William Avery, Sr

William Avery probably moved to Vermont. He was one o f the grantees of Lempster, 1761; of Cheswick, 1764; of Lis bon, 1764, all of New Hampshire. He was one of the proprietors of the Susquehanna land company. The Rev. David Avery , in his manuscript, said that William Avery, son of Humphrey Avery, married Jerusha Meech and had Cynthia, Jerusha, William and Humphrey. The Preston records and Daniel Meech's will say that her name was Hannah. Family tradition says that Elisha was the son of William Avery, but we have no documentary proof. William Avery is supposed to have gone with his son, William, to North Stukeley, Canada. He was accidentally drowned in the winter of 1800.

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William Avery, a settler at Wyoming, whose name is mentioned several times in these pages, was a brother of Samuel, Solomon and Christopher Avery. He was born at Groton September 13,1726, and was married at Preston, Connecticut, September 27,1749, to Hannah Meach. They had children, Cynthia, Jerusha, William, Humphrey. Elisha, and perhaps others. William Avery came to Wilkes-Barre in the latter part of 1772 or early in 1773. His name appears in the "rate bills", or tax lists, "for Wilkesbarre District" for the yean 1776, 1777,1778 and 1781—the only lists of that early period now in existence, so far as known. It is doubtful (judging by the tax list) if any of his immediate family were here with him in 1781. He was still here in September, 1782, at which time he became surety for Daniel Dana, Administrator of the estate of Anderson Dana, deceased. William Avery was a private in the 24th Regiment, Connecticut Militia, and was at the battle of Wyoming, July 3, 1778. In the following October he was at the Wyoming Post (Wilkes-Barre) under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Butler. (See Chapters XV and XVI.) He removed from Wyoming Valley to northern Vermont probably about 1785 or'86.

Sources

• THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery an d Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. Foun d in the DAR Library, Washington DC. Page 224.

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• MORGAN GENEALOGY: A History of James Morgan, of New London, Conn., and His Descendants; from 1607 to 1869, By Nathaniel H. Morgan, Hartford, Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1869, p. 30

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@R-2145898600@ American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Gen 1,3599::0 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=agbi&h=136254&ti=0&indiv=try&... Birth date: 1726 Birth place: Connecticut 1,3599::136254

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@R-2145898600@ Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.Original data: White, Lo 1,1062::0 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=barbourctmar&h=228699&ti=0&in... Marriage date: 13 Dec 1750 Marriage place: Stonington Residence date: Residence place: Stonington 1,1062::228699

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