Barrett Dyer

Barrett Dyer[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]

Male 1678 - 1753  (75 years)


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  • Name Barrett Dyer  [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
    Birth 1678  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Gender Male 
    Burial Dec 1753  Common Ground Cemetery, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Death 07 Dec 1753  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Person ID I312684225087  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Father Samuel Dyer,   b. 10 Oct 1635, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1678, Kingston, South Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Anne Hutchinson,   b. 18 Nov 1643, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Newport, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship unknown 
    Marriage 17 Nov 1663  Kingston, South Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1268  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hannah Stewart,   b. 24 Jun 1671, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 29 Jun 1699  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1548  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Snow,   b. Abt. 1678, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1748, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 21 Sep 1730  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1550  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 3 Abigail Arnold,   b. 1678, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1754, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 27 Nov 1744 
    Family ID F1549  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Resided in Dorchester and Boston, Mass.
      Resided in Dorchester and Boston, Mass. No children by either of his last two marriages. [WAD] !CHRISTENING: Christ Church, Bristol, Massachusetts. !BIRTH: Prob b. Boston !MARRIAGE: NEHGR 42:153 Marriage to Eliza (Mann) Bull in Boston. !BURIAL: South Burying Place, Boston !DEATH: Died "Advanced of Age" in Tomb No. 39. !OCCUPATION: A cooper, of Boston in 1695 when he witnessed a deed. !MARRIAGE: American Gen. Research Inst., DYER FAMILY HISTORY; 1600-1900; Washington, DC,Heritage Press, Inc.;1978;p40;In poss of Joseph W. Pehoushek, 1995 !DEATH: "Index of Obituaries in Boston Newspapers 1704-1800", 1968, G.K. Hall & Co., Boston; NOTE: Dyer, Barrett Dec 7, 1753 in his 81st y "Boston News L."; NOTE: Also in book 1704-1795, Vol 2; "Died suddenly, advanced in age" Dyer, Abigail, Boston, Ma., Administratrix of the Barrett Dyer estate. [Boston Evening Post of 2/18/1754] !BIRTH: THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST; ; Vol 22 #4; pp210-218;San Diego FHC 973.0 D25j V21-22;

      REL: Fifth great granduncle. !MAR: SDMR
      REL: Fifth great granduncle. !MAR: SDMR FHC book 974.0 V25t; New England Marriages prior to 1700; p. 237. At an advanced age was buried in Tomb #39, in South Burying Place. Married (1) at Boston, 29 Jan 1699 Hannah Stewart; (2) at Boston, 21 Sep 1730 Elizabeth Bull.

      Note from Memorial Wall
      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 died in Boston, on 10 Aug 1718; he was 14.

      On April 24, 1732 his brother Henry sold all his land in Lebanon,Ct to Barrett. Henry became the keeper of the Almshouse on Boston Common until his death.

      2.Elizabeth Mann — married 1730, she died bef. 1744
      3.Abigail (Arnold) Blake — married Nov.1744
      No children by his last two marriages.

      Died "Advanced of Age"

      Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146674406/barrett-dyer: accessed 28 October 2022), memorial page for Barrett Dyer (1678–7 Dec 1753), Find a Grave Memorial ID 146674406, citing Common Burying Ground, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA; Maintained by pMcP (contributor 48680380) .

      From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J
      From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

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      Line 7776 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SOUR @S01@

      BIRTH: !GENEALOGY: Austin; 290-3 !BIRTH
      BIRTH: !GENEALOGY: Austin; 290-3 !BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Wilson, 5; "b. ab. 1674"; married "by Rev. Cotton Mather"

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      Line 7902 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SLGC FAMC @01643227@ Line 7903 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SOUR @S01@

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