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Ruth Dyer 1683–1776 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1683

Birth Location: Sheepscot, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 24 Jan 1776

Death Location: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Christopher Dyer

Mother: Ruth Sergeant

Spouse(s): Benjamin Paul

Children(s): Abigail Paul, Benjamin Paul, Christopher Paul, Ruth Paul, Rebeckah Paul, Ebenezer Paul, John Paull, Sarah Paul

The story of Ruth Dyer began in 1683 in Sheepscot, Massachusetts, United States. Ruth Dyer married Benjamin Paul, and had children including Abigail F Paul, Benjamin Paul, Christopher Paul, Ebenezer Paul, John Paull, Rebeckah Paul, Ruth Paul, Sarah Paul. Ruth Dyer passed away in 1776 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Ruth Dyer began in 1683 in Sheepscot, Massachusetts, United States.
  • Ruth Dyer married Benjamin Paul, and had children including Abigail F Paul, Benjamin Paul, Christopher Paul, Ebenezer Paul, John Paull, Rebeckah Paul, Ruth Paul, Sarah Paul.
  • Ruth Dyer passed away in 1776 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Christopher Dyer
1640–1689
Birth Location: England
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Ruth Sergeant
1642–1705
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

Benjamin Paul
1681–1757
Birth Location: Sheepscott, Lincoln, Maine, United States
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Children(s)

Abigail Paul
1721–1791
Birth Location: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts
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Benjamin Paul
1705–1789
Birth Location: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Christopher Paul
1708–1761
Birth Location: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
CP
Ruth Paul
1711–1791
Birth Location: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Rebeckah Paul
1714–1741
Birth Location: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Ebenezer Paul
1717–1784
Birth Location: Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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John Paull
1719–1798
Birth Location: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
JP
Sarah Paul
1723–1805
Birth Location: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Ruth Dyer's Ancestors

Self
Ruth Dyer
1683–1776
Birth Place: Sheepscot, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
Christopher Dyer
1640–1689
England
Ruth Sergeant
1642–1705
Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
William Dyer
1615–1689
Somerset, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Mary Walker
1617–1688
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
William Sargent
1602–1682
Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Sarah Minshall
1609–1689
Whitchurch, Shropshire, England
Great-Grandparents
George Dyer
1596–1661
Sarah Rolph
1599–1630
Roger Sargent
1560–1649
Ellen Makerness
1564–1645
Richard Minshall
1572–1658
Dorothy Goldsmith
1583–1619
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Hugh Sargent
1530–1595
Margaret Giffard
1532–1595
William Northampton
1530–1613
agnes sayer
1538–1580
Lady Gouldsmith
1557–1591
Dorothy Tomson
1557–1611

Ruth Dyer's Descendants

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Ruth Dyer (1683–24 Jan 1776) m. Benjamin Paul (1681–12 Jan 1757)
  1. 1. Abigail (F) Paul 1721–1791 m. Stephen Burt 1722–1760
    1. 1. Edmund Burt 1753–1828 m. Rebecca Macomber 1769–1855
      1. 1. Stephen (Godfrey) Burt 1807–1851 m. Maria Burt 1809–1878
        1. 1. Alexander (Edmund) Burt 1846–1919 m. Georgianna (Catherine) Briggs 1853–1951
        2. 2. Stephen (Albert) Burt 1849–1915 m. Clara (Amelia) French 1857–1938
        3. 3. Charlotte (Maria) Burt 1842–1911 m. Calvin (Thomas) Crane 1839–1905
        4. 4. Josephine Burt 1840–
      2. 2. Edmond (Burt (died) young) 1801–1801
      3. 3. Matilda (N. Burt (died) young) 1804–1807
      4. 4. Thomas Burt 1804–1879 m. Matilda (M) Broad 1810–1876
        1. 1. Ellen (M) Burt 1841–1916
        2. 2. Julia (Rebecca) Burt 1846–1920
        3. 3. Adrianna Burt 1839–1863
        4. 4. Thomas (Preston) Burt 1844–1923 m. Cordania (Augusta) Hack 1843–
        5. 5. Theodore (A.) Burt 1825–
    2. 2. Enos Burt 1760–1822 m. Hannah Haskins 1774–1843
      1. 1. William Burt 1804–1897 m. Lydia (Dean) Waldron 1812–1891
        1. 1. George (Albert) Burt 1849–1935 m. Jane (Rebecca) Newhall 1854–1936
        2. 2. William (Monroe) Burt 1836–1895
        3. 3. Susan (Waldron) Burt 1846–1867
        4. 4. Jerome (Benjamin) Burt 1843–1863
        5. 5. Phebe (Elizabeth) Burt 1839–1915
        6. 6. Sarah (Dawes) Burt 1841–1865
        7. 7. Lydia (Adeline) Burt 1834–1907
      2. 2. Enos (Stephen) Burt 1797–1838
      3. 3. Hiram Burt 1812–1866
      4. 4. Stephen Burt 1801–1836
      5. 5. Henry Burt 1807–1850
      6. 6. Hannah (S.) Burt 1799–1872 m. William (Stoddard) Phillips 1804–1845
        1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Phillips 1843–1905
        2. 2. Jacob (H) Phillips 1841–1849
        3. 3. Deborah (Frances) Phillips 1836–1899
        4. 4. Frances (Deborah) Phillips 1834–1836
        5. 5. Enos (Burt) Phillips 1832–1896
        6. 6. John (Marshall) Phillips 1829–1897
        7. 7. Hannah (Maria) Phillips 1827–1889
        8. 8. William (Henry) Phillips 1826–1893 m. Fanny (Woodbury) Shaw 1823–1909
        9. 9. James (Otis) Phillips 1830–1895
      7. 7. Jacob (Haskins) Burt 1793–1833 m. Priscilla (Barnum) Dean 1797–1842
        1. 1. Sarah (Ann) Burt 1818–1860 m. Charles (Read) Lee 1813–1889
        2. 2. Jacob Burt 1820–1821
        3. 3. Jacob Burt 1821–1904 m. Elizabeth (Tyler) Walker 1826–1855 m. Bathsheba (H.) Paull 1823–1847
        4. 4. Abigail Burt 1823–
        5. 5. William (Henry) Burt 1825–1893 m. Betsy (Cheney) Cummings 1828–1915
        6. 6. Maria (Dean) Burt 1827–1871
        7. 7. Henrietta Burt 1830–1897
        8. 8. Mary (Frances Priscilla) Burt 1833–1838
      8. 8. Mercy Burt 1805–1879 m. Micah Pratt 1804–1872
        1. 1. Mercy (Etta) Pratt 1832–1928 m. Absolam ("Abner") Gray 1820–1905
        2. 2. Ruth (Ellen) Pratt 1837–1909 m. Robert (A) Haswell 1830–1902
        3. 3. Micha (Adelbert) Pratt 1844–1865
      9. 9. Sally (Pitts) Burt 1814–1883 m. Otis Atwood 1797–
      10. 10. Abigail Burt 1810–1818
    3. 3. Philena Burt 1757–1790 m. Ambrose Barnaby 1745–1802
      1. 1. James Barnaby 1787–1877 m. Abigail Burt 1788–1879
        1. 1. Thomas (B.) Barnaby 1826–1869 m. Adeline Fish 1833–1869
        2. 2. Philenia Barnaby 1819–1887
        3. 3. James (M.) Barnaby 1816–1894
        4. 4. Simeon (B.) Barnaby 1817–1896
        5. 5. Abigail (Burt Melance) Barnaby 1812–1895
      2. 2. Stephen Barnaby 1789–1844 m. Lucy Hathaway 1794–1861
        1. 1. Abner (Jones) Barnaby 1834–1882 m. Betsy (Jane "Jennie") Wallace 1841–1922
        2. 2. Nancy (Tobey) Barnaby 1828–1876
        3. 3. Stephen (Burt) Barnaby 1811–1891
        4. 4. Johanna (Hathaway) Barnaby 1821–1897
        5. 5. Lucy (Hathaway) Barnaby 1828–1876
        6. 6. Philena (B) Barnaby 1817–1844
        7. 7. Sarah Barnaby 1824–
        8. 8. Lucy Barnaby 1819–1822
        9. 9. Harriet (Almira Sherman) Barnaby 1838–1915
        10. 10. Ambrose Barnaby 1826–1896
        11. 11. Sally (D) Barnaby 1823–1823
        12. 12. Jerothmul (Bowers) Barnaby 1830–1889
      3. 3. Sarah Barnaby 1780–1820
      4. 4. Ambrose Barnaby 1785–1820
  2. 2. Benjamin Paul 1705–1789
  3. 3. Christopher Paul 1708–1761
  4. 4. Ruth Paul 1711–1791
  5. 5. Rebeckah Paul 1714–1741
  6. 6. Ebenezer Paul 1717–1784
  7. 7. John Paull 1719–1798
  8. 8. Sarah Paul 1723–1805

Ruth Dyer's Timeline

3 Records

1683
1683
Birth of Ruth Dyer in Sheepscot, Massachusetts, United States
Sheepscot, Massachusetts, United States
1704
1704
Age 21
Ruth Dyer was married
None
1776
24 Jan 1776
Age 93
Death of Ruth Dyer in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1683
    Event Place: Sheepscot, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1704

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Jan 1776
    Event Place: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
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