JohnsonFamily2/19/24 - Person Sheet
JohnsonFamily2/19/24 - Person Sheet
NameThomas Eyre 
134
134Birthabt 1550, New Sarum, Wiltshire, England, England
Death1628134
Burial10 Sep 1628, St Thomas Church, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England134
FatherRobert Eyre MP (1519-1577)
MotherJane Or Joan Tourney
Spouses
Family ID3191
Marriage16 Apr 1577, St Thomas, Salisbury, Wilts, Eng179
Notes for Thomas Eyre
Mayor of Salisbury in 1589.
Owner of land in Wimborne, Dorset,
England and later purchased South Newton and Chilhampton in Wiltshire,
England. Thomas was the M.I. of St. Thomas’s church in Salisbury.295
Held land in Winborn, Co Dorset, England.
A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Familes - AYER
According to Thorpe's catalog of the legendary deeds of Battle Abbey, and W. E. Lincoln's genealogy of the Lincoln family, the traditional origin of this surname took place on the battlefield at Hastings in 1066 when Duke William was flung from his horse and his helmet driven into his face. One of his followers, Truelove, saw the accident, pulled off the helmet and re-horsed him. The Duke said to him, "Thou shalt hereafter from Truelove be called Eyre (Air) because thou hast given me the air I breathe." When William inquired about him later he found him severely wounded, his leg and thigh struck off. He ordered the finest care and later awarded him lands in Derby as well as "the leg and thigh in armour, cut off, for his crest, and this honorable badge is still worn by all the Eyres in England."
Mr. Lincoln as well as other authorities also cite another possible, and more prosaic, origin, simply "the heir". The addition of the final s produces "son of the heir". A common 13th century variation of the name was Le Heyer or Le Ayer. Other forms seen are Ayre, Aire, Eyer, Eire, and Hayers. Coat of Arms: Argent on a chevron sa 3/4 foils. Crest: Leg in Armour couped at thigh, and spur.
THOMAS EYER married Elizabeth Rogers of Poole, England. Their children, according to the Lincoln genealogy:
1. Robert, born in 1559 (doubtful because of date;
possibly a brother rather than a son).
2. Giles, founder of the Ireland branch, extinct.
3. Elizabeth, married G. Tooker.
4. Catherine, married T. Hooper.
5. Christopher, born in 1578.
6. Thomas, born in 1580.
7. William, born in 1585.
8. Rebecca, married J. Love.
9. Anne, married J. Swan.
10. JOHN1, born in 1592. See below.
JOHN AYER1 was born in England in 1592 and came to Salisbury, Mass., in 1637, perhaps from Norwich, co. Norfolk. He received land in Salisbury in the first division of land in 1640 and also in 1643. November 4, 1645, he was sworn a freeman, and in 1646 a tax list showed him to have taxable property of œ160, second highest on the list. About 1647 he moved to Haverhill, selling his house, land and commonage to John Stevens. In 1652, he received a share in the second division of plough-land. He could write and thus was a man of some education. He served on the grand jury in 1649 and 1652, and in 1654 due to his age was freed from all military training.
His wife Hannah is thought to have been the sister of John Everard alias Webb who left a legacy to the children of John and Hannah. John Sr. died in Haverhill, March 31, 1657, and his will of March 12 was prov. October 6 of that year. His widow Hannah died October 8, 1688, "aged", in Haverhill. They have many descendants. One-third of the inhabitants of Haverhill in 1700, it is said, carried the name of Ayer.
Children
1. John2, born in England, was a farmer, and May 5, 1646, in Haverhill, married Sarah Williams (d. of John) who died there July 25, 1662. He married (2) March 26, 1663, Mary Wooddam (d. of John). He took the oath of freeman in Ipswich November 4, 1645. He could write and in 1658 was constable of Haverhill, serving on the trial jury in 1652, 1657, 1664, 1665 and 1666; and on the grand jury in 1663. John and Sarah conveyed to his brother
Obadiah their interest in a dwelling, barn and 8
acres May 18, 1659. John and wife Mary "lately of
Haverhill" were living in Ipswich in 1669 and in
1694. He died before 1711.
Chil. born in Haverhill, 1st marr.:
i. John3, of Andover, b. Mar. 18, 1648; died
ca 1683; prob. m. Mary (); a son Samuel
d. in Andover Sept. 5, 1670.
ii. Zechariah, a farmer, b. Oct. 24, 1650;
m. June 27, 1678, Elizabeth Chase (d. of
Aquila) in Andover. He served in Philip's
War in 1676 and was liv. in Newbury 1696
but a proprietor of Andover 1680 and 1702.
iii. Nathaniel, millwright, b. Mar. 13, 1655;
took oath of allegiance at Newbury 1678;
m. Aug. 31, 1683, Ann Swan of Haverhill;
7 chil. b. Haverhill. He moved to Stonington
Ct. ca 1696.
iv. Joseph, b. Mar. 16, 1659; took oath of
alleg. at Haverhill Nov. 1677; prob. m.
Nov. 24, 1686, Sarah Corliss (d. of Geo.
of Haverhill); 5 chil. b. there. He moved
to Norwich Ct. ca 1703 and d. ca 1747.
v. Sarah, b. Jan. 17, 1661; m. Henry Collins
of Lynn.
Child, 2d marriage:
vi. Samuel, d. Sept. 5, 1670, Andover.
2. ROBERT2, born ca 1625. See below.
3. Rebecca2, married ca October 8, 1648, in Newbury,
John Aslett. She survived her husband who died in
Andover June 6, 1671.
4. Thomas2, married April 1, 1656, in Haverhill, Elizabeth
Hutchins, and was a resident of Haverhill
in 1646 and 1659. He bought a house and lot
in Haverhill in 1648 and was a landowner there in
Page 211
1650, receiving 9 acres in the second division of
ploughland. He took the oath of allegiance April
24, 1649; the oath of freeman in May 1666; and
served on the grand jury in 1662. He died November
9, 1686, in Haverhill; his widow in 1710. All
but the first of his children were born in Haverhill.
Children:
i. John3, b. May 12, 1657, in Newbury; m.
Sept. 13, 1683, Hannah Travers of Boston;
5 chil. b. Haverhill; liv. in Stonington
Ct. 1695 and 1722.
ii. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 23, 1659; m. Oct. 28,
1684, Haverhill, Lt. Samuel Watts. She d.
Oct. 26, 1695, and he m. (2) Elizabeth
(Ayer) Clements.
iii. Mary, b. Mar. 22, 1661; m. ca 1681, Samuel
Colcord of Kingston NH; both living
there 1726; she a wid. 1737.
iv. Love, b. Apr. 15, 1663; m. Apr. 2, 1679,
Haverhill, Joseph Kingsbury.
v, vi. Two sons b. Jan. 16; d. Jan. 20, 1665.
vii. Thomas, b. June 9, 1666, "yeoman of Haverhill,
liv. there in 1712, m. June 12,
1694, Ruth Wilford who was k. by Indians
Aug. 29, 1708; 5 chil. A dau. Ruth was
also k. He m. (2) Mar. 7, 1710, in Amesbury,
Dorothy Martin, widow of Henry
Blaisdell; 1 child.
viii. Samuel, b. July 11, 1671; d. July 15, 1672.
5. Peter2, Cornet, of Haverhill, was born in England
ca 1633. He could write and was active in public
life, a landowner in 1650 and granted land in the
5th division of town lands. He was a selectman
and one of the first assessors. Peter was sworn
a freeman in May 1666 and served on committees to
choose the houses to be made garrisons, and to
build the first school and a new meeting house.
He was a yeoman, cornet of the militia, and sat
on the trial jury in 1670 and grand jury 1668
and 1673, constable in 1674. He was a representative
in 1683, 1685, 1689, 1690 and 1698; representing
Haverhill at the convention in Boston
in 1689 in the "council of Safety". Peter married
Hannah Allen (William Sr. of Salisbury) and
Page 212
died December 22, 1729, aet 87, his wife surviving.
Children born in Haverhill:
i. Ruth3, b. Oct. 30, 1660; d. bef. 1699;
m. John Denison of Ipswich, a weaver
there until after 1714.
ii. Hannah, b. Aug. 21, 1662; m. Oct. 17,
1681, Lt. John Osgood of Andover; his widow
in 1730; 11 children.
iii. Abigail, b. July 4, 1664; m. Robert Lord
of Ipswich June 7, 1683; both liv. there
in 1730.
iv. Mary, b. Aug. 6, 1666; m. Joseph Calef of
Ipswich bef. 1699; his wid. there, 1730.
v. Martha, b. Mar. 1, 1668; d. Sept. 10,
1760 aet 92; m. May 19, 1690, Capt. Peter
Osgood of Salem, tanner; 6 children.
vi. Samuel, b. Sept. 28, 1669; m. Nov. 21,
1693, Haverhill, Elizabeth Tuttle (d. of
Simon of Ipswich); 8 chil. b. Haverhill.
He owned considerable real estate and had
a slave named Lot. Samuel d. Jan. 2, 1744;
his wid. Nov. 29, 1752.
vii. William, b. Sept. 23, 1673; d. Nov. 20,
1675, in Haverhill.
viii. Rachel, b. Oct. 18, 1675; d. May 21,
1678, "of the pox" in Haverhill.
ix. Ebenezer, b. May 22, 1678; d. Oct. 10,
1695, Haverhill.
6. Mary2, born ca 1634, probably in England, married
as his second wife ca 1652, in Andover, Nathan
Parker, and was executed as a witch, Sept.
26, 1692, in Salem.
7. Obadiah2, was born in Newbury ca 1643, was a juryman
in 1648, and March 19, 1661, in Haverhill,
married Hannah, daughter of Captain John Pike. He
removed to Woodbridge NJ ca 1669 and had land
surveyed to him in 1669 and 1671; in 1686 was
constable there. Hannah died May 30, 1689, and
Obadiah November 14, 1697, in Woodbridge.
Children:
i. John3, b. Mar. 2, 1663, Haverhill; m. Mary
Walker Feb. 24, 1689; may have m. (2)
Page 213
Mary () and had 9 chil. b. Woodbridge.
ii. Sarah, b. Mar. 5, 1665, Haverhill; died
Feb. 3, 1666.
iii. A son b. Nov. 1; d. Nov. 14, 1666, Hav.
iv. Samuel, b. Sept. 13; d. Dec. 26, 1667 in
Haverhill.
v. Obadiah, b. Oct. 20, 1670; in Woodbridge;
m. Joanna F. Jones Apr. 28, 1694; m. (2)
Elizabeth Compton Feb. 15, 1717.
vi. Joseph, b. Apr. 4, 1674, Woodbridge; m.
Phoebe Camp Jan. 5, 1698; 5 chil. b. in
Woodbridge.
vii. Thomas, b. Oct. 3; d. Oct. 13, 1675.
viii. Thomas, b. ca Dec. 17, 1677.
ix. Mary, b. Feb. 16, 1680; m. William Ilsley
June 18, 1700.
x. Sarah, b. Apr. 13; d. Nov. 8, 1683.
xi. Sarah () b. Sept. 7, 1685.
8. Hannah2, born December 21, 1644, in Salisbury;
died June 2, 1676, in Haverhill. She married
there March 24, 1663, Stephen Webster2 and had
six children.
9. Nathaniel2 of Haverhill, born ca 1646, married
May 10, 1670, there, Tamesin Turloar (Thomasin
Thurlow). According to his father's will, he was
apprenticed in 1657 at age 11 to a "Mr. French."
He took oath of allegiance in November 1677. His
wife died December 13, 1700. Nathaniel conveyed
his estate to son Nathaniel in 1717 and died in
Haverhill November 17, 1717.
Children born in Haverhill:
i. Hannah3, b. and d. June 2, 1671.
ii. Hannah, b. Dec. 19, 1672; m. Feb. 25,
1691; m. in Haverhill, Ebenezer Belknap.
She d. there Nov. 1779, aet nrly. 107.
iii. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 19, 1674; prob. marr.
Jan. 14, 1691, Abraham Belknap and lived
in Haverhill and Framingham where she d.
in 1730.
iv. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 15, 1676; ma. Esther
(wid. of Joseph Palmer) bef. 1707; 4 ch.
A Haverhill farmer, he conveyed the homestead
to son David 1736. Esther d. Aug.
Page 214
12, 1743, Hav.; Nathaniel Oct. 5, 1754.
v. Abia, a dau. b. Feb. 5, 1678.
vi. Obadiah, b. Jan. 20, 1680; d. Apr. 6, 1681.
vii. Ruth, b. Dec. 20, 1681; d. Apr. 24, 1682.
viii. A child b. Sept. 5; d. Sep. 9, 1683.
ix. Benjamin, b. Aug. 9, 1684; d. June 17, 1685.
x. Mary, b. Sept. 9, 1687.
xi. Ruth, b. May 12, 1689; prob. marr. James
Corlene Nov. 5, 1706.
THIRD GENERATION
ROBERT AYER2, SERGEANT (John1), "yeoman of Haverhill, was born ca 1625 in England, and February 27, 1651,
married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Palmer of Haverhill. He received land in the second and fifth division of
ploughland. In May 1666 he took the oath of freeman and in October 1667 was made a corporal of the Haverhill
military company, later sergeant. He had some degree of education as he signed a quit claim deed in his own hand in
1669, as well as other documents. In 1671 he was deputy constable of Haverhill; on the grand jury in 1678 and
1679; and selectman in 1685 and 1692. He was one of a committee of three appointed to see about settling the
Rev. Benjamin Rolfe, second minister of Haverhill. March 2, 1692, he bought from his son-in-law John Clements a
houselot with house, barn and cider mill, and all his ox common land as well as his land in Haverhill for œ200. It was
probably a trust deed for Clements' wife and children as Clements died soon after.
Elizabeth died April 24, 1705, aet 71, in Haverhill. Robert died before March 1717, aet 92. He had deeded property
to his children in 1708 and apparently gave the remainder of his estate to his grandson James Ayer, retaining its
use for life.
Children Born in Haverhill
1. Elizabeth3, born November 10, 1652; died after
1717 in Haverhill. She married there, February
22, 1676, John Clements, cooper, who died May
16, 1692. She married (2) March 8, 1697, Lieutenant
Samuel Watts as his 2d wife.
2. SAMUEL3, born in 1654. See below.
Page 215
3. Mehitable3, born September 14, 1656; may have
married Lieutenant Thomas Philbrick and died before
1680.
4. Timothy3, born October 2, 1659; died before September
30, 1690; married November 24, 1682, at
Haverhill, Ruth Johnson, daughter of Peter of
Hampton NH. He took oath of allegiance November
1677. In his will August 7, 1689, prov. September
30, 1690, he mentioned his wife Ruth, grandfather
Palmer, brother and sister Samuel and Mary Ayer.
He died August 14, 1689, and his widow married
(2) May 5, 1691, Samuel Dow, and died July
25, 1751, Haverhill.
Children born in Haverhill:
i. Hannah4, b. Dec. 7, 1683; m. John Shepard
of Haverhill Feb. 15, 1705, and died
bef. 1732.
ii. Ruth, b. Apr. 3, 1686; d. Jan. 27, 1687.
iii. Mary, b. July 16, 1688; prob. m. Nathaniel
Duston of Haverhill ca 1711 and d.
Apr. 17, 1725.
5. A daughter, born and died July 9, 1662.
6. Hannah3, born Jan. 26, 1664; d. Mar. 10, 1676.
7. Mary3, born Jan. 15, 1668; died Apr. 14, 1668.
FOURTH GENERATION
SAMUEL AYER3, CAPTAIN (Robert2, John1) was born November 11, 1654, and was a resident of liaverhill where he
was "one of the most worthy, active and intelligent citizens of the town". In 1676 he served in King Philip's War and
the following year took the oath of allegiance and his name appears in a listof those who built cottages. He was chief
selectman and constable, and in 1678 served on the grand jury. In 1683 he was sworn a freeman and his name
appears on a list of "snowshoe men". December 14, 1681, he married, in Haverhill, Mary Johnson of Hampton NH. In
1695, he was chosen the first town treasurer. The French and Indians attacked Haverhill August 29, 1708, and
killed many of its citizens. "Captain Ayer, a fearless man and of great strength, collected
Page 216
a body of about 20 men and pursued the retreating foe." Though outnumbered 13 to 1, Captain Ayer did not
hesitate to give them battle. These gallant men were soon reinforced by a company commanded by his own son,
James, but the captain had been killed, shot in the groin. The skirmish lasted about an hour and some of the
prisoners were retaken and the enemy driven off. Captain Ayer's estate was administered October 18, 1708, and
divided in 1715. His widow died January 8, 1745; her will dated October 6, 1741, prov. April 23, 1745.
Children Born in Haverhill
1. Peter4, born Dec. 21, 1682; d. Feb. 11, 1683.
2. Mehitable4, born February 5, 1683; married circa
1702, Job Clements of Haverhill; and (2) October
19, 1736, Lieutenant George Little. She probably
died at Plaistow November 3, 1754.
3. James4, Deacon, born October 27, 1686; married
Mary White (dau. of John) May 10, 1711. Ayers
Hill was named for him. He was a large, strong
man like his father, had extensive land-holdings
and served on important committees. He died December
19, 1771.
Children born in Haverhill:
i. Samuel5, b. May 5, 1712; d. Feb. 13, 1794;
m. Ann Hazen Feb. 23, 1738; 10 chil. She
d. 1786, and he m. (2) Apr. 1788, Mehitable
Mighill who d. 1802.
ii. John, b. Apr. 18, 1714, a tanner in Haverhill;
d. May 3, 1777; 7 chil. He ma.
Elizabeth Hale of Newbury Jan. 27, 1747.
She d. and he m. (2) Sarah Perkins of
Boxford in Newbury Sept. 26, 1759.
iii. William, b. June 18, 1716; a tall, grave,
religious man; m. Sarah Little and moved
to Plaistow NH; 9 children.
iv. Mary, b. July 18, 1718; prob. d. before
1765; poss. m. Isaac Morrill of Salisbury
August 27, 1741.
v. Lydia, b. June 23, 1720; d. Aug. 15, 1752;
prob. m. Nathaniel Walker Feb. 23, 1738.
vi. Hannah, b. Sept. 22, 1722; prob. d. before
Page 217
1765.
vii. Joanna, b. Aug. 13, 1724; prob. d. before
1765.
viii. Abigail, b. Aug. 13, 1726; d. Sep. 7, 1743,
unmarried.
ix. Ruth, b. Nov. 7, 1728; m. Rev. Henry True
of Hempstead NH Nov. 29, 1753.
x. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 22, 1730; d. July 14,
1745.
xi. James, b. Feb. 27, 1733.
4. Obadiah4, born May 9, 1689; yeoman, H. C. grad.
1710; a schoolmaster in Salem in 1716; living in
Haverhill in 1741.
5. Timothy4, born April 9, 1692, a weaver in Haverhill;
died April 20, 1745, Haverhill, probably
unmarried. He bequeathed money to First Church
of Haverhill for a bell.
6. LYDIA AYER4 (Samuel3, Robert2, John1) was born
December 19, 1694, and died before 1745. She
married Joseph Worth of Hampton NH, yeoman. SEE
WORTH FAMILY.
7. Hannah4, born May 3, 1697; married Nicholas
White November 6, 1722; died January 25, 1732.
8. Ruth4, born March 21, 1700; died Apr. 28, 1730;
married James Davis Jr. of Dover Nov. 5, 1728.
9. Abigail4, b. Apr. 7, 1702; d. Sep. 24, 1726, unm.
10. John4, born April 7, 1705, yeoman of Haverhill;
3 chil.; his will dated March 6, 1744; January
20, 1746. His wife Mary survived and married Daniel
Massey of Salem NH in 1760.
Page 218
******************
History of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman Family in America vol2
Author: Ebenezer Mack Treman
Call Number: R929.1T79 v.2
This book contains the history and genealogy of the Treman, Tremaine, and Truman family of Connecticut.
Bibliographic Information: Treman, Ebenezer Mack. History of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman Family in America vol.2. Press of The Ithaca Demorcat. 1901.
AYRES HISTORY.
JOHN AYER OF HAVERHILL, MASS. (1635).
In Volume 10, 1st series of Notes and Queries, is the following taken from "Rhodes Peak scenery" page 244. "The Eyres is one of the oldest families in Derbyshire where they have continued to reside more than seven hundred years. The seat of Humphrey Lee Heyr called Hope because he had hope in the greatest extremity.
From Burke's "General Armory of England." Eyre. (Bromham. Wedhampton, Chalfield, New House, etc., County Wilts, descended from Humphrey LeHeyer of Bromham, whose great grandson, Galfridus de Eyre of Bromham, was living tempo Edward II. The derivative branches were the Eyres of Botley Grange, County Hants, the Eyres of Eyre Court Castle, County Galway, of whom was Lord Eyre, and Eyres of Macroom, County Cork.)
The coat-of-arms of all the families in England vary but little and the original Derby family now represented at Rampton is the one from which John Ayer of Haverhill, Mass., descended.
From comparison of coats-of-arms and some tedious researches in the old country histories of England it is certain that a family of Eyre of Wiltshire, England, is a branch of the Rampton family.
Page 258
The old Wiltshire family of Eyre enjoyed for several centuries the highest distinction within its native country and was of consideration in the State, most of its chiefs having had seats in Parliament, and two of them learned in the law, upon the bench,--one a Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, a branch to which emigrated to Ireland, attained the peerage of that Kingdom.
THOMAS EYRE, ESQ., of New Sarum, lineally descended from Humphrey LeHeyer of Bromham, Wilts, held lands in Wimborn,
Page 1465
County of Dorset, in 21st year of the reign of Elizabeth. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Rogers, Esq., of Poole, and had issue:
Children:
1. Robert, his heir. Born 1559.
2. Giles, of Brick worth in Wiltshire, from whom came the family of
the extinct Lord Eyre of Ireland. (He obtained the peerage
of Ireland.)
3. Christopher. Born 1578, founder of Eyre's Hospital, at Sarum.
4. Thomas. Born 1580. Mayor of Sarum, 1610.
5. William. Born 1588. Barrister at Law.
6. John. Born 1587-90, moved to New England, 1637.
7. Elizabeth. Married G. Tooker.
8. Catherine. Married Thos. Hooper.
9. Rebecca. Married John Love.
10. Anne. Married John Swan.
FIRST GENERATION.
53800. JOHN AYER. 160000. He was born in Nottingham, England, 1592. He died March 31, 1657, at Haverhill, Mass. Residence, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Salisbury, Mass. His wife Hannah was born in England, died in Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 8, 1688. He came to America in Brig Mary Ann, 1635, and was first in Newbury, then to Salisbury, Mass., his name appears in the records "of Salisburie" along with those of the 1st division of Colchester (now Salisbury), in 1640-41. In the Archives of Boston, no date indexed 1639, we find "the names of those who have tolls and proportions granted for towne of Colchester, in first division" the name of John Eyers. "This is a true copie of the original list taken out of the old book of records for Salisbury as attests Vera Copia Atest. Thos. Bradbury sec. Edward Rawson Secretary." According to the first division of ye towne of Salisburie there was granted unto John Ayers, two acres more or less for a home lott lyinge between home of Daniel Ladd and John Stevens, also there was granted him six acres more or less for a planting lott, also there was granted him fower acres more or less of meddow lying upon the north side of the river Merrimack and joining Mr. Hood's meddow." (This was dated 1640, and is a record sent Oct. 1st, 1899, by town clerk of Salisbury, A. D. Ayer.) John must have moved to Haverhill before 1644, for his daughter
Page 1466
Hannah was born there Dec. 21, 1644. John's will was probated in Hampton, Mass., Oct. 6, 1657 ("says Savage").
Children:
538001. John. Born 1622-3. 538020. Married May 5, 1646.
538002. Rebecca. Born 1625-6. Married John Aslet, in Newbury;
Oct. 8, 1648, was in Andover, Mass. He died there June 6, 1671.
538003. Robert. Born 1628-9. Married Feb. 27, 1650.
538004. Thomas. Born 1630. Married April 1, 1656.
538005. Peter. Born 1632. Married Nov. 1, 1659. 538100.
538006. Mary. Born 1634, was living in Ipswich, 1668. Probably unmarried.
538007. Obadiah. Born 1635-6.
538008. Nathaniel. Born 1636-7.
538009. Hannah. Born Dec. 21, 1644, at Salisbury, Mass. She married
Stephen Webster, March 24, 1662-3. He was son of John
(1st) Webster.
SECOND GENERATION.
538020. JOHN AYER. (John.) 538001. He was born in England about 1622-3, was a farmer, lived in Haverhill until 1679. He moved to Ipswich between 1694 and 1711. He died. He married 1st Sarah Williams, May 5, 1646. She died July 25, 1662.
Page 259
He married 2nd, Mary Woddam, March 26, 1663. She was living in 1694. He took the oath of Allegiance and Fidelity in Hv. Nov. 1677. He with his brothers Peter and Nathaniel, sons of John deceased, quit claimed land in Dec., 1692, in Salisbury, to one Abram Clements, his mother, Hannah, also signed the deed so he was living then.
Children:
538021. John. Born March 18, 1647-8, lived in Andover, Mass. Died
July 19, 1683. Married Mary. Had one son Samuel, died at
Andover, Sept. 5, 1670.
538022. Zachariah. Born Oct. 24, 1650. Husbandman. Married
Elizabeth Chase (daughter of Aquilla Chase) June 27, 1678.
Served in King Philips' war July and Aug., 1676. Residence,
1696, Newbury.
538023. Nathaniel. Born March 13, 1654-5.
538024. Joseph. Born March 16, 1658-9. 538500.
538025. Sarah. Born Jan. 17, 1671. Married Henry Collins of Lynn,
Mass.
Page 1467
538100. PETER AYER. (John.) 160080. 538004. He married, Oct. 8 (o. Nov. 1), 1659, Hannah Allin. He died Jan. 2, 1698 (o. Jan. 3, 1699). Residence, Haverhill, Mass.
Children:
538101. Ruth. Born Oct. 30, 1660.
538102. Hannah. Born Aug. 2, 1662.
538103. Abigail. Born July 4, 1664.
538104. Mary. Born Aug. 6, 1666.
538105. Samuel. Born Sept. 28, 1669. 539000.
538106. William. Born Sept. 23, 1673. Died Nov. 20, 1675.
538107. Rachel. Born Oct. 18, 1675. Died May 21, 1678.
538108. Ebenezer. Born May 22, 1678. Died Oct. 10, 1694.
THIRD GENERATION.
538500. JOSEPH AYER. (John2, John1.) 538024. He was born March 16, 1658. Married Nov. 24, 1686, Sarah Corliss. She was born Feb. 23, 1663, daughter of John and Johanna Corliss. He took the oath Al. and Fid., Hv. Mass., Nov. 1677. Came to West Farms, Norwich, now Franklin, Conn., 1703. (His uncle John Williams, came same year to Norwich.) History of Franklin says he brought his two youngest sons with him, no doubt rest of family came soon after, for they married in that vicinity. (See Thomas Hazen.) Joseph Ayer bought a large tract of land of Uncas (a Mohegan Chief). At the foot of a Mt. known as Ayer's Mt. now, he built in a narrow place known as Ayer's Gap, the Ayer homestead, where among the hills and valleys bears, wolves and many other wild animals were plentiful. Joseph's will was dated Sept. 6, 1736, and was proved in 1747, probably he died about 1745 or 6.
Children:
538501. Joseph. Born May 8, 1688. Died May 30, 1688.
538502. Sarah. Born Oct. 15, 1690. Married Thomas Hazen.
538503. Abigail. Born Sept. 8, 1693. Married Dennis Manough.
She was living 1736.
538504. Joseph. Born Dec. 23, 1695. He was living in Norwich, 1736.
538505. Timothy. Born March 25, 1698. 540100.
539000. SAMUEL AYER. (Peter2, John1.) 538105. He was born Sept. 28, 1669. He married Nov. 21, 1693, Elizabeth Tuttle.
Page 1468
He died Jan. 2, 1743. She died Nov. 29, 1752. Residence, Haverhill, Mass.
Children:
539001. Hannah. Born Nov. 29, 1694.
539002. Peter. Born Oct. 1, 1696. 540500.
539003. Samuel. Born Aug. 31, 1698.
539004. William. Born Feb. 6, 1700.
Page 260
539005. Ebenezer. Born Feb. 18, 1704.
539006. Elizabeth. Born Jan. 26, 1707.
539007. Simon. Born Dec. 26, 1709.
539008. Sarah. Born May 18, 1711.
540000. JOSEPH KINGSBURY. (Henry2, Henry1.) 321110. He was born in 1756 or 7 in Haverhill, Mass. He married April 2, 1679, Love Ayer. 320154. She was born April 15, 1663. He removed in June 1708, from Haverhill, Mass., to Norwich, Conn., in that part called Franklin. They had six sons, the youngest of whom was Nathaniel. He died April 9, 1741. She died April 2, 1735.
Children:
540001. John. 541000.
540002. Joseph. Born June 22, 1682. 541100.
540003. Nathaniel. Born Aug. 23, 1684. 541150.
540004. Elizabeth. Born May 10, 1686. Died May 24, 1686.
540005. Mary. Born Oct. 19, 1687.
540006. Elizabeth. Born Oct. 16, 1693.
540007. Susannah. Born Sept. 24, 1695.
FOURTH GENERATION.
540100. TIMOTHY AYER. (Joseph3, John2, John1.) 538505. He was born in Haverhill, Mass., March 25, 1698. He died in Franklin, Conn., Sept. 18, 1771. He was married June 25, 1726, to Abigail Hartshorn, who was born Feb. 1, 1705, died May 1, 1789, and was the daughter of John and Mary Hartshorn. Residence, Franklin, Conn.
Children:
540101. Lydia. Born Sept. 17, 1727. Married John Squire.
540102. Peter. Born Sept. 18, 1729. Married Martha Hazen.
540103. Phebe. Born May 15, 1732.
540104. Joseph. Born July 25, 1734. 542000.
Page 1469
540500. PETER AYER. (Samuel3, Peter2, John1.) 539002. He was born Oct. 1, 1696. He married Lydia Pearlee. Residence, Haverhill, Mass.
Children:
540501. Jacob. Born Oct. 26, 1721.
540502. Peter. Born Oct. 9, 1724.
540503. Richard. Born Jan. 23, 1726.
540504. Pearley. Born Sept. 30, 1732. 543000.
540505. John. Born Feb. 27, 1735.
540506. Joseph. Born Sept. 9, 1736.
540507. Lydia. Born Dec. 26, 1737.
541000. JOHN KINGSBURY. (Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 540001. He married Deborah. Residence, Coventry, Conn.
Children:
541001. John. Born Sept. 28, 1704.
541002. Irena. Born July 24, 1731.
541003. Ennes. Born Feb. 17, 1734.
541004. Lydia. Born Oct. 10, 1737.
541100. JOSEPH KINGSBURY. (Joseph2, Henry1.) 540002. He was born June 22, 1682, at Haverhill, Mass. He removed in June, 1708, to Norwich, Conn. He married Feb. 5, 1706, Ruth Dennison (daughter of John, son of John Dennison of Ipswich, Mass.). She was born in 1686. He died Dec. 1, 1757, at Norwich, Conn. She died May 6, 1779.
Children:
Page 261
541101. Ephriam. Born Jan. 4, 1707, at Haverhill, Mass. 544200.
541102. Hannah. Born in March, 1708. Married Capt. Jacob Hyde.
544220.
541103. Love. Born in 1710. Married Josiah Barker.
541104. Ruth. Born in 1712. Married Joshua Egerton.
541105. Joseph. Born in 1714.
541106. Ebenezer. Born in 1716. 544240.
541107. Eleazer. Born in 1718. 544300.
541108. Eunice. Born in 1720. Married John Barker.
541109. Daniel. Born in 1724.
541110. Tabitha. Born in 1726. Married a Waldo.
541111. Irene. Born in 1729. Unmarried.
541112. Nathaniel. Born Feb. 7, 1730. 544400.
541150. NATHANIEL KINGSBURY. (Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 540003. He was born Aug. 23, 1684. He married Hannah Denni-Ebenezer
Page 1470
and Elizabeth Wales. Sept. 6, 1764, he married for his second wife Mary Bailey, daughter of Joseph and Mary Bailey of Norwich, Conn. She was born March 20, 1739 and died () 1814. Joseph (5th) was made a freeman in Franklin, Conn., Sept. 29, 1777, and died Oct. 17, 1793.
Children:
542001. Timothy. Born Oct. 15, 1754. Died Sept. 29, 1814. 548000.
542002. Ebenezer. Born Jan. 17, 1755. Died June () 1833.
542003. Sarah. Born July 12, 1756. Married Nov. 11, 1782, Amos
Inghram.
542004. Nathaniel. Born Jan. 31, 1758. Died June 1, 1842. (Settled
in Madison Co., N. Y.)
542005. Cynthia. Born Sept. 24, 1759. Married Nathan Hazen.
542006. Peter. Born Aug. 23, 1761. Died Jan. 8, 1813. (Settled in
Madison Co., N. Y.)
542007. Elizabeth. Born April 11, 1763. Died Dec. 23, 1763.
542008. Rev. Oliver. Born Nov. 14, 1765. Was a Congregational
clergyman of Richland, N. Y.
542009. Elizabeth. Born March 31, 1767. Died May 2, 1771.
542010. Bailey. Born June 19, 1769. Died Nov. 20, 1844.
542011. Mary. Born Nov. 8, 1774. Died Jan. 23, 1825.
542012. Clarissa. Born Sept. 4, 1779. Died Feb. 13, 1797.
542013. Lydia. Born Aug. 17, 1781., Died May 15, 1796.
543000. PEARLEY AYER. (Peter4, Samuel3, Peter2, John1.) 540504. He was born Sept 30, 1732. He married Sarah Mitchell. He died April 11, 1781. She died June 6, 1776. Residence, Haverhill, Mass.
Children:
543001. Joseph. Born May 19, 1755.
543002. Lydia. Born June 9, 1757.
543003. Phineas. Born Jan. 17, 1761.
543004. John. Born Dec. 17, 1761. 549000.
543005. Hannah. Born Sept. 17, 1766.
543006. Hezekiah. Born May 25, 1769.
543007. Pearley. Born July 18, 1772.
543008. William.
543009. Sarah.
544200. EPHRAIM KINGSBURY. (Joseph4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 541101. He was born Jan. 4, 1707. He married Phebe.
Page 1472
Children:
544201. Oliver. Born June 13, 1761.
544202. William. Born Feb. 9, 1764.
544203. Phebe. Born March 22, 1766.
544204. Jabez. Born Oct. 22, 1769.
544205. Ephraim. Born June 18, 1775.
544220. CAPT. JACOB HYDE. He married Hannah Kingsbury. 541102.
Children:
544221. Joseph. 550001.
544222. Jacob.
544240. HON. EBENEZER KINGSBURY. (Joseph4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 541106. He was born Feb. 11, 1716. He married Nov. 28, 1743, Priscilla Kingsbury. She was born in 1721. Justice of the Peace. Ensign in Rev. War. Deputy to General Assembly of Conn., 1778-91. He died Sept. 6, 1801. She died in 1805. Residence, Coventry, Conn.
Children:
544241. Ebenezer. Born Aug. 28, 1744. Died Sept. 4, 1744.
544242. Mary. Born March 31, 1746. Died Nov. 26, 1754.
544243. Ebenezer. Born Jan. 27, 1749 or 50. Died young.
544244. Priscilla. Born Dec. 26, 1751. Died Jan. 5, 1752.
544245. Joseph. Born April 17, 1753. 550200.
544246. Priscilla. Born Jan. 21, 1756. Married Eleazer Pomeroy. 550300.
544247. Martha Edgerton. Born July 16, 1758. Betrothed of Capt.
Nathan Hale, the "Martyr Spy," who was executed by Gen.
Howe. His last words were "I only regret that I have but one
life to lose for my country." Though she married another and
was the mother of several children, on her dying lips was the
name of Nathan Hale.
544248. Rev. Ebenezer. Born Aug. 30, 1762. Graduated at Yale
College, 1783. Died in 1842. Residence, Jericho, Vt.
544249. Mary. Born in 1764. Died young.
544300. ELEAZER KINGSBURY. (Joseph4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 541107. He was born in 1718. He married July 20, 1742, Freelove Rust. She was born in 1771. She died in 1823.
Children:
544301. Freelove.
544302. Ann.
544303. Sarah.
544304. Eleazer.
544305. Samuel Rust.
Page 1473
544400. NATHANIEL KINGSBURY. (Joseph3, Joseph2, Henry1.) 541112. He was born Feb. 7, 1730. He married Sept. 4, 1755, Sarah Hill (daughter of Capt. Jacob Hill of Cambridge, Mass. He settled in Windham, now Hampton, Conn., until 1731 or 2, when he removed to Coventry, now Andover, Conn. They had nine children who lived to manhood, but all died in early life except John and Jacob. He died Dec. 15, 1784, at Norwich, Conn. She died Oct. 23, 1789.
Children:
544401. Jacob. Born June 6, 1756. 550540.
544402. Sarah. Born in 1758. Married Dr. Benjamin Ellis. Physician.
544403. Nathaniel. Born in 1760. Unmarried. Died in 1785.
544404. John. Born in 1761 (or Dec. 30, 1762). 550500.
544405. Joseph. Born in 1764.
544406. Charles. Born in 1767. Student in Yale College.
544407. Tabitha Hill. Born in 1770. Died in 1786.
544408. Bethia. Born in 1772. Died in 1790.
544409. William. Born in 1775. Died young.
544500. SIMEON KINGSBURY. (Nathaniel4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 541154. He was born July 25, 1715. He married Deliverance.
Child:
544501. Deliverance. Born Nov. 18, 1742.
544600. JABEZ KINGSBURY. (Nathaniel4, Joseph3, Henry2,
Page 263
Henry1.) 541155. He was born June 21, 1717. He married Sept. 13, 1749, Mary Phelps.
Children:
544601. Nathaniel. Born Oct. 4, 1751. 550800.
544602. Ruth. Born May 27, 1753.
544603. Joseph. Born in Feb., 1755.
544604. Jeremiah. Born March 5, 1757. Died Dec. 10, 1761.
544605. Jabez. Born May 20, 1758. 550900.
544606. Mary. Born Oct. 26, 1760.
544607. Amelia. Born Jan. 15, 1764.
544608. Anne. Born April 20, 1766.
544700. JOSEPH KINGSBURY. (Nathaniel4, Joseph3, Henry2,
Page 1474
Henry1.) 541158. He married Mary Loomis. Residence, Enfield, Conn.
Children:
544701. Lemuel. Born Sept. 14, 1752. 550700.
544702. Joseph. 550740.
546000. JOSEPH HAZEN. (Thomas3, Thomas2, Edward1.) 541302. He was born June 30, 1717. He married Dec. 8, 1740, Elizabeth Durkee of Norwich, Conn. He removed about 1780, with his sons, to Grand Isle, Vt., where they were among the pioneer settlers, and where the family has been numerous and honored.
Child:
546001. Mary. Born Sept. 11, 1754. Married Sept. 16, 1773, David
Newton. He was born March 25, 1753, at Milford, Conn.
Soldier, Capt. Joshua Hazen's Co., Col. John Wood's Regt.
Oct., 1780. They had 16 children, born between 1774 and
1799, all of whom lived to grow up. He died Dec. 29, 1839.
She died Sept. 4, 1823. Residence, Hartford, Vt.
546050. THOMAS HAZEN. (Thomas,3 Thomas2, Edward1.) 541303. He was born Sept. 30, 1719. He married March 7, 1743 (o. 1742), Ann Tenny (daughter of Joseph Tenny and Abigail Anne Wood) of Norwich, Conn. She was born in 1727. He lived in Woodbury, Conn., where he was a large proprietor in the part of the town which is now Washington. He removed in 1774, to Hartford, Vt., where he and his children took up 3,560 acres of land. Most of his sixteen children married and settled there. Soldier, Capt. Joshua Hazen's Co., Col. John Wood's Regt., 1780. He died Aug. 19, 1782, in Hartford, Vt.
Children:
546051. Joshua. Born Oct. 19, 1745.
546052. Asa. Born Nov. 16, 1749. 551300.
546053. Hezekiah. Corporal, Capt. Joshua Hazen's Co., Col. John
Wood's Regt., and marched on alarm at Brookfield, Oct., 1780.
546054. Daniel. Soldier, Capt. Joshua Hazen's Co., Col. John Wood's
Regt., and marched on alarm at Broofield, Oct., 1780.
546055. Solomon. Soldier, Capt. Joshua Hazen's Co., Col. John
Wood's Regt., and marched on alarm at Brookfield, Oct., 1780.
546056. Thomas. Soldier, Capt. Joshua Hazen's Co., Col. John Wood's
Regt., and marched on alarm at Brookfield, Oct., 1780.
Page 1475
546100. MOSES HAZEN. (Thomas3, Thomas2, Edward1.) 541307. He was born Dec. 1, 1731. He married (1st) Nov. 13, 1755, Elizabeth Merrill of Norwich, Conn. She died Jan. 4, 1776. He married (2nd) Jan. 9, 1783, Joanna Sampson of Norwich. She died May 29, 1813. His descendants reside at Norwich, Conn., and adjacent towns.
SIXTH GENERATION.
548000. TIMOTHY AYER. (Joseph5, Timothy4, Joseph3, John2, John1.) 542001. He was born Oct. 15, 1753, in Franklin, Conn.
Page 264
He married Nov. 4, 1774, Elizabeth Hazen, who was born Oct. 16, 1757. He died in Franklin, May 26, 1826. She was the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Hazen of Franklin. Timothy Ayer was born in the house built by his grandfather, and served in the War of the Revolution under Col. Latimore, 1777. His business was that of attending a grist mill. He was prominent in church and town affairs, and was one of the first men to start a fund for procuring a bell for the church. In 1816 order of Probate Court of Norwich reads, "Estate of Timothy Ayer, widow Elizabeth. Children: Eleazer, Uriah, Darius, Frederick, Charles, Joseph H., sons, and one daughter, Florinda. Of his sons, much will be seen further on. They scattered over a large part of the world. Residence, Franklin, Conn.
Children:
548001. Eleazer. Born May 29, 1776. Died Oct. 24, 1851. 555000.
548002. William. Born Feb. 11, 1778. Died Jan. 3, 1779, in Franklin.
548003. Uriah. Born Oct. 20, 1779. Married Mrs. Sally Goodrich
March 24, 1815, at Schuyler Falls, who died Jan. 17, 1869. He
died Feb. 12, 1859, in Schuyler Falls, N. Y.
548004. Darius. Born March 3, 1781. Died June 8, 1838, in Williamsville.
548005. Phebe. Born Dec. 18, 1782. Died Oct. 29, 1792, in Franklin,
Conn.
548006. Frederick. Born June 17, 1785. Married Lucy Tozer. Died
May 8, 1848, in Williamsville.
548007. Charles. Born Feb. 10, 1787. Married Anna Champlin.
Died Dec. 2, 1879, in Wakarusa, Kan.
548008. Oliver. Born Oct. 29, 1789. Died Jan. 20, 1790, in Franklin.
548009. Irenus. Born Jan 23, 1791. Died Feb. 11, 1791, in Franklin,
Conn.
Page 1476
548010. Joseph Hazen. Born May 18, 1792, Married Seba Ladd.
Died Nov. 9, 1870, in Schuyler Falls.
548011. Oliver (2nd). Born Dec. 14, 1795. Died Dec. 24, 1795.
548012. Florinda. Born Jan. 4, 1797. Married John Noyes Champlin.
Died Sept. () 1820.
548013. Elizabeth. Born July 10, 1799. Died Oct. 13, 1803, in Franklin,
Conn.
548014. Philetus. Born Sept. 6, 1802. Died Oct. 20, 1802, in Franklin.
549000. JOHN AYER. (Pearley5, Peter4, Samuel3, Peter2, John1.) 543004. He was born Dec. 17, 1761. He married June 9, 1785, Rachel Morse of Hampstead, N. H. He died Sept. 4, 1839. She died Aug. 20, 1821. Residence, Haverhill, N. H.
Children:
549001. Nancy. Born april 14, 1786. Married April 23, 1805. Died
April 19, 1827.
549002. Phineas. Born July 17, 1790. Married Oct. 1, 1812. Died
Feb. 28, 1823.
549003. John. Born May 23, 1792. 554000.
549004. Moses. Born May 3, 1795. Married Dec. 3, 1818. Died
April 3, 1826.
549005. James. Born Oct. 11, 1797. Married June 7, 1819, at Salem,
N. H. Died Sept. 15, 1865.
549006. Betsey. Born Oct. 23, 1800. Married April 11, 1822. Died
June 10, 1865.
549007. Pearley. Born Oct. 23, 1800. 554200.
550000. JOSEPH HYDE. (Jacob.) 544221. He married.
Child:
550001. Rev. Lavius Hyde. Residence, 1859, Bolton, Conn.
550200. JOSEPH KINGSBURY. (Ebenezer5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 544245. He was born April 17, 1753. He married Feb. 21, 1780, Lois Richards Porter (daughter of Jonathan Porter and Sarah Ladd). He died April 13, 1828. Residence, North Coventry, Conn.
Children:
Page 265
550201. Mary. Married Harlan Page.
550202. Addison. Born July 5, 1800. 555000.
Page 1477
550300. ELEAZER POMEROY. He married Priscilla Kingsbury. 544246.
Child:
550301. Isaac Newton. 555200.
550500. JOHN KINGSBURY. (Nathaniel5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 544404. He was born Dec. 30, 1762, at Norwich, Conn. He married Nov. 6, 1764, Marcia Bronson (daughter of Dea. Stephen Bronson of Waterbury, Conn.). He was prepared by his uncle, Rev. Charles Backus, D. D., of Somers, Conn., and graduated at Yale College, 1786. Student at Judge Reeves' Law School, Litchfield, Conn., 1788-90. Admitted to the bar 1790. He settled in 1791, at Waterbury, Conn. Town Clerk, 1793-1818. Justice of the Peace, 1796-1830. Representative, 1796-1813. Judge of Probate, 1801-34. County Judge, 1801-20. Presiding Judge, 1819-20. He died Aug. 26, 1844. She died March 21, 1813. Residence, Waterbury, Conn.
Children:
550501. Charles Denison. Born Nov. 7, 1795. 555300.
550502. Julius Jesse Bronson. Born Oct. 18, 1797. 555320.
550503. John Southmayd. Born Nov. 18, 1891. 555340.
550504. Sarah Susanna. Born Nov. 6, 1807. Married William Brown.
555360.
550540. COL. JACOB KINGSBURY. (Nathaniel5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 343000. 544401. He was born June 6, 1756, in Norwich, Conn. He entered the Continental Army as a private in 1775, served in Wayne's Indian Campaign, and was appointed Lieutenant of infantry in 1789. He rose to the rank of Inspector General. He died July 1, 1837. Residence, Franklin, Conn.
Children:
550541. Capt. James W. Cadet at U. S. Military Academy, 1819-23.
2nd Lieut., 1st Inf., Aug. 19, 1823. 1st Lieut., Aug. 1, 1830.
Capt., Oct. 3, 1837. Resigned Oct. 17, 1837. Military Storekeeper,
Oct. 17, 1837. Resigned, July 15, 1843. Died June
25, 1853.
550542. Thomas H. C. Residence, Franklin, Conn.
550700. LEMUEL KINGSBURY. (Joseph3, Nathaniel2, Joseph1.) 544701. He was born Sept. 14, 1752, in Enfield. Conn. He married Alice Terry. He marched from Enfield for the relief of
Page 1478
Boston on the Lexington Alarm. Cornet, 5th Regt. Conn. Light Horse in 1776. He was afterwards member of Capt. Hutchinson's Co., 18th Regt. Conn. Militia. Member of Capt. Pettibone's Co., Col. Belden's Regt. in April and May, 1777, in service at Peekskill.
Child:
550701. Solomon. 555400.
550740. CAPT. JOSEPH KINGSBURY, JR. (Joseph5, Nathaniel4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 544702. He married April 10, 1784, Ruth Benton.
Children:
550741. Sophia. Born July 27, 1784.
550742. Betsey. Born Feb. 16, 1786.
550743. Polly. Born Nov. 16, 1787.
550744. William. Born Aug. 13, 1789.
550745. Joseph. Born July 19, 1791.
550746. Harvey. Born Dec. 17, 1794.
Page 266
550747. Royal. Born July 4, 1798.
550800. NATHANIEL KINGSBURY. (Jabez5, Nathaniel4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 544601. He was born Oct. 4, 1751. He married March 5, 1778, Asenath Daggett.
Children:
550801. Allen. Born Feb. 9, 1779.
550802. Wealthy. Born Oct. 24, 1783.
550803. Asenath. Born Oct. 7, 1785.
550804. Jabez. Born Oct. 9, 1788.
550900. JABEZ KINGSBURY. (Jabez5, Nathaniel4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 544605. He was born May 20, 1758. He married (1st) Dec. 10, 1789, Freelove Kingsbury. He married (2nd) Chloe, by whom one child, Harriet Newell.
Children:
550901. Anna. Born July 12, 1790.
550902. Elisha. Born Oct. 12, 1793.
550903. Ameniah. Born March 10, 1796.
550904. Ephraim. Born July 20, 1799.
550905. Alvin. Born March 9, 1803.
550906. Backus. Born Sept. 25, 1805.
550907. Nelson. Born April 3, 1808.
550908. Phebe. Born June 9, 1810.
550909. Erastus. Born April 29, 1812.
550910. Harriet Newall. Born May 25, 1825.
Page 1479
551200. HON. JOSHUA HAZEN. (Thomas4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Edward1.) 546051. He was born Oct. 19, 1745. He married his cousin, Mercy Hazen of Litchfield, Conn., and removed about 1776, to Hartford, Vt. Member of Committee of Safety. Captain, Col. John Wood's Regt. and marched with his company on alarm at Brookfield, Oct., 1780. Member of Constitutional Convention at Windsor, Vt., July 2-6, 1777. They had 3 sons and 6 daughters. He died in April, 1796. She died Aug. 12, 1824.
551300. ASA HAZEN. (Thomas4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Edward1.) 546052. He was born Nov. 16, 1749, in Woodbury, Conn. He married Dec. 7, 1780, Susannah Tracy (daughter of Thomas Wag Tracy and Elizabeth Warner). She was born Aug. 19, 1725, in Conn. He removed in 1769, to the N. H. grants and to Vt. He died March 12 (o. 10), 1819, in Hartford, Vt. She died in Feb., 1822. They had ten children, 7 sons and 3 daughters. Sergeant, Capt. Joshua Hazen's Co., Col. John Wood's Regt., on alarm at Brookfield, Oct., 1780.
Children:
551301. Allen. 555800.
551302. Austin. Born in 1786. 555840.
551303. Son. 555880.
551304. Asa. Born in 1793. Graduated at Dartmouth College, 1812.
Lawyer. Died in 1866.
551305. Lucius. 555900.
SEVENTH GENERATION.
552000. ELEAZER AYER. (Timothy6, Joseph5, Timothy4, Joseph3, John2, John1.) 548001. He was born in Franklin, Conn., March 29, 1776. Eleazer was twice married, his first and second wives being daughters of Abner and Abigail Ladd of Franklin. He first married in Oct., 1802, Anna Ladd, who died Oct. 11, 1829. Later he married her sister Rebecca. Eleazer Ayer, like the others born in the same old spot, lived there and brought up a large family. When the youngest daughter was 21 years of age, a reunion was held over all the children. They went over across the way and there weighed upon the old grist mill scales and the ten weighed just one ton. Eleazer was an active man and many transactions in real estate are recorded. We find leases and deeds as follows:
Page 1480
May 29, 1805, Timothy deeded to Eleazer, land.
Page 267
April 22, 1807, Aaron Bailey leased to Eleazer, land, 999 years.
Feb. 14, 1812, Phineas Corwin deeded land to Eleazer Ayer.
March 17, 1817, Joseph H. Ayer deeded to Eleazer Ayer.
March 18, 1818, John N. Champlin and Florinda Ayer deeded to Eleazer Ayer.
June 23, 1818, Othiniel Gager deeded to Eleazer Ayer.
April 2, 1825, Reuben Burgess deeded to Eleazer Ayer.
March 27, 1834, Charles Ayer of Erie Co., N. Y., deeded to Eleazer Ayer.
April 11, 1842, Frederick Ayer of Amherst, N. Y., deeded to Eleazer Ayer.
Sept. 5, 1844, Uriah Ayer of Plattsburg, N. Y., deeded to Eleazer Ayer.
Sept. 18, 1844, Jason and Mary Roberts deeded to Eleazer Ayer.
Nov. 22, 1834, Samuel C. Ladd deeded to Eleazer Ayer.
In the house in which Eleazer Ayer was born, were also born 37 Ayers. Joseph 5th practically built the house as the previous one was only a small one. After Eleazer's death, this property passed out of the Ayer name, and only the cellar of the old house and part of the flume on the dam of the pond was left to tell where once was heard children's voices and the grinding of grain. A new house had been built near where the old one stood, by the new owner, but that, too, was going to decay, and the name of Ayer in Franklin is now (1902), only to be found in two families, both of whom are descendants of Timothy (6th). Residence, Franklin, Conn.
Children:
552001. Philetus Perkins. Born Aug. 30, 1803. Married May 4, 1830.
Margarette Frink. Died Feb. 12, 1879. 557000.
552002. Marinetta. Born Dec. 8, 1804. Married Benjamin Stead.
552003. Joseph Sumner. Born March 15, 1807. Married Sept. 11,
1843, Alice Tubbs. Died Nov. 21, 1869. 557060.
552004. Wealthy Alvira. Born Nov. 23, 1808. Married Gideon Brown.
552005. Frederick Augustus. Born Dec. 3, 1810. Married Augusta
Davis.
552006. Charles Nelson. Born July 26, 1812. Married Minerva Johnson.
552007. Chester Marcus. Born July 56, 1814. Married Florinda
Champlin.
Page 1481
552008. William Durkee. Born Sept. 13, 1816. Married April 1,
1843, (1) Abby Shoals. Died May 16, 1850. (2) Cornelia
Spofford. Born July 24, 1865. Died July (), 1889.
552009. Phebe Eliza. Born Sept. 28, 1818. Married William Hinckley.
Died Jan. 23, 1861.
552010. Wolcott Huntington. Born Sept. 9, 1820.
554000. JOHN AYER. (John6, Pearley5, Peter4, Samuel3, Peter2, John1.) 549003. He was born May 23, 1792. He married Dec. 1, 1814, Susan Emerson of Methuen, Mass. She was born Nov. 21, 1794, at Methuen. He died May 24, 1874. She died June 16, 1865.
Children:
554001. Monroe. Born July 15, 1817. Married Oct. 10, 1838, at
Exeter, N. H. Died Aug. 16, 1898, at Yarmouth, N. S. Child:
Ellen. Married a McAllister.
554002. Loretta. Born Sept. 11, 1819. Married in Sept., 1839. She
died May 3, 1891, at Ware, N. H.
554003. Washington. Born June 18, 1823.
554004. Adams. Born June 18, 1823. Married June 10, 1852, at
Brookline, Mass. He died March 22, 1882, at Montreal,
Canada.
554005. Day Fayette. Born Feb. 16, 1825. Unmarried. Died June
Page 268
13, 1856.
554200. PEARLEY AYER. (John6, Pearley5, Peter4, Samuel3, Peter2, John1.) 549007. He was born Oct. 23, 1800. He married Nov. 23, 1826, Catharine S. Kimball. She was born in July, 1802, at Salem, N. H. He died July 29, 1870, at Ayer's Village, Haverhill, Mass. She died Sept. 14, 1893. Residence, Haverhill, Mass.
Children:
554201. Phineas. Born Dec. 31, 1827. Married June 9, 1853. Died
April 1, 1901, at Portland, Me.
554202. George. Born April 24, 1830. Married May 1, 1864. Died
Feb. 23, 1895.
554203. Catharine. Born April 24, 1832. Married Sept. 6, 1857.
554204. Walter. Born March 9, 1835. 559000.
554205. Annette. Born June 27, 1837. Married Sept. 30, 1879, at
Portland, Me.
554206. Helen. Born Feb. 18, 1842. Married Sept. 6, 1857.
555000. REV. ADDISON KINGSBURY, D. D. (Joseph6, Ebenezer5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 550202. He was born
Page 1482
July 5, 1800. He was a student, graduated at Amherst College, 1823-5, and Andover Theological Seminary, 1825-8. He married Aug. 20, 1832, Mary Farrer Price (daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Price and Lucy Farrer). She was born Dec. 26, 1804, in Bucksport, Me. Trustee of Marietta College 51 years and of Lane Theological Seminary, 31 years. D. D., Marietta College, 1854. He died Jan. 25, 1892, at Marietta, Ohio. She died Jan. 17, 1888.
Child:
555001. Joseph A. Born Sept. 26, 1840, in Putnam, Ohio. 560000.
555200. ISAAC NEWTON POMEROY. (Eleazer.) 550301. He married Anna Olmstead.
Child:
555201. Horace. 560200.
555300. CHARLES DENISON KINGSBURY. (John6, Nathaniel5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 550501. He was born Nov. 7, 1795, at Waterbury, Conn. He married March 1 (o. 5), 1821, Eliza Leavenworth (daughter of Dr. Frederick, Jesse, Mark, Thomas, Thomas Leavenworth). She was born Dec. 17, 1798. She died Nov. 16, 1852. He read medicine. Merchant. Residence, Waterbury, Conn.
Children:
555301. Frederick John. Born Jan. 1, 1823. 560400.
555302. Sarah Leavenworth. Born April 1, 1840. Married Franklin
Carter. 560420.
555320. MAJ. JULIUS JESSE BRONSON KINGSBURY, U. S. A. (John6, Nathaniel5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 550502. He was born Oct. 18, 1797. He graduated at U. S. Military Academy, West Point, 1823. He married Jane C. Stebbins of N. Y. City. 2nd Lieut., 2nd Inf., July 1, 1823. 1st Lieut., Sept. 13, 1831. Capt., Feb. 13, 1837. Maj., 6th Inft., May 7, 1849. Dismiss
Owner of land in Wimborne, Dorset,
England and later purchased South Newton and Chilhampton in Wiltshire,
England. Thomas was the M.I. of St. Thomas’s church in Salisbury.295
Held land in Winborn, Co Dorset, England.
A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Familes - AYER
According to Thorpe's catalog of the legendary deeds of Battle Abbey, and W. E. Lincoln's genealogy of the Lincoln family, the traditional origin of this surname took place on the battlefield at Hastings in 1066 when Duke William was flung from his horse and his helmet driven into his face. One of his followers, Truelove, saw the accident, pulled off the helmet and re-horsed him. The Duke said to him, "Thou shalt hereafter from Truelove be called Eyre (Air) because thou hast given me the air I breathe." When William inquired about him later he found him severely wounded, his leg and thigh struck off. He ordered the finest care and later awarded him lands in Derby as well as "the leg and thigh in armour, cut off, for his crest, and this honorable badge is still worn by all the Eyres in England."
Mr. Lincoln as well as other authorities also cite another possible, and more prosaic, origin, simply "the heir". The addition of the final s produces "son of the heir". A common 13th century variation of the name was Le Heyer or Le Ayer. Other forms seen are Ayre, Aire, Eyer, Eire, and Hayers. Coat of Arms: Argent on a chevron sa 3/4 foils. Crest: Leg in Armour couped at thigh, and spur.
THOMAS EYER married Elizabeth Rogers of Poole, England. Their children, according to the Lincoln genealogy:
1. Robert, born in 1559 (doubtful because of date;
possibly a brother rather than a son).
2. Giles, founder of the Ireland branch, extinct.
3. Elizabeth, married G. Tooker.
4. Catherine, married T. Hooper.
5. Christopher, born in 1578.
6. Thomas, born in 1580.
7. William, born in 1585.
8. Rebecca, married J. Love.
9. Anne, married J. Swan.
10. JOHN1, born in 1592. See below.
JOHN AYER1 was born in England in 1592 and came to Salisbury, Mass., in 1637, perhaps from Norwich, co. Norfolk. He received land in Salisbury in the first division of land in 1640 and also in 1643. November 4, 1645, he was sworn a freeman, and in 1646 a tax list showed him to have taxable property of œ160, second highest on the list. About 1647 he moved to Haverhill, selling his house, land and commonage to John Stevens. In 1652, he received a share in the second division of plough-land. He could write and thus was a man of some education. He served on the grand jury in 1649 and 1652, and in 1654 due to his age was freed from all military training.
His wife Hannah is thought to have been the sister of John Everard alias Webb who left a legacy to the children of John and Hannah. John Sr. died in Haverhill, March 31, 1657, and his will of March 12 was prov. October 6 of that year. His widow Hannah died October 8, 1688, "aged", in Haverhill. They have many descendants. One-third of the inhabitants of Haverhill in 1700, it is said, carried the name of Ayer.
Children
1. John2, born in England, was a farmer, and May 5, 1646, in Haverhill, married Sarah Williams (d. of John) who died there July 25, 1662. He married (2) March 26, 1663, Mary Wooddam (d. of John). He took the oath of freeman in Ipswich November 4, 1645. He could write and in 1658 was constable of Haverhill, serving on the trial jury in 1652, 1657, 1664, 1665 and 1666; and on the grand jury in 1663. John and Sarah conveyed to his brother
Obadiah their interest in a dwelling, barn and 8
acres May 18, 1659. John and wife Mary "lately of
Haverhill" were living in Ipswich in 1669 and in
1694. He died before 1711.
Chil. born in Haverhill, 1st marr.:
i. John3, of Andover, b. Mar. 18, 1648; died
ca 1683; prob. m. Mary (); a son Samuel
d. in Andover Sept. 5, 1670.
ii. Zechariah, a farmer, b. Oct. 24, 1650;
m. June 27, 1678, Elizabeth Chase (d. of
Aquila) in Andover. He served in Philip's
War in 1676 and was liv. in Newbury 1696
but a proprietor of Andover 1680 and 1702.
iii. Nathaniel, millwright, b. Mar. 13, 1655;
took oath of allegiance at Newbury 1678;
m. Aug. 31, 1683, Ann Swan of Haverhill;
7 chil. b. Haverhill. He moved to Stonington
Ct. ca 1696.
iv. Joseph, b. Mar. 16, 1659; took oath of
alleg. at Haverhill Nov. 1677; prob. m.
Nov. 24, 1686, Sarah Corliss (d. of Geo.
of Haverhill); 5 chil. b. there. He moved
to Norwich Ct. ca 1703 and d. ca 1747.
v. Sarah, b. Jan. 17, 1661; m. Henry Collins
of Lynn.
Child, 2d marriage:
vi. Samuel, d. Sept. 5, 1670, Andover.
2. ROBERT2, born ca 1625. See below.
3. Rebecca2, married ca October 8, 1648, in Newbury,
John Aslett. She survived her husband who died in
Andover June 6, 1671.
4. Thomas2, married April 1, 1656, in Haverhill, Elizabeth
Hutchins, and was a resident of Haverhill
in 1646 and 1659. He bought a house and lot
in Haverhill in 1648 and was a landowner there in
Page 211
1650, receiving 9 acres in the second division of
ploughland. He took the oath of allegiance April
24, 1649; the oath of freeman in May 1666; and
served on the grand jury in 1662. He died November
9, 1686, in Haverhill; his widow in 1710. All
but the first of his children were born in Haverhill.
Children:
i. John3, b. May 12, 1657, in Newbury; m.
Sept. 13, 1683, Hannah Travers of Boston;
5 chil. b. Haverhill; liv. in Stonington
Ct. 1695 and 1722.
ii. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 23, 1659; m. Oct. 28,
1684, Haverhill, Lt. Samuel Watts. She d.
Oct. 26, 1695, and he m. (2) Elizabeth
(Ayer) Clements.
iii. Mary, b. Mar. 22, 1661; m. ca 1681, Samuel
Colcord of Kingston NH; both living
there 1726; she a wid. 1737.
iv. Love, b. Apr. 15, 1663; m. Apr. 2, 1679,
Haverhill, Joseph Kingsbury.
v, vi. Two sons b. Jan. 16; d. Jan. 20, 1665.
vii. Thomas, b. June 9, 1666, "yeoman of Haverhill,
liv. there in 1712, m. June 12,
1694, Ruth Wilford who was k. by Indians
Aug. 29, 1708; 5 chil. A dau. Ruth was
also k. He m. (2) Mar. 7, 1710, in Amesbury,
Dorothy Martin, widow of Henry
Blaisdell; 1 child.
viii. Samuel, b. July 11, 1671; d. July 15, 1672.
5. Peter2, Cornet, of Haverhill, was born in England
ca 1633. He could write and was active in public
life, a landowner in 1650 and granted land in the
5th division of town lands. He was a selectman
and one of the first assessors. Peter was sworn
a freeman in May 1666 and served on committees to
choose the houses to be made garrisons, and to
build the first school and a new meeting house.
He was a yeoman, cornet of the militia, and sat
on the trial jury in 1670 and grand jury 1668
and 1673, constable in 1674. He was a representative
in 1683, 1685, 1689, 1690 and 1698; representing
Haverhill at the convention in Boston
in 1689 in the "council of Safety". Peter married
Hannah Allen (William Sr. of Salisbury) and
Page 212
died December 22, 1729, aet 87, his wife surviving.
Children born in Haverhill:
i. Ruth3, b. Oct. 30, 1660; d. bef. 1699;
m. John Denison of Ipswich, a weaver
there until after 1714.
ii. Hannah, b. Aug. 21, 1662; m. Oct. 17,
1681, Lt. John Osgood of Andover; his widow
in 1730; 11 children.
iii. Abigail, b. July 4, 1664; m. Robert Lord
of Ipswich June 7, 1683; both liv. there
in 1730.
iv. Mary, b. Aug. 6, 1666; m. Joseph Calef of
Ipswich bef. 1699; his wid. there, 1730.
v. Martha, b. Mar. 1, 1668; d. Sept. 10,
1760 aet 92; m. May 19, 1690, Capt. Peter
Osgood of Salem, tanner; 6 children.
vi. Samuel, b. Sept. 28, 1669; m. Nov. 21,
1693, Haverhill, Elizabeth Tuttle (d. of
Simon of Ipswich); 8 chil. b. Haverhill.
He owned considerable real estate and had
a slave named Lot. Samuel d. Jan. 2, 1744;
his wid. Nov. 29, 1752.
vii. William, b. Sept. 23, 1673; d. Nov. 20,
1675, in Haverhill.
viii. Rachel, b. Oct. 18, 1675; d. May 21,
1678, "of the pox" in Haverhill.
ix. Ebenezer, b. May 22, 1678; d. Oct. 10,
1695, Haverhill.
6. Mary2, born ca 1634, probably in England, married
as his second wife ca 1652, in Andover, Nathan
Parker, and was executed as a witch, Sept.
26, 1692, in Salem.
7. Obadiah2, was born in Newbury ca 1643, was a juryman
in 1648, and March 19, 1661, in Haverhill,
married Hannah, daughter of Captain John Pike. He
removed to Woodbridge NJ ca 1669 and had land
surveyed to him in 1669 and 1671; in 1686 was
constable there. Hannah died May 30, 1689, and
Obadiah November 14, 1697, in Woodbridge.
Children:
i. John3, b. Mar. 2, 1663, Haverhill; m. Mary
Walker Feb. 24, 1689; may have m. (2)
Page 213
Mary () and had 9 chil. b. Woodbridge.
ii. Sarah, b. Mar. 5, 1665, Haverhill; died
Feb. 3, 1666.
iii. A son b. Nov. 1; d. Nov. 14, 1666, Hav.
iv. Samuel, b. Sept. 13; d. Dec. 26, 1667 in
Haverhill.
v. Obadiah, b. Oct. 20, 1670; in Woodbridge;
m. Joanna F. Jones Apr. 28, 1694; m. (2)
Elizabeth Compton Feb. 15, 1717.
vi. Joseph, b. Apr. 4, 1674, Woodbridge; m.
Phoebe Camp Jan. 5, 1698; 5 chil. b. in
Woodbridge.
vii. Thomas, b. Oct. 3; d. Oct. 13, 1675.
viii. Thomas, b. ca Dec. 17, 1677.
ix. Mary, b. Feb. 16, 1680; m. William Ilsley
June 18, 1700.
x. Sarah, b. Apr. 13; d. Nov. 8, 1683.
xi. Sarah () b. Sept. 7, 1685.
8. Hannah2, born December 21, 1644, in Salisbury;
died June 2, 1676, in Haverhill. She married
there March 24, 1663, Stephen Webster2 and had
six children.
9. Nathaniel2 of Haverhill, born ca 1646, married
May 10, 1670, there, Tamesin Turloar (Thomasin
Thurlow). According to his father's will, he was
apprenticed in 1657 at age 11 to a "Mr. French."
He took oath of allegiance in November 1677. His
wife died December 13, 1700. Nathaniel conveyed
his estate to son Nathaniel in 1717 and died in
Haverhill November 17, 1717.
Children born in Haverhill:
i. Hannah3, b. and d. June 2, 1671.
ii. Hannah, b. Dec. 19, 1672; m. Feb. 25,
1691; m. in Haverhill, Ebenezer Belknap.
She d. there Nov. 1779, aet nrly. 107.
iii. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 19, 1674; prob. marr.
Jan. 14, 1691, Abraham Belknap and lived
in Haverhill and Framingham where she d.
in 1730.
iv. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 15, 1676; ma. Esther
(wid. of Joseph Palmer) bef. 1707; 4 ch.
A Haverhill farmer, he conveyed the homestead
to son David 1736. Esther d. Aug.
Page 214
12, 1743, Hav.; Nathaniel Oct. 5, 1754.
v. Abia, a dau. b. Feb. 5, 1678.
vi. Obadiah, b. Jan. 20, 1680; d. Apr. 6, 1681.
vii. Ruth, b. Dec. 20, 1681; d. Apr. 24, 1682.
viii. A child b. Sept. 5; d. Sep. 9, 1683.
ix. Benjamin, b. Aug. 9, 1684; d. June 17, 1685.
x. Mary, b. Sept. 9, 1687.
xi. Ruth, b. May 12, 1689; prob. marr. James
Corlene Nov. 5, 1706.
THIRD GENERATION
ROBERT AYER2, SERGEANT (John1), "yeoman of Haverhill, was born ca 1625 in England, and February 27, 1651,
married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Palmer of Haverhill. He received land in the second and fifth division of
ploughland. In May 1666 he took the oath of freeman and in October 1667 was made a corporal of the Haverhill
military company, later sergeant. He had some degree of education as he signed a quit claim deed in his own hand in
1669, as well as other documents. In 1671 he was deputy constable of Haverhill; on the grand jury in 1678 and
1679; and selectman in 1685 and 1692. He was one of a committee of three appointed to see about settling the
Rev. Benjamin Rolfe, second minister of Haverhill. March 2, 1692, he bought from his son-in-law John Clements a
houselot with house, barn and cider mill, and all his ox common land as well as his land in Haverhill for œ200. It was
probably a trust deed for Clements' wife and children as Clements died soon after.
Elizabeth died April 24, 1705, aet 71, in Haverhill. Robert died before March 1717, aet 92. He had deeded property
to his children in 1708 and apparently gave the remainder of his estate to his grandson James Ayer, retaining its
use for life.
Children Born in Haverhill
1. Elizabeth3, born November 10, 1652; died after
1717 in Haverhill. She married there, February
22, 1676, John Clements, cooper, who died May
16, 1692. She married (2) March 8, 1697, Lieutenant
Samuel Watts as his 2d wife.
2. SAMUEL3, born in 1654. See below.
Page 215
3. Mehitable3, born September 14, 1656; may have
married Lieutenant Thomas Philbrick and died before
1680.
4. Timothy3, born October 2, 1659; died before September
30, 1690; married November 24, 1682, at
Haverhill, Ruth Johnson, daughter of Peter of
Hampton NH. He took oath of allegiance November
1677. In his will August 7, 1689, prov. September
30, 1690, he mentioned his wife Ruth, grandfather
Palmer, brother and sister Samuel and Mary Ayer.
He died August 14, 1689, and his widow married
(2) May 5, 1691, Samuel Dow, and died July
25, 1751, Haverhill.
Children born in Haverhill:
i. Hannah4, b. Dec. 7, 1683; m. John Shepard
of Haverhill Feb. 15, 1705, and died
bef. 1732.
ii. Ruth, b. Apr. 3, 1686; d. Jan. 27, 1687.
iii. Mary, b. July 16, 1688; prob. m. Nathaniel
Duston of Haverhill ca 1711 and d.
Apr. 17, 1725.
5. A daughter, born and died July 9, 1662.
6. Hannah3, born Jan. 26, 1664; d. Mar. 10, 1676.
7. Mary3, born Jan. 15, 1668; died Apr. 14, 1668.
FOURTH GENERATION
SAMUEL AYER3, CAPTAIN (Robert2, John1) was born November 11, 1654, and was a resident of liaverhill where he
was "one of the most worthy, active and intelligent citizens of the town". In 1676 he served in King Philip's War and
the following year took the oath of allegiance and his name appears in a listof those who built cottages. He was chief
selectman and constable, and in 1678 served on the grand jury. In 1683 he was sworn a freeman and his name
appears on a list of "snowshoe men". December 14, 1681, he married, in Haverhill, Mary Johnson of Hampton NH. In
1695, he was chosen the first town treasurer. The French and Indians attacked Haverhill August 29, 1708, and
killed many of its citizens. "Captain Ayer, a fearless man and of great strength, collected
Page 216
a body of about 20 men and pursued the retreating foe." Though outnumbered 13 to 1, Captain Ayer did not
hesitate to give them battle. These gallant men were soon reinforced by a company commanded by his own son,
James, but the captain had been killed, shot in the groin. The skirmish lasted about an hour and some of the
prisoners were retaken and the enemy driven off. Captain Ayer's estate was administered October 18, 1708, and
divided in 1715. His widow died January 8, 1745; her will dated October 6, 1741, prov. April 23, 1745.
Children Born in Haverhill
1. Peter4, born Dec. 21, 1682; d. Feb. 11, 1683.
2. Mehitable4, born February 5, 1683; married circa
1702, Job Clements of Haverhill; and (2) October
19, 1736, Lieutenant George Little. She probably
died at Plaistow November 3, 1754.
3. James4, Deacon, born October 27, 1686; married
Mary White (dau. of John) May 10, 1711. Ayers
Hill was named for him. He was a large, strong
man like his father, had extensive land-holdings
and served on important committees. He died December
19, 1771.
Children born in Haverhill:
i. Samuel5, b. May 5, 1712; d. Feb. 13, 1794;
m. Ann Hazen Feb. 23, 1738; 10 chil. She
d. 1786, and he m. (2) Apr. 1788, Mehitable
Mighill who d. 1802.
ii. John, b. Apr. 18, 1714, a tanner in Haverhill;
d. May 3, 1777; 7 chil. He ma.
Elizabeth Hale of Newbury Jan. 27, 1747.
She d. and he m. (2) Sarah Perkins of
Boxford in Newbury Sept. 26, 1759.
iii. William, b. June 18, 1716; a tall, grave,
religious man; m. Sarah Little and moved
to Plaistow NH; 9 children.
iv. Mary, b. July 18, 1718; prob. d. before
1765; poss. m. Isaac Morrill of Salisbury
August 27, 1741.
v. Lydia, b. June 23, 1720; d. Aug. 15, 1752;
prob. m. Nathaniel Walker Feb. 23, 1738.
vi. Hannah, b. Sept. 22, 1722; prob. d. before
Page 217
1765.
vii. Joanna, b. Aug. 13, 1724; prob. d. before
1765.
viii. Abigail, b. Aug. 13, 1726; d. Sep. 7, 1743,
unmarried.
ix. Ruth, b. Nov. 7, 1728; m. Rev. Henry True
of Hempstead NH Nov. 29, 1753.
x. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 22, 1730; d. July 14,
1745.
xi. James, b. Feb. 27, 1733.
4. Obadiah4, born May 9, 1689; yeoman, H. C. grad.
1710; a schoolmaster in Salem in 1716; living in
Haverhill in 1741.
5. Timothy4, born April 9, 1692, a weaver in Haverhill;
died April 20, 1745, Haverhill, probably
unmarried. He bequeathed money to First Church
of Haverhill for a bell.
6. LYDIA AYER4 (Samuel3, Robert2, John1) was born
December 19, 1694, and died before 1745. She
married Joseph Worth of Hampton NH, yeoman. SEE
WORTH FAMILY.
7. Hannah4, born May 3, 1697; married Nicholas
White November 6, 1722; died January 25, 1732.
8. Ruth4, born March 21, 1700; died Apr. 28, 1730;
married James Davis Jr. of Dover Nov. 5, 1728.
9. Abigail4, b. Apr. 7, 1702; d. Sep. 24, 1726, unm.
10. John4, born April 7, 1705, yeoman of Haverhill;
3 chil.; his will dated March 6, 1744; January
20, 1746. His wife Mary survived and married Daniel
Massey of Salem NH in 1760.
Page 218
******************
History of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman Family in America vol2
Author: Ebenezer Mack Treman
Call Number: R929.1T79 v.2
This book contains the history and genealogy of the Treman, Tremaine, and Truman family of Connecticut.
Bibliographic Information: Treman, Ebenezer Mack. History of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman Family in America vol.2. Press of The Ithaca Demorcat. 1901.
AYRES HISTORY.
JOHN AYER OF HAVERHILL, MASS. (1635).
In Volume 10, 1st series of Notes and Queries, is the following taken from "Rhodes Peak scenery" page 244. "The Eyres is one of the oldest families in Derbyshire where they have continued to reside more than seven hundred years. The seat of Humphrey Lee Heyr called Hope because he had hope in the greatest extremity.
From Burke's "General Armory of England." Eyre. (Bromham. Wedhampton, Chalfield, New House, etc., County Wilts, descended from Humphrey LeHeyer of Bromham, whose great grandson, Galfridus de Eyre of Bromham, was living tempo Edward II. The derivative branches were the Eyres of Botley Grange, County Hants, the Eyres of Eyre Court Castle, County Galway, of whom was Lord Eyre, and Eyres of Macroom, County Cork.)
The coat-of-arms of all the families in England vary but little and the original Derby family now represented at Rampton is the one from which John Ayer of Haverhill, Mass., descended.
From comparison of coats-of-arms and some tedious researches in the old country histories of England it is certain that a family of Eyre of Wiltshire, England, is a branch of the Rampton family.
Page 258
The old Wiltshire family of Eyre enjoyed for several centuries the highest distinction within its native country and was of consideration in the State, most of its chiefs having had seats in Parliament, and two of them learned in the law, upon the bench,--one a Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, a branch to which emigrated to Ireland, attained the peerage of that Kingdom.
THOMAS EYRE, ESQ., of New Sarum, lineally descended from Humphrey LeHeyer of Bromham, Wilts, held lands in Wimborn,
Page 1465
County of Dorset, in 21st year of the reign of Elizabeth. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Rogers, Esq., of Poole, and had issue:
Children:
1. Robert, his heir. Born 1559.
2. Giles, of Brick worth in Wiltshire, from whom came the family of
the extinct Lord Eyre of Ireland. (He obtained the peerage
of Ireland.)
3. Christopher. Born 1578, founder of Eyre's Hospital, at Sarum.
4. Thomas. Born 1580. Mayor of Sarum, 1610.
5. William. Born 1588. Barrister at Law.
6. John. Born 1587-90, moved to New England, 1637.
7. Elizabeth. Married G. Tooker.
8. Catherine. Married Thos. Hooper.
9. Rebecca. Married John Love.
10. Anne. Married John Swan.
FIRST GENERATION.
53800. JOHN AYER. 160000. He was born in Nottingham, England, 1592. He died March 31, 1657, at Haverhill, Mass. Residence, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Salisbury, Mass. His wife Hannah was born in England, died in Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 8, 1688. He came to America in Brig Mary Ann, 1635, and was first in Newbury, then to Salisbury, Mass., his name appears in the records "of Salisburie" along with those of the 1st division of Colchester (now Salisbury), in 1640-41. In the Archives of Boston, no date indexed 1639, we find "the names of those who have tolls and proportions granted for towne of Colchester, in first division" the name of John Eyers. "This is a true copie of the original list taken out of the old book of records for Salisbury as attests Vera Copia Atest. Thos. Bradbury sec. Edward Rawson Secretary." According to the first division of ye towne of Salisburie there was granted unto John Ayers, two acres more or less for a home lott lyinge between home of Daniel Ladd and John Stevens, also there was granted him six acres more or less for a planting lott, also there was granted him fower acres more or less of meddow lying upon the north side of the river Merrimack and joining Mr. Hood's meddow." (This was dated 1640, and is a record sent Oct. 1st, 1899, by town clerk of Salisbury, A. D. Ayer.) John must have moved to Haverhill before 1644, for his daughter
Page 1466
Hannah was born there Dec. 21, 1644. John's will was probated in Hampton, Mass., Oct. 6, 1657 ("says Savage").
Children:
538001. John. Born 1622-3. 538020. Married May 5, 1646.
538002. Rebecca. Born 1625-6. Married John Aslet, in Newbury;
Oct. 8, 1648, was in Andover, Mass. He died there June 6, 1671.
538003. Robert. Born 1628-9. Married Feb. 27, 1650.
538004. Thomas. Born 1630. Married April 1, 1656.
538005. Peter. Born 1632. Married Nov. 1, 1659. 538100.
538006. Mary. Born 1634, was living in Ipswich, 1668. Probably unmarried.
538007. Obadiah. Born 1635-6.
538008. Nathaniel. Born 1636-7.
538009. Hannah. Born Dec. 21, 1644, at Salisbury, Mass. She married
Stephen Webster, March 24, 1662-3. He was son of John
(1st) Webster.
SECOND GENERATION.
538020. JOHN AYER. (John.) 538001. He was born in England about 1622-3, was a farmer, lived in Haverhill until 1679. He moved to Ipswich between 1694 and 1711. He died. He married 1st Sarah Williams, May 5, 1646. She died July 25, 1662.
Page 259
He married 2nd, Mary Woddam, March 26, 1663. She was living in 1694. He took the oath of Allegiance and Fidelity in Hv. Nov. 1677. He with his brothers Peter and Nathaniel, sons of John deceased, quit claimed land in Dec., 1692, in Salisbury, to one Abram Clements, his mother, Hannah, also signed the deed so he was living then.
Children:
538021. John. Born March 18, 1647-8, lived in Andover, Mass. Died
July 19, 1683. Married Mary. Had one son Samuel, died at
Andover, Sept. 5, 1670.
538022. Zachariah. Born Oct. 24, 1650. Husbandman. Married
Elizabeth Chase (daughter of Aquilla Chase) June 27, 1678.
Served in King Philips' war July and Aug., 1676. Residence,
1696, Newbury.
538023. Nathaniel. Born March 13, 1654-5.
538024. Joseph. Born March 16, 1658-9. 538500.
538025. Sarah. Born Jan. 17, 1671. Married Henry Collins of Lynn,
Mass.
Page 1467
538100. PETER AYER. (John.) 160080. 538004. He married, Oct. 8 (o. Nov. 1), 1659, Hannah Allin. He died Jan. 2, 1698 (o. Jan. 3, 1699). Residence, Haverhill, Mass.
Children:
538101. Ruth. Born Oct. 30, 1660.
538102. Hannah. Born Aug. 2, 1662.
538103. Abigail. Born July 4, 1664.
538104. Mary. Born Aug. 6, 1666.
538105. Samuel. Born Sept. 28, 1669. 539000.
538106. William. Born Sept. 23, 1673. Died Nov. 20, 1675.
538107. Rachel. Born Oct. 18, 1675. Died May 21, 1678.
538108. Ebenezer. Born May 22, 1678. Died Oct. 10, 1694.
THIRD GENERATION.
538500. JOSEPH AYER. (John2, John1.) 538024. He was born March 16, 1658. Married Nov. 24, 1686, Sarah Corliss. She was born Feb. 23, 1663, daughter of John and Johanna Corliss. He took the oath Al. and Fid., Hv. Mass., Nov. 1677. Came to West Farms, Norwich, now Franklin, Conn., 1703. (His uncle John Williams, came same year to Norwich.) History of Franklin says he brought his two youngest sons with him, no doubt rest of family came soon after, for they married in that vicinity. (See Thomas Hazen.) Joseph Ayer bought a large tract of land of Uncas (a Mohegan Chief). At the foot of a Mt. known as Ayer's Mt. now, he built in a narrow place known as Ayer's Gap, the Ayer homestead, where among the hills and valleys bears, wolves and many other wild animals were plentiful. Joseph's will was dated Sept. 6, 1736, and was proved in 1747, probably he died about 1745 or 6.
Children:
538501. Joseph. Born May 8, 1688. Died May 30, 1688.
538502. Sarah. Born Oct. 15, 1690. Married Thomas Hazen.
538503. Abigail. Born Sept. 8, 1693. Married Dennis Manough.
She was living 1736.
538504. Joseph. Born Dec. 23, 1695. He was living in Norwich, 1736.
538505. Timothy. Born March 25, 1698. 540100.
539000. SAMUEL AYER. (Peter2, John1.) 538105. He was born Sept. 28, 1669. He married Nov. 21, 1693, Elizabeth Tuttle.
Page 1468
He died Jan. 2, 1743. She died Nov. 29, 1752. Residence, Haverhill, Mass.
Children:
539001. Hannah. Born Nov. 29, 1694.
539002. Peter. Born Oct. 1, 1696. 540500.
539003. Samuel. Born Aug. 31, 1698.
539004. William. Born Feb. 6, 1700.
Page 260
539005. Ebenezer. Born Feb. 18, 1704.
539006. Elizabeth. Born Jan. 26, 1707.
539007. Simon. Born Dec. 26, 1709.
539008. Sarah. Born May 18, 1711.
540000. JOSEPH KINGSBURY. (Henry2, Henry1.) 321110. He was born in 1756 or 7 in Haverhill, Mass. He married April 2, 1679, Love Ayer. 320154. She was born April 15, 1663. He removed in June 1708, from Haverhill, Mass., to Norwich, Conn., in that part called Franklin. They had six sons, the youngest of whom was Nathaniel. He died April 9, 1741. She died April 2, 1735.
Children:
540001. John. 541000.
540002. Joseph. Born June 22, 1682. 541100.
540003. Nathaniel. Born Aug. 23, 1684. 541150.
540004. Elizabeth. Born May 10, 1686. Died May 24, 1686.
540005. Mary. Born Oct. 19, 1687.
540006. Elizabeth. Born Oct. 16, 1693.
540007. Susannah. Born Sept. 24, 1695.
FOURTH GENERATION.
540100. TIMOTHY AYER. (Joseph3, John2, John1.) 538505. He was born in Haverhill, Mass., March 25, 1698. He died in Franklin, Conn., Sept. 18, 1771. He was married June 25, 1726, to Abigail Hartshorn, who was born Feb. 1, 1705, died May 1, 1789, and was the daughter of John and Mary Hartshorn. Residence, Franklin, Conn.
Children:
540101. Lydia. Born Sept. 17, 1727. Married John Squire.
540102. Peter. Born Sept. 18, 1729. Married Martha Hazen.
540103. Phebe. Born May 15, 1732.
540104. Joseph. Born July 25, 1734. 542000.
Page 1469
540500. PETER AYER. (Samuel3, Peter2, John1.) 539002. He was born Oct. 1, 1696. He married Lydia Pearlee. Residence, Haverhill, Mass.
Children:
540501. Jacob. Born Oct. 26, 1721.
540502. Peter. Born Oct. 9, 1724.
540503. Richard. Born Jan. 23, 1726.
540504. Pearley. Born Sept. 30, 1732. 543000.
540505. John. Born Feb. 27, 1735.
540506. Joseph. Born Sept. 9, 1736.
540507. Lydia. Born Dec. 26, 1737.
541000. JOHN KINGSBURY. (Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 540001. He married Deborah. Residence, Coventry, Conn.
Children:
541001. John. Born Sept. 28, 1704.
541002. Irena. Born July 24, 1731.
541003. Ennes. Born Feb. 17, 1734.
541004. Lydia. Born Oct. 10, 1737.
541100. JOSEPH KINGSBURY. (Joseph2, Henry1.) 540002. He was born June 22, 1682, at Haverhill, Mass. He removed in June, 1708, to Norwich, Conn. He married Feb. 5, 1706, Ruth Dennison (daughter of John, son of John Dennison of Ipswich, Mass.). She was born in 1686. He died Dec. 1, 1757, at Norwich, Conn. She died May 6, 1779.
Children:
Page 261
541101. Ephriam. Born Jan. 4, 1707, at Haverhill, Mass. 544200.
541102. Hannah. Born in March, 1708. Married Capt. Jacob Hyde.
544220.
541103. Love. Born in 1710. Married Josiah Barker.
541104. Ruth. Born in 1712. Married Joshua Egerton.
541105. Joseph. Born in 1714.
541106. Ebenezer. Born in 1716. 544240.
541107. Eleazer. Born in 1718. 544300.
541108. Eunice. Born in 1720. Married John Barker.
541109. Daniel. Born in 1724.
541110. Tabitha. Born in 1726. Married a Waldo.
541111. Irene. Born in 1729. Unmarried.
541112. Nathaniel. Born Feb. 7, 1730. 544400.
541150. NATHANIEL KINGSBURY. (Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 540003. He was born Aug. 23, 1684. He married Hannah Denni-Ebenezer
Page 1470
and Elizabeth Wales. Sept. 6, 1764, he married for his second wife Mary Bailey, daughter of Joseph and Mary Bailey of Norwich, Conn. She was born March 20, 1739 and died () 1814. Joseph (5th) was made a freeman in Franklin, Conn., Sept. 29, 1777, and died Oct. 17, 1793.
Children:
542001. Timothy. Born Oct. 15, 1754. Died Sept. 29, 1814. 548000.
542002. Ebenezer. Born Jan. 17, 1755. Died June () 1833.
542003. Sarah. Born July 12, 1756. Married Nov. 11, 1782, Amos
Inghram.
542004. Nathaniel. Born Jan. 31, 1758. Died June 1, 1842. (Settled
in Madison Co., N. Y.)
542005. Cynthia. Born Sept. 24, 1759. Married Nathan Hazen.
542006. Peter. Born Aug. 23, 1761. Died Jan. 8, 1813. (Settled in
Madison Co., N. Y.)
542007. Elizabeth. Born April 11, 1763. Died Dec. 23, 1763.
542008. Rev. Oliver. Born Nov. 14, 1765. Was a Congregational
clergyman of Richland, N. Y.
542009. Elizabeth. Born March 31, 1767. Died May 2, 1771.
542010. Bailey. Born June 19, 1769. Died Nov. 20, 1844.
542011. Mary. Born Nov. 8, 1774. Died Jan. 23, 1825.
542012. Clarissa. Born Sept. 4, 1779. Died Feb. 13, 1797.
542013. Lydia. Born Aug. 17, 1781., Died May 15, 1796.
543000. PEARLEY AYER. (Peter4, Samuel3, Peter2, John1.) 540504. He was born Sept 30, 1732. He married Sarah Mitchell. He died April 11, 1781. She died June 6, 1776. Residence, Haverhill, Mass.
Children:
543001. Joseph. Born May 19, 1755.
543002. Lydia. Born June 9, 1757.
543003. Phineas. Born Jan. 17, 1761.
543004. John. Born Dec. 17, 1761. 549000.
543005. Hannah. Born Sept. 17, 1766.
543006. Hezekiah. Born May 25, 1769.
543007. Pearley. Born July 18, 1772.
543008. William.
543009. Sarah.
544200. EPHRAIM KINGSBURY. (Joseph4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 541101. He was born Jan. 4, 1707. He married Phebe.
Page 1472
Children:
544201. Oliver. Born June 13, 1761.
544202. William. Born Feb. 9, 1764.
544203. Phebe. Born March 22, 1766.
544204. Jabez. Born Oct. 22, 1769.
544205. Ephraim. Born June 18, 1775.
544220. CAPT. JACOB HYDE. He married Hannah Kingsbury. 541102.
Children:
544221. Joseph. 550001.
544222. Jacob.
544240. HON. EBENEZER KINGSBURY. (Joseph4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 541106. He was born Feb. 11, 1716. He married Nov. 28, 1743, Priscilla Kingsbury. She was born in 1721. Justice of the Peace. Ensign in Rev. War. Deputy to General Assembly of Conn., 1778-91. He died Sept. 6, 1801. She died in 1805. Residence, Coventry, Conn.
Children:
544241. Ebenezer. Born Aug. 28, 1744. Died Sept. 4, 1744.
544242. Mary. Born March 31, 1746. Died Nov. 26, 1754.
544243. Ebenezer. Born Jan. 27, 1749 or 50. Died young.
544244. Priscilla. Born Dec. 26, 1751. Died Jan. 5, 1752.
544245. Joseph. Born April 17, 1753. 550200.
544246. Priscilla. Born Jan. 21, 1756. Married Eleazer Pomeroy. 550300.
544247. Martha Edgerton. Born July 16, 1758. Betrothed of Capt.
Nathan Hale, the "Martyr Spy," who was executed by Gen.
Howe. His last words were "I only regret that I have but one
life to lose for my country." Though she married another and
was the mother of several children, on her dying lips was the
name of Nathan Hale.
544248. Rev. Ebenezer. Born Aug. 30, 1762. Graduated at Yale
College, 1783. Died in 1842. Residence, Jericho, Vt.
544249. Mary. Born in 1764. Died young.
544300. ELEAZER KINGSBURY. (Joseph4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 541107. He was born in 1718. He married July 20, 1742, Freelove Rust. She was born in 1771. She died in 1823.
Children:
544301. Freelove.
544302. Ann.
544303. Sarah.
544304. Eleazer.
544305. Samuel Rust.
Page 1473
544400. NATHANIEL KINGSBURY. (Joseph3, Joseph2, Henry1.) 541112. He was born Feb. 7, 1730. He married Sept. 4, 1755, Sarah Hill (daughter of Capt. Jacob Hill of Cambridge, Mass. He settled in Windham, now Hampton, Conn., until 1731 or 2, when he removed to Coventry, now Andover, Conn. They had nine children who lived to manhood, but all died in early life except John and Jacob. He died Dec. 15, 1784, at Norwich, Conn. She died Oct. 23, 1789.
Children:
544401. Jacob. Born June 6, 1756. 550540.
544402. Sarah. Born in 1758. Married Dr. Benjamin Ellis. Physician.
544403. Nathaniel. Born in 1760. Unmarried. Died in 1785.
544404. John. Born in 1761 (or Dec. 30, 1762). 550500.
544405. Joseph. Born in 1764.
544406. Charles. Born in 1767. Student in Yale College.
544407. Tabitha Hill. Born in 1770. Died in 1786.
544408. Bethia. Born in 1772. Died in 1790.
544409. William. Born in 1775. Died young.
544500. SIMEON KINGSBURY. (Nathaniel4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 541154. He was born July 25, 1715. He married Deliverance.
Child:
544501. Deliverance. Born Nov. 18, 1742.
544600. JABEZ KINGSBURY. (Nathaniel4, Joseph3, Henry2,
Page 263
Henry1.) 541155. He was born June 21, 1717. He married Sept. 13, 1749, Mary Phelps.
Children:
544601. Nathaniel. Born Oct. 4, 1751. 550800.
544602. Ruth. Born May 27, 1753.
544603. Joseph. Born in Feb., 1755.
544604. Jeremiah. Born March 5, 1757. Died Dec. 10, 1761.
544605. Jabez. Born May 20, 1758. 550900.
544606. Mary. Born Oct. 26, 1760.
544607. Amelia. Born Jan. 15, 1764.
544608. Anne. Born April 20, 1766.
544700. JOSEPH KINGSBURY. (Nathaniel4, Joseph3, Henry2,
Page 1474
Henry1.) 541158. He married Mary Loomis. Residence, Enfield, Conn.
Children:
544701. Lemuel. Born Sept. 14, 1752. 550700.
544702. Joseph. 550740.
546000. JOSEPH HAZEN. (Thomas3, Thomas2, Edward1.) 541302. He was born June 30, 1717. He married Dec. 8, 1740, Elizabeth Durkee of Norwich, Conn. He removed about 1780, with his sons, to Grand Isle, Vt., where they were among the pioneer settlers, and where the family has been numerous and honored.
Child:
546001. Mary. Born Sept. 11, 1754. Married Sept. 16, 1773, David
Newton. He was born March 25, 1753, at Milford, Conn.
Soldier, Capt. Joshua Hazen's Co., Col. John Wood's Regt.
Oct., 1780. They had 16 children, born between 1774 and
1799, all of whom lived to grow up. He died Dec. 29, 1839.
She died Sept. 4, 1823. Residence, Hartford, Vt.
546050. THOMAS HAZEN. (Thomas,3 Thomas2, Edward1.) 541303. He was born Sept. 30, 1719. He married March 7, 1743 (o. 1742), Ann Tenny (daughter of Joseph Tenny and Abigail Anne Wood) of Norwich, Conn. She was born in 1727. He lived in Woodbury, Conn., where he was a large proprietor in the part of the town which is now Washington. He removed in 1774, to Hartford, Vt., where he and his children took up 3,560 acres of land. Most of his sixteen children married and settled there. Soldier, Capt. Joshua Hazen's Co., Col. John Wood's Regt., 1780. He died Aug. 19, 1782, in Hartford, Vt.
Children:
546051. Joshua. Born Oct. 19, 1745.
546052. Asa. Born Nov. 16, 1749. 551300.
546053. Hezekiah. Corporal, Capt. Joshua Hazen's Co., Col. John
Wood's Regt., and marched on alarm at Brookfield, Oct., 1780.
546054. Daniel. Soldier, Capt. Joshua Hazen's Co., Col. John Wood's
Regt., and marched on alarm at Broofield, Oct., 1780.
546055. Solomon. Soldier, Capt. Joshua Hazen's Co., Col. John
Wood's Regt., and marched on alarm at Brookfield, Oct., 1780.
546056. Thomas. Soldier, Capt. Joshua Hazen's Co., Col. John Wood's
Regt., and marched on alarm at Brookfield, Oct., 1780.
Page 1475
546100. MOSES HAZEN. (Thomas3, Thomas2, Edward1.) 541307. He was born Dec. 1, 1731. He married (1st) Nov. 13, 1755, Elizabeth Merrill of Norwich, Conn. She died Jan. 4, 1776. He married (2nd) Jan. 9, 1783, Joanna Sampson of Norwich. She died May 29, 1813. His descendants reside at Norwich, Conn., and adjacent towns.
SIXTH GENERATION.
548000. TIMOTHY AYER. (Joseph5, Timothy4, Joseph3, John2, John1.) 542001. He was born Oct. 15, 1753, in Franklin, Conn.
Page 264
He married Nov. 4, 1774, Elizabeth Hazen, who was born Oct. 16, 1757. He died in Franklin, May 26, 1826. She was the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Hazen of Franklin. Timothy Ayer was born in the house built by his grandfather, and served in the War of the Revolution under Col. Latimore, 1777. His business was that of attending a grist mill. He was prominent in church and town affairs, and was one of the first men to start a fund for procuring a bell for the church. In 1816 order of Probate Court of Norwich reads, "Estate of Timothy Ayer, widow Elizabeth. Children: Eleazer, Uriah, Darius, Frederick, Charles, Joseph H., sons, and one daughter, Florinda. Of his sons, much will be seen further on. They scattered over a large part of the world. Residence, Franklin, Conn.
Children:
548001. Eleazer. Born May 29, 1776. Died Oct. 24, 1851. 555000.
548002. William. Born Feb. 11, 1778. Died Jan. 3, 1779, in Franklin.
548003. Uriah. Born Oct. 20, 1779. Married Mrs. Sally Goodrich
March 24, 1815, at Schuyler Falls, who died Jan. 17, 1869. He
died Feb. 12, 1859, in Schuyler Falls, N. Y.
548004. Darius. Born March 3, 1781. Died June 8, 1838, in Williamsville.
548005. Phebe. Born Dec. 18, 1782. Died Oct. 29, 1792, in Franklin,
Conn.
548006. Frederick. Born June 17, 1785. Married Lucy Tozer. Died
May 8, 1848, in Williamsville.
548007. Charles. Born Feb. 10, 1787. Married Anna Champlin.
Died Dec. 2, 1879, in Wakarusa, Kan.
548008. Oliver. Born Oct. 29, 1789. Died Jan. 20, 1790, in Franklin.
548009. Irenus. Born Jan 23, 1791. Died Feb. 11, 1791, in Franklin,
Conn.
Page 1476
548010. Joseph Hazen. Born May 18, 1792, Married Seba Ladd.
Died Nov. 9, 1870, in Schuyler Falls.
548011. Oliver (2nd). Born Dec. 14, 1795. Died Dec. 24, 1795.
548012. Florinda. Born Jan. 4, 1797. Married John Noyes Champlin.
Died Sept. () 1820.
548013. Elizabeth. Born July 10, 1799. Died Oct. 13, 1803, in Franklin,
Conn.
548014. Philetus. Born Sept. 6, 1802. Died Oct. 20, 1802, in Franklin.
549000. JOHN AYER. (Pearley5, Peter4, Samuel3, Peter2, John1.) 543004. He was born Dec. 17, 1761. He married June 9, 1785, Rachel Morse of Hampstead, N. H. He died Sept. 4, 1839. She died Aug. 20, 1821. Residence, Haverhill, N. H.
Children:
549001. Nancy. Born april 14, 1786. Married April 23, 1805. Died
April 19, 1827.
549002. Phineas. Born July 17, 1790. Married Oct. 1, 1812. Died
Feb. 28, 1823.
549003. John. Born May 23, 1792. 554000.
549004. Moses. Born May 3, 1795. Married Dec. 3, 1818. Died
April 3, 1826.
549005. James. Born Oct. 11, 1797. Married June 7, 1819, at Salem,
N. H. Died Sept. 15, 1865.
549006. Betsey. Born Oct. 23, 1800. Married April 11, 1822. Died
June 10, 1865.
549007. Pearley. Born Oct. 23, 1800. 554200.
550000. JOSEPH HYDE. (Jacob.) 544221. He married.
Child:
550001. Rev. Lavius Hyde. Residence, 1859, Bolton, Conn.
550200. JOSEPH KINGSBURY. (Ebenezer5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 544245. He was born April 17, 1753. He married Feb. 21, 1780, Lois Richards Porter (daughter of Jonathan Porter and Sarah Ladd). He died April 13, 1828. Residence, North Coventry, Conn.
Children:
Page 265
550201. Mary. Married Harlan Page.
550202. Addison. Born July 5, 1800. 555000.
Page 1477
550300. ELEAZER POMEROY. He married Priscilla Kingsbury. 544246.
Child:
550301. Isaac Newton. 555200.
550500. JOHN KINGSBURY. (Nathaniel5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 544404. He was born Dec. 30, 1762, at Norwich, Conn. He married Nov. 6, 1764, Marcia Bronson (daughter of Dea. Stephen Bronson of Waterbury, Conn.). He was prepared by his uncle, Rev. Charles Backus, D. D., of Somers, Conn., and graduated at Yale College, 1786. Student at Judge Reeves' Law School, Litchfield, Conn., 1788-90. Admitted to the bar 1790. He settled in 1791, at Waterbury, Conn. Town Clerk, 1793-1818. Justice of the Peace, 1796-1830. Representative, 1796-1813. Judge of Probate, 1801-34. County Judge, 1801-20. Presiding Judge, 1819-20. He died Aug. 26, 1844. She died March 21, 1813. Residence, Waterbury, Conn.
Children:
550501. Charles Denison. Born Nov. 7, 1795. 555300.
550502. Julius Jesse Bronson. Born Oct. 18, 1797. 555320.
550503. John Southmayd. Born Nov. 18, 1891. 555340.
550504. Sarah Susanna. Born Nov. 6, 1807. Married William Brown.
555360.
550540. COL. JACOB KINGSBURY. (Nathaniel5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 343000. 544401. He was born June 6, 1756, in Norwich, Conn. He entered the Continental Army as a private in 1775, served in Wayne's Indian Campaign, and was appointed Lieutenant of infantry in 1789. He rose to the rank of Inspector General. He died July 1, 1837. Residence, Franklin, Conn.
Children:
550541. Capt. James W. Cadet at U. S. Military Academy, 1819-23.
2nd Lieut., 1st Inf., Aug. 19, 1823. 1st Lieut., Aug. 1, 1830.
Capt., Oct. 3, 1837. Resigned Oct. 17, 1837. Military Storekeeper,
Oct. 17, 1837. Resigned, July 15, 1843. Died June
25, 1853.
550542. Thomas H. C. Residence, Franklin, Conn.
550700. LEMUEL KINGSBURY. (Joseph3, Nathaniel2, Joseph1.) 544701. He was born Sept. 14, 1752, in Enfield. Conn. He married Alice Terry. He marched from Enfield for the relief of
Page 1478
Boston on the Lexington Alarm. Cornet, 5th Regt. Conn. Light Horse in 1776. He was afterwards member of Capt. Hutchinson's Co., 18th Regt. Conn. Militia. Member of Capt. Pettibone's Co., Col. Belden's Regt. in April and May, 1777, in service at Peekskill.
Child:
550701. Solomon. 555400.
550740. CAPT. JOSEPH KINGSBURY, JR. (Joseph5, Nathaniel4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 544702. He married April 10, 1784, Ruth Benton.
Children:
550741. Sophia. Born July 27, 1784.
550742. Betsey. Born Feb. 16, 1786.
550743. Polly. Born Nov. 16, 1787.
550744. William. Born Aug. 13, 1789.
550745. Joseph. Born July 19, 1791.
550746. Harvey. Born Dec. 17, 1794.
Page 266
550747. Royal. Born July 4, 1798.
550800. NATHANIEL KINGSBURY. (Jabez5, Nathaniel4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 544601. He was born Oct. 4, 1751. He married March 5, 1778, Asenath Daggett.
Children:
550801. Allen. Born Feb. 9, 1779.
550802. Wealthy. Born Oct. 24, 1783.
550803. Asenath. Born Oct. 7, 1785.
550804. Jabez. Born Oct. 9, 1788.
550900. JABEZ KINGSBURY. (Jabez5, Nathaniel4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 544605. He was born May 20, 1758. He married (1st) Dec. 10, 1789, Freelove Kingsbury. He married (2nd) Chloe, by whom one child, Harriet Newell.
Children:
550901. Anna. Born July 12, 1790.
550902. Elisha. Born Oct. 12, 1793.
550903. Ameniah. Born March 10, 1796.
550904. Ephraim. Born July 20, 1799.
550905. Alvin. Born March 9, 1803.
550906. Backus. Born Sept. 25, 1805.
550907. Nelson. Born April 3, 1808.
550908. Phebe. Born June 9, 1810.
550909. Erastus. Born April 29, 1812.
550910. Harriet Newall. Born May 25, 1825.
Page 1479
551200. HON. JOSHUA HAZEN. (Thomas4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Edward1.) 546051. He was born Oct. 19, 1745. He married his cousin, Mercy Hazen of Litchfield, Conn., and removed about 1776, to Hartford, Vt. Member of Committee of Safety. Captain, Col. John Wood's Regt. and marched with his company on alarm at Brookfield, Oct., 1780. Member of Constitutional Convention at Windsor, Vt., July 2-6, 1777. They had 3 sons and 6 daughters. He died in April, 1796. She died Aug. 12, 1824.
551300. ASA HAZEN. (Thomas4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Edward1.) 546052. He was born Nov. 16, 1749, in Woodbury, Conn. He married Dec. 7, 1780, Susannah Tracy (daughter of Thomas Wag Tracy and Elizabeth Warner). She was born Aug. 19, 1725, in Conn. He removed in 1769, to the N. H. grants and to Vt. He died March 12 (o. 10), 1819, in Hartford, Vt. She died in Feb., 1822. They had ten children, 7 sons and 3 daughters. Sergeant, Capt. Joshua Hazen's Co., Col. John Wood's Regt., on alarm at Brookfield, Oct., 1780.
Children:
551301. Allen. 555800.
551302. Austin. Born in 1786. 555840.
551303. Son. 555880.
551304. Asa. Born in 1793. Graduated at Dartmouth College, 1812.
Lawyer. Died in 1866.
551305. Lucius. 555900.
SEVENTH GENERATION.
552000. ELEAZER AYER. (Timothy6, Joseph5, Timothy4, Joseph3, John2, John1.) 548001. He was born in Franklin, Conn., March 29, 1776. Eleazer was twice married, his first and second wives being daughters of Abner and Abigail Ladd of Franklin. He first married in Oct., 1802, Anna Ladd, who died Oct. 11, 1829. Later he married her sister Rebecca. Eleazer Ayer, like the others born in the same old spot, lived there and brought up a large family. When the youngest daughter was 21 years of age, a reunion was held over all the children. They went over across the way and there weighed upon the old grist mill scales and the ten weighed just one ton. Eleazer was an active man and many transactions in real estate are recorded. We find leases and deeds as follows:
Page 1480
May 29, 1805, Timothy deeded to Eleazer, land.
Page 267
April 22, 1807, Aaron Bailey leased to Eleazer, land, 999 years.
Feb. 14, 1812, Phineas Corwin deeded land to Eleazer Ayer.
March 17, 1817, Joseph H. Ayer deeded to Eleazer Ayer.
March 18, 1818, John N. Champlin and Florinda Ayer deeded to Eleazer Ayer.
June 23, 1818, Othiniel Gager deeded to Eleazer Ayer.
April 2, 1825, Reuben Burgess deeded to Eleazer Ayer.
March 27, 1834, Charles Ayer of Erie Co., N. Y., deeded to Eleazer Ayer.
April 11, 1842, Frederick Ayer of Amherst, N. Y., deeded to Eleazer Ayer.
Sept. 5, 1844, Uriah Ayer of Plattsburg, N. Y., deeded to Eleazer Ayer.
Sept. 18, 1844, Jason and Mary Roberts deeded to Eleazer Ayer.
Nov. 22, 1834, Samuel C. Ladd deeded to Eleazer Ayer.
In the house in which Eleazer Ayer was born, were also born 37 Ayers. Joseph 5th practically built the house as the previous one was only a small one. After Eleazer's death, this property passed out of the Ayer name, and only the cellar of the old house and part of the flume on the dam of the pond was left to tell where once was heard children's voices and the grinding of grain. A new house had been built near where the old one stood, by the new owner, but that, too, was going to decay, and the name of Ayer in Franklin is now (1902), only to be found in two families, both of whom are descendants of Timothy (6th). Residence, Franklin, Conn.
Children:
552001. Philetus Perkins. Born Aug. 30, 1803. Married May 4, 1830.
Margarette Frink. Died Feb. 12, 1879. 557000.
552002. Marinetta. Born Dec. 8, 1804. Married Benjamin Stead.
552003. Joseph Sumner. Born March 15, 1807. Married Sept. 11,
1843, Alice Tubbs. Died Nov. 21, 1869. 557060.
552004. Wealthy Alvira. Born Nov. 23, 1808. Married Gideon Brown.
552005. Frederick Augustus. Born Dec. 3, 1810. Married Augusta
Davis.
552006. Charles Nelson. Born July 26, 1812. Married Minerva Johnson.
552007. Chester Marcus. Born July 56, 1814. Married Florinda
Champlin.
Page 1481
552008. William Durkee. Born Sept. 13, 1816. Married April 1,
1843, (1) Abby Shoals. Died May 16, 1850. (2) Cornelia
Spofford. Born July 24, 1865. Died July (), 1889.
552009. Phebe Eliza. Born Sept. 28, 1818. Married William Hinckley.
Died Jan. 23, 1861.
552010. Wolcott Huntington. Born Sept. 9, 1820.
554000. JOHN AYER. (John6, Pearley5, Peter4, Samuel3, Peter2, John1.) 549003. He was born May 23, 1792. He married Dec. 1, 1814, Susan Emerson of Methuen, Mass. She was born Nov. 21, 1794, at Methuen. He died May 24, 1874. She died June 16, 1865.
Children:
554001. Monroe. Born July 15, 1817. Married Oct. 10, 1838, at
Exeter, N. H. Died Aug. 16, 1898, at Yarmouth, N. S. Child:
Ellen. Married a McAllister.
554002. Loretta. Born Sept. 11, 1819. Married in Sept., 1839. She
died May 3, 1891, at Ware, N. H.
554003. Washington. Born June 18, 1823.
554004. Adams. Born June 18, 1823. Married June 10, 1852, at
Brookline, Mass. He died March 22, 1882, at Montreal,
Canada.
554005. Day Fayette. Born Feb. 16, 1825. Unmarried. Died June
Page 268
13, 1856.
554200. PEARLEY AYER. (John6, Pearley5, Peter4, Samuel3, Peter2, John1.) 549007. He was born Oct. 23, 1800. He married Nov. 23, 1826, Catharine S. Kimball. She was born in July, 1802, at Salem, N. H. He died July 29, 1870, at Ayer's Village, Haverhill, Mass. She died Sept. 14, 1893. Residence, Haverhill, Mass.
Children:
554201. Phineas. Born Dec. 31, 1827. Married June 9, 1853. Died
April 1, 1901, at Portland, Me.
554202. George. Born April 24, 1830. Married May 1, 1864. Died
Feb. 23, 1895.
554203. Catharine. Born April 24, 1832. Married Sept. 6, 1857.
554204. Walter. Born March 9, 1835. 559000.
554205. Annette. Born June 27, 1837. Married Sept. 30, 1879, at
Portland, Me.
554206. Helen. Born Feb. 18, 1842. Married Sept. 6, 1857.
555000. REV. ADDISON KINGSBURY, D. D. (Joseph6, Ebenezer5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 550202. He was born
Page 1482
July 5, 1800. He was a student, graduated at Amherst College, 1823-5, and Andover Theological Seminary, 1825-8. He married Aug. 20, 1832, Mary Farrer Price (daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Price and Lucy Farrer). She was born Dec. 26, 1804, in Bucksport, Me. Trustee of Marietta College 51 years and of Lane Theological Seminary, 31 years. D. D., Marietta College, 1854. He died Jan. 25, 1892, at Marietta, Ohio. She died Jan. 17, 1888.
Child:
555001. Joseph A. Born Sept. 26, 1840, in Putnam, Ohio. 560000.
555200. ISAAC NEWTON POMEROY. (Eleazer.) 550301. He married Anna Olmstead.
Child:
555201. Horace. 560200.
555300. CHARLES DENISON KINGSBURY. (John6, Nathaniel5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 550501. He was born Nov. 7, 1795, at Waterbury, Conn. He married March 1 (o. 5), 1821, Eliza Leavenworth (daughter of Dr. Frederick, Jesse, Mark, Thomas, Thomas Leavenworth). She was born Dec. 17, 1798. She died Nov. 16, 1852. He read medicine. Merchant. Residence, Waterbury, Conn.
Children:
555301. Frederick John. Born Jan. 1, 1823. 560400.
555302. Sarah Leavenworth. Born April 1, 1840. Married Franklin
Carter. 560420.
555320. MAJ. JULIUS JESSE BRONSON KINGSBURY, U. S. A. (John6, Nathaniel5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Henry2, Henry1.) 550502. He was born Oct. 18, 1797. He graduated at U. S. Military Academy, West Point, 1823. He married Jane C. Stebbins of N. Y. City. 2nd Lieut., 2nd Inf., July 1, 1823. 1st Lieut., Sept. 13, 1831. Capt., Feb. 13, 1837. Maj., 6th Inft., May 7, 1849. Dismiss