James Avery

Bef 1621 - 1700  (> 78 years)

• Name	James Avery
  Alternate birth	1620	England   [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	Bef 22 Apr 1621  [4]
  Baptism	22 Apr 1621	Wolborough, Devon, England   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Apr 1700	Groton, New London, Connecticut   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Burial	Avery-Morgan Burial Ground, Groton, New London, Connecticut   [8]
  Person ID	I7600	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Christopher Avery,   b. Abt 1590, Ipplepen, Devon, England d. 12 Mar 1679, New London, New London, Connecticut (Age ~ 89 years)
  Mother	Margery Abraham   d. Bef 21 Aug 1626
  Marriage	28 Aug 1616	Abbotskerwell, Devon, England   [4]
  Family ID	F5322	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joanna Greenslade,   b. Bef 4 Feb 1622   d. Bef 8 Oct 1697 (Age < 75 years)
  Marriage	10 Nov 1643	Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts   [4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
  Children	+ 1. James Avery,   b. 16 Dec 1646, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts d. 22 Aug 1728, Groton, New London, Connecticut (Age 81 years) + 2. Mary Avery,   b. 19 Feb 1648, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts d. 2 Feb 1708, Stonington, New London, Connecticut (Age 59 years) + 3. Thomas Avery,   b. 6 May 1651, New London, New London, Connecticut d. 5 Jan 1737, Montville, New London, Connecticut (Age 85 years) + 4. John Avery,   b. 10 Feb 1654, New London, New London, Connecticut d. Aft 17 Apr 1724 (Age > 70 years)
  Family ID	F3394	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2024

  
  

• Notes

  "In the Indian wars of his period he bore an active and foremost part, ranking as captain. He was in charge of the three towns, New London, Stonington, and Lyme, during King Philip's War, and in the stubborn fight at South Kingston, Rhode Island, Sunday, December 19, 1695, against the Narragansetts, he commanded the friendly Pequot Indians. He was equally prominent in civil life, serving as selectman twenty years, was commissioner of the peace, twelve times elected member of the General Court, and filled many temporary positions on committees and commissions. [A Modern History of New London County, Connecticut, citation details below.] Early settler of Stonington. A memorial bust of him sits atop a column in Avery Memorial Park in Groton, on Poquonnock Road just south of US highway 1.

  
  

• Sources

  [S656] A Modern History of New London County, Connecticut ed. Benjamin Tinkham Marshall. Volume III. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1922. [S3763] Babcock and Allied Families by Louis Effingham De Forest. New Haven, Connecticut: De Forest Publishing Co., 1928. [S2280] The Granberry Family and Allied Families, Including the Ancestry of Helen (Woodward) Granberry based on data compiled by and for Edgar Francis Waterman and compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus. Hartford, Connecticut: Edgar F. Waterman, 1945. [S3332] The Avery Family: The Ancestors and Descendants of Christopher Avery by Maureen A. Taylor, with contributions by Julie Helen Otto. Boston: Newbury Street Press, 2004. [S119] Ancestors and Descendants of Andrew Lee and Clarinda Knapp Allen by Gerald R. Fuller. Esther Fuller Dial, ed. The Andrew Lee Allen Family Organization, 1952. [S657] The Groton Averys, Christopher and James, The Founders of the Family by Elroy M. Avery. 1893. [S7190] The Groton Avery Clan by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcok (Tilden) Avery. Volume I. Cleveland, 1912. [S1406] Findagrave.com page for Joanna Greenslade Avery. [S119] Ancestors and Descendants of Andrew Lee and Clarinda Knapp Allen by Gerald R. Fuller. Esther Fuller Dial, ed. The Andrew Lee Allen Family Organization, 1952., says Boston. [S656] A Modern History of New London County, Connecticut ed. Benjamin Tinkham Marshall. Volume III. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1922., date only. [S657] The Groton Averys, Christopher and James, The Founders of the Family by Elroy M. Avery. 1893., says Boston. [S2280] The Granberry Family and Allied Families, Including the Ancestry of Helen (Woodward) Granberry based on data compiled by and for Edgar Francis Waterman and compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus. Hartford, Connecticut: Edgar F. Waterman, 1945., says Boston. [S3763] Babcock and Allied Families by Louis Effingham De Forest. New Haven, Connecticut: De Forest Publishing Co., 1928., says Boston. [S4165] Some Colonial Families: Avery, Brewster, Mills, Morgan, Smith, Starr, Stewart, Tracy by Eloise M. Roberts. Avard, Oklahoma, 1926., says Boston.