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Benjamin Stevens Ayer

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Benjamin Stevens Ayer

Birth
Montville, Waldo County, Maine, USA
Death
11 Jun 1914 (aged 86)
Burial
Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine, USA Add to Map
Plot
South Section, Row 7
Memorial ID
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According to the Pedigree Resource File at familysearch.org, Benjamin Stevens Ayer was born 13 May 1828 in Montville, Waldo, Maine to Perley M Ayer (3) & Abigail Carr and died 11 Jun 1914 in Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine. At the same site, in the IGI, Benjamin S Ayer married Harriet A Bartlett on 7 Oct 1855 in Piscataquis County, Maine (extracted marriage record).

1850 census of Dover, Piscataquis, Maine p284: B S Ayer, age 22, born in Maine, farmer, listed with parents, P M, 49 & Abagail, also 49 and siblings, A M, 20, Emma E, 19, Mary, 18, Hazen, 14 and D, 12.

Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer on 18 Oct 1855 p3: "MARRIAGES---In this town, 7th inst., by Rev. W. W. Wilson, Benjamin S. Ayer of Dover, to Miss Harriet A. Bartlett, of Montville."

1860 census of Dover, Piscataquis, Maine p60: Benjamin A Ayer, age 37, born in Maine, listed with wife, Harriet A, 27 and possibly others.

1870 census of Dover, Piscataquis, Maine p17: Benjamin Ayer, age 42, born in Montville, Maine, farmer, listed with wife, Harriet A, 35 and son, Fred P, 9 as well as Charles Whittemore, 21.

Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, Volume 3, p149 (online p632): "Dover, May 26, 1877, I this day entered notice of the intention of marriage between Mr. B. S. Ayer of Dover, Me. and Miss Lottie [sic] M. Steadman of Dover, Maine and May 31 issued certificate according to law. Attest, G.G. Downing, Town Clerk; This certifies that I Alvah Strout joined the above named parties in marriage this the 3d day of June A. D. 1877 at Dover. Alvah Strout, Minister of the Gospel. A true copy of the return. G. G. Downing, Town Clerk."

1880 census of Dover, Piscataquis, Maine p36D: Benj S Ayer, age 52, farmer, he & parents born in Maine, listed with wife, Lucetta, 33, and children, Fred P, 19 and Hattie M, 2.

1900 census of Dover, Piscataquis, Maine p11B: Benj S Ayer, age 72, born in May 1828 in Maine, parents born in Maine, farmer, listed with wife of 23 years, Lucetta A, 53 and children, Harriett M, 22 and John F, 18.

1910 census of Dover, Piscataquis, Maine p18A: Benjamen S Ayer, age 81, he & parents born in Maine, listed with 2nd wife of 33 years, Lucilla M, 63 in the household of son, John T, 28 & his wife, Alice, 30.
According to the Pedigree Resource File at familysearch.org, Benjamin Stevens Ayer was born 13 May 1828 in Montville, Waldo, Maine to Perley M Ayer (3) & Abigail Carr and died 11 Jun 1914 in Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine. At the same site, in the IGI, Benjamin S Ayer married Harriet A Bartlett on 7 Oct 1855 in Piscataquis County, Maine (extracted marriage record).

1850 census of Dover, Piscataquis, Maine p284: B S Ayer, age 22, born in Maine, farmer, listed with parents, P M, 49 & Abagail, also 49 and siblings, A M, 20, Emma E, 19, Mary, 18, Hazen, 14 and D, 12.

Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer on 18 Oct 1855 p3: "MARRIAGES---In this town, 7th inst., by Rev. W. W. Wilson, Benjamin S. Ayer of Dover, to Miss Harriet A. Bartlett, of Montville."

1860 census of Dover, Piscataquis, Maine p60: Benjamin A Ayer, age 37, born in Maine, listed with wife, Harriet A, 27 and possibly others.

1870 census of Dover, Piscataquis, Maine p17: Benjamin Ayer, age 42, born in Montville, Maine, farmer, listed with wife, Harriet A, 35 and son, Fred P, 9 as well as Charles Whittemore, 21.

Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, Volume 3, p149 (online p632): "Dover, May 26, 1877, I this day entered notice of the intention of marriage between Mr. B. S. Ayer of Dover, Me. and Miss Lottie [sic] M. Steadman of Dover, Maine and May 31 issued certificate according to law. Attest, G.G. Downing, Town Clerk; This certifies that I Alvah Strout joined the above named parties in marriage this the 3d day of June A. D. 1877 at Dover. Alvah Strout, Minister of the Gospel. A true copy of the return. G. G. Downing, Town Clerk."

1880 census of Dover, Piscataquis, Maine p36D: Benj S Ayer, age 52, farmer, he & parents born in Maine, listed with wife, Lucetta, 33, and children, Fred P, 19 and Hattie M, 2.

1900 census of Dover, Piscataquis, Maine p11B: Benj S Ayer, age 72, born in May 1828 in Maine, parents born in Maine, farmer, listed with wife of 23 years, Lucetta A, 53 and children, Harriett M, 22 and John F, 18.

1910 census of Dover, Piscataquis, Maine p18A: Benjamen S Ayer, age 81, he & parents born in Maine, listed with 2nd wife of 33 years, Lucilla M, 63 in the household of son, John T, 28 & his wife, Alice, 30.


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