From Regina Berry: "Will of John Dey; NJ Colonial Archives ; will dated 1 October 1750, proved 8 March 1750/1. Names wife Anne (Brown?) and children :

1. John Dey married Anne (Brown?). - born on Staten Island, New York in 1711 and he died in Monmouth County, New Jersey in 1772

2. Anne Dye - born in 1715 in Middlesex Co., NJ. and died in 1792 in NJ. Married Laurens Dey who was born before 1730 in New Jersey and died after 1850 in New Jersey.

3. William Dye - born in 1718 in New Jersey and died in 1784. Married Margaret George.

4. James Dye - born in 1720 in Middlesex County, NJ and died in 1764 in New Jersey. Married Sarah Leach

5. Vincent Dye - born in 1720/1724 in Eastern Division, Co., NJ and died on August 4, 1796 in Prince William County, Virginia. Married Sarah Artepe on September 1, 1746 in Middlesex County, New Jersey. She was born on January 9, 1727 in Somerset, New Jersey and died on October 2, 1797 in Prince William, Virginia. He was Ezekiel Dye's uncle.

   "Vincent and his family moved to Prince William County, Virginia around 1782 as he appears on a tax list for that year." Vincent Dye appears on the Prince William County, Virginia, Personal Property Tax 1787 - List "A" (Arnold Hovey - 2/10/98). Vincent and Sarah had 14-15 children:

   1. Daniel Dye - born July 31, 1747 in Middlesex County, New Jersey and died January 24, 1825 in Monroe County, Ohio. He married Abigail Hutchinson on March 24, 1773 in New Jersey.

      From the History of Perry Township, Monroe County, Ohio, 1813:

      "Jesse Fleming built the first cabin in 1800 but it was not until 1812 that permanent settlements were made. In that year, Daniel Dye, Sr. and his sons, Daniel, Vincent, David, Rueben, Enoch and John R. settled about one and one-half miles Southeast of Antioch. It was known as "Dye's Settlement" (as was Exekiel's Community in Renrock, Ohio) for many years. .... John R. Dye and Daniel Dye, Jr. were the first persons to be married in Perry Township but the names of their wives is unknown. ... The first sermon was preached at the home of Daniel Dye, a Baptist minister. The Baptists built the first church, known as the Unity Baptist Church. ... The first Sabbath school in Perry Township was organized in 1827 by Daniel Dye, Jr. at his own home near the Unity Church."

      [Allen Farquhar supplied information on Daniel's daughter Elizabeth]

      Thus, Daniel Dye had at least 6 sons and 1 daughter:

      1. Vincent Dye, born in 1774 in New Jersey

      2. Daniel Dye, Jr, born in 1776 in New Jersey

      3. William, born in 1778 (did not move to Ohio? - does not appear in the History of Perry Township)

      4. David Dye, born in 1780

      5. Elizabeth Dye was born on July 18, 1782 in Prince William County, Virginia. She married her first cousin, James Dye, son of John Dye, brother of Daniel Dye

      6. Rueben Dye, born in 1784

      7. Enoch Dye. born in 1787

      8. John R. Dye, born June 2, 1791 in New Jersey (this is questionable and needs to be researched given Elizabeth's place of birth ... unless Daniel moved back to New Jersey by 1791) and died October 27, 1859 in Washington County, Ohio. He married Priscella Ridgeway who was born in 1793 in Maryland and died in 1868. They had at least one son, James Irvine Dye.

         Note that Daniel and his family moved into Monroe County a few years after John Dye and his family moved into Washington County, Ohio.

   2. John Dye - born 1749 in New Jersey and died in April 1798 in Prince William County, Virginia. He appears on Personal Property Tax list A in Virginia. He married Mary Hixon and they had at least 4 children. His third child, James Dye married his first cousin, Elizabeth Dye, daughter of Daniel Dye

   3. Vincent Dye - born in 1751 - appears on Personal Property Tax list A in Virginia. He married Phoebe Hoagland on October 12, 1775 in Middlesex County, New Jersey.

   4. Enoch Dye - born in 1753, Eastern Division, New Jersey and died on January 16, 1830 in Canton Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Canton Township (red dot on the map on the right) is west of West Newton and Sewickley Creek. He married Rebecca Leet in 1781. She was born 1754-55 and died October 5, 1850. They had 12 children but birth and death places are only available for 2:

      
      
      
      

      
      1. Daniel Dye - born August 1776, Bordentown, New Jersey and died on March 1, 1854 in Sewickley, Pennsylvania (where Ezekiel had a sawmill?). There is a Sewickley Township in Westmoreland County (red dot on the map above) and Sewickley Creek runs through the township.

      2. Mary Dye - born December 10, 1781 in Washington County, Pennsylvania and died in 1844 in Richland County, Ohio

   5. Brown Dye - born in 1755 - appears on Personal Property Tax list A in Virginia

   6. David Dye - born in 1757

   7. Ruben Dye - born 1759 (Dye Data) (?in Prince William County, Virginia). He appears on Personal Property Tax list A in Virginia in 1787. He died on May 3. 1828 in Wirt County, West Virginia and is buried in the Beaucamp Cemetery in Elizabeth, West Virginia. [Bill Reynolds - nd2s1a@fcs-net.com] Ruben would have Ezekiel Dye Sr's cousin.

      [I received the following from E. Cook (TACK14A@prodigy.com) "The following is taken from a book titled PIONEERS IN WOOD COUNTY, WV by John A. House 1936.

      DYE FAMILY - Reuben Dye (Ruben Dye is the way the name usually appeared on earlier records) settled on a large land survey at or near the mouth of Burning Springs Run, several years before the organization of Wood County. He was a wealthy man - for that day - and had a number of slaves, as well as several sons, to clear and improve his lands. He appeares to have served in the war of 1812. At the time of his death (5-23-1828) or a little earlier, he provided his children with homes in the vicinity, and one son, Vincent Dye was married in 1809. Some of them may have been freeholders in 1800, but I have noted no evidence to that effect. (No Dyes appear on the 1801 Tax List in Wood County) Reuben Dye came from Prince William County, Virginia. Ruben married May ____

      A family tradition tells that the Dye family in America are all descended from two brothers who came across the ocean (presumably from England) some time back in Colonial days, but there is nothing to show what their names were or where they settled. That Reuben Dye was probably from Virginia is shown by his being a slave holder, and also by the fact that the Dyes of Washington County, Ohio, were related in some way to him. There was Samuel, who came from Fairfax County, Virginia, and settled on Cow Run, of the Little Muskingum, and his son, Samuel, who came from Bull Run, near Manassas, Virginia. -- ]"

      1. John Dye born about 1770 and died May 27 1843 in Wood Co. VA. He appears in the1810 and 1820 Census in Wood County, West Virginia. He was a Doctor in Athens County, Ohio. He married Kitterah Cockrell

      2. Benjamin Dye - 1820 Census in Wood County, West Virginia (??) and moved west. Married Sally Coza

      3. Vincent Dye - appears on the Wood County, West Virginia Census in 1810 and 1820. Married in 1805/9 to Elizabeth Petty.

      4. William W. Dye - in 1870 was living with Dusosway and Marry Dye

      5. Dennis J. (or I.) Dye was born in 1801 - Married Anna S. Web

      6. Henry Dye - 1820 Census in Wood County, West Virginia with 3 boys and 3 girls (all under 10) and a wife between 26 and 45. [was this a Dye from another family?]

      7. Dusosway Dye - 1820 Census in Wood County, West Virginia (??). Married Mary ___ .

      8. Annie (Drusilla) Dye married Daniel Ledsome

      9. Elizabeth Dye - married to Thomas Cain in 1835

      10. Delila Dye, born ~ 1817 and married Benjamin F. Reynolds on October 5, 1837.

   8. Eunice Dye - born in 1761?

   9. Rachel Dye - born in 1761

   10. Sara Dye - born in 1763

   11. Nancy Dye - born in 1765

   12. Catherine Dye - born in 1767, died before 1797

   13. Dusosway Dye - born in 1771, before October 2, 1797

   14. Joseph Dye - born in 1772

   15. William Dye, born in 1775

6. Joseph Dye - born in 1723 in Middlesex Co., NJ and died in 1805 in NJ. Married (1) Margaret and (2) Martha Wiley.

7. David Dye - born in 1725 in Middlesex County, NJ and died in 1776 in New Jersey. Married Hannah Disbrow.

8. Katherine Dye - born in 1730 in Middlesex Co., NJ and died (unmarried?) in 1750 in NJ.

John Dey Sr appears to have moved from Saten Island, New York to Middlesex County, New Jersey (red dot on the map to the right) between 1711 and 1715.

The will of John Dye Sr. reads as follows: Executors: My son John,my son William, my son-in-law Laurens Dye. After his wife's death, land to be sold and proceeds divided among children. He had purchased 200 acres of land from Mindert Johnson, 21 Dec 1725; Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co. NJ.

The National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Dec 1957, Vol 45 No 4. pg 130-131, summary mentions many 'possible' and 'may be' connections between Dey/Dye families on Staten Island and in NJ. It is often cited as the source for the maiden names Vincent and Brown, although it mentions these only as possibilities. LIVING: Named in the 1706 Staten Island census, apparently a minor.

He married 9. Anne [___?___] who was born before 1700 in New York. Her parents are not known. Anne died about Dec 1763 in Middlesex County, New Jersey.

After his wife's death, land to be sold and proceeds divided among children. In the Dec 1763 codicil to the will of her son James, he stated that money was owing and coming due and payable by virtue of the will of his father John Dye. Presumably Anne Dye had deceased shortly before this codicil.

Some researchers have suggested her name was 'Anne Brown'. The National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Dec 1957, Vol 45 No 4. pg 130-131, summary mentions many 'possible' and 'may be' connections between Dey/Dye families on Staten Island and in NJ. It is often cited as the source for the maiden name Brown, although it mentions this only as a possibility.

John Dey (son) -- Generation 4

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