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Anna Dyer (Payson)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Woodstock, New London County, Connecticut Colony
Death: October 15, 1776 (50)
Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Capt. Jonathan Payson and Mary Payson
Wife of Capt. John Dyer
Mother of Mary Molly Ensworth; Olive Dyer; Roger Dyer; Elisha Dyer; Anna Payne and 2 others
Sister of Asa Payson; Anna Payson; John Payson; Mary Payson; Priscilla Payson and 2 others

Managed by: David Andrew Dyer
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Immediate Family

About Anna Dyer

Birth

   1726 17 Aug 
   Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA
   "Anna Payson Daughter of Jonathan Payson by Mary his wife born Augst 17th. 1726." Barbour, Lucius Barnes, and Newton Case Brainard. Vital Records of Woodstock, 1686-1854. (Hartford, Connecticut: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1914), p.33. 

Full Sequence mtDNA results: J1c3

   1726 
   Full Sequence mtDNA results attached. Haplogroup: J1c3 see attached file. published with NIH ACCESSION: KR072973 in GENBANK. She has an exact sequence match to a woman of German origin. 

Residence

   1748 8 Mar — Age: 21
   Woodstock, Connecticut, USA

Marriage to John Dyer Jr Capt

   1753 29 Mar — Age: 26
   Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA
   Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 ... edited by Frederic W[illiam] Bailey page 111 DYAR, DYER John, m. Anna Paison, Mar. 29, 1753. Vital Records of Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut (1692-1850) 1;120

Children

   1753 — Age: 27
   "A Preliminary Genealogy of the Dyar Family" By Harrison Gray Dyar originally only recorded: Mary (Molly), Olive(r), Roger and Elisha. Only later did we find Moses, Anna, Betsey (Betse VR) and John. 

Residence

   1754 24 Nov — Age: 28
   Canterbury, Connecticut, USA
   Admitted Congregational Church, Canterbury, Windham Co., CT (with her husband)

Sale of Land

   1767 — Age: 41
   New London, New London, Connecticut, USA
   Woodstock, Windham Co., CT, v.4, p. 84, deed executed by John & Anna selling land she inherited from her father Municipal land records

Death

   1776 15 Oct — Age: 50
   Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, USA

Burial

   Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
   FindAGrave l# 11527655 Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 "In Memory of Mrs Anna Dyer Wife of Mr John Dyar Jr She died Oct 15 1776 in ye 51 year of her age. She was daughter to Capt Jonathan Payson of Woodstock" NEHGR

Research by Roland Henry Baker, III

  • Full Sequence mtDNA results: J1c3: (1726)
  • Residence: (8 Mar 1748 — Age: 21) Woodstock, Connecticut, USA
  • Marriage to John Dyer Jr Capt: (29 Mar 1753 — Age: 26) Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA
  • Children: (1753 — Age: 27)
  • Residence: (24 Nov 1754 — Age: 28) Canterbury, Connecticut, USA
  • Sale of Land: (1767 — Age: 41) New London, New London, Connecticut, USA
  • Burial: Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, USA

(f/g) Anna Payson Dyer Birth: 1726 Death: Oct. 15, 1776 Windham County Connecticut, USA

She was the daughter of Johathan and Mary (Cook) Payson.On 29 Mar 1753 she married John Dyer in Woodstock, Windham County, CT. They began married life, in the northeast corner of Connecticut, only a few miles from Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

She was the mother of twelve children; 1. Mary "Molly" b-11 May 1754 2. James b-23 Apr 1756 3. Thomas b-1758 4. Elisha b-30 Oct 1760 5. Moses b-3 Jan 1764 6. Betsey b-22 July 1765 7. Ruth 8. Susanna 9. John b-6 Apr 1771, d-17 Sept 1776 10 Tamer 11 Lucy 12 John b-1776

Family links:

Parents:
 Jonathan Payson (1678 - 1760)
 Mary Cook Payson (1688 - 1739) 
Spouse:
 John Dyer (1722 - 1784)* 
Children:
 James Dyer (1756 - 1835)*
 Elisha Dyer (1759 - 1832)*
 Anna Dyer Payne (1762 - 1848)*

Burial: Carey Cemetery Canterbury Windham County Connecticut, USA Maintained by: Lela Parris Koch Originally Created by: Judith Record added: Aug 13, 2005 Find A Grave Memorial# 11527655 -tcd

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Anna Dyer's Timeline

1726
August 17, 1726
Woodstock, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1754
May 11, 1754
Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
1756
August 31, 1756
Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
1758
December 29, 1758
Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
1760
October 30, 1760
Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
1763
September 13, 1763
Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
1765
July 22, 1765
Windham, Connecticut, USA, Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
1771
April 6, 1771
New London, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1776
October 15, 1776
Age 50
Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, United States