Robert Stedham Smith Ayres (1850)

Born 4 Jun 1850 in Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Robert was born in 1850. He is the son of Sylvanus Ayres and Eliza Fisher.

Somerset County Historical Quarterly Volume 8 published 1919 Contributors: Abraham Van Doren Honeyman, Somerset County Historical Society (N.J.) Page 156[1]

6. JOHN, b. Feb. 17, 1734 (bapt. Mar. 24 at New Brunswick); d. May 18,1814; married., Nov. 27, 1758, Margaret McCrea, who was b. Apr. 17, 1737, and d. June 14, 1819. Probably she was closely related to James McCrea, the hatter, who resided in Bound Brook in 1769. (See QUARTERLY, Vol. VII, p. 97, footnote). In 1778 he was living on a farm owned by his father, and doubtless always lived near Bound Brook. He also served in the Revolutionary War as a private, but we do not know his full record.

As to John's children, we at present only know of two. One, Minne, is mentioned in his grandfather's (Hendrick's) will. He maybe the Minne Fisher who m. (license dated) Jan. 19, 1787, Mary Blaine, but what became of him seems to be unknown. The other known son was Hendrick, who m. Mary Brokaw; no date yet obtained. Nor do we know who Hendrick's children were, except one, Eliza Ellen, who was b. Feb. 8, 1810; d. Aug. 16, 1892; m., Jan. 5, 1831, Sylvanus Ayers, of Bound Brook, who was b. May 7, 1807, and d. Mar. 28, 1885. His ch. were (order unknown to the writer): Sylvanus Ayers, Jr., who m . Emma Lilly Coryell; William Henry Ayers, who m. Anna D. Staats; Eugene Ayers, who m. R. Annie Baldwin; Julia Ayers, who m. Peres Bonney, Jr.; Theresa S. Ayers, who m. Abraham V. Nelson; Robert Ayers; and Jane Agnes Ayers, who m. Ferdinand V. Rockafellow, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

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• Somerset County Historical Quarterly Volume 8 published 1919 Contributors: Abraham Van Doren Honeyman, Somerset County Historical Society (N.J.).pdf https://books.google.com/books?id=wg1JAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA156&lpg=PA156&dq=Margaret+McCrea+on+November+27,+1758&source=bl&ots=ZWJuveYoeI&sig=QZUAgO76PnjHHDlebvT4E15qiHw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjFoqeRirDPAhUD4CYKHaw_AfsQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=Margaret%20McCrea%20on%20November%2027%2C%201758&f=false