Dyer Family

*Dyer Family*
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Main Emigrants
	William and Mary Dyer came to Massachusetts before 1635. With Roger Williams, they founded Rhode Island in 1638. Mary Dyer became a Quaker and was hanged for this reason in Boston, June 1, 1660. Learn more about this interesting family using the links below.
Spelling the family name
	Dyer, Dyre
Sources
	Books/census By the Name of Dyer, by William Allen Dyer, 1940. This very difficult to find manuscript and has been graciously provided by Mr. Ken Brown. He has scanned the manuscript and a few of the pages are accessible via the link above. Some Records of the Dyer Family, by Cornelia C. Joy-Dyer, 1884. Web sites with Dyer information The New England Dyer Connection, web site by Frank Dyer, 1997. Frank has extensive information on several different Dyer emigrant families.
Info from the Jennings genealogy database
	Descendant report following the male lines only (a one-name study). Descendant report following both the male and female lines. Enter into my database, starting with Col. Charles Dyer (will be William Dyer when I get him into the database ;-).