John Ayers Sr (1662 - abt. 1732)

Born 2 Mar 1662 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Descendants

Died about 4 Oct 1732 at about age 70 in Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey [uncertain]

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Biography

John Ayers was born March 2, 1662/1663 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts^{[1][2] [3]}

John Ayers married February 24, 1689, in Woodbridge, New Jersey.^[2][3]

John lived in Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey, United States. He married February 24, 1690.^[4]

John Ayers died October 4, 1732, in Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey,^[2][3]

Did he really die 4 Oct 1732?

From: Ayers, Charles H. Ancestors of Silas Ayers and Mary Byram Ayers : including the Alden, Ayers and Byram families

"A tombstone which is back of and partly under the Presbyterian Church at Basking Ridge has this inscription:

• "Here lies ye body of John Ayers Esq. who departed this life October ye 4th 1732 in ye 69th year of his age. ^[3]
• "Near the stone is one inscribed to Mary, his wife, who died October 4 1739 in the 76th sixth year of her age."^[3]

From: A transcription done in 1909 before the stones at the cemetery were removed. Basking Ridge Presbyterian Churchyard Inscriptions SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ. Somerset County New Jersey Gen Web. Their source: Somerset County Historical Quarterly, 1912, Volume One, pages 123-128 and 214-219.

• Ayers, John, Esq., d. Oct. 4, 1759, in 69th yr.
• Ayers, Mary (relict of John), d. Oct. 24, 1759, in 76th yr.

The dates Oct 4 and Oct 24 match, too much coincidence, one set of years is incorrect. The ancestors of Silas Ayers couple were born about 1663. The couple from the 1909 transcription were born about 1683.

Look at the dates on John Jr and his wife Mary. They contain the transcript dates. These stones still exist see Find A Grave: Memorial #71184445 and Find A Grave: Memorial #48521805

Conclusion: This John did not die 4 Oct 1732. His wife did not die 24 Oct 1739

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZMB-NZ4 : accessed 18 October 2015), Obadia Eyres in entry for John Eyres, 02 Mar 1662; citing NEWBURY,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 823,653.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Birth date: 2 March 1662; Birth city: Newbury; Birth state: MA. Death date: 4 October 1732; Death place: Basking Ridge, NJ; Marriage date: 24 February 1689; Marriage place: Woodbridge, NJ Ancestry Record genepool #2888645
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Ayers, Charles. "Ancestors of Silas Ayers and Mary Byram Ayers : including the Alden, Ayers, and Byram families". Forgotten Books. 2016 Reprint. (Pages not numbered)
4. ↑ Treman, Ebenezar M. The History of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman family in America. Ithaca, N.Y.: Press of the Ithaca Democrat, c. 1901. Book 929.273 T72t Page: 976. Gives marriage date as 1689

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• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ancestral File (TM). July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996. Family History Library, 35 North West Temple Street Room 344, Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3440 USA. Phone Number: 801-240-2584 Phone Number: 866-406-1830

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