Mary (Ayers) Fenderson (1734 - aft. 1800)

Born 1734 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Wife of Nathaniel Fenderson Sr. — married 11 Jul 1754 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine

Descendants

Died after 1800 after age 66 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine

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Biography

No parents for Mary Ayre/Ayres have yet been discovered. A note left by Fenderson descendant years long Fenderson researcher LaRee Madsen dated 21 January 2021 at Familysearch states, "Do not merge with Mary Ayers (KZBM-H63) d/o John and Mary (Hunking) Ayers who died 21 Nov 1754 per her father's Bible record. Our Mary (parents unknown) had 5 children after the 21 Nov 1754 death of John Ayers' daughter, Mary." Despite this note, someone HAS merged her with those 'parents'.

She marries (or perhaps remarries?) to our now (or nearly) widowed Nathaniel Fenderson on 11 July 1754 at Scarborough, Maine^[1]

Children of Nathaniel and Mary Ayers^[2]

1. William b 1755 Scarboro, md Anna McKenny,

2. John b 15 July 1756 md 15 November 1781, Sarah Kenney; d 24 June 1852,

3. Pelatiah b 1757 md 18 October 1782, Elizabeth Foss, d 9 May 1837,

4. Hypsabeth md 1 June 1784 Pelatiah Foss,

5. Frances md 9 June 1786 David Sinclair,

6. Thomas b 1764 md 20 December 1791, Mary Fly

Her death likely occurred after the 1800 census ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage Records, Second Congregational Church, Scarboro, Maine 1729-1800 found at Familysearch, Danbury House, P.O. Box 253, Oakland, Maine 04963, LDS FHL call no. US/CAN 974.1 A1 no. 55, p. 1 (for entry under surname Ayers & p. 6 for entry under Finlayson). Note - The same information is found in Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, p. 229.
2. ↑ A "Memory" left at Familysearch by cousin Linda C. Olsen 22 May 2022 which she credits to Eben Dunham Wiswell's "15 Generations of Americans", but I believe this is data that she and cousin LaRee Madsen compiled through their years of research of the Fenderson line. Certainly this data was compiled from a number of sources.
3. ↑ note left with death information by cousin/descendant LaRee Madsen dated 21 January 2021 at Familysearch stating, "I Have found no death information; however, the family lived at Scarborough and are enumerated on the 1790 and 1800 USC with a female in the home to equal the correct ages for Mary as the mother in the home. I don't find any record indicating her after 1800."