Micah Dyer, Sr.

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Micah Dyer Sr.
Male
18 March 1728–4 December 1797

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Brief Life History of Micah

When Micah Dyer Sr. was born on 18 March 1728, in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Jonathan Dyer, was 36 and his mother, Susannah Brown, was 27. He married Hannah Mariner Dyer on 8 April 1749, in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 4 December 1797, in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in South Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States.

Spouse

Micah Dyer Sr.
Male
1728–1797

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Male

Hannah Mariner Dyer
Female
1729–1823

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Female

Marriage
8 April 1749
Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Children (13)

Hannah Marriner
Female
1746–1831

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Female

Micah Dyer Jr.
Male
1751–1809

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Male

Israel Dyer Sr.
Male
1752–1788

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Male

David Dyer
Male
1754–1807

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Male

Hannah Dyer
Female
1754–1816

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Female

Hannah Dyer
Female
1755–1815

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Female

Susan Dyer
Female
1757–1816

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Female

Caleb B Dyer
Male
1758–1832

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Male

Martha Dyer
Female
1761–1840

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Female

Ezekiel Dyer
Male
1763–1849

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Male

Nathan Dyer
Male
1765–Deceased

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Male

Mary Dyer
Female
1767–1851

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Female

Joanna Dyer
Female
1772–Deceased

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Female

Parents

Jonathan Dyer
Male
1692–1773

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Male

Susannah Brown
Female
1700–1761

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Female

Siblings (12)

David Dyer
Male
1719–1752

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Male

William Dyer
Male
1720–1748

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Male

Solomon Dyer Sr.
Male
1722–1815

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Male

Phebe Dyer
Female
1724–Deceased

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Female

Micah Dyer Sr.
Male
1728–1797

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Male

Elisha Dyer
Male
1730–1791

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Male

Susannah Dyer
Female
1732–1735

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Female

Caleb Dyer
Male
1733–1759

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Male

Susannah Dyer
Female
1736–1795

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Female

Ruth Dyer
Female
1737–1814

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Female

William Dyer
Male
1741–1742

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Male

William Dyer
Male
1742–Deceased

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Male

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Micah Dyer (1728 - 1797)

Micah Dyer
Born 18 Mar 1728 in Truro, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Jonathan Dyer and Susannah (Brown) Dyer
Brother of Jonathan Dyer Jr. [half], David Dyer, Solomon Dyer, Phebe Dyer, Elisha Dyer, Caleb Dyer, Susanna (Dyer) Hincks, Ruth (Dyer) Hamblen and William Dyer
Husband of Hannah (Marriner) Dyer — married 8 Apr 1749 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Maine)map
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Micah Dyer Jr, Israel Dyer, David Dyer, Hannah (Unknown) Dyer, Hannah (Dyer) Davis, Susannah (Dyer) Morton, Caleb Anthony Dyer, Martha Dyer, Ezekiel Dyer, Nathan Dyer, Mary (Dyer) Fickett and Joanna Dyer
Died 4 Dec 1797 at age 69 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, United Statesmap
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Contents

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1 Biography
2 Research Notes
3 Sources
4 Acknowledgements
Biography

Micah was born on 18 March 1728 in Truro, Massachusetts.[1][2]

Baptized 21 April 1727/8 at Truro.

Married Hannah Marriner on 8 April 1749 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine[3].[4]

Died 4 December 1797 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine[5][6]

Before Micah Dyer became of age, he followed his uncle Henry Dyer to Falmouth. There he married Hannah Marriner (int. filed Apr.8,1749).

She was the daughter of John Marriner & Mary Cobb of Falmouth... also known then as Cape Elizabeth.
Family tradition holds that Micah & Hannah Dyer lived on the farm given them by her father, afterwards occupied by their son, Ezekiel but it is evident that their homestead was a tract of land conveyed to "Michael Dyer of Cape Elizabeth... yeoman, on Sep.4,1769 by his father Jonathan Dyer of Truro, Barnstable, Mass. for the sum of 100 pounds. The land is described as "all my whole right of lands which I (Jonathan) bought of Briant Morton of Cape Elizabeth". In March 1793, when Micah became too old to manage the farm alone, he sold to his son, Ezekiel, one full half of my farm in Cape Elizabeth whereon I now live.
Upon this farm, Micah lived until death in Dec.4,1797 at age 69 of small pox contracted from a book which may have been laid away since an epidemic of that disease in 1778. Micah was buried on his own land.
[The Morton-Rich Ancestry Line, Book 1, Desendants of Bryent Morton & Thankful Parker (Eastham, Barnstable, Gorham), by Frances Morton Demars, 1983-1987]
He was buried on his own land; his grave, marked by two rough stones, is in a pasture near the corner of Stillman and Sawyer Streets, at South Portland Heights, owned (1907) by Mr. Clifford A. Dyer. A great-great-granddaughter, to whom her father confided the care of the spot, has placed a small flag by the headstone.
The house built by Micah Dyer disappeared long ago; it was set further back from the street than that of Mark Dyer, his son-in-law; the latter is in good repair, and is occupied by descendants. On November 16, 1798, less than a year after their father's death, the heirs of Micah Dyer conveyed to their brother, Ezekiel Dyer, all interest in the estate of their father, "In consideration that Ezekiel Dyer of sd Cape Elizabeth . . . yeoman . . . will Maintain Our Mother Hannah Dyer, the wife of Micah Dyer Late of Cape Elizabeth Deceased . . . as long as Shee lives, that Shee shall Not want for Nothing of the Necessaryes of this life, and will pay all the Debts that may be due Against the Estate of our Father Micah Dyer Late of Cape Elizabeth Deceased. . . . We do freely Acknowledge for the above Consideration to give up to the said Ezekiel Dyer his heirs and Assigns to their own proper use and behoof forever . . . All Our right and title to the Real & Personal Estate of our Father Micah Dyer aforesaid Deceased." The heirs conveying this right were: Micah Dyer and David Dyer, of Durham, James Morton and his wife Susanna, of Gorham, Nathaniel Dyer and his wife Hannah, Caleb Dyer, Mark Dyer and his wife Martha, Isaac Fickett and his wife Polly, Joshua Gammon and his wife Joanna, all of Cape Elizabeth.(*) The only heirs not appearing in this deed were Samuel Davis and his wife Hannah; yet Hannah Davis is remembered by aged members of this family, in Cape Elizabeth, as daughter to Micah, and is so mentioned in their private records.
Hannah Dyer, widow of Micah, survived her husband ten or twelve years. No record has been found of her death; it is thought that she was buried in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, on Meeting-House Hill, beside her daughter Martha. There is now no stone to her memory; but many of the ancient stones were of perishable slate that has crumbled away.
In town affairs, Micah Dyer bore a modest part. Looking over the ancient records of Town Proceedings, one finds that, at the first town-meeting held in Cape Elizabeth, December 2, 1765, "Mr. Micah Dyer" was chosen collector of taxes. In 1771, 1783, and 1785, he was surveyor of highways; on July 1, 1786, he signed a call for town-meeting; in 1790, he was warden; in 1791, he was collector of the minister's salary.(*) He was not a Representative to the General Court of Massachusetts; the only Representatives from Cape Elizabeth, prior to 1800, were: "Colonel Jordan," in 1780; "George Deake, Esq.," in 1783; "Samuel Calef, Esq.," 1788-1791 and 1796; "Mr. Barzillai Delano," in 1792. In other years, the town was not represented.(+) (Descendants of Edward Small)
Research Notes

Parents married 28 April 1718 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts[7] Records of Falmouth (now Portland), Me.[8]

Sources

↑ Birth: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #45118147 (accessed 12 May 2022)
Micah Dyer born on 18 Mar 1728 in Truro, Massachusetts.
↑ George Ernest Bowman. Truro, Barnstable, Mass., Church Records, The Mayflower Descendant, Vol.IX, CD 203. Call Number: CD203. Page: 243
↑ Harold Ward Dana, A.B., M.D., of Brookline, Norfolk, Mass. John(5) Billings of Deer Isle, Maine. Originally from "Genealogy of William Billings", Frank Billings, M.D., n.d., published about 1931. NEHGR, Vol. 97, October 1943, Vol. 14, page 225, July 1860
↑ Marriage: "Maine, U.S., Marriage Index, 1670-1921"
Ancestry Record 61373 #84590 (accessed 12 May 2022)
Micah Dyer marriage to Hannah Marraner on 8 Apr 1749 in Falmouth, Maine, USA.
↑ Maine State Archives, Vital Records, Capital Complex
↑ Death: "Maine, U.S., Death Records, 1761-1922"
Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll Number: 107
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1962 #1397244 (accessed 12 May 2022)
Micah Dyer death 4 Dec 1797 (age 69) in South Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA.
↑ Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill. Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol.3. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.: 1934. Call Number: R929.2 S635uV.3. Page: 1358
↑ Stackpole, Everett S. History of Durham, Maine. Somersworth, Strafford, Nh, New England Press, 1899, 1979. Page: 178
Vital Records of Truro, Barnstable County, Mass. George Ernest Bowman
Vital Records of Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill. Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol.3. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.: 1934. Call Number: R929.2 S635uV.3. Page: 1373
Acknowledgements

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