Person:Rebecca Dyer (10)

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Rebecca Dyer
b.18 Oct 1753 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
d.25 Dec 1822 Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 19 Mar 1750/51
  1. Ruth Dyer1751 - Abt 1752
  2. Rebecca Dyer1753 - 1822
  3. Lydia Dyer1756 -
  4. Deliverance Dyer1758 -
  5. Ruth Dyer1760 -
  6. Samuel Dyer1761 -
  7. Joshua Paine Dyer1764 -
  8. Sylvanus Dyer1767 -
  9. Temperance Dyer1770 -
  10. Ephraim Dyer1773 -
  11. Mary Dyer1774 -
  12. Benjamin Dyer1777 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 14 Apr 1772
  1. David Higgins1788 - 1863
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Facts and Events
Name Rebecca Dyer
Gender Female
Birth[1] 18 Oct 1753 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Christening[2] 24 Oct 1753 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 14 Apr 1772 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United Statesto Ebenezer Higgins
Alt Death[4][5] 25 Dec 1820 Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Death[3] 25 Dec 1822 Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, United States
References
  1. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest, and Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Vital Records of the Town of Truro, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1933)
    Vol. 1, p. 77.

    Rebekah dyer the daughter of Samuel and Rebekah Dyer was born in Truro octo'br 18 : 1753.

  2. ↑ Truro Baptisms, in Bowman, George Ernest, and Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Vital Records of the Town of Truro, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1933)
    Vol. 2, p. 24.

    1753
    October 24, Rebecca daughter of Samuel Dyer, Jr.

  3. ↑ Maine, United States. Maine Vital Records
    [1].

    Copy of an Old Record of a Death
    Name: Rebecca Frost
    Date of Death: 1822 Month: 12 Day: 25
    Source of Record: Town Record, Gorham, Maine
    [Note: this is a copy made by a town clerk and the original hasn't been located. It appears contradicted by a couple of generally reliable sources (though one could have simply copied from the other). No gravestone has been located.]

  4. ↑ McLellan, Hugh D., and Katharine B Lewis. The history of Gorham, Maine. (Portland, ME: Smith & Sale, 1903)
    p. 571.

    "After the death of Mr. Higgins, his widow Rebecca married, Nov. 7, 1801, Col. Nathaniel Frost of Gorham. She died Dec. 25, 1820."

  5. ↑ Higgins, Katharine Elizabeth Chapin. Richard Higgins, a Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and His Descendants. (Worcester, Mass.: Privately Printed for the Author, 1918)
    p. 217.

    Ebenezer Higgins [#170] m. 14 Apr 1772 Rebecca Dyer of Truro. She m. (2) 7 Nov 1801 Col. Nathaniel Frost of gorham and she d. 25 Dec 1820.

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