Richard Ayres

Abt 1702 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Richard Ayres  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1702	Accomack Co, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Will - Fathers	19 Jan 1721	Accomack Co, Virginia   [1]
  	He was shown as a son Richard Ayres and given 200 acres at the head of a branch of Hunting Creek, being the plantation where my father lived in the will of Francis Ayres.
  Record ID	24878
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I24878	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2008

  
  

  Father	Francis Ayres,   b. 1668, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 6 Jun 1721, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 53 years)
  Mother	Sarah (--?--),   b. Abt 1675, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 7 Jan 1696  [2, 3]
  	According to Ayres, Dawson & Allied Families Francis Ayres wife was named Sarah, whose identity has not appeared in the records, though research points to her being Sarah MackWilliam, daughter of Finla MackWilliam Sr., whose brother Finla MackWilliam Jr. died without issue but left legacies to his know relations, among them being Jacob Ayres, who was evidently a kinsman also. (Whitelaw, p. 1075, shows this Sarah Mackwilliam married a Courtney, which is also mentioned in a land cause.)
  Family ID	F7941	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 68 (will of Francis Ayres), 570. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 986-987 (tract A87A, inscriptions on a squre shaft, preceded by the Drake family's coat of arms), 572. [S1008] Sheppard, Ayres - Dawson & Allied Families Vol 1, (New York, The American Historical Company, Inc, 1961), p. 60, 62 & 94 (Ayres Family), 1008.