Ayer Family

Included below are links to important resources on the Ayer ancestry of Gilbert Belnap, commencing with Hannah Ayer (1672-1779), wife of Ebenezer Belknap (1667-1762), third great grandfather of Gilbert Belnap:

Ayer Family Publications

• “Ayer Genealogy.” The Essex Antiquarian, vol. IV, pp. 145-50, 172-75 (Oct 1900) (JPG format)
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• Perley, Sidney. Ayer Genealogy: The Descendants of John Ayer of Salisbury, 1640; Haverhill, 1647 (1900) (reprint ed. 1986) (PDF)
• “Early Settlers of Essex and Old Norfolk, MA.” New England Historic and Genealogical Society Register 6:207 (Apr 1852) (PDF)
• Whitmore, William Henry, Esq. “Gleanings” #5, Items 26 and 27, on Ayer Family, New England Historic and Genealogical Society Register 15:56-58 (Jan 1861) (PDF)
• Whitmore, William Henry, Esq. “Gleanings” #6, Items 31-33, on Ayer Family, New England Historic and Genealogical Society Register 15:331-32 (Oct 1861) (PDF)
• Whitmore, William Henry, Esq. “The Ayres and Ayer Families,” New England Historic and Genealogical Society Register 17:307-10 (Oct 1863) (PDF)
• French, Elizabeth. “Genealogical Research in England: Eyre or Aires.” New England Historic and Genealogical Society Register 69:248-51 (1915) (PDF)
• Jordan, Wilfred, ed. Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, New Series, vol. V (1934), pp. 1-7 (PDF)
• Bailey, Rosalie Fellows. “Ayer Family of Massachusetts and Maine.” New England Heritage of Rousmaniere, Ayer, Farwell and Bourne Families, pp. 64-118 (1960) (PDF)
• Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, vol. 3 (1910), pp. 1374-76: “Webster” (PDF)
• Worcester, J. E. “Remarks on Longevity and the Expectation of Life in the United States, relating more particularly to the State of New Hampshire, with some Comparative Views in relation to Foreign Countries,” Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, New Series, vol. 1 (1833), pp. 1-44 (PDF)

Ayer Family Internet Links

• Genealogy.com: Ayer Family Genealogy Forum
• Rootsweb: Janson Ayer: The Descendants of the Immigrant John Ayer of Haverhill, Massachusetts
• Rootsweb: Arlene L. Brown Ackermann: Capt. John Ayers of Ipswich, MA

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• Headstones  [TO COME]

Last update:  2 May  2020