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Anna Ayers (Rice)

Also Known As: "Anna (Rice) Tolman Ayers"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Death: July 20, 1740 (45)
Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Rice and Elizabeth Rice
Wife of Nathaniel Tolman, M.D. and Nathaniel Ayres
Mother of John Ayers and Aaron AyersAyres
Sister of John Rice; John Rice; Elizabeth Rice; Mary Hartwell and Sarah Rice

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Immediate Family

About Anna Ayers

Nathaniel Tolman married Ann [hand-written Price?, Rice?]. Ann m. 2nd, Nathaniel Ayers of Stoughton in Needham April 20, 1731; prob. d. in 1738.

  • Children with 1st husband: Nathaniel Tolman, Jemimah Tolman, Ebenezer Tolman, Mary Tolman, Thomas Tolman, Abial Tolman
  • Children with 2nd husband: John Ayers b 1734, Nathan, Aaron Ayers b 1735

From http://thomas.tolmanfamily.org/gedcom-tree/np25.htm

Dr. Nathaniel Tolman 1691-1729; He was a Physicion in Needham, a member of the Church of Christ, signing the Covenent in 1719 0r 1720. He administered to the poor in the town. He was 38 years old when he died. His youngest child, Abial was born Posthumously 20 April 1730 and died 8 May 1730 at Needham and buried there.

His wife Anne (Rice) was only 46 when she died.

She married 20 April 1731 Nathaniel Ayres, who had 3 small children by his 1st wife and she was left with 6 small children. By Ayres she had John, Nathan and Aaron.

The administration of Nathaniel's estate was granted to her. She"deceased without having fully administered thereon." Her son, Nathaniel was appointed 27 February 1742. Her estate was divided in 1741. To son Nathaniel Tolman, buildings and land and he to make payments to brothers and sisters, Ebenezer, Thomas, Jemima, Mary, and their half brother John Ayres. In 1737 Eleazer Kingsbury was guardian of Jemima and Ebenezer. Jonathan Smith was guardian of Mary. In 1743 Thomas was 15 years old and chose Timothy Kingsbury as his guardian.

Sources

  1. From History of Needham, Massachusetts, 1711-1911: Including West Needham, Now the Town of Wellesley, to Its Separation from Needham in 1881, with Some Reference to Its Affairs to 1911 (Google eBook) George Kuhn Clarke. Privately printed at the University Press, 1912 - Needham (Mass.) - 746 pages. Page 14. "The estate of Ann Ayres, widow of Nathaniel, was appraised X at £465 in 1741, and divided as follows: — to Nathaniel Tolman, son of said Ann, buildings and land, he to make payments to his brothers and sisters; viz., Ebenezer Tolman, Thomas Tolman, John Ares, Jemima Tolman and Mary Tolman £58, i0s., 8d. old tenor, each."
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Anna Ayers's Timeline

1694
December 27, 1694
Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
1732
1732
Needham, MA, United States
1735
June 15, 1735
Needham, Massachusetts
1740
July 20, 1740
Age 45
Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony