Mahershallalhashbaz DYER

Abt 1643 - Bef 1670  (~ 26 years)

• Name	Mahershallalhashbaz DYER  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1643	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Note	Page 820 MAHERSHALALHASHBAZ DYER MAHERSHALALHASHBAZ DYER, Newport, 1661, son of William Dyer, R. I. Hist.Coll. III, 252, (AUSTIN, R. I., p. 290.) 'Probably no other child on this side of the ocean has suffered suchinfliction, though it has long been a tradition that a fondness for OldTestament names, in one instance, brought Beelzebub into use.' (SAVAGE,Vol. II, p. 88-9.) 'Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in itwith a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hashbaz.' (ISAIAH, VIII, 1) He was a brother to MAJOR WILLIAM DYER of Delaware, intermarried andassociated with N. J. fams., (vide, ante, this PART, p. 725). [FirstSettlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodsridge Olde East NewJersey part 5] Resided in Portsmouth, and Newport, RI. Apparently had no children.called 'Maher.' [WAD] 1661, Mar.22 He signed certain articles relative to Misquamicut(Westerly) lands. 1670, Jul.7 His father in deed of this date to son Henry mentionspart of farm where my son Maher's tobacco house stood. [Gen. Dict. of RI] Was in Newport, 1661. The full name is Mahershallalhashbaz. It isborrowed from Isaiah viii 1. See 'Gen. Dict. of 1st Settlers of NewEngland' p88. MARRIAGE-SPOUSE: Clarence Almon Torrey, NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES prior to1700;p237
  Death	Bef 1670
  Person ID	I74082	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William DYER,   b. 19 Sep 1609, London, Middlesex, England d. 18 Apr 1672, Newport, Rhode Island (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Mary BARRETT,   b. Abt 1610, London, Middlesex, England d. 1 Jun 1660, Boston Common, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 50 years)
  Marriage	27 Oct 1633	St. Martin in the Fields, London,, England   [4, 5]
  	The parish Register of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England, contains the following marriage record, "1633 October 27, Gulielmus Dyer & Maria Barret. L".
  Family ID	F177	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha PEARCE,   b. 13 Sep 1645, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England d. 24 Feb 1743/44 (Age 98 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1665	Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island   [4]
  Family ID	F17165	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1349] Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, 1349. [S1351] First Settlers of Ye Plantations of New Jersey, 1351. [S1384] Pearce Genealogy, 1384. p. 39 [S1815] New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 1815. [S2279] The Registers of St. Martin in the Fields, London, 2279. (Reliability: 3). Page 149