Elisha Dyer^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1711 - 1759  (48 years)

• Name	Elisha Dyer  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1711	Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	09 Apr 1759	Stafford, Tolland, Ct   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I312684225008	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Henry Dyer, Sr.,   b. Abt. 1676, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America bur. 1742, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age ~ 66 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Mother	Mary Rice,   b. 1675, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America d. Bef. 12 May 1726, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Marriage	Abt. 1693	Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
  Family ID	F1283	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mrs. Mary Dyer,   b. Abt. 1700, ,, Ct d. 09 Apr 1759, Stafford, Tolland, Ct (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	09 Apr 1759	Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut
  Family ID	F1271	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  !BIRTH-SPOUSE: THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST !BIRTH-SPOUSE: THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST; ; Vol 22 #4; pp210-218;San Diego FHC973.0 D25j V21-22; NOTE: Stafford church records show Elisha killed her and himself. !DEATH:Kenneth Scott, GENEALOGICAL DATA FROM THE NEW YORK POST -BOY 1743-1773"; National Gen. Soc.; 1970; Wash, DC; p75; NOTE: In 1759 "Mr. Dyer of Stafford, Conn. - April 8 he killed his wife and then committed suicide; New Haven dispatch of April 28 (5/14)" Reportedly killed his wife and himself Reportedly killed his wife and himself on April 8, 1759.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Source Information Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vi. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Source Citation Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut Source Information Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-li. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Source Information Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013. Original data: Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. [S1173462611] FamilySearch.org, Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:78XZ-XYW2 : Thu Mar 07 18:58:13 UTC 2024), Entry for Elisha Dyer, 9 April 1759.