Then you are a cousin of mine, SMF! So exciting!
Where are you? I would love to talk with you. I assume you are descended from one of JJD's daughters as his son John Midlane DYER emigrated to Australia in 1871. Is Lydia Ffinch your ancestor as she seems, from my sketchy research to be the only sister who married?
I have a lot of information about John DYER, (John Jones' father) from his first marriage in 1791 onward, some info about John's second wife (Eliza Seager, the mother of most of his children including JJD) back to about 1760ish and about the Midlane family back to the mid 1700s, and some info on John DYER's children. I would be very happy to share with you.
JMD lived in Victoria, had seven children who reached adulthood and he is my great grandfather - his son Ralph was my mother's father.
I'll send you my email address by a private message. I don't think you can send me a private message until you have done a few more public posts on Rootschat, but you are very welcome to email me.
I find Rootschat a wonderful site - so many people who help out - such as the kind lady who took the photos on this post. I also made contact with a person who was researching John DYER's family who helped me a tremendous amount. And now another conatact with you.
Cheers, Judith (Canberra, Australia)