_Isaac AYARS ____________ _Caleb AYARS _____|_Hannah BARRETT _________ _Nathan AYARS ____________________| | | _Rev. Timothy BROOKS ____ | |_Patience BROOKS _|_Hannah BOWEN ___________ _Rev. Nathan AYARS _| | | _Rev. Samuel BOWEN ______ | | _Elijah BOWEN ____|_Elizabeth Wood WHEATON _ | |_Elizabeth BOWEN _________________| | | _Thomas WATSON __________ | |_Sarah WATSON ____|_Joanne ? _______________ | |--John Stillman AYARS | | _Isaac AYARS ____________ | _Caleb AYARS _____|_Hannah BARRETT _________ | _Joseph AYARS ____________________| | | | _Rev. Timothy BROOKS ____ | | |_Patience BROOKS _|_Hannah BOWEN ___________ |_Amy AYARS _________| | _Hugh DUNN ______________ | _Hugh DUNN _______|_Elizabeth MARTIN _______ |_Keziah [Louisa?] [Reviah?] DUNN _| | _Judah SUTTON ___________ |_Amy SUTTON ______|_Emma CARTER ____________
BIRTH: Listed among Rev. Nathan Ayars' children in Morgan Edwards, "Shiloh", MATERIALS TOWARD A HISTORY OF THE BAPTISTS, Vol. 1, printed 1792, p. 138.
"John Ayars, son of Nathan, baptized Oct. 12, 1811, by Jacob Ayars." Marlboro Record, p.1.
"John Ayars, son of Nathan, taken into fellowship, November 23, 1811." Marlboro Record, p. 2.
"John Ayars chosen Moderator of monthly meeting at home of Jacob Ayars, Sunday, June 7, 1812." Marlboro Record, Bk. 2, p. 6.
"John Ayars chosen to replace Mark Ayars on management committee, June 7, 1818." Marlboro Record, Bk. 2, p. 6.
"John Ayars led in prayer at regular meeting, April 11, 1819." Marlboro Record, Bk. 2, p. 22.
(John Ayars led in prayer at regular meeting on June 4, 1820, June 3, 1821. Ibid., pp. 27, 30)
The Magazine of American Geneology: Ave to Bab, Number 11, (Chicago, IL: The Institute of American Geneology, date unknown), pp. 291-295.
Marriage: Record of Marriages, Bk. B, p. 41, Cumberland County Courthouse, Bridgeton, NJ. David Clawson officiated.
!DEATH: He is listed as member of the First Brookfield Seventh Day Baptist Church in 1840. See MEMBERSHIP RECORDS OF SEVENTH DAY BAPTISTS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE, 1797-1940'S, transcribed by Ilou M. Sanford, Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1994, p. 10.
!SOURCE: Notes by Myrta Kellogg-Lewis. Says he died about 1831! Not possible if he was a member in Brookfield in 1840!