Person:Ebenezer Dyer (1)

m. 22 Oct 1713
  1. Sibyl Dyer1714 - Aft 1794
  2. Elijah Dyer1716 - 1793
  3. Abigail Dyer1718 - 1808
  4. James Dyer1719/20 - 1790
  5. John Dyer1722 - Aft 1798
  6. Joseph Dyer1723/24 - 1781
  7. Sarah Dyer1727 - 1807
  8. Ebenezer Dyer1729 - Bef 1758
Facts and Events
Name Ebenezer Dyer
Gender Male
Birth[1] 17 Sep 1729 Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States
Death[1][2] Bef 5 May 1758 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 William Bradford authored by Ann Smith Lainhart and Robert S Wakefield, FASG , in General Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620. (New England - United States: General Society of Mayflower Descendants., Various)
    22:59-60, 2004.

    Abigail Fitch4 (Alice3 Bradford, William1-2) b. Norwich, Conn. 22 Feb 1687/8; d. Canterbury, Conn., 19 May 1759 aged 71. She m. Canterbury, Conn. 22 Oct 1713 John Dyar, b. Weymouth 9 April 1692; d. Canterbury, Conn., 25 Feb 1779 aged 86; son of Joseph and Hannah (Baxter) Dyer. He m. (2) Canterbury, Conn., 4 Oct 1759 Joane (Christophers) Leffingwell. On 12 Jan. 1721/2 James Fitch sold to John Dyer 12 acres and on 28 Mar 1723 he sold to his son-in-law John Dyer all his land in Canterbury not otherwise disposed of.

    The will of John Dyar of Canterbury dated Apr 1773, proved 2 March 1779, and made no mention of Ebenezer.

    Children of John and Abigail (Fitch) Dyar, b. Canterbury, Conn.:
    8. Ebenezer Dyer 19 Sep 1729, graduated from Yale in 1750. On 5 May 1758 Col. John Dyar was appointed adm. of the estate of Major Ebenezer Dyar who was taken captive and since deceased. The inventory was dated 23 Apr 1759

    References: Bradford Desc p 19; CT Marr 2:120; Dyar Gen p 7; Canterbury 1st Ch pp. 51 Elijah, 52 Abigail, 54 James, 56 John, 62 Sarah, 63 Eben. for bp of children and 95 for marriage; TAG 46:44. Plainsfield PR # 732 (Ebenezer Dyar); #735 John Dyar). VR Weymouth 1:96 (b. John under Diar). Canterbury CT VR 1:120(marriage), 122(birth of children, 131 (death of Abigail) Fitch Gen pp 5-7; Canterbury CT LR 3:183, 239 (James Fitch) 5:158, 164, 375, 6:5, 7:61; 240 (John Dyar). Hale Cem Coll: Canterbury pp 23 (Abigail Dyer), 24 (Johan Dyer)

    Ebenezer5 Dyer (Abigail Fitch4, Alice3 Bradford, William1-2) b. Canterbury, Conn., 17 Sep 1729; graduated from Yale in 1750. On 5 May 1758 Col. John Dyar was appointed adm. of the estate of Major Ebenezer Dyar who was taken captive and since deceased. The inventory was dated 23 Apr 1759

  2. Ebenezer Dyer of New Haven, in Connecticut, United States. Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999
    Case # 732.

    link to probate on Ancestry
    link on Family Search (viewable at Family History Center), film 7628387, "Douglas, John-Felch, S, 1747-1880", image 548]
    5 May 1758: Bond of Co'll John Dyer of Canterbury as administrator of Maj'r Ebenezer Dyer Deceased.
    10 Feb 1759: Inventory of Maj'r: Ebenezer Dyar late of New Haven dec'd: £27-0-0
    23 Apr 1759: [additional] Inventory of Maj'r Ebenezer Dyar late of New haven dec'd: £10-18-9, by Jabez Fitch Jr, John Hough.
    10 Mar 1761: Estate insolvent