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From: "Janson Ayer" <>
Subject: Re: [AYER] [AYERS] Ayer's Village pictures
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:01:31 -0500


Thanks Anita and Jeannie for providing the pictures from the Cemetery in Ayer's Village

The pictures are now up on my site, along with other interesting cemetery photos here:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ayergenealogy/newenglandcemeteries.htm

I included the folks in the Essex County mailing list as well in this email - incase any of them are interested!
I am always on the lookout for any old Ayer tombstone pictures to include on this site.

Best,
Janson Ayer

> To: > Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:40:48 -0400> From: > Subject: [AYERS] Ayer's Village pictures> > My pictures that my cousin took at Ayer's Village are at an aol. internet> picture site. I will have to ask her if they can be shared. > > This is some of the info with the lettering boxing directions that she> used to find it, so therefore a little mysterious. They are into "letter> boxing", (I am not). Evidently you get the directions to boxes that> people have hidden in places and follow the on line clues to find the> box. This box was in the cemetery.> > ......................> > In 1734 the general court erected the westerly part of town into the West> Parish of Haverhill. The first parish meeting was held in May of that> year. The West Parish church still stands on the hill. > Ayers Village, named primarly for John Ayer who moved his hat-making> business there in 1801, developed during the 19th century as another> "village within the town". At its peak, the village had over 50> residences, 4 hat factories, 2 shoe shops, 2 stores, a post office, a> fire house, a church, a school, a blacksmith shop, and a community hall.> When the hat industry became more mechanized in the 1860's and 1870's the> manufacturers moved their concerns to Washington and River Streets. > This west meadowland was generally flat topogaphy and was the first to> draw settler's away from the original colonial site. Many of the old> farms remain intact even though there is increasing development in the> area. > > >From 495 take exit 50 - Rt. 97 and head toward Salem N.H. > > Look for the " BEACON " on the right. > Turn in here by the old brick pump house. > Park on the side of the entrance road and don't proceed to the end of the> drive since it is a private business. > You will see a green path to your left. > Enter thru the white gate. > > The rest I deleted as it led them to a particular place where the box> was.....> < > > > You are in the West Parish Cemetery which is a precivil war burial ground> located in the Ayer Village section of Haverhill. Many of the descendants> of the original John Ayer are buried here. Originally there was a road> that traveled up to the old parish church but is lost now due to> development. > > ...................> > > > On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:48:56 -0500 "Janson Ayer" <>> writes:> > Hi Anita and all!> > > > Thank you for your reply,> > > > I would be most interested in the photos from Ayer's Village, as > > well as any other photos of the area.I would love to post as many > > photos on the site as I can to make it easy for everyone to view. I > > will also give credit to the ones who supply the photos on the > > site.> > > > Best,> > Janson> >> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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