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Maj Ebenezer AYER

Maj Ebenezer AYER

Male 1705 - 1763  (58 years)

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  • Name Ebenezer AYER 
    Prefix Maj 
    Born 18 Feb 1705  Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Yeoman 
    Military Event Served with Arnold in the Canada expedition through Maine 
    Military Flag Y 
    Died 3 Mar 1763  Salem, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Salem Center Burying Ground, Salem, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I6962  Main
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2023 

    Father Capt Samuel AYER,   b. 28 Sep 1669, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1744, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth TUTTLE,   b. 24 Nov 1670, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1752, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 21 Nov 1693  Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2434  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Susanna KIMBALL,   b. 25 May 1707, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 1749, Salem, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Married 29 Mar 1726  Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth AYER,   b. 15 Jan 1728, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1729  (Age 0 years)
     2. Tuttle AYER,   b. Apr 1734, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft May 1734, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     3. Ebenezer AYER,   b. 22 Mar 1727, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1786  (Age > 60 years)
     4. Sarah AYER,   b. 27 Oct 1730, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Philip AYER,   b. 28 Feb 1732, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1756, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
     6. Tuttle AYER,   b. 17 May 1735, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
    +7. Peter AYER,   b. 12 May 1737, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1805, Buxton, York, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    +8. Timothy AYER,   b. 16 Jul 1740, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1799, Buxton, York, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     9. John AYER,   b. 2 Apr 1744, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1812, Cornish, York, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     10. Joseph AYER,   b. 22 May 1747, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1840  (Age 92 years)
     11. Isaiah AYER,   b. 19 Sep 1749, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1772  (Age 23 years)
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2023 
    Family ID F2432  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth MORSE,   b. Abt 1715,   d. 2 Jan 1786, Salem, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Children 
     1. William AYER,   b. 23 May 1752, Salem, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Elizabeth AYER,   b. 28 Sep 1753, Salem, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Samuel AYER,   b. 1 Sep 1754, Salem, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Philip AYER,   b. 3 Nov 1758, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. John AYER,   b. Abt 1760, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2023 
    Family ID F2433  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Feb 1705 - Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 29 Mar 1726 - Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Mar 1763 - Salem, Rockingham, New Hampshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Salem Center Burying Ground, Salem, New Hampshire Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • m2 Elizabeth MORSE

      Ebenezer Ayers murdered James Rogers of Starkstown; Weapon: hand gun; Circumstances: two shots to the belly with a handgun. Court proceedings: 8/1752t: ind. for murder by reason misadventure. Jury agreed: EA was hunting in a thicket of bushes & mistook the victim for a bear. Wit: Benjamin Holt of Suncook (in the town of Bow), gentleman. Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, 1635-1771 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1969), 4: 436.
      ——
      His grave is in the old cemetery of Salem, and the stone is inscribed as follows:
      "Here lies ye body of Lieut. Ebenezer Ayr. He departed this life March ye 3, 1762 (1763), aged 57 years." On the foot stone is "Lieut. Ebenezer Ayer 1763."
      ——
      Maj. Ebenezer Ayer was with Arnold in the Canada expedition through the wilderness of Maine, and displayed consummate courage and great determination. He is said to have sawed off the pickets upon the enemy’s breastworks to enable the soldiers to scale the walls. He afterwards served in the engineer department with rank of major.
      https://www.accessgenealogy.com/genealogy/ayer-family-buxton-maine.htm

  • Sources 
    1. [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 214590221.

    2. [S108] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1G-6LW.


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023