John Ayres and Mary Montgomery

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Husband John Ayres ^{1 2}

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           Born: 9 Feb 1752 - Pennepack, Philadelphia Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Sep 1825 - Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA
         Buried: 

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         Father: William Ayres (1720-1784/1785) 4 5
         Mother: Margaret "Mary" Kean (1726-1784) 4

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       Marriage: 1781 - Dauphin, Dauphin Co, PA 6 7

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   Other Spouse: Jane "Jenny" Lytle (1767-1831) 8 9 - 2 Apr 1786 - Dauphin Co, PA 6 7

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Wife Mary Montgomery ^{3 7}

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           Born: 1758
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1781-1782
         Buried:  - near Dauphin, Dauphin Co, PA

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         Father: Gen. William Montgomery (      -      ) 6
         Mother: 

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - John Ayres

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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.

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Montgomery

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She died at the age of twenty-three years, without issue.

1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 48, 262.

2 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 388.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 48.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 47, 257.

5 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 387.

6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 51.

7 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 389.

8 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 262.

9 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 389, 437.