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Stephen Wheeler Avery

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Birthplace: Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
Death: April 01, 1828 (72)
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Rev. Nathan Avery and Hannah Avery
Husband of Elizabeth Avery; Anna Avery and Elizabeth "Betsey" Avery
Father of Nancy Williams; Mary Avery, twin, died young; Colonel Stephen Lyman Avery; Hannah Miner; Sgt. Roswell Randall Avery and 10 others
Brother of Isaac Avery, Sr.; Nathan Avery; Hannah Mary Randall; Phebe Randall; Wealthy Randall and 1 other

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About Col. Stephen Wheeler Avery

Stephen Avery was in the Revolutionary war; in 1776, about New York; 1780, in the Conn. line (Conn. Men in the Rev'n, 191).

Stephen Avery was town clerk of Stonington from 1791 to 1807, when North Stonington was set off. He was town clerk of North Stonington until his death. He was selectman in 1797; representative in 1799.

THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. p. 286



HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 209, 250, 481, 642


Note: Town clerk in Stonington and North Stonington.

Inscription: age 72; Revolutionary War

(f/g) Stephen Wheeler Avery Birth: Jan. 13, 1756 Norwich New London County Connecticut, USA Death: Apr. 1, 1828 Stonington New London County Connecticut, USA

Married Anna Wheeler 9 Dec 1781 at Stonington, Conn. Married Elizabeth (Betsey) Morgan 18 Aug 1804.

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Parents:
 Nathan Avery (1712 - 1780)
 Hannah Stoddard Avery (1727 - 1810) 
Spouses:
 Anna Wheeler Avery (1764 - 1801)
 Elizabeth Morgan Avery (1779 - 1841)

Burial: Great Plain Cemetery North Stonington New London County Connecticut, USA Created by: Jeff Zinsli Record added: Dec 19, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 63078859

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Col. Stephen Wheeler Avery's Timeline

1756
January 13, 1756
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1783
December 29, 1783
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States
December 29, 1783
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1786
May 12, 1786
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1789
June 18, 1789
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1791
November 5, 1791
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1796
April 9, 1796
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1798
October 10, 1798
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States