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First Name
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Cornet Peter AYER

Cornet Peter AYER

Male 1633 - 1699  (65 years)

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  • Name Peter AYER  [1] 
    Prefix Cornet 
    Born 21 Dec 1633  Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As AYERS 
    Occupation State Representative - 1683 -1698 
    Residence May 1666  Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Made freeman
    Immigrant? Y 
    Died 2 Jan 1699  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Granary Burial Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I6985  Main
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2023 

    Father John AYER,   b. 2 Sep 1582, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1657, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Hannah MNU,   b. 1598, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1688, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married Abt 1620  Cockfield, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2436  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah ALLEN,   b. 17 Jun 1642, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1729, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 1 Nov 1659  Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
    +1. Ruth AYER,   b. 30 Oct 1660, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1695, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)
     2. Hannah AYER,   b. 21 Aug 1662, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 1735, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     3. Abigail AYER,   b. 4 Jul 1664, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1742, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     4. Mary AYER,   b. 6 Aug 1666, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Martha AYER,   b. 1 Mar 1668, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. 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)
     7. William AYER,   b. 23 Sep 1673, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1675, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
     8. Rachel AYER,   b. 18 Oct 1675, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1678, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
     9. Ebenezer AYER,   b. 22 May 1678, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Oct 1695, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years)
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2023 
    Family ID F2435  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Dec 1633 - Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1 Nov 1659 - Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - May 1666 - Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Jan 1699 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Granary Burial Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Headstones
    Peter Ayer    		Peter Ayer
    Headstone

  • Notes 
    • Freeman, 1666. Representative, 1683, 5, 9 and 10. He was a farmer and possessed considerable estate. In 1670 he was one of a committee to build a school house, and in 1675 a committeeman to designate what Haverhill houses should be garrisoned against the Indians.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 17:307;15:331.

    2. [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), 153.

    3. [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 10547540.

    4. [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).


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023