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Personal data Major William Dyer III 

• He was born about 1642 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.
• He died before June 5, 1688 in Sussex County, Pennsylvania.
• A child of William Dyer and Marie Barrett

Household of Major William Dyer III

He is married to Mary Walker.

They got married in the year 1665 at Newport, Rhode Island.

Notes about Major William Dyer III

[[Category:New York, New York, Mayors]]{{Succession box | title = William Dyre
{{Image|file=State_Seals-33.png|size=100px}}13th Mayor
of New York City | years = 1680-1682 | preceded-text = Preceded by| before = [[Rombouts-1|Frans (Rombouts) Rombout]] | succeeded-text = Succeeded by | after = [[Steenwyck-3|Cornelis Jacobsz Steenwyck]]}}

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== Biography ==
{{Notables Sticker}}William Dyre served as the 13th Mayor of New York City. Johnson, Rossiter and John Howard Brown. ''THe Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans,'' Boston : The Biographical Society, 1904; digital images, ''Internet Archive'' (https://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury03john/page/372/mode/2up : accessed 8 October 2021); citing Volume 3, pg. 366. He born about 1642 to Captain William Dyer and Quaker martyr Mary Dyer, for whom he successfully petitioned to have released from prison. [[#Underhill|Underhill]] He was married at Newport, Rhode Island to [[Taylor-3527|Mary Taylor]] about 1662. [[#Torrey|Torrey]] In 1773 he was appointed to military service under the crown and suggested the conquest of New York from the Dutch. He was made collector of customs for all of the Duke of York's territories in American on 2 July 1674 and at that time removed to New York. Wilson, Lelia Morse. ''Ten Generations from William and Mary Dyer; Pioneer Settlers in Newport, Rhode Island; One line of descent from this couple and also from twenty-six others on "The Roule of ye Freemen of ye Colonie of every Towne" from the lists given as of 1655 printed in the Colonial records of R. I. Vol. I p. 299 and following,'' Putnam, Connecticut: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1949; digital images, ''Internet Archive'' (https://archive.org/details/tengenerationsfr00wils/page/n11/ : accessed 7 October 2021); citing pg. 3. In 1680, when he was elected Mayor of New York City, he was a member of the governor's council.
In 1680, a case against William was brought before the Grand Jury by merchants of New York accusing him of treason for collecting unlawful taxes and fees on goods and merchandise. ''[[Space:Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society|Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society]]'' (1912) this volume features preceedings of the General Court of Assizes, held in the city of New York from 10/6/1680 to 10/6/1862, and minutes of the Supreme Court of Judicature, 4/4/1693 to 4/1/1701. He was indicted in 1681. At trial, he denied the authority of the court and was sent to London to stand trial there. His trial was delayed by the prosecution and the charges were dropped 30 September 1682. King Charles II promoted him to surveyor-general of his majesty's customs in America on 4 January 1682 and he held this office until his death. :: "Dyer's Commission, Date 4th January, 1682, ffor Coll. of his Maties Customs, as well as of this Province of East New Jersey as Sezaria (Caesariae), with Pensilvania--wch was Read, allowed and ordered to be recorded." :: "Dyer's Commission, Date 4th January, 1682, ffor Coll. of his Maties Customs, as well as of this Province of East New Jersey as Sezaria (Caesariae), with Pensilvania--wch was Read, allowed and ordered to be recorded."He was also the surveyor of customs for Pennsylvania and New Jersey and removed to a large tract of land in Sussex County, Pennsylvania (now Delaware). He was one of the first settlers of Delaware. He also inherited land in Pennsylvania from his brother-in-law, Captain Nathaniel Walker, in 1683.:: "Capt. NATHANIEL WALKER, (from N.E., as shown by his will), gives to his bro.-in-law, Capt. Wm. Dyre, "all my lands in the Gov't of Penna., at the PLACE formerly called the WHOREKILL, since NEW DEAL, and now LEWIS, (LEWES)." Northampton, Va., 27 Apr. 1683-29 Oct. 1683. (xv-26) (The County Court Note-Book, Feb., 1927, Vol. VI, No. 1, p. 6.) Monnette, Orra Eugene. ''First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge Olde East New Jersey , 1664-1714,''Los Angeles, California: The Leroy Carman Press, 1933 (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/231088-first-settlers-of-ye-plantations-of-piscataway-and-woodbridge-v-1-olde-east-new-jersey-1664-1714-a-period-of-fifty-years-v-5 : accessed 8 October 2021); citing Part Five, pg. 725-726, 873. In 1687 he was elected a provincial councillor of Pennsylvania , but was not seated.
::     The Bill or Accusacon against Capt William Dyre found by the Grand Jury.::     William Dyre standeth Charged and accused by the name of Wm Dyre Late of the Citty of New Yorke Gentlm for that he the said Wm Dyre Severall times since the first of May Anno: one thousand Six hundred and Eighty att the Citty aforesaid as a false Traytor to sd Soverigne Lord the King hath Tratorously Maliciously and Advisedly used and Exercised Regall Power and Authority over the Kings Subjects; for the Better Support and upholding whereof he the said Wm Dyre hath Traiterously Maliciously and advisedly Plotted, and Contrived Innovacons in Governmt, and the Subversion and Change of the Known antient and fundimentall Laws of the Realme of England by Virtue of which Arbitrary and Unlawfull Power he the said Wm Dyre (Together with other some false Traitors Unknowne) hath many times Since the first of November Last Past Establish't and Imposed Unlawfull Customes and Imposicons on the Goods and Merchandizes, of his Majtis Leige People trading in this Place by force Compelling them to Pay the same, and hath Imployed and made use of Souldiers to maintaine and Defend him in these his Unjust and Unlawfull Practises Contrary to the Greate Charter of Liberties, Contrary to the Peticon of Right and Contrary to other Statutes in those Cases made and Provided, and Contrary to the Honor and Peace of ye most Soverigne Lord the King that now is his Crowne and Dignit
::     Billa Vera Samuel Winder
::     Robert Vicars.
He died before 5 June 1688 in Sussex County, Pennsylvania (now Delaware). [[#Dyer|Dyer]] [[#Turner|Turner]] He was buried in Old North Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts. {{Citation Needed}} According to Wikipedia he died in 1685. Wikipedia contributors, "William Dyre," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Dyre&oldid=1045915156 (accessed October 1, 2021).

===== Will Abstract of WILLIAM DYRE of Sussex County =====
::     Signed: 20 February 1687/88::     Heirs: wife, Mary Dyre (2,500 acres in Cedar Neck); children: eldest son William Dyre (plantation in Broadkill containing 2,000 acres); second son Edmund Dyre (plantation on Lewes Creek containing 600 acres); youngest son James Dyre (four hundred acres on Mispillion Creek plus 300 acres on the fork of the Broadkill); youngest daughter Mary Dyre (300 acres lately bought from Charles Pickering and 255 acres in Angola Neck)::     wishes friends John Hill and Mr Sameul Gray to assist my wife and children also “I humbly request his Excellency Sir Edmond Andross Govr Gen’l of New England to be assistant to my said wife and children in their affairs.”
::     Executors: wife Mary Dyre and son William Dyre::     “Also all my land and horses in the Pequot in Narraganset County in New England with all my right and title of inheritance to the estate of my late father William Dyre deceased, upon Roade Island within the province of Providence Plantation and also an Island called Dyres Island lying and being between Providence and Roade Island Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, , 1676-1971: Sussex: General index, 1682-1948; Wills, book A, 1682-1781. Image 348-349. Images available at FamilySearch.org: [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C95D-F3FR-V?i=347&cat=47102], accessed 13 Oct 2019. [[Calendar of Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800,'' Georgetown, Delaware: Public Archives Commission, 1964; text-only collection, ''Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 October 2021). {{Ancestry Record|4295|29}} {{Ancestry Sharing|26068081|548a0a}}

See also: :: Will Book: Penna. Hist. Soc. Papers, vol. AM 2013; Arch. vol. A70; Reg. of Wills, Liber A
:: Page: 95-97; 27; folios 85-88:: Comment: [Note:--Arch. vol. A70, page 27 mentions dec'd father William]
=== Marriage ===William was married to Mary Walker between 1660 and 1668 according to Torrey. Torrey, Clarence Almon. ''[[Space:Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700|Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700]],'' Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1985, pg. 238.:: DYER, Major William (-1688?) & Mary [WALKER] (-1668+); ca 1660/8?; Newport/NY/PA/DE/?Boston/Lynn
== Research Notes ==:: NATHANIEL WALKER, b. say 1642 (called "Mr." 9 June 1663 when Robert Starr recalled that Nathaniel sailed on the Swallow [EQC 6:35]); wrote from Virginia in 1671 to his brother Obadiah, referring to "brother Dyer" [LynnHSR 14:112, citing Middlesex court files]; administration granted in Sussex County, Delaware, on 20 July 1685 to Major William Dyer [Leon deValinger, ed., Calendar of Sussex County Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800 (Dover, Delaware, 1964), p. 10]. (The Great Migration Begins, p.918)
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:: !CHILD: Wm. Heller Dyar, "The DYAR (DYER) Families", ms. from Natl Gen Soc. A son of Williams married a Bradford and their descendants supposedly have the relics of Mary Dyer. These records are in Catherine Cornelia Joy-Dyer "Some Records of the Dyer Family", NY: T Whitaker, 1884.
== Sources ==


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''See also:''
* Dyer, Frank Edwin Jr. "Descendants of William & Mary (Barrett) Dyer of Rhode Island," ''Dyer Families of New England;'' online database (https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~dyer/genealogy/william_of_ri/D2.htm : accessed 8 October 2021); NOTE: Well-sourced.* Wikipedia contributors, "William Dyre," ''Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia'' (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Dyre&oldid=1048242527 : accessed 8 October 2021).* Leach, J. Granville. "Major William Dyre, of New York", ''[[Space:The American Historical Register|The American Historical Register]]'' (The Historical Register Publishing Co., Philadelphia, Sept. 1894) [https://books.google.com/books?id=yswQFkkNipEC&pg=PA37 Vol. 1, Page 37-43]* NEHGR: [[Space:NEHGR|The New England Historical & Genealogical Register]] (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., July 1940) Vol. 48 Page 143; Vol. 94, Page 300; Vol. 98 Page 25ff; Vol. 145 Page 22; Vol. 146 Page 294 * Torrey, Clarence Almon. ''[[Space:Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700|Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700]]'' (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)* Turner, C. H. B., ''[[Space:Some Records of Sussex County, Delaware|Some Records of Sussex County, Delaware]]'' (Allen, Lane & Scott, Philadelphia, 1909) [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028865520#page/n134/mode/1up Page 123]* Monnette, Orra Eugene. ''First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway & Woodsridge Olde East New Jersey'', Part 5 (The Leroy Carman Press. California, 1931)* Anderson, Robert Charles. ''[[Space:The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England|The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England]]'', 1620-1633 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995) vols. 1-3: Page 918* Dyer, William Allan. ''The Name of Dyer, A Genealogical Record'' (1940)* Underhill, Lora Altine Woodbury. ''Descendants of Edward Small of New England'' (Revised Edition, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston & New York, 1934)* Austin, John Osborne. ''Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island'' (Gen. Publishing Co. Inc., 1978)* Cutter, William Richard. ''[[Space:Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts|Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts]]'' (Lewis historical Publishing Company - Boston, Mass., 1908) Vol. 1, page 461
* Ancestral File(R) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ancestral File Number: [https://familysearch.org/search/tree/results?count=20&query=%2Bafn%3A8NR8-QW 8NR8-QW]* Yates Publishing, ''[[Space:U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900|U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900]]'' (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004)
::* {{Ancestry Record|worldmarr_ga|367347}}
::* {{Ancestry Record|worldmarr_ga|65846}}
::* Birth: 1600 Lo. Marriage: 1633.* Edmund West, comp. ''[[Space:Family Data Collection - Marriages|Family Data Collection - Marriages]]'' (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001)
''See also:''

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:: Marriage: 27 October 1633 St Martin, London.* Ancestry Family Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
::* {{Ancestry Tree|14890752|629185157}}
::* {{Ancestry Tree|14890752|180084661}}
::* {{Ancestry Tree|14890752|180084719}}

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