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Name John Nichols DYAR336
Birth 3 Oct 1778, Malden, Middlesex, MA
Death 2 May 1853, West Freeman, Franklin, ME
Burial Brackley Cemetery, Freeman, Franklin, ME
Father Capt. Joseph DYAR (1747-1783)
Mother Elizabeth NICHOLS (1751-1818)
Spouses:
1 Susanna MERRITT336
Birth Sep 1768, Malden, Middlesex, MA
Death 4 Apr 1841, West Freeman, Franklin, ME
Burial Dyer Cemetery, West Freeman, Franklin, ME
Father MERRITT
Marriage 10 Sep 1796, Malden, MA
Children: Samuel Merritt (1797-1869)
Paulina (1807-1838)
John Nichols (1810-1879)
Azor (1812-1891)
Notes for John Nichols DYAR
Baptised by Mr. Osgood of Medford, MA.
Soon after his marriage to Susanna and the birth of their first child in 1797, they moved to Freeman, ME. The
338"Preliminary Genealogy of the Dyar Family" says that they settled in Maine in 1802 and were the first settlers in the town of Freeman (p. 15), however the foundation date of Freeman was 1797, Phillips in 1790 and Farmington in 1794. 339In any event, the family were at Freeman in Somerset Co. for the census of 1810 which shows "John Daer" with one male aged under 10 years (John Jr.), one male aged 10-15 (Samuel) and one male aged 26-44 (John himself); females: one aged 10-15 (probably a mistake and should be under 10 and represent Paulina), one aged 16-25 (?), and one aged 26-44 (Susanna).
The 1820 census at Freeman shows John N. Dyer [sic] with two males under age 10 (Azor and John Jr., though the latter was already 10 years old), one male 16-26 (possibly Samuel, who was married this year), and one male aged 26-45 (John Nichols Dyar); females: one aged 10-15 (Paulina) and one
aged 26-44 (Susanna). Two of these persons were engaged in agriculture.
The census of Freeman in 1830 shows John N. Dyer [sic] with one male aged 15-19 (Azor), one aged 20-29 (John Jr.) and one aged 50-59 (John Nichols Dyar). Only one female is listed, and she is aged 20-29 (Paulina). Why was wife Susanna not listed? She did not die until 1841.
The census of Freeman in 1850 shows John N. aged 72, a farmer with $700 in real estate, born in Mass; wife Sarah aged 50 born in Maine; son Hiram N. aged 7 years.
John Nichols Dyar died in 1853, AE 74 and was buried in the Dyar Cemetery, West Freeman, Maine.
The 1860 census of Farmington shows widow Sarah aged 60 with $450 in real estate and $225 in personal properties; son Hiram N. aged 16 in school.
The next census, that of 1870, shows widow Sarah Dyer aged 70 years keeping house, with $600 in real estate and $300 in personal property, born in Maine. Living with her is a girl, Rosamond R. JORDAN, aged 14 born in Maine and attending school.
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