John
Ayres
Born in Bedford County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of James Ayres Sr
and Hannah (Little) Ayres
Brother of
Dinah (Ayres) Cundiff, Nancy (Ayers) Hollagan, James Ayres Jr, Lydia Ann (Ayres) Doss, Sarah (Ayres) Cundiff, Mary (Ayres) Morris, Elizabeth (Ayres) Williams, Hannah (Ayers) Doss, Rachel (Ayres) Turner, Esther (Ayres) Henny, Samuel Buford Ayres and Ruth (Ayres) Leftwich
Husband of
Nancy (Cundiff) Ayers
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Elijah Ayers, Mary (Ayers) Overfelt, Isabella (Ayers) Kennett, John Wesley Ayers and Hannah (Ayers) Mitchell
Died
at age 93
in Bedford Co VA
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Dec 2010
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Biography
NOTE: There are some records for the Ayers family in which the last name was misspelled Ayres. As a result there are two spellings for the same family. We are trying to correct this but as new people find and add these records new people are added and will need to be merged. Please let us know if you have any questions.
- John was born about 1754. He passed away before 1849. [1]
- John Ayers and wife Nancy Cundiff had 3 daughters and 2 sons. He was licensed as the first local Methodist Minister in Bedford Co VA on 24 Oct 1789. This was only 5 years after the establishment of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States in Dec. 1784. [2]
- Bishop Francis Asbury from New Jersey preached at the John Ayers' Chapel on John's farm in the summer of 1788 when he visited Bedford County, according to the Journal and Letters of Francis Asbury, Vol 1, page 575, edited by Dr. Elmer J. Clark in 1958. Ayers' Chapel closed around 1879 and the chapel became Ayers' School and survived until sometime in the 1930's. This Ayers' farm also contained a family cemetery of 1/8th acre according to the 24 Dec 1851 deed. [3]
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Pat Dobson, Feb 18, 2012
- ↑ Bedford Co. Court Order book 9 page 317 - Oct 1789 John Ayers granted license to perform marriages as Methodist preacher. From PAC notes GLR 24 FEB 1994 [Although there are "sources" on this gedcom, they are not evidentiary, and no key is given to the phrase "PAC notes from GLR." KP
- ↑ This Biography is from Note: @N7918@ from Ancestry.com.
- See Also:
- Pat Dobson, firsthand knowledge.
- User ID: 824F113DBED04667AB2445CF793C0DEAE994
Acknowledgements
- This person was created through the import of Shortened files.ged on 30 December 2010.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~0.78%
Richard Bird
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~0.78%
Timothy Cart :
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member timcart2009
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~0.78%
Pat (Campbell) Dobson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
K Trotter :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member trotter2047
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~0.78%
Tom Waring :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A319927 [compare], Ancestry member RDOUGMATTHEWS
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Jennifer Campbell :
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~0.78%
Robert Bowman :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Bill Wallander :
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~0.78%
Nancy (Leftwich) Essman :
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch TJ2996788 [compare], yourDNAportal NAN860ca6eb
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~0.78%
Sherrie Mitchell :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T474191 [compare], FTDNA kit #797088
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Nancy (Zipper) Dotson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T044185 [compare], FTDNA kit #354455
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~0.78%
Ken Flippin :
MyHeritage DNA
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I know her first name was Hannah but would like a source for her maiden name as Little. Pat Dobson