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• Immigrant?: Y

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THOMAS, Haverhill 1646, prob. s. of John the first, m. 1 Apr. 1656, Elizabeth d. prob. of John Hutchins, may have rem. to Newhury, there had John, b. 12 May 1657; Elizabeth 23 Dec. 1659; Mary, 22 Mar. 1661; Love, 15 Apr. 1663; tw. s. 16 Jan. 1665, both d. soon; Thomas, 9 June 1666; and Hannah, 11 July 1671; and was freem. 1666 and d. 15 July 1671.«s3»

Thomas married Elizabeth HUTCHINS on 1 Apr 1656 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth was born about 1636 in England; died before 11 May 1710 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John AYERS was born on 14 May 1657 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 19 Apr 1743 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
2. Mary AYER was born on 22 Mar 1660 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 29 May 1739 in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire.

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• Also Known As: AYERS, AYRE
• Noteworthy: Survived a hurricane during the voyage to the New World
• Immigrant?: Y
• Info Unproven: Y
• Migration: 5 Apr 1635, “James”

Notes:

John Ayer, immigrant ancestor, was born in England and settled first in Salisbury, Massachusetts, as early as 1640, when he was a proprietor of that town. He sold his house and lands and removed to the adjacent town of Haverhill about 1647.
He was a proprietor in 1648-49 and bought various parcels of land. He was a town officer and leading citizen. His sons, John, Jr., Robert and Thomas, were also proprietors in 1650.
He married Hannah who died at an advanced age, October 8, 1688.
He died March 31. 1657. His will was dated March 12, 1656, and proved at Hampton, October 6, 1657. He bequeathed to his wife Hannah; sons John, Thomas, Robert, Obadiah, Peter and Nathaniel; daughters Hannah, Rebecca and Mary. John had the homestead.

Children:
i. John, resided at Haverhill and Ipswich, m1, May 5, 1646, Sarah Williams, m2, March 26, 1663, Mary Wooddam.
2. Rebecca, m, October 8, 1648, John Aslet, at Newbury.
3. Sergeant Robert, born about 1625, m, February 27, 1650, Elizabeth Palmer.
4. Thomas, resided in Haverhill; m, April 1, 1656, Elizabeth Hutchins.
5. Peter, born about 1633.
6. Mary, born 1634.
7. Obadiah, lived in Haverhill, and removed 1669 to Woodbridge, New Jersey; m, March 19, 1660-61, Hannah Pike.
8. Nathaniel, m, May 10, 1670, Tamesin Turloar at Haverhill.
9. Hannah, born December 21, 1644, m Salisbury, March 24, 1662-63, Stephen Webster.
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JOHN, Salisbury 1640, had Hannah, b. 21 Dec. 1644, rem. to Ipswich 1646, Haverhill 1647, there d. 31 Mar. 1657. His will of 12 Mar. pro. 6 Oct. foll. names w. Hannah, ch. John; Nathaniel; Hannah, wh. m. 24 Mar. 1663, Stephen Webster; Rebecca; Mary; Obadiah; Robert; Thomas; and Peter.
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This John Ayers is not Capt John Ayres of Brookfield, who was killed by Indians.
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The immigrant John Ayer was said to have come from England, arriving on The James in 1635 with his wife Hannah and their first 4 children - Thomas, Rebecca, Robert, and Peter.

On June 3, 1635, John Ayer set sail for the New World with his family, including his two brothers-in-law, John and Stephen, aboard the ship James. As they approached New England, a hurricane struck, and they were forced to ride it out just off the coast of modern-day Hampton, New Hampshire. According to the ship's log and the journal of Increase Mather, whose father Richard Mather and family were passengers, the following was recorded;

"At this moment,... their lives were given up for lost; but then, in an instant of time, God turned the wind about, which carried them from the rocks of death before their eyes. ...her sails rent in sunder, and split in pieces, as if they had been rotten ragges..."

They tried to stand down during the storm just outside the Isles of Shoals, but lost all three anchors, as no canvas or rope would hold, but on Aug 13, 1635, torn to pieces, and not one death, all one hundred plus passengers of the James managed to make it to Boston Harbor.

John married Hannah MNU about 1620 in Cockfield, Durham, England. Hannah was born in 1598 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 8 Oct 1688 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Pentucket Cemetery, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married Name: AYER
• Immigrant?: Y
• Info Unproven: Y

Notes:

Parents unknown
Hannah was NOT the daughter or sister of John EVERED alias WEBB.

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• Info Unproven: Y

Notes:

Alternate spellings: Aars, Aers, Ahheayrs, Ahheire, Aier, Aiere, Aiers, Air, Aires. Airs, Ares, Aries, Ayeres. Ayers, Ayhaire, Ayre, Ayres, Eaire, Eairs, Eares, Eayer, Wayr, Eayre, Eires, Eyer, Eyers, Eyre, Eyres and Heires.
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According to Thorpe's catalog of the legendary deeds of Battle Abbey, and W. E. Lincoln's genealogy of the Lincoln family, the traditional origin of this surname took place on the battlefield at Hastings in 1066 when Duke William was flung from his horse and his helmet driven into his face. One of his followers, Truelove, saw the accident, pulled off the helmet and re-horsed him. The Duke said to him, "Thou shalt hereafter from Truelove be called Eyre (Air) because thou hast given me the air I breathe." When William inquired about him later he found him severely wounded, his leg and thigh struck off. He ordered the finest care and later awarded him lands in Derby as well as "the leg and thigh in armour, cut off, for his crest, and this honorable badge is still worn by all the Eyres in England."

Mr. Lincoln as well as other authorities also cite another possible, and more prosaic, origin, simply "the heir". The addition of the final s produces "s/o the heir". A common 13th century variation of the name was Le Heyer or Le Ayer. Other forms seen are Ayre, Aire, Eyer, Eire, and Hayers. Coat of Arms: Argent on a chevron sa 4 foils. Crest: Leg in Armour couped at thigh, and spur.
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Thomas married Elizabeth ROGERS on 16 Apr 1577 in St Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Rev John ROGERS and Elizabeth WEBB) was born about 1549 in Poole, Dorsetshire, England; died on 24 Dec 1612 in St Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Questions: Several children were born before the marriage - was there a previous marriage?
• Info Unproven: Y

Notes:

m1 George MOWERY in 1573
Children by Thomas EYRE:
15 children; 9 sons and 6 daughters. 
Sons:
1 Robert Eyre. Eldest Son. 
2 1572 Giles Eyre of Brickworth, Wiltshire. Second son. 
3 1573 Nicholas Eyre. 
4 Thomas Eyre. Fourth son. Mayor of Salisbury in 1610. 
5 1578 Christopher Eyre. Of London. 
6 1582 John Eyre. 
7 William Eyre. Youngest son. MP for Downton in 1640. 
8 Melior Eyre. 
9 Francis Eyre. 
Daughters:
1 Elizabeth Eyre. Married Giles Tooker of Maddington, Wiltshire. Eldest daughter.
2 Anne Eyre. Married John Swayne of Gunville, Dorset. 
3 Rebecca Eyre. Married John Love of Basing. 
4 Catherine Eyre. Married Thomas Hooper of Boveridge, Dorset. 
5 Eilynor Eyre. 
6 Unknown Eyre. [Possibly Jane Ayer.]

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• Occupation: Mayor of Salisbury
• Info Unproven: Y

Robert married Jame TOURNEY in 1539 in Poole, Dorsetshire, England. Jame was born in 1519 in New Sarum, Wilthsire, England; died on 6 Oct 1606 in Hollingdon, Soulbury, Buckinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Info Unproven: Y

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• Also Known As: The Martyr
• Clergy: Y
• Info Unproven: Y

Notes:

The Rev. John Rogers was a Roman Catholic Priest who abandoned the Roman Catholic faith, to promote Protestantism. He published the first English Bible under the pseudonym Thomas Matthews.
After taking charge of a Protestant congregation in Wittenberg for some years, Rogers returned to England in 1548.
In 1550, he became Rector of St. Margaret Moyses and in the following year he was made Vicar of St. Sepulchre in London.
In 1551 he was made a prebendary.
In April, 1552, his family were naturalized under a special act of Parliament.
He continued his church work until the accession of Queen Mary to the throne, when on Sunday after her triumphal entry into London 16 July, 1553, he preached a sermon at St. Paul's Cross commending the "true doctrine taught in King Edward's days,," and warning his listeners against "pestilent Popery.” He was summoned before the council and put under house arrest. He never preached again.
In January 1554, Bonner, the new bishop of London, sent him to Newgate Prison where he remained for about a year.
On 22 January 1555, Rogers and other Protestant preachers were brought before the Privy Council and examined. Cardinal Pole, on 28 January 1555, ordered a commission to proceed against persons liable to prosecution under the statutes against heresy, and six days later through sanction of the Council, Rogers was condemned and sentenced as an excommunicated heretic, to be burned to death at the stake at Smithfield. This sentence was carried out the morning of Monday 4 February 1555.
He was not allowed to spend any time with his wife and children before he died, although they were forced to watch him being burned at the stake. He had been offered a pardon if he would renounce Protestantism, but with holy scorn he utterly refused it.
He was the first Protestant martyr of Mary's reign.
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Rev. John Rogers was a sixth generation Rogers who chose to become a clergyman. He was born at the family home 'Deritend'. He was educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated with a B.A. in 1526. He was then chosen to the Cardinal's College at Oxford and soon went into holy orders in the Roman Catholic Church. On 26 December 1532, he became Rector of the Church of Holy Trinity in the city of London and served two years. He resigned in 1534 and went to Antwerp as chaplain to the English merchants. Here he met William Tyndale, under whose influence he abandoned the Roman Catholic faith and, in 1536, married Adriana Pratt alias 'de Weedy' (a surname which means 'meadow', in Latin "Prata," but anglicized into Pratt). They had eleven children - 8 sons and 3 daughters.

John married Elizabeth WEBB in 1536 in Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium. Elizabeth was born about 1511 in Brabant, Antwerp, Belgium; died on 8 Aug 1572 in Smithfield, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married Name: ESTCOURT
• Info Unproven: Y

Notes:

d/o William WEBB & Catherine ABOROW
m2 Gyles ESTCOURT, Esq