Excerpt from Some Records of the Dyer Family Fifteen years after the Pilgrims of the Mayflower had landed on Plymouth Rock, we find the first record of William and Mary Dyre, in Boston. A family tradition says that two brothers and a sister - Edward, George, and Tabitha Dyre - came from England to Boston in the Mayflower, about 1627 or 1629. With them, were the son of one brother and the daughter of the other - William and Mary. The cousins married; when, it is not known. As it has been impossible to ascertain any other maiden name for Mary Dyre, the inference is that the tradition may be a correct one. Gerard Croese in his History of the Quakers, quaintly describes her as a person of no mean extract or parentage, Of an estate pretty plentiful, Of a comely stature and countenance, Of a piercing knowledge in many things, of a wonderful sweet and pleasant dis course. Governor John Winthrop, in his Journal dated 1638, speaks Of her as a very promp, and fair woman, Of a very proud spirit. Thus, says Drake in his New England Legends, we have, in her. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.