>From The Learning Company, CD#209 (which I do not possess), I find that there is one Jesse WILLARD whose will lists a Benjamin YERKES, Anthony YERKES, and William AYRES. Now the Yerkes, I have sufficient material on. But this particular William AYRES, my mother's surname (and there are MANY William Ayres in her line), is apparently the husband of Deborah YERKES. I have no dates for William. I seek anything I can find on him. Here are the dates for his wife: Deborah Yerkes, b. Sept. 3, 1753 and d. Feb. 11, 1826. Married to one other husband, namely Samuel Ayres in 1773. This can easily become confusing. But it is William AYRES, alive and married to Deborah Yerkes, that I seek information on. Any help out there from you AYRES or you YERKES or you WILLARD researchers? He became the Guardian in the will of Jesse Willard, and so must have been highly esteemed by Jesse! Thanks, Vince Summers