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Charles Dyer was born in January 1829 in Tiverton, Rhode Island. He died on 14 June 1908 at age 79 in Tiverton, Rhode Island.

Almira Dyer was born on 25 September 1826 in Tiverton, Rhode Island. She died on 9 April 1900 at age 73.

Horace George Dyer was born on 25 December 1837 in Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island. He died on 4 September 1922 at age 84 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island.

Mary A. Dyer was born on 25 September 1826 in Tiverton, Rhode Island. She died on 26 June 1904 at age 77 in Little Compton, Rhode Island.

John Sheriff (Shreive) was born in 1620.

Caleb Sheriff (Shreive) was born in 1618.

William Sheriff (Shreive) was born in 1622.

Sir William Shreve, Knight, was born in 1560 in Isle of Wight, Hampshire County, England. He and Elizabeth Fairfax were married in 1590 in Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. He died in 1643 at age ~83.

Elizabeth Fairfax was born about 1564 in Isle of Wight, Hampshire County, England. Sir William Shreve, Knight, and she were married in 1590 in Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England.

Lawrence Sheriff was born before 1543 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. He died about 1612.

It's said that he came from Italy or Greece or Southeastern Europe or that he was an Englishman who had been sent to Greece or Italy in government service and was rewarded for his service by knighthood. He married into the very prominent Fairfax family.

There is a romantic story about his falling in love with Oara Oara of Holland.

Holder Russell was born on 1 September 1761 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He and Deborah Slocum were married on 15 August 1791. He died before 7 October 1817.

William Salisbury was born on 9 October 1685 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He and Bethia Carpenter were married in 1709. He died on 1 May 1725 at age 39 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Richard Martin was born on 4 May 1602 in Ottery, Saint Mary, Devonshire, England. He and Judith Upham were married on 14 June 1632 in Ottery, Devonshire, England. He died on 12 March 1696 at age 93 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Judith Upham was born on 20 December 1610 in Bicton, Devon, England. Richard Martin and she were married on 14 June 1632 in Ottery, Devonshire, England. She died on 6 October 1688 at age 77 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Another source says she was Elizabeth Salter.

Thomas Chaffee was born in 1616 in England. He and Dorothy Thomas were married in 1636 in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He died on 6 March 1683 at age ~67 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Thomas Chaffe could not read or write. All of the documents associated with him have a "mark" and then another signature as witness. He was a farmer in Hingman where he received land from the township in July 1637. Of interest is that the Mayflower carried immigrants to Plymouth, MA in 1620 some 25 miles to the southeast - seventeen years earlier.

Thomas was likely from the Sherborne branch of the family as this side of the family had an "ee" or "ey" ending.

Thomas is believed to be the first or second Chaffee (Matthew Chaffe, Boston 1636?) in the New World as his name shows up in the records in the Town Clerk's office in Hingman, MA, dated July 1637, for land given to Thomas for house and later, in October 1637 for planting. The place and date of his birth, parentage, the time and place of his arrival, his wife and the name of the ship which bore him from England to the New world are still unknown. The amount of land granted to him at first shows he was probably not married yet. The original lot is thought to be close to Batchellor St. (now Main Street) in Hingman, MA. In both Hingman and Hull (nantusket), MA. Thomas was a fisherman and farmer. He could not read or write as the signature on documents shows a "mark" and a second signature of witness (possibly superstitious). He may have married in Nantusket (Hull), but the town records of Hull prior to 1657 have been lost. Probable that his wife's Christian name was Dorothy, as both sons both had daughters by that name, which was not a name found in families of their wives, On July 25, 1680 Thomas filed his will and the exact date of his death is not known, but probably a short time after the filing of his will. His will was exhibited publicly in March of 1683 and the inventory of his will was taken in May of 1683 "on ye oath of Joseph Chaffey". Possible he was buried in ancient Chaffee Burying Ground on his own farm but no stone to his memory remains. The house was close to the burial ground. In Thomas's time his property was located on the west bank of what is now the Barrington River, but known then as the Sowams River, about two miles northwest of the present town of Barrington, Bristol County, RI. To present date, there is no information of where Thomas's wife is buried.

Dorothy Thomas was born in 1615 in Berkamsted, Suffolk, England. Thomas Chaffee and she were married in 1636 in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She died in 1682 at age ~67 in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Rev. John Forbes was born in 1568 in Alford, Aberdeen, Scotland. He died on 28 March 1635 at age ~67 in Delft, Zuid Holland.

Deborah Howland was born in 1627 in Fenstanton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. John Smith and she were married on 1 January 1648 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. John Smith, Jr., and she were married on 4 January 1648 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹ She died on 15 October 1663 at age ~36 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Deborah Howland had person sources.²