Comment on Note #694. PARKER. W. H. M. A., March 20, 1911. As John Ayer of Haverhill is one
of my remote ancestors, I am interested in the "vote" of C. H. A. concerning his wife Hannah. We all
know that "cousins" in that early period meant nephews and nieces, but I find not proof as yet, after
much research, that the relationship was on the side of John Webb, alias Evered or John Evered,
alias Webb. He does not mention Hannah, the wife of John Ayer, in his will, nor does Peter Ayer call
him uncle when he signs the receipt for his legacy. In the list of passengers "as shipt themselves at
the town of Hampton in the James of London about the Vt of Aprill 1635" are found:
John Evered, Stephen Evered, alias Webb of Marlboro, Wiltshire, husbandmen. (New England
Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. xiv., pages 333 [?not clear]:)
This shows that John brought his alias with him. An interesting record of this peculiar man is given
in the "History of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company," of which he was a memeber. (Vol. 1,
page 134 [?p 184?].) By Pope's Pioneer's page 159?, I found he married, after he came to this
country, Mary, the widow of Thomas Fayerweather of Boston. She had several children by her first
marriage, but only one, as far as I could trace, lived to maturity - John, Born in Boston, August 1684.
(Boston Town Records, vol. ix., page 2.)
John Webb, with his alias either way, was a remarkable man, and there are many deeds both in
Middlesex and Suffolk counties showing his large business transactions, always signed with his alias
and by wife, Mary, her mark and a seal.
He came to an untimely death near Charlestown, Oct. 17, 1668, while pursuing a whale. (New
England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. xxxiv., page 299), and Sept. 7, 1669, his widow,
Mary Webb, dropping the alias, married Deacon William Goodhue of Ipswich (Ipswich Vital Records,
vol. ii, page 191). She died Sept. 7, 1680, and in her will, made under marriage contract with Deacon
Goodhue, she leaves furniture to two children of her son, John Fayerweather of Boston, whom she
made executor. This is all very interesting, but as yet does not confirm C. H. A.'s "vote" concerning
Hannah Ayer.
John Webb in his will also mentions his brother, William Dinsdale of Boston. He was also a
member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, and his wife was Martha.
John Ayer came to New England in 1637, two years after John Webb, and the first known of him is
in Salisbury, 1642, and three years later in Haverhill. This was not far from Dracut and Chelmsford,
where John Webb owned extensive farms, but by many deeds and the settlement of his estate it
appears that he was a mercharnt in Boston many years.
E. K. H. M.
Comment on Note #1124. SLOAN. J. M. P. Y., March 20, 1911. Captain William Sloan was baptized
July 31, 1748, married, March 4, 1769, Mary Reed, lived for a time in Williamstown, Mass., and died
1812 or 1813 at Sloanville, N. Y. He was a son of Alexander Sloan and Margaret or Margery (___). She
died 1760 at Wilton, Conn. His father, Alexander Sloan (born before 1710), lived at Wilton, Conn., and
Norwalk, Conn., and had children: Samuel, Alexander, Margaret, William and Sturgeon.
J. E. S.
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