1William Richard Cutter, Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, Vol. 2, p. 397 (1908).
"(III) Captain Samuel Ayer, son of Cornet Peter Ayer (2), was born at Haverhill, September 28, 1669; a yeoman of Haverhill; died there January 2, 1743-44. He had a large property for his time, having among other chattels a negro slave. He married, November 21, 1693, Elizabeth Tuttle, of Ipswich, who died November 29, 1752. Children: 1. Hannah, born November 29, 1694, married Andrew Mitchell, Jr., April 5, 1720. 2. Peter, born October 1, 1696. 3. Samuel, born August 4, 1698. 4. William, born February 6, 1701-02. 5. Ebenezer, born February 18, 1704-05, mentioned below. 6. Elizabeth, born January 26, 1707-08, married February 26, 1729-30, Daniel Bradley. 7. Susan, born December 26, 1709. 8. Sarah, born May 18, 1711, married, February 14, 1732-33, Samuel Emerson.".