Ruth Avery

Ruth (Little) Avery was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.

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Biography

Ruth, daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Sturtevant) Little, was born at Marshfield, MA on November 23, 1686.

She married John, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Lane) Avery, at Truro, MA on November 28, 1710. They resided at Truro where John, who graduated Harvard College, began preaching there in 1709 and was ordained in 1711, and where Ruth gave birth to thirteen children.

Ruth died on October 1, 1732.

Her husband remarried twice, first to Ruth Knowles and second to Mary (unknown) Rotch, widow.

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Ruth (Little) Avery (1686 - 1732)

Ruth Avery formerly Little

Born 23 Nov 1686 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Daughter of Ephraim Little and Mary (Sturtevant) Little

Sister of Anna (Little) Gray, Ephraim Little II, Mercy (Little) Otis, David Little, John Little, Mary Little and Barnabas Little

Wife of John Avery — married 28 Nov 1710 (to 1 Oct 1732) in Truro, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Mother of John Avery, Ephraim Avery, Ruth (Avery) Parker, Elizabeth (Avery) Draper, Robert Avery, Job Avery, Job Avery, Mary (Avery) West, Abigail (Avery) Lothrop and Anna Avery

Died 1 Oct 1732 at age 45 in Truro, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Sources

Robert S, Wakefield, FASG, comp., Judith H. Swan, rev., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Richard Warren, Volume 18, Part 1 of 3, 3rd ed., (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004), pp. 25, 109
Dyer, John. Inscriptions From Gravestones in the Old North Cemetery, Truro, Mass. (Advocate Press, Provincetown, Mass., 1897) Page 7
Published research of Pardon and Harriet Russell Head.
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Family of Richard Warren, Volume 18, Part One, Third Edition, 2004, Published by General Society of Mayflower Descendants, page 25