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Joseph Ayer

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Joseph Ayer

Birth
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Death
13 Oct 1793 (aged 60)
Franklin, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Franklin, New London County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Joseph Ayer's birth is recorded in "Vital Records of Norwich", pg 196.
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Joseph Ayer was married in May, 1753, to Elizabeth, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Wales, born Nov. 28, 1730, and died May 6, 1763. He died Oct. 13, 1793. The children of Joseph were: Timothy, born Oct. 15, 1754; Ebenezer, born Jan. 16, 1755; Sarah, born July 12, 1756; Nathaniel, born Jan. 31, 1758; Cynthia, born Sept. 24, 1759; Peter, born Aug. 23, 1761; and Elizabeth, born April 11, 1763. After the death of the mother of the above family, Joseph married, Sept. 6, 1764, Mary Bailey, of Groton; she died Jan. 29, 1814, aged seventy-four years, the mother of children as follows: Oliver, born Nov. 14, 1765, became a minister, and died in 1832; Elizabeth, born March 31, 1767, died May 2, 1771; Bailey, born June 19, 1768; Mary (Polly), born Nov. 17, 1774; Clarissa, born Sept. 4, 1779; and Lydia, born Aug. 17, 1781.

~Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, Connecticut: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Early Settled Families; J.H. Beers & Company, 1905.

Bio provided by Richard H. L. Chichester, III (#46953186).
Joseph Ayer's birth is recorded in "Vital Records of Norwich", pg 196.
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Joseph Ayer was married in May, 1753, to Elizabeth, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Wales, born Nov. 28, 1730, and died May 6, 1763. He died Oct. 13, 1793. The children of Joseph were: Timothy, born Oct. 15, 1754; Ebenezer, born Jan. 16, 1755; Sarah, born July 12, 1756; Nathaniel, born Jan. 31, 1758; Cynthia, born Sept. 24, 1759; Peter, born Aug. 23, 1761; and Elizabeth, born April 11, 1763. After the death of the mother of the above family, Joseph married, Sept. 6, 1764, Mary Bailey, of Groton; she died Jan. 29, 1814, aged seventy-four years, the mother of children as follows: Oliver, born Nov. 14, 1765, became a minister, and died in 1832; Elizabeth, born March 31, 1767, died May 2, 1771; Bailey, born June 19, 1768; Mary (Polly), born Nov. 17, 1774; Clarissa, born Sept. 4, 1779; and Lydia, born Aug. 17, 1781.

~Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, Connecticut: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Early Settled Families; J.H. Beers & Company, 1905.

Bio provided by Richard H. L. Chichester, III (#46953186).

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In the cold Mansions of ye Silent Tomb,
How still ye Solitude, how deep ye gloom,
Here sleeps ye dust, unconscious close confined
But far, far distant dwells
ye immortal Mind



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