Agnes Dyer

Not the daughter of William Reed, of Woburn or of William "of Weymouth" Reade.

from Frank Dyer, Dyer Families of New England http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/y/e/Frank-E-Dyer/GENE14-0 001.html

The earliest genealogical reference to our immigrant ancestor come from Asa WHITE's family history written in 1801, in which WHITE points out that he has a copy of THOMAS's will, and the dates of births appear to have been copied from family Bibles he had with him: "Thomas Dyer, whose lineage I am giving to write, came from old england between 1630 & 1640 with a young woman named Agnes Reed, which tradition tells us he courted there. Tradition further informs us that her parents, being about to move to New England among some of the first settlers, Thomas Dyer came to the ship to take his last and final leave of his Dear Agnes Reed. he found the parting hard, and her parents persuaded him to come over with them. he accordingly stept [stepped on board the ship with out going back to bid his parents farewell. "he arrived safe in New England, and married his Agnes Reed, and settled in the town of Weymouth near whare [where] the meeting house in the North parish now stands.

Per CD100 (66-284): "AGNES REED, b. ca. 1616; d. 4 DEC 1667 Weymouth, MA; m. 1640 Capt. THOMAS DYER. She was a daughter of William Reed and his wife Mary [d.1655; maiden name lost], and she was born in Rutley (or Butbey) near Glastonbury, Somersetshire. Asa White (1801) gives the date of her death as "Decm. 4, 1667" but says nothing about who her parents were except that "her parents, being about to move to New England among some of the first settlers." Philip REED of Weymouth, in his will dated 15 DEC 1674, called Thomas DYER his brother (History of Weymouth [1923] II, 209). She was a sister of William REED. Perry Adams and Peggy Hall have her DOD as 4 DEC 1667, probably at Weymouth which is echoed by Savage. Per GenServ database of Kerry W. Sipe (17 MAR 1996): "Agnes REED. Born England. Died 04 DEC 1667"

SOURCES:

• CD100
• Letter from Perry Adams (2 Tulip Ln E, San Carlos, CA 94070-1551) of 13 FEB 1995.
• Tree from Peggy Hall (phall at primenet.com) dated 22 JAN 1995.
• Savage, James; A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (1860-62), II.
• GenServ database of Sipe, Kerry W. 608 Malen Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23454; tel: 804-340-5899 Links
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lahope&id...
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dyer/thomas/D1.htm

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Agnes Reed: Birth: 1616 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Death: 1667 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Relatives: William Reed (Father) and Avis Chapman (Mother). Wife of Thomas Dyer, of Weymouth. Mother of John Dyer; Mary White; Thomas Dyer; Abigail Nash; Sarah Ruggles; Benjamin Dyer; Joseph Dyer; William Dyer and Elinor Dyer.