Amos AVERY

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Amos Avery served for two years in the Revolution as matross under Capt. William Latham, and was wounded in the battle of Fort Griswold, Sept. 6, 1781. He d. April 16, 1831. His widow applied for a pension, Oct. 22, 1836; it was granted.

Amos married Mary AVERY on 16 Feb 1777 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. Mary (daughter of Humphrey AVERY and Mary BALDWIN) was born on 19 Apr 1748. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The date of the birth of John Avery is given as above in accordance with the record printed in Sweet's "The Averys of Groton, p. 325, but the records of the Second Church of the North Parish (Montville) show the baptism of a Jonathan, son of Samuel, Jan. 20, 1722/3. It is very possible that this Jonathan was identical with John Avery, and that he was b. Feb. 14, 1722, and bap. Jan 20, 1723. He died Aug 21, 1790. In his will, dated at Groton, June 30, 1790, he mention3ed wife, Prudence; sons, Jon, Amos, and Samuel' dau., Hannah. She d. Dec 8, 1790. In hr will, made Sept. 16, 1790, she mentioned dau., Hannah Avery; son, John and his wife, Mary; son Amos, and his wife, Mary; son, Samuel.

John married Prudence MINOR on 27 Mar 1745 in Stoninginton, Connecticut. Prudence (daughter of Thomas MINOR and Hannah AVERY) was born on 6 Dec 1719 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 8 Dec 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary (Smith) Raymond, in her will before referred to, made May 8, 1705, mentioned Elizabeth Avery, dau. of "my cousin Martha Ransford deceased." Jonathan Ransford was b. July 26, 1661, at Boston, the child of Jonathan and Mary (Sunderland) Ransford. On April 2, 1698, John Sunderland deeded to Elizabeth Ransford, only child of Jonathan Ransford, late of Boston, mariner certain lands "when she shall be 21 or marry" (Suffolk Deeds, 16:182). February 16, 1702, Samuel Avery, cordwainer, and Elizabeth, his wife, only child of Jonathan Ransford, sold her right in land owned by Jonathan Ransford for L125 to John Sunderland (Suffolk Deeds, 21:171).

Samuel Avery called himself husbandman when, in conjunction with his brother Thomas, he sold land in Pochange, Oyster River quarter, to Samuel Chapman, June 5, 1706 ( Saybrook Deeds). In 170, he bought of Jonathan Rogers, twenty acres of land, house and orchard, on the north side of Saw-mill Brook, in Mohegan (Montville) (Henry Baker's History of Montville, p. 93). He probably lived and died on this place. He and Adonijah Fitch owned pew No. 8, in the original church erected in Montville.

In his will dated Feb. 22, 1749/50, New London, NOrth Parish, Samuel Avery mentioned wife Elizabeth; sons, John and Ephraim; daughters Martha, Elizabeth, Alethea, Hannah, Anna, and Mary; "Children of my son Ransford deceased, five shillings to each of them and to his son Samuel who now lives with me I give fifty pounds money old tenor" (New London Wills, F:56), He died Feb. 25, 1749/50 at Montville, His widow died Sept 9, 1761 at Montville.

Samuel married Elizabeth RANSFORD on 23 Jun 1702 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth died on 9 Sep 1761 in Montville, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Jonathan and Martha Ransford

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• Fact: Son of Manasseh Minor and Lydia More

Thomas married Hannah AVERY on 26 Dec 1706 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA. Hannah (daughter of Thomas AVERY and Hannah MINER) was born on 4 May 1686; was christened on 16 Apr 1688 in Stonington, Connecticut; died on 9 Dec 1762 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Thomas Avery may have lived for a short time at Stonington, but most of his life was spent at New London, first on the east side of the river in what is now Groton, and later in the North Parish, now called Montville. May 12, 1681, he was made a freeman of New London; May, 1693, he was commissioned captain of the train band on the east side of the river, New London; in 1694, he was deputy to the general court.....

Thomas Avery received his share of his grandfather's estate by deed from his father, James Avery, April 1, 1685, and three weeks later sold it to his brother, Samuel. He also owned other land in New London. He was in the King Philip war of 1675, and, for his services, had lot No. 10 of arable land and lot No. 154 of cedar swamp allotted to him in Voluntown. He was in the ill-fated Fitz-John Winthrop expedition of 1690 which was to advance from Albany by way of Lake Champlain to Montreal. In his diary, Winthrop gives an account of the difficulties that they encountered. under the date of Aug. 4, 1690, is found the following:

"I consulted with the officers & twas concluded to march forwards, & then devided our provition, wch was about 35 cakes of bread for each souldr, besides port, which was scarce eateavle. At this post (Saratoge) I left Liut Tho. Avery with some souldrs to gaurd our porvition to us wch was coming vp the river" (The Winthrop Papers, Massachusetts Hist. Col., Fifth Series, 8:314)"

For an account of this expedition, see Avery's HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES AND ITS PEOPLE, vol. 3, pages 263, 264.

The latter part of his life he lived near the Mohegan India reservation. On the 22d of June, 1720, Capt. Thomas Avery and his brother Capt. James Avery were appointed interpreters for the Mohegans in the suit then pending before the governor and council. In 1721, Caezer, the sachem of the Mohegans, conveyed to Thomas Avery 160 acres of land in consideration of the kindness shown them by Captain Avery and his family. Upon this land Thomas Avery lived; the house he built there is still standing. About ten years before his death, in consideration of love and good will and on account of the infirmities of age, he conveyed this land to his son, Abraham.

The last entry of accessions to the church of New London during Mr. Bradstreet's ministry reads: "Sept. 10, 1682, Thomas Avery and wife were added to the Church." They were among the organizers of the church of the North Parish, afterward called Montville. Their names appear first on the list of original covenanters. Before the North Parish could enjoy religious services, a long-standing quarrel had to be settled. October, 1721, the parish petitioned the general court for liberty to form a separate church. The first name on the petition was that of Thomas Avery, the third was that of Abraham Avery. (Connecticut Ecclesiastical Archives, 2:251). Finally, Jan. 17, 1721, it was agreed that the meeting-house should stand on Raymond Hill, land being given for the purpose. In his church record, Mr. James Hillhouse, the first minister, says:

"I was installed October the 3d day, 1722.
Mr. Adams preached from Acts 16:9. There were seven that belonged to the Church at my installment- Capt. Avery, Capt. Denison, Mr. Nathl Otis, Mr. Allen, Mr. Vibber, Charles Campbell and one Deacon."

Thomas married Hannah MINER on 22 Oct 1677 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA. Hannah (daughter of Thomas MINER and Grace PALMER) was born on 15 Sep 1655 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Manasseh married Lydia MOORE on 26 Sep 1670 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA. Lydia was born in 1650; died on 12 Aug 1720 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]