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Edward Wyer

Also Known As: "Weare"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Scotland
Death: May 03, 1693 (66-75)
Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Phipps Street, Boston (Charlestown), Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02129, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Nathaniel Weare and Sara Weare
Husband of Elizabeth Munroe
Father of Elizabeth Mirick; Edward Wyer; Robert Wyer; Hannah Dunkin; Katherine Welch and 6 others
Brother of Robert Weare; Esther Greenleaf; Nathaniel Weare; John Weare; Mary Swain and 3 others

Occupation: Scots POW
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About Edward Wyer

brief biography

EDWARD¹ WYER, was born presumably in Scotland about 1622 and died at Charlestown, Massachusetts on 3 May 1693.

Another Scots 1650 Battle of Dunbar POW indentured to the colonies for 7 years:

family

He married at Charlestown, Massachusetts on 5 Jan 1658, ELIZABETH JOHNSON, daughter of William and Elizabeth Johnson. She married, second, WILLIAM MONROE, of Cambridge, also a SPOW.

Children of Edward and Elizabeth (Johnson) Wyer:

2. i.     ELIZABETH² WYER, (Edward¹) b. Charlestown 10 Nov 1659, m. BENJAMIN MIRICK 2. ii.    EDWARD² WYER, (Edward¹) b. Charlestown c1661; m. ABIGAIL LAWRENCE. 2. iii.   ROBERT² WYER, (Edward¹) born Charlestown on 10 Feb 1664 2. iv.   HANNAH² WYER, (Edward¹) bap. Charlestown 23 Jul 1665 m. 15 Dec 1686 NATHAN DUNKIN/DUNKLIN 2. v.    KATHERINE² WYER, (Edward¹) b. Charlestown 5 Dec 1666, m. JONATHAN WELSH 2. vi.   NATHANIEL² WYER (Edward¹) b. Charlestown 14 Jun 1668, prob. d. young. 2. vii.  RUHAMAH² WYER (Edward¹) b. Charlestown 14 Dec 1670, m. JOHN HILL 2. viii. ELEAZAR² WYER (Edward¹) born Charlestown 12 Dec 1672; m. KATHERINE WADE 2. ix.   ZACHARIAH² WYER, (Edward¹) b. Charlestown 16 Mar 1676, m. MARY, died 1717 2. x.    SARAH² WYER, (Edward¹) born Charlestown 5 Mar 1678, m. JOHN FILLEBROWN 2. xi.   WILLIAM² WYER, (Edward¹) born Charlestown on 3 Oct 1680

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Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be:

  • 1622 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  • 1635 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

sources

  • Edward Wyer Genealogy at The New England and Historical Genealogical Register, Volume 25, 1871.
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Edward Wyer's Timeline

1622
1622
Scotland
1659
November 10, 1659
Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1661
1661
Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1664
February 10, 1664
Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1665
July 23, 1665
Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1666
December 5, 1666
Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1668
June 14, 1668
1670
1670
Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1672
December 12, 1672
Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States