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John AYERS

John AYERS

Male 1657 - 1743  (85 years)

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  • Name John AYERS 
    Born 14 May 1657  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Constable, Farmer, Maltster, planter 
    Died 19 Apr 1743  Stonington, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I36376  Main
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2010 

    Father Thomas AYER,   b. 9 Nov 1626, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1671, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth HUTCHINS,   b. Abt 1636, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 11 May 1710, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Married 1 Apr 1656  Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10998  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah TRAVERS,   b. 3 Jan 1661, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1747, Stonington, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 13 Sep 1683  Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. John Travers AYERS,   b. 18 Apr 1688, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1760, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    Last Modified 11 May 2019 
    Family ID F12747  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 May 1657 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 13 Sep 1683 - Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • 1694 - John bought one hundred acres of land in what was then Preston, CT. He returned to Haverhill to collect his wife and children, and settled by the following summer. settling first at Stonington and later at Groton. Their first five children were born in Haverhill; the younger four were born in CT.
      1695 living in Haverhill
      1696 John Ayer of Groton, alias Stonington Connecticut and Hannah, his wife, "only surviving daughter of Daniel Travis of Boston" sign a deed, from which it appears that Travis had three daughters, of whom Sarah died without issue and Esther married John Barnard.
      An acccident deprived him of one arm.


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023