Hannah Sutherland

Father:

James Avery

Birth 15 Dec 1646 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Death 22 Aug 1728 in Groton, New London, Connecticut, USA

Mother:

Deborah Stallyon

Birth 20 Feb 1649 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA

Death 27 Mar 1729 in Groton, New London, Connecticut, USA

Their children were:

Deborah Avery 1671 – 1739

Christopher Avery 1679 – 1753

Hannah Avery 1683 – 1752

Mary Avery 1696 – 1780

Her father's parents:

Captain James Avery 1620 – 1700

Birth

1620 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Death

18 April 1700 in Groton, New London, Connecticut, USA

Joanna Greenslade 1622 – 1693

James Avery 1620-1700

Added by gwencir on 3 Jul 2008

Originally submitted by skkennedy_1 to Butler Family Tree on 16 Oct 2007

Found in the DAR Library, Washington DC. Pages 43 through 78. James Avery came to America with his father in 1630 on the "Arbella". James was an early land owner at Gloucester as it is shown by extracts from the town book containing an account of "Land laid out and to whom;" 9 mo. (16)45. "Andrew Lister had 8 acres of upland upon Planter's Neck, running from Lobster Cove to the sea, the 24th lott next to James Averies." 1 mo. (16)47, "James Averie Given 6 acres of upland at the hed of Little River to be laide out." 26. 3. (16)51. "Also the said Richard Beefor bought of James Avery three acres of upland." 15. 10. (16)53. James Avery had marsh at Chebacco. The following items are from the Salem quarterly court records and files. 1: 11: 1645. James Avery of Gloucester took the oath of freeman. 25: 10: 1649. James Averey grand juryman from Gloster. 24: 4: 1650. James Averey grand juryman.Our Family: James Avery came from Devonshire with Gov. Winthrop's company in 1630.

C.M. Babcock: James Avery, born 1620, came to New England on the Arbella in 1630 with the Winthrop fleet. This is implied, since he came with this father and Christopher is credited with the 1630 arrival. Some say, however, that they might have come in 1631 with Winthrop Jr., since he and James were great friends and may have become well acquainted on the 1631 voyage. James was 12 times deputy to the General Court (1658-1680). He died 18 April 1700. Married Joanna Greenslade 10 Nov. 1643. De Forest: Dates are the same as above. Freeman at Gloucster in 1645. Moved to what is now New London in 1651 after receiving some 300 acres of land in 1650 and 1651. He received more land later for his public service. In 1665 Ensign Avery was named lieutenant of the train band and during the threat of Connecticut's attack by the Dutch, he was named a captain in 1673. During King Philip's War he was appointed fifth in command of the united Army against the Indians, and he led the Pequot allies during the Great Swamp Fight 19 Dec. 1675. He was named selectman in 1660 and held that office for 23 years. He was deputy to the General Court almost continuouly from 1659 to 1689. In 1663 and 1664 he was appointed a commissioner to try small causes, and from 1666 to 1670 and from 1674 to 1695 he was judge of the county court.

Red King: Captains James Avery and George Denison led Hartford's two newly authorized companies in a search for Canochet in 1676, the second year of King Philip's War. The English were augmented by Niantics and Mohegans, in a ratio of some 40 Englishmen to 80 native ancillaries. They succeeded in capturing the Narraganset sachem, who was condemned to death April 2 at Stonington. "Flintlock and Tomahawk" by Douglas Edward Leach mentions this campaign, saying it was led by Capt. Denison. He does not mention James Avery.

Virkus: Capt. James Avery, 1620-1700. Captain in King Philip's War, judge, deputy to the General Court; married 1643 Joanna Greenslade.

Information on children comes from "The Averys of Groton" and AF data. An AF record lists a 10th child, Joanna Avery, born 1669 in New London. In the Averys of Groton, someone has written in that same information.

His land grant in Groton adjoined that of James Morgan. And Averys and Morgans are buried in the same old cemetery in Groton. Pequonnock, or Poquonnock, is now Groton.

He married (2) Abigail Ingraham Chesbrough Holmes July 4, 1698. She married (1) Samuel Chesbrough, was widowed and then married (2) Joshua Holmes.

The name Avere first appears in England in the Domesday Book, which was completed in 1084.

Montville: James Avery, ensign, lieutenant and captain in the early train band. Active in King Philip's War. Twelve times deputy to the General Court.

Savage: James Avery of Gloucester, married 10 Nov. 1643 Jane Greenslade of Boston. Removed to New London. "He was held in high esteem; lieutentant, captain, served in King Philip's War when he commanded the Pequot allied force; was living in February 1694; representative to the General Court in 1659 and often after to 1669. First three children born in Gloucester and others in New London. Savage records a daughter Joanna, born 1669, not listed in The Averys of Groton or the Groton Avery Clan.

Colonial Wars: Capt. James Avery, born 1620 in England, died 18 April 1700 in New London. Married Joanna Greenslade 10 Nov. 1643 in Boston or Gloucester, Mass. and had 10 children. Ensign, lieutenant and captain in King Philip's War; led 40 Indians from Stonington, New London and Lyme. 1676, captain of one of four companies that protected the frontier; 23 years a town officer and 12 times deputy to the General Court, 1656-1680.

Captain James Avery was twelve times elected to the general court from 1658 to 1680. Groton was set off from New London as a separate town in 1705. In 1871, Judge Wheeler published a list of representatives from Groton from its organization, at the end of which occur these words: "It is worthy of note that out of the 545 representatives of the town of Groton, 104 have borne the name of Avery and all were descendants of Captain James Avery."

In studying the records of those days, the careful student is strongly impressed with the fact that Captain James Avery was a very remarkable man. Living as he did in stirring times, he was a leader among strong men, enjoying their confidence and respect because he deserved them. Especially is it to be noted that, although the state then took cognizance of affairs which we now call private and interfered in the details of family life and personal relations in a way that would not be tolerated now, he was never censured or "presented" for any shortcoming or alleged dereliction of duty or propriety. Eminent in all the relations of life, his descendants look upon him with pride and affection as one sans peur et sans reproche

THE AVERY MEMORIAL MONUMENT OF GROTON, CTIt was in June of 1684 that the old Blinman edifice at New London, "The unadorned church and watch-tower of the wilderness, was sold to Captain James Avery for six pounds, with the condition that he should remove it in one month's time." According to tradition, it was taken down and its materials were carried by river and sound, and added to the house he had already built in 1656 at the head of Poquonock Cove. 

For over 230 years, the old Avery Homestead, known as the "Hive of the Averys," stood at the head of Birch Plain. Here successive families of Averys lived and reared their children, generation after generation. The venerable old house withstood the storms of winter and the heat of summer; the hand of time gently touched every ancient board.

The descendants of James and his father Christopher began to consider it forever indestructible until one night on July 20, 1894, a spark from an engine passing over the railroad bridge set fire to the time-seasoned roof, and soon, engulfed by flames, the old Avery Homestead fell. Its destruction filled the hearts of the members of the Avery clan with sorrow and dismay, but soon their grief gave way to plans for memorializing the house by establishing a memorial society and a monument on this spot to show to generations yet unborn that here lived the men of olden times, James Avery and his sons and grandsons, who were of such prominence in the very beginnings of the colony of Connecticut in this section of New London and Groton.

Soon after the destruction of the old "Hive," The Avery Memorial Association was incorporated. The owner of the homestead site, James Dension Avery, gave the land by deed of gift to the new Avery Association.

The granite shaft, surmounted by a bronze bust representing the builder, is a replica of a typical Puritan, magistrate and Indian fighter. The monument was designed by the noted sculptor Bela L. Pratt, an Avery descendant. The shaft rises from the middle of the outline of the old house. Whoever walks around the monument today will see the old stone steps where Averys for generations entered the old homestead. Parts of the chimney still stand, ivy covered now. The monument was dedicated July 20, 1900. Six hundred descendants gathered on that day to honor their illustrious ancestor and the ancient home spot. Dr. Elroy M. Avery, the President of the Association presided; Helen Morgan Avery unveiled the bust; Frank Montgomery Avery delivered the oration: "We have assembled here today to join in the dedication of a memorial; not of a monument erected to the memory of a great historical event or the accomplishment of some illustrious personal achievement, but of a memorial designed to designate the spot where the roots of a family tree struck deeply and strong enough to take permanent hold in the soil of New England, and whence its branches have spread out far and wide and lusty with the strength of the parent stock. It is to honor the place of our forefathers' refuse and abode, of their struggles and triumphs, their birthplaces and their death place through the early generations,

Captain Avery's parents were:

Christopher Avery Birth

abt 1574 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK Death

12 March 1678 in Groton, New London, Connecticut, USA

Margery Stephens Birth

1574 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, , England Death

26 Aug 1616 in , , , England

1. Birth: BET 1690 AND 1700
2. Note:

   Information about Hannah's ancestry is at best very sketchy and speculative.

   Chapter 31

   THE AVERY FAMILY

   This was an early family in Beekman and was almost

   certainly descended from the Edward Avery Branch of the

   Family. [See Groton Avery Clan 25]. An Edward Avery was

   in Yonkers, NY in 1715 per Fowler Genealogy 114.

   NEHEMIAH? AVERY was b. ca. 1710 and m. Dorcas

   Fredericks before 1736. He possibly had a brother Griggs

   Van Every who had two ch., Dorcas and David, bp. 3 Dec.

   1755 at Rombout Presbyterian. Nehemiah Avery was taxed

   in Crum Elbow from 1738/9 to June 1748 and next in

   Beekman in Feb. 1753 where he remained until Feb. 1757

   with an assessment of £1. There was a John Avery in

   Beekman from 1745 to June 1760 who was also probably a

   relative.

   Nehemiah settled on a farm in lot 17 at the

   intersection of Freedom Road and Traver Road. This farm

   was 215 acres and the house on this property is

   presently (1987) owned by Potter. Nehemiah was mentioned

   in a land transfer between the Livingston family members

   on 13 Dec. 1753. [D 3:164]. There are no records of

   rents for the farm and Avery was taxed again in Crum

   Elbow in June 1757 through 1762. His widow m. 29 Nov.

   1764 widower James Auchmoody which would indicate the

   death of Nehemiah Avery about 1762-3.

   Children:

   i. Nehemiah, b. 29 Aug. 1736. He was taxed in

   Crum Elbow 1760 to 1769 and then in Northeast

   Town from 1770 to "farm" in 1778. He prob.

   m. Mary ____ who was b. 13 Dec. 1729 and d.

   May 1804. They had the following ch: [Rev.

   Pens R-1716. See our Carpenter fam.]

   i. Jane, b. 17 April 1765; m. Barnard

   Carpenter 30 Nov. 1784. They had one

   child, Rhoda, b. 5 Oct. 1785.

   ii. Martha, b. 17 March 1767; m. Thomas

   Carpenter 25 Dec. 1782 at Stanford, DC.

   [BBCh records show the date as 25 Nov.

   1783].

   Source:

   The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), (Orig. Pub. by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY. Frank J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent, six volumes. 1990–2001).

   Hannah has been linked by some to an Edward Avery, said to be the brother of the New England settler, Christopher Avery.

   Land Office of Annapolis, Maryland: "Lieber XI, fol. 104: Know all men by these presents that I Charles Jones of Baltimore County, Gent. have assigned and by these presents do assign unto Thomas Godington of London, Merchant, all my right titiels and interest due me upon record for the transportation of John Foster, Richard Leake, Stephen Harper, Thomas Pierce, Edward Avery, Giles Porter.

   Witness hand the XII day of Oct. Annoq. Domini M.D.C.L.XII

   "Lieber XII.fol.1513: This may certify that I Edward Avery do assign all my right of land due me for my servitude in this province to John Gibbs of the County of Baltimore, planter.

   Witness of my hand and seal this 31st Day of October 1668 his X mark. Edward Avery

   Hedges Henry P.: A History of the Town of East Hampton, Suffolk Co., NY. J.H. Hunt, Printer, Sag-Harbor, NY 1897

   Page 214: Additional names of persons or families, transient or resident in East Hampton near the years named:

   Avery, Edward, blacksmith. 1668

   The Edward Avery Branch.--The Rev. David Avery, in his diary, mentions an Edward Avery, brother of Christopher, who settled near Boston and was "the progenitor of a large and respectable progeny." In the list of original proprietors of Brookhaven, Long Island, begun in 1655 by "a good number of emigrants mostly from the neighborhood of Boston," we find the name of Edward Avery. He left descendants in western Connecticut and along the Hudson River; they have gradually extended to every state in the Union. Great difficulty has been experienced in separating this clan from the Groton clan, owing partly to the great similarity of names. Mr. Morris H. Avery, Woonsocket, R. I., is collecting all possible data relating to the descendants of this Edward Avery.

   Source: Bibliographic Information: Avery, Elroy McKendree and Catharine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery. The Groton Avery Clan. Cleveland. 1912. p. 25

   Edward Avery, St. Peters, Paul's Wharf, London, dyer, and Mary Edgley,

   widow of John Edgley, St. Bartholomew-the-less, West Smithfield,

   London, at Horsney, Middlesex, Sept. 9, 1626.

   Source: ibid, p. 19

   Maureen A. Taylor disposes of the story that the Edward Avery who settled in Brookhaven was a brother of Christopher. "...the records do not offer any proof or disproof that Christopher had a brother Edward. There is an Edward Avery as a settler of Brookhaven, Long Island, by 1657 who later appeared in the Hempstead, Long Island, town records. This Edward Avery might be the same person who appeared in Baltimore County, Maryland, in the 1660s, but he bears no relation to Christopher."

   The Avery Family: The Ancestors and Descendants of Christopher Avery, edited by Maureen A. Taylor. Boston: Newbury Street Press, 2004. Page 11.

Marriage 1 William Sutherland , Jr. b: BET 1690 AND 1700 in New York or Connecticut

Children

  1. Has No Children Charles Sutherland b: ABT 1716

  2. Has Children Roger Sutherland b: 1719 in Greenwich, Fairfield Co., CT

  3. Has Children David Sutherland b: MAR 1721/22 in Dutchess Co., NY

  4. Has No Children William Sutherland b: 1725

  5. Has No Children Joseph Sutherland b: 3 JUL 1730

  6. Has Children John Sutherland b: 3 JUL 1735 in Great Nine Partners, Dutchess Co., NY

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