Dudley Avery, Sgt.

For some years Dudley Avery had charge of Fisher's Island; was a sergeant in the war of 1812. (Conn. Men in the War of 1812, page 7.); ensign 7th co., 1st reg't of rifelmen, 1817 (Ms. State Papers, Hartford, Conn.); town of Avery, Ohio was named for him; was held in high esteem; was justice of the peace many years.

THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. p. 289 & 436.

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Dudley Avery, was also of Connecticut nativity, born December 16, 1791, of English ancestry, and died near Monroeville, Huron Co., Ohio, September 30, 1854. He followed the occupation of a farmer, was a Universalist in religion, a Republican in politics. In Connecticut, October 16, 1814, he married Miss Prudence Avery, a native of that State, born August 26, 1788, of English parentage. Their children were: Dudley Austin, born September 21, 1815, died November 29, 1890; Hiram, b. February 7, 1817, d. March 30, 1855; Luther, b. April 30, 1819, d. February 28, 1895; Sydney S., b. April 16, 1822, d. February 24, 1830; Sarah Elizabeth, b. August 14, 1823, d. April 30, 1890 (she married Thomas B. Smith, in Huron county, and was residing at Dundee, Mich., at the time of her death; they had one child, Joseph B. Smith); John Q. A., b. June 12, 1825, d. June 2, 1826; Lucy Ann, b. December 30, 1826, d. February 9, 1830; Joshua 0.; Sylvia Ann, b. August 31, 1830, married William H. Chapman (he is deceased, and she now resides one mile east of Weston); and Prudence Olive, b. July 9, 1832, married to Edwin Mauley, of Sherman township, Huron county.