Amos Avery, Sr.

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Amos Avery, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Preston, New London County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Death: November 25, 1840 (66)
Preston, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: Preston, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Avery, Jr. and Experience Avery
Husband of Dorothy "Dolly" Avery
Father of Amos Avery, Jr.; Experience Geer; Oliver Crary Avery; Louisa Gallup; Delia Avery and 3 others
Brother of Robert Stanton Avery; Nathaniel Avery; Jonas Avery; Mary Avery and Christopher Avery
Half brother of Elizabeth Avery; Zipporah Woodward; John Avery, III; Anna Avery; Samuel Avery, Sr. and 2 others

Occupation: Farmer and wool producer
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About Amos Avery, Sr.

He was a farmer and wool-grower; made ensign, 1st company, 8th reg't, Nov. 29, 1802; 1st lieut., 1st company, 8th militia, April 25, 1805 (Ms. State Papers, Hartford) . Represented his town in the state legislature in 1800, 1801, 1802, 1822, 1827, 1829.

THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. p. 275, 420



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. 207

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Amos Avery, Sr.'s Timeline

1774
November 3, 1774
Preston, New London County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
1805
March 2, 1805
Preston, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1807
July 1, 1807
Preston, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1809
September 22, 1809
Preston, New London, Connecticut, United States
1812
April 30, 1812
Preston, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1814
October 30, 1814
Preston, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1817
June 13, 1817
Preston, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1819
August 24, 1819
Preston, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1822
July 19, 1822
Preston, New London County, Connecticut, United States