Born about in England
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Thomas Dyer
— married
1640 in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary (Dyer) White, John Dyer, Abigail (Dyer) Nash, Sarah (Dyer) Ruggles, Benjamin Dyer and Joseph Dyer
Died about
at about age 44
in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
1641: Thomas Dyer married Agnes Reed at Weymouth, Massachusetts.
1667: Agnes, relict of Thomas Dyer died.
Uncertain Origin
Some say Agnes was born in Butley, Somersetshire, England, two miles from Glastonbury [1], but the source cited does not have any actual references. Family histories are notorious for being erroneous.
Apparently there is no record of Agnes' maiden name. The early writers of published genealogies, such as Asa White (1801) and Harrison G. Dyer (1903) suggest that Agnes was the daughter of the immigrant Reeds of Weymouth.[2] This idea seems to be based on circumstantial evidence; Philip Reed, in his Weymouth will of 15 December 1674, mentioned Thomas Dyer as his brother.[3] Of course, we now know there could have been any number of family relationships referenced by this. It did not necessarily mean that Agnes and Philip were siblings. In the seventeenth C., relational words like "brother" were used much more broadly than they are now. For our purposes, the profiles of William Reade and Avis Chapman have been detached, but the name "Reed" retained to deter the creation of duplicates. As it turns out, that family has been confused with a different Read family and was not in Massachusetts until about 1650.[4] In addition, this record may shed some light on the will: "Mary Dyer Sister of Thomas Dyer; m. Philip Reed; of Weymouth, MA."[5]
Family
Agnes married Thomas Dyer. in Weymouth [6]. They had eight children, five sons and three daughters, according to Catherine Dyer.[1] According to researcher, Frank Dyer, they had nine children.[3] All nine are reported here:
- Mary Dyer b: 6 JUL 1641 in Weymouth
- John [Twin] Dyer b: 10 JUL 1643 in Weymouth
- Thomas [Twin] Dyer b: 10 JUL 1643 in Weymouth
- Thomas Dyer b: 29 MAR 1645 in Weymouth
- Abigail Dyer b: 9 JUL 1647 in Weymouth
- Sarah Dyer b: 10 MAR 1649 in Weymouth; mar, as his 2nd, to John Ruggles[7]
- Thomas Dyer b: 5 MAR 1651 in Weymouth
- Benjamin [Twin] Dyer b: 6 NOV 1653 in Weymouth
- Joseph [Twin] Dyer b: 6 NOV 1653 in Weymouth
Death and Legacy
There is quite a bit of disagreement about the death date of Agnes. According to Catherine Dyer, Agnes died in 1666 at Weymouth, Suffolk (later Norfolk) County, Massachusetts.[1] Researcher Frank Dyer reports a death date of 10 December 1668.[3], and Harrison Dyer reports December 4, 1667.[2]
Name
- Agnes Reed[8]
Marriage
- Husband: Thomas Dyer
- Child: Abigail Dyer
- abt 1640 Weymouth, Norfolk, Ma[9]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dyer, Catherine Cornelia Joy, Some Records of the Dyer Family. (Page 97) New York: T. Whittaker, 1884, Archive.org accessed February 26, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dyar, Harrison Gray, A Preliminary Genealogy of the Dyar Family. (Pages 3-4), Washington, D.C.: Gibson Bros., Archive.org accessed February 26, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dyer, Frank, Descendants of Thomas Dyer of Weymouth & Boston, Mass. accessed February 26, 2015
- ↑ Jacobus, Donald L., and Waterman, Edgar F., The Granberry Family and Allied Families, Including the Ancestry of Helen (Woodward) Granberry (Page 297-99) Hartford: E. F. Waterman, 1945, HathiTrust.org accessed January 20, 2015
- ↑ Torrey: p. 615
- ↑ Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700, pg 237. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3824&h=147778&ssrc=pt&tid=158641912&pid=302079856225&usePUB=true
- ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles, [http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigrants-to-new-england-1634-1635-volume-vi-r-s/image/?volumeId=12124&pageName=112&rId=147525125 Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. (Vol R-S, Page 112) (Online database accessed February 26, 2015. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.)
- ↑ Chamberlain: Pages 209, 210, 213
- ↑ Chamberlain Page: 213
- Chamberlain, George Walter. Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1923) Pages 209, 210, 213
- Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985); p. 237 (974.0 NEa/Marriage SCGS)
Notes
Looks like William reed profile Reed-1700 was her brother
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Proposed by Rick Pierpont. No response for Reed-7321. Default approval. Approval from Alyson X for Reed-1868 has been recorded. You can complete this merge after a final comparison. If Reed-7321 and Reed-1868 are different people, reject the merge. Last updated 2015-02-06 11:44:02 No dyer surname on my current .