Peter Ayer, born in 1633 in England, was in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1646. Peter married Hannah Allen, the daughter of William Allen and Ann (Goodale) Allen, on 1 November 1659. He died in Boston on 3 January 1698-9, his grave-stone records his age as 66 years. Hannah Allen Ayer was born on 17 June 1642; she died in Haverhill, Massachusetts, on 22 December 1729 in her 88th year.175