Maj. Ebenezer Ayer

https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Haverhill/aBirthsA.shtml "(AYER (Ayers, Ayre)) Ebenezer, s. Ebenerzer and Susanna (Kimbel), Mar. 22, 1727."

See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ayer-1039 for his marriage, his approximate death and his children.

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From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ayer-1039:
Maj. Ebenezer Ayer aka Ayers Born 22 Mar 1727 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Baymap ANCESTORS ancestors Son of Ebenezer Ayer and [mother unknown] Brother of Sarah (Ayer) Howe [half], Peter Ayer [half], Timothy Ayer [half] and Elizabeth (Ayer) Kimball [half] Husband of Hannah (Plaisted) Ayer — married 4 Jul 1754 in Biddeford, York, District of Mainemap DESCENDANTS descendants Father of Elisha Ayer, Moses Ayer, Susannah (Ayer) Cleaves and Ebenezer Ayers Died about 1786 in Salem, Rockingham, New Hampshiremap Profile manager: Esther Baran private message [send private message] Profile last modified 18 Dec 2019 | Created 10 Oct 2015 This page has been accessed 569 times. Biography Major in Arnold's Company, and went to Quebec. Listed in DAR Patriot Index Scammon Scl ME, served in Revolutionary War. "He accompanied Arnold in his expedition to Canada, and it is said that he had the courage to saw off the pickets of an English fort to enable the soldiers to pass over the barracade. He afterward served in the engineer department of the army and did not return to Saco until after the close of the Revolution. He was town treasurer from 1762 to 1771."

"He settled in Pepperellborough, now Saco, Maine. In early life he was one of Captain John Lovewell's men in the memorable Indian fight at Pequaket, and was engaged in other expeditions. He was in the ill-fated excursion of Benedict Arnold, through the wilds of Maine, in the winter of 1775-76. After the Revolution he did not return to Saco. He was married at Biddeford, ME, July 4, 1754, to Hannah (Plaisted) Scammon, widow of James Scammon." [1]

"In 1762 he renounced the administration of his father's estate because he lived in Maine."

Sources ↑ Edited by Ruth Gray, Joseph Cook Anderson II, Lois Ware Thurston, C.G., et al, Maine Families in 1790 (Maine Genealogical Society, Picton Press, Rockport, ME), Vol. 6, p. 86 "Genealog. & Personal Memoirs..of Mass", Wm Cutter 1908; Southeastern New Hampshire and Maine Genealogy- 4 vols. DAR Patriot Index, copyright 1967