Ancestry of
Thomas Pynchon

American Novelist

John Dyer Jr.

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Thomas Pynchon — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 78 
  • Father:
  • John Dyer 
  • Mother:
  • Abigail Fitch   
  • Birth Date:
  • 13 May 1722 
  • Birth Location:
  • Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Anna Payson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 29 Mar 1753 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Anna Dyer (Ahnentafel No:39 )

• Sources for John Dyer Jr.

  • ¹ Lainhart, Ann Smith and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 22, William Bradford, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2004), 60, 230.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#48 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: The Ancestry of Novelist Thomas Pynchon", (accessed 11/28/2018).
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 189.