Ayres Family Line

This Ayres family line begins with Thomas Ayers, American Revolutionary War veteran, and the first of the Ayers family recorded America.

First Generation

  • Thomas Ayers (1770–1849) married Elizabeth Almony (1757–1857)
    • Thomas W Ayers (b. 1786-1788–d. Aft 1850)
    • Richard Ayers (1797-1870) married Eliza McCreary (1793–1873)
    • Probable children (census reports)
      • Mary Ayers (b. 1784-1788–d. Aft. 1805)
      • Sarah Ayers (b. 1790-1795–d. Aft. 1811)
      • John Ayers (b. 1795-1800–d. Aft. 1814)
      • Ann Ayers (b. 1795-1800–d. Aft. 1817)
      • William Ayers (b. 1800-1805–d. Aft. 1819)

Second Generation

  • Richard Ayers (1797-1870) married Eliza McCreary (1793–1873)
    • Thomas Ayers: (b. ca. 1828 d. after 1860)
    • Eliza Ann Ayers (1830–1922) married Jacob Stone (1822–1888)
    • Joanna Ayers: (b. ca. 1835 – d. after 1850)
    • McCreery Ayers: (1837 – d. after 1860)
    • Abelard Ayers: (1842 – d. after 1860)

Third Generation

  • Eliza Ann Ayers (1830–1922) married Jacob Stone (1822–1888)
    • Thomas Wesley Stone (1851–1941) married Minnie Maginnis (1854–1942)
    • Richard Stone (1858–1926) married Eva E Barnes (1861–1911)
    • Rachel Stone (1859–Before 1870)
    • Ida Antha Stone (1861–1930) married Hudson Randolph Staggs (1848–1916)
    • Charles Stone (1863–1936) married Elizabeth —- (1867-1925)

Fourth Generation

Fifth Generation

  • Richard Lesley Staggs, Sr. (1888–1965) married Ella Blanch Wareham (1888–1982)
    • Richard Leslie Staggs, Jr. (1911-1996) married 1st Clara Norma Turner (1914-1967) on 27 Apr 1933, married 2nd Dorothy Annabel Groose (1908-2005) on 18 Apr 1938
    • William Randolph Staggs (1912-2010) married Grace Kathryn Glasser (1914-1993)
    • Harold Wareham Staggs (1915-2009) married Jeanne Wilma Sammons (1919-1959)
    • Robert Leslie Staggs (1919-2003) married Virginia Graham (1917-1996)
    • Howard J. Staggs (1921-1968).

Sixth Generation

  • Harold Wareham Staggs (1915–2009) married Jeanne Wilma Sammons (1919–1959)
    • Barbara Jeanne Staggs (1946– )
    • Infant Staggs (1948–1948)
    • Steven Barry Staggs (1950– ) married Karen Ann Edgar (1949– )
    • David Randolph Staggs (1955– )

Seventh Generation

  • Steven Barry Staggs (1950– ) married Karen Ann Edgar (1949– )
    • Brandon Lee Staggs (1975– )
    • Cory Hudson Staggs (1976– )
    • Dustin Gregory Staggs (1978– )
    • Sara Jeanne Staggs (1982–2012)

Page last updated June 18, 2026

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