Joseph Ayer

Son of John Ayer-b.1616 & Sarah Williams-b.1628. Married Sarah Corliss-b.1663

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Joseph Ayer
BIRTH
16 Mar 1657
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
DEATH
19 Apr 1748 (aged 91)
New London County, Connecticut, USA
BURIAL
Plains Cemetery
Franklin, New London County, Connecticut, USA Show Map
PLOT
Old section Row 4 stone 28
MEMORIAL ID
114362719 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 4
FLOWERS 10
His date of death and location is listed in 'Connecticut Vital Records Prior to 1850'.

Son of John Jr and Sarah Williams Ayre(s)/Ayer(s), he was born at Haverhill, Massachusetts March 16, 1658/59 (recorded as "Ayer"); married Sarah Corlis(s) November 24, 1686.

Inscription
"Hear lies ye body
of Mr Joseph Ayer
who died Novem
ber 30th 1748 in
the 89th year
of his age."
Gravesite Details
Variant spellings: Ayre, Ayres, Ayer, Ayers

Family Members
Parents

John Ayres
1616–1675

Sarah Williams Ayer
1628–1662

Spouse

Sarah Corliss Ayer
1664–1733

Siblings
Zachariah Ayer
1650–1719

Children
Sarah Ayer Hazen
1690–1753

Abigail Ayer Merrough
1693–1763

Timothy Ayer
1698–1771

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114362719/joseph-ayer

From Find a Grave contributor:

John Ayres arrived at Ipswich, Mass. by 1643. He was granted land at Quaboag Plantation (later Brookfield, Mass.) in 1660, where he moved by 1665 locating on the Town Road across from the Meeting House (now Foster Hill) with his wife Susannah [Symonds] and eight children. His house also served as a Tavern where he was licensed to sell wine. He was associated with Capt. John Pynchon's grist mill from the construction on Mill Brook in 1669 (now Sucker Brook in West Brookfield, off Wickaboag Valley Road, now Pynchon's Grist Mill Preserve) and was the miller from 1672 until the mill was burned by the Indians in 1675. In 1673 he signed the petition for the incorporation of Quaboag to become the Town of Brookefield. First Sergeant Ayres and two of his militia men (Prichard and Coy) joined Captains Hutchinson and Wheeler with troops to negotiate a Treaty of Pease with the Nipmuck Indians. They were ambushed about 10 miles north of Brookfield, claiming the lives of Ayres, Coy and Prichard along with five of the troops, in the battle known as Wheeler's Surprise (now in New Braintree, Mass.). For three days, the surviving troops and 63 Brookfield citizens with stood a siege in the Ayres Fortified Tavern. On Aug. 4th, Major Willard with 26 soldiers arrived to drive off the savages. The Ayres family returned to Ipswich. John Ayres' Monument at Brookfield was erected on Foster Hill Road in 1963 by Col. Fairfax Ayres, a descendant.