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Sgt. John Ayres
Children of John & Susannah Ayres
| Order | Name | Birth | Notes |
| John Ayres | England | Came to Quaboag before May of 1667. His full family of 7 sons and 1 daughter came with him. Died Aug 2, 1675 @ Wheeler's Surprise. | |
| wife | Susannah Symonds | England | Daughter of Mark Symonds. Died at Ipswich Feb 1682-3 |
| 1 | John Ayres, Jr. | Ipswich, 1649 | Came to Quaboag with his father in 1667. On Aug 28, 1672, he married 1. Abigail Hovey, daughter of Deacon Hovey, a neighbor at Quaboag. Abigail died young, probably at Quaboag, no children. He was at Quaboag during the Siege. Took his mother and remaining family back to Ipswich. 2. Married Mary Woodman of Ipswich, 3 children, no sons that survived. Death ??? Conflicting evidence, but it seems likely John, Jr. died Aug 12, 1711, age 62, at Boston. |
| 2 | Samuel Ayres | Ipswich, 1650 | Came to Quaboag with his family. Returned to Ipswich after the Siege of Brookfield. Married on Apr 16, 1677, Abigail Fellows who bore him 10 children. Died at Ipswich on Feb 7, 1696-7. Some of the children of Samuel were prominent in the affairs of the 2nd settlement at Brookfield. |
| 3 | Thomas Ayres | Ipswich, 1652 | Came to Quaboag with his family. Returned to Ipswich, never returned to Brookfield. Married in March of 1677-8 Hannah Herrington. They had 7 children. |
| 4 | Joseph Ayres | Ipswich, abt 1655 | Came to Quaboag with his family. Returned to Ipswich. Married on Jun 9, 1684, Sarah Caldwell, who bore his 5 children. She died on Apr 29, 1710. He married Hannah Dutch at Ipswich, who came with him to Brookfield on Oct 23, 1713. He was one of those of the family to return to Brookfield for the 2nd settlement. Lived on his farm at Brookfield until his death. |
| 5 | Edward Ayres | Ipswich, Feb 1658 | Inhabitant of Kittery, Maine. |
| 6 | Mark Ayres | Ipswich, Dec 1661 | Did not attempt to resettle at Brookfield. Also an inhabitant of Kittery, ME. in 1690, with his brother Edward. In 1716, he is listed as of Portsmouth, N. H. He married and had 2 sons. |
| 7 | Nathaniel Ayres | Ipswich, Jul 16, 1664 | Married Amy ----- and had 5 children. Was a Blacksmith by trade and lived most of his life in Boston. Died in Boston on Dec. 4, 1737. |
| 8 | Susannah Ayres | Ipswich 1656 | Came to Quaboag with her family. After the siege returned with her family to Ipswich, at age 19 and single. |
Note: In 1703, Samuel, John and Thomas were appointed executors of the estate of John Sr. On January 14, 1719, as recorded in Worcester in 1741, the land formerly possessed at Brookfield by John Ayres Sr., was conveyed to Joseph Ayres of Ipswich by Thomas, Mark, Edward, and Nathaniel, sons of Sgt. John; and by Samuel, son of Samuel and grandson of Sgt. John; and by Robert Day, son of Suzannah (Ayres) (Day) Waite and grandson of Sgt. John.
Source: "Quaboag Plantation Alias Brookefeild" by Louis E. Roy, M. D., 1965, West Brookfield, MA., The Heffernan Press, Inc., Worcester, Massachusetts.