Wyer, Edward

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Battle:Battle of Dunbar in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Ship/Arrival:Unity, Dec 1650
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Published: 15 Dec 2014, Updated: 22 Feb 2020
Researchers: Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust, Jeanette Wentworth
Editors: Teresa Rust

Edward Wyer, #109 on “George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar List1

Name Variations: Wyer, Wyear/Wiar/Wier

IMPORTANT UPDATE! (Jul 2018)
According to, Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650,2 (England: Oxbow Books, 2018), on page 252, Edward is categorized as:

Probable [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity]

Wyer/Wyear/Wier, Edward. Residences: Charlestown MA. Appears: 1658. B.c.1622. D.1693. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS; Ch.7 & 8]34156

For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.

First Generation in the New World

1. EDWARD¹ WYER, was born in Scotland7 about 16228 and died at Charlestown, Massachusetts on 03 May 1693, “an aged Scotsman“. He married at Charlestown, Massachusetts on 05 Jan 1659, ELIZABETH JOHNSON, daughter of William and Elizabeth Johnson. She married, second, WILLIAM MONROE, of Cambridge, also a SPOW.8

Biographical Notes:
According to a statement in The History of Malden, MA on page 601, Edward Wiar was a Scotchman.9 Edward’s widow remarried William Munroe, another Scottish Prisoner of War. “Page, 84 CITY DOCUMENT No. 39. The 20 : of April ’63 : granted vnto Edward Wyer by Tickett to Cutt and Carrie Six Cord of fire wood for his own use of Charls- tow, wood interest on Maulden side, comon, by Saml Lewis, before march next ensuing.”10

Children of Edward and Elizabeth (Johnson) Wyer:
2. i. ELIZABETH² WYER, (Edward¹) b. Charlestown 10 Nov 1659, m. BENJAMIN MIRICK, of Charlestown.8
2. ii. EDWARD² WYER,8 (Edward¹), b. at Charlestown c1661; m. ABIGAIL LAWRENCE.
2. iii. ROBERT² WYER, (Edward¹) born Charlestown on 10 Feb 1664.8
2. iv. HANNAH² WYER, (Edward¹) bap. Charlestown 23 Jul 1665 m. 15 Dec 1686, NATHAN DUNKIN/DUNKLIN.8
2. v. KATHERINE² WYER, (Edward¹) b. Charlestown 05 Dec 1666, m. JONATHAN WELSH.8
2. vi. NATHANIEL² WYER (Edward¹) b. Charlestown 14 Jun 1668, prob. died young.8
2. vii. RUHAMAH?² WYER (Edward¹) b. Charlestown 24 Dec 1670, m. JOHN HILL.8
2. viii. ELEAZAR² WYER (Edward¹) born Charlestown 12 Dec 16728; m., 1st, KATHERINE WADE; m., 2nd, widow, SARAH (ADAMS) KNOX.
2. ix. ZACHARIAH² WYER, (Edward¹) b. Charlestown/Boston? 16 Mar 1676, m. MARY (_____), died 1717
2. x. SARAH² WYER, (Edward¹) born Charlestown? 05 Mar 1678, m. JOHN FILLEBROWN.8
2. xi. WILLIAM² WYER, (Edward¹) born Charlestown? on 3 Oct 1680.8

Second Generation

2. i. ELIZABETH² WYER, (Edward¹) was born at Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts on 10 Nov 1659. She married at Charlestown, BENJAMIN MIRICK.8

2. ii. EDWARD² WYER, JR, (Edward¹), was born at Charlestown about 1661 and died before 25 Dec 1689. He married at Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts on 01 Sep 1684, ABIGAIL LAWRENCE.11 , daughter of JOHN and SUSANNA LAWRENCE of Charlestown, but died within a few years; his widow married 25 Dec 1689, NICHOLAS LAWRENCE, of Charlestown.8

2. iii. ROBERT² WYER, (Edward¹) was born at Charlestown on 10 Feb 1664. He married, RUTH JOHNSON.8

2. iv. HANNAH² WYER, (Edward¹) baptized at Charlestown on 23 Jul 1665. She married at Charlestown on 15 Dec 1686, NATHAN DUNKIN/DUNKLIN.8

2. v. KATHERINE² WYER, (Edward¹) was born at Charlestown on 5 Dec 1666. She married, JONATHAN WELSH.8

2. vi. NATHANIEL² WYER (Edward¹) was born at Charlestown on 14 Jun 1668 and probably died young.8

2. vii. RUHAMAH² WYER (Edward¹) was born at Charlestown on 14 Dec 1670. She married JOHN HILL.8

2. viii. ELEAZAR² WYER (Edward¹) was born at Charlestown on 12 Dec 1672. He married, first, KATHERINE WADE. He married, second, SARAH (ADAMS) KNOX, the widow of, HENRY KNOX.8

2. ix. ZACHARIAH² WYER, (Edward¹) was born at Charlestown on 16 Mar 1676 and died in 1717. He married at Concord on 7 June 1698, MARAH JONES.8

2. x. SARAH² WYER, (Edward¹) was born at Charlestown on 5 Mar 1678. She married, JOHN FILLEBROWN.8

2. xi. WILLIAM² WYER, (Edward¹) was born at Charlestown on 3 Oct 1680.8

HERE LIES YE BODY OF EDWARD WIER AGED 71 YEARS Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA, PLOT 7M54 Find-A-Grave

Sources and Notes:

Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700 (4)
Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.

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