James Ayer

1766 - 1839  (73 years)

• Name	James Ayer  [1, 2]
  Born	1 Feb 1766	Haverhill, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Census	1820	Eden, New York
  	Head, 110201-120100 1 male under 10, one 10-15, 2 16-25, 1 45 and over, 1 female under 10, 2 10-15 and 1 26-44.
  Biography	He bought a farm in Haverhill about 1796 on the Merrimac River. In about 1811 he sold the farm and moved his family in a covered wagon to Erie County, NY and built a log cabin on a 430 acre farm outside of Buffalo. His gravestone still exists and reads: In Memory of James Ayer, formerly of Haverhill Massachusetts, who died March 13, AD. 1839, aged 73 years 1 month & 13 days Blessed are the dead who died in the Lord
  Died	13 Mar 1839
  Buried	Evans Center Cemetery, Evans Center, New York
  	In Memory of James Ayer formerly of Haverhill Massachusetts who died March 13, AD 1839 aged 73 years 1 month & 13 days
  Person ID	I426	Our Family
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Richard Ayer,   b. 23 Jan 1727, Haverhill, Massachusetts ,   d. 1781  (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Martha Mitchell,   b. 5 Aug 1729, Haverhill, Massachusetts ,   d. 26 Sep 1767, Haverhill, Massachusetts  (Age 38 years)
  Married	14 Jun 1753	Haverhill, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F149	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Bradley,   b. 1 Feb 1774,   d. 7 Dec 1844  (Age 70 years)
  Married	14 Dec 1794	Haverhill, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Low Bradley Ayer,   b. 31 Dec 1796, Haverhill, Massachusetts ,   d. 18 Sep 1844  (Age 47 years)   2. Martha Ayer,   b. 4 Dec 1798, Haverhill, Massachusetts ,   d. 1852  (Age 53 years)   3. Gorham Parsons Ayer,   b. 4 Dec 1800, Haverhill, Massachusetts ,   d. 4 Oct 1870  (Age 69 years)   4. Ira Ayer, I,   b. 26 Dec 1802, Haverhill, Massachusetts ,   d. 28 Jul 1889, Evans Center, New York  (Age 86 years)  [Adopted]   5. Mary Low Ayer,   b. 22 Nov 1804, Haverhill, Massachusetts ,   d. 25 Nov 1853  (Age 49 years)   6. Sarah Bradley Ayer,   b. 2 Apr 1809, Haverhill, Massachusetts ,   d. 16 Mar 1895  (Age 85 years)   7. Henrietta Ayer,   b. 3 Apr 1811, Haverhill, Massachusetts ,   d. 29 Aug 1832  (Age 21 years)   8. James Ayer, Jr.,   b. 14 Aug 1813, Evans, Erie County, New York ,   d. 22 May 1863, Baton Rouge, Louisiana  (Age 49 years)
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F151	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1 Feb 1766 - Haverhill, Massachusetts Married - 14 Dec 1794 - Haverhill, Massachusetts Census - 1820 - Eden, New York Buried - - Evans Center Cemetery, Evans Center, New York  = Link to Google Earth
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• Headstones

  James Ayer In Memory of James Ayer formerly of Haverhill Massachusetts who died March 13, AD 1839 aged 27 years 1 month & 13 days

  
  

  Histories

  Reminiscences from The Life of a Pioneer by Ira Ayer I

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] Ayer Genealogy, Essex Antiquarian (Reliability: 2). [S30] Ayer, Ira I, Reminiscences, . (Reliability: 0).