Austin Elsworth Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 15 Sep 1864 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death: 23 Feb 1947 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 1 2
Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet 1
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Knowles Dyer (1829-1914) 1
Mother: Julia Ann Lane (1833-1889) 1
Spouses and Children
1. *Mehitable A Atkins (11 Jun 1872 - 23 Dec 1938) 3
Marriage: 30 Jun 1894 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 4
Status:
Children:
1. Raymond Elsworth Dyer (1896-1999) 1
2. Harold Leslie Dyer (1897-1986) 3 5
3. Paul Clarkson Dyer (1900-2001) 1 6
Notes
General:
Austin was a teamster. 1Marriage Notes (Mehitable A Atkins)
Occupation: 1900 Farmer
Occupation: 1896 Teamster
Note:
1900 Census, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Ma:
Dyer, Austin E, Head, Sep 1865, (m.5), Mass, Jobber
Dyer, Hattie A, wife, Jun 1872, (ch. 3-3), Ma
Dyer, Raymond E, son, Jun 1896, Ma
Dyer, Harold, L, son, Jul 1897, Ma
Infant, son, May 1900, Ma
1910 Census, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Ma
Dyer, Austin E, Head, 45, M1 11, Ma, Teamster
Mehitable A, wife, 37, M1 11, (ch. 3-3), Ma
Raymond E, son, 13, S, Ma
Harold L, son, 12, S, Ma
Paul C, son, 9, S, Ma
1920 Census, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Ma
Dyer Austin E, Head, 55, Ma, Teamster
Hattie A, wife 47, Ma
Paul C, son 19, S, Ma
Azubah Davis Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Jul 1833 - Truro, Massachusetts 7
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Benjamin Dyer (1793-1871)
Mother: Dinah Hinckley Davis (1797-1875) 8
Spouses and Children
1. *Edward E Boardman (Est 1830 - )
Marriage: 27 Dec 1865 - Truro, Massachusetts 9
Status:
Benjamin Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Jun 1811 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 10
Baptism:
Death: 13 Mar 1882 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Benjamin Dyer (1780-1826) 1
Mother: Salome Cook (1785-1867)
Benjamin Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Jun 1727 - Truro, Massachusetts 11
Baptism: 4 Mar 1728 - Truro, Massachusetts 12
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ebenezer Dyer (1697-1777) 1
Mother: Sarah Doane (1699-1760) 1
Benjamin Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Feb 1780 - Truro, Massachusetts 13
Baptism: 16 Apr 1780 - Truro, Massachusetts 14
Death: 3 Apr 1826 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Burial: in Cemetery #2, Provincetown
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Fulke Dyer (1733-1814) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Atkins (1738-1815) 1
Spouses and Children
1. *Salome Cook (7 Aug 1785 - 8 Jan 1867)
Marriage: 1802 - (Provincetown, Massachusetts)
Status:
Children:
1. Salome Dyer (1805- )
2. Atkins Dyer (1808-1842) 10
3. Benjamin Dyer (1811-1882) 1
4. Joshua Dyer (1818-1900) 1
Notes
Marriage Notes (Salome Cook)
He shared with his brother Henry the residue of his father's estate.
Provincetown census 1810, 1820, then Salome as head in 1830 & 18401820 census indicates they had 3 sons (2 under 10 & 1 10-15) & 1 dau
10-15)1830 shows Salome with 2 males; 1 10-15; 1 15-20 & 1 20-30 no dau.REF: Truro VR; Provincetown Cemetery Records; Provincetown census. 1
Captain Benjamin Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Oct 1793 - Truro, Massachusetts 15
Baptism: 8 Dec 1793 - Truro, Massachusetts 14
Death: 27 Jan 1871 - Truro, Massachusetts
Burial: in Snow cemetery, Truro
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Napthali Dyer (1770-1797)
Mother: Delilah Swett (1774- ) 16
Spouses and Children
1. *Dinah Hinckley Davis (3 Aug 1797 - 15 Oct 1875) 8
Marriage: 15 Aug 1816 - Truro, Massachusetts 17
Status:
Children:
1. Elizabeth Bicknel Dyer (1820- )
2. Dinah Hinckley Dyer (1825- )
3. Captain Benjamin Dyer (1828-1868)
4. Azubah Davis Dyer (1833- )
5. Catherine Dyer (1836-1870)
Benjamin Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1820
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Abigail Higgins (29 Jan 1822 - 13 Jul 1891) 18
Marriage: 28 Jul 1853
Status:
Benjamin Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Nov 1808 - Truro, Massachusetts 19
Baptism:
Death: 3 Jul 1863 - (Truro, Massachusetts)
Burial: in Truro Congregational cemetery 20
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ebenezer Dyer (1781-1852)
Mother: Betsey Dyer (1782-1859) 21
Spouses and Children
1. *Huldah Snow (12 Nov 1812 - 29 Sep 1893)
Marriage: 7 Dec 1830 - Truro, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Huldah Harding Dyer (1831-1833) 20
2. Benjamin Henry Dyer (1833-1907)
3. Joshua Freeman Dyer (1837-1911)
4. Ephraim Snow Dyer (1845-1905)
5. John B Dyer (1853-1925)
Notes
Medical:
age 54-7-23
Benjamin Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Dec 1750 - Truro, Massachusetts 22
Baptism: 3 Feb 1751 - Truro, Massachusetts 23
Death: 14 Sep 1802 - Truro, Massachusetts 24
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ebenezer Dyer (1725-1792)
Mother: Hannah Hinckley (1727-1783)
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Smith (18 Dec 1757 - 30 Jan 1793)
Marriage: 7 Dec 1775 - Truro, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Hannah Smith Dyer (1776-1847) 25
2. Mary Dyer (1780- )
3. Ebenezer Dyer (1781-1852)
4. Bethia Dyer (1784- )
5. Benjamin Dyer (1787- ) 26
Captain Benjamin Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Apr 1828 - Truro, Massachusetts 27
Baptism:
Death: 13 Aug 1868 - Bay of Arica, Peru
Burial: in Snow cemetery, Truro
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Benjamin Dyer (1793-1871)
Mother: Dinah Hinckley Davis (1797-1875) 8
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah C Wilson (1838 - 13 Aug 1868)
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Sarah C Wilson)
Captain and Mrs Dyer died in the wreck of the ship "Fredonia" by an earthquake at the bay of Arica, Peru. Their children were on shore at the time and were unharmed.
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ARICA
Presently located within Chile, the city of Arica has the sort of multi national past common to many cities located near the border between two nations with a less than friendly relationship, historically. The land along the extreme northern coast of Chile, including Arica, was a part of Peru from the country's inception until the later part of the nineteenth century, when the War of the Pacific broke out. During the war, Peru and Chile fought an off and on series of battles from 1879 to 1929. When the war finally ended in defeat for Peru, the country was forced by treaty to ceed Arica, and the surrounding lands to Chile. For our purposes however, at the time of the 1868 tsunami Arica still belonged to Peru.
THE TSUNAMI
On August 13, 1868, a magnitude 8.5 earthquake struck the area of the Peru-Chile Trench located just off of Peru's extreme southern coast. The large earthquake that reduced the port of Arica to rubble, also generated a huge trans-pacific tsunami that struck Arica shortly after the earthquake ended. Three navy ships were anchored in the port at the time of the earthquake; two American, the warship US Wateree and storeship Fredonia; and one Peruvian, the warship Americana. Accounts from crew members of the two American ships who survived the tsunami give the following details. Several minutes after the quake the first tsunami wave arrived at Arica as a rapid rise of water, followed by a fierce withdrawal. The second wave estimated at 90 feet, was the largest. Its advance dashed the hapless Fredonia to pieces on the rocks of a harbor island, killing all but two crew members. The second wave snapped the moorings of both the Americana and the Wateree, and carried the two ships far inland, where they eventually ran aground. When the ocean finally returned to normal the Watree was, amazingly, still in near-perfect condition.... sitting on the beach 430 yards from the water!
Despite the height and ferocity of the tsunami, the Wateree reported only one casualty. The Americana however, was not as lucky, loosing 83 men including the captain. The tsunami was disastrous for the port of Arica as well, where an estimated 25,000 people died as a result of the earthquake and tsunami. The waves literally swept the low-lying parts of the town clean, removing all traces, including the foundations, of the structures that once existed there.
In total, the 1868 tsunami caused an estimated 300 million dollars in damage, and killed as many as 70,000 people along the South American coast.
http://www.usc.edu/dept/tsunamis/peru/ptsu_1868.html [with several major errors of names and dates corrected]
also see http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/powhatan.htm
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Children
Florence Azubah Dyer b: 22 DEC 1859 in Truro, Barnstable, Ma
Arthur Wilson Dyer b: 24 AUG 1861 in Truro, Barnstable, Ma
Mary Dyer b: ABT 1860 in Truro, Barnstable, Ma
There is a joint gravestone for Catherine Dyer, Benjamin Dyer and his unnamed wife:
"Catherine Dyer
died Feb. 6, 1870 Ęt 33 yrs
Benjamin Dyer Jr
an officer in the U.S.N. aged 40 yrs. His wife. aged 30 yrs perished in the wreck of the ship Fredonia by earthquqake in the bay of Arica S.A. Aug. 13. 1868" 28
Benjamin Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 6 Mar 1787 - Truro, Massachusetts 26
Baptism: 24 Aug 1788 - Truro, Massachusetts 29
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Benjamin Dyer (1750-1802)
Mother: Mary Smith (1757-1793)
Benjamin Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Apr 1750 - (Truro, Massachusetts)
Baptism: 24 Sep 1752 - Truro, Massachusetts
Death: 4 Dec 1833 - Sidney, Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jonathan Dyer (1715-Cir 1772)
Mother: Keturah Doane (1715-1789)
Notes
General:
(via papajohn)
Benjamin Dyer was in that part of Falmouth now Portland, Cumberland, Me., which in 1765 was set off as Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Before his marriage he lived for a time at Portland, Cumberland, Me. Then removed to Augusta, Kennebec, Me., and in a few years located in that part of Vassalborough, Me., which in 1792 was set off as Sidney, Me. He was one of the pioneers of Sidney, Me. and had a great deal to do with it's steady growth into a town of prosperity and sturdy life. He was ever active, upright, and respected. He was well known throughout that section of Maine as a very careful, accurate surveyor of lands. In 1793 he was elected as Selectman of Sidney, Me., and held that office for five years; he was Town Treasurer from 1803 to 1805, and held many other positions of trust and helpfulness.
He was married at Augusta, Kennebec, Me. by James Howard, Esquire, to Jemima Blake. She was descended from the sturdy pioneer Blake family of Harpswell, Me.
He and his wife and several of his family lie buried in the cemetery of the River Road at Sidney, Me., a little south of the Dyer homestead, and the stones marking these graves, which are often visited bt the descendants, are of slate in a good state of preservation.
Jemima Dyer d. Jan. 8, 1831, and her husband d. Dec. 7, 1833, in Sidney. They were buried in the graveyard on the "River Road," in Sidney, a little south of their old home. The dates of birth and death of Benjamin Dyer were copied from his gravestone by his great-grandson, William Fuller8 Dyer.
[Ancestor Benjamin Dyer]
came from Cape Elizabeth to the part of Vassalboro that became Sidney. Selectman 1792 for 5 yrs, he and wife, Jemima helped form the second Baptist church in Sidney 1805. (Hst. Kennebec cnty vol 2:1045 Town of Sidney)
Surveyed the land in Sidney, was selectman for 5 years, town treasurer from 1802-05; in Rev. War as a Pvt. (DAR); Owned land in Sidney and sold some to Dudley in 1781, still owned land in 1781;
Kennebec Probate 1799-1865: 6 Jul 1831 Will; Mentions: daus Anna Dyer, Zipporah Dyer, Miriam Lampson, Rachel Gould, Abigail Perry, Lydia Robinson; Sons; Nathaniel, Benjamin, William, David, Moses, Heirs of Jemina Gould (deceased) Elvina Gould, Elvira Townsend, James, Gould,
Joseph Gould, Abner Gould, Rest to son Benjamin Dyer. [AWM]
Marriage 1 Jemima Blake b: ABT 1756 in Harpswell, Cumberland, Me
Married: 23 May 1773 in Augusta, Kennebec, Me 5
by James Howard, Esq., of Augusta.
Children
Jonathan B Dyer b: 20 Nov 1774 in Sidney, Kennebec, Me
Miriam Dyer b: 24 May 1776 in Sidney, Kennebec, Me
Rachel B Dyer b: 1 Mar 1778 in Sidney, Kennebec, Maine
Benjamin Harrison Dyer b: 2 Aug 1779 in Sidney, Kennebec, Maine
Jemima Dyer b: 29 May 1781 in Sidney, Kennebec, Me
Rachel Dyer b: 12 Apr 1783 in Sidney, Kennebec, Maine
William Dyer b: 21 Jan 1785 in Sidney, Kennebec, Me
Nathaniel Dyer b: 13 Aug 1786 in Sidney, Kennebec, Me
Nathaniel Dyer b: 14 Jan 1788 in Sidney, Kennebec, Me
David Dyer b: 16 Oct 1789 in Sidney, Kennebec, Me
Moses Dyer b: 26 Aug 1791 in Sidney, Kennebec, Me
Zipporah Dyer b: 22 Mar 1793 in Sidney, Kennebec, Me
Abigail Dyer b: 3 Apr 1795 in Sidney, Kennebec, Me
Anna Dyer b: 21 Feb 1797 in Sidney, Kennebec, Me
Sylvia Dyer b: 15 Mar 1799 in Sidney, Kennebec, Me
Benjamin Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Dec 1733 - Truro, Massachusetts 31
Baptism: 9 Dec 1733 - Truro, Massachusetts 23
Death: Jun 1795 - At Sea
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: William Dyer Jr (1690-After 1764) 32
Mother: Hannah Strout (1690-1735)
Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah Morton Higgins (20 Apr 1763 - )
Marriage: Nov 1783 - Maine
Status:
2. Abigail Higgins (31 Oct 1735 - Bef 1783)
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. William Dyer (1768-1844) 33
Benjamin Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1752
Baptism: 24 Sep 1752 - Truro, Massachusetts 14
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Anthony Dyer (1720- ) 32
Mother: Elizabeth Walker (1722- )
Benjamin Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1852
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joshua Dyer (1825-1865) 34
Mother: Eleanor McKage (1830-1910)
Notes
General:
of New York, 1910
Benjamin Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism: 26 Jan 1777 - Truro, Massachusetts 23
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Samuel Dyer (1730- )
Mother: Rebecca Paine (1732- )
Benjamin Atkins Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 22 Jun 1864 - Truro, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 18 Feb 1929 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 35
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joshua Freeman Dyer (1837-1911)
Mother: Mary Ann Harding (1837-1916)
Spouses and Children
1. *Annie May Bangs (Est 1866 - After Feb 1929)
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
Medical:
age 64-7-27
Benjamin H Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Dec 1836 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 24 Aug 1873 - lost at sea, from sch Lizzie D. Barker
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Sylvanus Collins Dyer (1786-1870)
Mother: Betsey M Hopkins (1793-1863)
Spouses and Children
1. *Angeline Young (20 May 1840 - )
Marriage: 29 May 1861 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Ada Frances Dyer (1862- ) 36
Notes
General:
1862 seaman, WellfleetMarriage Notes (Angeline Young)
1870 Census, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Ma:
Dyer, Benjamin H, 33, Seaman, Mass
Dyer, Angie, 30, Keeping House, Mass
Dyer, Addie F, 8, Attending School, Mass
Benjamin Henry Dyer
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Aug 1833 - Truro, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 9 Oct 1907 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Benjamin Dyer (1808-1863)
Mother: Huldah Snow (1812-1893)
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Sophronia L Baker b: OCT 1832 in Scarborough Cumberland me
Married: 4 NOV 1855 in Truro Barnstable Ma
Children
Ada Higgins Dyer b: 1 SEP 1860 in Truro
Bethia Dyer
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism: 8 Aug 1784 - Truro, Massachusetts 29
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Benjamin Dyer (1750-1802)
Mother: Mary Smith (1757-1793)