D I E R / D Y E R / D E E R E
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DIER/DYER/DEERE The name is nearly self explanatory. Simply it means deer. It is of Anglo-Saxon origin and was their name given to a deer. In its Old English form it is Dyri. Thus the variation from Dier to Deer and Deere are understandable. To anyone familiar with the icon of the well know farm equipment maker, John Deere, there is little question concerning the name left. The enterchange of the name is so common that within just our one family of Dier, all three forms of the name are to be found as recorded by different parish recorders.

John Deere and Jone Hearde Family
and
John Deere and Alice ________ Family

9th Great Grandparents

John Deere/Dyre appears to have had two wives. After the death of his first wife, which was most likely from giving child birth, John married again and had more children including our ancestor Jone Dier. 

                              Jone Hearde (1st)    =    John Deere/Dyre     = (2nd) Alice/Alse ________
                                                   |                        |
                                                   |                        |
                              m 8 Feb 1576         |                        |    m 13 Jul 1601
                                St Columb Mnr      |                        |      St Columb Minor
                              d May 1591           |    d Aug 1615          |    d May 1643
                              bur 27 May 1591      |    bur 1 Sep 1615      |    bur 14 May 1643
                                St Columb Minor    |      St Columb Mnr     |      St Comumb Minor
                                                   |                        |
           ________________________________________|____________________    |______________
          |                      |                   |                  |                  |
   Margerie Deere    Anstis/Anstye Dyer/Deere   Roger Dier        Thomas Deere      Joane/Jone Dier
   cb 23 Sep 1576    cb 11 Nov 1582             cb 26 Aug 1586    b a1591           cb 23 Mar 1603
     St Columb Mnr     St Columb Minor            St Columb Mnr     St Columb Mnr     St Columb Mnr
                     d Jan 1639                                   d May 1591        m 26 Apr 1636
                     bur 7 Jan 1639                               bur 16 May 1591     St Columb Mnr
                       St Columb Minor                              St Columb Mnr   = William Smith
                                                                                    d Jul 1671
                                                                                    bur 6 Jul 1671
                                                                                      St Columb Mnr

* Note: There is another Dier of this era but there are not enough details to even suggest 
where he might fit. Even his name is in question ?Harry? Dier, buried 10 Apr 1610 out of 
Nicholas Cookes howse. So there is not way of knowing if he belongs to this family or of a 
prior Dier family and even perhaps a brother of cousin of our John Deere.