#8496. 3. A. N. M. - AYERS, GRIFFITH - March 18, 1939. The querist asks: Who was the Elizabeth Ayers of Portsmouth, N. H., who married Dr. Caleb Griffith at Portsmouth, Oct. 30, 1701? Elizabeth Ayers was the daughter of Edward Ayers and Alice, his wife. Edward Ayers was born in Ipswich, Mass., Feb. 2, 1658, died in Portsmouth, N. H., about 1723. His first wife Alice died in Portsmouth on Feb. 9, 1717. Edward Ayers was the son of John Ayers, a soldier in King Philip's War, who was killed by Indians at the destruction of Brookfield, Mass., Aug. 21, 1675. John Ayers married Susanne Symonds, who died in Ipswich Feb. 8, 1682. (References: Dover Historical Collections, No. 1, Page 112. Ayers Family, Page 10. Temple's North Brookfield, Mass. "The Magazine of American Genealogy," No. 11, Page 108. I would greatly appreciate receiving some data on Dr. Caleb Griffith and the surname of Edward Ayers' first wife, Alice. M. L. M. V. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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