Sherrie- Do you know if these Ayres are connected in some way to the Ayres line in the 1600 and 1700s in Essex Co., VA? Jean -----Original Message----- >From: Sherrie Boone <[email protected]> >Sent: Nov 14, 2006 12:51 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [VABEDFOR] James Ayres, my info to Don Hill > >Hi Don, >I have a whole Bedford gang that came down from Frederick Co MD, >Robert Lazenby, Flayl Paine, John Nichols, John Field, Henry >Musgrove, & James Ayres. Robert Harper also came with that group, he >was nephew and only heir of the Robert Harper who operated Harper's >Ferry on the Potomac. They all had Rev war involvement. > >James Ayres of Bedford, (wife Hannah) was b. in MD June 1, 1725, he >was orphaned at age 5 and bound to Allen & Mary Lock. He was son of >James & Dinah Box Ayres. Dinah is named in her father Thomas Box's >will dtd "1707-8/Feb/8, source is "State of Maryland, Hall of >Records, Request #09640". Linard Ayres of Bedford was very interested >in this line. (He's the original cemetary stomper). He descended from >Hannah Ayres, dt of James Jr (the minister). Hannah had a number of >bastard children one of whom (likely the eldest by dates) was >fathered by David Thompson. Guess Linard never found that info.... >Hannah Ayres was second wife of John Mitchell, Jr, son of John & >Ann. John, Jr m. 1st Frances Burgess. > >By the notes I have from Linard's file it looks like the Box line is >established as far back as 1622. I have DAR sisters who have used >this line to join Colonial Dames. I can give you numbers for those >folks. >To post to the list, email: [email protected] >To contact the list admin, email: [email protected] > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message