 Complete the following phrase:  Ayer was originally inhabited by the Nashaway, a Nipmuc people that inhabited the lands along the Nashua River and 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 , was also recorded in early English sources as Nonajcoyjicus, Nonocoyecos, Nonacoiacus and Nonaicoics. According to the personal manuscripts of Justice Samuel Sewall, best known for his controversial role in the 