John Dyer married Elizabeth Bluford the first time.
Children of John and Elizabeth Bluford Dyer were Joshua, James, John Jr., Nancy, Elisha, and probably Agnes [m. James Chick]. The other children of John's were born beginning in 1755, a year after he married his second wife, Dinah. They were Manoah [b.9/28/1755 in Caroline County,Virginia], Hamon, and Hezekiah.
Two of John and Elizabeth's sons, Elisha and Joshua, carried the name Bluford into the future by naming some of their sons and grandsons "Bluford/Buford".
DYER HISTORY; The Dyer families who came to Virginia evidently came from Somerset, England. Our first documented ancestor was John Dyer in Caroline, Virginia, who we believe was the son of Joseph Dyer. In 1746 John Dyer was the Executor of the will of Joseph Dyer.
There were Dyer families in Virginia as early as 1635. We believe that they were the ancestors of John who was of Halifax County, VA, and our known ancestor.
There were many Dyer families who settled in Massachusetts. In the 1790 census there were 42 Dyer families in Maine, which was a part of Massachusetts until 1826. Massachusetts had 37 Dyer families in 1790, while Virginia only had 33 Dyer families. Only 60 Dyer families were living in the Southern States in 1790.
John Dyer, Sr., was born around 1710 in Eastern Virginia County; he died 1773 in Halifax Co., VA. Around 1730 he married Elizabeth Bluford, who we believe was born around 1712, died 1750.
In 1754, after the death of his first wife, John married his second wife, Dinah Ann Tribble.
John and Dinah had the following children: Manoah, Hamon, and Hezekiah Dyer.
From "Dyer Family History from England to America 1600-1980" by Watson B. Dyer we read the following:
John Dyer, our ancestor, came from Caroline County VA to Halifax Co., Antrim Parrish, and bought 400 acres of land about 1755. He died there about 1773.
Will of John Dyer:
Jno Dyer Will, March Court 174.
"In the Name of God Amen. I, John Dyer of Halifax Colony and Antrim Parish in the Colony of Virginia. Being at this time in perfect Sense and Memory, Thanks to God. Therefore do make and ordain this my last Will and disallowing all other will or wills Therefore first of all commit my body unto the Earth whence I came and then my soul to Almighty God who gave it to me, and then my desire is that all my worldly debts first be paid and discharged and after that:
ITAM: As I shall dispose of my personal estate as follows:
And as for that entry of land I gave my son ELISHA, at this time William Lansdown holds, Therefore I shall not think fit to give him anything more for his making so bad an out with that. And to my land up the creek a peace of that which is bound by the long branch and so up to Branham line to the creek again, and down the creek to the beginning at the mouth of the branch, that peace of land my will is to be sold by the best discretion of my Executors. And as to the rest of the land as I therefore hold, my desire is that it may be equally divided between MANOAH and HAMON, Manoah to have first choice.
The next thing in land is my desire that is my part of land in partnership with Branham may be equally divided between AGNES, Anes and William Chick.
The next thing my will is that my son HEZEKIAH shall have two Hundred acres of land I now live on, to him and his heirs forever.
Then my desire is if either of this present wife's children should decease without issue lawfully begotten be divided equally among the rest of the brothers and sisters.
My will is that all my present accounts and Bonds may fall into the hands of my present Executors, which is a matter of great concern in Halifax office. That this all be settled for by the same authority.
I therefore desire that all my personal estate be left to my wife to raise the children on, and if there be anything left by that time my desire is that it may be equally divided between the brethren.
I now therefore do make and ordain this my last will acknowledging this my last. Made in the year of our Lord, One Thousand seven hundred and Seventy One, and on the Ninth Day of April.
I make and ordain my wife as hole and sole Executrix and my son Manoah Executor with his mother o this my last will and Testament. I also give to my son Manoah my Gold Ring in pledge of love."
Test: Susannah X Gunnison
John Dyer (seal)
Benjamin X Branham
John Chick
James [b.1732] and John [b. 1734?, m. Elizabeth Martin] Dyer were living close to John in Halifax County. We believe they were sons also of John. Evidently older sons by his first wife.
Joshua was also a son of John, Sr. Evidently the children by Elizabeth, his first wife, whose maiden name was 'Stephens'. Their children were James, John, Joshua, Nancy, Agnes, and Elisha.
Elisha and Joshua both had sons named BLUFORD which name is carried on down to the present time in the Dyer family...
We believe John was a Quaker. He says in his will that his bonds were of concern to the brethren in Halifax but that he was leaving them to his present wife to raise the children on. We find no Revolutionary soldiers in the family except Manoah who went to Wilkes Co., N.C. and we find an Amnesty oath given by Elisha Dyer in Pittsylvania Co., Va. We have not found any records of belonging to any Religious body in our [Elisha Dyer] line until about 1875 in Union Co., Ga. when a wife of Clark Dyer was on the roll of Choestoe Baptist Church. Later there were others. [A story in Wilkes County N.C. was that the Dyer families came into Wilkes with the Moravians]. This was Moravian settlement who were like the Quakers did not believe in having anything to do with war. A pacifist group.
Evidently, all of John Dyer's family of Halifax Co., Va. moved away after the death of John and Dinah his 2nd wife.
Evidently they lived in what was made Pittsylvania County and all went to North Caroline about 1779. When grants were being made to settlers for the land which had been a grant to the Earl of Granville by the Kind of England. How this land was granted after the war is not known; what became of the settlers who had been living on the land while it was owned by Granville is not known. Probably those who were Tories were run out of the country and the land re-granted to new settlers. It had been settled about 1750-60 by settlers of Granville grants.
Children of John and Elizabeth Bluford Dyer were Joshua, James, John Jr., Nancy, Elisha, and probably Agnes [m. James Chick]. The other children of John's were born beginning in 1755, a year after he married his second wife, Dinah. They were Manoah [b.9/28/1755 in Caroline County,Virginia], Hamon, and Hezekiah.
Two of John and Elizabeth's sons, Elisha and Joshua, carried the name Bluford into the future by naming some of their sons and grandsons "Bluford/Buford".
DYER HISTORY; The Dyer families who came to Virginia evidently came from Somerset, England. Our first documented ancestor was John Dyer in Caroline, Virginia, who we believe was the son of Joseph Dyer. In 1746 John Dyer was the Executor of the will of Joseph Dyer.
There were Dyer families in Virginia as early as 1635. We believe that they were the ancestors of John who was of Halifax County, VA, and our known ancestor.
There were many Dyer families who settled in Massachusetts. In the 1790 census there were 42 Dyer families in Maine, which was a part of Massachusetts until 1826. Massachusetts had 37 Dyer families in 1790, while Virginia only had 33 Dyer families. Only 60 Dyer families were living in the Southern States in 1790.
John Dyer, Sr., was born around 1710 in Eastern Virginia County; he died 1773 in Halifax Co., VA. Around 1730 he married Elizabeth Bluford, who we believe was born around 1712, died 1750.
In 1754, after the death of his first wife, John married his second wife, Dinah Ann Tribble.
John and Dinah had the following children: Manoah, Hamon, and Hezekiah Dyer.
From "Dyer Family History from England to America 1600-1980" by Watson B. Dyer we read the following:
John Dyer, our ancestor, came from Caroline County VA to Halifax Co., Antrim Parrish, and bought 400 acres of land about 1755. He died there about 1773.
Will of John Dyer:
Jno Dyer Will, March Court 174.
"In the Name of God Amen. I, John Dyer of Halifax Colony and Antrim Parish in the Colony of Virginia. Being at this time in perfect Sense and Memory, Thanks to God. Therefore do make and ordain this my last Will and disallowing all other will or wills Therefore first of all commit my body unto the Earth whence I came and then my soul to Almighty God who gave it to me, and then my desire is that all my worldly debts first be paid and discharged and after that:
ITAM: As I shall dispose of my personal estate as follows:
And as for that entry of land I gave my son ELISHA, at this time William Lansdown holds, Therefore I shall not think fit to give him anything more for his making so bad an out with that. And to my land up the creek a peace of that which is bound by the long branch and so up to Branham line to the creek again, and down the creek to the beginning at the mouth of the branch, that peace of land my will is to be sold by the best discretion of my Executors. And as to the rest of the land as I therefore hold, my desire is that it may be equally divided between MANOAH and HAMON, Manoah to have first choice.
The next thing in land is my desire that is my part of land in partnership with Branham may be equally divided between AGNES, Anes and William Chick.
The next thing my will is that my son HEZEKIAH shall have two Hundred acres of land I now live on, to him and his heirs forever.
Then my desire is if either of this present wife's children should decease without issue lawfully begotten be divided equally among the rest of the brothers and sisters.
My will is that all my present accounts and Bonds may fall into the hands of my present Executors, which is a matter of great concern in Halifax office. That this all be settled for by the same authority.
I therefore desire that all my personal estate be left to my wife to raise the children on, and if there be anything left by that time my desire is that it may be equally divided between the brethren.
I now therefore do make and ordain this my last will acknowledging this my last. Made in the year of our Lord, One Thousand seven hundred and Seventy One, and on the Ninth Day of April.
I make and ordain my wife as hole and sole Executrix and my son Manoah Executor with his mother o this my last will and Testament. I also give to my son Manoah my Gold Ring in pledge of love."
Test: Susannah X Gunnison
John Dyer (seal)
Benjamin X Branham
John Chick
James [b.1732] and John [b. 1734?, m. Elizabeth Martin] Dyer were living close to John in Halifax County. We believe they were sons also of John. Evidently older sons by his first wife.
Joshua was also a son of John, Sr. Evidently the children by Elizabeth, his first wife, whose maiden name was 'Stephens'. Their children were James, John, Joshua, Nancy, Agnes, and Elisha.
Elisha and Joshua both had sons named BLUFORD which name is carried on down to the present time in the Dyer family...
We believe John was a Quaker. He says in his will that his bonds were of concern to the brethren in Halifax but that he was leaving them to his present wife to raise the children on. We find no Revolutionary soldiers in the family except Manoah who went to Wilkes Co., N.C. and we find an Amnesty oath given by Elisha Dyer in Pittsylvania Co., Va. We have not found any records of belonging to any Religious body in our [Elisha Dyer] line until about 1875 in Union Co., Ga. when a wife of Clark Dyer was on the roll of Choestoe Baptist Church. Later there were others. [A story in Wilkes County N.C. was that the Dyer families came into Wilkes with the Moravians]. This was Moravian settlement who were like the Quakers did not believe in having anything to do with war. A pacifist group.
Evidently, all of John Dyer's family of Halifax Co., Va. moved away after the death of John and Dinah his 2nd wife.
Evidently they lived in what was made Pittsylvania County and all went to North Caroline about 1779. When grants were being made to settlers for the land which had been a grant to the Earl of Granville by the Kind of England. How this land was granted after the war is not known; what became of the settlers who had been living on the land while it was owned by Granville is not known. Probably those who were Tories were run out of the country and the land re-granted to new settlers. It had been settled about 1750-60 by settlers of Granville grants.
John Dyer married Elizabeth Bluford the first time.
Children of John and Elizabeth Bluford Dyer were Joshua, James, John Jr., Nancy, Elisha, and probably Agnes [m. James Chick]. The other children of John's were born beginning in 1755, a year after he married his second wife, Dinah. They were Manoah [b.9/28/1755 in Caroline County,Virginia], Hamon, and Hezekiah.
Two of John and Elizabeth's sons, Elisha and Joshua, carried the name Bluford into the future by naming some of their sons and grandsons "Bluford/Buford".
DYER HISTORY; The Dyer families who came to Virginia evidently came from Somerset, England. Our first documented ancestor was John Dyer in Caroline, Virginia, who we believe was the son of Joseph Dyer. In 1746 John Dyer was the Executor of the will of Joseph Dyer.
There were Dyer families in Virginia as early as 1635. We believe that they were the ancestors of John who was of Halifax County, VA, and our known ancestor.
There were many Dyer families who settled in Massachusetts. In the 1790 census there were 42 Dyer families in Maine, which was a part of Massachusetts until 1826. Massachusetts had 37 Dyer families in 1790, while Virginia only had 33 Dyer families. Only 60 Dyer families were living in the Southern States in 1790.
John Dyer, Sr., was born around 1710 in Eastern Virginia County; he died 1773 in Halifax Co., VA. Around 1730 he married Elizabeth Bluford, who we believe was born around 1712, died 1750.
In 1754, after the death of his first wife, John married his second wife, Dinah Ann Tribble.
John and Dinah had the following children: Manoah, Hamon, and Hezekiah Dyer.
From "Dyer Family History from England to America 1600-1980" by Watson B. Dyer we read the following:
John Dyer, our ancestor, came from Caroline County VA to Halifax Co., Antrim Parrish, and bought 400 acres of land about 1755. He died there about 1773.
Will of John Dyer:
Jno Dyer Will, March Court 174.
"In the Name of God Amen. I, John Dyer of Halifax Colony and Antrim Parish in the Colony of Virginia. Being at this time in perfect Sense and Memory, Thanks to God. Therefore do make and ordain this my last Will and disallowing all other will or wills Therefore first of all commit my body unto the Earth whence I came and then my soul to Almighty God who gave it to me, and then my desire is that all my worldly debts first be paid and discharged and after that:
ITAM: As I shall dispose of my personal estate as follows:
And as for that entry of land I gave my son ELISHA, at this time William Lansdown holds, Therefore I shall not think fit to give him anything more for his making so bad an out with that. And to my land up the creek a peace of that which is bound by the long branch and so up to Branham line to the creek again, and down the creek to the beginning at the mouth of the branch, that peace of land my will is to be sold by the best discretion of my Executors. And as to the rest of the land as I therefore hold, my desire is that it may be equally divided between MANOAH and HAMON, Manoah to have first choice.
The next thing in land is my desire that is my part of land in partnership with Branham may be equally divided between AGNES, Anes and William Chick.
The next thing my will is that my son HEZEKIAH shall have two Hundred acres of land I now live on, to him and his heirs forever.
Then my desire is if either of this present wife's children should decease without issue lawfully begotten be divided equally among the rest of the brothers and sisters.
My will is that all my present accounts and Bonds may fall into the hands of my present Executors, which is a matter of great concern in Halifax office. That this all be settled for by the same authority.
I therefore desire that all my personal estate be left to my wife to raise the children on, and if there be anything left by that time my desire is that it may be equally divided between the brethren.
I now therefore do make and ordain this my last will acknowledging this my last. Made in the year of our Lord, One Thousand seven hundred and Seventy One, and on the Ninth Day of April.
I make and ordain my wife as hole and sole Executrix and my son Manoah Executor with his mother o this my last will and Testament. I also give to my son Manoah my Gold Ring in pledge of love."
Test: Susannah X Gunnison
John Dyer (seal)
Benjamin X Branham
John Chick
James [b.1732] and John [b. 1734?, m. Elizabeth Martin] Dyer were living close to John in Halifax County. We believe they were sons also of John. Evidently older sons by his first wife.
Joshua was also a son of John, Sr. Evidently the children by Elizabeth, his first wife, whose maiden name was 'Stephens'. Their children were James, John, Joshua, Nancy, Agnes, and Elisha.
Elisha and Joshua both had sons named BLUFORD which name is carried on down to the present time in the Dyer family...
We believe John was a Quaker. He says in his will that his bonds were of concern to the brethren in Halifax but that he was leaving them to his present wife to raise the children on. We find no Revolutionary soldiers in the family except Manoah who went to Wilkes Co., N.C. and we find an Amnesty oath given by Elisha Dyer in Pittsylvania Co., Va. We have not found any records of belonging to any Religious body in our [Elisha Dyer] line until about 1875 in Union Co., Ga. when a wife of Clark Dyer was on the roll of Choestoe Baptist Church. Later there were others. [A story in Wilkes County N.C. was that the Dyer families came into Wilkes with the Moravians]. This was Moravian settlement who were like the Quakers did not believe in having anything to do with war. A pacifist group.
Evidently, all of John Dyer's family of Halifax Co., Va. moved away after the death of John and Dinah his 2nd wife.
Evidently they lived in what was made Pittsylvania County and all went to North Caroline about 1779. When grants were being made to settlers for the land which had been a grant to the Earl of Granville by the Kind of England. How this land was granted after the war is not known; what became of the settlers who had been living on the land while it was owned by Granville is not known. Probably those who were Tories were run out of the country and the land re-granted to new settlers. It had been settled about 1750-60 by settlers of Granville grants.
Children of John and Elizabeth Bluford Dyer were Joshua, James, John Jr., Nancy, Elisha, and probably Agnes [m. James Chick]. The other children of John's were born beginning in 1755, a year after he married his second wife, Dinah. They were Manoah [b.9/28/1755 in Caroline County,Virginia], Hamon, and Hezekiah.
Two of John and Elizabeth's sons, Elisha and Joshua, carried the name Bluford into the future by naming some of their sons and grandsons "Bluford/Buford".
DYER HISTORY; The Dyer families who came to Virginia evidently came from Somerset, England. Our first documented ancestor was John Dyer in Caroline, Virginia, who we believe was the son of Joseph Dyer. In 1746 John Dyer was the Executor of the will of Joseph Dyer.
There were Dyer families in Virginia as early as 1635. We believe that they were the ancestors of John who was of Halifax County, VA, and our known ancestor.
There were many Dyer families who settled in Massachusetts. In the 1790 census there were 42 Dyer families in Maine, which was a part of Massachusetts until 1826. Massachusetts had 37 Dyer families in 1790, while Virginia only had 33 Dyer families. Only 60 Dyer families were living in the Southern States in 1790.
John Dyer, Sr., was born around 1710 in Eastern Virginia County; he died 1773 in Halifax Co., VA. Around 1730 he married Elizabeth Bluford, who we believe was born around 1712, died 1750.
In 1754, after the death of his first wife, John married his second wife, Dinah Ann Tribble.
John and Dinah had the following children: Manoah, Hamon, and Hezekiah Dyer.
From "Dyer Family History from England to America 1600-1980" by Watson B. Dyer we read the following:
John Dyer, our ancestor, came from Caroline County VA to Halifax Co., Antrim Parrish, and bought 400 acres of land about 1755. He died there about 1773.
Will of John Dyer:
Jno Dyer Will, March Court 174.
"In the Name of God Amen. I, John Dyer of Halifax Colony and Antrim Parish in the Colony of Virginia. Being at this time in perfect Sense and Memory, Thanks to God. Therefore do make and ordain this my last Will and disallowing all other will or wills Therefore first of all commit my body unto the Earth whence I came and then my soul to Almighty God who gave it to me, and then my desire is that all my worldly debts first be paid and discharged and after that:
ITAM: As I shall dispose of my personal estate as follows:
And as for that entry of land I gave my son ELISHA, at this time William Lansdown holds, Therefore I shall not think fit to give him anything more for his making so bad an out with that. And to my land up the creek a peace of that which is bound by the long branch and so up to Branham line to the creek again, and down the creek to the beginning at the mouth of the branch, that peace of land my will is to be sold by the best discretion of my Executors. And as to the rest of the land as I therefore hold, my desire is that it may be equally divided between MANOAH and HAMON, Manoah to have first choice.
The next thing in land is my desire that is my part of land in partnership with Branham may be equally divided between AGNES, Anes and William Chick.
The next thing my will is that my son HEZEKIAH shall have two Hundred acres of land I now live on, to him and his heirs forever.
Then my desire is if either of this present wife's children should decease without issue lawfully begotten be divided equally among the rest of the brothers and sisters.
My will is that all my present accounts and Bonds may fall into the hands of my present Executors, which is a matter of great concern in Halifax office. That this all be settled for by the same authority.
I therefore desire that all my personal estate be left to my wife to raise the children on, and if there be anything left by that time my desire is that it may be equally divided between the brethren.
I now therefore do make and ordain this my last will acknowledging this my last. Made in the year of our Lord, One Thousand seven hundred and Seventy One, and on the Ninth Day of April.
I make and ordain my wife as hole and sole Executrix and my son Manoah Executor with his mother o this my last will and Testament. I also give to my son Manoah my Gold Ring in pledge of love."
Test: Susannah X Gunnison
John Dyer (seal)
Benjamin X Branham
John Chick
James [b.1732] and John [b. 1734?, m. Elizabeth Martin] Dyer were living close to John in Halifax County. We believe they were sons also of John. Evidently older sons by his first wife.
Joshua was also a son of John, Sr. Evidently the children by Elizabeth, his first wife, whose maiden name was 'Stephens'. Their children were James, John, Joshua, Nancy, Agnes, and Elisha.
Elisha and Joshua both had sons named BLUFORD which name is carried on down to the present time in the Dyer family...
We believe John was a Quaker. He says in his will that his bonds were of concern to the brethren in Halifax but that he was leaving them to his present wife to raise the children on. We find no Revolutionary soldiers in the family except Manoah who went to Wilkes Co., N.C. and we find an Amnesty oath given by Elisha Dyer in Pittsylvania Co., Va. We have not found any records of belonging to any Religious body in our [Elisha Dyer] line until about 1875 in Union Co., Ga. when a wife of Clark Dyer was on the roll of Choestoe Baptist Church. Later there were others. [A story in Wilkes County N.C. was that the Dyer families came into Wilkes with the Moravians]. This was Moravian settlement who were like the Quakers did not believe in having anything to do with war. A pacifist group.
Evidently, all of John Dyer's family of Halifax Co., Va. moved away after the death of John and Dinah his 2nd wife.
Evidently they lived in what was made Pittsylvania County and all went to North Caroline about 1779. When grants were being made to settlers for the land which had been a grant to the Earl of Granville by the Kind of England. How this land was granted after the war is not known; what became of the settlers who had been living on the land while it was owned by Granville is not known. Probably those who were Tories were run out of the country and the land re-granted to new settlers. It had been settled about 1750-60 by settlers of Granville grants.
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