.	REBECCA WARD, b. Bef. 1678; d. Aft. August 04, 1695.

6.  WILLIAM4 DYER, MAJOR (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1642, and died Bef. June 05, 1688 in Sussex County, Pa (now Delaware).  He married MARY WALKER Abt. 1662 in Newport, Ri, daughter of RICHARD WALKER.  She died Aft. 1688.

Notes for WILLIAM DYER, MAJOR:
Database: Full Context of Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800 
Prim Name: William Dyre, Major 
Admin Name: 
Will Made Date: 20 Feb 1687/88 
Will Loc: 
Heirs Name: wife Mary Dyre; eldest son William Dyre, of Boston; youngest son Edmund Dyer, son James Dyre; dau. (eldest) Sarah Dyer, (youngest) Mary Dyer 
Exec/Trus Name: wife Mary Dyer, son William Dyre, John Hill and Samuel Gray (friends); New England property, Sir Edmund Andross 
Wit Name: Charles Sanders, Will Rodeney 
Will Probate Date: 05 Jun 1688 
Will Book: Penna. Hist. Soc. Papers, vol. AM 2013; Arch. vol. A70; Reg. of Wills, Liber A 
Page: 95-97; 27; folios 85-88 
Comment: [Note:--Arch. vol. A70, page 27 mentions dec'd father William] 
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"Capt. NATHANIEL WALKER, (from N.E., as shown by his will), gives to his bro.-in-law, Capt. Wm. Dyre, "all my lands in the Gov't of Penna., at the PLACE formerly called the WHOREKILL, since NEW DEAL, and now LEWIS, (LEWES)." Northampton, Va., 27 Apr. 1683-29 Oct. 1683. (xv-26) (The County Court Note-Book, Feb., 1927, Vol. VI, No. 1, p. 6.) 
In Delaware, Capt. William Dyre was exalted to Major William Dyre, or Dyer. [First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodsridge Olde East New Jersey part 5] 

Page 725-726 NEW JERSEYITES BECOME FIRST SETTLERS OF DELAWARE BEFORE 1700 
(From the auth., listed supra.) 
Those of New Amsterdam and New Jersey first appearing in Delaware were: 
MAJOR WILLIAM DYER, of R. I. 
Sarah Dyer. 
Mary Dyer. 
[First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodsridge Olde East New Jersey part 5] 

Page 880      MAJOR WILLIAM DYER, COLONIAL NEW YORK 
(Identical with N. J., and Delaware man.) (Vide, ante, this PART, pp. 821 and 865.) 
CAPT. WILLIAM DYRE, a N. Y. Colonial, Mar. 10, 1680, (vide, ante, PART TWO, p. 155). 
"Dyer's Commission, Date 4th January, 1682, ffor Coll. of his Maties Customs, as well as of this Province of East New Jersey as Sezaria (Caesariae), with Pensilvania--wch was Read, allowed and ordered to be recorded." (ARCH., Vol. XIII, p. 142.) [First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodsridge Olde East New Jersey part 5] 

NEHGR Vol 146 p294 & Vol 145 p22 "Mary (Dyre) Ward, Mary Barrett Dyre's missing daughter traced" by Johan Winsser says; William, 2nd surviving son, in Oct 1659 sent a plea for his mother's life to court in Boston, in 1674 became collector of customs at New York, in 1681 was indicted for high treason because of irregularities in his collector job, Had charges transferred to England where case was dropped due to lack of witnesses. Owned land in NY, RI, vast acres in PA and Sussex Co. Del. where he died in 1688." 

NEHGR Vol 48 p143 - The complete will of William Dyre, son of William & Mary (the Quaker martyr). Land in Sussex Co., PA; NewCastle Co., PA;Narraganset Country in New England;,Providence,RI;Dyers Is,RI;Reading in New England; the Clabbord Islands in Cascoe Bay, New England; and large sums of money. 

NEHGR vol 98 p25ff "Tradition of Mary Dyer, Quaker Martyr" says William 2d was member of the Governor's Council, and two years later mayor of the City of New York. In 1674 he was appointed by James, Duke of York, as collector of customs in New York for America. 

!CHILD: Wm. Heller Dyar, "The DYAR (DYER) Families", ms. from Natl Gen Soc. NOTE: A son of Williams married a Bradford and their descendants supposedly have the relics of Mary Dyer. These records are in Catherine Cornelia Joy-Dyer "Some Records of the Dyer Family", NY: T Whitaker, 1884. 

[e-mail from Aurie Morrison] 
The 20th Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol. 3, p.366 Dyre, William, mayor of New York, was a son of Captain William and Mary Dyre, who came from England to Boston, Mass., and joined the First church there in December, 1635. Captain Dyre was disfranchised for "seditious 
writing" Nov. 15, 1637, removed to Rhode Island, and was one of the signers of the compact of government for that province, March 7, 1638. He was secretary the same year, general recorder, 1648; attorney-general, 1650-53; member of the general court, 1661-62, 1664-66; general solicitor, 1665-66, 
and 1668, and secretary to the council, 1669. He was commissioned commander-in-chief upon the sea in 1653, and headed an expedition fitted out in Rhode Island against the Dutch. His wife, Mary Dyre, was the only woman to suffer capital punishment in all the oppression of the Friends the world 
over. She accompanied her husband on his mission to England with Roger Williams and Dr. John Clarke to obtain the revocation of Governor Coddington's power in Rhode Island and while there became a convert to Quakerism and a preacher in the society. On arriving in Boston in 1657 she was imprisoned and on the petition of her husband was permitted to go with him to Rhode Island, but never to return to Massachusetts. She returned, however, and with William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson was tried and convicted for "their rebellion, sedition and presumptuous obtruding upon us notwithstanding their being sentenced to banishment on payne of death, as underminers of the government." Robinson and Stevenson were executed, but through the petition of her son, Mayor William Dyre, she was reprieved on the same conditions as before, but in May, 1660, again appeared on the public streets of Boston, and was brought before the court, May 31, and condemned to death. She was executed June 1, 1660. 
Mayor William Dyre was appointed to the military service under the crown and proposed the conquest 
of New York from the Dutch in 1673. He was made collector of customs of his territories in America by the Duke of York, July 2, 1674, and took up his residence in New York. He was a member of the governor's council, and in 1680 was elected mayor of the city. He was arrested on charge of high 
treason by the merchants of New York in 1680 and indicted in 1681. He was placed upon trial, denied the authority of the court, and was sent to London for trial, which was delayed by Samuel Winder, his prosecutor, and he was given his liberty by the council, Sept. 30, 1682. He was advanced by King 
Charles II., Jan. 4, 1682, to the position of surveyor-general of his majesty's customs in America and held the office till his death. He was also made king's collector of customs for Pennsylvania and New Jersey and removed to Penn's province, settling on a large tract of land in Sussex county (now 
in Delaware). In 1687 he was elected a provincial councillor of pennsylvania for three years, but was not allowed to take his seat. His will, dated Feb. 20, 1688, was probated June 5, 1688. and proved in London, Sept. 4, 1690. He left surviving him, his wife, Mary, and children, William, Edmund, James, 
Sarah and Mary. He bequeathed his estate of 2500 acres in Sussex county (Del.), and Dyre's island, between Providence plantations and Rhode Island, and two islands in Casco bay, to his wife, and 2000 acres in Sussex county to his son William, who was elected to the Pennsylvania assembly in 1699, 
and helped to found the Episcopal church in New Castle, Del. The date of Mayor William Dyre's death is not known the time being only fixed as between the dates of making and probating his will.[p.367] 
Court Records 1680-1682 and 1693-1701 
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From The New York Historical Society Collections, this 1912 volume features preceedings of the General Court of Assizes, held in the city of New York from 10/6/1680 to 10/6/1862, and minutes of the Supreme Court of Judicature, 4/4/1693 to 4/1/1701. 

Bibliographic Information: Court Records 1680-1682 and 1693-1701, The New York Historical Society, 1912. 

The Bill or Accusacon against Capt 
William Dyre found by the Grand Jury. 
William Dyre standeth Charged and accused by the name of Wm Dyre Late of the Citty of New Yorke Gentlm for that he the said Wm Dyre Severall times since the first of May Anno: one thousand Six hundred and Eighty att the Citty aforesaid as a false Traytor to sd Soverigne Lord the King hath Tratorously Maliciously and Advisedly used and Exercised Regall Power and Authority over the Kings Subjects; for the Better Support and upholding whereof he the said Wm Dyre hath Traiterously Maliciously and advisedly Plotted, and Contrived Innovacons in Governmt, and the Subversion and Change of the Known antient and fundimentall Laws of the Realme of England by Virtue of which Arbitrary and Unlawfull Power he the said Wm Dyre (Together with other some false Traitors Unknowne) hath many times Since the first of November Last Past Establish't and Imposed Unlawfull Customes and Imposicons on the Goods and Merchandizes, of his Majtis Leige People trading in this Place by force Compelling them to Pay the same, and hath Imployed and made use of Souldiers to maintaine and Defend him in these his Unjust and Unlawfull Practises Contrary to the Greate Charter of Liberties, Contrary to the Peticon of Right and Contrary to other Statutes in those Cases made and Provided, and Contrary to the Honor and Peace of ye most Soverigne Lord the King that now is his Crowne and Dignity. 

Billa Vera Samuel Winder 
Robert Vicars. 

	
Children of WILLIAM DYER and MARY WALKER are:
	i.	WILLIAM5 DYER, b. Abt. 1665, Boston, Suffolk, Ma; d. October 1716, New Castle, New Castle, DE.
	ii.	EDMUND DYER, b. Abt. 1666; d. Abt. 1700, Lewes, De.
	iii.	SARAH DYER, b. February 17, 1668/69, Boston, Suffolk, Ma.
	iv.	MARY DYER, b. September 04, 1673, Lynn, Essex, Ma.
	v.	JAMES DYER, b. October 23, 1681, Lynn, Essex, Ma.

7.  HENRY4 DYER (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1647 in Rhode Island, and died February 1689/90 in Newport, Newport, RI.  He married ELIZABETH SANFORD Abt. 1675 in Newport, Newport, Ri, daughter of JOHN SANFORD and ELIZABETH SPATCHURST.  She was born July 11, 1655 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI, and died August 27, 1718.

Notes for HENRY DYER:
1667, Aug.10 He enlisted in a troop of horse. 
1668 Freeman. 
1677, Oct.31 He and forty seven others were granted 3,000 acres to be called East Greenwich. 
1680 Taxed 4s 6d. 
1688, Sep.8 He made an agreement with his brother Charles about a fence. 
He was buried in Newport Cemetery. 

	
Children of HENRY DYER and ELIZABETH SANFORD are:
10.	i.	MARY5 DYER, b. Abt. 1682; d. October 20, 1763, Newport, Newport,  RI.
	ii.	WILLIAM DYER, b. Bef. 1688; d. April 02, 1752, Providence, Providence, RI.


Generation No. 5

8.  EDWARD5 DYER (SAMUEL4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1670 in Kingston, Washington, RI, and died 1760 in North Kingston, Washington, RI.  He married MARY SAYLES GREENE Bef. September 28, 1698 in North Kingstown, Washington, RI.  She was born January 08, 1676/77 in Warwick, Kent, RI, and died 1761.

Notes for EDWARD DYER:
He was a house carpenter. 
1691, Feb.9 He and his brother Elisha were complained of by Daniel Vernon, of Kings Town, for taking possession of his farm at Aquidneset, forcing open the door of the cellar, etc., they both being non residents. 
1689, Sep.22 He and wife Mary signed an obligation at Newport, binding themselves in sum of L200, to stand by arbitration of Thomas Olney and Weston Clarke, regarding a house and lot in Warwick for which an action had been commenced by Edward Dyer for his wife, daughter of William Greene, deceased, against said Samuel Greene, to whom the bond was given. 
1690, Mar.17 He and wife Mary gave a receipt to uncle Samuel Greene, for L15, and also L10, already had, according to the award. 
[Gen. Dict. of RI] 

Lived in No. Kingston, RI 

1 March 1739/40 - William Allen and Edward Dyer Sr to Christopher Phillips. (Allen Newsletter) 
	
Children of EDWARD DYER and MARY GREENE are:
11.	i.	SAMUEL6 DYER, b. 1703, Providence, Providence, RI; d. Abt. 1760, West Greenwich, Kent, RI.
	ii.	EDWARD DYER, JR., b. January 06, 1700/01, North Kingston, Washington, RI; d. March 13, 1788, North Kingston, Washington, RI.

Notes for EDWARD DYER, JR.:
"Samuel Dyer(4) was the eldest son of Samuel Dyer(3) by his second wife, Mary -----. He was born in Boston, Mass on May 20, 1695 and was baptized in the 2nd Old North Church there on May 25 1695. This was the Church his father and family attended as well as his uncles Henry and Barrett Dyre. 
The family removed about 1699/1700 to Bristol R.I. where other children were born and apparently he eventually removed to North Kingstown, R.I. where the births of his seven children were recorded. Unfortunately, the Town Records were badly scorched in a fire which occurred in the Town Hall, and parts of them are indecipherable - in this case only the dates of birth remaining, the names being obliterated. The writer (William Allan Dyer) in company with Col. H. Anthony Dyer of Providence examined these records in hope of finding some trace of the names but this was in vain. Our visit was made on May 22, 1940. 
Nevertheless by process of checking and eliminating we believe we can say with a reasonable assurance that his children are those indicated below..... these names are those of members of the family secured from marriage records of Newport." 

They had another child, name unknown, born 20 Oct. 1735, died 8 Nov 1735 (RI Vital Records) 


	iii.	MARY DYER, b. 1702, Scituate, Providence, Ri; d. December 01, 1740.
	iv.	WILLIAM DYER, b. 1705; d. March 19, 1788, South Kingstown, Washington, RI.
	v.	PHEBE DYER, b. 1708.

9.  BARRETT5 DYER (SAMUEL4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1678 in Boston, Suffolk, Ma, and died December 07, 1753 in Boston, Suffolk, Ma.  He married (1) HANNAH STEWARD June 29, 1699 in Boston, Suffolk, MA.  She was born Abt. 1672 in Boston, Suffolk, Ma, and died February 14, 1728/29 in Boston, Suffolk, Ma.  He married (2) ELIZABETH MANN September 21, 1730 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, daughter of NATHANIEL MANN and DEBORAH.  She died Bef. 1744.  He married (3) ABIGAIL ARNOLD November 27, 1744 in Boston, Suffolk, MA.  She died Aft. 1754.
	
Child of BARRETT DYER and HANNAH STEWARD is:
	i.	BARRETT6 DYER, b. October 19, 1703, Boston, Suffolk, Ma; d. August 10, 1718, Boston, Suffolk, Ma.

10.  MARY5 DYER (HENRY4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1682, and died October 20, 1763 in Newport, Newport,  RI.  She married JOSEPH COGGLESHALL December 17, 1702, son of JOHN COGGLESHALL and MARY HEDGE.  He was born 1679 in Newport,  RI, and died November 21, 1740 in Newport, Newport,  RI.
	
Children of MARY DYER and JOSEPH COGGLESHALL are:
	i.	JOSEPH6 COGGLESHALL, b. Abt. 1703; d. Abt. 1726; m. AMEY BULL, January 24, 1724/25, South Kingstown, RI.
	ii.	ELIZABETH COGGLESHALL, b. Abt. 1706; d. Abt. 1740.
	iii.	SAMUEL COGGLESHALL, b. February 23, 1708/09.
	iv.	MARY COGGLESHALL, b. June 23, 1711, Newport, Newport,  RI; d. January 29, 1792, Newport, Newport,  RI; m. THOMAS CRANSTON, October 16, 1729, Newport, Newport, RI; b. October 30, 1710, Newport, Newport,  RI; d. May 18, 1785, Newport, Newport,  RI.

Notes for THOMAS CRANSTON:
May 04, 1731, admitted freeman 
West Indies Merchant, sold distilled spirits 
1754, Elected Speaker of the House 
1757-1760, Served on Committee of War for French and Indian Wars 
Sympathized with British during early part of Revolution.

	v.	ELIPHAL COGGLESHALL, b. Abt. 1712.
12.	vi.	CATHERINE COGGLESHALL, b. September 26, 1717.
	vii.	HENRY COGGLESHALL, b. May 27, 1715.
	viii.	SUSANNA COGGLESHALL, b. September 17, 1719, Abt. 1740.
	ix.	ABIGAIL COGGLESHALL, b. November 10, 1720; m. DANEIL SCROAT, July 28, 1742.
	x.	WAIT COGGLESHALL, b. Abt. 1725.
	xi.	REBECCA COGGLESHALL, b. May 26, 1728; d. November 22, 1731.


Generation No. 6

11.  SAMUEL6 DYER (EDWARD5, SAMUEL4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born 1703 in Providence, Providence, RI, and died Abt. 1760 in West Greenwich, Kent, RI.  He married TABITHA NILES February 24, 1725/26 in East Greenwich, Kent, RI, daughter of NATHANIEL NILES and TABITHA GARDINER.  She was born Abt. 1706 in Kingston, Washington, RI, and died 1795 in West Greenwich, Kent, RI.

Notes for SAMUEL DYER:
His will was made 5 Mar 1760 (RI Gen. Recorder) probated 5 Apr 1760 and mentions that both his parents were still living, does not name them. It lists sons: Edward, George & Nathaniel, daughters Mary Wall (eldest), Susannah Dyre, Sarah Dyre, Phebe Dyre, under 18 & Ann Dyre under 18. 2 grand children Sarah Dyre & Nathaniel Dyre. 
	
Children of SAMUEL DYER and TABITHA NILES are:
13.	i.	GEORGE7 DYER, b. December 26, 1736, West Greenwich, Kent, RI; d. January 08, 1817, Clarendon, Rutland, VT.
	ii.	BENNETT DYER, b. Aft. 1726; m. MARY GREENE, July 03, 1769, West Greenwich, Kent, RI.
	iii.	EDWARD DYER, b. Aft. 1726.
	iv.	MARY DYER, b. Aft. 1726; m. MR. WELLS.
	v.	SARAH DYER, b. Aft. 1726.
	vi.	SUSANNA DYER, b. Aft. 1726.
	vii.	NATHANIEL DYER, CAPT., b. Abt. 1728, West Greenwich, Kent, RI; d. July 07, 1801, East Greenwich, Kent, RI; m. SARAH SHEFFIELD, March 09, 1755, East Greenwich, Kent, RI.
	viii.	ANNA DYER, b. Aft. 1742.
	ix.	PHEBE DYER, b. Aft. 1742.

12.  CATHERINE6 COGGLESHALL (MARY5 DYER, HENRY4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born September 26, 1717.  She married JONATHAN OTIS October 16, 1745.  
	
Child of CATHERINE COGGLESHALL and JONATHAN OTIS is:
	i.	ABIGAIL7 OTIS, b. September 1746; m. WILLIAM CORNELL, January 15, 1764; b. January 15, 1764.


Generation No. 7

13.  GEORGE7 DYER (SAMUEL6, EDWARD5, SAMUEL4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born December 26, 1736 in West Greenwich, Kent, RI, and died January 08, 1817 in Clarendon, Rutland, VT.  He married ANNE NICHOLS December 25, 1760 in West Greenwich, Kent, RI, daughter of JOSEPH NICHOLS and MARY SPINK.  She was born January 13, 1738/39 in West Greenwich, Kent, RI, and died Bet. 1779 - 1783 in West Greenwich, Kent, RI.
	
Children of GEORGE DYER and ANNE NICHOLS are:
14.	i.	DANIEL8 DYER.
	ii.	SAMUEL DYER, b. April 01, 1761, West Greenwich, Kent, RI.
	iii.	BENJAMIN NICHOLS DYER, b. September 03, 1762, West Greenwich, Kent, RI.
	iv.	LYDIA DYER, b. March 26, 1767, West Greenwich, Kent, RI; d. 1849.
	v.	GEORGE DYER, JR., b. March 04, 1769, West Greenwich, Kent, RI; d. July 20, 1843, Rutland, Rutland, VT.
	vi.	AMASA DYER, b. January 18, 1771, West Greenwich, Kent, RI.
	vii.	SYBIL DYER, b. August 01, 1772, West Greenwich, Kent, RI; d. December 04, 1839, Spring, Crawford, PA.
	viii.	EDWARD DYER, b. June 23, 1774, West Greenwich, Kent, RI; d. May 12, 1854, Conneaut, Ashland, OH.


Generation No. 8

14.  DANIEL8 DYER (GEORGE7, SAMUEL6, EDWARD5, SAMUEL4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1)
	
Child of DANIEL DYER is:
15.	i.	DANIEL HARRIS9 DYER, b. January 29, 1797, North Kingston, Washington, RI; d. May 16, 1870, Iowa City, Johnson Co., IA.


Generation No. 9

15.  DANIEL HARRIS9 DYER (DANIEL8, GEORGE7, SAMUEL6, EDWARD5, SAMUEL4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born January 29, 1797 in North Kingston, Washington, RI, and died May 16, 1870 in Iowa City, Johnson Co., IA.  He married PHILA BEVERSTOCK March 26, 1820, daughter of SILIAS BEVERSTOCK and URANIA BARNEY.  She was born February 16, 1803 in Shrewsbury, Rutland, Vt, and died 1882 in Iowa City, Johnson Co., IA.
	
Children of DANIEL DYER and PHILA BEVERSTOCK are:
16.	i.	PHILA MARIA10 DYER, b. 1823; d. 1904.
17.	ii.	HENRY HARRIS DYER, b. April 09, 1831, Rutland County, Vt; d. November 24, 1881, Hooperston, Vermilion, IL.
	iii.	DANIEL N. DYER, b. Rutland County, Vt.


Generation No. 10

16.  PHILA MARIA10 DYER (DANIEL HARRIS9, DANIEL8, GEORGE7, SAMUEL6, EDWARD5, SAMUEL4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born 1823, and died 1904.  She married ISAAC RICHARDSON WATSON 1843.  He was born 1819, and died 1875.
	
Children of PHILA DYER and ISAAC WATSON are:
18.	i.	PHILA JANE11 WATSON, b. September 28, 1860, Muscatine, IA; d. 1943.
	ii.	SUSAN ESTELLA WATSON, b. Aft. 1843; m. FREDERICK MARSH GOODWIN.
	iii.	MARY RICHARDSON WATSON, b. Aft. 1843; m. NICHOLAS ATTMYER.
	iv.	HENRY ALBERT WATSON, b. Aft. 1843.
	v.	HELEN ADELINE WATSON, b. Aft. 1843; m. GEORGE M. EVES.
	vi.	SAMUEL DYER WATSON, b. Aft. 1843.

17.  HENRY HARRIS10 DYER (DANIEL HARRIS9, DANIEL8, GEORGE7, SAMUEL6, EDWARD5, SAMUEL4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born April 09, 1831 in Rutland County, Vt, and died November 24, 1881 in Hooperston, Vermilion, IL.  He married SARAH J. WESTCOTT November 22, 1853 in Mansfield, Rutland, Oh.  She was born July 26, 1837 in New York, New York, NY.
	
Children of HENRY DYER and SARAH WESTCOTT are:
	i.	SUSAN W.11 DYER, b. Aft. 1853; m. LUCIEN E. GRIGGS.
	ii.	JAMES H. DYER, b. Aft. 1853; m. LILLIAN C. FURNESS.
	iii.	DANIEL H. DYER, b. Aft. 1853.

Notes for DANIEL H. DYER:
died young

	iv.	PHILA JANE DYER, b. Aft. 1853; m. JOHN B. WALLBRIDGE.
	v.	EDWARD NICHOLAS DYER, b. Aft. 1853; m. ELLA MAY HAINES.


Generation No. 11

18.  PHILA JANE11 WATSON (PHILA MARIA10 DYER, DANIEL HARRIS9, DANIEL8, GEORGE7, SAMUEL6, EDWARD5, SAMUEL4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born September 28, 1860 in Muscatine, IA, and died 1943.  She married ALPHA EUGENE ROCKEY October 07, 1880 in Iowa City, IA, son of PAUL ROCKEY and CATHERINE MATTER.  He was born July 05, 1857 in Stephenson, IL, and died 1927.

Notes for PHILA JANE WATSON:
one of my sources however also claims that Phila was borne in 1857, not 180, and in Fulton, Calloway Co., MO instead of Muscatine, IA.
	
Children of PHILA WATSON and ALPHA ROCKEY are:
19.	i.	EUGENE WATSON12 ROCKEY, b. August 14, 1886, Iowa City, Iowa; d. June 21, 1970, Portland ,Oregon.
20.	ii.	PAUL ROCKEY, b. 1883; d. 1952.


Generation No. 12

19.  EUGENE WATSON12 ROCKEY (PHILA JANE11 WATSON, PHILA MARIA10 DYER, DANIEL HARRIS9, DANIEL8, GEORGE7, SAMUEL6, EDWARD5, SAMUEL4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born August 14, 1886 in Iowa City, Iowa, and died June 21, 1970 in Portland ,Oregon.  He married ALICE CAREY August 14, 1914 in Portland Oregon, daughter of CHARLES CAREY and MARY BIDWELL.  She was born May 15, 1890 in Portland ,Oregon, and died October 14, 1983 in Portland ,Oregon.
	
Children of EUGENE ROCKEY and ALICE CAREY are:
21.	i.	LOUISE CAREY13 ROCKEY, b. November 11, 1921, Portland, Oregon.
	ii.	MARY ALICE ROCKEY, b. June 23, 1915, Portland, Oregon; m. (1) JACK SNEED; m. (2) BERNARD BECKERLEGGE, 1988, Portland, Oregon; b. England; d. 1992.
	iii.	PHILA JANE ROCKEY, b. August 1916; d. 1996; m. HERBERT LEWIS ALWARD.
	iv.	EVELYN ROCKEY, b. 1920; m. LESTER ROBERT CHAUNCEY; b. 1910; d. 1962.

20.  PAUL12 ROCKEY (PHILA JANE11 WATSON, PHILA MARIA10 DYER, DANIEL HARRIS9, DANIEL8, GEORGE7, SAMUEL6, EDWARD5, SAMUEL4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born 1883, and died 1952.  He married SELMA MABLE SCHEMPF.  She was born 1877, and died 1936.
	
Child of PAUL ROCKEY and SELMA SCHEMPF is:
22.	i.	SELMA13 ROCKEY.


Generation No. 13

21.  LOUISE CAREY13 ROCKEY (EUGENE WATSON12, PHILA JANE11 WATSON, PHILA MARIA10 DYER, DANIEL HARRIS9, DANIEL8, GEORGE7, SAMUEL6, EDWARD5, SAMUEL4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born November 11, 1921 in Portland, Oregon.  She married CHARLES SAMUEL EVANS September 06, 1946 in Portland Oregon, son of WILLIAM EVANS and HUNTICE FAVOR.  He was born January 17, 1922 in Corsicana, Texas.

Notes for CHARLES SAMUEL EVANS:
Some how related to Younger Brothers, who were Train Robbers, Cole and ? Youngers
	
Children of LOUISE ROCKEY and CHARLES EVANS are:
23.	i.	MARY ALICE14 EVANS, b. December 12, 1947, Berkley, Ca.
24.	ii.	CHARLES SAMUEL EVANS JR., b. June 20, 1949, Portland ,Oregon.
	iii.	THOMAS ROCKEY EVANS, b. February 15, 1956, Portland ,Oregon; d. October 12, 1977, Portland ,Oregon.
	iv.	JAMES FAVOR EVANS, b. November 06, 1964.
	v.	WILLIAM HALL EVANS, b. September 04, 1952.
25.	vi.	ELIZABETH CAREY EVANS, b. January 10, 1951, Portland, Oregon.

22.  SELMA13 ROCKEY (PAUL12, PHILA JANE11 WATSON, PHILA MARIA10 DYER, DANIEL HARRIS9, DANIEL8, GEORGE7, SAMUEL6, EDWARD5, SAMUEL4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1)  She married ARNO DENECKE.  
	
Children of SELMA ROCKEY and ARNO DENECKE are:
	i.	GINGER14 DENECKE, m. DAVID HACKETT.
	ii.	DAVID DENECKE, m. GALE NEUBERGER.
26.	iii.	WILLIAM DENECKE.
	iv.	JOHN DENECKE.
	v.	ANN DENECKE.


Generation No. 14

23.  MARY ALICE14 EVANS (LOUISE CAREY13 ROCKEY, EUGENE WATSON12, PHILA JANE11 WATSON, PHILA MARIA10 DYER, DANIEL HARRIS9, DANIEL8, GEORGE7, SAMUEL6, EDWARD5, SAMUEL4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born December 12, 1947 in Berkley, Ca.  She married JOHN MCCULLOUGH KNOX August 14, 1976 in Portland, Oregon, son of JOHN KNOX and MARY MCCULLOUGH.  He was born June 18, 1946 in Findlay, Ohio.
	
Children of MARY EVANS and JOHN KNOX are:
	i.	ROCKEY LAURA15 KNOX, b. January 08, 1979, Honolulu, Hawaii.
	ii.	EDWARD (MICKY) KNOX, b. January 07, 1982, Honolulu, Hawaii.

24.  CHARLES SAMUEL EVANS14 JR. (LOUISE CAREY13 ROCKEY, EUGENE WATSON12, PHILA JANE11 WATSON, PHILA MARIA10 DYER, DANIEL HARRIS9, DANIEL8, GEORGE7, SAMUEL6, EDWARD5, SAMUEL4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born June 20, 1949 in Portland ,Oregon.  He married BARBARA VICTORIA SCRIPPS June 1975 in Portland, Oregon, daughter of JOHN SCRIPPS and EDITH.  She was born July 1949.
	
Children of CHARLES JR. and BARBARA SCRIPPS are:
	i.	DOUGLAS15 EVANS, b. April 08, 1983, Redding, California.
	ii.	THOMAS EVANS, b. February 14, 1992.

25.  ELIZABETH CAREY14 EVANS (LOUISE CAREY13 ROCKEY, EUGENE WATSON12, PHILA JANE11 WATSON, PHILA MARIA10 DYER, DANIEL HARRIS9, DANIEL8, GEORGE7, SAMUEL6, EDWARD5, SAMUEL4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born January 10, 1951 in Portland, Oregon.  She married DENNIS JAMES WICKHAM, son of FRANK WICKHAM and JANET SCHEER.  He was born April 29, 1954 in Pendleton, Oregon.
	
Children of ELIZABETH EVANS and DENNIS WICKHAM are:
	i.	CAREY JENNIFER15 WICKHAM, b. November 12, 1986, Miami, Florida.
	ii.	SCOTT WICKHAM, b. June 18, 1988, Melbourne, Florida.

26.  WILLIAM14 DENECKE (SELMA13 ROCKEY, PAUL12, PHILA JANE11 WATSON, PHILA MARIA10 DYER, DANIEL HARRIS9, DANIEL8, GEORGE7, SAMUEL6, EDWARD5, SAMUEL4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1)  He married ELIZABETH.  
	
Children of WILLIAM DENECKE and ELIZABETH are:
	i.	ANNA15 DENECKE.
	ii.	CHASE DENECKE.