Lydia Smith Avery

• BIRTH 24 Jan 1712 Groton, New London County, Connecticut, USA
• DEATH 4 Feb 1766 (aged 54) Franklin, New London County, Connecticut, USA
• BURIAL Plains Cemetery, Franklin, New London County, Connecticut, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 120592101

Lydia Smith Avery was a daughter of Nehemiah Smith and Dorothy Wheeler, was born on 24 Jun 1712/13 in Groton, New London, Connecticut. She married to John Avery in 1730 in Groton, New London, Connecticut. They had ten children - 8 sons and 2 daughters. [3] Lydia inherited land from her father's estate, April 14, 1737. This land was in Franklin, New London Co., CT.

Parents
Nehemiah Smith 1673–1724
Dorothy Wheeler Fish 1679–1736

Spouse
John Avery 1706–1766 m. 1730 in Groton, New London, Connecticut.

Siblings
Elizabeth Smith Avery 1700–1761
Nathan Smith 1702–1784
John Smith 1704–1758
William Smith 1706–1788
Isaac Smith 1707–1783
Mary Smith Holmes 1709–1744
Jabez Smith 1715–1782
Sarah Smith Brewster 1719–1802

Children
Amos AVERY 1729–1729 d. at 3 mo. of age of whooping cough, unchristened.
John AVERY 1731–1814 bap. 2 Jan 1731, First Church of Groton m. Mehitable BUELL
Jabez AVERY 1734–1779 bap. 4/14, First Church of Groton m. Lucy BUSHNELL 18 Nov 1761 in Norwich, CT.
Amos AVERY 1735–1823 bap. 18 Apr 1736, First Church of Groton m. twice and had children with both wives:
Irene KINGSBURY
Anna EDGERTON
Nathan AVERY 1737–1829
Lydia AVERY Gager 1738–1785 bap. 23 Jul 1738, First Church of Colchester m. John GAGER, Jr.
Nehemiah AVERY 1744–1789
Rev. David AVERY 1746–1818
Roswell AVERY 1748–1781
Sarah AVERY 1750–1773

Notes

Lydia SMITH had an older sister Elizabeth SMITH 1610-1761 who married #53 James AVERY 1697-1759, son of #11 James AVERY and Mary GRISWOLD 1673-1750 (pg. 117-119).

==References== [1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120592101/lydia-avery

Sources

[2] DENISON GENEALOGY, by E. Glenn Denison, Josephine Middleton Peck, Donald L. Jacobus, The Pequot Press, Inc. Stonington, CT, 1963. Page 9. (pg. 205-206 shows that John AVERY who married Lydia SMITH was #174 in this book on pages 205-206. Lydia's sister Elizabeth SMITH married James Avery who was #53, on pg. 159.)

[3] THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. Found in the DAR Library, Washington DC. Page 205. (their 10 children were numbered from #505 to 513 in the Groton Avery book except the first son who died in infancy):

[4] GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH OF BOSTON, REHOBOTH, MASS., by Anna Chesebrough Wildey, New York, Press of T. A. Wright, 1903, p. 22

[4] 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. 639