Rebecca MINER

Female 1672 - 1747  (74 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Rebecca MINER was born on 17 Sep 1672 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA (daughter of Ephraim MINER and Hannah AVERY); died on 15 Jan 1746/7 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Rebecca married Josiah GRANT on 08 Jul 1696 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA. Josiah (son of Samuel GRANT and Mary POTTER) was born on 19 Mar 1668 in East Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 28 Mar 1732 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Josiah GRANT was born on 17 Jun 1697 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 30 Apr 1733 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    2. Oliver GRANT was born on 3 Sep 1703 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 7 May 1757.
    3. Noah GRANT was born on 13 Jan 1706 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 2 Mar 1759.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ephraim MINER was christened on 1 May 1642 in Hingham, Massachusetts (son of Thomas MINER and Grace PALMER); died on 16 May 1724 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Military Service: Served in King Phillip\'s war

    Ephraim married Hannah AVERY on 20 Jun 1666 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA. Hannah (daughter of Capt James AVERY and Joanna GREENSLADE) was born on 12 Oct 1644 in Gloucester, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died on 22 Aug 1721 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Hannah AVERY was born on 12 Oct 1644 in Gloucester, Essex Co., Massachusetts (daughter of Capt James AVERY and Joanna GREENSLADE); died on 22 Aug 1721 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    Children:
    1. Ephraim MINER was born on 22 Jun 1668 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    2. Thomas MINER was born on 17 Dec 1669 in Taugwonk, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 08 Sep 1688 in Taugwonk, New London Co., Connecticut.
    3. Hannah MINER was born on 20 Apr 1671 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died about 1709 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    4. 1. Rebecca MINER was born on 17 Sep 1672 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 15 Jan 1746/7 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    5. Elizabeth MINER was born on 30 Apr 1674 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died in North Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    6. Samuel MINER was born on 09 Dec 1675 in Taugwonk, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 09 Dec 1675 in Taugwonk, New London Co., Connecticut.
    7. Deborah MINER was born on 15 Apr 1677 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 08 Sep 1697 in Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
    8. Samuel MINER was born in Aug 1681 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 08 Dec 1717.
    9. James MINER was born in Nov 1682 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    10. Grace MINER was born in Sep 1683 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died in UNKNOWN.
    11. John MINER was born on 19 Apr 1685 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas MINER was born on 23 Apr 1608 in Chew Magna, Somerset, England (son of Clement MINER and Sarah POPE); died on 23 Oct 1690 in Quiambaug, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Wequetequock Cemetery, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Immigration: 1630, Sailed from England in the Ship "Arabella" and landed at Salem, June 14.
    • Residence: 1634, Removed to Saybrook, in the colony of Connecticut, with the younger John Winthrop and company.
    • Fact: 1646, Elected a townsman and admitted to the rights accorded freemen
    • Death: 03 Oct 1690

    Notes:

    A long stone of rough granite lies in the ancient burial ground at Wickulequack, almost buried in the turf beneath, and bears the following inscription:

    Here lyeth the body of Lieutenant Thomas Minor
    Aged Eighty three years, departed 1690

    Thomas married Grace PALMER on 29 Apr 1633/4. Grace (daughter of Walter PALMER and Ann/Elizabeth ?) was born in England; died on 31 Dec 1690 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Grace PALMER was born in England (daughter of Walter PALMER and Ann/Elizabeth ?); died on 31 Dec 1690 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Notes:

    "Groups of Palmer Families from Walter Palmer of Charlestown and Rehoboth, Mass., Stonington, Conn. (1901) (NewEnglandAncestors.org)

    Grace Palmer, daughter of Walter and Elizabeth Palmer, was born in England between the years 1608-10. She became a member of the First Church in Charlestown, Middlesex County, Mass., June 1, 1632, at the same time her father and step-mother united with it. She married, in Charlestown, Thomas Minor, who was born in Chew Magne, county Somerset, England, April 23, 1608, and was of the tenth generation in the Minor family. He came in the fleet which bore John Winthrop, future governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which put into port at Cape Ann, now Salem, Essex Co., Mass., Saturday, June 12, 1630.
    Thomas Minor received Lot 18 in the first division of land at Mystic Side, now Charlestown, on the sixth of the first month, 1637. His future father-in-law, Walter Palmer, receiving Lot 15.
    From Charlestown, Thomas Minor migrated, first to Hingham, Plymouth County, where four children were born, thence to Stonington, New London County, Conn., where he bouth a large tract of land lying on the borders of Wequetequack Cove, in 1652, whereon he built his house, having made a brief previous residence in Hingham, Plymouth Co. Mass. going thence to New London in 1645, where he had a grant of one home lot and built a house, but sold the whole to settle at his final abode in Stonington, where he met with some difficulty, by the fact that a grant of three hundred acres of land from the town of New London to Governor Haynes, and sold by the latter to Walter Palmer, being found to cover Minor's lot. He, however, signed the conveyance, qualifying it by the reservation that he should inhabit the place until he should have time to erect another dwelling at Mistupet. He held a very prominent place in all the stirring events which ensued in the settlement of this plantation where he died October 23, 1690. She died October, 1690, and is said to have been born the same year as her husband.

    Children:
    1. John MINER died on 17 Sep 1719 in Woodbury, Litchfield Count, Connecticut.
    2. Clement MINER was christened on 4 Mar 1638 in Hingham, Massachusetts; died in Oct 1700 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    3. Thomas MINER was christened on 10 May 1640 in Hingham, Massachusetts; died on 20 Apr 1662 in Narragansett, Washington Co., Rhode Island; was buried in Narragansett, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
    4. 2. Ephraim MINER was christened on 1 May 1642 in Hingham, Massachusetts; died on 16 May 1724 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    5. Joseph MINER was christened on 25 Aug 1644 in Hingham, Massachusetts; died on 31 Jan 1710/1 in Stonington, Connecticut; was buried in Taugwonk Cemetery, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
    6. Manasseh MINER was born on 28 Apr 1647 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 22 Aug 1728 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    7. Ann MINER was born on 28 Apr 1649 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 13 Aug 1652 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    8. Maria MINER was born on 05 May 1651 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 29 Jan 1660 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    9. Samuel MINER was born on 04 Mar 1652 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; died in 1682.
    10. Hannah MINER was born on 15 Sep 1655 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA.

  3. 6.  Capt James AVERYCapt James AVERY was born about 1620 in Devonshire Co., England (son of Christopher AVERY and Margery STEPHENS); died on 18 Apr 1700 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Avery-Morgan Burial Ground, Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Captain James Avery is often spoken as the founder of the family or clan that we call the Groton Averys. That he was the only child of Christopher Avery is plainly seen by the following entry on the books of the county court of New London, Connecticut, November 24, 1683:

    "Capt. James Avery appearing in this Court and there Declaring himself the only sonn & Heir of his Father Mr. Christopher Avery deceased and that there was neither sonn or Daughter but himself was sole heir and he desiring this court would so constitute him and give him power of administration upon the said estate of his father deceased. This Court having duly considered what hath been alleadged do approve of the same and judge the said Capt. James Avery to be the right and full heir to the said estate and do give him power of administrator to the estate of Mr. Christopher Avery his deceased father,

    Attest Charles Hill rec."

    James Avery came to America with his father and lived at Gloucester for several years. He married November 10, 1643, as appears by the records of Gloucester:

    "James Avery married Joane---- November 10, 1643."
    That her name was Joanne Greenslade is learned from her letter of dismissal from the church at Boston to the one at Gloucester in 1644. The first volume of admissions of the First Church of Boston contains what little information we have been able to glean concerning Joane Greenslade. On page 63 is a list of six names of which hers stands third among the admissions as follows:

    "The 18th day of ye 4th Moneth 1643 Joan Greenslade, a single woman."

    On page 66 of the same volume is an entry showing her dismissal to the church of Gloucester: "the 17th day of ye 1at Moneth 1644 Our Sister Joan greenslade now ye wife of one James Averill of Gloster had granted hir by ye Churches silence Ires of Recomend to ye Church at Gloster."

    She, however, seems to have retained her connection with the First Church at Boston, for on page 97 of the book of admissions is the record:
    "oe Sister Joan Avery with ye Consent of ye whole church was dismist unto ye church of christ at Pekot on ye 31 of ye 6th mo 1651.".....

    He soon became active in military affairs and is generally spoken of by the title of ensign, lieutenant, or captain. The region in which he lived was formerly the chief seat of the formidable Pequot tribe that, a few years before, had been almost exterminated by the English. The Pequot Fort, taken in 1637 by Captain John Mason in command of the Connecticut troops and their Mohegan and Narragansett allies, was on the Mystic River, on the eastern line of Groton. After the Pequot War, a few survivors of that once dreaded tribe still lived in the haunts of their fathers, with the Narragansetts on the east and the Mohegans under their sachem, Uncas, near by on the west. In 1657, the Narragansetts made a wild foray and Uncas fled from the blood and fire that marked their course. He took refuge in a fort and was besieged by his unrelenting foes. but, just in time, "Lieutenant James Avery, Mr. Brewster, Richard Haughton, Samuel Lothrop, and others well armed, succeeded in throwing themselves into the fort; and the Narragansetts, fearing to engage in a conflict with the English, broke up the siege and returned home." The legislature approved the measures that had been taken for the protection of the faithful ally of the English.....

    In 1668, James Avery and Cary Latham were chosen by the town to settle the boundary line with the sachem, Uncas. The L15 that secured the desired formal deed was paid by James Avery and two others in consideration of which each received 200 acres of land from the town. Captain Avery's services seem to have been often called for by the town and by individuals in the settling of such controversies. In 1678, the commissioners, granted Captain Avery five pounds "for his good service in assisting in the government of the Pequots for sundry years."........

    James Avery represented New London as deputy to the general court for many years. The record runs as follows: May, 1659, Oct. 1660; Oct. 1661; Oct., 1664; May and July 1665; May and Oct 1667; April and May 1668; May and Oct., 1669; May, 1675. Oct 1675, he was reported as absent. He was serving his country elsewhere-raising troops for the Indian war that terminated in the great swamp fight of December 19, 1675. We find him again a member of the general court 1676; also May and Oct., 1677; May, 1678; Oct., 1679; Oct., 1680 oct., 1682; May, 1683, May and July, 1684; May and Oct., 1685; Oct., 1686......

    In studying the record of those days, the careful student is strongly impressed with the fact that Capt. 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 took cognizance of affairs that we now call private and interfered in the details of family life and personal relations in a way that would not now be tolerated, 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.

    James married Joanna GREENSLADE on 10 Nov 1643 in Gloucester, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Joanna was born about 1622 in Devonshire Co., England; died on 16 Apr 1693 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut; was buried in Avery-Morgan Cemetery, Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Joanna GREENSLADEJoanna GREENSLADE was born about 1622 in Devonshire Co., England; died on 16 Apr 1693 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut; was buried in Avery-Morgan Cemetery, Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.
    Children:
    1. 3. Hannah AVERY was born on 12 Oct 1644 in Gloucester, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died on 22 Aug 1721 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    2. James AVERY, Jr. was born on 15 Dec 1646 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 22 Aug 1728 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut; was buried in Avery-Morgan Cemetery, Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.
    3. Marie AVERY was born on 19 Feb 1647/48 in Gloucester, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died on 02 Feb 1697/98 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    4. Thomas AVERY was born on 06 May 1651 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 05 Jan 1735/36 in Montville, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    5. John AVERY was born on 10 Feb 1654 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; died after 17 Apr 1724.
    6. Rebecca AVERY was born on 06 Oct 1656 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    7. Jonathan AVERY was born on 05 Jan 1657/58 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; died in Aug 1681 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    8. Christopher AVERY was born on 30 Apr 1661 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 08 Dec 1683 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    9. Capt Samuel AVERY was born on 14 Aug 1664 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 01 May 1723 in Ledyard, New London Co., Connecticut.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Clement MINER was born about 1546 in England (son of William MINER and Isabella HARCOPE); died on 31 Mar 1640 in England.

    Clement married Sarah POPE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Sarah POPE
    Children:
    1. 4. Thomas MINER was born on 23 Apr 1608 in Chew Magna, Somerset, England; died on 23 Oct 1690 in Quiambaug, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Wequetequock Cemetery, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

  3. 10.  Walter PALMER was born after 1585 in Yetminster, Dorset, England; died on 10 Nov 1661 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: 1631, Made a Freeman
    • Residence: 1642, Removed to Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony.
    • Death: 1662

    Walter married Ann/Elizabeth ? about 1615 in England. Ann/Elizabeth was born in England; died in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Ann/Elizabeth ? was born in England; died in England.
    Children:
    1. 5. Grace PALMER was born in England; died on 31 Dec 1690 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    2. John PALMER was born in England; died on 24 Aug 1677 in Kinningworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
    3. William PALMER was born in England.
    4. Jonah PALMER was born in England; died on 22 Jun 1709 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.
    5. Elizabeth PALMER was born in England.

  5. 12.  Christopher AVERY was born in England; died on 12 Mar 1670 in New London, New London Co., Conn..

    Notes:

    Name:
    CHRISTOPHER AVERY, the emigrant ancestor and progenitor of the Avery family, was born in England about 1590. He was a weaver by trade, and came to this country and located at Gloucester, Mass., where he was selectman in 1646, 1652 and 1654.
    His wife did not come to this country. In 1658 he sold lands at Gloucester and removed o Boston, where on the 16th of March, 1658/9 he purchased land, a small lot, about twenty-six by forty-six feet.

    Christopher Avery did not long retain this property, for March 22, 1663, he sold land to Ambrose Dew, for forty pounds. There had evidently been no increase of value in the five years that he had held possession. After being owned by two or three different person, it was bought by Mr. Stackpole about 1790. He now followed his son James to Connecticut, and August 8, 1665, purchased a house, orchard and lot of Robert Burrows in London. He was made freeman of the colony October, 1669.

    Christopher married Margery STEPHENS about 26 Aug 1616 in Ipplepen, Devon, England. Margery was born in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Margery STEPHENS was born in England.
    Children:
    1. 6. Capt James AVERY was born about 1620 in Devonshire Co., England; died on 18 Apr 1700 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Avery-Morgan Burial Ground, Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.