I have some information on my direct line of Dyers back to the 1700s. More on my 5th generation forward: James Dyer, born 1808 in Frome, married Mary Barnes, born 1806 in Poole, Dorset. They moved sometime between 1835-1841 to Brynmawr. Daughers: Elizabeth, 1834; Ann, 1835; Emma, 1841; Jemima, 1849.