EARLY
INHABITANTS OF
IPSWICH
,
MASS.
By Abraham Hammatt ,
pages 13-14
AYRES,
John 1, was an inhabitant of
Ipswich
, 1648. He had:
Edward,
born
Feb. 12, 1658
,
Mark,
Dec. 14, 1661
,
Nathaniel,
July 6, 1664
.
He
was admitted a commoner March, 1667, and had privilege of commonage granted Feb.
1667. He removed to Quabog, afterwards
Brookfield
, about 1672. He had the title of
Captain, and was killed by the Indians at Squakeag, now
Northfield
, in 1675. (Felt.)
His wife Susanna, rendered an inventory of his estate, amounting to £195,
13, 6, to which she adds, " I have seven sons and one daughter."
John
2, son of John 1, married Mary Woodam, only child of John Woodam, before May
1678. They had :
Abigail,
born
May 14, 1680
,
Ruth,
Nov. 22, 1685
, died the 24 of Dec.
following.
He
died about April, 1691, the 22d of which month Joseph, his brother, was
appointed administrator on his estate.
Susanna
Ayres, widow of John 1, possessed a house in
Ipswich
in 1678. John 1 occupied a farm
belonging to Mr. Norton in 1664. The widow died
February 8, 1682
.
Thomas
2, son probably of John 1, married Hannah Erington, Mch. 21, 1677, and
had:
Thomas,
born
Jan 25, 1678
,
Hannah,
born
Aug. 2, 1680
,
Rebecca,
born
May 17, 1682
,
Another
daughter,
June 14, 1686
.
Joseph
2, probably son of John 1, married Sarah, daughter of John Caldwell,
June 9, 1684
. They had :
Sarah,
born
Aug. 5, 1685
,
Elizabeth
, born
Jan. 28,1687
,
John,
Feb. 26, 1692
,
Benjamin,
Sept. 13, 1696
.
*Samuel
2, probably son of John 1, had:
Samuel,
born
Sept. 14, 1658
,
John,
born May 1661,
Joseph,
Oct. 9, 1664
,
Mary,
June 22, 1667
,
John,
March 16, 1678
,
William,
Jan. 26, 1681
.
He
married Abigail Fellows,
April 16, 1677
. He was commoner in 1664 and 1697;
Tythingman in 1679. His will is dated
February 3, 1696-7
, proved
March 29, 1697
. He bequeathes to his son Samuel,
" Homestead and six acres pasturage land at heart break hill, and a three
acre lot at Plum Island ;" "he to maintain his mother." He
mentions a daughter Mary, and a grandchild Susanna Waite. It is probable that
the Samuel who married Abigail Fellows was the son of Samuel 2. He mentions in
his will that he "formerly gave to son Joseph, land where his house
stands." He died
Feb. 7, 1696
.
*This
Samuel Ayres was probably not a son of John 1. There was a Samuel Arres,
servant, who came to
New England
with John and Elizabeth Baker, 1637. He was then 14 years of age. (See Ancestry
of Priscilla Baker.) W. H. Whitmore, in his Genealogy of John Ayres, does not
include Samuel among the children of John.-Printer
Index of Names