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Miriam Cross Dyer's Ancestors

The Reverend Charles Carroll Miller and Miriam Cross Dyer were married 11 October 1848, in Maine. 

Their 8 children, in order of birth:

The Rev. Charles Carroll Miller and Miriam Cross Dyer Miller

My guess is that the portraits above were taken in late 1885 or early 1886, along with the portraits of their son Frank A. Miller, and granddaughter Ruth Mary Miller (Ward).  With the help of another Rootsweb member, whose website is linked below  in the notes section, I now have a complete 5 generation ancestor tree for Miriam.  Listed below  that are unconfirmed 6th, 7th, and 8th generation ancestors.

Miriam Cross Dyer's middle name was her mother's maiden name.  Miriam was the Great-Granddaughter of Colonel Ralph Cross, who served in the Revolutionary War.

DAR Patriot Index lookup for Ralph Cross:

CROSS,   Ralph
 Birth:  MA   1-5-1737/8
 Service:  MA
 Rank:  Col
 Death:  MA  4 Sep 1811
 Patriot Pensioned:   No     Widow Pensioned:   No
 Children Pensioned:   No     Heirs Pensioned:   No
 Spouse:  (1) Miriam Atkinson

I'm looking for the following reference: Cross, Ralph. "The Journal of Ralph Cross, of Newburyport, Who Commanded the Essex Regiment, at the Surrender of Burgoyne, in 1777." Edited by Joseph Williamson. Historical Magazine, 2d Ser., 7 (January 1870), pp. 8-12.  I found this through a Google search, which listed the following URL - http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/reference/revbib/mass.htm  Anyone have a copy of the journal??

I'm trying out GedHTree software by Gary Welker, which presents a pedigree chart in html form, instead of the JPEG images I was using. Start with the Ancestors of Ruth Mary Miller and follow the Dyer line.

Notes:

Christopher Dyer's death in 1759 was due to wounds received during an attack by Indians.  The exact date and place are uncertain.  Various accounts place his death in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and in Casco Bay, Maine.  Dates given are 10 June 1759, and 2 October 1759. Christopher's parents were William Dyer Jr., and Hannah Strout. 

 Frank Dyer, in his excellent work titled "The New England dyer Connection," believes  Dr. William Dyer's  parents to be Samuel Dyer and Anne Hutchinson, and Grandparents to be William Dyer and Mary Barret. Frank's site has volumes of information about the Dyers in America, a "must see" for anyone researching the Dyer surname.  For a modest donation, Frank will send you a CD-ROM of his research - click here.  He also has a page about Dyer Hill Cemetery in South Braintree, Norfolk County, MA., on Interment.net, and an FTM site.

Also see Sam Behling's Dyer ancestry by clicking this.  Sam is the author of the report of Mary Barrett Dyer's life referenced in the second paragraph below this one.

Related Stuff: Other sources also believe the parents of Dr. William Dyer to be Samuel Dyer and Anne Hutchinson. Anne was the granddaughter of Anne Marbury Hutchinson, a Puritan who was banished from her community for her religious beliefs and her disgust about the situation women were in during the 1600s. A thesis written by Rachel Buckingham during her high school days in Virginia is available online - click this link.  An interesting note in this thesis is that Anne's chief opponent was John Winthrop, who organized a fleet of ships that brought many people to the new world in 1630, including Robert Parke, a maternal ancestor.

Another great read is the piece on Mary Barrett Dyer in RootsWeb's Notable Women Ancestors.  Mary  and Anne Hutchinson were quite a problem for those picky Puritans!

Text of the 1835 letter written by Jeremiah G. Miller to wife Jane Warren Green.

Falmouth Maine later became Portland.

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