Dorcas Jane Ayres1 
b. say 1785, d. 1863
Dorcas Jane Ayres|b. s 1785\nd. 1863|p10445.htm|Moses Ayres Jr.|b. 1757\nd. b 18 Mar 1825|p10568.htm|Dianna Kennedy|b. s 1756\nd. 19 Apr 1823|p10572.htm|Moses Ayres|b. 1732\nd. 19 Oct 1803|p11311.htm|Dorcas Cox|b. 1733\nd. 1814|p11312.htm|||||||
2nd great-grandmother of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
4th great-grandmother of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Fairfield and Allied Families
- Appears on charts:
- Pedigree for Ruth Minerva Fairfield
Dorcas Jane Ayres was born say 1785 in Maryland.1 She was the daughter of Moses Ayres Jr. and Dianna Kennedy.1 She married Nathan Cordrey, son of Thomas Cordrey Sr. and Comfort Bryan, on 24 July 1798 in Allegany County, Maryland.1,2,3 She died in 1863 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.1 She was buried in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County.1
In his journal, Francis Cordrey wrote an article about his grandmother.
In his journal, Francis Cordrey wrote an article about his grandmother.
Additional Data
Dorcas Cordery appeared on the 1 June 1860 Federal Census of Fairfield township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in the household of Nathaniel and Catharine Hemeger, her granddaughter.4 
Children of Dorcas Jane Ayres and Nathan Cordrey
- Thomas Cordrey+1 b. 27 Jul 1799, d. 1 Mar 1845
- Margaret "Pega" Cordrey+1 b. 27 Feb 1801
- Comfort Cordrey+1 b. c 1805
- Dinah Cordrey1 b. 9 Apr 1808, d. 22 Dec 1847
- Dianna Cordrey+1 b. c 1809
- Moses Ayres Cordrey+ 1 b. 9 Jul 1810, d. 17 Mar 1873
- Riley Cordrey+1 b. 22 Dec 1812, d. 31 Oct 1889
- Mary "Polly" Cordrey1
- Jacob Cordrey+1 b. c 1819, d. b 9 May 1853
- Charles Cordrey1 d. b 9 May 1853
- Louisa Jane Cordrey+1 b. c 1822
Citations
- [S949] "Francis Cordrey Journal," (MS, 1897; Fort Wayne, Indiana); Charles Horn; Pasadena, Texas. Hereinafter cited as "Cordrey Journal". In a handwritten journal, or more precisely a ledger that he used as a journal, Francis wrote the family history as he knew it. It was among a collection of Cordrey papers and memorabilia that was given to Charles Horn by Francis' granddaughters, Coreinne Bitner and Mildred Bitner Stier.
- [S967] Robert Barnes, comp., Maryland Marriages, 1634-1777 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1975), 45, 2 AL 701.
- [S985] Allegany County Marriages in Date Order (1791-1825), online <http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/md/allegany/vitals/…>. File transcribed and contributed for use in USGen Web Archives by Harriet Moore and the Genealogical Society of Allegany County. The transcription is based on notes donated to the Society by members who collected the data from original court house records.
- [S953] Nathan L. Hameger household, 1860 U.S. Census, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, population schedule, Fairfield twp, page 376, dwelling 739, family 747; National Archives micropublication M653, roll 1043.
