Ayers/Ayres Sightings
Florida: 1850 and before
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    Welcome to the "Ayers/Ayres Sightings" Web Site. Over the years, while researching my wife's genealogy, I have been collecting information about persons named Ayers/Ayres who lived in Florida in 1850 or before. I am hoping that sooner or later these isolated pieces of data with fall into place and I will be able to identify my wife's great grandfather. I am publishing this web site so that others may use the data that I've discovered and perhaps be able to contribute additional Ayers/Ayres sightings.

If you are interested, here is the Maxfield Ayers story that is my jumping off point.
 

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Ayers/Ayres Sightings
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NAME
BIRTH DATE
Benjamin 
1773
Charlotte
1780
 John David
1791
Henry 
Bef 1800
Ishmail
1804
Jurius W.
1807
James
Bef 1812
Sophia (Ayres) Crane
1812
William B.
1812
Nathaniel
Bef 1816
William
Bef 1818
Pinkney
Bef 1819
Charles
Bef 1819
Martha III
1820
Martha I
1830
William E.
1833
Martha II
1848
Maxfield
1850
Dr. Samuel R.
Unk
Samuel R.
Unk

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Benjamin


DATE
EVENT
SOURCE
1773
Birth; Estimated from census.
Mills, p148
1814
Living at St. Amelia Island; self and 1 male slave.
Mills, p148
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Charlotte


DATE
EVENT
SOURCE
1780
Birth; South Carolina
1850 Census; Orange County; 
Roll 59, p119
Bef 1810
Married. Estimate from children's ages.
1830 Census; St Johns County;
Roll 15, p30
1830
Living in St. Augustine, St Johns County. 2 males, 4 females, no slaves
1830 Census; St Johns County;
Roll 15, p30
1843
Bought land in Mosquito County under Armed Occupation Act
Permit 110
1845
Moved to Mellonville, Orange County
Permit 110
1850
Living with daughter and son-in-law's family in Orange County
1850 Census; Orange County; 
Roll 59, p875
Bef 1860
Died.
1860 Census; Orange County; 
Roll 109, p191
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John David


DATE
EVENT
SOURCE
1791
Born.
John Ayers Tombstone Inscription
Abt 1847
Arrived in Florida
Douds
1850
Living in Calhoun County with family
1850 Census, Calhoun
County
Roll58, p031
Abt. 1858 Died John Ayers Tombstone Inscrition
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Henry


DATE
EVENT
SOURCE
1800
Born.
Enlistments, Roll 14
Vol. 27, p27
1818
Enlisted at Boston for 5 years
Enlistments, Roll 14
Vol. 27, p27
1821
Arrived in Florida at St Augustine, St Johns County
Enlistments, Roll 14
Vol. 27, p27
1821
Corporal serving in US Army. St Augustine, St Johns County
Returns, NARA Roll 1060
1822
Sergeant serving in US Army. St. Augustine, St Johns County
Returns, NARA Roll 1060
1823
Married Martha Whitaker. St Johns County
St Augustine Biographical Index
1824
Discharged from US Army. St Augustine, St Johns County
Returns, NARA Roll 1060
1824
Nominated to be Indian Agent
Territorial Papers, XXII, p923
1824
Signed petition. East Florida
Territorial Papers, XXII, p857
1836
Sergeant serving in US Army. Wounded in battle with Seminoles at Fort Drane, Alachua County
Sprague, p160
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Ishmail


DATE
EVENT
SOURCE
1804
Born. Estimated from census record
1850 Census, Calhoun
County
Roll 58, p035
1837
Living with family in Calhoun County
1850 Census, Calhoun
County
Roll 58, p035
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Jurius W.


DATE
EVENT
SOURCE
1807
Born. Bakersfield, Vermont
Enlistments, Roll 19,
Vol. 40, p4
1834
Enlisted in US Army at Fort Sullivan for three years
Enlistments, Roll 19,
Vol. 40, p4
1837
Reenlisted in US Army at Fort King, Florida
Enlistments, Roll 19,
Vol. 40, p4
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James


DATE
EVENT
SOURCE
Bef 1812
Born. Estimated from voting records Voting Registers. St Johns County
1831
Signed petition. East Florida Territorial Papers, XXIV, p621
1832
Signed petition. East Florida Territorial Papers, XXIV, p760
1833
Voted. St Johns County Voting Registers. St Johns County
1834
Voted. St Johns County Voting Registers. St Johns County
1838
Voted. Alachua County Voting Registers. Alachua County
1839
First sergeant serving in 1st Batt. (Warren's) Florida Mounted Militia Volunteers Compiled Service Records, Roll 16
1839
Signed petition. Alachua County Territorial Papers, XXV, p579
1840
Private serving in 1st Batt. (Warren's) Florida Mounted 
Militia Volunteers
Compiled Service Records, Roll 16
1840
Signed petitions. Fort Harlee, Alachua County Territorial Papers, XXV, p626 Territorial Papers, XXVI, p141
1841
Voted. Alachua County Voting Registers. Alachua County
1848
Voted. Tampa Precinct, Hillsborough County Voting Registers. Hillsborough County
1849
Appeared on Tax Rolls. Hillsborough County Tax Rolls, Hillsborough County
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Sophia (Ayres) CRANE


DATE
EVENT
SOURCE
1812
Born in Florida
1850 Census; Orange County; 
Roll 59, p875
1830
Possibly living in St Augustine, St Johns County
1830 Census; St Johns County; 
Roll 15, p30
Bef 1838
Married  Henry Crane. Date estimated from age of children.
1850 Census; Orange County; 
Roll 59, p875
1850
Living in Orange County with husband and children. Charlotte is living with them
1850 Census; Orange County; 
Roll 59, p875
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William B.


DATE
EVENT
SOURCE
1812
Born. Boston, Massachusetts
Enlistments, Roll 20,
Vol. 41, p4
1837
Enlisted in US Army at St Augustine for three years
Enlistments, Roll 20,
Vol. 41, p4
   1839 Transferred from Ft. Brooke to Ft. Heileman
Returns,
Family History Center
1840
Reenlisted in US army as a sergeant
Enlistments, Roll 20,
Vol. 41, p4
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Nathaniel


DATE
EVENT
SOURCE
Bef 1816
Born. Estimated from voting records.
Voting Registers. Jackson County
1837
Voted. Jackson County
Voting Registers. Jackson County
1850
Living with family in Calhoun County
1850 Census, Calhoun County, 
Roll 58, p037 
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William


DATE
EVENT
SOURCE
Bef 1818
Born. Estimated from voting records.
Voting Registers. Jackson County
1839
Voted. Jackson County
Voting Registers. Jackson County
1840
Living in Jackson County
1840 Census, Jackson County, 
Roll 15, p190 
1842
Voted. Jackson County
Voting Registers. Jackson County
     1845 Voted in Campbellton District, Jackson
County
USGenWeb Archive
Jackson County, Florida
1850
Living with family in Calhoun County
1850 Census, Calhoun County, 
Roll 58, p031
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Pinkney


DATE
EVENT
SOURCE
Bef 1819
Born. Estimated from service record
Records of Volunteer Soldiers
1837
Served in Bobo's Co. (Wilson's) 5th Batt. Georgia Mounted Volunteers at Fort Gilliland, Alachua County
Records of Volunteer Soldiers
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Charles


DATE
EVENT
SOURCE
Bef 1819
Born. Estimated from service record
Compiled Service Records, Roll 32
1837
Joined for duty. Capt. Bradley's Det., 13 Reg.., 1st Brig. Florida Mounted Militia
Compiled Service Records, Roll 32
1838
Served in Capt. Bradley's Det., 13 Reg.., 1st Brig. Florida Mounted Militia 
Compiled Service Records, Roll 32
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Martha III


DATE
EVENT
SOURCE
1820
Born. Estimated from census record.
 1850 Census, Jackson County,
Roll 58, p314
1837
Living with family in Jackson County.
1850 Census, Jackson County,
Roll 58, p314
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Martha I


DATE
EVENT
SOURCE
1830
Born
1850 Census, Hillsborough County, Roll 58, p259
1850
Married Chrystopher Zebendon in Hillsborough County
Marriage Records, Hillsborough County, Bk 2, p4
1850
Living in Ichepuckesassa Settlement, Hillsborough County with family, Maxfield, Martha II, and Christopher Zebendon, Maxfield's stepfather
1850 Census, Hillsborough County, Roll 58, p259
Bef 1858
Dead. Estimated from Marriage Records
Marriage Records, Hillsborough County, Bk 2, p92
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William E.


DATE
EVENT
SOURCE
1833
Born. Estimated from census record
1850 Census, Monroe
County, Roll 59, p172
1850
Serving in U.S. Army. Company H, U.S. Artillery
1850 Census, Monroe
County, Roll 59, p172
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Martha II


DATE
EVENT
SOURCE
1848
Born
1850 Census, Hillsborough County, Roll 58, p259 
1850
Living in Ichepuckesassa Settlement, Hillsborough County with family, Maxfield, Martha I, and Christopher Zebendon, Maxfield's stepfather
1850 Census, Hillsborough County, Roll 58, p259
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Maxfield


DATE
EVENT
SOURCE
1850
Born
1850 Census, Hillsborough County, Roll 58, p259
1850
Living in Ichepuckesassa Settlement, Hillsborough County with his family, Martha I, Martha II, and Christopher Zebendon, his stepfather
1850 Census, Hillsborough County, Roll 58, p259
1860
Living in Hillsborough County with the Wilbert Combe family
1860 Census, Hillsborough County, Roll 107, p648
1879
Married Florida Dunaway in Polk County
Marriage Record, Polk County, Bk 1, p246
1880
Living with his wife at the farm of his brother-in-law Jefferson Crews, Polk County
1880 Census, Polk County,
Roll 131, p
1885
Living in Polk County with his wife and two children
1885 Census, Polk County, 
Roll 10, p16
1900
Living in Polk County with his family, his wife and five children
1900 Census, Polk County,
Roll 175, p12
1910
Living in Polk County with his wife and two children
1910 Census, Polk County,
Roll 167, ED0143 0245
1919
Died in Polk County Death Record, Florida, File #4453
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Dr. Samuel R.


DATE
EVENT
SOURCE
1821
Arrived in St Johns County
Hammond
1823
Departed from Alachua County
Hammond 
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Samuel R.


DATE
EVENT
SOURCE
1823
Collector of Customs, Key West, St Johns County
Territorial Papers, XXII, p615, p920
1824
Collector of Customs, Key West, Monroe County
Territorial Papers, XXII, pp 852, 920-921
1826
Postmaster, Palatka, St Johns County
Territorial Papers, XXIII, p981
1827
Postmaster, Palatka, St Johns County
Territorial Papers, XXIII, p978
1829
Signed petition in Key West, Monroe County
Territorial Papers, XXIV, p136
1839
Mentioned in doctor's ledger. St Augustine, St Johns County
St Augustine Biographical Index
1842
Married Sarah Groves in St Augustine, St Johns County
Marriage Record, St Johns County
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Notes

    As most of you know, spelling in old records can be something of an art form. I have encountered Ayers, Ayres, Ayrs, Ayr Aires, Airs, Air, Ayre, Ayars, Aris, and an occasional Eyre, often with different spellings for the same person. I've decided to finesse the problem on this site by using the generic "Ayers/Ayres".
    In addition to these Ayers/Ayres variants, some researchers contend that the English surname Hair is an Ayers variant. I have begun research on Hair (and its variants Haar, Haire, Hare, Harr, Haer, Hahr, Hayer, Hayre, Heier, Herr, Heyer, and Hier) in Florida before 1850 but I have not reached any conclusion concerning adding Hair to this web site.
   Dates should be viewed as best estimates based on the record.
    I believe that all of these sightings represent unique people. There is always the problem, of course, that there may be multiple individuals with the same name.
    I have identified Dr. Samuel R. and Samuel R. as unique individuals. They may be the same person.
    There are only two identified familial relationships among the names in the Sightings table; Sophia (Ayres) Crane is Charlotte's daughter and Martha I is the mother of Martha II and Maxfield. Additional family information, where available from census records, can be found by clicking on the "family" links.

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My Surnames

NAME LOCATION   NAME LOCATION
ADAMS VA>GA   LEHTO MI
AYERS FL   LEWIS GA
AYOTTE CANADA>MI   LINDQVIST FINLAND>MI
BLANCHARD GA>FL   MERRITT NC>FL
BOIVIN CAN   PEACOCK VA>NC>GA
BRANNEN GA>FL   PEEBLES VA
CHAMPOUX CAN>MI   POPPELL FL
DENETTE CAN>NY>MI
RODGERS GA
DESERRE CAN   SLEDGE VA
DOUCETTE CAN   SULLIVAN SC>GA>FL
DUBÉ CAN   VADNAIS CAN>MI
DUNAWAY FL   WARREN VA>NC>GA>FL
ELY NC   WHITFIELD VA>NC>GA>FL
ENGLISH GA   WOOD FL
FUTCH SC>GA
WOODS GA>FL
HIGHT GA
WYNN GA>FL
IVEY VA>GA>FL
ZEBENDON FL
KALLIOMÄKI FINLAND>MI


Note: All my Finnish ancestor research in Finland is on a separate page.

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Links to Some Florida Research Sites
Florida Cracker Country
The Florida Department of State
Florida GenWeb Project
The Florida State Archives
The Seminole Tribe of Florida
Florida State Genealogical Society
Rootsweb Resources: Florida
Tampa-Hillsborough County Library
Tour of Florida Seminole Wars
University of South Florida Library
US GenWeb Archives
US GenWeb Census Project: Florida

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