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About Dea. Peter Avery
December 16 1807 Deacon Peter Avery died.
He was a man of marked character and had been a tower of strength to the church for fifty years Peter Avery was a missionary to the Indians in western New York He was a deacon of the Baptist church in Groton for fifty years He was surveyor of the town selectman 1778 to 1782 and 1787 in which period the town passed many patriotic measures He was one of the committee of six who were ordered December 22 1775 to direct the work on Fort Griswold.
THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. p. 159,243
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inscription: in the 78th year of his age Being continued in the office of Deac'n 30 years to the first Baptist Church in Groton
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Dea. Peter Avery's Timeline
| 1730 |
February 22, 1730
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Groton, New London County, Connecticut Colony
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March 22, 1730
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First Church of Groton, Groton, New London County, Connecticut Colony
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March 7, 1772
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Connecticut, United States
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| 1807 |
December 16, 1807
Age 77
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Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States
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Niles Family Cemetery, Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States
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