Ayer, Massachusetts - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayer,_MassachusettsAyer was originally inhabited by the Nashaway, a Nipmuc people that inhabited the lands along the Nashua Riverand its tributaries. A small settlement was located along the banks of the Nonacoicus Brook, located in the western part of the town. The name of the Nashaway village, its people and the brook, pronounced by locals as /ˈnɒ nə ˌkɔɪ ʃəs/, was also recorded in early English so…