Joseph Ayres

Joseph Ayres was the son of [ayres-616|John Ayres]] and [symonds-411|Susanna Symonds]] and was born in 1655 in Ipswich, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Married Sarah Caldwell [caldwell-2257] 09 Jun 1684 in Ipswich, Massachusetts,

Married Hannah Dutch [dutch-118], [Lovell- 3186] widow of Robert Dutch, 29 Feb 1710 in Ipswich, Massachusetts.

Moved family to Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1717

Passed away 03 Nov 1740 in Brookfield, Massachusetts

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He is described as "widower of Hannah" in the Find-A-Grave site, cited above. This would tend to corroborate Whitmore's statement that he thinks Joseph married for his second wife, the widow Hannah Dutch in 1710. She died July 1740, just a few months before he.

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Joseph Ayres (1655 - 1740)

Joseph Ayres

Born 16 Mar 1655 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Son of John Ayres and Susanna (Symonds) Ayres

Brother of John Ayres Jr., Thomas Ayers, Samuel Ayres Sr., Susanna (Ayers) Day, Edward Ayers, Mark (Ayers) Ayres and Nathaniel Ayers

Husband of Sarah (Caldwell) Ayres — married 9 Jun 1684 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Hannah (Lovell) Ayres — married 28 Feb 1710 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father of Sarah Ayres, Elizabeth (Ayres) Kimball, John Ayres, Benjamin Ayres and William Ayres

Died 3 Nov 1740 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., Massachusetts

Profile last modified 30 Dec 2020 | Created 27 Jun 2014

Sources

↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch, Ayres, ; Burial, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Brookfield Cemetery; citing record ID 34184559, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Footnotes: Source Citations:
The Genealogy of THE AYRES FAMILY of Fairfield County, Conn., Complied by James Noyes States, New Haven, Conn. (1916) - On-line copy available through Open Library
Whitmore, William Henry. Descendants of John Ayres of Brookfield Mass (T. R. Marvin, Boston, Massachusetts, 1870) - Second Generation, pages 10 - 12 and 14 for Joseph; Person No. 2
Whitmore, William Henry, Article entitled, "The Ayres and Ayer Families" from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. XVII (17), pp 307 - 309 (Oct. 1863). AmericanAncestors.org
Treman, Ebenezer Mack. The History of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman Family in America (Press of the Ithaca Democrat, 1901) Person No. 360000; Page 1233.
Hammatt, Abraham. The Hammatt Papers (Ipswich Antiqurian Papers, 1880) No. 1, Page 13

Roy, Louis E., Quaboag Plantation alias Brookefield, Massachusetts Published by L. E. Roy, Hefernan Press, Worcester, MA (1965) 308 pages - A photocopied portion of this book is in the possession of Gloria (ODOM) TROMMLER. It contains an excellent biography of Captain John Ayres in Chapter VII (pages 222-230) and other information; it was transcribed as found.

Miner Descent - Account of the Seige of Brookfield - Aug 1675 and Bio of John Ayres, owner of Ayres' Tavern Miner Descent - Brookfield
Vital Records of Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts - showing births of children: Edward (1658), Marke (1661), and Nathaniell (1664); and death of Susanna (Symonds) Ayres (1682).
Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts (Providence, Rhode Island, 1897) - Person No. 90 on Page 41, 42, 155
WeRelate Profile for Capt. John Ayres (bef 1624 - 1675) - with unknown parents, but sisters, Sarah (bef 1622 - aft 1681) (m. William Lamson and Thomas Hartshorn) and Mary (bef 1617 - aft 1676) (m. William Fellows)
WeRelate Profile of Susanna Symonds (m. Captain John Ayers) [1] (dau. of Mark Symonds) (b. est. 1617; m. bef 1649; d. 8 Feb 1682)
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-GZWT : 13 July 2016), Joseph Aires and Sarah Caldwell, 09 Jun 1684; citing Marriage, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 877,468.
Title: Church Records, Earmarks, with Births, Marriages, and Deaths. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/40369_.... Marriage to Sarah Caldwell (Caldwell-2257) Page 105

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-RFDC : 2 March 2020), Joseph Ayres and Hannah Dutch, 29 Feb 1710; citing Marriage, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009714. Marriage to Hannah Dutch (Dutch-118] Page 45
Record of Births, Publishments, Marriages, and Deaths in the Town of Ipswich. Collected from Essex County Records and also from Church and Parish Records of several Parishes of said Town. Nathaniel R, Farley 1889. Marriage of Robert Dutch and Hannah Lovell 06 Dec 1677 Page 50
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/40369_...

Acknowledgements:
Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1988
Family records Find A Grave Military service in Father Ralle War

In 1703, Samuel, John and Thomas were appointed executors of the estate of John Sr. On Jan 14, 1716, as recorded in Worcester in 1741, the land formerly possessed at Brookfield by John Ayres Sr., was conveyed to Joseph Ayres of Ipswich by Thomas, Mark, Edward, and Nathaniel, sons of Sgt. John; and by Samuel, son of Samuel and grandson of Sgt. John; and by Robert Day, son of Suzannah (Ayres) (Day) and grandson of Sgt. John.

References

• A record of the descendants of Captain John Ayres of Brookfield, Mass by Whitmore, William Henry, 1836-1900. Page 10. Archive.Org
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Susanna_Symonds_%285%29