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Personal data Elizabeth Dyer 

• Also known as Greenman.
• She was born about 1664 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island.
• A child of William Dyer and Catherine Unknown

Household of Elizabeth Dyer

She is married to John Greenman.

They got married in the year 1694 at Newport, Rhode Island.

Notes about Elizabeth Dyer

== Biography ==
Elizabeth Dyer (William1) was born about 1664 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island and died on an unknown date.
In Jan. 1669/70, her brothers Samuel and Henry agreed to pay her 40 pounds within 3 yrs of their father's death. It is also noted in regard to Elizabeth, "and to be careful of her maintenance in case of her mother's death."William Allan Dyer, ''The Name of Dyer, A Genealogical Record,'' 1940, p 66 (She was still a child at that time.)
Her adult history remained a mystery until 1992 when Jane Fletcher Fiske found a 14 Nov 1693 court record that named her::"John Greenman, plf Against Samuel Dyer eft, in an Action of Debt by bond the Case pleade in Court & Committed to ye jury: The verditt of the Jury is wee find for John Greenman plf husband to '''Elizabeth second Daughter William Dyre''' Deceased fourty pounds CUrrent ony with Cost of Suit."Jane Fletcher Fiske, "Two Rhode Island Wives Identified: Elizabeth Dyre, wife of John Greenman," in ''NEHGR,'' 146(1992):294-295, citing first record book of the RI Court of Trials (aka Newport Court Book A)
Elizabeth married John Greenman 78 before 1694, son of Edward Greenman and Mary (Nee?) Greenman. John was born on 27 Mar 1666 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, and died there on 30 Sep 1727, age 61, and was buried in 1727 in Common Burial Ground. Elizabeth's death record and burial location have not been found.

Children from this marriage were:
# Samuel Greenman was born about 1694 and died on 21 Aug 1747 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Ct about age 53.# Edward Greenman 78 was born in 1695 in Newport, Newport, RI. In 1718, Edward and his father were accused of counterfeiting; Edward escaped from jail and was never heard of again.Peter Holden Greenman, ''The Greenman Family in America,'' Cohasset, MA (1988), p 6# Eunice Greenman 78 was born in 1698 and died on 12 Mar 1761 in Newport, Newport, Ri at age 63. On 14 July 1721 she sued Christopher Almy, Jnr., gentleman [son of Job Almy] in a paternity case; Christopher subsequently married someone else; Eunice remained single, was a teacher in Newport where she died.Greenman (1988)# Lois Greenman 78 was born about 1700 and died on an unknown date. She mrried 19 Jun 1720 (in Newport) John Mitchell.Fiske (1992), citing Arnold, ''Vital Records of Rhode Island,'' vol. 4:Newport:33# Jerusha Greenman 78 was born in 1709 and died on 15 Apr 1732 in Newport, Newport, Ri at age 23. Her gravestone calls her "late wife of John Barker."Fiske (1992)
# Leah Greenman 78 was born in 1710 and died on an unknown date.

== Sources ==


See also:* [http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=14890752&pid=629208087 Unclemy's Private Family Tree] on Ancestry.com (unaccessible even to paid subscribers)
* Clarence Almon Torrey, ''New England Marriages Prior to 1700,'' 1994
* New England Historical and Genealogical Register* William Richard Cutter, ''Genealogy - Boston and Eastern Massachusetts,'' New York:Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1908)* Johan Winsser, "Mary (Barrett) Dyre's Missing Daughter Traced," in ''NEHGR,'' Volume 145 (January 1991) and Vol. 146 (Jul. 1992), Page 294

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