Person:Dyer Spalding (1)

== Biography == DIER SPALDING,^[1][2] b. at Plainfield, 18 Nov 1732 son of Jonathan Spalding and Judah Billings Main Judah Billings;^[3] d. at Cornish, NH, 27 Apr 1814;^[4] m. at Plainfield, 11 Mar 1767,^[5] Elizabeth Parkhurst, b. at Killingly, 7 Jul 1734 daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth (Cady) Parkhurst;^[6] Elizabeth d. at Cornish, 3 Jun 1816.^[7] Dier Spalding was born in Connecticut. As a young man, he served from Connecticut in the French and Indian War. From 10 September 1755 to 13 December 1755, her served in the 3rd company under Maj. William Whiting as part of the 4th regiment commanded by Col. Elihu Chauncey.^[8] He is also reported as serving with Gen. Israel Putnam as one of Putnam’s Rangers.^[9] Dier married Elizabeth Parkhurst at Plainfield. Soon after, Dier made plans to relocate to a new settlement in what would become Cornish, New Hampshire. Dier along with Dudley Chase and Daniel Putnam were the first three men to come to the area coming up the Connecticut River by canoe.^[10] Capt. Dier Spalding served in the alarm company at Cornish in 1776. He was Captain and Quartermaster in the regiment of Col. Jonathan Chase who commanded the 13th New Hampshire militia regiment.^[11] This ranger regiment supported the Continental army at Fort Ticonderoga, participated in the Saratoga Campaign, and was present at the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne.^[12] Dier maintained a successful farm in Cornish and was also a mason, blacksmith, and boatman.^[13] In 1790, the household of Dier Spalding was six persons at Cornish: three males 16 and over, one male under 16, and two females.^[14] Dier was a member of the Episcopal Society of Cornish serving as a vestryman and was one of those who petitioned the General Court on 20 May 1794 for incorporation of the group under the name of Christ’s Church.^[15] The settlement of the estate of Col. Dier Spalding was made 11 November 1820. Real estate was appraised at $3,197 including the 111-acre farm in Cornish and other smaller parcels. The distribution included the farm in Cornish to Silas Spalding containing 111 acres on the Connecticut River. Silas is to pay Bill and Esther Barns $355.88 and Lyman Spalding 25.55. Bill and Esther Barns received one parcel in Claremont containing 34 ½ acres, a parcel of 7 ½ acres, and with an advancement they received from Dier Spalding of $406.67 plus the payment from Silas and Lyman, Esther’s portion is completed. Lyman Spalding receives 33 ½ acres in Claremont and with the advancement of $772 received from his father in his lifetime and the payment from Silas, Lyman’s portion is completed.^[16]

Children

Dier and Elizabeth were parents of three children born at Cornish, New Hampshire. i Esther Spalding, b. at Cornish, 5 Mar 1769; d. at Claremont, NH, 19 Apr 1863; m. at Claremont, 4 May 1794, BILL BARNES, b. 1753 son of William and Mehitable (Naughton) Barnes; Bill d. at Claremont, 24 Feb 1842. ii Silas Spalding, b. at Cornish, 5 May 1772; d. at Cornish, 20 Sep 1844; m. at Windsor, VT, 29 Jan 1799, THEODOSIA HOLTON, b. at Northfield, MA, 20 Dec 1772 daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Alexander) Holton; Theodosia d. at Cornish, 2 Feb 1865. iii Lyman Spalding, b. at Cornish, 5 Jun 1775; d. at Portsmouth, NH, 30 Oct 1821; m. 9 Oct 1802, ELIZABETH COUES, b. 1779 daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Jackson) Coues;^[17] Elizabeth d. at Portsmouth, 2 Jun 1838.

Sources and Footnotes

1. ↑ Name is spelled Dyer in some records but is more often Dier.
2. ↑ Family summary taken from Abbott, The Descendants of William and Grace Ballard of Andover
3. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:MGRS-TPK : 7 January 2020), Entry for Diah Spaulding, 1732.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72481139/dier-spalding : accessed 15 July 2022), memorial page for Col Dier Spalding (18 Nov 1732–27 Apr 1814), Find a Grave Memorial ID 72481139, citing Trinity Cemetery, Cornish City, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA ; Maintained by LadyGoshen (contributor 46951894) .
5. ↑ Spalding, Samuel, Spalding Memorial, p 65
6. ↑ Connecticut Town Birth Records, Barbour Collection, Killingly, p 316
7. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:Q2SL-Y1CL : 9 June 2021), Entry for Elisabeth Cady Parkhurst Spalding, ; Burial, Cornish City, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States of America, Trinity Cemetery; citing record ID 72466030, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
8. ↑ Connecticut Historical Society, Rolls of Connecticut Men in the French and Indian War, volume 1, p 52
9. ↑ Spalding, Samuel, Spalding Memorial, p 64
10. ↑ Child, History of the Town of Cornish, p 13
11. ↑ New Hampshire State Papers, 11:462, 11:434, 15:14, 15:138
12. ↑ Batchellor, The Ranger Service of the Upper Valley of the Connecticut, p 15, pp 19-21
13. ↑ McArthur, McArthur-Barnes Ancestral Lines, p 133
14. ↑ Year: 1790; Census Place: Cornish, Cheshire, New Hampshire; Series: M637; Roll: 5; Page: 127; Image: 71; Family History Library Film: 0568145
15. ↑ New Hampshire State Papers, 11:459
16. ↑ New Hampshire Probate, Cheshire County, Estate Files, Estate of Dier Spalding, No. 279
17. ↑ The 1815 will of Peter Coues of Portsmouth includes a bequest to his daughter Elizabeth Spalding.

• Abbott, Patricia A. In Press. The Descendants of William and Grace Ballard of Andover Through Six Generations. Emerald Isle, NC: Patricia A. Abbott.
• Batchellor, Albert Stillman. 1903. The Ranger Service in the Upper Valley of the Connecticut, and the Most Northerly Regiment of the New Hampshire Militia in the Period of the Revolution: An Address Delivered Before the New Hampshire Society of Sons of the American Revolution at Concord. Concord, NH: The Rumford Press.
• Child, William Henry. 1911. History of the Town of Cornish, New Hampshire, with Genealogical Record, 1763-1910. Concord, NH: Rumford Press.
• Connecticut Historical Society. 1903. Rolls of Connecticut Men in the French and Indian War, 1755-1762. Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Society.
• McArthur, Selim Walker. McArthur-Barnes Ancestral Lines (The Anthoensen Press, Portland, Maine, 1964) Page 132-33
• Spalding, Samuel Jones. 1872. Spalding Memorial: Edward Spalding of Massachusetts Bay and His Descendants. Boston, MA: Alfred Mudge and Son, Printers. Page 35, Page 64

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