Capt Samuel AYER

1669 - 1744  (74 years)

• Name	Samuel AYER  [1]
  Prefix	Capt
  Born	28 Sep 1669	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Military Event	Militia
  Military Flag	Y
  Cause of Death	Killed by Indians
  Died	2 Jan 1744	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
  Buried	West Parish Cemetery, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I6976	Main
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	Cornet Peter AYER,   b. 21 Dec 1633, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 2 Jan 1699, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Hannah ALLEN,   b. 17 Jun 1642, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 22 Dec 1729, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 87 years)
  Married	1 Nov 1659	Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts   [1]
  Family ID	F2435	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth TUTTLE,   b. 24 Nov 1670, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 29 Nov 1752, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 82 years)
  Married	21 Nov 1693	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Maj Ebenezer AYER,   b. 18 Feb 1705, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 3 Mar 1763, Salem, Rockingham, New Hampshire  (Age 58 years)   2. Hannah AYER,   b. 29 Nov 1694, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts + 3. Deacon Peter AYER,   b. 1 Oct 1696, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 1774, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 77 years)   4. Samuel AYER,   b. 4 Aug 1698, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts   5. William AYER,   b. 6 Feb 1701, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts   6. Elizabeth AYER,   b. 26 Jan 1707, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts + 7. Simon AYER,   b. 26 Dec 1709, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 1 Jan 1774, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 64 years)   8. Sarah AYER,   b. 18 May 1711, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 1743  (Age > 33 years)
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2023
  Family ID	F2434	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 28 Sep 1669 - Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Married - 21 Nov 1693 - Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Died - 2 Jan 1744 - Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Buried - - West Parish Cemetery, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  He was a yeoman, a man of property, and among his possessions was a Negro slave named Lot. He succeeded his father as a member of the committee for the control of the common lands of the town. His efficient leadership in the Indian Wars did much to prevent savage outrages. Killed while trying to free prisoners taken by Indians after the attack on Haverhill. ----- On 27 Aug 1708, Haverhill, then a compact village of about thirty houses, was attacked and almost entirely destroyed by Algonquin, St. Francois and Penobscot Indians under the direction of the French forces from Canada. Sixteen of the inhabitants were massacred, including Rev. Benjamin Rolfe and family, many made captives, and when the enemy retreated they were followed by Captain Samuel Ayer with a company of twenty men who, though out-numbered thirteen to one, attacked them fearlessly, killing nine of their number and retaking several prisoners. The Captain was shot in the groin and died just as his son reached the scene with reinforcements. [The date of the attack conflicts with the much later date given for Captain Ayer's death.] [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Genealogical Dictionary of, The First Settlers of New England Before 1692, A , Savage, James., Dexter, Orrando Perry., Farmer, John, (Little, Brown and Co, Boston, MA. 1862). [S203] New Hampshire, Genealogical and Family History of the State of, Vol I; A record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Stearns, Ezra S., Frederick Witcher, Edward Everett Parker, (The Lewis Publishing Company, New York-Chicago, 1908).