Husband John Ayres 1 2
Born: 9 Feb 1752 - Pennepack, Philadelphia Co, PA 3
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Died: 17 Sep 1825 - Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA
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Father: William Ayres (1720-1784/1785) 4 5
Mother: Margaret "Mary" Kean (1726-1784) 4
Marriage: 2 Apr 1786 - Dauphin Co, PA 6 7
Other Spouse: Mary Montgomery (1758-Abt 1781/1782) 3 7 - 1781 - Dauphin, Dauphin Co, PA 6 7
Wife Jane "Jenny" Lytle 8 9
Born: 1 Mar 1767 - near Anderson's Ferry, Upper Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA 6
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Died: 7 May 1831 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 6
Buried: - Dauphin Cemetery, Dauphin, Dauphin Co, PA
Father: Joseph Lytle ( -Abt 1790) 6 10
Mother: Sarah Morrison (Abt 1731-1822) 10
Children
1 F Sarah Ellen Ayres 6
AKA: Sarah Eleanor Ayres 7
Born: 9 Mar 1787 - Middle Paxtang Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 6
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Died: 17 Aug 1864 6
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
2 M William Ayres 7 11 12
Born: 14 Dec 1788 - Middle Paxtang Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 6 11
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Died: 26 May 1856 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 13
Buried: - Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Bucher (1795-1847) 7 11 12
Marr: 16 May 1817 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 14
3 F Mary Ayres 6 7
Born: 17 Dec 1790 - Middle Paxtang Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 6
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Died: 17 Sep 1868 6
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
4 F Margaret Ayres 7 15
Born: 25 Feb 1793 - Middle Paxtang Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 8
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Died: 23 Dec 1867 8
Buried: - Old Dauphin Cemetery, Dauphin Co, PA
Spouse: James Forster (1787-1840) 7 15
Marr: 6 Apr 1812 8
Spouse: Reuben Lockhart ( - ) 15
5 M John Lytle Ayres 6 7
Born: 7 Jun 1795 - Middle Paxtang Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 6
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Died: 10 Aug 1857 6
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
6 F Matilda Willis Ayres 6 7
Born: 7 Jun 1797 - Middle Paxtang Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 6
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Died: 2 Jul 1872 6
Buried: - Dauphin, Dauphin Co, PA
Spouse: William Armstrong (1801-1878) 6 7
Marr: 30 Apr 1826 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 6
7 F Eliza Jane Ayres 6 7
Born: 17 Jan 1806 - Middle Paxtang Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 6
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Died: 29 Jul or 2 Aug 1830 - Middle Paxtang Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 6
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - John Ayres
At the age of twenty-one years, he accompanied his father and family in their movement to Paxtang township, Lancaster (later Dauphin) County, Pennsylvania. Subsequently he became the owner of the homestead there established, and added thereto a certain tract of land called "Ayresburg." In 1775, on the first call for volunteers for the Revolutionary army, he enlisted in Captain Matthew Smith's company of riflemen, formed in Lancaster county, and detailed on the expedition against Quebec under Arnold, but whilst the army lay before Boston, he took sick and was invalided. On the 13th March, 1776, he again enlisted in Captain Manning's company, 4th Battalion of Lancaster county, commanded by Colonel James Burd. His father and several of his connections belonged to the same company. The Oracle of Dauphin, in announcing his death, August 17, 1825, remarked that "he was the last of the Revolutionary patriots in his neighborhood."
He marched with Capt. Matthew Smith's company to join Washington's army at Cambridge, in June, 1775. Having returned from Cambridge on account of sickness, in November or December of the same year, we find him again enlisted, this time in Captain James Murray's company, which marched to Amboy, and was present at the battle of Long Island, and the subsequent campaign through the Jerseys.
Their house at the eastern base of the mountain, became a sort of "free-lunch" station for everybody going over the mountain. Not being of an avaricious bent, this location was their ruin; because they could refuse no one, their hospitality was largely imposed upon.