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Barrett Dyer

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Death: December 07, 1753 (76-85)
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Samuel Dyer and Anne Vernon
Husband of Hannah Dyer; Elizabeth Dyer and Abigail Blake
Father of Barrett Dyer
Brother of Dr. William Dyer; Samuel Dyer, Jr.; Nathaniel Dyer; Henry Dyer; Edward Dyer and 6 others
Half brother of Daniel Vernon; Samuel Vernon and Catherine Vernon

Managed by: David Andrew Dyer
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About Barrett Dyer

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Biography

Barrett was the youngest son of Samuel Dyer(or Dyre) and Ann Hutchinson (granddaughter of Ann(Marbury)Hutchinson). His grandmother was Mary Barrett Dyer. Barrett was baptized in Bristol, RI, on 2 May 1697.
He was a cooper by trade. He married 3 times all in Boston. 1.Hannah Stewart — married June 29, 1699 by Cotton Mather. They had one son: Barrett. Born on 19 Oct 1703 in Boston. Barrett diedin Boston, on 10 Aug 1718; he was 14. On April 24, 1732 his brother Henry sold all his land in Lebanon,Ct toBarrett. Henry became the keeper of the Almshouse on Boston Common until his death. Barrett's wife Hannah died in 1789.

2.Elizabeth Mann — married 1730, she died bef. 17443.Abigail (Arnold) Blake — married 27 Nov 1744<ref name=S549>Marriage Index: Massachusetts, 1633-1850, CD 231</ref> No children by his last two marriages.

At a Meeting of the Boston Select men, Nov. 3, 1739.Liberty is hereby Granted to mr. Barrat Dyre to Dig up the Pavement and Open the Ground in Marlborough Street, in order to Clear his Drain, running from the Cellar of his House in said Street into Milk Street upon Condition that he forthwith make good the Ground and Pavement again, and keep the same in repair from time to time to the Satisfaction of the Select men.

Death

:: Date: 7 Dec 1753 :: Place: Boston, Suffolk, Ma:: <ref name=S443>The Boston Gazette, or Weekly Journal; 1753-12-11; Issue 50; Page 4. Early American Newspapers, Series I, 1690-1876, NEHGS.</ref><ref name=BN>Index of Obituaries in Boston Newspapers 1704-1800", 1968, G.K. Hall & Co., Boston. "Dyer, Barrett Dec 7, 1753 in his 81st y"</ref>

Burial

South Burying Place Concord Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA Plot: tomb #39<ref name=BB>Find A Grave Memorial# 146674406 Created by: pMcP. Record added: May 18, 2015</ref>

Sources ===* American Gen. Research Inst., DYER FAMILY HISTORY; 1600-1900; Washington, District of Columbia, Dc,Heritage Press, Inc.;1978;p40;In poss of Joseph W. Pehoushek, 1995* THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST; ; Vol 22 #4; pp210-218;San Diego FHC 973.0 D25j V21-22;* Whitmore, Wm. H., Records of Boston Selectmen, 1736-1742, Rockwell &Churchill, City Printers. Boston. 1886* Francis E. Blake, Increase Blake of Boston, His Ancestors and Descendants, Boston, Suffolk, Mass. 1898* William Allan Dyer, The Name of Dyer, A Genealogical Record, 1940, NS354033

  • Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 1994
  • Clemens, American Marriage Records Before 1699* Johan Winsser, Mary (Dyre) Ward: Mary (Barrett) Dyre's Missing Daughter Traced, NEHGR, Volume 145, January 1991
  • Marriage Index: Massachusetts, 1633-1850, CD 231* William H. Whitmore, A Report of the Record Commissioners of Boston,Suffolk, Ma. 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill. Boston. 1883* Pedigree Resource File CD 49, Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2002* Ancestral File (TM) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SAINTS, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998

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Acknowledgements == * This person was created through the import of dyermaeettaaug2010.gedon 11 September 2010.* WikiTree profile Dyer-7241 created through the import of FAMILY 6162011.GED on Jun 20, 2011 by Michael Stephenson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.* WikiTree profile Dyer-7243 created through the import of FAMILY 6162011.GED on Jun 20, 2011 by Michael Stephenson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.

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Barrett Dyer's Timeline

1672
1672
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1703
October 19, 1703
Boston, Suffolk, MA
1753
December 7, 1753
Age 81
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
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Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States