Elisha Avery

VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON CT, Vol. 2, page 54.

Elizabeth, m. Elisha Avery, Sept. 30, 1714, by Capt. Nath(anie)ll Chesebrough, J.P.

Baptized May 9, 1697, First Church of New London. Elisha married Nov. 3, 1714, at Stonington, Conn, Elizabeth Babcock, daughter of Joseph and Dorothy (Key) Babcock. She was born Jan. 29, 1698, at Stonington. He was a member of the First Church of Stonington, May 30, 1716 (Church Records).

Elisha died July 14, 1726, of a blow on the head accidentally given (Hempstead's Diary, p. 172). " I went with Mr Rossiter to the funeral of Elisha Avery who Died yestday of a wound he had in his head Right over his Right Ear which crackt his scull after the manner in the margent given him by William Saterly on ye 6th of this Instant by heaving a Coit above ye paces he Stooping down at the hub to direct him where to place his Coit not seeing it coming Received itt on his head on the top of the Side of his head of which wound the Jury of Inquest of which I was Coroner Judged he died after."

The children of Elisha and Elizabeth (Babcock) Avery were born at Stonington and baptized in the First Church there.

Twin brother of Desire

Sources

• THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. Found in the DAR Library, Washington DC. Pages 152

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• GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH OF BOSTON, REHOBOTH, MASS., by Anna Chesebrough Wildey, New York, Press of T. A. Wright, 1903, p. 19

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• 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. 202, 212

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Hi res gravestone image from the Farber Gravestone Collection

GEDCOM Note

Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough Author: Anna Chesebrough Wildey Publication: New York: Press of T. A. Wright 1903 Media: Book Page: pages 19 and 24. Bob Chesebro Family Chart Unit.