_Robert AYARS ____
_Isaac AYARS ____________|_Katharin TAYLOR _
_Caleb AYARS _____|
| | _James BARRETT ___
| |_Hannah BARRETT _________|_Elizabeth ? _____
_Nathan AYARS ____|
| | _Timothy BROOKS __
| | _Rev. Timothy BROOKS ____|_Mary RUSSELL ____
| |_Patience BROOKS _|
| | _Obadiah BOWEN ___
| |_Hannah BOWEN ___________|_Mary CLIFTON ____
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|--Rev. Nathan AYARS
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| _Obadiah BOWEN ___
| _Rev. Samuel BOWEN ______|_Mary CLIFTON ____
| _Elijah BOWEN ____|
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| | |_Elizabeth Wood WHEATON _|__________________
|_Elizabeth BOWEN _|
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| _Thomas WATSON __________|__________________
|_Sarah WATSON ____|
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|_Joanne ? _______________|__________________
!SOURCE: Frank D. Andrews, ROBERT AYARS AND HIS DESCENDANTS, Vineland, NJ, Privately Published, 1918, pp. 16, 17.
!ORDINATION: Ordained, Nov. 13, 1786 as third pastor of the Shiloh Seventh Day Baptist Church at age 38. See REGISTER OF THE COHANSEY SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST CHURCH: 1737-1830, Ernest K. Bee, Jr., Editor, Plainfield, New Jersey, Seventh Day Baptist Publishing House, 1976, pp. 22, 33, 65, 70, 72.
!SOURCE: The Magazine of American Geneology: Ave to Bab, Number 11, (Chicago, IL: The Institute of American Geneology, date unknown), pp. 291-295.
!WILL: NEW JERSEY ARCHIVES, First Series, Vol XLI, Abstracts of Wills, Vol. XII, 1810-1813. pp. 17, 18. 1797, Feb. 21, Ayars, Nathan, of Upper Alloways Creek Twsp., Salem Co.; will of. Daughter, Kezia Ayars, bed and bedding, 6 chairs, armchair, and 30 shillings. Son-in-law, Jedediah hall, £3. Grandson, Lewis Hall, £10, when 21. My land to be divided when son, John, is 21. One portion, adjoining Mark Noble and Elnathan Davis, to my daughter, Kezia; other three portions, adjoining Ellis Ayars, to my three sons, John, Ezra, and Azel, son, John, to have first choice of land when he is 21. Executors are to be guardians to my three sons, and to place them out as apprentices. Heirs of Richard More, dec'd, £4. Executors -- brother Elijah Ayars, and kinsman, James Ayars. Witnesses -- Job Ayars, Mary Bacon [Signed by Mark], David Ayars, proved July 26, 1811. Inventory, 25 July 1811, $558.83; made by Nathan Bonham, Phinehas Ayars. File 2896Q.
!WILL: SALEM COUNTY INDEX OF WILLS, p. 1152. 2896Q. W. 1811. Inv. 1811.
!BIOGRAPHY: SEVENTH DAY BAPTISTS IN EUROPE AND AMERICA, Vol. I, p. 687. Nathan Ayars was the third pastor (of the Shiloh Seventh Day Baptist Church). Though at first he was elected evangelist and not formally elected pastor, yet he seems to have served as such during the most perilous times of the Church's history. He lived six miles distant, in Salem county, but proved himself a most patient and wise leader during that stormy period. After the clouds had scattered he was permitted to lead a goodly number into the Baptismal waters and it is said that seventy were added during his pastorate, with formally closed in 1802. He remained administrator of the ordinances for some time after he declined to be pastor.
!BIOGRAPHY: Morgan Edwards, MATERIALS TOWARD A HISTORY OF THE BAPTISTS, Vol. 1, 1792, p. 138. "He was born near Alloways creek, in Salem county, Apr. 9, 1749; ordained here Nov. 13, 1786. His wife is Amy ayars, who has born him five children, Rachel Ayars, Keziah Ayars, John Ayars, Ezra Ayars, and Azael Ayars; all single."