Ancestry of
Gerald Ford

38th U.S. President

Samuel Ayer

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Gerald Ford — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 56 
  • Father:
  • Daniel Ayer 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Adams   
  • Birth Date:
  • 13 Dec 1777 
  • Birth Location:
  • Plaistow, Rockingham, New Hampshire 
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  • Death Date:
  • 12 Dec 1847 
  • Death Location:
  • Kenosha, Kenosha Co., Wisconsin 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Chase
  • Marriage Date:
  • 28 Nov 1805 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  John Varnum Ayer (Ahnentafel No:28 )

• Sources for Samuel Ayer

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Haverhill Marriages, Vol. 2, p. 19, Marriage for Samuel Ayer and Polly Chase.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Haverhill Births, Vol. 1, p. 18, Birth record for son John Chase.
  • ³ Plaistow, NH: Vital Records, 1652 - 1905, 32, 87.
  • ⁴ The American Genealogist, 1977, Vol. 53, pp. 56-57.
  • ⁵ Adams, Andrew N., A Genealogical History of Robert Adams, of Newbury, Mass., and his Descendants 1635-1900, Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company (1900), 60.
  • ⁶ Chase, John Carroll and George Walter Chamberlain, Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, Haverhill, Massachusetts: Record Publishing Company (1928), 148.
  • ⁷ Connecticut Society of Genealogists, The Connecticut Nutmegger, 2003, Vol. 36, p. 392.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 158, 443, 453, 494, 532.