Samuel DYRE

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• Fact: Son of William Dyre and Mary Barrett

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He was a milliner from London who was admitted to the First Church, Boston on 3 Mar 1635/6. He was disarmed the next year as a supporter of Wheelwright, but in 1638 he was disfranchised driven to Rhode Island. At Newport he was in good esteem as Secretary of that Colony. He prevailed with the government in 1659 to spare his wife's life after she had come to Boston to preach Quarkerism and was condemned to die. However, her insane desire for martyrdom led her back to Boston in 1660 to scaffold, serving to show how useless the unnatural lenity of Gov. Endicott, "who knew well what the honor of God demanded."

Samuel married Anne HUTCHINSON about 1662 in Newport, Rhode island. Anne (daughter of Capt. Edward HUTCHINSON and Katherine HAMBY) was born on 18 Nov 1643 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William DYRE, M.D. was born on 7 Mar 1662/3 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; died on 22 Jul 1738 in Truto, Massachusetts.
2. Edward DYRE was born in 1667 in Newport, Rhode Island; died in 1760 in Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island.
3. Anne DYRE was born about 1674 in Newport, Rhode Island.
4. Henry DYRE was born about 1676 in Newport, Rhode Island; died before 31 Aug 1742.