Elizabeth (Ayers) Belknap (1674 - 1730)

Born 19 Aug 1674 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Abraham Belknap — married 14 Jan 1691 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1730 at about age 55 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Elizabeth Ayer was born on August 19, 1674, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, the daughter of Nathaniel Ayer and Tamesin Turloar.^[1][2][3][4]

In the Ayer Genealogy which was published in The Essex Antiquarian in 1899, it was stated that she was "probably" the Elizabeth Ayer who married Abraham Belknap on January 14, 1690-1^[2] in Haverhill.^[5] The same source says they lived in Haverhill and Framingham.^[2]

Although the Ayer Genealogy and History of Framingham say she died in 1730, in Framingham, Massachusetts,^[2][6] her death was not recorded in the town's vital records. It is certain that she died after May 1, 1728, the day she was mentioned by her husband in his will.^[7]

Research Notes

Her name appears as "Ayres" in Temple's History of Framingham, but ostensibly not anywhere else. Her name was recorded as Ayer in the Haverhill vital records. McCann-752 21:42, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Haverhill VR: Vol. 1, Page 17
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} The Essex Antiquarian: Vol. 3, Page 147
3. ↑ Whitmore: Page 308
4. ↑ Hoyt: Page 39
5. ↑ Haverhill VR: Vol. 2, Page 31
6. ↑ Temple: Page 469
7. ↑ Probate file of Abraham Belknap (1730). Middlesex Co. Probate, Case #1482. Film #7552910, image 217 of 908

• Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, 1910) Vol. 1, Page 17 [birth]; Vol. 2, Page 31 [marriage]
• The Essex Antiquarian (Salem, Massachusetts, 1897-1909) Vol. 3, Page 147
• Whitmore, W. H. The Ayres and Ayers Families, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 1863) Vol. 17, Page 308
• Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts (Providence, Rhode Island, 1897) Vol. 1, Page 39
• Temple, Josiah Howard. History of Framingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Framingham, 1887) Page 469
• Gustin, Lester Carlisle. The Ancestry of Herbert Ervin Gustin and that of his wife Julia Livingston Carlisle and their descendants together with some account of the Gustin family in America (1954) Vol. 2, Page 722

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Ayers-326 created through the import of Ancestors of PBHowe.ged on Jun 6, 2011 by Buck Howe. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Buck and others.