Saturday, August 4, 2012

Surname Saturday - AYERS (England > Massachusetts > New Jersey)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  I am up to number 509: Elizabeth Ayers (1745-????). [Note: The 6th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts] 

My ancestral line back to Elizabeth Ayers and four more generations of Ayers is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) 


6.  Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)
7.  Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977)


14.  Charles Auble (1849-1916)
15.  Georgianna Kemp (1868-1952) 

30.  James Abram Kemp (1831-1902)
31.  Mary Jane Sovereen (1840-1874) 

62.  Alexander Sovereign (1814-1907)
63.  Eliza Putman (1820-1895) 


126.  John Putman (1785-1863)
127.  Sarah Martin (1792-1860)


254.  Mulford Martin (1763-????)
255.  Betsey Rolfe (1766-????)


508.  Thomas Martin, born 1737 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; died before 19 October 1767 in South Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.  He was the son of 1016. Mulford Martin and 1017. Zerviah Dunham.  He married15 February 1762 in Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
509.  Elizabeth Ayers, born about 1745 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.

Children of Thomas Martin and Elizabeth Ayers are:  Mulford Martin (1763-????); Thomas Martin (1765-????).

1016.  James Ayers, born 02 May 1716 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; died after April 1794 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.   He married 3 March 1744 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
1017.  Hope Bloomfield, born about 1715 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States. She was the daughter of 2034. Timothy Bloomfield and 2035. Rose Higgins.

Children of James Ayers and Hope Bloomfield are:  Elizabeth Ayers (1745-????); Arisha Ayers (1751-????) Jacob Ayers (1753-1836); James Ayers (1755-1814); Samuel Ayers (1757-1813); Nathan Ayers (1759-????); Rachael Ayers (1760-????); Huldah Ayers (1763-1849); Benjamin Ayers (1765-????); Rhoda Ayers (1767-????).

2032.  Samuel Ayers, born 1669 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died after 1740 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.  He married about 1699 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
2033.  Elizabeth, born about 1673 in New Jersey.

Children of Samuel Ayers and Elizabeth are:  Rhoda Ayers (1700-????); David Ayers (1702-????); Elizabeth Ayers (1703-????); Samuel Ayers (1707-????); Rachel Ayers (1710-1744); Jacob Ayers (1710-????); Benjamin Ayers (1712-????); James Ayers (1716-1794).

4064.  Obadiah Ayers, born 01 October 1635 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 14 November 1694 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.  He married 19 March 1661 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
4065.  Hannah Pike, born 26 April 1643 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 31 May 1689 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.  She was the daughter of 8130. John Pike and 8131. Mary Turville.

Children of Obadiah Ayers and Hannah Pike are:  John Ayers (1663-1732); Sarah Ayers (1665-1666); male Ayers (1666-1666); Samuel Ayers (1667-1667); Samuel Ayers (1669-1740); Obediah Ayers (1670-1728); Joseph Ayers (1674-1743); Thomas Ayers (1675-1675); Mary Ayers (1680-????); Sarah Ayers (1683-1683); Hannah Ayers (1685-1685).

8128.  John Ayer, born before 02 September 1582 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died 31 March 1657 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 16256. Thomas Ayre and 16257. Elizabeth Rogers.  He married about 1615 in England.
8129.  Hannah Evered alias Webb, born about 1590 in England; died 08 October 1688 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Ayer and Hannah Evered alias Webb are:  John Ayer (1622-????); Robert Ayer (1625-????); Thomas Ayer (1626-1686); Rebecca Ayer (1627-1718); Peter Ayer (1633-1699); Mary Ayer (1635-1692); Obadiah Ayer (1635-1694); Nathaniel Ayer (1638-1717); Hannah Ayer (1644-1676).

Information about these families was obtained from:

*  Patty Barthell Myers, Ancestors and Descendants of Lewis ross Freeman with related families, based partially on the work of Freeman Worth Gardiner and Willis Freeman (Camden, Me.: Penobscot Press, 1995), "The Ayers Family," pages 421-476.

*  "Ayers-Wainwright-Wing-Combe-Foster Families" family tree database created by Chuck (email chuckay@aol.com) and posted to the Rootsweb WorldConnect database on 1 April 2009 (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/).

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