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Peter Dyer^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Peter Dyer was born on 19 Dec 1801 in Braintree, Orange Co., Vermont.^1,4,5
• Peter married first Sarah Seymour.^2,6
• Peter married second Sally Carr on 5 Jul 1849 in Elkhart Co., Indiana.⁷
• Peter died on 27 Mar 1854 in LaGrange Co., Indiana, at age 52.^8,9,4,10
• He was buried in Keightley Cemetery, Lagrange Co., Indiana, next to his first wife, Sarah.^4,11

Citations

1. Tuohy, Ann, "The Family of Benjamin Nichold and Lucy Fitts", citing H. Royce Bass, The History of Braintree, Vermont (Rutland, VT: Tuttle & Co., State Printers, 1883), p. 131; Braintree Vital Records.
2. Pound, Leland Earl, "Ancestors of Leland E. Pound."
3. Clark, Laraine, "Peter Dyer of Vermont, New York, and Indiana," e-mail to author (100), 13 Jan 2000.
4. Pound, Leland Earl, "Dyer family," e-mail to author (100), 16 Jan 2000, notes that Keighton Cemetery shows his dates as 1802-1854.
5. Clark, Laraine, "Ichabod Dyer of Braintree, VT," e-mail to author (100), 5 Jan 2000, shows date, town, and state.
6. Pound, Leland, "Re: More on the Schelling line," e-mail to author (100), 22 Nov 2006, states that there is no known marriage record for Peter Dyer and wife Sarah; they were married in New York state where the counties did not keep marriage records. If any exists it will be in a church somewhere in St. Lawrence Co., New York.
7. Pound, Leland Earl, "Dyer family," e-mail to author (100), 16 Jan 2000, citing Elkhart Co., Indiana, marriages Book B-386, shows as his second marriage.
8. Pound, Leland Earl, "Ancestors of Leland E. Pound", shows year, county, and state.
9. Dyer, Frank E., Dyer Connection, shows date, county, and state.
10. Clark, Laraine, "Peter Dyer of Vermont, New York, and Indiana," e-mail to author (100), 13 Jan 2000, shows county, state, and year.
11. Clark, Laraine, "Peter Dyer of Vermont, New York, and Indiana," e-mail to author (100), 13 Jan 2000, shows cemetery, as Keightley, county, and state, and that he was buried next to Sarah.

Sarah Seymour^1,2

Key Events:

• Sarah Seymour was born in 1806 in Canada.^3,4
• Sarah married Peter Dyer, son of Ichabod Dyer Jr. and Phebe Nichols.^5,6
• Sarah died in 1843 in LaGrange Co., Indiana, at age ~37.^5,3
• She was buried in Keightley Cemetery, Lagrange Co., Indiana, next to her husband Peter.^3,7

Citations

1. Phebe D. Wallace, Phebe D., Certificate of Death, shows name as Sarah Seamore.
2. Pound, Leland Earl, e-mail to author (100), "Re: Codes, Abbreviations, etc." 8 Nov 1998, shows name as Sarah Wasson, indicating the surname is based on the fact that she and Peter had a son named Wasson Dyer and that there was a Robert Wasson in the same town where they lived.
3. Pound, Leland Earl, "Dyer family," e-mail to author (100), 16 Jan 2000, notes that Keighton Cemetery shows her dates as 1806-1843.
4. Phebe D. Wallace, Phebe D., Certificate of Death, shows country.
5. Pound, Leland Earl, "Ancestors of Leland E. Pound."
6. Pound, Leland, "Re: More on the Schelling line," e-mail to author (100), 22 Nov 2006, states that there is no known marriage record for Peter Dyer and wife Sarah; they were married in New York state where the counties did not keep marriage records. If any exists it will be in a church somewhere in St. Lawrence Co., New York.
7. Clark, Laraine, "Peter Dyer of Vermont, New York, and Indiana," e-mail to author (100), 13 Jan 2000, shows cemetery, as Keightley, county, state, and year, and that she was buried next to Peter.

Ichabod Dyer Jr.^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Ichabod Dyer Jr. was born Bef 1768 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.^4,5
• Ichabod married Phebe Nichols, daughter of Benjamin Nichols and Lucy Fitts, on 3 Aug 1791 in Braintree, Orange Co., Vermont, by Elijah French, Esq., justice of the peace.^6,7,8
• Ichabod married Sally Brown Nevins Aft 1814.⁹
• Ichabod married Naomi ca. 1845.^10,11
• Ichabod died in Dec 1857 in Braintree, Orange Co., Vermont.^12,13

Citations

1. Pound, Leland Earl, "Ancestors of Leland E. Pound."
2. Dyer, Frank E., Dyer Connection, shows suffix Jr.
3. Clark, Laraine, "Ichabod Dyer of Braintree, VT," e-mail to author (100), 5 Jan 2000, shows suffix, Jr.
4. Dyer, Frank E., Dyer Connection, citing Bass, H. Royce, History of Braintree, Vermont, Including a Memorial of Families That Have Resided in Town, (1883), pp 131,132, shows year, town, county, and state.
5. Clark, Laraine, "New Dyer information," e-mail to author (100), 18 Mar 2000, citing 1850 census as showing age 86 and state.
6. Tuohy, Ann, "The Family of Benjamin Nichold and Lucy Fitts", shows date, town, county, state, and officiant, citing Braintree, Orange County, Vermont Vital Records.
7. Pound, Leland Earl, "Ancestors of Leland E. Pound", shows married.
8. Dyer, Frank E., Dyer Connection, citing Bass, H. Royce, History of Braintree, Vermont, Including a Memorial of Families That Have Resided in Town, (1883), pp 131,132, shows date, town, county, and state.
9. Dyer, Frank E., Dyer Connection.
10. Dyer, Frank E., Dyer Connection, citing e-mail from Laraine Clark.
11. Clark, Laraine, "New Dyer information," e-mail to author (100), 18 Mar 2000, citing Peter's will, in which he mentions his "wife Naomi."
12. Pound, Leland Earl, "Ancestors of Leland E. Pound", shows month, year, town and state.
13. Dyer, Frank E., Dyer Connection, citing Bass, H. Royce, History of Braintree, Vermont, Including a Memorial of Families That Have Resided in Town, (1883), pp 131,132, shows month, year, town, county, and state.

Phebe Nichols^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Phebe Nichols was born on 22 Aug 1772 in Sutton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.^4,5,6
• Phebe married Ichabod Dyer Jr., son of Ichabod Dyer and Mary Jones, on 3 Aug 1791 in Braintree, Orange Co., Vermont, by Elijah French, Esq., justice of the peace.^7,8,9
• Phebe died in Aug 1814 in Braintree, Orange Co., Vermont, at age ~42.^10,5,11

Citations

1. Tuohy, Ann, "The Family of Benjamin Nichold and Lucy Fitts."
2. Pound, Leland Earl, "Ancestors of Leland E. Pound."
3. Clark, Laraine, "Peter Dyer of Vermont, New York, and Indiana," e-mail to author (100), 13 Jan 2000.
4. Tuohy, Ann, "The Family of Benjamin Nichold and Lucy Fitts", shows date, town, county, and state.
5. Pound, Leland Earl, "Ancestors of Leland E. Pound", shows month, year, town and state.
6. Dyer, Frank E., Dyer Connection, citing vital records, shows date, town, county, and state.
7. Tuohy, Ann, "The Family of Benjamin Nichold and Lucy Fitts", shows date, town, county, state, and officiant, citing Braintree, Orange County, Vermont Vital Records.
8. Pound, Leland Earl, "Ancestors of Leland E. Pound", shows married.
9. Dyer, Frank E., Dyer Connection, citing Bass, H. Royce, History of Braintree, Vermont, Including a Memorial of Families That Have Resided in Town, (1883), pp 131,132, shows date, town, county, and state.
10. Tuohy, Ann, "The Family of Benjamin Nichold and Lucy Fitts", shows month and year, citing Braintree, Orange County, Vermont Vital Records.
11. Dyer, Frank E., Dyer Connection, citing gravestone, shows date, town, county, and state.

Ichabod Dyer^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Ichabod Dyer was born on 15 Dec 1745 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.^4,5
• Ichabod married Mary Jones, daughter of Ephraim Jones and Mary Copeland, on 21 Jun 1766 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.^6,7,8
• Ichabod died on 14 May 1828 in Orange Co., Vermont, at age 82.⁹

Citations

1. Pound, Leland Earl, "Ancestors of Leland E. Pound."
2. Dyer, Frank E., Dyer Connection, citing Waldo Chamberlain Sprague, Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, Norfolk, Ma. (1640-1850), pp 1477,1482; Bass, H. Royce, History of Braintree, Vermont, Including a Memorial of Families That Have Resided in Town, (1883), pp 131,132; Frank Amasa Bates, "Some Notes on Six Generations of the Descendants of John Dyer of Braintree, Norfolk, Ma.," Compiled for the Dyer Association in 1913; and Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors in the War of the Revolution (17 Vols), (Wright & Potter Printing Co. Boston. 1899).
3. Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford, and Alicia Crane Williams, Mayflower Families, Vol. 16, Part 1, John Alden, pg 512.
4. Pound, Leland Earl, "Ancestors of Leland E. Pound", shows date, town, and state.
5. Dyer, Frank E., Dyer Connection, citing Samuel A. Bates, Records of the Town of Braintree, Massachusetts, 1640-1793, (1886), pg 791, shows date, town, county, and state.
6. Dyer, Frank E., Dyer Connection, citing Waldo Chamberlain Sprague, Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, Norfolk, Ma. (1640-1850), pg 1482; and Frank Amasa Bates, "Some Notes on Six Generations of the Descendants of John Dyer of Braintree, Norfolk, Ma.,"
   Compiled for the Dyer Association in 1913; shows date, town, county, and state.
7. Pound, Leland Earl, "Ancestors of Leland E. Pound", shows married.
8. Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford, and Alicia Crane Williams, Mayflower Families, Vol. 16, Part 1, John Alden, pg 512, shows married.
9. Dyer, Frank E., Dyer Connection, citing Vermont Pensioners of 1835.

Mary Jones^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Mary Jones was baptized in 1749.³
• Mary married Ichabod Dyer, son of Peter Dyer and Dorothy Hayden, on 21 Jun 1766 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.^4,5,6
• Mary died ca. 1785 at age ~36.⁷

Citations

1. Pound, Leland Earl, "Ancestors of Leland E. Pound."
2. Dyer, Frank E., Dyer Connection, citing Waldo Chamberlain Sprague, Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, Norfolk, Ma. (1640-1850), pg 1482; and Frank Amasa Bates, "Some Notes on Six Generations of the Descendants of John Dyer of Braintree, Norfolk, Ma.,"
   Compiled for the Dyer Association in 1913.
3. Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford, and Alicia Crane Williams, Mayflower Families, Vol. 16, Part 1, John Alden, pg 512, citing Waldo Chamberlin Sprague, Genealogies of the Families of Braintree Massachusetts, 1640-1850, #2852.
4. Dyer, Frank E., Dyer Connection, citing Waldo Chamberlain Sprague, Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, Norfolk, Ma. (1640-1850), pg 1482; and Frank Amasa Bates, "Some Notes on Six Generations of the Descendants of John Dyer of Braintree, Norfolk, Ma.,"
   Compiled for the Dyer Association in 1913; shows date, town, county, and state.
5. Pound, Leland Earl, "Ancestors of Leland E. Pound", shows married.
6. Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford, and Alicia Crane Williams, Mayflower Families, Vol. 16, Part 1, John Alden, pg 512, shows married.
7. Dyer, Frank E., Dyer Connection, citing Family Tree Maker, World Family Tree, "CD-ROM," Vol.22, #38.

Dorothy Hayden^1,2

Parents

Key Events:

• Dorothy Hayden was born Bef 10 Sep 1721 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.³
• Dorothy married Peter Dyer, son of John Dyer and Hannah, on 16 Oct 1740 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.²
• Dorothy died on 24 Jul 1812 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.³

Citations

1. Pound, Leland Earl, "Ancestors of Leland E. Pound."
2. Dyer, Frank E., Dyer Connection, citing Waldo Chamberlain Sprague, Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, Norfolk, Ma. (1640-1850), pg 1476; and Frank Amasa Bates, "Some Notes on Six Generations of the Descendants of John Dyer of Braintree, Norfolk, Ma.,"
   Compiled for the Dyer Association in 1913.
3. Dyer, Frank E., Dyer Connection.