Martha (Lyon) Ayer (1810 - 1892)

Born 17 Aug 1810 in Middlebury, Addison, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Died 22 May 1892 at age 81 in Romeo, Bruce Township, Macomb, Michigan, United States

Biography

This profile is part of the Lyon Name Study.

Martha was born in 1810, in Vermont. She was the daughter of Amos Lyon and Abigail Greenwood. ^[1]

Martha married Alvin Bacon Ayer, from Maine, on 25 October 1835.^[2]

In 1850, the family is living in Lincoln, Penobscot, Maine. Alvin was a a millman.^[3]

In 1870, the family has relocated to Bruce, Macomb, Michigan. Living with the family is Martha'a sister Abigail.^[4]

Martha passed away at age 82, on 22 May 1892 and is buried in the Romeo Cemetery.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Lyons, Albert Brown; Lyon Memorial; Massachusetts Families, Including Descendants of the Immigrants William Lyon, of .. Pub: 1905, W. Graham Print Co. Pages 351-353 https://archive.org/details/lyonmemorialmas00lyongoog/page/n418/mode/1up?view=theater
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC99-83K : 10 November 2020), Martha Lyon in entry for Alvin B. Ayer, 25 Oct 1835; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VQ-KNG : 22 December 2020), Martha Ayer in household of Alvin B Ayer, Lincoln, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCQ-CQF : 2 January 2021), Martha Ayer in entry for Alvin B Ayer, 1870.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 16 May 2021), memorial page for Martha Lyon Ayer (17 Aug 1810–22 May 1892), Find A Grave: Memorial #9754451, citing Romeo Cemetery, Romeo, Macomb County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Lisa Feltz (contributor 46849359).

See also:

• Greenwood, Frederick, 1850-; Thurston, Brown, 1814-1900 Greenwood genealogies, 1154-1914 : the ancestry and descendants of Thomas Greenwood, of Newton, Massachusetts; Nathaniel and Samuel Greenwood, of Boston, Massachusetts; John Greenwood, of Virginia, and many later arrivals in America, also the early history of the Greenwoods in England, and the arms they used Pub: 1914, New York; Lyons Genealogical Co.; Page 266 https://archive.org/details/greenwoodgenealo00gree/page/n347/mode/1up?view=theater