Ayers/Ayres
Sightings
Florida:
1850 and before
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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.
Send me e-mail
to: hippob@earthlink.net
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Ayers/Ayres
Sightings
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NAME |
BIRTH DATE |
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1773 |
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1780 |
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1791 |
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Bef 1800 |
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1804 |
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1807 |
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Bef 1812 |
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1812 |
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1812 |
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Bef 1816 |
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Bef 1818 |
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Bef 1819 |
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Bef 1819 |
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1820 |
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1830 |
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1833 |
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1848 |
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1850 |
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Unk |
Individuals
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DATE |
EVENT |
SOURCE |
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1773 |
Birth; Estimated from census. |
Mills, p148 |
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1811 |
Sold
property in St Augustine, Florida |
East
Florida Papers Reel
#131-68 |
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1814 |
Living at St. Amelia Island; self and 1 male slave. |
Mills, p14 |
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1815 |
Sold a
slave in St Augustine, Florida |
East
Florida Papers Reel
#165-81 |
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DATE |
EVENT |
SOURCE |
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1780 |
Birth; South Carolina |
1850 Census; Orange
County; |
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Bef 1810 |
Married. Estimate from children's ages. |
1830 Census; St Johns
County; |
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1830 |
Living in St. Augustine,
St Johns County. 2 males, 4 females, no slaves |
1830 Census; St Johns
County; |
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1843 |
Bought land in Mosquito
County under Armed Occupation Act |
Permit 110 |
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1845 |
Moved to Mellonville,
Orange County |
Permit 110 |
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1850 |
Living with daughter and
son-in-law's family in Orange
County |
1850 Census; Orange
County; |
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Bef 1860 |
Died |
1860 Census; Orange
County; |
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DATE |
EVENT |
SOURCE |
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1791 |
Born. |
John Ayers Tombstone
Inscription |
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1813-1819 |
Married
Betsy Kegg, Catawba Indian, in South Carolina |
Accounts
of Rents |
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1837 |
Married
Marilda Stephens in Pulaski County, Georgia |
Faurot |
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Abt 1847 |
Arrived in Florida |
Douds |
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1850 |
Living in Calhoun County
with family |
1850 Census, Calhoun |
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Abt. 1858 |
Died |
John Ayers Tombstone
Inscrition |
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DATE |
EVENT |
SOURCE |
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1800 |
Born. |
Enlistments, Roll 14 |
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1818 |
Enlisted at Boston for 5
years |
Enlistments, Roll 14 |
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1821 |
Arrived in Florida at St
Augustine, St Johns County |
Enlistments, Roll 14 |
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1821 |
Corporal serving in US
Army. St Augustine, St Johns County |
Returns, NARA Roll 1060 |
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1822 |
Sergeant serving in US
Army. St. Augustine, St Johns County |
Returns, NARA Roll 1060 |
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1823 |
Married Martha Whitaker.
St Johns County |
St Augustine Biographical
Index |
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1824 |
Discharged from US Army.
St Augustine, St Johns County |
Returns, NARA Roll 1060 |
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1824 |
Nominated to be Indian
Agent |
Territorial Papers, XXII,
p923 |
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1824 |
Signed petition. East
Florida |
Territorial Papers, XXII,
p857 |
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1836 |
Sergeant serving in US
Army. Wounded in battle with Seminoles at Fort Drane, Alachua County |
Sprague, p160 |
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DATE |
EVENT |
SOURCE |
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1804 |
Born. Estimated from
census record |
1850 Census, Calhoun |
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1850 |
Living with family in Calhoun County |
1850 Census, Calhoun |
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DATE |
EVENT |
SOURCE |
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1807 |
Born. Bakersfield, Vermont |
Enlistments, Roll 19, |
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1834 |
Enlisted in US Army at
Fort Sullivan for three years |
Enlistments, Roll 19, |
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1837 |
Reenlisted in US Army at
Fort King, Florida |
Enlistments, Roll 19, |
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DATE |
EVENT |
SOURCE |
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Bef 1812 |
Born. Estimated from
voting records |
Voting Registers. St
Johns County |
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1831 |
Signed petition. East
Florida |
Territorial Papers, XXIV,
p621 |
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1832 |
Signed petition. East
Florida |
Territorial Papers, XXIV,
p760 |
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1832-33 |
Brought suit in St Johns
County |
Court Records. St Johns
County |
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1833 |
Voted. St Johns County |
Voting Registers. St
Johns County |
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1834 |
Voted. St Johns County |
Voting Registers. St
Johns County |
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1838 |
Voted. Alachua County |
Voting Registers. Alachua
County |
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1839 |
First sergeant serving in
1st Batt. (Warren's) Florida Mounted Militia Volunteers |
Compiled Service Records,
Roll 16 |
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1839 |
Signed petition. Alachua
County |
Territorial Papers, XXV,
p579 |
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1840 |
Private serving in 1st
Batt. (Warren's) Florida Mounted |
Compiled Service Records,
Roll 16 |
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1840 |
Signed petitions. Fort
Harlee, Alachua County |
Territorial Papers, XXV,
p626 Territorial Papers, XXVI, p141 |
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1841 |
Voted. Alachua County |
Voting Registers. Alachua
County |
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1848 |
Voted. Tampa Precinct,
Hillsborough County |
Voting Registers.
Hillsborough County |
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1849 |
Appeared on Tax Rolls.
Hillsborough County |
Tax Rolls, Hillsborough
County |
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DATE |
EVENT |
SOURCE |
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1812 |
Born in Florida |
1850 Census; Orange
County; |
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1830 |
Possibly living in St
Augustine, St Johns County |
1830 Census; St Johns
County; |
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Bef 1838 |
Married Henry
Crane. Date estimated from age of children. |
1850 Census; Orange
County; |
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1850 |
Living in Orange County
with husband and children.
Charlotte is living with them |
1850 Census; Orange
County; |
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DATE |
EVENT |
SOURCE |
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1812 |
Born. Boston,
Massachusetts |
Enlistments, Roll 20, |
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1837 |
Enlisted in US Army at St
Augustine for three years |
Enlistments, Roll 20, |
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1839 |
Transferred from Ft.
Brooke to Ft. Heileman |
Returns, |
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1840 |
Reenlisted in US army as
a sergeant |
Enlistments, Roll 20, |
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DATE |
EVENT |
SOURCE |
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Bef 1816 |
Born. Estimated from
voting records. |
Voting Registers. Jackson
County |
|
1837 |
Voted. Jackson County |
Voting Registers. Jackson
County |
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1850 |
Living with family in Calhoun County |
1850 Census, Calhoun
County, |
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DATE |
EVENT |
SOURCE |
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Bef 1818 |
Born. Estimated from
voting records. |
Voting Registers. Jackson
County |
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1839 |
Voted. Jackson County |
Voting Registers. Jackson
County |
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1840 |
Living in Jackson County |
1840 Census, Jackson
County, |
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1842 |
Voted. Jackson County |
Voting Registers. Jackson
County |
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1845 |
Voted in Campbellton
District, Jackson |
USGenWeb Archive |
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1850 |
Living with family in Calhoun County |
1850 Census, Calhoun
County, |
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DATE |
EVENT |
SOURCE |
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Bef 1819 |
Born. Estimated from
service record |
Records of Volunteer
Soldiers |
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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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DATE |
EVENT |
SOURCE |
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Bef 1819 |
Born. Estimated from
service record |
Compiled Service Records,
Roll 32 |
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1837 |
Joined for duty. Capt.
Bradley's Det., 13 Reg.., 1st Brig. Florida Mounted Militia |
Compiled Service Records,
Roll 32 |
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1838 |
Served in Capt. Bradley's
Det., 13 Reg.., 1st Brig. Florida Mounted Militia |
Compiled Service Records,
Roll 32 |
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DATE |
EVENT |
SOURCE |
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1820 |
Born. Estimated from
census record. |
1850 Census,
Jackson County, |
|
1850 |
Living with family in Jackson County. |
1850 Census, Jackson
County, |
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DATE |
EVENT |
SOURCE |
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1830 |
Born |
1850 Census, Hillsborough
County, Roll 58, p259 |
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1850 |
Married Chrystopher
Zebendon in Hillsborough County |
Marriage Records,
Hillsborough County, Bk 2, p4 |
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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 |
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1852 |
Baptized in Socrum,
Hillsborough County |
The Florida Genealogist Vol. XXI, #3, p110 |
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Bef 1858 |
Dead. Estimated from
Marriage Records |
Marriage Records,
Hillsborough County, Bk 2, p92 |
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DATE |
EVENT |
SOURCE |
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1833 |
Born. Estimated from
census record |
1850 Census, Monroe |
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1850 |
Serving in U.S. Army.
Company H, U.S. Artillery |
1850 Census, Monroe |
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DATE |
EVENT |
SOURCE |
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1848 |
Born |
1850 Census, Hillsborough
County, Roll 58, p259 |
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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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DATE |
EVENT |
SOURCE |
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1850 |
Born |
1850 Census, Hillsborough
County, Roll 58, p259 |
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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 |
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1860 |
Living in Hillsborough
County with the Wilbert Combe family |
1860 Census, Hillsborough
County, Roll 107, p648 |
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1879 |
Married Florida Dunaway
in Polk County |
Marriage Record, Polk
County, Bk 1, p246 |
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1880 |
Living with his wife at
the farm of his brother-in-law Jefferson Crews, Polk County |
1880 Census, Polk County,
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1885 |
Living in Polk County
with his wife and two children |
1885 Census, Polk
County, |
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1900 |
Living in Polk County
with his family, his wife and five children |
1900 Census, Polk County,
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1910 |
Living in Polk County
with his wife and two children |
1910 Census, Polk County,
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1919 |
Died in Polk County |
Death Record, Florida,
File #4453 |
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DATE |
EVENT |
SOURCE |
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1821 |
Arrived in St Johns County |
Hammond |
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1823 |
Departed from Alachua
County |
Hammond |
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1823 |
Collector of Customs, Key
West, St Johns County |
Territorial Papers, XXII,
p615, p920 |
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1824 |
Collector of Customs, Key
West, Monroe County |
Territorial Papers, XXII,
pp 852, 920-921 |
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1826 |
Postmaster, Palatka, St
Johns County |
Territorial Papers,
XXIII, p981 |
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1827 |
Postmaster, Palatka, St
Johns County |
Territorial Papers,
XXIII, p978 |
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1829 |
Signed petition in Key
West, Monroe County |
Territorial Papers, XXIV,
p136 |
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1839 |
Mentioned in doctor's
ledger. St Augustine, St Johns County |
St Augustine Biographical
Index |
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1842 |
Married Sarah Groves in
St Augustine, St Johns County |
Marriage Record, St Johns
County |
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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.
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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NAME |
LOCATION |
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NAME |
LOCATION |
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ADAMS |
VA>GA |
|
LEHTO |
MI |
|
AYERS |
FL |
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LEWIS |
GA |
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AYOTTE |
CANADA>MI |
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LINDQVIST |
FINLAND>MI |
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BLANCHARD |
GA>FL |
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MERRITT |
NC>FL |
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BOIVIN |
CAN |
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PEACOCK |
VA>NC>GA |
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BRANNEN |
GA>FL |
|
PEEBLES |
VA |
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CHAMPOUX |
CAN>MI |
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POPPELL |
FL |
|
DENETTE |
CAN>NY>MI |
RODGERS |
GA |
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DESERRE |
CAN |
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SLEDGE |
VA |
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DOUCETTE |
CAN |
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SULLIVAN |
SC>GA>FL |
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DUBÉ |
CAN |
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VADNAIS |
CAN>MI |
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DUNAWAY |
FL |
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WARREN |
VA>NC>GA>FL |
|
ELY |
NC |
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WHITFIELD |
VA>NC>GA>FL |
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ENGLISH |
GA |
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WOOD |
FL |
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FUTCH |
SC>GA |
WOODS |
GA>FL |
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HIGHT |
GA |
WYNN |
GA>FL |
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IVEY |
VA>GA>FL |
ZEBENDON |
FL |
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KALLIOMÄKI |
FINLAND>MI |
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