From "A History of Marion County, South Carolina from its earliest times to the present (1901).
by W. W. Sellers, Esq.
"Ayres. — Another family in the northeastern section of the county is the Ayres family. Of this family the first known to the writer was the Rev. William Ayres, and two brothers, Darius and John, usually called Jack Ayres. Rev. William Ayres was a Baptist preacher; stood well among his clerical brethren, and was dearly beloved by the laity of his church; he married a Miss Shaw ; the fruits of the marriage were our esteemed fellow-citizens, Thomas W. Ayres and Enoch S. Ayres, and several daughters — three or four. Thomas W. Ayres is well known to the county ; was County Commissioner perhaps two terms, some years ago, and a prominent member of ihe Baptist Church ; he did valiant service in the war — he and two of his sons were in the war together; his two sons were killed, as the writer has been informed, on the same day and in the same battle. Thomas W. Ayres married a Miss Williamson, in the Gapway neighborhood, a sister of Joseph Williamson. Besides the two sons killed in the war, he has three other sons, John and Pendleton G. Ayres, two excellent citizens, and a younger son, named Robert; he has several daughters, one married Dock Page, as hereinbefore stated, and one named Sallie, who died while off at school at Limestone Springs; not known as to the other daughters. Pendleton G. Ayres married a Miss McMillan, in the Mullins community. John Ayres married Miss Susan Page, a daughter of Timothy Page, and has a house full of children, so said. Robert Ayres has gone to Georgia and, I think, has married out there. Enoch Ayres, one of our best citizens, youngest son of Rev. William Ayres, married a Miss Tyler, in Horry County; the fruits of the marriage are three sons and four or five daughters; the sons are William, Elias and Lennon; his daughters all married but one, Erma ; two in Kentucky, or are there now; one of them married a Baptist preacher named Rockwell; she was reputed to be a very intellectual lady. Another daughter married a Mr. Renfroe, of North Carolina. Of the daughters of Rev. William Ayres, one, Catharine, married Major H. B. Cook; they moved to Horry, raised a considerable family, sons and daughters ; both are now dead. Another daughter married Buck Watson; they moved to Horry just after the war; both are dead. Another daughter married Levi Grainger, of Horry. I think another daughter died unmarried, during the war, with smallpox — I am not sure of it. Rev. William Ayres and wife both died of smallpox during the war. His brother. Jack Ayres, came home from the army, and after getting home the disease broke out on him and he died of it, whence it spread in the neighborhood, and several others, perhaps a dozen or more, died of it. Jack Ayres never married. Darius Ayres, brother of Rev. William, died in early life, leaving two sons, Darius and another, whose name the writer has forgotten (they both went to school to him). The elder boy, Darius, grew up, and the last heard of him by the writer he was a Baptist preacher in North Carolina. I do not know whence the Ayres sprang; I think, from the name, and their complexion and their general make-up, that their progenitors were from Wales, in South England, and may have been part of the Welsh settlement on Great Pee Dee, who came from Pennsylvania and Delaware to South Carolina, in 1735 or '6, and afterwards."
My notes: William Ayres was a son of Darius Ayres (1755-1840), a soldier of the Revolution from Maryland, and his wife Agnes Sewell. William married Mary Shaw (1805-1863), according to one source a daughter of Daniel Shaw and his wife Mary MacAlpine. The children of William Ayres and Mary Shaw were: Thomas Wilford Ayres (1823-1908, m. Martha J. Williamson), Katherine Ayers (1825-?, m. Major Henry B. Cook), Andrew J. Ayres (1828-1844), Daniel Ayres (1831-1839), Elizabeth F. Ayres (1833-1873, m. S. Brook "Buck" Watson), Enoch Shaw Ayres (1835-1912, m. Samantha Tyler), Mary Ayres (1838-1863), Davis Dwight Ayres (1841-1862), Margaret Ann Ayres (1843-1902, m. Levi Grainger), Hannah Jane Ayres (1845-?).
by W. W. Sellers, Esq.
"Ayres. — Another family in the northeastern section of the county is the Ayres family. Of this family the first known to the writer was the Rev. William Ayres, and two brothers, Darius and John, usually called Jack Ayres. Rev. William Ayres was a Baptist preacher; stood well among his clerical brethren, and was dearly beloved by the laity of his church; he married a Miss Shaw ; the fruits of the marriage were our esteemed fellow-citizens, Thomas W. Ayres and Enoch S. Ayres, and several daughters — three or four. Thomas W. Ayres is well known to the county ; was County Commissioner perhaps two terms, some years ago, and a prominent member of ihe Baptist Church ; he did valiant service in the war — he and two of his sons were in the war together; his two sons were killed, as the writer has been informed, on the same day and in the same battle. Thomas W. Ayres married a Miss Williamson, in the Gapway neighborhood, a sister of Joseph Williamson. Besides the two sons killed in the war, he has three other sons, John and Pendleton G. Ayres, two excellent citizens, and a younger son, named Robert; he has several daughters, one married Dock Page, as hereinbefore stated, and one named Sallie, who died while off at school at Limestone Springs; not known as to the other daughters. Pendleton G. Ayres married a Miss McMillan, in the Mullins community. John Ayres married Miss Susan Page, a daughter of Timothy Page, and has a house full of children, so said. Robert Ayres has gone to Georgia and, I think, has married out there. Enoch Ayres, one of our best citizens, youngest son of Rev. William Ayres, married a Miss Tyler, in Horry County; the fruits of the marriage are three sons and four or five daughters; the sons are William, Elias and Lennon; his daughters all married but one, Erma ; two in Kentucky, or are there now; one of them married a Baptist preacher named Rockwell; she was reputed to be a very intellectual lady. Another daughter married a Mr. Renfroe, of North Carolina. Of the daughters of Rev. William Ayres, one, Catharine, married Major H. B. Cook; they moved to Horry, raised a considerable family, sons and daughters ; both are now dead. Another daughter married Buck Watson; they moved to Horry just after the war; both are dead. Another daughter married Levi Grainger, of Horry. I think another daughter died unmarried, during the war, with smallpox — I am not sure of it. Rev. William Ayres and wife both died of smallpox during the war. His brother. Jack Ayres, came home from the army, and after getting home the disease broke out on him and he died of it, whence it spread in the neighborhood, and several others, perhaps a dozen or more, died of it. Jack Ayres never married. Darius Ayres, brother of Rev. William, died in early life, leaving two sons, Darius and another, whose name the writer has forgotten (they both went to school to him). The elder boy, Darius, grew up, and the last heard of him by the writer he was a Baptist preacher in North Carolina. I do not know whence the Ayres sprang; I think, from the name, and their complexion and their general make-up, that their progenitors were from Wales, in South England, and may have been part of the Welsh settlement on Great Pee Dee, who came from Pennsylvania and Delaware to South Carolina, in 1735 or '6, and afterwards."
My notes: William Ayres was a son of Darius Ayres (1755-1840), a soldier of the Revolution from Maryland, and his wife Agnes Sewell. William married Mary Shaw (1805-1863), according to one source a daughter of Daniel Shaw and his wife Mary MacAlpine. The children of William Ayres and Mary Shaw were: Thomas Wilford Ayres (1823-1908, m. Martha J. Williamson), Katherine Ayers (1825-?, m. Major Henry B. Cook), Andrew J. Ayres (1828-1844), Daniel Ayres (1831-1839), Elizabeth F. Ayres (1833-1873, m. S. Brook "Buck" Watson), Enoch Shaw Ayres (1835-1912, m. Samantha Tyler), Mary Ayres (1838-1863), Davis Dwight Ayres (1841-1862), Margaret Ann Ayres (1843-1902, m. Levi Grainger), Hannah Jane Ayres (1845-?).
From "A History of Marion County, South Carolina from its earliest times to the present (1901).
by W. W. Sellers, Esq.
"Ayres. — Another family in the northeastern section of the county is the Ayres family. Of this family the first known to the writer was the Rev. William Ayres, and two brothers, Darius and John, usually called Jack Ayres. Rev. William Ayres was a Baptist preacher; stood well among his clerical brethren, and was dearly beloved by the laity of his church; he married a Miss Shaw ; the fruits of the marriage were our esteemed fellow-citizens, Thomas W. Ayres and Enoch S. Ayres, and several daughters — three or four. Thomas W. Ayres is well known to the county ; was County Commissioner perhaps two terms, some years ago, and a prominent member of ihe Baptist Church ; he did valiant service in the war — he and two of his sons were in the war together; his two sons were killed, as the writer has been informed, on the same day and in the same battle. Thomas W. Ayres married a Miss Williamson, in the Gapway neighborhood, a sister of Joseph Williamson. Besides the two sons killed in the war, he has three other sons, John and Pendleton G. Ayres, two excellent citizens, and a younger son, named Robert; he has several daughters, one married Dock Page, as hereinbefore stated, and one named Sallie, who died while off at school at Limestone Springs; not known as to the other daughters. Pendleton G. Ayres married a Miss McMillan, in the Mullins community. John Ayres married Miss Susan Page, a daughter of Timothy Page, and has a house full of children, so said. Robert Ayres has gone to Georgia and, I think, has married out there. Enoch Ayres, one of our best citizens, youngest son of Rev. William Ayres, married a Miss Tyler, in Horry County; the fruits of the marriage are three sons and four or five daughters; the sons are William, Elias and Lennon; his daughters all married but one, Erma ; two in Kentucky, or are there now; one of them married a Baptist preacher named Rockwell; she was reputed to be a very intellectual lady. Another daughter married a Mr. Renfroe, of North Carolina. Of the daughters of Rev. William Ayres, one, Catharine, married Major H. B. Cook; they moved to Horry, raised a considerable family, sons and daughters ; both are now dead. Another daughter married Buck Watson; they moved to Horry just after the war; both are dead. Another daughter married Levi Grainger, of Horry. I think another daughter died unmarried, during the war, with smallpox — I am not sure of it. Rev. William Ayres and wife both died of smallpox during the war. His brother. Jack Ayres, came home from the army, and after getting home the disease broke out on him and he died of it, whence it spread in the neighborhood, and several others, perhaps a dozen or more, died of it. Jack Ayres never married. Darius Ayres, brother of Rev. William, died in early life, leaving two sons, Darius and another, whose name the writer has forgotten (they both went to school to him). The elder boy, Darius, grew up, and the last heard of him by the writer he was a Baptist preacher in North Carolina. I do not know whence the Ayres sprang; I think, from the name, and their complexion and their general make-up, that their progenitors were from Wales, in South England, and may have been part of the Welsh settlement on Great Pee Dee, who came from Pennsylvania and Delaware to South Carolina, in 1735 or '6, and afterwards."
My notes: William Ayres was a son of Darius Ayres (1755-1840), a soldier of the Revolution from Maryland, and his wife Agnes Sewell. William married Mary Shaw (1805-1863), according to one source a daughter of Daniel Shaw and his wife Mary MacAlpine. The children of William Ayres and Mary Shaw were: Thomas Wilford Ayres (1823-1908, m. Martha J. Williamson), Katherine Ayers (1825-?, m. Major Henry B. Cook), Andrew J. Ayres (1828-1844), Daniel Ayres (1831-1839), Elizabeth F. Ayres (1833-1873, m. S. Brook "Buck" Watson), Enoch Shaw Ayres (1835-1912, m. Samantha Tyler), Mary Ayres (1838-1863), Davis Dwight Ayres (1841-1862), Margaret Ann Ayres (1843-1902, m. Levi Grainger), Hannah Jane Ayres (1845-?).
by W. W. Sellers, Esq.
"Ayres. — Another family in the northeastern section of the county is the Ayres family. Of this family the first known to the writer was the Rev. William Ayres, and two brothers, Darius and John, usually called Jack Ayres. Rev. William Ayres was a Baptist preacher; stood well among his clerical brethren, and was dearly beloved by the laity of his church; he married a Miss Shaw ; the fruits of the marriage were our esteemed fellow-citizens, Thomas W. Ayres and Enoch S. Ayres, and several daughters — three or four. Thomas W. Ayres is well known to the county ; was County Commissioner perhaps two terms, some years ago, and a prominent member of ihe Baptist Church ; he did valiant service in the war — he and two of his sons were in the war together; his two sons were killed, as the writer has been informed, on the same day and in the same battle. Thomas W. Ayres married a Miss Williamson, in the Gapway neighborhood, a sister of Joseph Williamson. Besides the two sons killed in the war, he has three other sons, John and Pendleton G. Ayres, two excellent citizens, and a younger son, named Robert; he has several daughters, one married Dock Page, as hereinbefore stated, and one named Sallie, who died while off at school at Limestone Springs; not known as to the other daughters. Pendleton G. Ayres married a Miss McMillan, in the Mullins community. John Ayres married Miss Susan Page, a daughter of Timothy Page, and has a house full of children, so said. Robert Ayres has gone to Georgia and, I think, has married out there. Enoch Ayres, one of our best citizens, youngest son of Rev. William Ayres, married a Miss Tyler, in Horry County; the fruits of the marriage are three sons and four or five daughters; the sons are William, Elias and Lennon; his daughters all married but one, Erma ; two in Kentucky, or are there now; one of them married a Baptist preacher named Rockwell; she was reputed to be a very intellectual lady. Another daughter married a Mr. Renfroe, of North Carolina. Of the daughters of Rev. William Ayres, one, Catharine, married Major H. B. Cook; they moved to Horry, raised a considerable family, sons and daughters ; both are now dead. Another daughter married Buck Watson; they moved to Horry just after the war; both are dead. Another daughter married Levi Grainger, of Horry. I think another daughter died unmarried, during the war, with smallpox — I am not sure of it. Rev. William Ayres and wife both died of smallpox during the war. His brother. Jack Ayres, came home from the army, and after getting home the disease broke out on him and he died of it, whence it spread in the neighborhood, and several others, perhaps a dozen or more, died of it. Jack Ayres never married. Darius Ayres, brother of Rev. William, died in early life, leaving two sons, Darius and another, whose name the writer has forgotten (they both went to school to him). The elder boy, Darius, grew up, and the last heard of him by the writer he was a Baptist preacher in North Carolina. I do not know whence the Ayres sprang; I think, from the name, and their complexion and their general make-up, that their progenitors were from Wales, in South England, and may have been part of the Welsh settlement on Great Pee Dee, who came from Pennsylvania and Delaware to South Carolina, in 1735 or '6, and afterwards."
My notes: William Ayres was a son of Darius Ayres (1755-1840), a soldier of the Revolution from Maryland, and his wife Agnes Sewell. William married Mary Shaw (1805-1863), according to one source a daughter of Daniel Shaw and his wife Mary MacAlpine. The children of William Ayres and Mary Shaw were: Thomas Wilford Ayres (1823-1908, m. Martha J. Williamson), Katherine Ayers (1825-?, m. Major Henry B. Cook), Andrew J. Ayres (1828-1844), Daniel Ayres (1831-1839), Elizabeth F. Ayres (1833-1873, m. S. Brook "Buck" Watson), Enoch Shaw Ayres (1835-1912, m. Samantha Tyler), Mary Ayres (1838-1863), Davis Dwight Ayres (1841-1862), Margaret Ann Ayres (1843-1902, m. Levi Grainger), Hannah Jane Ayres (1845-?).
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