Jane Ayer (1783 - abt. 1812)

Born 1783 in Newfield, York, Maine,

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Died about 1812 at about age 29 in Newfield, York, Maine

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Biography

Jane was born in about 1783 in Saco, Maine. She was the daughter of Elisha Ayer and Mary (McLellan) Ayer. ^[1]

She married Winborn Adams Drew about 1805.

She passed away about 1812. She is listed on her husband's cemetery record with the Nathan Hale Collection.^[2] However, her death is listed as 1842 which is believed to be an error in reading the old stone, as her death reportedly occurred in 1812. Her age on that burial record is reported as 29 years which would result in a birth year of 1813 if the 1842 death year were correct. Since she reportedly married about 1805, a birth year of 1813 is obviously incorrect. However, if her age has been reported accurately, and subtracted from 1812, we have a birth year of 1783 which is consistent with the dates originally recorded on this profile.

One of these children, Winborn, married a girl named Jane Drew. It's possible her death information was taken from the Nathan Hale record, erroneously, and used the already erroneous date of death.

There are four children listed on Winborn Drew's FindAGrave Memorial.^[3]

Marriages: 8 June 1806.^[4][5][6]

7 November 1801 in Newfield, York, Maine

Spouse: Hosea Lord

Spouse: Winborn Drew

Jane died at the age of about 29 on 24 September 1812 in Newfield, Maine. "Sept 24th 1812 Then departed this life Mrs Jane Drew wife of lieutenant Winborn A. Drew^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Family Search Fan Chart
2. ↑ "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch ( : 1 March 2021), Winborn A Drew, 1859; citing Newfield, York, Maine, United States, Drew Plot Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,315,193.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (: accessed 07 January 2023), memorial page for Winborn Adams Drew (2 Apr 1782–16 Oct 1859), Find A Grave: Memorial #142863053, citing Drew-Stinson Cemetery, Newfield, York County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Jacki Earp, Weymouth, Massachusetts (contributor 47755371).
4. ↑ Marriages: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 March 2019), memorial page for Winborn Adams Drew (2 Apr 1782–16 Oct 1859), Find A Grave Memorial no. 142863053, citing Drew-Stinson Cemetery, Newfield, York County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Jacki Earp, Weymouth, Massachusetts (contributor 47755371) . [1]. (accessed before 7 January 2023)
5. ↑ Marriages: History of the town of Durham, New Hampshire : (Oyster River Plantation) with genealogical notes. (accessed before 7 January 2023)
6. ↑ Marriages: "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-7QF4 : 16 March 2018), Winborn A Drew, 1859; citing Newfield, York, Maine, United States, Drew Plot Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,315,193. [2]. (accessed before 7 January 2023)
7. ↑ Death: "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register: Vols. 37-52 (1883-98)" New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1943 - New England, pages 367 & 368 & 370 [3]. (accessed before 7 January 2023)

See also:

• "Early Families of Newfield, Maine" by Ruth Bridges Ayer, published by Penobscott Press, Rockport, Maine, 1995 , pages 15 & 421
• "Maine Cemetery Inscriptions Vol. 2-York County" by Maine Old Cemetery Association Special Publication No. 1., published by Picton Press, Camden, ME, age 1995, page 1295
• New England Historic and Genealogical Register # 98, p. 57
• by Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn, 1850-1927; Thompson, Lucien, b. 1859; Meserve, Winthrop Smith, 1838- , Publication date [1913], Topics Durham (N.H.) -- History, Durham (N.H.) -- Genealogy, Publisher [Durham? N.H.] : Published by vote of the town, Collection University_of_New_Hampshire_Library; blc; Americana, Digitizing sponsor and Contributor University of New Hampshire Library, page 147 & 148 & 153[4] and [5] and [6]