Susannah PALMES

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• Immigration: 1679, To Boston

Susannah married Capt Samuel AVERY on 25 Oct 1686. Samuel (son of Capt James AVERY and Joanna GREENSLADE) was born on 14 Aug 1664 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 01 May 1723 in Ledyard, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonathan married Preserved SMITH in 1718 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. Preserved was born in 1690 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William's wife, Mary, descended from the leading families of Nobility and Royalty of England. She was a direct descendant of King Edward III of England, and of thirteen former kings, prior to King Edward's reign.

She also was a member of the illustrious family of the Lords of De la Warr, who were connected with the early settlement of America. Sir Thomas West, 3d Lord De La Warr, and his brother, John, both were among the early Governors of the Virginia Colony. Her great-grandfather, General John Humphrey, a lawyer by profession, was one of the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Colony's first Deputy Governor. He was prominent in the foundation of Cambridge College, familiarly known today as Harvard University.

Mary's father, Capt. Samuel Avery, was the son of Capt. James Avery and Joanna (Greenslade), and grandson of Christopher Avery, progenitor of the Avery family in New England. He was born Aug. 14, 1664, and on Oct. 25 1686, married Susannah Palmes, dau. of William Palmes and Ann (Humphrey), of Swanzey, Mass. Capt. Samuel Avery operated a large farm and was chosen moderator upon the legal organization of the town of Groton in 1704, and its first townsman at the first town meeting in 1705, an office which he held until his death, which occurred May 1, 1723. Records show that he is buried about a mile northeast of the Seth Williams' farm in Ledyard, Conn. on a farm of CH. Stanton.

Mary married William WALWORTH on 16 Jan 1720 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. William (son of William WALWORTH and Mary Abigail SEATON) was born in Jan 1694 in Fisher's Island, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 17 May 1774 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Christopher Avery was an important man in the colony. He became town clerk after the death of his father and held the office over forty years, until his own death in 1768. April 27, 1736, he was one of a committee to prepare a memorial to the general assembly asking for a more commodious ferry. In October, 1736, he and his brother, Humphrey, with others, petitioned against the officers chosen for the northeast company of Groton. Among the reasons given for their objection were that some of the officers were young men; that some belonged to the church of England; that the church at Groton was having trouble about the church of England. The general assembly, however, confirmed the officer (Military Docs., 2:269). The general assembly commissioned him captain of the second company of the Groton train-band, 1735; lieutenant-colonel of the eight militia, 1739, and colonel of the sam regiment, 1746, (Conn. Col. Rec., 8:3, 280 & 9:256), succeeding Ebenezer Avery. In 1739, he was appointed on a committee to get ten good cannons, guns for a sloop, and gunpowder for new London, for coast defense; they were authorized to spend 1100 pounds for that purpose. In October, 1755, he was on a committee to get new carriages for the New London cannons; in march, 1756, he was one of the committee to receive and transport all warlike supplies to Lake George in the war against the French.....

He was equally prominent in other lines. He was deputy from Groton, 1736 to 1764 inclusive, and was speaker in 1751. He was justice of the peace from 1732 to 1768 and, during many of the terms, made one of the quorum. He was a member of the committee to audit the books of the colony in 1744 and 1746. he had some modern ideas concerning taxation for, in conjunction with his brother, Humphrey, and Christopher Avery of the North Parish, he petitioned the general assembly that the unimproved lands should be taxed. he was one of the first proprietors of the Susquehanna company, having become one in 1754.

The tombstones of Christopher Avery and his first wife are standing in the Starr cemetery, Groton.

Mary, wife of Christopher Avery died August 14, 1754, in the 56 year of her age.

Christopher Avery, Esq., Colonel of the 8th regiment of militia, departed this life, Jan'y 17, 1768, aged 71 years.

Christopher married Mary LATHAM on 25 Jun 1719 in Groton, New London, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of William LATHAM and Hannah MORGAN) was born on 18 Feb 1698/9 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut; died on 14 Aug 1754 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut; was buried in Starr Cemetery, Groton, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Humphrey Avery was a freeman of Groton. In deeds given and received, he called himself a carpenter. He was justice of the peace for New London County, 1733, 1737, 1740, 1742, and as such was ordered, with others, "To perambulate the dividend boundary line" between Connecticut and Rhode Island and to set up the monuments. He was deputy from Groton from 1733 to 1735 inclusive, 1738, 740, 1741, 1743 (Conn. Col. Rec., 7: 403, 4420, 424, 464, 482, 545 & 8:28, 81, 159, 188, 224, 551). He was deacon, 1730; tythingman, 1730; lister, 1732; selectman, 1736. February 12, 1738, he was appointed to defend Groton's rights at the ferry. May 5, 1741, he and Christopher Avery were members of a committee to collect money from the sale of western lands belonging to the town. In 1747, he was deputy from Preston, to which place he had moved about 1745. He called himself of Preston, FEb. 4, 1750, at which time he sold land in a new township north of Wendellstown, Mass., to Bartholomew Arthur; Feb. 13, 1751, he sold land in the same township to John Maclewean; also to Daniel Lothrop and to Obadiah Gore (Springfield Deeds, U:150, 337 & X:542, 544). He was one of the Susquehanna company, Wyoming Valley, n the Susquehanna River, was purchased by the Connecticut Susquehanna Company fro the Six Nations in 1754. In 1769, a body of forty connecticut pioneers came to this region, but found the Pennsylvanians on the ground, the Indians having sold them the same tract the year before. From that time until the Revolution the conflicts between the two parties were numerous and bitter. Humphrey Avery and all of his sons owned shares in this company.

Humphrey Avery bought a large tract of land in Winthrop's Patent, Long Island, stretching four miles along South Bay and extending seven miles back into the interior. Becoming involved in debt by fire and sickness, he procured the passage of an act by the New York legislature in 1756, authorizing him to dispose of his lands by lottery to pay his debts. The estate was appraised at L6,900. There were in the lottery 1,616 prizes to 6,384 blanks, making 8,000 tickets sold at 30 shillings each. There were 1,580 cash prizes at L8 each; the land was cut into thirty-six parts, each of which was a land prize. The tract abounded in pine timber with a fine range for sheep and cattle; was divided by creeks into seven necks, Pine Neck, Swan Creek Neck, Pachoug Neck, Short Neck, Smith Neck, Tooker's Neck, and Blue Point Neck. It had on it four houses, a grist mill, and a saw mill.

In 1762, Humphrey Avery bought of Col. John Henry Lydius one seventy-sixth part of township 16, at Otter Creek, where it empties itself into lake Champlain. The price was one shilling in hand, and annually, for twenty years, one pepper corn; the improvement of the land within the twenty years; and after that five shillings for each hundred acres of arable land to be paid to Lydius or his heirs or assigns annually forever.

Humphrey Avery's wife died Sept 20, 1763, Groton. He married 2d, Martha Coit, dau. of the Rev. Joseph and Experience (Wheeler) Coit, b. about 1713. At the time of his second marriage he was living in Windham. he was one of the grantees of Chiswick, 1764 (new Hampshire State Papers, vol. 25:260). His wife became a member of the Separatist Church of Preston, April 13, 1777.

Humphrey married Jerusha MORGAN on 01 Feb 1723/24 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. Jerusha (daughter of William MORGAN and Margaret AVERY) was born on 14 Jan 1703/4 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 20 Sep 1763 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Martha COIT. Martha (daughter of Joseph COIT, Jr. and Experience WHEELER) was born in 1713. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: 6 Jun 1721, She deeded land in Groton, Connecticut

Waitstill married Deborah WILLIAMS on 18 Sep 1729 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. Deborah was born in 1712 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 15 Mar 1729/30 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Waitstill married Margaret CHILD on 2 Dec 1730 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Margaret was born on 26 May 1706 in Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts ; died on 13 Sep 1773 in Griswold, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]