Ayer Family Line

Ayer Family Line

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Nana's Maternal 6x Great Grandmother:

My 8x Great Grandmother:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 9x Great-Grandmother:

Mary Ayer (1664 - 1748)

Mary Browne

Also known as: "Mary Eyre"

Birthdate: May 17, 1664

Birthplace: Lincolnshire, England

Denomination: Quaker

Date of Marriage: July 17, 1694

Place of Marriage: Plaistow, Essexshire, England

Death: April 15, 1748 in Plumstead Township, Bucks County, Province of Pennsylvania

Parents:

Alexander Ayer

1639-1723

Mary Cammell

1641-1707

Family

Spouse:

About John Eyre

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/K2J5-7RR

The Ayres and Ayer Families, by W. H. Whitmore. (NEHGR 17:307) and The Hammatt Papers. Genealogy of the Ayres Family Author: James Noyes States Call Number: 929.2 A98.1 Vol. XV, Page 331-332.

The eldest son, John m 1st, Sarah Williams, and had a daughter Sarah by her. His second wife was Susannah Symonds, but by which wife respectively were his children, I do not know. He removed to Brookfield, was a Captain, and was killed by Indians, Aug. 3, 1675. His family was of course scattered, and we will now try to trace them. In May, 1703, his sons Samuel, John, and Thomas, were appointed adm., and in 1713. Thomas, Joseph, Mark, Edward and Nathaniel, brothers, claimed the estate. Samuel we know was dead in 1714, as it was then so stated by his son, Edward. John we may presume was also dead, and these seem to have been his oldest sons. In 1714 the heirs were Edward, son of Samuel, John, son of Edward, Abraham, and Thomas, sons of Thomas, Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel, and John, William, and Benjamin, sons of Joseph. We will see where these children were settled after the Brookfield settlement was destroyed. Edward, Mark, and Nathaniel, sons of Capt. John, doubtless settled in New Hampshire, as Savage notes persons of these names as living there in 1685-9. Thomas went, without doubt, to Newbury and is the one mentioned by Savage, as we can hardly suppose there were two Thomases each having a son Abraham. Joseph's locality is still unknown. Nathaniel and John perhaps came to Boston, and were the persons mentioned in Gleanings No. 26, (ante pp 56-7) as the circumstances agree. Viz., Nathaniel having a son of the same name, and John's dying in 1711 without children. The Boston John's birth seems conclusive and he died just before the date of the deed in which his name is omitted from the list of heirs. There remains now only Samuel, when I presume to have settled, like Thomas, at Newbury, and to be the one mentioned by Coffin, who had a son Jabez b there, Dec. 27, 1690; because a Jabez Ayres, the only one I have found yet, settled at Brookfield when it was resettled, and tradition as given by his grandson, says that he was a descendant of Capt. John. I can hardly conceive of any other person than a descendant returning to the town. I am aware that this record is very incomplete and largely conjectural, but I hope some one may be interested enough to confirm or confute my conclusions.

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Joseph married a Sarah Corliss. Their daughter Sarah married Joseph Hazen who settled in Hartford, VT. This is by the genealogical work done by Elizabeth Newton Willey, stored by Lettie Newton Morse, and recorded here by Gwen Tuson Morse. I now have access to the Andrew Newton homestead in Hartford Vt.

"John Ayer. He was born in England in 1623 and died after 1700. Married first time May 5 1646 Sarah, daughter of John Williams. Married second time March 26 1663 Mary, daughter of John Wooddam.

In 1645 he was one of Haverhill's thirty two land owners and in 1650 his property was valued at 80. His name repeatedly appears in Haverhill records in connection with lands and in 1660 he built a new house. He was a famous hunter and trapper and his skill and sagacity in woodcraft equalled that of the Indians with whom he was in constant rivalry that not infrequently it amounted to an open warfare.

About 1665 a serious trouble with the natives obliged him in order to save his life to remove secretly and without his family to Connecticut where he settled in what is now known as Ayers Gap, in the vicinity of Franklin, where he lived by himself pursuing his favorite vocation and many traditions of his adventures with Indians and wild beasts form the theme of stories related of him by his posterity. These tales delineate him as a man of great endurance, heroic fortitude, and striking eccentricities.

Just before his death his son Joseph joined his father in Connecticut bringing with him his children Joseph and Timothy. Their descendants still remain in Franklin.

Their children were all born at Haverhill Mass:

- John Unmarried Died in 1683 - Zecheriah - Nathaniel Married Ann Swann daughter of Robert Swann - Joseph Married in 1686 Sarah Corliss daughter of George Corliss He removed before 1707 to Ipswich Mass - Sarah -Samuel[1]

Captain John Ayres, master of a British sailing vessel, was at one time threatened with a "fine coat of tar and feathers" if he dared to land a cargo of tea.

John was one of three brothers that came from England in 1628.

John located in Brookfield, MA in 1648 and moved to Ipswich, MA in 1652. He was killed there by Indians 3 Aug 1675.

Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 1 2020, 22:16:13 UTC

References:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119113993/john-ayer

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LTFT-3QV

https://www.geni.com/people/Capt-John-Ayers/6000000006796371660

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Nana's Maternal 9x Great Grandfather:

My 11x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 12x Great-Grandfather:

John Ayer

1582-1657

Hannah Evered

1600-1688

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Nana's Maternal 10x Great Grandfather:

My 12x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 13x Great-Grandfather:

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