Heyer was born in the village of Waldoboro, then known as "Broad Bay" and part of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The settlement had been sacked and depopulated by Wabanaki attacks and resettled with German immigrants recruited from the Rhineland.
Heyer's birthplace was Waldoboro, a village that was once called "Broad Bay" and situated within the Province of Massachusetts Bay. It was devastated by attacks from the Wabanaki people and later resettled with German immigrants who came from the Rhineland region.