Ebenezer Ayers (abt. 1770)

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Scott) Ayers — married 17 Apr 1796 in Machias, Washington, District of Maine, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Ebenezer Ayers was b c1770, perhaps a child of Maj. Ebenezer Ayer and Hannah Plaisted; ^[1] married at Machias, Maine (probable intentions, Dec 1895), ^{[2] [3]} 17 Apr 1796, Sarah "Sally" Scott, ^{[4] [5] [6]} born in that part of Machias later set off as East Machias, 23 Aug 1776, the daughter of Samuel Scott and Thankful Smith; ^[7]

From Dr. Bailey's, Early Baileyville, Maine, p. 52:

Research to date has not resulted in any coordinated data about the Ayres. ^[8] Ebenezer was one of the first ten [settlers] to come to Baileyville sometime before 1800. At that date, he was between 16 and 26, as was his wife. The only children they had were two girls under 10. No further information has been found.

In 1810, there was an Enoch Ayres in Baileyville, over 45, with no children. In Baileyville in 1850 [is] a Simeon Ayres, born in 1798 (about the time Ebenezer came to Baileyville). He had 10 children, the oldest one named James, who was born in 1828.

Whether these various Ayres constitute a family or not is not known. There were no Ayres in town between 1810 and the 1850 entry.

Sources

1. ↑ Grace Pilgrim Bloom, Ebenezer Ayers: His Book (Self-published, 1963, public domain, Google-digitized, 191 pages), p. 16ff.
2. ↑ Mrs. Beulah G. Jackman, Earliest Records of Machias, Maine (1767-1827) (Concord, NH, 1937?, 55 pages), p. 33
3. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F48P-8VQ : 4 December 2014), Ebenezer Ayers and Sally Scott, 01 Dec 1795; citing , reference 131; FHL microfilm 11,562.
4. ↑ Bloom, loc. cit.
5. ↑ Joseph Crook Anderson II, CG, FASG, Maine Families in 1790, Volume 7 (Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 36, Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, April 2001, 651 pages), p. 161
6. ↑ Memorial of the Centennial Anniversary of the Settlement of Machias (C.O. Furbush, Machias, 1863, 179 pages), p. 175
7. ↑ Jackman, op. cit., p. 13
8. ↑ But see Maine Families in 1790, 7:161, and Bloom, Ebenezer Ayers, His Book, referenced above.