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1730 - 1807 (77 years)
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Name |
Peter AVERY [2, 3] |
- Peter Avery was a missionary to the Indians in western New York. He was a deacon of the Baptist church of Groton for fifty years. He was surveyor of the town; selectman, 1778 to 1782, 1787, in which period the town passed many patriotic measures. He was one of the committee of six who were ordered, Dec. 22, 1775, to direct the work on Fort Griswold. In 1787, as one of the selectmen of Groton, he petitioned the legislature for the remission of a fine of L60, for being short four men on the town's quota of soldiers in 1781, for the reason that it was not possible, so many being absent in the service on the seas and in the sea-coast defense, and Sept. 6, 1781, "about 70 men were killed and many wounded and carried away prisoners." They were "allowed only such remission of the fine as would come out of the sufferers who have had taxes abated" (Conn. State Archives, and Allyn's Battle of Groton Heights, p. 14).
Peter and wife, mary, are buried in the Niles burying-ground at Groton Center. [1]
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Prefix |
Deacon |
Birth |
22 Feb 1730 |
Groton, New London County, Connecticut [1] |
Christening |
22 Mar 1730 |
First Church of Groton [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
16 Dec 1807 |
Groton, New London County, Connecticut [1] |
Person ID |
I72975 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
28 Aug 2020 |
Father |
Deacon James AVERY, b. 27 May 1697/98, Groton, New London Co., Connecticut d. 02 May 1759, Groton, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 60 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Elizabeth SMITH, b. 17 Nov 1700, Groton, New London Co., Connecticut d. 17 Apr 1761, Groton, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 60 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Marriage |
13 Dec 1719 |
Groton, New London Co., Connecticut [4] |
Family ID |
F02984 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 2 |
Hannah WOODBRIDGE, b. 19 Jan 1742/3, Upper Mystic, Connecticut d. 8 Apr 1831, Ledyard, Connecticut (Age 88 years) |
Marriage |
28 Aug 1800 [2, 3] |
Family ID |
F29548 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
28 Aug 2020 |
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Sources |
- [S5684] Elroy McKendree Avery and Catharine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, "The Groton Avery Clan".
- [S5682] Reginald Wellington Walworth, "Walworth-Walsworth Genealogy" 1689-1962 Descendants Male & Female of William Walworth & Mary Abigail Seaton.
- [S11979] Marston Watson, Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry Vol. IV Pelham-Avery-West.
- [S03412] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Griswold and Groton.
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