Moses Ayres Jr.1 
b. 1757, d. before 18 March 1825
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3rd great-grandfather of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
5th great-grandfather of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Fairfield and Allied Families
- Appears on charts:
- Pedigree for Ruth Minerva Fairfield
Moses Ayres Jr. was born in 1757 in Somerset County, New Jersey.3 He was the son of Moses Ayres and Dorcas Cox.2 He married Dianna Kennedy say 1780. He died before 18 March 1825 in Sandyville, Tuscarawas County, Ohio; when a notice of his death appeared in the Ohio Repository.4 He was buried in Old Cemetery, Sandyville.5
Moses Ayres Jr. was probably the second resident of Sandyville. He was a wagon maker and a leading Baptist. The first Sunday School in Sandy township and the second in the county was organized in April 1821 by Moses Ayres, Henry Laffer, Henry Miller and Hugh russell, Sr. It lasted only a few months.6
Moses Ayres Jr. was probably the second resident of Sandyville. He was a wagon maker and a leading Baptist. The first Sunday School in Sandy township and the second in the county was organized in April 1821 by Moses Ayres, Henry Laffer, Henry Miller and Hugh russell, Sr. It lasted only a few months.6
Additional Data
Moses Ayres Jr., David Ayres and Samuel Ayres were mentioned in theirfather Moses Ayres's will proved 15 December 1803 in Allegany County, Maryland.3
Moses Ayres Jr. appeared on the 1810 U.S. Census in Redstone township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. In his household were one male 45 and over; one female 10-15, one female 16-25, one female 45 and over.7
Sandy township was erected by the County Commissioners 2 June 1817, and the electors were directed to meet at the house of Moses Ayres in the town of Sandyville, on the 17th day of June following, to elect the proper township officers.8
Moses Ayres Jr. appeared on the 1810 U.S. Census in Redstone township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. In his household were one male 45 and over; one female 10-15, one female 16-25, one female 45 and over.7
Sandy township was erected by the County Commissioners 2 June 1817, and the electors were directed to meet at the house of Moses Ayres in the town of Sandyville, on the 17th day of June following, to elect the proper township officers.8
Children of Moses Ayres Jr. and Dianna Kennedy
- Dorcas Jane Ayres+ 1 b. s 1785, d. 1863
- Mary Ayres5 b. 10 Oct 1792
- Mercy Ayres5 b. bt 1793 - 1794
- Reyle Ayres5 d. Dec 1802
- Malinda Ann Ayres5 b. 5 Sep 1803, d. 4 May 1888
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.
- [S1095] William O. Riggs, "Ancestor Chart", 29 November 1982 (Florissant, Missouri). This source is not annotated.
- [S1102] Surnames of Fulton County Ohio and Before, online <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi>.
- [S1104] Obituary, Ohio Repository, Canton, Ohio, 18 March 1825, 3, 4; "At Sandyville Moses Ayres, Esq. an old and respectable citizen of that place."
- [S986] Jean W. Cox, ed., The Nixon Family Memorials - Published for the Descendants of William Nixon and His Wife Yanacha Ayers of Sussex County, New Jersey (n.p.: Privately published, 1970), 866.
- [S974] J.B. Mansfield, comp., History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio (Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884; reprint Strasburg, Ohio: Gordon Printing for the Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society, 1975), 647, 648.
- [S982] Moses Ayres household, 1810 U.S. Census, Redstone, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, page 978; National Archives micropublication M252, roll 54.
- [S974] J.B. Mansfield, History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 643.
