John Ayers Jr
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John Ayers Jr (abt. 1620 - abt. 1694)

1SGT John Ayers Jr aka Eyer, Ayres
Born about in Newbury, West Berkshire Unitary Authority, Berkshire, Englandmap [uncertain]
Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , and
Husband of — married 5 May 1646 in Haverhill, Norfolk, Massachusetts Baymap
Husband of — married 26 Mar 1663 in Haverhill, Essex, MAmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , and
Died about at about age 73 in Massachusetts Bay Colonymap [uncertain]
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Contents

Biography

Birth & Origin

John Ayers Jr was born on May 5, 1616, in Newbury, West Berkshire Unitary Authority, Berkshire, England

Parents

Johns father was John Ayer Sr. (abt.1582-1657) and his mother was Hannah (Unknown) Ayer (abt.1598-1688)

Siblings

1st Marriage

Children

2nd Marriage

Children

Life

""In 1645 he was one of Haverhill's thirty-two land owners and in 1650 his property was valued at 80.

His name repeatedly appears in Haverhill records in connection with lands and in 1660 he built a new house.

He was a famous hunter and trapper and his skill and sagacity in woodcraft equaled that of the Indians with whom he was in a constant rivalry that not infrequently amounted to open warfare.

"About 1665 a serious trouble with the natives obliged him in order to save his life to remove secretly and without his family to Connecticut where he settled in what is now known as Ayers Gap, in the vicinity of Franklin, where he lived by himself pursuing his favorite vocation and many traditions of his adventures with Indians and wild beasts form the theme of stories related of him by his posterity.

These tales delineate him as a man of great endurance, heroic fortitude, and striking eccentricities.

"Just before his death his son Joseph joined his father in Connecticut bringing with him his children Joseph and Timothy.

Their descendants still remain in Franklin.

John Eyer of Haverhill and his wife Mary conveyed land in Haverhill, to his brother Obediah Eyer of Haverhill on 11 July 1666.[2]

Death Location

Haverhill, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Burial

Pentucket Cemetery, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts[3]

John Eyer of Haverhill and his wife Sarah conveyed land in Haverhill, left to John by his deceased father John Eyer, to Obediah Eyer of Haverhill on 18 May 1659.[2]

Bio Notes

Was John Ayer II born in Wiltshire, England on December 3, 1620, and Christened on February 1621 in Wanborough, Wiltshire, England?

In 1630 John Ayer's father, who is named John Ayer I, and John's Mother Hannah, Immigrated to Salisbury, Massachusetts, then soon moved to Ipswich, Massachusetts, and then on to Haverhill, Massachusetts.

John Ayers II being an early settler in the West Parish of Haverhill, first married Sarah Williams, a daughter of John Williams, and had five children.

Secondly, John married Mary (Wooddam) Ayer (abt.1634-aft.1694) and had a son named Samuel Ayer (bef.1670-1670).

The Essex Antiquarian

[4]John Ayer was a farmer and lived in Haverhill until 1679, when he removed to Ipswich, dying between 1694 and 1711. He married, first, Sarah Williams May 5, 1646. She died July 25, 1662; and he married, second, Mary Wooddam March 26, 1663. She was his wife in 1694.

Children born in Haverhill:

  1. John, b. March 18, 1647/8; lived in Andover, being deceased 19: 7: 1683; probably m. Mary ___, and had a son Samuel die at Andover Sept. 5, 1670.
  2. Zachariah, b. Oct. 24, 1650; husbandman; lived in Andover in 1680 and in Newbury in 1696; m. Elizabeth Chase of Newbury June 27, 1678; he served in King Philip’s war in 1676.
  3. Nathaniel, b. March 13, 1654/5
  4. Joseph, b. March 16, 1658/9.
  5. Sarah, b. Jan 17, 1661; perhaps m. Henry Collins of Lynn.-

Research Notes

Erroneous birth date: Note that there are some databases which give a birth date for 1 Nov 1633 in Haverhill. This is actually the birth date for his brother Peter.

Sources

  1. ↑ The history of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman family in America ..., Volume 2 By Ebenezer Mack Treman." [page 1173].
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sidney Perley, ed., "Old Norfolk County Records", The Essex Antiquarian, VII (Salem, Mass: January 1903), No 1, 32, Digital Image Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/essexantiquarianv7v8sale#page/n79/mode/2up : accessed 21 October 2017).
  3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119113993/john-ayer
  4. ↑ The Essex Antiquarian $Ancestry Record
  • The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts[1]
  • John Ayer in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [2]
  • Massachusetts, U.S., Town, and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for John Ayres Book Title: A Genealogical Record of the Corliss Family of America
  • Massachusetts, U.S., Town, and Vital Records,1620-1988 for John Ayres Ipswich Town Records [3]
  • Find A Grave, database, and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 March 2019), memorial page for John Ayer (5 May 1616–2 Aug 1675), Find A Grave Memorial no. 119113993, citing Pentucket Cemetery, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Greg Volk (contributor 48138686)
  • Repository: R1 Name: Family History Library Address: 35 N West Temple Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA Address 1: 35 N West Temple Street Address 2: Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA

See also:

  1. Treman, Tremaine, Truman family in America Title: The History of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman family in America Author: Ebenezer M. Treman Publication: Ithaca, N.Y.: Press of the Ithaca Democrat, c. 1901 Note: Alternative repository: Google Books, Repository: Name: R. Steven Turley Address: R. Steven Turley1481 W. 1170 North Provo, UT 84604 United States Phone Number: 801-377-5668 Phone Number: 801-372-1935 Call Number: Book 929.273 T72t Italicized: Y Parenthetical: Y Treman Person No. 538001 & 538020.
  2. Genealogy & Family History - Maine Title: George Thomas Little, A. M., Litt. D., Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York 1909) Subsequent Source Citation Format: George Thomas Little, A. M., Litt. D., Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine BIBL George Thomas Little, A. M., Litt. D. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine. Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York 1909. Text: "Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine", George Thomas Little, A. M., Litt. D., Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York 1909 TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE George Thomas Little, A. M., Litt. D., Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York 1909) FIELD Name: ShortFootnote VALUE George Thomas Little, A. M., Litt. D.,
  3. Corliss, Augustus. Genealogical Record of the Corliss Family of America (Yarmouth, Maine, 1875) Page 240




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M Cole
Ayer-642 and Ayers-390 appear to represent the same person because: Same parents, name, biographical facts
posted by M Cole
Griffith-6595 Patrick Griffith
John and Hannah (_____) Ayer had only one son John: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ayers-390.

In addition, there is no birth record for a John Ayer in Haverhill in 1633. The earliest Ayer birth recorded in Haverhill is the son of Ayers-390, John, b. 18 March 1647/48.

posted on Ayer-642 (merged) by Patrick Griffith
Griffith-6595 Patrick Griffith
It was the John who married Susanna Symonds who d. 2 August 1675 (in Brookfield, not Haverhill; all reference to Susanna Symonds should be removed, except perhaps a note distinguishing the two men).

It was John's son Joseph who removed to Franklin; I can find no evidence that John ever did (despite Ebenezer Treman's story, which also has John dying in 1675 at Brookfield).

In any case, John was of Ipswich in March 1693/94 when he sold to his son Nathaniel, of Haverhill, all his right, title and interests of lands, commonages, etc., and to Robert Swan, Jr., of Haverhill, three hundred acres lying on the north side of the Merrimack River purchased of Jonathan Danforth, wife Mary consenting (Essex Deeds, Vol. XIX; XI).

posted by Patrick Griffith
Griffith-6595 Patrick Griffith
John Ayres died after 28 March 1682 when he took oath on the inventory of his mother in law Mary Wooddam's estate.

Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.): https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/14204/30566-co2/37456312

ETA:

25 September 1683, John Aares of Ipswich took oath on the inventory of the estate of his son John Aires of Andover. Debts due from the estate include one to his brother Zachery. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YR-HL8F)

posted by Patrick Griffith
edited by Patrick Griffith
[Living Trogstad]
I would like to ask you to reconsider the merging of Ayer-642 and Ayres-686. These two profiles are similar and need to be modified once the merge is done. Ayer-642 has sources that are solely based on Ancestory tree information, and though it may be they are applicable it is true there should be more definitive sources. So I'm told.
posted on Ayer-642 (merged) by [Living Trogstad]
[Living Trogstad]
Ayers-390 and Ayres-686 appear to represent the same person because: Are these two mergable?
posted by [Living Trogstad]
Mills-7869 Philip (Mills) Broughton-Mills
Ayres-686 and Ayers-2077 appear to represent the same person because: Both son of John Ayers & Hannah Evered.
posted by Philip (Mills) Broughton-Mills
Dane-173 Kyle Dane
I see that a merge was proposed and rejected at one point between Ayers-686 and Ayer-642, but I don't see any notes as to why it was rejected. I would like to propose that that potential merge be reconsidered, with deference given to the facts on Ayers-686 since that profile is well-documented and Ayer-642 is unsourced.
posted by Kyle Dane
Hargrave-105 Elizabeth Hargrave
There are two books that describe John Ayer/Ayers, and I suspect the second one has accidentally included the death record of the other John Ayers.

1. John Ayers (our Ayres-616) married Susannah Symonds, moved from Ipswich to Brookfield Mass in 1672, was killed 8/3/1675 in a skirmish with Indians at Brookfield, Susannah died 1682. https://archive.org/stream/recordofdescenda00byuwhit#page/8/mode/2up

2. John Ayer (our Ayres-686) born 1623, married Sarah Williams 1646 then Mary Woddam 1663, lived in Haverhill MA, then moved to CT because of Indians. This book says he was killed 8/3/1675 in a skirmish with Indians at Brookfield, but why would he be 50 miles from his home in CT? https://books.google.com/books?id=OzlZAAAAMAAJ&dq=inauthor%3A%22Ebenezer%20Mack%20Treman%22&pg=PA1173#v=onepage&q=john%20ayres&f=false

posted by Elizabeth Hargrave
Hargrave-105 Elizabeth Hargrave
Ok, I agree the same guy was likely not simulatneously married to Sarah Williams and Susannah Symonds.

So, it makes sense to have one (Ayres-686) married to Sarah Williams, and the other (Ayres-616) married to Susannah Symonds (Symonds-411). I removed Susannah as the wife on this profile to avoid future confusion like mine.

I also suspect the death info on this record may be incorrect -- I suspect it's only Ayres-616 who died in a skirmish with the Indians on 8/3/1675.

posted by Elizabeth Hargrave
Dexter-600 David Dexter
In reference to the record below, I concur with Carol Parente.

Ayre s 616 and Ayres 686 are not a match.

https://archive.org/stream/recordofdescenda00byuwhit#page/8/mode/2up

posted by David Dexter
Sheila Stahl
John was killed in 1675 and Susanna lived until 1682/3. I don't see how John could have had any other wife than Susanna. She, as his widow, presented an inventory of his estate in Salem and said I have seven sons and one daughter.
posted by Sheila Stahl
Carol (Dexter) Parente
I am asking... there seem to be multiple wives associated with this person. Susanna (Symonds) Ayers is listed as the wife of Capt. John Ayers-616 with good documentation. Her record shows the same offspring as the Sarah (Williams) Ayers also listed here.

There are also two Sarahs listed as wives. Can anyone help with this?

posted by Carol (Dexter) Parente
Carol (Dexter) Parente
Ayres-616 and Ayres-686 are not ready to be merged because: Ayers 686 has marriage data not consistant with Ayers 616. There are multiple marriages that need to be researched before a merger is done.
posted by Carol (Dexter) Parente

Rejected matches › Michael Ayers (abt.1764-abt.1792) › John Ayres (aft.1615-1675) › John Ayres Jr. (abt.1648-1711) › John Ayres (1632-aft.1702)

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