William Dyre was an Englishman, born in Newport, Rhode Island, who served as the 13th

Mayor of New York City The mayor of New York City, officially Mayor of the City of New York, is head of the executive branch of the government of New York City and the chief executive of New York City. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property ...

from October 30, 1680 until 1682. He was a son of the Quaker martyr

Mary Dyer Mary Dyer (born Marie Barrett; c. 1611 – 1 June 1660) was an English and colonial American Puritan turned Quaker who was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, for repeatedly defying a Puritan law banning Quakers from the colony. ...

and William Dyer (settler).

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Mayors of New York City English emigrants 1685 deaths People of the Province of New York 1640 births {{NewYork-mayor-stub

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