Abigail Ayers

Birth Name Abigail Ayers
Gender female
Age at Death unknown

Narrative

In 1835 Ezra's widow Abigail was living in Ellsworth when she received a grant of land for his war service.[18] In 1841 she was residing in Newburg when she applied (for widow's benefits?) on 25 Feb 1841 in Penobscot City. At that time the information said she was 89. This age is probably not correct if she had a daughter born in 1805.[19]

 

The pension application also quotes her daughter Rhoda (Davis) Inman as saying that she had a brother who moved to Ohio and two sisters in Maine.

18. Maine Families in 1790, Vol 5 (Camden ME: Picton Press). Source: Maine State Archives.

19. Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Virgil D. White (Waynesboro TN: National Historical Publishing Co., 1990), p. 894..

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth        
General

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Baptism September 12, 1762 Wells, York County, Maine, United States   1
Census 1840 Newburgh, Penobscot County, Maine, United States   2a
Event Note

1840 Census Newburgh, Penobscot Co., Maine
Series M704, Roll 149, Page 179
Benjamin Inman
2 males 5 to 10 1 female 0 to 5
1 male 10 to 15 2 females 10 to 15
1 male 60 to 70 1 female 15 to 20
1 female 40 to 50 [?]
1 female 80 to 90

I am tentatively including Abigail (Ayers) Davis as the female 80 to 90 in this household. She was alive to make a will in 1843.

 

 

Will May 2, 1843     3
General

Probably in Newburg, Maine

Death        

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Joshua Ayers
Mother Sarah Low
         Abigail Ayers
    Sister     Annie Ayers between 1774 and 1780 January 8, 1817

Families

Family of Ezra Davis and Abigail Ayers
Married Husband Ezra Davis ( b. 1756 d. September 9, 1826 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage November 1780 Castine, Hancock County, Maine, United States   4
General

The files said they were married at "what is now Castine".

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
John Smith DavisDecember 8, 1781
Henry DavisAugust 1788
Rhoda DavisAugust 20, 1790after 1860
Enoch DavisApril 11, 1794
Sarah DavisMarch 27, 1796
Levi DavisOctober 7, 1798
Hannah DavisOctober 10, 1805

Source References

  1. Records of the First Church of Wells, Maine
  2. 1840 United States Census
      • Page: Newburgh, Penobscot Co., Maine, Series M704, Roll 149, Page 179
      • Citation:

        https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB9-9B47?i=4&wc=31SK-JHH%3A1588666273%2C1588666898%2C1588666064&cc=1786457

  3. Maine Families in 1790, Volume 5
  4. Virgil D. White: Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files