Mary Ward

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Johan Winsser:The sons of William Dyre, sometime Secretary and Attorney General of Rhode Island, and Mary (Barret) Dyre, the Quaker martyr hanged at Boston 1 June 1660, appear in many early New England records and their lives can be traced with relative ease. On the other hand, the only known surviving daughter of William & Mary has been identified from a single citation in the early Rhode Island records. On 25 July 1670 Samuel & Henry Dyre were charged by their father to post a $300 bond to ensure the inheritance of $100 due their eldest sister, Mary Dyre, and $40 to their half sister, Elizabeth Dyre (Rhode Island Land Records, 1648-1696 [Ms at the Rhode Island State Archives], 414)

Sources: Title: Mary (Dyre) Ward: Mary (Barrett) Dyre's Missing Daughter Traced Author: Johan Winsser Publication: NEHGR, Volume 145, January 1991 Page: 22-28 Title: Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F Author: Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn . Publication: Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. Repository: Note: NAME Not Given (See Notes) ADDR Not Given (See Notes) NOTE http://www.newenglandancestors.org/database Page: 383

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Biography

Mary Dyer (aka Dyre) was born by 1650 in Newport, Rhode Island. She married by 1675 Henry Ward and moved to Cecil County, Maryland. She died there after 26 January 1678/9, last known record of her. For many years, all that was known about the only known surviving daughter of William & Mary (Barrett) Dyer was from a single citation in the early Rhode Island records. On 25 July 1670 Samuel & Henry Dyre were charged by their father to post a L300 bond to ensure the inheritance of L100 due their eldest sister, Mary Dyre, and L40 to [their half sister], Elizabeth Dyre.<ref>Johann Winsser, "Mary (Dyre) Ward: Mary (Barrett) Dyre's Missing Daughter Traced," in NEHGR, 145(1991):22-28, citing Rhode Island Land Records, 1648-1696 [Ms at the Rhode Island State Archives], p. 414</ref> But in the 1980s, researcher Grace Dyer Mellander found a power of attorney record (dated 11 Jan 1678/9) in the Maryland Hall of Records that identified Mary, wife of Henry Ward of Cecil County, MD, as daughter of William Dyer of "Road Island."<ref>Winsser (1991), citing Maryland Hall of Records, Cecil County Land Office, I:117</ref>

Children

1. Henry Ward 20 was born before 1678, died about May 1734 in Cecil County, Maryland, and was buried on 9 May 1734 in St. Stephen's Church, N. Sassafras Parish, Cecil Co., Maryland.
2. Rebecca Ward 20 was born before 1678 and died after 4 Aug 1695.

Sources

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See also: * William Richard Cutter, Genealogy - Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, New York: Lewis Historiacl Publishing Co., (1908), Vol. 1, page 461

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