Sarah AVERY

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• Fact: It is supposed that her family name was Avery, and that she was originally of Groton, Conn.

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Note: There are conflicting sources that state who Sarah is. The "Biographical Sketches of the graduates of Yale College" Vol. I, 1732 for Shubael Conant states that he had married as his third wife, Sarah, widow of Samuel West, Jr., of Tolland, Connecticut, and daughter of Ichabod Lathrop. She died very soon, on the 21st of July, 1774. In the same book but Vol. III, 1767-68 under Nathaniel West and Jeremiah West, both state their parents were Judge Zebulon and Sarah (Avery) West. Their mother, Sarah Avery, of Groton,Connecticut, married first Dvid Sluman, of Lebanon; secondly, in 1744 Judge West, who died in 1770; thirdly, in 1774, the Hon. Shubael Conant (Yale 1732), of mansfield, Connecticut, who died in 1775; and fourthly, Captain Joel White, of Bolton, Connecticut.
The source "Memorials of Elder John White, One of The First Settlers of Hartford, Conn., and of His Descendants", in reference to Joel White, pg. 64 and 65, states he married, 4th, 1778, Mrs. Sarah Conant, widow of (Shubael?) Conant, Esq., of Mansfield, Conn. It is supposed that her family name was Avery, and that she was originally of Groton, Conn. Her first husband was David Sluman of Lebanon. Her second husband was Hon. Zebulon West of Tolland.

Family/Spouse: David SLUMAN. David was born in Tolland County, Connecticut; was christened on 3 May 1715; died on 1 Sep 1742 in Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Judge Zebulon WEST on 22 Feb 1744 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut. Zebulon (son of Deacon Francis WEST and Mercy MINER) was born on 16 Mar 1707; died on 04 Dec 1770 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hon. Shubael CONANT, Esq.. Shubael was born on 15 Jul 1711 in Windham, Windham County, Connecticut; died on 16 Sep 1775 in Mansfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Capt Joel WHITE in 1778. Joel (son of Capt Daniel WHITE, Jr. and Anna BISSELL) was born on 6 Apr 1705; died on 28 Jun 1789. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Lucretia WOODBRIDGE on 2 Nov 1771. Lucretia was born about 1752; died in Sept 1816 in East Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He studied medicine, and on the first outbreak of the Revolution, in April, 1775, volunteered for service in the medical department of the army. He continued in this employment until March, 1782, - holding the rank of surgeon's mate until June, 1778, when he was promoted to be full surgeon. he was connected from July, 1775, to the end of 1776 with General Joseph spencer's Connecticut regiment, and after that with Colonel Samuel B. Webb's regiment.

On his resignation from the army he established himself in practice in his native village, and attained the leading position among the physicians of that county.

He took an active part in the organization of the Connecticut Medical Society (in 1792), of which he was Treasurer in 1794, Vice-President in 1803, and President from 1804 until his death.

He was also much in public life. He served as a member of the General Assembly during fourteen sessions between 1785 and 1804, as well as of the convention of 1788 which ratified the Constitution of the United States. After holding for many years a commission as Justice of the Peace, he was for the last thirteen years of his life on the bench of the County Court as a Justice of the Quorum.

He died at his home in Tolland, very suddenly, while sitting at the tea-table, on October 18 1806, in his 54th year.
Dr. West is said to have been full six feet in height, with a large and well-proportioned frame, and to have become so corpulent in later life that he weighted about 350 pounds and seemed to shake the ground as he walked. In social life he was cheerful and humorous, and peculiarly companionable and agreeable in his family.

He received the honorary degree of M.D. from this College in 1804.