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General Notes: "William Dyer [and] Hannah his wife" were admitted Feb. 18, 1727 -2 8, to t he church in Truro. A later hand has added: "Dismist July 28, 1 74 9, to Fal mouth, Casco bay."
William Dyer was here before 1700, and married Hannah Strout, and s et tl ed in the north part of the town.[A Comprehensive History of Eastha m, M assachusetts, Author: Enoch Pratt, C all Number: F74.E2P7]
William & brother Henry along with their nephew Micah (son of Jonat ha n) se ttled in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. REF: Higgins Genealogy p.115,17 1; St rout F amily by Robert Taylor; Descendants of Edward Small by Lora U nderhi ll.
He lived in Falmouth Me, 1764. [awm]
Was 11 or 12 when his father moved to Truro. Married by Mr. Samuel Trear.
Resided at Truro and perhaps at Marshfield. Children, all but last t wo b ap tized
Mar 11, 1728.
Dyer search Vol 6, No 1 p27 shows he married Hannah Strout and g iv es a li ne of
descendants incl;
Christopher and Mercy Smalley
Christopher and Hanna Randall Dyer
Jesse and Sally Pool Dyer
Newell and Mary Ann Whitmarsh
Charles Newell and. M. Antionette Ford
Charles Frederick and Mary A. Sampson
Priscilla Constance Dyer

William Dyer, Jr., a cordwainer (leather worker) by vocation, was t he ol de st son of Dr. William Dyer and Mary (Taylor) Dyer... having be en bo rn in B arnstable (MA) 30 October 1690.
!MARRIAGE: On 15 April 1709 in Eastham (MA) at age 18 1/2, he was m ar ri ed to Hannah Strout, daughter of Christopher Strout of Truro(M A) by t he Re verend Samuel Treat. Hannah was the mother of all 13 of Will iam Jr. 's chil dren... 3 daughters and 10 sons. He and Hannah were admitt ed and b aptiz ed as "adults" to the church in Truro the same day, 18 Febr uary 1727 /8. (" Mayflower Descendants", Volume 9.)
!RESIDENCES: William Dyer, Jr. was of Truro as of 12 March 17 36 f or on th at date and in that place he addressed a letter to James Ot is ( of Revoluti onary War fame) in regard to a lawsuit. Evidently Otis w as Wil liam's lawye r.
!LAND: On 18 May 1737, William Dyer of Falmouth on Casco Bay, cordw ai ne r, bought of John White of Falmouth, tanner, for 45 pounds, a certa in t ra ct or parcel of land lying in the Second Parish in Falmouth and ad joi ni ng to the lands of William Elwell ..... "twenty and seven acr es of t he sa me ..... it being a part of a thirty acre lot grant ed to me (Whit e) by t he Town of Falmouth and laid out by the town commit tee. Three acr es of whi ch I have [already] sold to John Dyer in said Fal mouth."
!LAND: On 5 December 1743, William Dyer, yeoman, of Falmouth, for f if ty po unds, bought of William Elwell ten acres of land in Falmouth, " it be ing pa rt of William Elwell's homestead which lieth below the highw ay ... .. bound ed ..... by ed Dyer's land on the easterly side and then b ound ed by the hi ghway that nowis."
!LAND: In April 1743, William Dyer of Falmouth, cordwainer, bo ug ht f or 26 pounds, of Thomas Millett, twenty acres of the grant ma de to h im (Mi llett) by the Falmouth Proprietors.
!LAND: William Dyer, cordwainer, of Falmouth sold proper ty on 6 Ju ly 17 49 tohis son, Samuel Dyer of Falmouth, fisherman, for 2 00 pounds, in cluding a h ouse and 25 acres of land on "Barren Hill ... .. joining to t he land of Chr istopher Dyer's Farm he now live on" near t he road which le ads to Black Po int.
!MARRIAGE-SPOUSE: The marriage intention of William Dyer of Falm ou th to Ha nnah Hagans (Higgins) of Truro was recorded in Falmouth 26 Ju ne 1 74 9. On 26 July 1749, William Dyer of Falmouth in Casco Bay was mar ri ed to H annah Higgins of Truro by the Reverend John Avery of Truro. T wo da ys lat er they were "Dismist" to the First Church in Falmouth.(NEH GR 14:22 5) S he was Mrs. Hannah (Cole) Higgins, widow of Reuben Higgins.
On 16 January 1764, William Dyer of Falmouth conveyed land to his " lo vi ng daughter, Isabel Ficket, wife of John Ficket of Cape Elizabeth, y eom an. "
In November 1760, William Dyer was one of the petitioners to the Go ve rn or of Massachusetts Bay for a grant of a township on the northern a nd w est ern side of the Island of Mount Desert and on the mainland next a djoi ni ng the same.

Info sources: Linwood Dyer, Scarborough, Maine.Aurie W. Morrison, 15 45 56 th Square W, Vero Beach, FL 32966-2397.Charles S. Rogers, 108 Snowgo ose Ct ., Daytona Beach, Volusia, FL 32119.
!DEATH: From David Sylvester P.O. Box 135, Searsport, ME 049 74 - S ep 5, 19 96: d. Aft 16 Jan 1764
!RESIDENCES: Berry, Marcelia Dyer Rennard "The Dyers from Eng la nd to Ca pe Elizabeth 1557-1987 - Descendants of Henry, 3rd son of D r. Wil liam Dyer ", Manuscript,p15; NOTE: 1725 William moved from Tru ro to wh at is now S o. Portland, Maine.

William married Hannah Strout 221 222 on 15 Apr 1709 in Eastham, Barnstable, Ma.,89 222 223 daughter of Christopher Strout and Sarah Pike. Hannah was born about 1690 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Ma and died before 26 Jun 1749 in Truro, Barnstable, Ma.