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AYMAR OP NEW YORK

BY BENJAMIN AYMAR

[Read before the Huguenot Soc, Nov. 25, 18993

[1903:

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AYMAR OF NEW YORK ■ By Benjamin Aymar

Records dealing with the religious conflict which agitated France in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries give the name A^-mar, the patron3'mic of a familj' found chiefly in Dauphine, Languedoc, Gujenne, and adjacent provinces. His- toricallj\ it is of antiquity and importance, but this paper designs to treat of its relation to the strife of Protestant and Catholic, in an endeavor to afford a possible clue to the ancestry of Jean Eymar, or Aymar, a Huguenot, who settled in New York; and to chronicle data with regard to him and some of his immediate posterity.

Many of the name embraced the tenets of Calvin, inevitably undergoing the brutalities and indignities to which his devoted followers were subjected. Some fought and some preached, each serving God and the cause in his own way.

Matthieu Aymar laid down his life in the massacre at Orange, Comtat Venaissin, in 1570.

When the Catholic soldiery under Marshal Damville attacked Sommieres, Languedoc, November 10, 1572, Guillaume Aymar, a locksmith, was one of the courageous defenders of the little town. A stubborn resistance effected a surrender on favorable terms, and, to quote an authority, " the garrison marched out with all the honors of war."

Laurent Aymar, pastor of the congregation at Lezan, preached there from 1620 to 1637, and later at Quissac and Saint-Hippolyte- du-Fort, Dauphin6. In 1626 and in 1637, services were conducted by Aymars at Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux and at Die, in the same province. In 1698, Pierre Aymar, of Die, studied theology in Geneva, where the Huguenot clergy often prepared themselves for their work of self-sacrifice and danger, and it is interesting to note that the name has figured in the Swiss Church of the present day.

For a considerable time, Pierre Aymar was imprisoned at Ber-

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gerac, Guj^enne, in which locality the family was numerous. In 1 70 1, he was claimed by his brother, Eymar de Boissy, a criminal magistrate of the place, but was not deemed a staunch enough Catholic to be set at liberty. Two 5'ears afterward, his niece Judith, daughter of the magistrate, fell under the ban.

During the emigration arising from merciless oppression and precipitated by the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, October 22, 1685, bearers of the name sought safety and reUgious toleration in foreign lands.

In 1585, Renaud Aymar, a mercer of Mussy-l'Evesque, Cham- pagne, became an inhabitant of Geneva, where Abraham Aymar, of the valley of Queiras, went in 1698.'

Jean Aymar, son of Guillaume Aymar, a butcher of Saint- Antonin, Guyenne, and of Jeanne Lombrail, fled in 1691, or 1692. He is cited in a list of Huguenots drawn up in 1700 by order of M. de la Houssaye, comptroller of finance for the district of Montauban. Marie Aymar, of Saint-Antonin, wife of Jacques Roumieu, a merchant and manufacturer, died in Berlin in 1722, at the age of sixty-five."

Pierre Rotolp, sieur d'Aimar, of Castres, Languedoc, was of the faith in 1666.'

Examination of the registers of the Threadneedle Street Church, London, under date September 17, 1676, reveals a memorandum of the baptism of Pierre, son of David and felisabeth Berquez. Witnesses: Pierre Aimar and Marie Berquez, wife of Abraham Faulcon.'

Loys Emar, mason, a native of Nanteuil, Champagne, was ad- mitted as a denizen of Geneva in 1556; another Emar, of Dauphine, of Lausanne, in 1570. Jacques Emar and Marie Barrault, his aunt, were assisted to London in 1702.'

An Eyma was an elder at Bergerac in 1679. Pierre Eymard escaped from Bordeaux, Guyenne, in 1685: Salomon Eyma, about 1700.°

Jean Amard, of Saint-Bonnet, Dauphin^, his wife and three children, received help to go to Geneva, thence to Berlin, in 1700.'

^ La France Piotestante, Haag, vol. i., p. 613.

* Les Monialbanais el te Refuge. De France, p. 16. ' La France Protestante, Haag, vol. i., p. 59.

* Publications of Ike Huguenot Society of London, vol. xiii., p. 22c.

* La France Protestante, Haag, vol. vi., p. 10,

* La France Protestante, Haag, vol. vi., pp. 1S5. iS5. ' La France Protestante, Haas, vol. i., p. 166.

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There is little to indicate kinship among these victims of Catholic enmit}' and no evidence is forthcoming to associate them with Jean E}'mar, progenitor of the New York family.

The name first appears in America in the archives of the French Church, then in King, now Pine, Street, New York:

" Aujourd'hui Dimanche 28° de Novembre 1731. apres la priere du soir a ete baptisee par moi Soussigne Ministre de cette Eglise, Marie A}'mar nee a la Nouvelle York le 18= Novembre dernier, fiUe de Jean Aymar et de Fran^oise Belon sou Epouse, etant pre- sentee au S' Baptesme par Jean Roy et Marie sa femme parrain et Marraiue.

" L: Rou, Pasteur Jean Evmar

Jean Roy

"La marque de Marie m Magdeleine Pasearex Roy."'

Two forms of the surname in this entry suggest that an extract from the Introduction of the Rev. A. V. Wittmeyer to the pub- lished registers of the church will not be misplaced here.

" But it will be well in this connection," he says, " to caution the reader against a special diflBculty caused by the orthography of the proper names. It is very seldom that a name, which occurs often in the records, is always spelled alike. A striking example of this fact is furnished by the name of Mr. Peiret, who was nevertheless one of the principal ministers of the church. Besides the form of Peiret, which is no doubt the ordinary form, it is found also as Pairet, Payret and Perret. The index, which may serve as a guide in this matter, reveals still greater differences in writing the names of persons. This fact can be readily explained. At that time the spelling of proper names, like the spelling of words in general, was far from being as definitely fixed as it is now. Not only so, but the members of the church consisted of Normands, Picards, Rochelers, Poitevins, Languedocians, Xaintongers, Gas- cons, Bretons, Angoumoisins, Bearnois, Dauphinois," &c., and all these provinces then still retained some of their peculiarities of speech and writing. In identifying the names of persons, too much stress must not, therefore, be laid upon exact correspondence in the spelling." '

* Collectionsof the Huguenot Society of America, vol. i., p. 191. ^ Documentary History of New York, vol. iii., p. 1173.

= Collections of the Huguenot Society of America, vol. i., p. l.txxi. The index incorrectly assigns the orthography Aymard to the family.

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Of the ancestr}- of Jean Eymar nothing is known and for any account of him, prior to the date of the above baptismal record, we are forced to turn to family traditions, not always reliable wit- nesses. These vary somewhat in the different branches, but the main incidents bear a resemblance and inequalities as to domicile in France and time of flight therefrom, and the sojourn in Eng- land, Germany, and the West Indies, are not sufficient to dis- credit them as a whole. They are presented without comment.

"Jean Aymar was a Huguenot. His parents left their native province, Dauphine, at the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Long and weary journeys by land and sea were endured ere they reached a spot they could call their home. Jean must have been a child at the time of their flight. Arriving in New York, he was accompanied by wife and children only; the elder Aymars had found a grave by the wayside, never reaching the promised land. Tradition tells us of the great haste in which they fled, with the bread in the ovens and the meats before the fire.

" The first place of refuge was across the Rhine into Germany, wending their way to the shores of the German Ocean, or North Sea; thence they sailed for England. The story of that eventful passage was told by Mr. Peter Embury, a member of the family, when he was past fourscore, more than half a century ago. ' Your ancestors,' he remarked, ' were pious people and when they made that voyage so full of danger and hardship, over the sea in an open boat, they did not forget their devotions. Morning and evening they raised their voices in prayers of thanksgiving and hymns of praise to the Lord, who was leading them, as they believed, to a home of security and rest. A child sickened and died, and was buried in the deep.' These incidents form the subject of one of the late Edwin White's (N. A.) most pleasing pictures, The Eve7iing Hymn of the Hiigzienot Refugees. It was purchased by Mrs. Lee, authoress of The Hugicenots., and is now in the posses- sion of her heirs in Boston, Massachusetts.

" The Aymars were not content in England. Their thoughts and hearts turned to the newer western land, where already many of their fellow countrymen had found safetj^ and freedom to wor- ship God in accordance with the dictates of conscience and the simple rites of their own church. They embarked again, expect- ing to reach New York without delay, but disappointment awaited

them. Overtaken by a storm, their vessel disabled, they were obliged to seek shelter at Nassau, in the Island of New Provi- dence. Tempted by the beauty of the place and the mildness of the climate, they remained for a time, occupying an estate they called ' Bon Dieu.' But they could not be satisfied until the land of promise was to them a land of possession. Once more they braved the perils of the ocean and at last landed in New York, where they made permanent settlement. Their descendants to the sixth and seventh generations are now among the residents of the great city." '

"As I learned from my father, who was an old man when I was quite young, his father was brought from France during the Huguenot persecution, by his father and mother. They escaped in an open boat from Rochelle, out into the Bay of Biscay and so into the English Channel to England, when he was an infant. His father, after they reached England, went back in the hope of recovering some of his property, but was arrested and beheaded. The mother and child then left England and came to New Rochelle and subsequently to the City of New York." '

"July I, 1838.— Mrs. Abram Child sent for me to-day to pass the afternoon with her at her home on St. John's Park. She is a charming little old lady, so courtly and dainty. She told me that her grandfather, John Aymar, owned by inheritance most of the ground on which the Tuileries now stand. She said her grand- father was a zealous Huguenot and fled from France because of religious persecution; that he went first to England, where he had many noble relatives; decided to make his home in the West Indies; but ev'eutually came and settled in America." '

" A cousin, whose mother was Eliza Ayraar Child, writes me: ' The Aymars (our Aymars) were people of large wealth. At the time of the massacre of St. Bartholomew, they fled to the West Indies and from there came to New York. Their graves my mother has often taken me to see in Trinity churchyard. In fly- ing from France, they carried much valuable personal property with them and left large real estate interests. Their property was

^ Communication from Miss Harriet (141) Aymar, South Norwalk. Conn.

^ Communication from the late Samuel S. 159* Aymar, Jamaica. L. I.

' Communication from Mrs. Benjamin A. Fessenden, Highland Park, nl. Extract from the journal of her mother, Mrs. Abram C. Dayton. The descent is as follows : Jean Ey- mar mar. Fran(;oise Belon ; Charlotte .\ymar mar. John Moffit ; Frances Mof&t mar, Abram Child; Jane Child mar. Charles Willoughby Dayton; Abram Child Dayton mar. Maria Annis Tomlinson ; Laura Dayton mar. Benjamin Arthur Fessenden.

ia the most attractive part of Paris and we used to have dreams of receiving this immense estate.' " '

" I have heard my father say that they left France at the time of religious persecution and came to America under grant of the King of England, who gave to them the townships of Shipenectady and Schenectady, New York; that no one owning property in either of these places has a clear title. . . .

"I also remember father saying that . . . the records of the family proving their lineage were in the Dutch Reformed Church in Albanj', N. Y., and when in the French and Indian War the church was burned, the records were destroyed." ■

" Your Grand Father's name was John, his parents left France when he was a babe — They took him in their arms, went out of the back door, fled through the back street to the river, and made their escape in a boat without oars, and paddled over to Eng- land, They lived there until j^our Grand father was married, he then went to Germany (I do not know whether his parents went with him or not. I could not find out their names) he staid there until his eldest daughter was born; they then went back again to England, and there he had two daughters born. From there, they went to Providence, in the West Indies, as there was great encouragement given by the English for the French to settle there— There, your Grand father settled and built a house, but when the French church moved to New York, they left all and followed the church — I could not positively find out the name of }'Our Grand Mother — Mr. Peter Aymar says he believes it was Jane — He sa3-s the French name was Eymar — that E. is the right way of spelling it in French — They altered it to A. after coming to New York — Your Uncle John was the oldest son — he and your father were both born in Providence — Your Uncle James in New York." =

Jean Eymar was not naturalized in England and his name is absent from the roll of Freemen of this city. He is said to have engaged in the cultivation of grapes and to have owned vineyards

* Communicatioa from Mrs. Benjamin A. Fessenden, Highland Park, 111, " Communication from Miss Jane H. (192) Aymar, East Somerville, Mass. » Communication from the late William H. iiSi) Aymar, New Orleans, La. Copy of a letter from Mrs William Day to her father, January, 1S43. This embodies data gathered between sixty and seventy years ago, when an advertisement for Eymar heirs to estates in France brought together members of the race in New York to discuss the advisability of claiming them.

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on Golden Hill. This eminence, since famous as the scene of the first bloodshed of the Revolution, was bounded approximately by Fulton (Fair), William, John, and Gold streets.

On February 26, 1746, he purchased a house and land in Nassau Street from Elizabeth Ellison,' the original deed of which is in the possession of a great-great-great-grandsou. In it he is styled " yeoman," which fixes his worldly position at that period. Al- though no trace of the use of coat-armor is detected in the lines of descent from him, the tradition of noble blood survives, and French heraldic works enumerate several Aymar families. Be this as it may, until the connection of Jean Eymar with one of these can be positivel}' substantiated, his descendants have no shadow of right to assume arms.

He was an elder and door-keeper of the French Church," and died in the city of his adoption in 1755.

His will mentions wife and nine children, all of whose names occur in the church registers, which record the baptisms of Marie, Daniel, Jean Jacques, and Jeanne; and the marriages of Marie and Pierre Rougeon; Jeanne and Dennis Wortman; Jean and Jeanne Raveau; and Charlotte and John Moffit.'

WII,I, OF JEAN EYMAR

" In the name of God, Amen. I, John Eymar, of the City of New York, being in good health and sound disposing mind and memory, thanks be to God, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament, in manner and form following:

" First, I recommend my Soul to Almighty God who gave it and my Body to the Earth, to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named, in hopes of a Joyfull resurrection of life Eternal through the Merrits and satisfaction of my blessed Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ.

" Item, as to such Temporal Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me and which shall remain after discharging of my Just debts and funeral expenses,

"Item, I give, devise and bequeath unto my beloved Wife, Frances Eymar, all the use, benefit and profits of all my Estate

* Register's Office, New York, Liber 1494 of Conveyances, p. 295. ' La France Proleslante, Haag, vol. i., p 613.

• Collections of the Huguenot Society 0/ America, vol. i,, pp. loi, 197, 201, 211, 231, 235, 260,

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both real and Personal whatsoever, to be possessed and enjoye by her during her natural life and after my said Wife's death, I give, devise and bequeath all ray said Estate to and amongst mj' nine Children herein after named, to be equally divided between them, share and share alike, only with this difference, that my eldest Son, John Eymar, shall have three pounds more than any of the rest, that is to say:

" One ninth part thereof to my eldest son, John Eymar, and to his heirs and assigns for ever; one ninth part thereof to my Son, Daniel Eymar, and his heirs and assigns for ever; one ninth part thereof to my Son, James Eymar, and his heirs and assigns for ever; one ninth part thereof to ray Daughter, Judith, the Wife of Daniel Hutcheson, of New York, Marriner, and to her heirs and assigns for ever; one ninth part thereof to my Daughter, Magdalen Eymar, and to her heirs and assigns for ever; one ninth part thereof to my Daughter, Lucretia Eymar, and to her heirs and assigns for ever; one ninth part thereof to my daughter, Charlott Eymar, and to her heirs and assigns for ever; one ninth part thereof to my Daughter, Mary Eymar, and to her heirs and assigns for ever; one ninth part thereof to my Daughter, Jean Eymar, and to her heirs and assigns for ever.

" And ray Will is that if it should happen that any, or either, of my said Sons and Daughters should happen to die before they attain the age of twenty-one years, or marriage, in that case, he or she so dieing, their part or share shall be equally divided amongst the Survivor, or Survivors, of my Children and

" lyastly, I do order and appoint my beloved Wife, Frances Eymar, and my Eldest Son, John Eymar, and my Son in Law, Daniel Hutcheson, Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, revoking all other and former Wills and Testaments whatsoever made by me.

' ' In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this thirty first day of March, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty-nine. "Jean Eymar (l. s.)." '

From about the middle to the end of the century, we discover Aymars for whose place in the genealogy there is no documen- tary evidence, although they may belong to this family. These names are italicized.

' Surrogate's OflSce, New York, Liber 19 of Wills, p. 214.

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May 3, 1744. — Baptism of Daniel, born in New York, April 27, 1744, son of Daniel Hutcheson and Judith Eymar. Sponsors: Daniel Ravaux and Magdclcine Eymar Watkins.

August 4, 1 77 1. — Baptism of Abraham, born in New York, July 25, 1 77 1, son of Jean Aymar and Jeanne Raveau. Sponsors: Jaques La Masney and Marie Aymar, his wife.'

In 1779, Peter Aymar V\VQ.d^ in South Street, between Whitehall Street and Exchange Slip, on land owned by Peter Goelet."

A schedule, apparently of Protestant refugees to various parts of America, compiled by an anonymous writer, includes Pierre Aymar.

The will of John Amar, " Master Carpenter to the Board of Ordnance, and late of Pensacola, but at present of the City of New York," dated September 19, 1781, recorded October 29, 1781, mentions "my Brother, Daniel Amar, and my Sister, Deborah Amar, both of the Parish of Bromham, near the Devises, Wilts, in the Island of Great Britain," to whom he bequeaths " the sum of Fifty pounds Sterling each, to be paid to them within six months after my Decease," and " the rest. Residue and Remainder of my Estate . . . unto my beloved Wife, Sarah, to hold the same to her, her Heirs and assigns forever. ' ' "

January 11, 1789. — Baptism of ^'^ra/', born December 10, 1788, daughter of /?««/>/ and Martha Aymar.

April 14, 1789. — Marriage of Daniel Aymar and Catherine Scurtchman."

The Poll List for elections to the assembl)', February, 1761, contains the names James, John, and Daniel Amaur.'

Of the sons of Jean Eymar, Jean, the eldest, continued to wor- ship in the French Church and his children were baptized there until its closing in 1776 for an interval of twenty years. He must be the Jean Aymar, one of a committee of seven, appointed No- vember 23, 1772, to procure a minister to officiate in both French and English.' On January 26, 1796, he was elected a trustee of the reorganized church."

For some years previous to his decease, he resided at the corner

' Collections of the Huguenot Society of America, vol. i., pp. 219, 310. » Manuscript papers of Evert and Gerardus Baneker, City Surveyors.

* Surrogate's Office, New York, Liber 34 of Wills, p. 302.

* Register of Trinity Church, New York.

* Memorial History of New York, Wilson, vol. ii., p. 317.

* Collections of the Huguenot Society of America, vol. i., pp. Ixix., Ixxi.

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of Beekman and Nassau streets, on property bought from James Collard, May 19, 1784.'

Daniel and Jean Jacques Aymar left the French Church, the former certainly, the latter possibly, going to "Old Trinity," a step which ma}' have influenced them in the struggle now at hand. Trinity Church was a potent factor in moulding the social and political sentiment of the day and the interests and inclinations of many of its parishioners caused them to view the impending up- setting of established conditions with disfavor. When the storm finally broke, they remained loyal, sacrificing fortune and property by confiscation.

The Revolution brought the three brothers and their maturer sons face to face with the choice between king and colony. Like their Huguenot father, they were called on to decide a problem of vital importance to themselves and to their families. It was not as then a question of religion, but one fraught with no less domestic significance for them. Testimony based on individual knowledge and tradition shows their sympathies to have been with the mother country.

From local documents and newspapers we are enabled to catch glimpses of them at that epoch.

Among the disaffected persons from whom arms were taken under an act of the Continental Congress of March lo, 1776, was John Amar, who forfeited a guu valued at eight shillings.'

An address of the citizens of New York to the British com- manders, Admiral Richard, Lord Viscount Howe, and General Sir William Howe, October 16, 1776, bears the signatures of James Amar, Daniel Aymar, Daniel Aymar, and William Aymar.'

James Aymar was an officer in the New York Loyalist Militia, serving as first lieutenant in Captain Edward Pryor's Company, in 1776, and as second lieutenant in Captain John George Leake's Seventeenth Company and Captain Balthazar Creamer's Thirtieth Company, in 1779-80.'

An incendiary proclamation of Major-General James Robertson, inspired by rumors of the contemplated burning of the city by the rebels, designates Daniel Aymar, of the Montgomery Ward, and James Aymar, of the North Ward, to superintend and summon a

' Register's Office, New York, Liber 41 of Conveyances, p, 163.

' Calendar 0/ Historical Manuscripts Relating to the IVar of the Revolution, vol. i., p. 261.

* New York City during the American Revolution, p. 119.

* New York Biographical and Genealogical Record, vol. ii., p, 156.

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watch and to furnish fifteen men each night, to meet at the Guard Room, near Cuyler's Sugar House.'

With the termination of hostilities dawned a calamitous era for adherents to the crown. Most of the colonies respected the ordi- nary rules of warfare and decreed amnesty to their late opponents, but the feeling against the New York Loyalists was particularly bitter and numbers of them withdrew from the city when it was evacuated by the British.

James Aymar was a grantee of the township of Clements, Nova Scotia, in 1784.' His stay there was brief, for his name appears in the New York Directory for 1787.

John Aymar ' went to Shelburne, Nova Scotia, where the crown granted him one town and one water lot.' It is highly probable that he is the John Aymar referred to in the following notice :

"To BE SOLD, a new commodious house, fituated on Cruger's Wharf, at No. 3, with four rooms on the firft floor, and a conve- nient barn and two rooms over head, with two large cellars, fit to contain one hundred puncheons, and a large yard fenced in, fuitable for any family, fuch as Merchants or Public Bufineff. Twenty-one years of the leafe is unexpired, and is valued at Three Hundred Pounds; the owner of the Houfe will take Two Hundred and Fifty pounds in Weft-India Produce, and the remainder in Cafh. Any perfon defirous or would wifh to purchafe the Houfe, and know the fituation, may apply to John Aymar.

" N. B. — If not difpofed of before Thurfday next, it will on that day be fold at Public Vendue, at Three O'clock, by

" Hughes and Montgomery." "

" This is to inform the loyalists that have figned in Captain Aymar's Company for Port-Rofeway,' that they muft have their baggage on board the Nancy, lying at the Ordnance Wharf, on Monday next, and to anfwer the Mufter on Wednefday next, if not, their names will be returned to the Board, and other peoples taken in to fupply their places, and never hereafter be allowed a paffage by Government." '

^ Gaine's New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury, Jan, 13, 1777.

* History 0/ Annapolis County, N. S., Calnek-Savary, p. 246. ' Descendants of John (11) Aymar still live in Nova Scotia.

* Loyalists oj the American Revolution, Sabine, vol. ii., p. 474. " Rivington's Royal Gazette, Saturday, Aug. 23, 1783.

* Shelburne, N. S.

' Rivington's Royal Gazette, Saturday, Sept. 27, 17S3.

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And we find this further allusion to Captain Aj'tnar, after the Nancy reached her destination :

" There were more than fifty companies of Loyalists who went to Shelburne from New York in 1783. They associated them- selves in ' companies ' for the purpose of settlement merely, and it does not follow that they had been in arms during the war, although their captains were commissioned b}- Sir Guy Carleton. These companies were mustered at Shelburne late in the Summer of 1784 for the purpose of checking the roll of those entitled to pro- visions from the English government. A few members had already scattered. Captain Aymar's companj^ at that time num- bered 23 men, 14 women and 16 children: total 53." '

Francis Aymar was one of the grantees of, and settled at, St. John, New Brunswick.' He occupied Lot No. 11 25, at the corner of St. James and Germain streets. " This part of St. John was taken up by those who came from New York in the Autumn of 1783 and was, and is, called ' Lower Cove.' " ' He eventually returned to the United States, and lived alternately in Eastport, Maine, New York, Bergen, New Jersey, and St. Andrews, New Brunswick.

An exception to this rule should likewise be set down. John Amarr was a private in Colonel Goose van Schaick's First New York Line Regiment, 1776-79.'

And now it seems well to conclude this sketch, from which we may gain a slight knowledge of some of the earlier New York Aymars. Their descendants in the male lines are not numerous and in the city to which their ancestors came so long ago the name is almost extinct. A comprehensive genealogy, in course of prep- aration, offers a sure foundation for the existing generations.

GENEALOGY

I. Jean (i) Eymar," or Aymar, d. in New York, 1755: mar. Fran^oise Belou, alive Oct. 27, 1765'; and had issue':

' Communication from Rev. W. O. Raymond, St. John, N. B.

^ Loyalists of the American Revolution^ Sabine, vol. i., p. 19S.

' Communication from the Rev. W. O. Raymond, St. John, N. B.

* New York in the Revolution as Colo7iy and State , p. iS.

» Will of John Eymar, "of the City of New York," dated Mar. 31, 174.9, probated Mar. 21, 1755, mentions wife, Frances ; eldest son, John ; sons, Daniel and James ; daughters, Judith (wife of Daniel Hutcheson), Magdalen, Lucretia, Charlott, Mary, and Jean. (Sur- rogate's Office. New York, Liber 19 of Wills, p. 214.)

•^ Collections of the Huguenot Society of America, vol. i., p. 277.

' Order of births uncertain.

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(a) Judith, mar., firstl}-, in New York, 1739, Daniel Hutcheson (or Hutchison). Issue. Judith Aymar mar., secondly, in New York, July 2, 1758, James Alexander.

(3) M.\DELEiNE, mar. in New York, 1749, Frangois, bap. in New York, Apr. 6, 1707; sou of Jacques Magnj^ (Many) and Anne Vincent. Issue.

(4) Lucre;ce, mar., firstly, in New York, Gerard Jamain; mar., secondly, in New York, Jan. 14, 1759, Pierre Magny (Many). Issue. '

(5) Jean, b. 1728; of whom hereafter.

(6) Charlotte, mar. in New York, Oct. 27, 1765, John Moffit, d. in New York, 1780. Issue.

(7) Marie, b. in New York, Nov. 18, 1731 ; mar. in New York, Feb. 3, 1755, Pierre Rougeon, d. in New York, 1767. Issue.

(8) Daniel, b. in New York, Nov. 17, 1733; of whom here- after.

(9) Jean Jacques, b. in New York, Aug. 2, 1735; of whom hereafter.

(10) Jeanne, b. in New York, Aug. 7, 1739; mar. in New York, Feb. 3, 1756, Dennis Wortman.

II. Jean (5) Aymar," b. 1728; d. in New York, Sept. 4, 1796; eldest son of Jean Eymar, or Aymar, and Frangoise Belon; mar., firstly, in New York, Elizabeth Dobbs; and had issue:

(11) John, b. in New York, June 5, 1751 ; of whom hereafter.

(12) William, b. in New York, Feb. 3, 1754; of whom here- after.

(13) Daniel, b. in New York, Mar. 7, 1756; of whom hereafter.

(14) Mary, b. in New York, June 11, 1759; d. young.

Jean (5) Aymar mar., secondly, in New York, May 16, 1762, Jeanne, b. in New York, Dec. 19, 1742; d. in New York, Aug. 30, 1823; interred in St. John's^Ceraeterj', New York; daughter of Daniel Raveau and Marie Raven; and had issue:

(15) Mary,' b. in New York, June 27, 1763; d. unmar. in New

' Collecliims of the Huguenot Society of America, vol. iii,, p. 2. " Notes on Some Hugue- not Families." Waters : " Peter (4) md. Jan. 14, 1759, Lucy Jamain & prob. had issue."

2 Administration on estate of John Aymar, " Cooper," to widow, Jane Aymar, July 23, 1805 (Surrogate's OfiRce, New York, Liber g of Letters of Administration, p. 108).

=• Will of Mary Aymar, " one of the daughtersof John Aymar, deceased. Gentlewoman," dated Aug. 12, 1833, probated April 30, 1838, mentionslate sister, Elizabeth Winn ; brother, Peter ; sisters, Frances (widow of James Webb) and Ann (widow of George Alexander Noble). (Surrogate's Office, New York, Liber -S of Wills, p. 367.)

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York, Mar. 8, 1838; interred in St. Luke's churchyard,' New York.

(16) Frances, b. in New York, Nov. 17, 1764; d. in New York, 1766.

(17) James, b. in New York, Nov. 22, 1765; of whom hereafter. Ci8) Frances, b. in New York, Dec. 30, 1767; d. in New

York, Dec. 17, 1845; interred in St. Luke's churchyard," New York; mar. in New York, circa 1802, James Webb, d. in New York, Dec. 23, 1830; interred in St. Mark's churchj-ard," New York. Issue.

(19) Peter, b. in New York, Dec. 14, 1769; of whom hereafter.

(20) Abraham, b. in New York, July 25, 1771; d. young.

(21) Eliz.abeth,= b. in New York, Aug. 19, 1773; d. in New York, Nov. 21, 1831; interred in St. Luke's churchyard,' New York; mar. inNewYork, Dec. 19, 1807, Matthew Winn. Noissue.

(22) Magdalene, b. in New York, Jan. 26, 1775.

(23) Abraha.m, b. in New York (?), Oct. 11, 1777; d. in New York (?), 1778.

(24) Charlotte, b. in New York (?), Dec. 25, 1779; d. in New York (?), 1780.

(25) Ann, b. in New York, June 25, 1784; d. in New York, Aug. 8, 1866; interred in Rural Cemetery, Albany, N. Y. ; mar. in New York, May 31, 1804, George Alexander, b. in Albany, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1777; d. in New York, Aug. 19, 1824; interred in St. John's Cemetery, New York; son of Cornelius Noble and Jane Wilson. Issue.

II. Daniel (8) Aymar,' b. in New York, Nov, 17, 1733; d. in New York, June 25, 1S15; interred in St. Esprit churchyard, New York; second son of Jean Eymar, or Aymar, and Frangoise Belon; mar. in New York, Sept. 24, 1756, Ann Magdalene, b. in New York, Nov. 18, 1738; d. in New York, May 177-; daughter of Fraufois Magny (Many) and Annatje Kip; and had issue:

» Removed to Grace churchyard, Jamaica. L. I.

^ Removed to Evergreens Cemetery. Brooklyn. L. I.

= WiU of Elizabeth Winn, "one of the daughters of John Aymar, deceased, and the widow of Matthew Winn," dated June 28, 1831. probated Jan. 6, 1832, mentions brother, Peter; sisters, Mary, Frances i widow of James Webb 1, and Ann (widow of Alexander A, Noble). (Surrogate's Office, New York, Liber 68 of Wills, p. 321.)

' Will of Daniel Aymar. "of the City of New York, in the State of New York, Gentle- man," dated June 19. 1S13, probated Sept. 19. 1815. mentions children, John, Francis, Catharine (wife of Peter Embury), Hannah, and Margaret (wife of David Jacobs). (Sur- rogate's Office, New York, Liber 52 of Wills, p. 471.)

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(26) John, b. in New York, Jan. 23, 1758; of whom hereafter.

(27) Francis, b. in New York, Apr. 24, 1760; of whom here- after.

(28) Daniel, b. in New York, Aug. 27, 1761; d. young.

(29) Hannah, b. in New York, Sept. 12, 1762; d. young.

(30) Frances, b. in New York, Sept. 12, 1762; d. young.

(31) Ann Magdalene, b. in New York, Nov. 14, 1763: d. young.

(32) James, b. in New York, Dec. 2, 1764; d. 3'oung.

(33) Ann Magdalene, b. in New York, Mar. 9, 1766; d. young.

(34) Catharine, b. in New York, Jan. 23, 1768; d. in New York, Mar. 26, 1856; interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, L. I. ; mar. in New York, Sept. 17, 1786, Peter, b. in New York, Mar. 15, 1766; d. in New York, Aug. i6, 1855; interred in Green- wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, L. I. ; son of Peter Embury and Agnes Dunphy. Issue.

(35) Hannah,' b. in New York, May 20, 1769; d. unmar. in New York, May 19, 1861; interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, L. I.

(36) Margaret, b. in New York, Nov. i, 1770; d. in New York, Aug. 19, 1854; interred in St. Mark's churchyard, New York; mar., in New York, Apr. 18, 1795, David, b. in New York, July 5, 1770; d. in New York, Nov. 27, 1837; interred in St. Mark's churchyard. New York; son of Daniel Jacot and Agnes Dunphy, widow of Peter Embury. Issue.

(37) Magdalene, b. in New York, Apr. 11, 1772; d. young. II. Jean Jacques ' (9) Aymar,' b. in New York, Aug. 2, 1735 ;

d. in New York, May-June, 1797; third son of Jean Eymar, or Aj'mar and Frangoise Belon; mar., firstly, in New York, Mar. 6, 1760, Margaret Brown; and had issue: '

' will of Hanuah Aymar, " Single-woman, " dated Dec. 25, 1855, probated Aug. 6, 1861, mentions sisters. Catharine Emburj- and Margaret Jacot ; daughters (names not given) of brother, John D. ; children and grandchildren fnames not given) of brother, Francis, " late of Eastport, Maine." (Surrogates Office, New York, Liber 139 of WiUs, p. 65.)

2 Absolute proof that Jean Jacques Aymar is the James Aymar who married Margaret Brown, etc., is lacking, but there is moral evidence to support this theory. The descent from James Aymar is clear.

' Will of James Aymar, " of the City of New York, in the State of New York, Tobac- conist," dated May 13, 1797, probated June 28, 1797, mentions wife, Mary ; children, John, Mary (wife of John Hardenbrook), Margaret (wife of Thomas Marsh), Magdalene, and Samuel. (Surrogate's Office, New York, Liber 42 of Wills, p. 215. 1 His son James is not mentioned.

* Arrangement not fixed. Magdalene and Samuel were probably by the second

(38) John, b. in New York, circa 1763; of whom hereafter.

(39) Mary, b. in New York; mar. in New York (?) Oct. 24, 1787, John, bap. in New York, Sept. 27, 1761; d. in New York, Feb. 27. 1832; interred in St. Stephen's churchyard. New York; son of Abel Hardenbrook and Rebecca Anthony. Issue.

(40) M.\RG.\RET, b. in New York; mar. Thomas Marsh, d. circa 1805.

(41) James, born in New York; of whom hereafter.

Jean Jacques (9) Aymar mar., secondly, in New York, Sept. 25, 1774, Mary Mann; and had issue:

(42) Magdalene, b. in New York.

(43) Samuel, b. in New York.

III. John (ii) Aymar,' b. in New York, June 5, 1751; d. in Oyster Baj', L. I., Oct. -Nov., 1797; eldest son of Jean Aymar

and Elizabeth Dobbs; mar. Mary , b. Apr. i, 1752; and had

issue :

(44) David Peter, b. in New York, Aug. 27, 1783; of whom hereafter.

(45) Harriet, b. Aug. 9, 1785.

III. WiLLi.'i.M (12) Aymar, b. in New York, Feb. 3, 1754; second son of Jean Aymar and Elizabeth Dobbs; mar. Mary Ann Mercein (?); and had issue:

(46) Elizabeth, b." circa 1783; d. in New York, July 31, 1833; interred in Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, New York; mar. in New York, Feb. 6, 1805, Joseph Robson, b. in New York, circa 1774; d. in New York, May 2, 1821 ; interred in Zion churchyard, New York.

III. Daniel (13) Aymar, b. in New York, Mar. 7, 1756; third son of Jean Aymar and Elizabeth Dobbs; mar. ; and had issue:

(47) John Henry.

III. James (17) Aymar," b. in New York, Nov. 22, 1765; d. in Orangeburgh, N. Y., circa 1854; interred in Orangeburgh; eldest son of Jean Aymar and Jeanne Raveau; mar. Margaret Cahill, d. in Orangeburgh, N. Y. ; interred in Orangeburgh; and had issue:

' Will of John Ajinar, "of the Township of Oyster Bay," dated Oct. 22, 1797, probated Nov. 25, 1797, mentions son and sole heir, Peter; and Elizabeth, daughter of brother, William. (Surrogate's Office, Queens County, L. I., Liber A of Wills, p. 393 1

' Administration on estate of Elizabeth Robson, " Widow," to uncle, William A. Mer cein, Aug. 3, 1833. (Surrogate's Office, New York, Liber 31 of Letters of Administration, P- 337)

' Will of James Aymar, dated .\ug 18, 1S43, probated Jan. 14, 1854. (Surrogate's Office, Rockland County, N. Y.. Liber 9 of Wills, p. 89.)

(48) Ann, b. in New York, Sept. 19, 1796; d. unmar. in New York, Feb. 6, 1818; interred in St. Esprit church5'ard. New York.

(49) Jane, b. in New York, May 29, 1798; d. unmar. in Orangeburg, N. Y. ; interred in Orangeburgh.

(50) John James,' b. in New York, Aug. 4, 1800; d. in New York, Dec. 22, 1869; interred in Trinity Cemetery, New York; mar., firstly, in New York, Sept. 24, 1833, Sarah Babb, d. in New York, Apr. 2, 1861. No issue. John James Aymar mar., secondly,

in New York, Mary C. B , b. in New York, Oct. 30, 1808;

d. in New York, June 22, 1885; interred in Trinity Cemetery, New York. No issue.

(51) William Nelson, b. in New York, July 25, 1802; of whom hereafter.

(52) Mary Emeline, b. in New York, Apr. 10, 1805; d. in Nyack, N. Y., July, 1882; interred in Nyack; mar. in New York, Apr. 15, 1824, Joseph Miller Fowler. Issue.

(53) Charles Edwin,' b. in New York, circa 1808; d. in Newark, N. J., Aug. 4, 1863; interred in Fairmount Cemetery,

Newark; mar., firstly, Anna B , b. circa 18 15; d. in Newark,

N. J., Mar. i, 1858; interred in Mount Pleasant Cemetery," New- ark. No issue. Charles Edwin Aymar mar. , secondly, in Newark, N. J., Oct. I, 1862, Julia Adelaide, b. in Newark (?), N. J., Aug. 22, 1836; daughter of Abner Dodd and Ann Harrison. No issue.

(54) George Washington, b. in New York, July 4, 1811; of whom hereafter.

(55) Eliza Margaret, b. in New York; d. in Nyack, N. Y.; interred in Tappan, N. Y. ; mar. in Orangeburgh, N. Y., Tennis J. Blauvelt. Issue.

III. Peter (19) Aymar,' b. in New York, Dec. 14, 1769; d. in Jamaica, L. I., May i, 1847; iuterred in St. Euke's churchyard,' New York; second son of Jean Aymar and Jeanne Raveau; mar.,

' Will of John James Aymar, "of the City of New York, in the County of New York, in the State of New York," dated Oct. ii, 1869, probated March lo, 1870, mentions wife, Mary; children of brother, William, James K., and William; sister, Eliza; niece, Mar- garet Ann (wife of Tennis Cooper, and daughter of sister, Mary Emeline Fowler). (Sur- rogate's Office, New York, Liber 192 of Wills, p. 202.)

■• Administration on estate of Charles E. Aymar to Charles S. Macknet, Aug. 12, 1863. (Surrogate's Office, Newark, N. J., Liber 6 of Letters of Administration, p. 254.)

' Removed to Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, N. J.

« Will of Peter Aymar, probated June 24, 1S47. (Surrogate's Office, Queen's County, L. I., Liber 4 of Wills, p. 213.)

' Removed to Grace churchyard, Jaraacia, L. I.

firstly, iu Bergen, N. J., Mar. 5, 1797, Ann Eustatia, b. Sept. 4, 1780; d. in New York, Sept. 15, 1799; daughter of David Hunt and Phebe Oaklej'; and had issue.

(56) John William Hunt, b. in New York, Feb. 7,' 1799; of whom hereafter.

Peter (19) Aymar mar., secondly, in Bergen, N. J., Aug. 11, 1802, Elizabeth Bogert, b. in Tappan ' (?), N. Y., Sept. 4,' 1785; d. in New York, Jan. 22, 1821 ; interred in Dutch Middle church- yard, New York; daughter of James van Antwerp and Ann Bogert; and had issue:

(57) James Dover, b. in New Y'ork, June 10, 1803; settled in Michigan, where he probablj' died; mar. in