"The John Dyer who kept this Journal over a period of 42 years, was grandson of John Dyer, the immigrant of whom General W.W.H. Davis writes in his "History of Bucks County," second edition, Vol. 1, Chapter XXIV Plumstead, p381.
The first to encroach upon the retirement of Thomas Browne was John Dyer [the Grandfather of the John Dyer who wrote the Journal], an immigrant from Gloucestershire England; with is family, 1712. He first settled in Phil'a then came out to what was known as the 'five-mile mill' on York Road, and thence removed to the woods of Plumstead. On the 16th of June 1718 he purchased 150 acres of Cephas Child, including the Dyer property, Dyerstown. He is said to have likewise purchased the improvements of Thomas Brown, who removed father back into the woods about where Plumstead Meeting House now stands. The Dyer property only passed out of the family a few years ago, when Doctor John Dyer, a descendant moved to Phila... He died the 31st of the 11th mo, 1738, and was buried at the Friends Meeting House in Plumstead. He owned in all about 600 acres. When John Dyer came into the township, wild animals were so plenty the settlers took their guns with them to meeting ... The Indians were numerous but friendly. "This Journal is printed in the "Publications of the Genealogical Society of PA" for January 1906 and appended thereto is the following note:"John Dyer, the writer of the journal was the son of Josiah and Esther (Brown) Dyer of Plumstead Township. His death occurred in 1811. A full copy is in the possession of the Historical Soc. of PA."
