Abt 1850 - 1922 (72 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Frederick H AYRES was born about 1850 in Illinois (son of William H AYRES and Eliza J BENEDICT); died in 1922; was buried in Newtown Cemetery, Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Notes:
In the 1880 census, he and his wife and daughter were living with his parents in Saratoga, Illinois.
According to his daughter Mae’s death certificate, he was born in Connecticut.
Buried:
Fred H, Mary L, Marion R, Mae L, Max B, and Gertrude M share a gravestone.
Frederick married Mary Ellen LEACH about 1873. Mary (daughter of Morgan Mordecai LEACH and Margaret ENIX) was born in 1850 in West Virginia; died on 1 Oct 1927 in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Newtown Cemetery, Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Mae L AYRES was born in 1879 in Danville, Vermillion County, Illinois; died on 5 May 1939 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; was buried on 8 May 1939 in Newtown Cemetery, Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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Generation: 2
2. | William H AYRES was born on 17 Jun 1811 in Connecticut (son of Frederick AYRES and Rebecca SEYMOUR); died on 27 Feb 1899 in Illinois. Notes:
In the 1850 census, he and his wife and three children lived on a farm in Saratoga, Grundy County, Illinois. Their oldest child was Rebecca, 11, born in Connecticut. Their youngest child at the time, Vern E, 5, was also born in Connecticut.
In the 1860 census, he and his wife and three children lived on a farm in Saratoga, Grundy County, Illinois.
In the 1880 census, he and his wife, son, daughter-in-law, granddaughter, a boarder and a servant lived on a farm in Saratoga in Grundy County, Illinois.
William married Eliza J BENEDICT on 7 Jan 1834 in New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Eliza (daughter of Caleb BENEDICT and Ellis ST. JOHN) was born on 12 Oct 1813 in New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 20 Mar 1898 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Eliza J BENEDICT was born on 12 Oct 1813 in New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut (daughter of Caleb BENEDICT and Ellis ST. JOHN); died on 20 Mar 1898 in Illinois. Notes:
Specifics on birth and death dates for Eliza and William are per OneWorldTree.
Her obit says that she and William moved to “a farm near Morris, Grundy County, Illinois” in 1846.
Children:
- 1. Frederick H AYRES was born about 1850 in Illinois; died in 1922; was buried in Newtown Cemetery, Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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Generation: 3
Generation: 4
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