Family/Spouse: Anne DOTY. Anne was born on 28 Apr 1739 in Somerset County, New Jersey; died on 3 Jun 1828 in Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ezekial AYERS was born about 1777 in Somerset County, New Jersey; died before 18 Jun 1807 in Fayette, Fayette, Pennsylvania.

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• Also Known As: AYERS
• Religion: Quaker
• Will Notes: Last Will and Testament of Nathaniel Ayers Signed 3 September 1776 and proved 22 May 1777 [The clerk did not indicate the date on which this entry was recorded.]   Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Deeds & Wills Book Number 5 (1767-1780), page 435-436:   In the Name of God Amen. I Nathaniel Ayers of the County of Halifax and Colony of Virginia do make and appoint this my last Will and Testament prohibiting all other Wills or Testaments before the date hereof and First I do Recommend my Soul to God who Gave it and my Body to the Dust to be burried in decent & Christain Order, and for my Worldly Estate to be in the following Manner at my Decease. I do Will that all my moveables and Lands that I have Shall be Sold for Money and I do Dispose of it as Followeth among my Children to my Eldest Son Thomas Ayers I give forty pounds in Lue of all my Lands that he may inherit none of my Land and to my Son Moses Ayers I give Forty pounds which I own my self Justly indebted to him, and to my beloved Wife Rhody Ayers a Third part of all the Rest of my Estate and what shall Remain Over and above her Thirds I do dispose of as followeth and first I Give and bequeath to Patience Jones my Grand Daughter five pounds and also I Give and bequeath to Mary Ayres the Daughter of Moses Ayres Ten pounds and also I give and bequeath to my Son Rogimalich Baker Ayres Twenty five pounds and the rest of my Estate to be Divided in Ten Equal parts and I Give to Moses Ayres two parts and also to my Son Daniel Ayres two parts more out of the Ten parts and the Six parts that Still Remain shall equally be divided between my Daughter Yanake Payne and my Son Regimalich Baker Ayres and Thomas Ayres my Eldest Son and my two sons Thomas Ayres and Moses Ayres Whom I appoint Ex'ors of this my Will in Trust to make to my Son Daniel Ayres a Good and Lawful Rite at my Death to a Certain piece of Land Containing Eighty & Six acres and an half Lying as followeth above the upper Double Creek Joining and Runing with Spurlocks line and to be Divided from the Rest of my Land by a Line Runing the Same Course of Spurlocks line that I Join, Which Land I have Given to him in Satisfaction for a plantation which he hath made for me and for the performance of the Rite of the said Land I have Given my Son Daniel Ayres a Bond of five Hundred pounds penalty and I desire that the Executors above mentioned do se that this my Last Will and Testament be done and performed according to the True intent and Meaning thereof In Witness whereof I the said Nathaniel Ayers have Set my hand & Seal to this my Last Will and Testament this Third Day of September in the year of our Lord God 1776   Signed Sealed and delivered by the Said Nathaniel Ayres as and for his Last Will and Testament in presents of us who were present at the signing and Sealing thereof   Nathaniel Ayers L S. [signature]   John Jones Jun'r William Lynch Charles Barnett   At a Court held for Pittsylvania County the 22d Day of May 1777 The Within Last Will and Testament of Nathaniel Ayres Deceased was Exhibited into Court by the Ex'ors therein named and proved by the Oaths of two of the Witnesses thereto and Ordered to be Recorded and on the Motion of the said Ex'ors who made Oath according to Law Certificate is Granted them for Obtaining a probate thereof in due form of Law. Giving Security Whereupon they Together with David Terry and William Lynch their Securitys entered into Bond and acknowledged the same according to Law. Test Will Tunstall Clk
• Parents Unproven: Y
• Info Unproven: Y
• Residence: Mar 1724, Baltimore County, Maryland
• Will Written: 3 Sep 1776, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

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Ancestor to President Bill J. CLINTON

Children:
Ruth Ayres b 2 Feb 1730/1 in Baltimore County, Maryland
John Ayres b 1 Mar 1731/2 in Baltimore County, Maryland
Thomas Ayres b 1 Jan 1733/4 in Baltimore County, Maryland
Yannaca Ayres b aft 1734 in Baltimore County, Maryland
Moses Ayres b aft 1734 in Baltimore County, Maryland
Daniel Ayres b aft 1734
Regimalich Baker Ayres b aft 1750
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He was named father of Lydia Crompton's illegitimate ch.; indicted to stand trial (to determine whether he was the child's father) Nov. 1724.
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No evidentiary basis for the Nathaniel Ayers born in Woodbridge, New Jersey, on 4 March 1700/1 to be this Nathaniel Ayers. Therefore, these parents are unproven.
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Nathaniel Ayers was granted 4 tracts of land in Baltimore County:
* Ayerses Lott - 100 acres, 26 Sep 1729. Sold to Jacob Bull on 8 Mar 1731.
* Ayers Desire – 28 acres, 23 July 1736. Sold to Charles Ridgeley on 25 Oct 1746.
* Nathaniel's Hope – 15 acres, 28 Sep 1745. Sold to Charles Ridgeley on 25 Oct 1746.
* Buck Range – 45 acres, 18 Oct 1745. No longer owned after 1754.
He purchased:
* Browns Lott – 100 acres granted to Benjamin Jones on 19 Feb 1732. Sold to Nathaniel Ayers on 10 Nov 1732. Nathaniel sold to Roland Vine on 27 Mar 1735.Nathaniel
 
On 16 Dec 1758, Nathaniel Ayres was accepted as a member of the Quakers.

Will Written:
Proven 22 May 1777

Nathaniel married Rhoda BAKER in 1729 in Baltimore County, Maryland. Rhoda (daughter of William BAKER and Elizabeth FLOYD) was born on 12 Apr 1708 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey; died in 1809 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Info Unproven: Y

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Children:
RUTH, b. 2 Feb. 1730
JOHN, b. 1 March 1731/2
THOMAS, b. 1 Jan. 1733/4

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• Info Unproven: Y

John married Mary WALKER on 24 Feb 1689 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Mary was born about 1663 in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts; died on 24 Oct 1739 in Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey; was buried in Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Questions: Who are her parents?
• Info Unproven: Y

Notes:

She is not the daughter of Francis WALKER and Elizabeth SOULE.

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• Occupation: Tailor
• Info Unproven: Y

Notes:

m1 Anne ORDWAY BUSWELL
m2 Elizabeth FLOYD

William married Elizabeth FLOYD on 10 Jan 1704 in St Anne, Prince Georges, Maryland. Elizabeth was born on 15 Oct 1681 in London, Middlesex, England; died in 1713 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigrant?: Y
• Info Unproven: Y

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d/o Thomas FLOYD

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• Immigrant?: Y
• Info Unproven: Y

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OBADIAH, Newbury, br. prob. of the first Nathaniel, by w. Hannah, d. of the sec. John Pike, had John, b. 2 Mar. 1663; Sarah, 5 Mar. 1665 d. next mo. a. s. b. 1 Nov. 1666, d. in few ds.; and Samuel, 13 Sept. 1667, d. in few wks.«s3»

Obadiah married Hannah PIKE on 19 Mar 1661 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of Capt John PIKE and Mary TURVELL) was born on 26 Apr 1643 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 30 May 1689 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey; was buried in First Presbyterian Churchyard, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigrant?: Y
• Info Unproven: Y

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Children:
John, b. 2 Mar 1663 at Newbury, Mass.
Sarah, b. 5 Mar 1665 at Newbury [sic Haverhill], Mass.; died in infancy.
Son [Timothy], b. 1 Nov. 1666 at Newbury [sic Haverhill], Mass.; died in infancy.
Samuel, b. 13 Sep 1667 at Newbury [sic Haverhill], Mass.; died in infancy.
Obadiah, [Jr], b. Oct 1670 at Woodbridge, N.J.
Joseph, b. 4 Apr 1674, at Woodbridge, N.J.
Thomas, b. 17 Dec 1675 at Woodbridge, N.J.
Mary, b. 16 Feb, 1680, at Woodbridge, N.J.; married Wm Ilsley.
Hannah [sic Sarah], b. 7 Sep [sic 13 Apr] 1683, at Woodbridge, N.J.
Sarah, b. 7 Sep 1685, at Woodbridge, N.J.

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• Also Known As: Maurice
• Immigrant?: Y
• Info Unproven: Y

Notes:

s/o John Maurice BAKER & Joan GREENFIELD

Morris married Elizabeth MNU. Elizabeth was born in 1650 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland; died on 10 Aug 1703 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Info Unproven: Y

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m1 William HILLS
m2 Maurice BAKER