Ayers Family Crest and Name History

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The Ancient History Of The Distinguished Surname Ayers

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Origins Available: English, Scottish

Where did the Scottish Ayers family come from? What is the Scottish coat of arms/family crest? When did the Ayers family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

In ancient Scotland, Ayers was a Strathclyde-Briton name for someone who lived in the city of Ayr in South-Western Scotland.

Prior to the first dictionaries, scribes spelled words according to sound. This, and the fact that Scottish names were repeatedly translated from Gaelic to English and back, contributed to the enormous number of spelling variations in Scottish names. Ayers has been spelled Ayer, Air, Ayre, Ayers and others.

First found in Ayrshire, where the family has been seated from ancient times. One of the first on record was Reginald Ayr, who was Clerk of Ayr in 1287 and Albinus Ayr had a charter of lands from King Robert the Bruce in 1315.

In such difficult times, the difficulties of raising the money to cross the Atlantic to North America did not seem so large compared to the problems of keeping a family together in Scotland. It was a journey well worth the cost, since it was rewarded with land and freedom the Scots could not find at home. The American War of Independence solidified that freedom, and many of those settlers went on to play important parts in the forging of a great nation. Among them: John Ayer, who was on record in Massachusetts in 1635; Simon Ayer, his wife Dorothy and their eight children, who all settled in Massachusetts in 1635.

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Suggested Readings for the name Ayers

Ancestors of Silas Ayers and Mary Bryam Ayers by Charles H. Ayers.
The Ayers Family: Descendants of William Eayers of Londonderry, New Hampshire by Azuba Ruth Ward.
The Story of the Ayers Family: Pioneers in the Middle West by Allan Joy Searle.

Some noteworthy people of the name Ayers

John GK Ayers, American soldier, who received a Medal of Honor on August 31 1895 for Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party"
Edward L. Ayers (b. 1953), president of the University of Richmond
Roy Ayers (b. 1940), American funk, soul and jazz vibraphone player
Sir Henry Ayers (1821-1897), former Premier of South Australia, eponym of Uluru/Ayers Rock
Kevin Ayers (b. 1944), British rock singer

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Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist

We have researched the Ayers family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.

Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...

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Family Crests: Timeline

Many of the symbols adopted into armory have been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but heraldry itself did not begin until the 11th century. In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...

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Family Crests: Elements

In the Ayers coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement. Again the Family Crest is just part of the story of Coats of Arms or Heraldry. Heraldry is defined as the hereditary art or science of blazoning, the description is appropriate technical terms of Coats-of-Arms and other heraldic and armorial insignia, and is of very ancient origin...

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Family Crests and Genealogy: how they relate

We encourage you to study the Ayers genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest. Anyone making a study of heraldry usually becomes interested in Genealogy or seeking legal claim to a particular family crest. No families, not even the royal houses, can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is established through attested Genealogical records...

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The Ayers Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Ayers Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.