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GENEALOGICAL     RECORD 


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THE    DEDHAM     BRANCH 


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THE   AVERY    FAMILY 


IN     AMERICA. 


COMPILED    BY 


Jane  G.  (Avery)  Carter  and  Susie   P.   Holme^j 


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PUBLISHED    BY 


WiNSLow  W.  Avery,  Plymouth,  Mass. 


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INTRODUCTORY. 


TN  presenting  these  Eecords  to  those  interested  in  the 
^  genealogy  of  the  Avery  famih',  as  descended  from  Dr. 
William  Avery  of  Dedham,  Mass.,  the  compilers  wish  to 
say  that  we  do  not  offer  it  as  a  complete  record  of  all  the 
lines  and  branches  formed  by  inter-marriages,  yet  we  have 
endeavored  to  make  perfectly  accurate  all  to  which  we  could 
obtain  any  clew.  While  we  respect  the  feeling  which  would 
not  hasten  the  close  of  a  genealogical  work,  we  still  feel, 
that  having  availed  ourselves  of  every  source  of  information 
we  have  had  presented  to  us,  our  work  may  properly  be 
considered  as  finished,  though,  from  the  very  nature  of 
things,  it  is  impossible  to  bring  a  genealogical  record  to  a 
well-rounded  close.  In  regard  to  facts  and  authentic  records 
concerning  the  origin  of  our  Dedham  ancestor,  Dr.  William 
Avery,  we  are  probably  in  possession  of  all  that  will  ever 
be  known,  as  investigations  through  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Walter 
Titus  Avery,  of  New  York  city,  have  resulted  in  ascertaining 
his  home  to  have  been  in  Barkham,  England,  with  the 
parish  record  of  the  baptisms  of  his  three  children  there, 
and  the  wills  ^ — presumably, —  of  both  his  father  and  great- 
grandfather. With  the  great-grandfather  —  Robert  Avery^  — 
we  commence  our  genealogy,  the  latest  generation  given  in 
our  pages  being  the  thirteenth  from  him. 

While  we  date  from  Robert  A  very  ^  of  Pill,  Eng.,  as  our 
earliest  known  ancestor,  it  may  be  proper  to  say  that  we 
have  not  undeniable — though  strongly  presumable — evidence 
that  he  was  the   great-grandfather  of  Dr.  William  Avery. 


AVEEY   GENEALOGY 


The  presumption  is,  that  the  graudson  Robert,  mentioned 
in  the  will  —  as  the  sou  of  his  sou  William  —  was  Robert 
of  Wokingham,  father  of  Dr.  William,  and  this  has  much 
weight  from  the  mention  of  his  sister.  Prudence  Chamjnon, 
and  his  brother,  WilUaru,  of  Coiigreshurie,  and  John  Champion 
in  the  will.  Mr.  W.  T.  Avery  says:  "In  1872  the  parish 
registers  at  Wokingham  were  found  to  have  been  de- 
stroyed." 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  supposed  pedigree  of  Dr. 
William  Averv : 


"William 
of  Cougresbur}' 

Jacob. 


Robert 
of  Pill 


Prudence 
John  Champion 


W^illiam 
Robert 


"?  of  Woldn^-ham 


William 


Richard 
=  Joane 


Robert 


Thomas 


Frances." 


For  these  and  other  earlv  records  we  wish  to  acknowledge 
•our  very  great  indebtedness  to  Mr.  Walter  Titus  Avery,  of 
New  York  cit}',  Avho  kindly  })laced  in  our  hands  his  valuable 
books  of  records,  which  he  had  labored  assiduously  for 
many  years  to  collect,  l)y  extensive  research  both  in  England 
and  in  this  country.  Mr.  Avery  is  a  lineal  descendant  —  a 
great-grandson — of  Rev.  Ephraim  Avery'  <»f  Rrooklyn,  Conn., 
second  son  of  Rev.  John  Averv''  of  Truro,  Mass. 


AVEEY    GENEALOGY. 


Our  tliauks  are  also  due  to  Mr.  Samuel  P.  Avery,  of  New 
York  city — tlie  well-known  art  dealer — in  tlie  matter  of  cuts 
and  interesting  records;  to  Mr.  John  E.  Sanborn,  also  of 
New  York,  a  lineal  descendant  of  Kev.  John''  on  the  mater- 
nal side ;  to  Capt.  Frank  Kidder  Upham,  of  IT.  S.  Cavalry, 
now  at  Fort  Custer,  Montana,  and  Mrs.  H.  N.  Abbott,  of 
Winterport,  Me.,  both  lineal  descendants  of  Major  Thatcher 
Avery^'',  who  went  from  Truro,  Mass.,  to  Castine,  Me.,  in  early 
life.  "We  would  also  acknowledge  favors  from  Mr.  Calvin 
Tilden  Phillips,  of  South  Hanover,  Mass.,  a  descendant  of 
another  branch  of  the  Dedham  Averys,  Mrs.  Elro^^  M.  Avery,, 
of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  of  the  same  family;  Mr.  Homer 
D.  L.  Sweet,  who  has  long  been  engaged  on  a  genealogy  of 
the  Groton  Averys;  Mr.  Kichard  Savage,  Librarian  of 
Shakespeare's  Birthplace,  Strafford,  Eng.,  who  kindly  made 
researches  for  us ;  also  Piich's  History  of  Truro,  and  Free- 
man's History  of  Cape  Cod. 

THE  COMPILERS. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY 


DERIVATION   AND    SIGNIFICANCE  OF 

THE  NAME. 


I 


N  searching-  for   the    original   meaning   of    the   name   of 
Avery,    Ave    find    the    following    in    the    " Patronymica 
Brittanica" :  — 

"  AvEKY  —  A  name  credited  with  an  origin  from  several  sources. 

I.  Aviarins  —  A  keeiu-r  of  birds,  as  "avyries  of  sparhavvks, 
falcons,  eagles  and  herons,"  mentioned  in  the  Forest  Charter. 
Sec.  14. 

II.  AvEUY  —  The  place  where  forage  for  the  king's  horses  was 
kept,  derived  either  from  Aoena,  oats,  (Lat.)  or  Haver,  oats, 
(Anglo  Norman)  or  Aver,  a  northern  provincialism  for  a  working 
horse. 

III.  Alberic  —  German  personal  name,  latinized,  Albericus, 
and  softened  in  Norman  times  to  Aubrey. 

Other  authorities  give  substantially  the  same  derivations. 
The  name  Auviary  and  Auvrey  are  very  common  in  Nor- 
mandy as  far  back  as  1200.  A  book  on  the  Gentry  of 
Kormand}^  has  a  long  list  of  Auvrays.  We  give  a  few  of 
these,  abridged  from  the  original :  — 

AuvRAY —  14G3  —  Monfaut. 

Guillaume  —  (  William)  Auvray. 

Auvray  {Jean)  John  — 1470. 

Auvray  —  (Jacques)  James  —  son  of  Cyprien  — 1589. 

Jean  Auvraj'  — 1598. 

Phillipe  Auvray  — 1G34. 

There  are  several  other  names  in  this  record,  which  is  in 
the  original  French,  Francois,  Rolert,  MicJiel  and  Jean,  or 
John,  the  latter  recurring  frequently. 

The  different  persons  named  seem  to  have  been  mostly  of 
high  rank,  though  there  is  an  allusion  to  one  in  particular 


8  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

who  was  "not  found  noble."  To  several  marks  of  favor  were 
granted,  such  as  being  raised  to  places  of  distinction,  and 
to  others  coats  of  arms,  the  description  of  which,  though 
similar  in  some  points,  does  not  agree  with  that  in  possession 
of  Dr.  William,  our  ancestor. 

THE  AVERY  NAME  IN  ENGLAND. 

1T7REQUENT  mention  is  made  of  the  Averv  name,  in  differ- 
ent  parish  records  of  baptisms  in  England,  spelled  vari- 
ously Abrie,  Averie,  and  Avery,  and  of  marriage  licenses,  one, 
in  particular,  noticeable  from  the  fact  that  the  groom,  Dudley 
Avery,  was  a  son  of  the  Right  Worshipful  Samuel  Avery, 
Alderman  of  London.  But  these  records,  though  interesting 
to  the  genealogist,  throw  no  light  on  the  (question  of  our 
.own  relationship  to  the  parties  named. 

The  following  of  ancient  date  is  from  the  Deaner}*  of 
Trigg  Minor.     By  MacLeon  :  — 

1466,  Aug.  22.  John  Avery  was  mentioned  as  living  in  tlie 
parish  of  St.  P^ndellion,  Cornwall.  Henry  Avery  also  held  land 
in  the  same  parish. 

"After  1543,  a  viessuar/e  in  Trewiggett,  Cornwall,  was  in  the 
possession  of  Richard  Averye.  ("A  mestmarje  was  a  dwelling 
house,  with  adjacent  hnildinos.  and  lands  for  the  use  of  the  house- 
hold."—He/As/e/-.) 

In  1603,  a  boundary  of  Tintaget,  Cornwall,  was  signed  by 
William  Avery  and  others.  Thomas  Avery  was  mayor  of  the 
same  place,  in  1605,  William  in  1746,  Richard  in  1801. 

The  name  of  Avery,  according  to  nn^moraiida  from  Lon- 
don, "Notes  and  Queries,"  is  found  at  Bodmin,  Cornwall, 
Eng.,  at  an  early  date,  (and  exists  there  at  the  present  time) 
as  early  as  1810,  in  which  year  Tliomas  Avery  was  associa- 
ted with  others  in  a  suit  concerning  500  acres  of  land,  at 
Halgrave,  near  Bod  nil  n. 


AVEEY    GENEALOGY.  9) 

111  the  year  1544,  Micliael  Avery  was  mayor  of  Bodmin. 
The  parish  registers  commence  in  1559,  and  the  name  o£ 
Avery  is  among  the  first  found  tlierein. 

There  have  also  been  found  records  of  baptisms,  marriages^ 
and  deaths,  as  follows:  — 

l.')60  —  Joluin.  dan.  of  Thomas  Avery,  baptized  May  2fitli. 

1563  —  Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  Avery,  baptized  . 

156'J  —  Walter  Averye  and  Origo  AYilliams,  married  Sept.  Gth. 
lofi9  —  Michael  Avery  was  buried  Se[)t.  2Sth. 
John   Avery,  of  Bodmin,   married  Isoult  Barry,   of  Wynscote,. 
Devonshire,  dan.  of  Jolni  Barry,  who  died  1538.- 

Mr.  Walter  T.  Aver}^  adds  to  these  memoranda  the  fol- 
lowing, obtained  by  Miss  Grace  King,,  now  Mrs.  Steele,, 
(daughter  of  Mrs.  Lucy  x4.verv  King,  whose  photograph  will 
be  found  in  these  pages)  on  a  recent  visit  to  England:  — 

"At  Dowland  N.  Devon,  may  I)e  found  the  following  inscrip- 
tions "  :  — 

•"Here  lyeth  the  body  of  MargarettStofford,  the  weif  of  Thomas- 
Stofford  Gent,  mother  of  Robert  Aveiy,  wh  .  died  the  3rd  of 
Sept..  anno  dni.  IGOO. 

"Here  lyeth  the  bodie  of  Johane  Avery,  the  second  weif  of 
Robert  Avery,  who  died  the  xxiiiith  of  Sept.,  anno  dm'ni,  1612. 

"Here  lyeth  the  bodie  of  Thomasine  Avery,  the  first  weif  of 
Robert  Avery,  who  died  the  xxvtii  Aprill.  anno  dm'ni,  1601. 

pp:digree  of  stofford. 

Robert  S.  ==  Elizabeth  d  &  h  of  Menwhenuyke. 


John  =  Mai-gery  Thomas=^Iargaret,  wiidom 

Ascot.  of  Acerj/  al)ove, 

Mr.  W.  T.  Avery  in  commenting  ujDon  the  pedigree,  says ; 
"I  cannot  connect  the  above  names.  Their  arms  are  those 
of  Dr.  William  xlvery  of  Dedham,  Mass." 


10  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

The  Dame  Aver//  is  also  found  in  the  will  of  Agnes  Ardeu, 
(mother  of  Mary  Shakespeare,  and  graudmother  of  William 
Shakespeare)  widow  of  Robert  Arden  of  Wilmscote  parish 
of  Artou  (three  miles  from  Stratford).  lu  this  document, 
dated  1584,  she  gives  Avery  Fuhvood  two  sheep.  John 
Fnlwood  married  an  aunt  of  William  Shakespeare.  (Malone's 
Shakespeare.) 

Hon.  William  Avery,  of  Michigan,  who  supposes 
himself  to  be  a  descendant  of  the  Devonshire  Avervs, 
writes :  "  In  a  residence  of  two  or  three  years  in  England,  I 
met  with  some  facts  that  would  tend  to  prove  that  Averv 
was  the  name  of  an  extensive  family,  or  of  some  influential 
people.  I  found  "Avery  lane"  in  London,  and  "Avery 
street"  in  Birmingham.  I  found  also  a  record  in  the  history 
of  Westminster  Abbey,  showing  that  sometime  in  the  fif- 
teenth or  sixteenth  century,  Lady  Elizabeth  Averv  of 
Devonshire,  was  buriod  there." 

It  may  yet  l)e  ])roved  that  the  Avervs  of  Somerset  and 
those  of  Devonshire  had  a  common  ancestor.  It  is  hoped 
that  investigations  now  being  made  preliminary  to  the  pub- 
lication of  a  history  of  the  Groton  Averj's,  may  settle  this 
23oint.  Certainly,  if  inherited  traits  of  character,  showing 
in  the  generations  of  each  line,  may  prove  it,  we  have  strong 
presumptive  evidence  in  the  similarity  of  the  two.  Tlie 
indomitable  courage,  and  perseverance,  the  strong  good 
sense,  liigh  purpose,  and  intellectu;d  force  that  were  promi- 
nent characteristics  of  the  early  Averys,  (descendants  of 
Christopher)  wlio  came  with  the  Winthro})  colony  to  New 
England  in  K)))!),  wen^  no  less  marked  in  the  William  Avery, 
who  came  at  a  later  <late — IfioO — to  Dt'dliani,  and  in  his  ])os- 
terity,  in  which  liave  always  l)een  found,  from  that  time  till 
the  ])respnt,  men  wlio  liave  not  only  "made  tlieii'  mark"  in 
the  conntrA-  b\-  tlieir  native  I'oi'ce  of  character,  l)ut  by   their 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  11 


iiequirements   in   science,   in    letters,   and  in    political    and 
social  economy. 

COAT    OF   ARMS. 

There  are  several  descriptions  of  coats  of  arms,'^'  said  to 
belong  to  the  name  of  Avery,  but  the  picture  in  oils,  owned 
by  Mrs.  Lucy  Avery  King,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  recently 
deceased,  seems  to  be  the  true  one  of  Avery  of  Somerset  — 
as  it  descended  directly  to  her  from  Dr.  William  Avery,  who 
brought  it  from  England.  Mrs.  King  had  the  colors  restored, 
and  the  painting  "framed  as  she  remembered  it  to  have 
been  in  her  childhood,  except  that  it  was  black."  The  fol- 
lowing is  the  description: —  , 

"Arms  —  Gules,  a  chevron  l^etweeu  three  besants  or, 
crest,  two  lion's  jambs,  or,  supporting  besant." 


EARLY  HOME  OF  AVERYS  IN  ENGLAND. 

T>EF0IIE  entering  upon  the  subject  of  this  chapter  we 
wish  to  say  that  we  have  followed  a  course  which  seemed 
most  clear  and  convenient  in  marking  the  distinctions  of  the 
several  l)ranches  of  the  family.  We  have,  for  example,  after 
giving  the  names  and  births  of  the  children  of  a  certain 
marriage  in  their  proper  order,  taken  the  oldest  child  of 
the  list,  and  gone  through  with  his  or  her  entire  family, 
including  all  marriages,  down  to  the  latest  birth  in  the  line, 
then  taking  the  second,  and  so  on  to  the  last.  By  making- 
proper  divisions,  and  sub-divisions,  we  think  Ave  have  the 
families  kept  distinctly  before  the  reader,  so  that  there  shall 
be  no  confusion.     As  we  have  before  said,  every  family  is 


*  "  Originally  a  '  coat  of  arms  '  was  a  tunic  or  habit:  worn  by  knights  over 
tlieir  suits  of  armor,  embroidered  with  tlieir  armorial  ensigns  and  devices.  The 
•crest,'  or  knightly  cognizance,  was  borne  on  the  helmet  in  tliedays  of  chivalry. 
It  is  now  a  portion  of  the  armorial  bearings  of  a  nobleman  or  gentleman  enti- 
tled to  hear  coat  armor  in  virtue  of  his  descent  from  a  nolde  ancestry.  These 
crests  identify  an  ancient  family." 


12  AVERY   GENEOLOGY. 

not  perfectly  complete,  for  the  reason  that  we  have  not  been 
able  to  t^et  the  record,  yet  in  most  cases,  we  have,  and  we 
have  conscientiously  labored  to  make  what  we  have  accurate 
as  to  dates,  items  of  interest,  etc. 

The  parish  of  Pill — now  Pylle,  Somerset — which  was. 
the  residence  of  our  earliest  known  ancestor,  Robert  Avery', 
is  3j  miles  south  of  Sheptou  Mallet,  in  White  Stone  Hun- 
dred; acres,  1,570;  houses,  35  in  1831;  population,  216  in 
181:1.  Pylle  House  (as  per  Black's  Guide)  is  on  the  Bath  &: 
Bridport  Ptailway.  There  is  a  town  h\  the  same  name  near 
the  mouth  of  the  Savern,  on  map  of  En<^lHnd,  in  Cotton's 
general  atlas  of  1862,  (it  is  not  the  ancient  Pill,  however,) 
15\  miles  from  Bath,  and  2j  miles  from  Sheptou  Mallet. 

The  name  Pill  seems  to  correspond  to  the  Welsh  Poicl,  an 
inlet  or  pool. 

William  Avery\  our  earliest  ancestor  in  America,  lived  in 
Barkham,  Berkshire,  England  The  accompanying  cut  gives 
a  view  of  the  church  now  standing  on  the  site  of  the  one  in 
which  his  three  children,  whom  he  brought  with  him  and 
his  wife  Margaret,  to  Dedhtim,,  were  baptizeti 


A  VER  Y   GEXEALOG  Y. 


13 


14  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

We  come  now  to  trace  the  direct  lines  of  descent  from 
Robert  Avery\  yeoman,  do^\^l  to  the  thirteentli  and  hitest 
generation  of  the  Dedham  Ijranch  of  Averys  in  this  country. 
"A  yeoman  or  Inishandman  was  one  who  tilled  his  own 
land  in  distinction  from  a  peasant  or  farmer,  who  occupied 
the  land  of  another."  1599  to  1655. — London  Notes  and 
Queries. 

Robert  Avery'  died  previous  to  Oct.  14,  1575,  that  being 
the  date  of  the  proving  of  his  will.  The  will  itself  bears 
date  July  27,  1575,  a  copy  of  which,  made  from  the  original,, 
is  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  W.  T.  Avery. 

He  had  three  sons,  WiUiam,  Bichard  and  Thomas.  William 
seems  to  have  fallen  under  his  father's  displeasure  for 
"having  made  a  base  marriage,  and  left  his  native  parishe," 
but  receives  a  share  in  the  property,  according  to  the  terms, 
of  the  will,  "in  token  of  forgiveness."  Richard,  the  second 
son,  is  made  sole  executor,  and  his  brother  William  Avery, 
of  Congresburie,*  and  John  Champion,  his  brother-in-law, 
are  appointed  overseers. 

Will  of  Robert  Avery  ^  of  Pill,   {noiv  Pylle)   Somerset,  England, 
yeoman,  found  at  Doctor's  Commons,  March,  1S72. 

In  the  name  of  Ahnighly  God  Amen,  the  27th  day  of  July  in 
the  year  of  our  Lorde  God  157o,  I,  Robert  Avery,  yoeinan  of 
Pill,  Co.  Somerset,  being  sick  in  bodye,  but  liole  in  niynde  and 
good  in  rcmenbrance,  do  ordaine  this  my  Testament  and  last 
Will,  in  manner  and  forme  foUowinge  : 

Kyrst.  1  c(jnimc'nde  and  bcfjuetlie  my  Soule  to  Ahiiytie  God, 
my  maker  and  Redeemer,  and  to  all  the  Hollye  companye  ia 
heaven,  and  my  bodye  to  be  bnryed  as  a  Christian  man. 

Also  I  give  and  bequethe  to  my  sonne  William  Avery  £5,  my 
bowe  and  arrows,  and  my  wynter  gowne  furred  with  fox,  in  token 
of  my  forgiveness  for  his  having  made  a  base  marriage  and  left 
his  native  parishe. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequethe  to  ni}'  second  sonuf,  Richard  Avery, 
all  my  farm  Implements,  and  the  house  wherein  1  now  do  dwell. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  15 

Also  I  give  and  beqiietlie  to  the  suid  Richard  Avery,  one  field  and 
one  niedowe  now  in  tlie  occupation  of  Joini  Austen,  and  I  also 
bequetlie  to  him  my  goods,  moveable  and  nnmoveable  which  are 
in  and  al)oiit  the  house  nnd  premises,  I  now  dwell. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequetlie  to  my  youngest  sonne,  Thomas 
Avery,  £5,  one  cowe  and  one  loade  of  hay,  my  silk  doublet,  two 
pair  of  hose  and  one  brasse  potte  and  cover 

Item.  I  doe  give  and  bequetlie  to  my  Sister,  Prudence 
Champion,  the  somme  of  ^"/4,  and  one  milch  cowe,  two  prs  sheets, 
and  my  second  best  feather  bedde,  with  all  covering  and  appur- 
tenances tliereto. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequetlie  to  my  grandsonne,  Robert  Avery, 
the  sonne  of  my  sonne  William  Avery  the  some  of  Y^*^- 

Item.  I  give  and  bequethe  unto  William  Sharpe,  my  oulde 
blue  coate,  and  to  my  nephew,  Jacob  Avery,  my  brother  William's 
sonne,  my  pen  and  one  silver  guilt  flagon  with  cover. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequethe  to  Abell,  my  servant,  my  bodye 
Lynen,  and  one  shillinge. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequethe  the  Resydewe  of  all  my  goods  and 
Cattels  unbequethed,  unto  my  sonne,  Richard  Avery.  Also  I 
ordeyne  and  make  tlie  sayde  Richard  Avery,  my  sonne,  to  be  ray 
sole  executor,  and  he  to  see  my  funeralles  and  debts  payed.  And 
to  see  this  my  last  testament  and  will  p. formed,  as  he  will  answer 
before  Almightie  God,  at  the  generall  day  of  judgement.  Also  I 
make  overseer  of  this,  my  will,  my  brothers,  William  Avery,  of 
Congresbiirie,*  and  John  Champion,  and  I  doe  give  for  their 
paynes  takynge  Herein  2Y  eche.  These  beynge  witnesses. 
Robert  Hibbert,  Thos.  Vyse  with  others. 

Proved  by  the  executor  Richard  Avery,  Oct.  14,  1875. 

GAZETTEER,  1841. 

William  Avery  of  Congresbury,  Robert  AveryS  had  six  sons : 
Thomas-,  William^,  Richard",  Giles'-,  Jacob-  and  John'-,  and  died 
1585. 

William^  had  daughter  Jaue^  and  son  Joseph^. 


*  Note.— The  Parish  of  Congresbury  is  in  Winterstoke  Hundred,  6  1-2  miles 
X.  N.  East  of  Axbridge.  on  tlie  River  "  Yeo."  and  about  5  miles  from  its 
mouth.     Acres  4280.     Houses  247  in  18:51.     Population  1380  in  1841 . 

The  "Yeo"  rises  near  Compton  Martin,  and  runs  13  miles  N.  N.  West  to 
Bristol  Channel,  3  miles  above  Sand  Point. 


16  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

Jacob'-  had  seven  children  :  Joseph^,  Benjamin^,  Cbristiau'', 
SamueP,  Hester^,  Benjamin-%  Auuah'^  and  died  Feb.  1,  1643. 

John-  liad  fonr  cliilih'en  :    Sarah-',  John'*.  William'',  and  Joane-'. 

Joseph-^  (Jacob-  W"'^)  had  one  sou  Jose[)li^ :  Merchant  of 
London. 

Samui-x'^  (Jacob-  W"^)  of  Havidge  and  Enfield  and  ]Merchant 
of  London,  per  London  '•Notes  and  Qneries,"  May  20,  1871, 
was  shei'itT  of  London,  1647,  and  the  Alderman  Avery,  who 
joinetl  in  the  Act,  May  30,  1649,  proclaiming  the  al  olitiou  of 
kingly  government.  He  was  commissioner,  for  snndry  cit}' 
ordinances  abont  1645,  and  the  State  Paper  Office  contains  letters 
from  him  dated  from  Hambnrg  and  addressed  to  Lord  Digbye 
and  Sir  Thomas  Rowe,  Jan.  12,  1643-4.  He  had  one  dangliter. 
Katharine'*,  b.  1622.  and  one  son  Dudley^. 

Duui.KY"*  of  Streatly,  Bei'kshire,  Eng-,  had:  Dndley'%  Allen\ 
SamneF',  William'',  Catharine^,  Mirabella'^,  Christian^,  Barsheba^. 

"The  parish  of  Streatly  is  in  INIoreton  Huntlred,  Berkshire,  oi 
miles  south  by  west  of  Wallingford,  on  the  west  bank  of  the 
Tluiuies. 

William'-,  the  oldest  son  of  Robert',  had  one  son,  Robert^ 
whether  there  were  others,  records  do  not  say.  This  Robert^ 
w^e  suppose  to  have  been  the  father  of  Dr.  "William  of 
Dedham. 

Robert  Averj^  lived  in  Wokin<>liam,  Berkshire.  By  trade 
he  was  a  blacksmith.  His  will,  found  in  the  Diocese  of 
Doctor's  Commons,  bears  date  March  30,  104:2.  He  married 
Joanne,  and  had  three  children. 


i.     William*,  b.  1622. 
ii.     Robert'', 
iii.     Frances^. 

We  here  insert  the  will  —  a  copy  o!  the  original  being  in 
possession , of  Mr.  AV.  T,  Avery, 


AVE  BY    GENEALOGY.  17 

WILL  OF  ROBERT  A\  ERY^  OF  WOKINGHAM. 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.  The  thiitiette  day  of  Mnrch  in 
the  Eighteentii  yere  of  the  raign  of  our  Soveraine  Lord  Charles, 
by  the  grace  of  God  of  England,  Scothind,  and  Ireland.  Kings, 
defenders  of  the  faith,  Ann"  Domini  one  Thousand  six  hundred 
forty-t\v(^.  1,  Robert  Avery,  of  Wokingliam  in  the  eoiintie  of 
Berks,  blacksmith,  being  in  perfect  memory,  praised  be  Almighty 
God.  doe  disannnll,  recall  and  make  void  all  former  wills  and 
Testam'*  weiche  in  writing  oi  other  wais.  And  doe  make  this  my 
last  will  and  Testi-ment  in  manner  and  forme  foUowinge.  (That 
is  to  say). 

First.  I  doe  bequeathe  my  soule  unto  God,  my  creator  and 
redeemer.  And  my  l)ody  to  be  decently  buried  at  the  discretion  of 
my  executors  and  overseers,  and  as  touching  ni}'  landes  wherein 
I  have  estate,  my  will  is  as  followeth  :  If  it  happens  Joane,  my 
wif  survive  and  ou'live  me,  my  will  is,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto 
the  said  Joane,  my  now  wiff,  all  that  messuage  or  Tenement  in  the 
w''  I  now  dwell,  with  the  i)arns,  .Stables  and  houses,  orchards, 
garden,  w''  appurte'iances  and  the  close  of  avable  or  pastur  there- 
unto belonging,  and  next  adioninge  (adjoining),  known  and  called 
b\"  the  name  of  Lower  dowles,  allis  little  dowles,  conte3'ning  two 
akers  more  or  less.  And  also  another  parcell  of  land,  great 
dowles,  allis  u[)pfcr  dowles,  lyinge  and  being  in  the  p'ish  of  Wok- 
ingham and  Countie  of  Berks,  aforesaid,  containing  sixteen  akers 
more  or  less,  all  of  which  said  House  tnid  landes,  I  bought  and 
purchased  of  Richard  Windgate  of  Long  Sutton  Co  South'" 
yeoman,  during  the  terme  of  her  naturall  life,  if  she  shall  so  long 
keep  herselfe  a  widdow  and  unmarried,  and  after  the  death  or 
marriage  of  the  said  Joane,  my  now  wif,  which  of  them  shall  first 
happen,  my  will  is,  and  I  doe  give  and  bequeathe  unto  William 
Avery,  my  eldest  sonne,  all  that  my  p'cell  of  land  called  great 
dowles,  allis  upper  dowles  aforesaid,  to  remain  unto  him  and  to 
his  heirs  forever.  Item,  that  after  the  death  or  marriage  of  the  said 
Joane,  m}'  now  witi  w'^'^ever  of  them  shall  happen,  I  doe  give  and 
bequeathe  unto  Robert  Avery,  my  younge&t  son,  all  that  my  mes- 
suage in  the  which  I  now  dwell  with  the  appurtenances  and  the 
close  aforesaid  thereunto  l)elonsfing  and  next  adioouino',  to  remain 
unto  him  and  his  heirs  forever. 

Item.  I  doe  give  and  bequeathe  unto  Frances  Avery,  my  daugh- 
ter, the  sum  of    twenty  pounds  to  be  paid  unto  her  within  two 

2 


18  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

years,  next  nfter  ray  decease  which  said  some  of  20£  my  will  is, 
shall  be  paid  by  my  executoi's,  and  to  be  raised  out  of  that  [)'cell 
of  land  called  upper  dowles,  allis  great  dowles.  Item.  I  doe  give 
and  bequeathe  (the  some  6f  five  pounds)  ?  unto  Roger  Irelande  the 
younger,  eldest  sonne  of  Roger  Irelande  of  Hurst,  weaver,  w''  said 
some  of  5£  my  will  is,  shall  be  paid  at  his  age  of  one  and  twenty 
years,  by  the  said  Kol)ert  Avery,  my  youngest  sonne.  heii's.  exe- 
cutors and  Administrators  if  the  said  Roger  shall  so  long  live. 

Ifem.  jMy  will  is  that  all  the  del)ts  I  now  owe  or  shall  ow.  at 
the  time  of  my  decease  shall  be  paid  by  my  executors  (and  no  pt 
throf  be  laid  upon  my  son  Robert,  other  than  the  five  £  aforesaid) 
and  that  all  such  debts  and  funerell  expenses  shall  be  raised  out 
of  mv  stock  of  goods  and  chattels  and  the  residue  of  all  mv  soods 
and  chattels,  my  debts  and  funerell  charges  first  deducted  and  my 
legacies  paid,  I  doe  give  and  bequeathe  ""to  Joane  my  said  wif, 
and  unto  William  my  soune  equall}'  to  be  divided  whom  also  I 
doe  ordeine  and  make  my  executors  ioyutly  and  coequally. 

And  I  doe  entreat  and  earnestly  request  ni}'  loving  friends 
Thomas  Champion  of  Barkham*  and  Andrew  Avery  of  P^ast 
Hampstead  l)()th  in  Berks,  overseers  of  this  my  last  will  and 
testam'  to  whom  I  give  and  bequeath  the  some  of  five  shillings 
apiece,  to  l)e  i)aid  to  them  w'"  three  miniths  next  after  my  decease. 
In  witness  whereof  I  have  set  my  seal  and  enscribed  unto  botli 
Shoetes  in  the  p'tes  of  provided  all  wais  that  if  my  eldest  sonne 
William  Avery  shall  and  doe  well  and  truly  [)ay  or  cause  to  be 
paid  unto  ni}'  sonne  Robert  Avery,  the  full  some  of  Threescore 
pounds  of  lawful  english  money  w'"  three  years  next  after  the 
Decease  of  me  and  Joane  my  now  wif,  b}'  twenty  i)Ounds  a  year 
for  three  years  yearly,  that  then  it  shall  be  lawful  to  and  for  ni}' 
said  sonne  William  Aver}'  (with?)  the  messuage  Tenemen''  and 
theii-  appurtenances  w*^''  in  the  close  or  jjarcell  thereimto  belonging 
called  lower  Dowles,  alls  little  dowles  (being?)  b}'  these  (pates?) 
given  unto  my  youngest  sonne  Robert  to  enter,  possess  and  enjoy. 
And  I  doe  give  and  bequeate  the  said  p'mesis  unto  my  said  sonne 
(Wm?)  and  his  heirs  forever,  and  any  thinge  hcarin  not  w''staud- 


mg. 


Witness     Giles  Boulders  Ann  Boulders       ^     /,        -// 

rroved  lo  June  1644  ^  ,o-„     ^\ 
(Sisiietl.) 

*Parisli  of  I$;irl<liiini,  I'crks.  is  in  Cliai-Jtoii  HiiihIi-cmI.  ami  o  miles  So.  West 
of  \V0xi11.14ham.     Acres  1415.     I'oimialioii  L'4S  in  1,S41.  n  ilouscs  :i(i  in  1S;U. 

I'ail.  Gazr.  1841. 


[VERY    GENEALOGY.  W 


DR.  WILLIAM  AVERY^ 

T5(7E  now  tuke  uj)  the  record  of  our  earliest  ancestor  who 
crossed  the  Athmtic.     He,  in  1650,  cast  in  his  lot  with 
the  settlers  of  the  town  of  Dedham,  Mass.,  bringing  with 
him  his  wife,  Margaret,  and  three  children,  from  the  parish 
of  Barkham,   Count}-  of    Berkshire,   Eng.      Of  these   three 
children    born   in    Barkham    we    make  special  mention,  as 
there  is  a  certified  copy  of  the  certificates  of  their  baptisms 
in  Mr.  W.  T.  Avery's  possession,   signed  by  the  rector  of 
the  parish.     Additional  interest  is  attached  to  this  fact  of 
the  baptisms,  from  the  engraving  we  are  so  fortunate  as  to 
be  able  to  present,  of  the  church  in  Barkham  parish,  stand- 
ing on  the   site  of  the  ancient  church,   where   Dr.   William 
Avery  worshipped  and  his  children  were  presented  for  the 
consecrating  rite.       The  ancient  church  has  crumbled  away, 
but   the    surrounding   scenery   has   probably   changed  not 
essentially ;  if  the    arching   trees   are    not    the    same   that 
waved  their  branches  over  the  gathering  congregation  in 
the  days  when  our  ancestors  trod  the  path  with  reverent 
feet,  yet  they  cannot  be  far  from  being  their  very   counter- 
parts.^   The  scene  is  suggestive  of  quiet,  rural  beauty,  and 
as  we  imagine  the  serene  Sabbath  mornings  on  which  so 
many  feet  pressed  the  way  to  the  village  church,  we  almost 
wonder  that  any  one  could  leave  these  pleasant  places  for 
a  rude  lot  in  an  untried  land,  and  again  are  we  made  to  feel 
that  our  forefathers  and  mothers  must  have  been  peoj^le  of 
high    courage,    Ijorn   of   a   lofty,   noble   purpose,    to   have 
relinquished  so  much  that  endeared  to  them  the  land  of 
their  birth. 


20  AVERT   GENEALOGY. 

We  give  here  the  copy  of  the  baptismal  certificates  of  the 
three  children  of  Dr.  William  and  Margaret  Avery,  who 
were  named  respectively  : 

i.     Mary^. 
ii.     AVilliam\ 
iii.     Robert^ 

"  1G45.  Mary  Avery,  the  daugliter  of  Margaret  and  William 
Avery,  was  baptized  tlie  19"'  of  December  1G47.  William  the 
Sonne  of  William  and  Margaret  Avery,  was  baptized  the  seven 
and  twentie  day  of  October. 

1649.  Robert  Aver}',  y*  sonne  of  William  and  Margaret  Avery, 
bai)tized  the  vii'^  of  December. 

I,  Arthur  Roberts,  rector  of  Barkham.  certif}'  the  above  to  be 
a  true  copy  of  the  Baptism  Register  of  the  said  paiish.  Extracted 
this  15'^  day  of  March  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  1880.      By  me. 

(Signed)  Akthur  Roberts. " 

These  three  children  were  the  only  children  of  William^ 
and  Margaret  Avery,  who  were  born  in  England,  and  this 
circumstance  is  what  probably  gave  rise  to  a  belief  which 
has  been  current  for  years  among  some,  at  least,  of  the 
Dedliam  Averys,  that  the  entire  Avery  family  in  this  country 
descended  from  three  hwfJiers  who  came  to  America  soon 
.ifter  the  landing  of  the  Pilgrims.  This  is  entirely  erroneous. 
The  progenitors  of  the  diti'erent  lines  of  the  Avery  family 
on  this  side  tlie  Atlantic  were  not  brothers. 

Otlicr  children  were  born  to  William  and  Margaret  Avery 
after  they  took  up  their  lif;>  in  Dodhani.  The  full  list  is  as 
follows :  — 

i.  Mima",  liap.  Dec.  19.  ini,').  in  Barkhaiii.  Vluvi.  Slu' 
mari'ii'd  Nov.  .">.  lOOO.  . lames  Ti^dale.  of  'rnniiloii.  Mat^s.,  liveil 
in  IMiildlelioro'.  !Ma.ss..  the  part  now  known  as  Lakoville.  She 
(Tu'd  Se|)l.  '.',  171.').  age(l  OS.  He  di(>d  Jan.  1.").  171'),  aged  71. 
They  had  a  daughter  Mcrey,  boin  INIay  ."..  1C.7(">.  (Dedham 
Records.) 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  21 

\\.  William^,  bap.  Oct.  27,  1647,  Barkhani, 

iii.  Robel■t^  hap.  Dec.  7,  1649. 

iv.  Jonathan^,  born  May  26.  16.53,  Dedlmm,  Mass. 

V.  Rachel'',  b.  Sept.  20,  1657,  Dedham,  Mass. 

vi.  Hannah^,  b.  Sept.  27,  1660.  Dedham,  Mass. 

vii.  ^2l1enezel•^  b.  Nov.  24,  1663,  died  before   1683,  as  he  is 
not  mentioned  in  liis  father's  will. 

As  William  Avery  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  iu  the 
town  of  Dedham,  and  (1650),  only  fifteen  years  after  its  in- 
corporation, and  made  that  his  home  till  his  removal  to 
Boston  abont  1680,  leaving  the  homestead  to  be  occupied  till 
nearly  the  present  day  by  his  descendants,  it  seems  fitting 
that  a  sketch  of  the  settlement  and  incorporation  of  the 
town  should  be  given  in  these  pages.  Although  Dr.  William 
took  up  his  residence  the  latter  part  of  his  life  in  Boston, 
he  continued  to  show  his  interest  in  Dedham,  and  in  an 
especial  manner  to  the  cause  of  education  there,  showing 
him  to  have  been  a  man  not  only  liberal  with  his  purse, 
but  thoughtful,  and  solicitous  for  the  best  interests  of  the 
community  he  had  left. 


SKETCH  OF  THE  SETTLEMENT  AND  INCORPORATION 
OF  THE  TOWN  OF  DEDHAM. 

Fifteen  years  after  the  Pilgrims  landed  on  Plymouth 
Bock,  and  five  years  after  the  landing  of  Gov.  Winthrop  and 
his  colony  in  Boston,  the  General  Court  of  the  Colony  of 
Massachusetts  Bay,  on  the  3rd  day  of  September,  1635, 
(old  style)  the  same  day  that  Concord  was  incorporated, 
"ordered  that  there  shall  be  a  plantation  settled  about  two 
myles  above  the  falls  of  Charles  B3^ver  in  the  north-east 
syde  thereof  to  have  ground  lying  to  it  on  both  sydes  the 
ryver,  both  upland  and  meadow,  to  be  layde  out  hereafter 


22  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

as  the  Court  sliall  appoint."  This  was  the  beginning  of  the 
settlement,  and  it  was  the  desire  of  the  first  settlers  that  the 
town  should  be  called  Contentment.  The  first  two  recorded 
meetings,  Aug.  18th  and  29tli,  1G36,  were  headed,  "Content- 
ment." The  name  was  afterwards  erased  by  a  line  drawn 
across  it,  and  the  name  "DedliMm"  written  over.  It  has 
been  usually  understood  in  neighboring  towns  that  the  name 
was  chosen  in  memory  of  the  town  by  the  same  name  in 
England,  but  we  find  no  allusion  to  this  fact  in  records  which 
we  have  seen. 

At  any  rate,  it  is  evident  that  these  settlers  proposed  to 
have  their  new  town  a  model  for  good  order  and  peace.  It 
seems  also  that  they  made  a  point  in  regard  to  the  practice 
of  religion,  by  the  following  covenant  which  all  who  wished 
to  settle  there  were  required  to  sign. 

THE  TOWN  COVENANT. 

1.  We,  whose  names  ar  here  vnto  subscribed,  doe,  in  the  feare 
and  Reverence  of  our  Ahnightie  God,  mutually  :  and  severally 
p'mise  amongst  our  selves  and  each  to  other  to  p'ffesse  and  prac- 
tice one  trueth  according  to  that  most  p'rfect  rule,  tlie  foundation 
where  of  is  Everlasting  Love  ; 

2.  That  we  shall  by  all  means  Laboiu'e  and  keepe  of  from  us 
all  such  as  ar  contrarye  minded.  And  receave  onl}'  such  vnto  vs 
as  be  such  as  may  be  p'l)al>ly  of  one  harte,  with  vs  as  that  we 
either  knowe  or  may  well  and  truely  informed  to  walke  in  a 
peaceable  conversation  with  all  meekeness  of  spirit  for  the  edifi- 
cation of  each  other  in  the  knowledge  and  faith  of  the  Lord 
Jesus  ;  and  the  mutual  encouragem't  vnto  all  Temporall  comforts 
in  all  things  ;  seeking  the  good  of  each  otln-r  out  of  all  which  may 
be  derived  true  Peace. 

3.  That  if  at  any  time  difference  shall  arise  l)etweeu  ))'ties  of 
our  said  Towne,  that  then  such  p'tie  and  p'ties  shall  p'sently 
Keferre  all  such  ditTerence  vnto  som  one,  2  or  3,  others  of  our  said 
Societie  to  be  fully  accorded  and  determined  without  any  further 
delay  if  it  possibly  may  bee; 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  23 

4.  'I'liat  every  iiian  that  now  oi'  at  any  time  lieere  after  shall 
have  Lots  in  our  said  Town,  ishall  pay  his  share  in  all  snch  rates 
of  money,  and  charges  as  shall  he  imjiosed  vpon  him  Rateably  in 
p'portion  with  other  men.  As  allso  l)eeome  freely  subject  vnto 
all  such  orders  and  constitutions  as  shall  be  neeessariely  had  or 
made,  now  or  al  any  time  heere  after  from  this  day  fore  warde, 
as  well  as  for  Loveins;  and  comfortable  Societie,  in  our  said  Tovvne 
as  allso  for  the  p'perons  and  thriveing  Condicion  of  our  said 
fellovvshipe,  especially  respecting  the  feare  of  God  in  which  we 
desire  to  begine  and  continue  wliat  so  ever  shall  by  his  Loveiug 
favoure  take  in  nand. 

5.  And  for  the  better  manifestion  of  our  true  resolution  heere 
in.  every  man  so  receaved  ;  to  sul)scril)e  here  vnto  his  name  there 
by  oblieging  both  himself  and  his  successors  after  him  for  ever  as 
we  have  done. 

The  leading  spirit  in  the  enterprise  was  Edward  Alleyne, 
a  man  of  education  and  of  great  ability.  He  drew  up  the 
above  "Covenent,"  and  took  charge  of  the  records  for  two 
years  afterward. 

The  original  limits  of  the  town  comprised  the  present 
towns  of  Dedliam,  Medfield,  Walpole,  Wretham,  Needham, 
Wellesley,  Dover,  Norwood,  Norfolk,  Franklin,  most  of 
Bellingham,  and  parts  of  Natick,  Hyde  Park,  and  of  West 
Hoxbury,  and  for  a  short  time  the  territory  forming  Millis 
formed  a  part  of  Dedham  under  a  subsequent  grant.  A 
large  part  of  the  settlers  went  from  Watertown  to  the  new 
town,  and  in  1638  there  were  settled  thirty-eight  families. 

The  men  who  thus  early  formed  the  town  of  Dedham  were 
most,  if  not  all,  men  who  had  Hed  from  England  to  find  a 
land  where  they  could  enjoy  religious  rights.  The  first 
meeting  for  public  worship  was  held  under  one  of  several 
great  trees  which  stood  near  what  is  now  the  center  of 
Dedham  Tillage,  but  in  1638  measures  were  taken  to  build 
a  meeting-house.  At  the  present  time  (1889)  there  are  in 
the  toAvn  eleven. 


24  AVERY   GENEOLOGY. 

These  men  were  not  only  firm  in  religious  principle,  but 
well  educated  in  all  that  belonged  to  law  and  government, 
as  well  as  in  general  literature,  and  they  made  their  princi- 
ples felt  in  the  Civil  Government  which  they  established. 

Upon  a  basis  of  law  and  order  and  a  recognition  of  that 
best  law  of  love  to  God  and  man,  which  is  at  the  founda- 
tion of  all  true  government,  did  our  ancestors  establish 
themselves  in  their  new  territory,  and  it  is  not  assuming  too 
much  to  say  that  their  principles  have  contributed  much  to 
the  present  prosperity  of  the  town  of  Dedham.  Her  His- 
torical Rooms  show  that  the  memory  of  the  ancient  fathers 
will  not  be  suffered  to  die  out. 

The  first  school-house  was  built  of  logs  in  1648,  ten  years 
after  the  meeting-house  was  erected.  Its  cost  was  about 
£12,  and  the  salarv  of  the  school-master,  who  first  taught 
there  was  £20  (pounds)  per  annum.  To-day  the  number  of 
school  buildings  in  the  town  is  thirteen. 

An  alms-house  was  not  found  necessary  till  the  year  1773, 
at  which  time  the  town  erected  one  "  on  the  westerly  part 
of  the  trainin"  ground." 

The  first  town  house  was  erected  in  1829,  but  after  the 
building  of  Memorial  Hall,  which  was  dedicated  Sept.  29, 
1868,  it  was  converted  into  dwelling-houses. 

In  1636  a  burial  place  was  set  apart,  and  for  nearly  a 
century  was  the  only  one  in  town.  Here  are  the  graves  of 
many  of  the  early  ministers  and  founders  of  Dedliam,  and 
a  walk  tlirough  the  grounds  sliows  many  stones  of  great 
historical  interest,  several  of  which  bear  the  name  of  Avery. 

TIIK    AVKRV    OAK. 

This  ancient  oak  is  now  tlie  pr()])erty  of  the  town,  and  a 
historv  of  Dodliain  would  b!>  inc<)in})lete  witliout  a  sketch 
of  the  grand  old  tree.     It  })i)ssesses  additional  interest  from 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  25 

the  fact  that  Dr.  William  Avery  built  his  house,  as  may  be 
seen  by  the  cut  of  the  Old  Avery  Homestead  in  our  frontis- 
piece —  almost  under  its  very  boughs.  Gradually  he 
extended  his  borders,  until  he  owned  large  tracts  of  land, 
which  have  descended  from  one  to  another  of  the  Aver}^ 
name  and  descent,  till  within  a  comparatively  short  time. 

A  lady  of  Dedham,  now  living,  whose  grandfather,  Jona- 
than Avery'*,  Avas  one  of  the  last,  if  not  the  last,  of  the  name 
there,  assured  the  writer  that  within  a  comparatively  short 
time  she  could  look  north  and  east  from  the  old  homestead,. 
and  all  the  land  within  the  range  of  her  vision  belonged  to 
the  Avery  estate,  then  in  the  possession  of  her  grand- 
parents. 

But  to  return  to  the  oak.  The  Dedhcun  Standard,  from 
which  we  make  this  extract,  says:  — 

''A  few  rods  north  of  Barrows  street  on  the  riglit,  stands  a 
most  interesting  hmdmark  —  the  Avery  oak.  Since  ahont  16'tO 
until  within  a  few  years,  the  lot  on  which  it  stands  was  the  prop- 
erty of  the  Avery  family.  This  tree  is  older  than  the  town,  and 
was  an  ancient  tree  250  years  ago  when  the  town  was  settled. 
Yet,  though,  as  some  one  has  written,  *  the  top  has  been  nuich 
twisted  and  torn  by  the  storms  of  centuries,'  it  shows  all  the 
signs  of  life  and  vigor  apparently  sutHcient  to  weather  the  storms 
for  centuries  to  come.  K  measures  sixteen  feet  in  circumference 
five  feet  from  the  ground,  while  a  Hue  drawn  around  the  base  on 
the  ground  would  measure  over  twenty-five  feet,  and  several  of  its 
branches  extend  over  the  ground  tiiirty-five  or  forty  feet  from  the 
trunk.  In  the  last  part  of  the  last  century.  Dedham  used  to  fur- 
nish considerable  ship  timber,  and  in  1794  the  builders  of  the  U. 
8.  frigate  '  Constitution  '  offered  seventy  dollars  for  this  tree, 
which  the  owner  refused.  Its  value  for  ship  timber  in  its  many 
crooked  limbs,  is  very  apparent.  The  faii-y  days  when  trees 
could  talk  disa{»peared  before  we  were  born,  but  to-day  if  any  one 
will  take  the  trouble  to  go  and  look  at  the  most  prominent  of  these 
crooks  in  the  lower  limb,  (visible  in  the  cut,*)  he  will  find  the  baik 

*  See  frontispiece. 


26  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

on  the  under  side  will  siiggest  to  his  mind  at  once  the  ruftled 
l)reast  of  an  angry  bird,  whose  i)ride  or  temper  has  beeh  greatly 
disturbed,  but  who  has  stood  his  ground  and  triumphaiitly  defies 
all  his  foes.  Whether  the  bark  was  rutHed  at  the  proposition  of 
the  ship  builder  we  know  not,  l)ut  we  are  glad  the  owner  was  able 
to  resist  the  offer  and  spare  the  tree. 

This  tree  was  fitly  selected  as  the  center  piece  of  the  town  seal 
as  "  the  symbol  of  age  and  strength  as  well  as  of  present  life 
and  vigor." 

This  tree,  in  time  of  a  severe  snow  storm,  which  completely 
blocked  the  door  of  the  Avery  house,  standing  some  rods  distant, 
furnished  the  inmates  with  fuel  till  released  from  their  temporary 
prison.  The  limbs  extended  so  far  that  they  could  be  cut  from 
the  second  story  window." 

This  severe  storm  occurred  witliin  the  memory  of  the 
mother  of  the  Dedham  lady  previously  referred  to,  who 
says  that  she  has  often  heard  her  relate  the  story  of  the 
blockade,  when  the  old  red  oak  furnished  them  warmth 
from  its  ample  boughs. 

A  cut  of  the  old  Avery  house  and  oak  tree  forms  our 
frontispiece. 

From  these  pages  of  digression,  which  seemed  properly 
to  belong  here,  however,  we  return  to  the  record  of  William 
Avery. 

By  the  Dedham  church  records,  we  find  that  "William 
Avery  tt  his  \\'\ie,  Margaret  were  admitted  into  the  church 
IGth  12th  mo.  (Feb)  IGoU."  This,  without  doubt,  marked  an 
event  that  occurred  quite  near  the  date  of  their  settlement. 
In  the  same  year,  the  town  records  make  the  following 
statement : 

"  It  was  granted  unto  W"  Aveiy.  to  set  his  sho[)i)('  (lilack- 
srnitli's)  ill  the  highway  in  the  east  street,  tlu'  west  side  of  his 
shoppe  to  extend  in  fiont  line  of  his  lionsc,  next  his  house,  pro- 
vided that  he  lays  down  so  nnich  land  on  the  east  side  of  the  said 
ways — as   the  same   is   straightened  by  this  s.-.id   shopp,    at   such 


AVE  in'    (r  EXE  A  LOGY.  '21 

time  as  the  towiic  shall  reqtiiic  the  saiiu-.  always  [)i-ovi(k'(l  that 
wliLMisoever  the  said  sh()i)|)  shall  he  no  loiiiier  used  fur  a  Siiivthe's 
shopp.  l)y  tl  e  s:iid  William  at  any  time  liereMt'ter  then  it  shall  he 
removed  out  of  the  highway,  if  the  town  shall  require  the  same." 
(Y^  l.V'  of  y'^  1  mo.  KJ.K).) 


lu  the  year  1669  we  Hud  William  Avery  designated  in  tlie 
records  as  Sergt.  William  Avery,  and  with  others,  sent  as 
Deputy  to  the  General  Cotirt. 

In  1675  he  was,  with  several  prominent  men,  appointed  by 
the  court  to  examine  Indians  who  were  suspected  of  some 
base  designs  against  the  English,  and  in  connection  Avith 
this  entry  in  the  town  book  of  records,  he  is  first  given  the 
title  of  Dr. 

History  is  silent  as  to  the  date  of  his  commencing  the 
practice  of  medicine,  other  than  this.  He  seems  to  have 
stepped  into  the  ranks  of  medical  men  while  carrying  on 
his  daily  labor  at  the  blacksmith's  forge. 

Dr.  William  was  one  the  original  proprietors,  who,  in  1670, 
took  possession  of  8000  acres  of  land  at  Deerfield,  (then 
■called  Pocumptucl^)  granted  to  the  town  of  Dedham  in  lieu 
-of  2000  acres,  taken  from  the  town  by  the  General  Court  for 
the  Indians  at  Natick. 

Twenty-eight  years  after  their  arrival  and  settlement  in 
America,  having  lived  all  this  time  in  Dedham,  Margaret, 
wife  of  Dr.  William,  died.  The  date  of  her  death,  per  Ded- 
ham Records,  was  Sept.  28,  1678,  and  soon  after  he  removed 
to  Boston  ^ — probably  long  before  this  having  given  up  his 
work  at  the  forge.  Dr.  Ebenezer  Alden,  President  of  Norfolk 
District  Medical  Society,  at  its  annttal  meeting.  May  10, 
1853,  on  the  subject  of  the  Earh'  History  of  the  Medical 
Profession  in  the  County  of  Norfolk,  Mass.,  thus  spoke  of 
him :  —  .  * 


28  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

"Dr.  AYilliam  Avery  was  the  earliest  educated  physician^ 
who  is  known  to  have  taken  up  his  residence  in  Dedham. 
He  appears  to  have  been  well  educated,  a  man  of  benevo- 
lence, and  especially  a  j^atron  of  learning,  etc."  "It  is 
known  that  in  his  life  he  made  liberal  donations  to  various 
public  charities,  among  which  was  one  to  the  college  at 
Cambridge." 

That  he  did  not  forget  the  town  which  had  been  the  place 
of  his  many  years'  residence,  is  seen  by  the  following  ex- 
tract from  the  History  of  Dedham,  by  Worthington,  page  36 :: 

'•  Cai)t.  Daniel  Fisher  and  Ensign  Fuller  report  that  Dr.  William 
Avery,  now  (1G80)  of  Boston,  but  formerly  of  the  Dedham  church, 
out  of  entire  love     of    his  Cliurch   and  Town,   fi'cely   gives   irito- 
their  hands,   sixty  pounds,  for  a   Latin  school,  to  l»e  ordered  hy 
the  Selectmen  and  elders." 

After  his  removal  to  Boston,  he  became  a  bookseller, 
according  to  the  "History  of  Printing,"  by  Thomas,  vol.  ii.  p. 
411,  who  says,  "William  Avery  was  Bookseller,  located  near 
the  Blue  Anchor^",  in  1679. 

Dr.  William  married  for  his  second  Avife,  Mrs.  Mary 
(Woodmansey)  Tajjping,  daughter  of  Mr.  Robert  (probably) 
Woodmansey,  and  lived  only  about  six  years  afterward,  dying 
on  the  18tli  March,  1686,  aged  about  65  years.  His  wife 
Mary  died  May  21,  1707,  aged  78.  His  tond)stone  stands  in 
King's  Chapel  burial  ground,  Boston,  near  and  fai-ing  the 
middle  of  the  railing  on  Tremont  street.  On  it  is  also 
inscribed  the  name  of  his  Avidow,  Mary.  "It  is  likely  that 
this  stone  dor^s  not  stand  where  it  was  originally  placed,  as 
a  number  of  toinbstoii'.'s  were  taken  u])  and  set  in  a  I'ow  by 
some  ])orsoii.  A  barbarism  that  should  ii(>V(M-  have  been 
sanctioned."'     i  Letter  of  W.  T.  Avery.) 

*  Tli(!    /Hue    Amlittr   stood   near  the   spot  wiieni   the    Transcript   T?nil<lin,ir 
•stood  on    A\'iisliin^t<in    Strcrt,    now    ofcupicd    by  the    (Ilolte  ne\vs|iapor   oJhce. 
(See  Meiiiiii'iiil  Ilixlori/  (>/'  Jtastun,   ISSO.      I'd/.  i\  jmi/c    'tlO. 


AVEEY    GENEALOGY. 


29 


AVERY  COAT   OF  AKMS. 


There  are  two  vahiable  relics 
which  are  known  to  have  belonged 
to  Dr.  William  Avery,  one  a  paint- 
ing on  canvas  of  the  Avery  coat 
of  arms,  mentioned  in  inventory 
of  the  estate  of  William  Avery", 
(his  great-grandson)  Dec.  1,  1791. 
Mrs.  Jerusha  (Avery)  Bingham, 
grand-daughter  of  W^illiam',  had 
it  for  many  years  in  her  posses- 
sion, after  which  it  descended  to  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Lucy 
Avery  (Bingham)  King. 

The  other  relic  was  a  Malacca  cane,  with  massive  silver 
head,  elaborately  chased,  which  was  (July  27,  1872,)  in  thf. 
possession  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  (White)  Conant,  of  Framing- 
ham,  Mass.,  great-grand  daughter  of  Wm.  Avery'. 

As  before  stated,  Dr.  William  Avery^  owned  extensive 
tracts  of  land  lying  adjacent  to  or  near  the  original  Averv 
homestead,  which  descended  through  the  family  for  j^ears. 
It  is  only  within  a  comparatively  short  time  that  the  lands 
thus  bequeathed  have  j^assed  out  of  ths  hands  of  owners 
bearing  the  Avery  name.  We  here  insert  a  deed  of  laud  to 
William',  oldest  son  to  Dr.  William"':  — 


DEED  OF  mi.  WILLIAM  A\'ERY^. 

IVIarch  16,   IGSy.. 

Gift  to  IJis  Eldest  Son,    WilUavf'. 

Know  all  men  by  by  these  p'sents,  that  I,  William  Avery 
(Phistieu  et  Cliirurgeon)  Resident  in  Boston,  in  the  connty  of 
Suffolke,  in  the  Massachusetts  Collony  in  New  England,  npon 
good  Considerations  npon  acconnt  of  portion.  Do  hereby  and 
herewith  freely  give,  grant,  &  set  ont  to  my  beloved  P^ldest  son 
William  Avery  (blacksmith)  resident  in  Dedham.  in  y*^  Connty  of 


30  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

Suff<jlke  Jiforesaid— Uo  for  me,  my  Hc3'ers,  &  Sucessers,  full}' 
fieoly  &  ahsohiteh'  give  unto  my  say"'  son  William  Avery  &  to 
his  Meyers,  Kxeciito''%  Adniinistrato'^%  and  Assigns  forever,  tliose 
two  house  lotts  in  Dedhani,  which  was  granted  hy  tlie  sayd  towne 
to  Francis  Austin  c<:  Willinni  IJearstoe,  as  they  lye  adjoyneing 
together  in  that  part  of  Dcdhaui  Towne  called  East  sti'eet,  as  the 
sayd  lotte  lyeth  liy  c^  an  lioiinded  c^  aluitteth  upon  the  great 
Highway  or  Stieet  towards  the  west  ifc  upon  the  land  of  /John 
Fayerbanke  sen''.  &  y*^  land  of  Jonathan  ft'ayerl)anks  towards  the 
South  &  east  and  upon  the  land  that  I  [)urchased  of  Mr.  Dwigiit 
towards  the  East,  &  upon  the  land  of  my  son  Jonathan  Avery 
towards  the  North,  and  also  all  the  houses,  buildings,  orchards 
&  emprovements  ui)on  the  sayd  Land.  Moui:,  one  parcell  of 
woodland,  the  quantyty  being  more  or  less,  the  same  I  lioiight  of 
Mr.  Timothy  Dvvight  as  it  Lyeth  by  &  abutteth  upon  the  afore- 
sayd  Land,  and  ui)on  the  lot  or  land  of  Jonathan  Avery  towards 
the  west  &  upon  the  land  of  Thomas  Herring  towards  the  North, 
&  upon  the  Mill  Creek  towards  the  east  and  al)utteth  upon  the 
land  of  Jonathan  ffayerbank  towards  the  South — More,  one 
parcell  of  meadow  and  upland  as  it  lyeth  in  east  street  aforesayd, 
near  the  house  lot  or  hunl  aforesayd,  as  it  lyi'th  by  &  is  bounded 
and  aliutteth  upon  the  aforesa3'd  Highway  or  street  towards  the 
east,  right  agaynst  the  aforesay'd  land  &  abutting  upon  the  land 
of  John  ft'ayerbanks  towards  the  south  &  upon  the  little  River 
towards  the  west  and  u[)on  the  meadow  iSc  upland  of  Jonathan 
Avery  towards  the  North  according  to  the  ditch  &  fence  as  it  is 
now  devided  &  fenced — ]Moim:,  nine  acres  of  u[)land  more  or  less 
as  it  lyeth  togellicr  in  Dcdliani  aforesayd  near  unto  south  meadow 
a  part  thereof  1  i)urchased  of  Thomas  Battelle,  the  remaynder 
thereof  was  granted  unto  me  by  the  Town  of  Dedham,  the  true 
Iwunds  &  almttments  of  the  whole  parcel  acording  as  it  is 
described  in  the  book  of  Grants  or  Records  of  the  Town  of 
Dedham — IMoui:,  eight  acres  of  meadow,  more  or  less,  as  it  lyeth 
in  l)c(lli:iin  aforesayil  in  that  nu'adow  called  Hock  meadow,  as  it 
lyeth  by  &  is  boinided  and  al)utteth  u\n)\\  the  meadow  that  was 
Deacon  Ilenery  Chickery''  towards  the  North  it  ui)on  IJrook  or 
small  river  that  iinieth  through  rcjck  meadow  Inwards  the  east  & 
South  east,  and  abutteth  upon  the  wast  ui)land  one  all  other  parts. 
]MoKK,  one  parcell  or  hjtt  of  Lauds  in  Di'dham  aforesayd  as  it 
do   Lye  in   that  Devision  of  land  near  Meadlield  bound   line  the 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  31 

(liianlity  being  lw()  huiulrcd  and  fifty  acres,  more  oi-  less,  the 
whole  lot  as  it  was  granliMl  by  the  Towne  of  Dedham  to  the 
Rights  of  En's.  Francis  Chickering,  the  bounds  and  aljiittinents 
Being  described  in  the  Booke  of  the  Towne  of  Dedham's  Records. 
]MouK.  Six  acres  of  seader  Swamp,  lie  it  more  or  less  tlie 
whole  lot  as  it  Lyeth  in  Dedham  aforesayd,  near  or  adjoineing  to 
tlie  great  Pond  as  it  is  bonnded  &  abntteth  ui)on  the  said  pond 
towards  the  Nortli,  u[)on  Turkey  Island  towaids  the  west  and 
upon  the  swamp  that  did  belong  to  Henery  Philii[)s  and  upon  the 
wigwam  plain,  one  all  other  parts.  More,  the  whole  &  full  Right 
&  Rights  of  nine  Cow  Comons  and  three  Sheep  Comons  in  all 
sorts  of  Lands  in  all  Uevissions  of  Lands  yet  at  any  time  here- 
after to  be  layed  out  in  the  whole  bounds  of  the  Towne  of 
Dedham  aforesayd  whatsoever.  More,  the  moyetie  or  half  part 
of  my  lot  or  parcell  of  meadow  tliat  I  bought  of  Cornelius 
fflsher  as  it  lyeth  in  Fowle  Meadow  one  the  Northerly  side  of  the 
River,  being  the  first  meadow  streame  towards  the  west  that  is 
yet  layed  out  one  the  Northerly  side  of  the  sayd  River.  More, 
all  my  sayd  Cow  Comon  Rights  in  all  Devissions  of  Lands  yet 
layd  out  or  at  any  time  hereafter  to  be  layd  out  in  all  the  Town- 
ship &  bounds  in  the  Towne  of  Wrentham — More,  Twenty  &  six 
acres  of  land  be  it  more  or  less  as  it  Lyeth  in  the  Thousand  Acres 
near  Dedham  in  the  bounds  of  Rocksbei'y  in  the  seaventh  hundi'ed 
undevided,  Lyeing  with  the  widdow  Heatli,  the  land  formerly 
Arthui'  Garys  Robert  Seaver,  &  Robert  Peper,  being  the  Land 
I  purchased  of  Thomas  ffoster,  as  by  a  legall  Deed  thereof  may 
more  full  apeare.  All  the  aforesayd  Lotm"  and  parcells  of  up- 
lands, meadows,  swamp  and  Comon  Rights  aforesayd  as  they  are 
described  aforesayd,  I,  the  sayd  William  Avery  do  avouch  and 
declare  to  be  at  the  day  of  the  date  hereof  of  my  owue  proper 
estate,  &  in  my  owne  power  all  the  pr.<=mises  Lawfully  to  dispose 
&  give.  And  do  hereby  further  warrant  all  y""  aforedescribed 
pr.^mises  together  with  all  the  buildings,  orchards,  fences,  wood 
Timber,  stone,  grass,  feed  proffits  pr.%'elidges,  improvements,  & 
Comodities  thereupon,  therein,  or  thereunto  any  way  appertayue- 
ing,  or  that  may  at  any  time  hereafter  be  procured  &  ataineci, 
from  all  the  p.'mesis  or  any  part,  or  parcell  thereof  whatsoever 
TO  HAVE  &  TO  HOLD  to  him,  my  sayd  Son  William  Avery 
as  a  good  inheritance,  in  fee  Simple  to  him,  His  Heyers,  executo." 
Adrainestrato'''   &  Assignes  in  peaceable  Possession  forever,  free, 


32  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

Acqiiitt  &  discharged  of  &  from  all  &  all  manner  of  Debts, 
Mortgages.  Leases,  Entayles.  Dowmts,  Titles  of  Dowrj'  &  *ill 
•otiier  Locall  Mollestations  &  encuniberances  whatsoever,  from, 
by,  or  under  us  or  any  of  us,  we  the  sayd  William  or  my  Heyers 
or  sueeessers.  And  I  do  herewith  Render  &  give  Seizur  &  Law- 
ful Posession  of  all  the  al)ove  described  p^mises  &  do  further 
promis  to  do  any  further  Act,  or  Acts  tiling  or  tilings  do,  or  may 
any  way  tend  to  tlie  more  full  confiimation  &  Loyall  asurance  of 
ill!  the  aliove  demised  p."'mises  wliensoever  1  am  Reasonalily 
I'equested  thereunto.  In  Witnes  to  &  for  full  Confirmation  of  all 
the  above  demised  p.^mises,  I  the  Sayd  William  Avery  Sen"",  have 
hereunto  s(>t  my  hand  &  afixed  my  scale  in  y*^  year  one  Thousand 
six  hundred  Eighty  one,  the  16""  of  March. 

Read,  Signed, 

Sealed  &  Delivered  (i^^ cM:   AV-^r-U 

in  P.^senee  of  cJ7 

Daniell  fflslier  sk\l. 

Jii"  Woodmansey 

Mr.   William   Avery   acknowledged  this    Instrume."'  to   be   his 
Act  and  Deed,  this  1(;''>  March  IGNi/,,. 

Mrs.  Mary  Avery  did  at  the  same  time  resigne   tfc    disclaim  all 
her  right  it  Title  in  the  p"^mises. 

before  Sam'-'-  Norwkll  Assist.      (Sign''). 


The  following  is  a  copy  of  tiie 

WILL   OF    DR.   WILLIAM  AVERY^    OF  DEDIIAM.    MAS>. 

J, I    I'roJxUc   Oj}ire.  Boston.  Mass..  15  Oct.  16S3. 

J,  \\'illi:iiii  AviTv,  residt'iit  of  Uostoii.  in  the  couuly  of  Suffolk, 
■of  y''  INIassachusctts  Colony  in  New  England,  i)ractitioner  in 
physick  and  ;igcd  about  dl  years,  being  llirough  (iod's  goodness 
of  sound  judgment  and  iiuMiiory,  yet  weak  in  body  :iiul  e.\|>ecling 
my  great  change  quickly,  do  constitute  nnd  ordain  this  my  last 
A\'ill  nnd  Testament  as  followelli.  vi/,  : 

Iiiiliri'iiv  That  after  my  decease  my  lioily  shall  be  with  dccml 
bni-yal  interred,  at  y''  discretion  of  my  exi'culors  and  that  all  my 
just  debts  and  funerall  expenses  shall  duly  and  Seasonably   paitl. 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  33 

Item.  I  give  unto  my  dear  and  loving  "Wife  Mary,  Uic  sumnie  of 
one  hundred  pounds  of  currant  raony  of  New  J-Cngland  as  I 
promised  upon  marriage  witli  lier  and  whieli  is  now  in  lier  hand. 
Also  I  do  give  unto  my  said  Wife  during  her  life  the  use  of  y'' 
part  of  my  housing  and  lands  in  Dedham  in  y*  county  aforesaid, 
wliieh  are  served  in  my  son  Jonathan's  deed,  and  the  use  of  halfe 
)ny  Island  meadow,  reserved  in  my  son  Robert's  deed,  together 
with  the  use  of  a  bed  and  furniture. 

Item.  I  do  give  and  bequeathe  to  my  daughter  Mary  Tisdale, 
one  hundred  pounds  iu  mony  or  goods  at  mony  price  to  be  paid 
within  three  years  after  my  decease,  and  my  will  is  y^  what  she 
hath  already  received  shall  be  reckoned  as  part  of  it. 

It.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  two  sons-in-law,  William  Sumner 
and  Benjamin  Dyer,  twenty  pounds  apiece,  accounting  that  which 
each  of  them  hath  received  already  as  a  part  of  this  legacy  to 
them  And  further  my  will  is,  that  iu  case  my  share  iu  certain 
mines  shall  prove  profitable,  then  j^-  shall  have  twenty  pounds 
apiece  more  paid  them  by  my  Executors  at  aud  upon  y*^  advice  of 
my  overseers  yy  judging  them  to  be  so  profitable  as  y'  there  is 
reason  for  the  same. 

It.  My  Will  is  y'  ray  son  Jonathan  shall  have  my  two  Stills, 
all  my  Physick  books  and  instruments,  he  allowing  twenty  pounds 
to  my  Executors  for  y''  same. 

It.  Concerning  my  part  in  several  mines  my  Will  is,  that  after 
all  necessary  charges  laid  out  or  to  be  laid  out  upon  them  be  equally 
satisfyed,  then  the  profit  or  income  of  them,  while  ray  wife  lives, 
shall  be  divided  to  her  and  to  my  four  children,  William,  Robert 
and  Jonathan  Avery  and  Mary  Tisdale,  and  after  my  vvife's 
decease  shall  be  divided  among  my  said  children  ;  and  my  Will  is, 
that  in  all  these  divisions  my  son  William  shall  have  a  double 
share  and  the  rest  each  of  them,  a  single  share  or  equal  share. 
Further,  my  Will  is,  that  a  third  part  of  all  the  profit  y'  shall  arise 
to  any  and  all  my  children  from  the  said  mines  shall  be  improved 
for  publick  and  charitable  uses  according  to  their  own  discretion. 
And  my  Will  is,  that  it  shall  remain  with  them  from  time  to  time, 
their  heirs  or  successors,  that  all  necessary  charges  deducted,  a 
third  part  of  y'^'  profit  of  y*^'  mine  'aforesaid,  shall  be  for  publick 
and  charitable  use.  //.  I  do  nominate  aud  appoint  my  three  sons, 
William,  Robert  and  Jonathan,  Executors  of  this  my  last  Will  aud 
Testament.     And  do  will  y'  what  I  have  already  given  them,  by 


34  AVERY    GENEOLOGY. 

deeds  or  otherwise  shall  be  reckoned  as  their  several  portions.  Only 
my  Will  is  y'  in  case  there  shall  be  an}'  estate  remaining  after  all 
debts  and  legacies  above  beqneathed  be  paid,  then  my  son  William 
shall  have  thirty  pounds  more  to  make  him  up  a  double  share.  And, 
if  afterward  there  be  anything  remaining,  it  shall  be  equally  divided' 
among  my  four  children.  Finall}'.  I  do  nominate  and  request  my 
worthy  friends  Mr.  John  Wilson  of  Medfield  and  Mr.  William 
Adams  of  Dedham,  to  be  my^  overseers  to  give  advice  and  their 
help  to  my  Executors  as  yy  shall  need  in  reference  to  this  my  last 
Will  and  I  do  appoint,  y'  yy  shall  have  each  of  them  fourty  shil- 
lings paid  them  by  my  executors,  within  three  months  after  my 
decease,  besides,  honest  satisfaction  for  any  necessary  labor  may 
be  expended  by  them  hereabout. 

And  in  testimony  of  my  ordaining  and  constituting  this  my 
last  Will  and  Testament.  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal 
tills  fifteenth  day  of  October,  in  y''  year  of  our  Lord,  one  tliousand 
six  hundred  and  eighty  three. 

Signed  and  sealed 

in  presence  of  us  ^,  t  ^ /?   -  y 

Samuel  lane  \)f\A t^cJ^^^^'^y^^ ^ [/ 6^ y< 

Samuel  Fearrin. 

Sealed  Published  and  confirmed  by  ]Mr.  William  Aver}'  to  be 
his  last  Will  and  Testament  the  13"'  of  March  IGS''/;  in  the 
presence  of  us 

William  IlAr.KiJiiLD. 

JolIX    IIlGGS, 

James  Woodmansey. 


A  VE  R Y    GENEAL 0 G Y 


35 


FAMILY     AND     GENERATIONS    OF    DEA. 
WILLIAlM  AVERY^  DEDHAM,  MASS. 

XyriLLIAM  AYEEY\    eldest   sou   of   Dr.    William^   and 
•**     Margaret   Avery,    was    in    liis    third    year    when    his 
j^areuts  emigrated  to  America  and  settled  in  Dedliam. 

Of  his  personal  character  history  is  silent,  except  that 
he  was  a  deacon  of  the  church  Avhich  shows  him  to  have 
been  a  man  of  Christian  principles. 

He  married  Mary,  eldest  daughter  of  Job  and  Sarah 
Lane,  of  Maiden,  Mass.,  Sept.  21,  1673.     Children  were  : 

i.     Mary'',  b.  Aug.  21,  1674,  m.  Oct.  13,  169.^,  Eleazer  Fisher. 

ii.  Sarahs,  ^^  Qct.  9,  1G75,  m.  Nov.  24,  1696,  Thos.  Metcalf 
&  Dea.  Jos.  Wight. 

iii.  William'',  b.  IMarch  31,  1678,  m.  June  'IQ,  1700,  Esther 
Hunting. 

iv.  Hannah'',  b.  Jan.  7,  1679,  ni.  .Tan.  l.i,  1700,  Jonathan 
Metcalf. 

Mary,  wife  of  Dea.  William-',  died  Oct.  11,  1681,  aged  29 
3'ears.  Her  broken  tombstone,  in  Dedliam,  is  inscribed 
thus  : 


]J     16  8  I 


36  AVEKY   GEXEALOGY. 

He  married,  Auo-.  29,  1682,  Elizabeth  White,  and  had 
chiklreu  : 

i.  .Samuel's  b.  lit"'  of  3"'  (May)     1(583,  died  July  10.  1G83. 

ii.  Elizabeth'',   b.     IG,  3    (May)    1G84,    m.    Josiali   Fisher, 

Sept.  2;').  1707  (rec'ds.) 

iii.  Johi/',  b.  2G.  10  (Dec.)    1685,  died  Fel).  10.  IGS-'/,;  (per 
rec'ds.) 

iv.  Joseph",    b.    Apr.    '.),     1G87,    m.    Sarah    Newman    (per 
rec'ds.) 

V.  Deborah''.    1).   May  5,    1689,   died    Sept.    3,    1G89    (per 
rec'ds. 

His  "svife,  Elizabeth,  died  October  3,  IG'JU,  aiul  he  was 
married  Aug.  25,  1008,  to  Mehitable,  (widow  of  Samuel 
AYordeu  and  daughter  of  Gov.  Thomas  Hinckley,)  by  Eev. 
James  Allen.  He  died  Dec.  15,  1708.  His  slate  tomb- 
stone in  Dedham  cemetery  is  inscribed  thus  : 

'"Here  lyes  y''  Body  of  Deacon  William  Avrry.  aged  G2  years. 
Died  December  y'  15''',  1708." 

His  widow,  Mehitable,  died  about  1726. 
An  agreement  between  the  widow  and  heirs  of  William 
Avery'",  reads  as  follows  : 

"Suffolk,  ss.  Dkdham,  Fel)ruary  23,  17oyii. 

An  agreement  betwen  the  widow  and  children  of  W"  Avery 
Late  of  Dedham  aforesaid,  blacksmith  deceased  Intestate. 
Touching  the  Divisi(jn  and  settlement  of  y'  said  Deceased's  Estate. 

Till  jr.  That  Mehitable  Avery  his  said  witlow  in  lieu  of  her 
Dower  and  thirds  in  the  said  Decea.sed's  Estate  shall  have  and 
enjoy  to  her  usi'  duriuiz  llie  term  of  Uvv  natural  life  one  halfe 
part  of  y'  uplaiuls  and  meadows  belonging  to  y"-'  homestead  on 
each  side  of  3'''  East  Street  in  Dedham  aforesaid  with  convenient 
room  in  y^'  Dwelling  house  and  Barne  of  y^'  said  homestead  for 
her  acconmiodatiou.  As  also  sundry  moveables  and  household 
goods  delivered  into  her  custody  to  be  at  her  own  Uvii  use  and 
al)solute  disposal. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  37 

'2Hy.  That  William  Avery,  Eldest  son  of  y""  said  Deceased  for 
his  double  share  in  said  Estate  shall  have,  hold  and  enjoy  to  him 
and  his  heirs  forever  the  other  halfe  parte  of  the  said  uplands  and 
meadow  of  y''  aforesaid  Homestead  one  each  side  of  y''  said  East 
street  together  with  the  shop  and  residence  of  y''  said  Housing 
and  buildings  standing  upon  said  Homestead,  also  a  piece  of 
meadow  of  eight  acres  called  Rockmeadow  and  parcel  of  swamp 
lying  by  y^'  great  pond  called  Wigwam  Plain  pond,  containing 
aliout  six  acres  in  Dedham.  Together  with  a  parcel  of  moveables 
and  shop  tooles,  delivered  into  his  custody.  The  said  William 
Avery  being  to  l)e  accountable  to  the  Estate  for  what  more  this 
his  part  amounts  unto  than  his  double  share,  according  to  apprise- 
ment  in  y*^  inventory  of  said  Estate. 

S'^ly.  That  Joseph  Aver}',  the  other  son  of  the  said  deceased, 
for  his  single  share  of  the  said  Deceased's  Estate,  shall  have, 
hold  and  enjoy  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever.  A  parcel  of  meadow 
containing  six  acres  more  or  less  lymg  at  y''  westermost  End  of 
Fowle  meadow  so  called,  witliin  the  precinct  of  Dedham  or 
Dorchester.  Also  a  piece  of  meadow  and  upland,  containing  by 
estimation  thirty-eight  acres,  be  the  same  more  or  less,  lying  near 
unto  Mendham,  also  one  cow  common  right  of  and  in  the 
undevided  lands  in  Dedham.  Together  with  a  parcel  or  moveables 
and  household  goods  now  delivered  into  his  custod^^" 

ti^thjy"  Mary,  the  eldest  daughter  (wife  of  Eleazer  Fisher) 
for  her  (single)  share,  received  ''a  piece  of  swamp  containing 
about  twentj'-two  acres,  I^'ing  in  Purgatory  Swamp,  soe  called 
within  the  precincts  of  Dedham.  Also  one  half  of  a  tract  of 
land  called  Medfield  Divident,  containing  in  y*^  whole  about  one 
hundred  and  seventy  acres  together  with  a  parcel  of  moveables 
rec'd  and  taken  into  her  custody,  and  one  cow  common  right  in 
the  aforesaid  undivided  lands." 

"5"'ly."  Sarah,  the  second  daughter,  for  her  (single)  share 
received  "  two  pieces  of  land,  the  one  containing  thirty  acres,  the 
other  eight  acres,  be  y'^  same  more  or  less,  13'ing  near  unto  a  field 
called  Farrington's  field  in  Dedham  aforesaid.  Also  y*^  other 
halfe  of  y*^  before  named  Medfield  Divident  of  land,  and  one 
cow  common  in  y^  aforesaid  undevided  lands  together  with  a 
parcel  of  moveables,  rec'd  and  taken  into  her  custody." 

'•  6"My."  Hannah,  the  third  daughter  (wife  of  Jonathan 
Metcalf,  Jr.,)  "  for  her  single  share,"  received  "a  piece  of  Land 


38  AVEEY    GENEALOGY. 

containing  a1)out  twenty  six  acres,  adjoining  to  Mr.  Dwiglit's  land 
within  tlie  precinct  of  Roxborroiigh,  together  with  a  parcel  of 
moveables  rec'd  and  taken  into  her  custody  hy  her  husband's 
hands. 

7"'ly.  Elizabeth,  the  fourtli  daughter  (wife  of  Josiah  Fisher 
Jr..)  "for  her  single  share,"  received  "a  parcel  of  land  con- 
taining about  twenty  acres,  be  it  more  or  less,  lying  near  unto  a 
meadow  called  South  Meadow  and  adjoining  upon  y*^  land  of 
Jonathan  Metcalf,  Sen',  in  Dedham  aforesaid.  Also  four  acres 
of  swamp  att  y''  end  of  a  place  called  the  Kidge,  and  one  cow 
common  right  of  and  in  the  aforesaid  undivided  Lands  together 
witli  a  parcel  of  moveables  rec'd  and  taken  into  her  custody." 

"  8"'ly.  It  is  further  agreed  that  the  above  named  William 
Avery,  the  said  Inkiest  sou,  shall  have,  hold  and  enjoy  to  him  and 
his  heirs  forever  (as  part  of  his  doul)le  portion)  two  cow  common 
rights  and  three  sheep  common  Kights  of  and  in  the  aforesaid 
undivided  Lands. 

"  9"'iy  and  lastly,  it  is  mutually  agred  that  after  y^  said 
Mehitable  Avery,  the  part  of  y''  uplands  and  meadows  &c  herel)y 
assigned  her,  as  aforesaid  out  of  y'-'  real  estate  of  y'^  said 
deceased,  shall  fall  into  Division  among  the  aforesaid  children  of 
y*  said  Deceased  or  their  representatives  according  to  y'^  aforesaid 
division  of  said  P^state. 

In  testimon}'  whereof  the  aforesaid  partners  have  hereunto  set 
their  hands  and  scales  y"  day  and  year  first  above  written. 

Signed  sealed  and  delivered  Mkhkt.vislk  Avery 

in  presence  of  us  William  Avkry 

Porter  Gardner  Joseph  Ayery 

.Tosejili  piveo  Eleazar  Fisher 

Elizabeth  butcher  ISIary  Fisher 

Sarah  Metcalfe 
Hanxah  Metcalfe 
Jonathan  Metcalfe 
In  hohalf  of  Hannah  my  wife. 
Josiah  Fisher 
Elizaijeth  Fisher 

Acknowledged  &c  Boston  Feby  2.Sd  1708. 

J.  II.  Haddington. 

Mary  (AvEitY")  Fisher,  eldest  daughtcv.  In. in  Ku-i,  wife 
of  Eleazer  Fislier  oi  Dedliani. 


AVEnr  GENEALOGY.  39 

Saeah  (Ayery')  Metcalf,  second  daughter,  boru  1675, 
■o-ife  of  Thos.  Metcalf,  by  whom  she  had  cliildreu :  i.,  Sarah, 
b.  1(598;  ii.,  Samuel,  b.  1699;  iii.,  Thomas,  b.  1701;  Iy., 
Sarah,  b.  1703. 

Mr.  Metcalf  died  Dec.  12,  1704:,  and  his  widow  married 
April  6,  1709,  Joseph  "Wight  of  Dedham,  by  whom  she  had 
one  son,  Joseph,  b.  1710. 

Sarah  (AYery' )  Wight  died  June  28,  1748,  aged  73  years. 


40  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 


FAMILY    AND    GENERATIONS    OF    CAPT. 
WILLIAM  AVERY''. 

n  APT.  WILLLIM  AVERY',  bom  1678  married  Jime  26, 
1700,  Esther  Hunting  ;  was  the  eldest  son  of  Deacon 
William"  and  Mary  (Lane)  Avery,  and  inherited  the  largest 
share  of  his  father's  estate.  No  doubt  to  the  same  dwelling 
where  his  father  had  spent  his  life  from  early  childhood, 
and  where  he,  himself,  first  saw  the  light  of  day,  he  must 
have  brought  his  bride,  and  once  more  the  j^atter  of  little 
feet  was  heard  there. .    Seven  children  were  born  to  them  : 

i.  Esther',  b.  Aug.  7,  1704,  iii.  Dec.  17,  1730, William  Deane. 

ii.  Mary\  b.  April  19,  1707,  m.  Aug.  31,  1727,  Samuel  Deaue. 

iii.  p:iizabetli',  b.  May  2!),  1709,  m.  Oct.  30,  1729,  Hezekiah 
Sprague. 

iv.  Rebekah',  b.  Aug.  Ki,  1711.  unmarried. 

V.  Margaret',  b.  Jan.  2r>,  I7iyi,  ni.  Joshua  Everett, 

vi.  William",  b.  Aug.  30,  171(),  m.  Bethiah  Metcalf. 

vii.  Syltil",  I).  Jan.  3,  1720,  in.  Nov.  16,  1749,  Ebenezer  Draper. 

His  wife  Esther  having  died  Jan.  14,  1745,  he  married  for 
his  second  wife  Mary  Fisher,  and  died  May  13,  1750. 

His  gravestone  (slate)  in  Dedham,  on  south  sid(^  of  cem- 
etery, and  about  thirty  yards  east  of  Allyn  Monument,  is 
inscribed  thus :  "  Here  lies  buried  y'  Body  of  Capt.  William 
Avery,  who  Deceased  May  13th,  1750,  in  the  74th  year  of  his 
age."  On  the  Avery  monument,  in  the  Bingham  lot  in  Ded- 
ham cemetery,  are  inscribed  the  names,  ages  and  dates  of 
deaths  of  five  William  Averys.  The  date  of  the  death  of 
the  third  William  is  inscribed  1756,  and  his  age  So;  that  of 
Capt.  William''  is  omitted.  Mary,  widoAv  of  Ca])t.  William 
survived  him  about  twenty  years.  Hi^r  will  on  tile  in  probate 
office,  Boston,  l)ears  date  Jan.  13,  1770. 


AVERY    GEXEALOGY.  4 

The  seal  of  William  Avery*  is  still  iu  existence.  Mr.  W. 
T.  Averv  lias  iu  liis  possession  a  brass  one,  which  is  an  exact 
copy  of  an  impression  in  icax  from  the  original  seal  on  the 
original  clocHmenf  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Vernon  Bingham 
Upham,  grandson  of  Mrs.  Jernsha  (Avery'')  Bingham  (de- 
ceased), which  belonged  to  William  Avery'',  the  signer.  The 
seal  is  silver  and  is  mentioned  iu  the  Avill  of  William  x\.very ', 
Dec.  1,  1791,  who  gives  to  his  son  Joseph'  his  "seal  of  a 
watch  which  hath  the  arms  of  the  family  engraved  upon 
it."  The  seal  is  now  in  possession  of  Mr.  Thomas  White  of 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  grandson  of  the  said  Joseph". 

Another  impression  in  wax  from  this  seal  is  attached  to  a 
deed  of  James  Whiting  to  William  Avei-y'',  July  10,  1724 
It  is  also  mentioned  in  Whitmore's  "Heraldic  Journal"  as 
being  attached  to  a  will  of  Joseph  Dammou,  1721,  aud  as 
belonging  to  William  Aver}-,  one  of  the  witnesses. 

There  is  yet  another  impression  in  wax  of  the  Avery  seal, 
now  in  possession  of  Mrs.  Evelina  W.  Hatch  of  No.  Truro, 
Mass.,  descended  to  her  on  the  maternal  side,  from  Rev. 
John  Avery**  of  No.  Truro,  who  was  cousin  to  William 
Averv". 

Hannah  (Aveky")  Metcalf,  third  daughter  of  Deacon 
William  and  Mary  Avery',  b.  1679,  wife  of  Jonathan  Metcalf, 
by  whom  she  had :  1,  Hauuali ;  2,  Jonathan ;  3,  Mehitable ; 
4,  William,  b.  1708,  H.  C,  1727 ;  5,  Mary ;  6,  John ;  7,  Abigail; 
8,  Margaret. 

Joseph  Avery",  son  of  Deacon  William  and  Elizabeth 
(White)  Avery",  born  April  9,  1687,  graduated  from  Harvard 
College  1706,  and  was  first  minister  of  Norton,  now  Mans- 
field, Mass.     He  died  April  23,  1770. 

Of  Eev.  Joseph  Avery,  history  has  recorded  much.  It 
appears  that  the  year  in  which  he  graduated  from  college 
(1706)  he  was  engaged  in  teaching  at  Eehoboth  "within  the 


42  AVE  BY   GENEALOGY. 

Hing  of  the  Green,"  receiving  "seven  pounds,  ten  shillings 
of  silver  money  for  a  quarter  of  a  year."  He  graduated 
from  the  same  college,  the  same  year,  as  that  of  his  cousin 
John  Avery",  who  became  pastor  of  the  first  church  in  Truro, 
Mass.  And  each  began  their  work  of  ministry  at  about 
the  same  time  —  a  singular  coincidence.  Eev.  Joseph  Avery* 
was  preaching  at  Freetown,  when  he  received  a  call  to  Nor- 
ton. He  had  been  highlv  recommended  by  Rev.  Mr. 
Danforth,  his  particular  friend,  who  was  then  preaching  at 
Taunton,  and  desiring  to  have  Mr.  Avery  settle  as  a  near 
neighbor,  strongly  urged  the  people  to  hear  him.  Accord- 
ingly they  consented.  On  what  all-im})ortaut  Sunday 
he  appeared  before  the  assembled  Avisdom  antl  gravity 
of  our  Pilgrim  Fathers  is  not  known,  but  it  was 
probably  in  September  or  October,  1710.  His  services 
proving  acceptable  to  the  people,  Mr.  Danfcu'th  urged  them 
to  give  him  a  call,  which  the}'  did  "at  a  meeting  of  the 
inhabitants  of  Taunton,  North  Purchase,  Dec.  2ord,  1710." 
But  a  year  went  by  after  Mr.  Avery  was  called  to  settle  and 
no  response  was  received  from  him ;  although  the  general 
understanding  seemed  to  bo  that  lie  Avould  finally  accept  if 
sufhcient  encouragement  was  given  him.  The  ])roject  of 
building  him  a  house  was  started,  and  a  tax  was  levied  u])on 
the  town  to  assist  him  in  ])roviding  a  liabitation.  Acc(uxl- 
ingly  a  building  about  46  feet  long,  by  20  feet  wide,  was  soon 
in  process  of  erection,  however,  it  was  not  c-ompleted  for 
some  years;  not  until  tlioy  had  heard  of  his  frequent  visits 
to  Piehoboth,  (1711M  |\\hi(di  h'd  llicm  to  su]»])os(>  a  bride  in 
the  near  future  was  to  c-onic  among  thcin,  1  did  tlicy  awake 
to  the  iinportaiK-e  of  completing  the  parsonage. 

Mr.  Avery  must  have  Ixmmi  a  vtM'v  deliberate^  man,  for  not 
until  Se])t.  18th,  1714,  did  he  give  liis  answer  of  ai-c-e])tauce. 
It    was  accepted   })\   tlie  town   and    Ids   salary   fixed   at    £50. 


AVEIiY    GENEALOGY.  43 

Oct.  4,  1714,  the  pastor  elect  met  with  the  people  uud  "in 
solemn,  measuriHl  t(mes  read  OA-ev  (the  covenant)  sentence 
by  sentence  for  their  acceptance,"  with  few  alterations,  "it 
was  made  satisfactory  to  all."  The  yote  of  acceptance  was 
then  taken,  his  signature  affixed,  and  all  persons  present 
walked  uj)  to  the  table  one  by  one,  and  penned  their  auto- 
graphs. History  states  that  the  first  entry  made  in  the 
clinrch  records  is  in  the  handwriting  of  the  tirst  pastor  as 
follows:  "A  church  Avas  gathered  in  Norton  on  the  28tli 
day  of  October  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seyen 
hundred  and  fourteen,"  followed  l)y  "the  names  of  those 
who  coyenanted  as  members."  The  records  further  state 
that  "on  the  same  day,  Oct.  28th,  1714,  Mr.  Joseph  Avery 
was  ordained  pastor  of  the  Church  of  Christ  iu  Norton. 
(He  was  first  minister  in  Norton.)  "At  his  ordination  Rev. 
Samuel  Danforth  of  Taunton  gave  the  charge,  and  Rev. 
Thomas  Greenwood  of  Rehoboth  o-ave  the  riulit  hand  of 
fellowship." 

Six  years  later  Mr.  Avery  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Sarah  Newman  of  Rehoboth.  The  date  of  the  publishment 
was  Aug.  13,  1720.  Mrs.  Avery  was  the  daughter  of  Deacon 
Samuel  and  Hannah  Newman  ;  granddaughter  of  Samuel 
and  Bathshelia  (Chickering)  Newman,  and  great-grand- 
daughter of  Rev.  Samuel  Newman,  one  of  the  first  settlers, 
and  the  first  minister  of  Rehoboth.  She  was  liorn  Nov. 
20,  1700,  being  about  thirteen  years  younger  than  her  hus- 
band. They  continued  their  labors  among  the  people  to  the 
year  1748-9.  At  a  meeting  held  Nov.  3,  1748,  the  parish 
voted  to  pay  Mr.  Joseph  Avery  for  his  salary  that  year  i:140, 
old  tenor.  Two  days  later  a  warrant  for  a  parish  meeting- 
was  posted,  "to  vote  that  the  Rev.  Mr.  Joseph  Avery  be 
■dismissed  from  being  minister  of  said  Precinct,  for  reasons 
given,"  <tc.     "The  objections  against  him  ajipeared  to  be  of 


44  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

the  inosb  trivial  nature,"  so  the  historian  says,  "and  not  in 
the  least  affecting  his  moral  character."  "The  real  objec- 
tions to  the  pastor,  were  without  doubt,  first,  his  anti-Cal- 
Tiuistic  notions ;  second,  his  strong  and  manly  opposition  to 
the  great  revival  of  17-1:0  in  Avhich  the  celebrated  Whitefield 
was  the  leader."  "The  testimony  of  Rev.  Pitt  Clarke,  who 
knew  Mr.  Avery  personally,  shows  him  to  have  been  a  man 
of  respectable  literary  attainments,  for  the  time  in  Avhicli  he 
lived;  and  there  is  abundant  proof  that  he  Avas  a  man  of 
energy  and  decision  of  character,  willing,  if  need  be,  to  stand 
alone,  in  what  he  believed  to  be  a  righteous  caiTse  ;  and  that 
he  was  possessed  of  that  manly  independence,  without 
which  every  person  is  a  slave."  On  Monday,  Jan.  30,  174Y;i, 
Mr.  Avery  sent  in  his  resignation  and  ceased  to  l)e  pastor, 
it  having  been  34  years  since  his  ordination.  He  lived 
nearly  twenty-two  years  after  this,  exemplifying  the  religion 
he  taught.  He  died  April  23,  1770,  aged  83  years.  His 
wife,  Mrs.  Sarah  (Newman)  Avery,  died  Oct.  4,  1763,  aged 
63  years.  She  was  buried  in  the  common  graveyard,  and 
no  doubt  her  husband  Avas  laid  beside  her,  for  there  are 
indications  of  a  grave  close  to  hers,  but  no  stone  marks  his 
resting  place,  the  heirs  to  his  property  probably  caring 
more  for  his  money  than  his  memory.  Mrs.  Avery  never 
had  any  chihlren,  consequently  left  her  property  to  her 
neices,  Mr.  Avery  having  the  use  of  it  while  he  lived.  He, 
however,  soon  after  his  Avife's  death  deeded  his  farin,  Avorth 
X400,  over  to  Dr.  Tiffany,  Avhose  Avife  Avas  one  of  the  heirs, 
Avho  after  Mr.  AA'ery's  death,  sold  the  old  parsonage  and 
went  to  Keene,  N.  H. 

"His  autogra})h,  W  /?  / 

"NoirroN,  Dec.  r2th,  1784."     /7 


AVEIiY    GENEALOGY.  45 

lu  the  Avill  oi  Mrs.  Sarah,  wife  of  Rev.  Joseph  Avery", 
mention  is  made  of  property  that  she  owned  in  Rehoboth 
and  Attleborough,  houses  and  lands.  Also  her  "  negro  girl 
and  her  child  Cyrns,"  which  were  given  to  Mrs.  Tiffau}'. 
The  will  bears  date  July  18,  1763. 

EsTHEK  AvEEY',  eldest  daughter  of  Capt.  William"  and 
Esther  (Hunting)  Aver}'-,  born  in  Dedliam,  Aug.  7,  1704, 
married  Dec.  17,  1730,  William  Deaue,  who  was  born  in 
Dedham,  Aug.  19,  1702.  Had  one  son,  John  Deane',  who 
married  Abigail  White,  and  had  Rev.  Samuel  Deane-'  of 
Scituate.  Graduated  Brow-n  Uniyersity,  1805,  and  married 
Stella,  daughter  of  Hon.  Setli  Washburn  of  Rajnham, 
Mass.,  and  died  Aug.  0th,  1834  aged  50  years,  leaving  a 
son  and  tw'o  daughters. 

Rev.  Samuel  Deane"  had  a  brother,  Jacob''  of  Mansfield, 
Mass.,  who  in  1849,  w^as  living  in  the  house  of  his  grand- 
father William  Deaue. 

Mai:y  Avert',  second  daughter  of  Capt.  Wm.  Avery",  born 
April  19,  1707,  m.  Aug.  31,  1727,  Samuel  Deane  (a  brother 
to  the  above  William.) 

Mary  (Avery')  Deane  died  before  April  20,  1732.  Deacon 
Samuel  Deane  was  blacksmith  in  Dedham  (1732-45,)  moved 
to  Norton,  Mass.,  1745.  He  married  for  second  Avife  (per 
Ded.  records)  April  20,  1732,  Rachel  Dwight,  daughter  of 
Rachel  (Averj-")  and  Michael  Dwdght,  and  granddaughter 
of   Robert'  and  Elizabeth  (Lane)  Avery. 

Rachel  (Dwight)  Deane'  died  about  17(50,  aged  45  j-ears, 
leaving  six  or  seven  children  :  1.  Rev.  Samuel  Deane,  b, 
1733,  died  1814.  2.  Sarah,  b.  1735.  3.  Jo.siah,  M.  D.,  b. 
1737.  4.  Dea.  Elijah,  I).  1739,  died  1830.  5.  Ebenezer,  b. 
1741,  settled  at  Plymptou,  was  M.  D.  6.  John,  b.  1743, 
settled  in  Staudish,  Me.  7.  Dea.  Daniel,  b.  1745,  died  1805. 
fSee  Dwight  Gen.] 


46  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

Dea.  Samuel  Daaue,  tlie  father,  died  in  Xorton,  Mass,. 
March  30,  1775,  aged  nearly  75  years. 

Elizabeth  Avery',  daughter  of  "W'illiam"  and  Esther 
(Hunting)  Avery,  1).  1709,  m.  Oct.  30,  1729,  Hezekiah 
Sprague.  He  having  died,  she  married  Feb.  19,  1746, 
Ebenezer  Prescott,  of  Groton,  Mass.  They  had  Ebenezer 
b.  171:7,  Joseph,  1).  1749,  and  Rebecca.  Elizabeth  (Avery") 
Prescott  died  Dec.  1,  1770,  aged  61  years,  7  months. 
Rebecca",  b.  1711,  unmarried. 

Margaret  Avery",  fifth  daughter  of  William  Avery'',  b. 
1711,  m.  Dec.  12,  1731,  Joshua  Everett  of  Dedham.  She 
died  March  3,  1755,  aged  41  years. 

'\^^ILLIAM  Avery",  sixth  child,  and  only  son,  of  William'"' 
and  Esther  (Hunting)  Avery,  b.  1716,  m.  Dec.  10,  1741, 
Bethiah  Metcalf.     They  had  : — 

i.     "William",  1).  Oct.  3,  1742,  married  (?)   died  Feb.  7.  IT'J'J. 

ii.  Jonathan'^,  b.  Sept.  15,  1744,  m.  Sarah  Farrington  and 
Jerusha  Neal. 

iii.  Katharine'^,  b.  Aug.  3,  1740,  m.  Oct.  22.  17G6,  Jonathan 
Fisher. 

iv.  Pjethiah'^,  b.  Jan.  2(!.  174"'/;i,  m.  Jan.  24.  1771,  Dr.  Sanniel 
Ware. 

V.     Joseph"*,  b.  Oct.  11.  17.")1,  m.  ^Nlary  Allen. 

vi.     Grace"*,  1).  Aug.  17.  17.").").  m.  John  Howland"'. 

vii.     Juhn'^,  b.  Sept.  9,  17o.S,  m.  INIary  Cushnian. 

William  Avery",  died  Aug.  5, 1796,  aged  SO  years.  Bethiah 
(Metcalfj  Avery,  died  Dec.  25,  1793. 

DRAPER. 

Svbil  Avery",  seventh  ehild  of  William'',  b.  1720,  m.  Nov. 
16,  1749,  Ebenezer  Draper.     Had  eight  children  : — 

i.     SybiP.  b.  Sept.  21,   1750,  ni.  Fisher, 
ii.     Ivcbckah'^,  b.  Sept.  13,  1751,  died  Sept.  27,  1751. 
iii.     William'*,  b.  Sept.  23,  1752. 


A  VERY    GENEALOGY.  47 

iv.  Rebekah'^,  1).  Aug.  12,  17.")4,  in.  John  Colburn. 

V.  .Tcniinui"',  h.  Nov.  7,  IToG,  ui.  James  Turner. 

vi.  Mary"',  t).  April  5,  17(!0,  ni.  Ezekiel  Kingslnuy. 

vii.  Catharine'*.  1).  Dee.  5,  1761,  died  1775,  aged  14  j^ears. 

viii.  Anna^^,  1).  June  15,  17G6,  died  June  18,  176G. 

Ebeuezer  Draper  died  Jan.  3,  1784. 
Sybil  (Avery^)  Draper  died  Feb.  16,  181(5. 

WILLIAM  AYEEY\ 

William  Avery',  eldest  son  of  Willianr,  (  ]Villiaiii\ 
IFillianv',  WtUiain\)  and  Betliiali  (Metcalf)  Aveiy,  born 
October  3,  1742,  died  Feb.  7,  1799,  aged  57  years. 

Jonathan  A\^ry',  second  son  of  William',  born  Sept.  15, 
1714,  married  Sarah  Farringtou,  May  27,  1766.     Had  : — 

i.  Jonathau'J,  b.  March  24,  1767,  died  Nov.  1811. 

ii.  Sarah",  b.  Oct.  26,  1768,  died  July,  1830. 

iii.  AVilliam-',  b.  Sept.  1,  1770,  lost  at  sea,  Nov.,  1791. 

iv.  Calvin-',  b.  Jan.  8,  1776,  died  Sept  13,  1778. 

His  wife,   Sarali   (Farrington)  Avery,  died  Jan.  26,   1776, 

and  he  married  Nov.  21,  1776,  Jernsha  Neal.     Had  : — 
i.     Jerusha'J,  Sept.  13,  1780,  m.  1802,  Pliny  Bingham, 
ii.     Lucy9,  b.  Aug  12,  1784,  d.  April  29,  1824. 
iii.     Daniel^,  b.  Dec.  5,  1788,  d.  Sept.  3,  1793. 

Jonathan  Ayery"  died  Feb.,  1833. 

Jerusha  (Neal)  Avery  died  March  25,  1822. 

BIXGHAM^ 

Jerusha  Avery'  (Jonathan^  William',  William^,  William", 
Dr.  William^  of  Dedham)  daughter  of  Jonathan'  and 
Jerusha  (Neal)  Avery,  born  Sept.  13,  1780,  married  1802, 
Pliny  Bingham,     Their  children  were  : — 


4S  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

i.     Daniel"',  b.  May  1).  ISOS,  d.  Sept.  14.  1840. 
ii.     Catliariue  M.^",  b.  July  'l'>^  180ij,  ni.  Elial)  Gilinore. 
iii.     Almira'",  b.  July  23,  1808,  d.  Jan.  17.  1810. 
iv.     Enieline'",  Aug.  10  (or  7?)    1810,  m.  July,   1830,  Josiab 
-8nell  Upliam. 

V.     Amanda'",  b.  Feb.  9.  1814,  unmarried. 

vi.     Jane  Jerusha"',  I).  Feb.  12.  18U).  m.  Nov.  1839,  John  A. 
Carpenter. 

vii.'     Lucy  Avery"',  b.  May  27.  b^22.  m.  Dec,  1843,  John  King. 

Jeruslia  (Avery")  Binoiiam  died  iu  Dedham,  December  1, 
1874,  at  the  advanced  age  of  94  years,  2  mouths,  18  days. 
Pliu}-  Bingham  died  June  6,  1840. 

GILMOEE'". 

Catharine  Maria'"  Bingham,  l)orn  July  25,  1805,  married 
July  8,  1828,  Eliab  Gihuore,  horn  Nov.  5,  1802,  died  April 
8,  1863.     Their  children  were  : — 

i.     Almira  Theresa",  1).  May  13.  1829,  m.  S.  R.  Philbrick. 
ii.     Emehne  Frances",  July  29,  1831.  m.  J.  F.  Ainsworth. 
iii.     Julia  P'isher".  b.  A[)ril   22.  1833.  unmarried. 


PHILBKICK". 

Almira  Theresa  Gilmore"  (CafharhK  J/.  Bin(/h<nii^",) 
Jcrnshn  {Averif)  Biii(/Ji(iiii,  l)oru  May  13,  1829,  married 
Aug.  8,  1850,  Samuel  E.  Philbrick,  of  Andover,  K.  H., 
(born  1822,  died  Nov.  23,  1859,  Portland,  Me.) 

Almira  Theresa"  Philbrick  died  May  17,  1857,  Island 
Trinidad.     Their  children  were  : — 

i.      Frank'-,  b.  IJoston,  June  12,  1852,  d.  May  lo,  l.s;)3. 
ii.     Henry'-,  b.  Boston.  April  29.  l.s.yi,  d.  Feb.  20.  1858. 

All  IniriiMl  ;it  Forest  Hill  Cemetery,  AVest  Boxburv,  IMass. 


AVERY  GENEALOGY.  49 

AINSWOETH. 

Emeline  Frances  Gilmore",  boru  Jul}-  29,  1831,  married 
Joseph  F.  Ainswortli  (boru  Betliel,  Vt.,  Aug.,  1824.) 
Children  : 

i.  Catharine  Frances^'^,  b.  March  7,  1855. 

ii.  Frank  Fessendeni^,  b.  Sept.  5,   1856,  m.  Oct.   20,    1881, 

Carrie  Gilbert  of  SN'racnse  (b.  April  22,  1856.) 

iii.  Saninel  Philbrick'"^,  b.  Dec.  10,  1859,    d.  March  18,  1864. 

iv.  Jessie  Amelia'-,  b.  June  21,  1861,  d.  March  19,  1864. 

V.  Mabel  Gihuorei-,  b.  Oct.  31,  1865. 

vi.  Robert  Avery i^  b.  April  8,  1869. 

vii.  Gertrude  Bingham '-,  b.  Jan.  15,  1871. 

UPHAM. 

Emeline  Bingham'",  (Jermha  (Avery^)  Bingham)  born 
Aug.,  1810,  married  July  1,  1830,  Josiah  Snell  Upham  (born 
Canton,  Mass.,  Nov.  21,  1802,  died  Nov.  6, 1843.)  Children:— 

i.     Victor",   b.  Flbenf,  France,   Feb.    16,1831,   d.  April  27, 
1831. 

ii.     Victor",  b.  Elbenf,  France,  April  7,  1832. 

iii.     Emeline  C",  b.  Elbenf,  France,  July  11,  1834. 

iv.  Jane  Josephine",  b.  Boston,  May  15,  1837,  m.  Cornelius 
E.  Durkee,  of  Saratoga  Springs,  Jan.  12,   1859.      (No  children.) 

v.  Josiah  Virgil",  b.  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Sept.  29,  1840,  killed 
at  Gettysburg,  July  2,  1863. 

vi.  Vernon  Bingham",  b.  Roxbury,  Sept.  25,  1845,  m.  June  28, 
1876,  p:iizabeth  Theresa  Murray.  One  child:  1,  Victor  Moretou 
Upham'-,  b.  March  17,  1879. 

Mr.    V.    B.   Upham"  has  in  his  possession  the    original 
document   on  which  was  the  seal   belonging   to   William^ 
Mrs.  Emeline  (Bingham-')  Upham,  died  Feb.  23,  1878. 

CAEPENTEE. 

Jane   Jerusha   Bingham'",    born   Feb.    12,  1819,    married 
Nov.  28,  1839,  John  Allen  Carpenter  (born  Eehoboth,  Mass., 
Sept.  12,  1812.)     Children  : 
4 


50  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

i.     Abba  Jane^S  b.  Aug.  30,  1840,  m.  E.  H.  Peters. 

ii.     Clareuce  Allen",  b.  Aug.  26,  184G,  raarried  A.  M.  Miller. 

PETERS. 

Abba  Jane  Carpenter",  born  1840,  married  Dec.  10,  1868, 
Elias  H.  Peters,  Saratoga  Springs.     Cliildren  : — 

i.     Clarence  Carpenter^s,  b.  Feb.  26,  1870,  d.  Aug.  IT),  1870. 
ii      Julia  Avery'-,  b.  .Tune  10,  1872. 
iii.     Jane  Bingham'-,  b.  May  26,  1875. 

CAEPENTER". 

Clarence  Allen  Carpenter",  b.  May  26,  18-46,  ni.  April  17, 
1872,  Annie  M.  Miller  of  JolmstoAvn.     Children  :  — 

i.     Allen  Wadsworth'-,  I).  Feb.  28.  1873. 

ii.     Fannie  Adams^-,  b.  ,  d.  Oct.  30,  1879. 

iii.     Gertrude  Bingham^-,  b.  Feb.  17,  1882. 

KING. 

Lucy    Avery    Bingliam'",  b.  May  27,  1822,  m.  Dec.  1813, 
John  King.     Children:  — 

i.     Isabel  Frances",  b.  Jan.  22,  184o,  d.  Oct.  17,  1845. 
ii.     Grace  Avery^',  b.  April  21,  1847. 


Mrs.  Lucy  A.  (Bingham'")  King  died  at  Saratoga  Springs 
on  Saturday  morning,  July  7th,  1888.  and  was  buried  at 
Dedliam  the  ff)llowiug  Tuesday.  Her  portrait,  as  a  repre- 
sentative picture  of  the  Avery  family,  -wlio  hav(>  always 
lived  ill  Dodliam,  we  are  fortunate  in  being  abh^  to  present. 


AVERY   GENEALOGY. 


51 


LUCY    AVERY     (bINGIIAM^'^)    KIXG. 


STEELE. 

Grace  Avery  King",  daugliter  of  Lucy  Avery  Bingham", 
and  John  King,  married  Jan.  28,  1891,  Edward  S.  Steele, 
born  in  Oberlin,  O.,  a  Congregational  clergyman,  and  more 
especially  professor  and  writer  upon  the  subjects  of  philos- 
ophy, psychology,  etc. 

FISHEE. 

Katharine  Avery*^,  eldest  daugliter  of  William"  and  Bethiah 
(Metcalf)  Avery,  b.  in  Dedham,  Aug.  3, 1746,  m.  Oct.  22,  1766, 
Jonathan  Fisher  of  New  Braintree.     Children:  — 

i.     Jonatllau^  b.  Oct.  7,  1768,  H.  C,  1792,  d.  Sept.  27,  1847. 
11.     Stephen",  b.  March  17,  1770. 


52  AVERY    GEXEALOGY. 

iii.  Katharine'',  b.  March  27,  1771. 

iv.  Mary»,  b.  Oct.  9,  1772. 

V.  Rebecca'',  b.  April  1,  1774. 

vi.  "Williaiir',  b.  Nov.  20,  1775. 

vii.  Samuel",  b.  June  30,  1777. 

Jonatliau  Fisher   died    at    Morristowu,  X.  J.,  Marcli  10, 

1777. 
Jonathan'-'  Fisher,  born  1768,  H.  C,  1792,  married  (Dedliam 

records),  "Mr.  Jonathan  Fisher  and  Miss  Doll}-  Battle,  both 

of   Dedham,"  (intention  of    marriage),    "2nd  April,    179(5." 

He  was    ordained    minister    of    Blue   Hill,  July  13,   1796. 

"Married,  Rev.  Jonathan  Fisher  of   Blue  Hill,  and  Dolly 

Battle  of  Dedliam,  Nov.  2,  1796."     (Records.)     Children:  — 

i.     .Jonathan'",  b.  March  12,  1798,  died?  March  10,  1815? 

ii.     Sally'",  1).  Oct.  22,  1799,  m.  Nov.  20,  1823,  Joshua  Wood, 
d.  Nov.  27,  1824. 

iii.     Betsey'",  b.  Jan.  7,  1801,  ni.  Sept.  G,  1822.  Capt.  Jeremiah 
Stevens. 

iv.     Josiah'",   b.   Oct.    17,  1802,   m.   Oct.   2,    1832,  Elizabeth 
Fisher. 

V.     Nancy'",   b.   Aug.    19,   1804,   m.    Nov.    18,    1830,  Hosea 
Kittredge. 

vi.     Wilhud'",   b.   April   IH,    1806,   m.   Jan.    IG,    1834,   Mary 
Norton. 

vii.     Tolly'",  b.   Feb.    12,    ISOS.   m.   Nov.    11.    lXi>;i.  Benjamin 
Stevens. 

viii.   Dolly'",  b.  Jan.  7,  1810,  m.  Nov.  18,  1830,  Robert  Crossett. 

ix.     Samuel'",  b.  .July  12,  1812,  d.  same  day. 

Rev.  Jonathan  Fisher',  died  Sept.  22,  1847,  (i)er  town 
clerk)  and  liis  widow  Mary,  Oct.  1,  1853. 

WARE. 

Bethiah  Avery  ,  second  daughter  of  William',  and  Bethiah 
(Metcalfj  Avery,  born  Jan.  2(5,  171'/:.,  married  Jan.  21,  1771, 
Dr.  f-'aniuel  Ware  of  Conwav,  Mass.     Children:  — 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  53 

i,  A  son-'  b.  Jan.  1,  1772,  d.  . 

ii.  Samuel  AVilliam'',  b.  Jan.  20,  1774,  d.  Aug.  1775. 

iii.  Bethiah'',  b.  1780,  ni.  Rev.  Moses  Miller,  ISOG. 

iv.  Saiah9,  b.  1782,  m.  Rev.  Mr.  Bonney,  1801. 

V.  ■\Villiam''  b.  Ma)^  1784,  m.  Sarah  Raymond,  181G. 

vi.  Mary-*,  b,  Dec.  5,  1785,  ni.  Soutlnvorth  Rowland,  1S16. 

Dr.   Samuel  Ware  died  Dec.  5,  1829. 

Mrs.  Betliiali  (Avery)  Ware  seems  to  have  been  a  woman 
of  superior  character.  We  are  al)le  to  give  the  following 
obituary  notice  of  her  from  the  pen  of  Rev.  Josiah  Fisher: — 

"Died  in  Hawlej',  ^Mass.,  at  the  house  of  Rev.  Moses  [Miller, 
Dec.  2ud,  1843,  Mrs.  Bethiah  Avery  Ware,  aged  95.  Her  remains 
were  removed  to  Heath  where  her  husband,  the  late  Dr.  Samuel 
Ware,  lies  interred. 

The  tendency  often  manifested  without  discrimination  to  eulo- 
gize the  dead  has  led  me  to  feel  deep  solicitude  lest  I  should 
transgress  the  bounds  of  propriety  when  called  in  circumstances 
.like  the  present  to  speak  of  those  who  are  gone.  But  there  are 
reasons  in  the  present  case  which  forbid  my  being  silent  as  to  the 
character  of  the  departed.  She  tarried  among  us  a  representative 
of  a  by-gone  generation.  She  was  in  full  vigor  of  womanhood 
when  our  Nation  was  born.  More  than  three  times  800,000,000  of 
human  beings  have  made  their  entry  upon  life's  stage,  have  acted 
their  several  and  checkered  parts  and  have  made  their  exit  since 
this  veteran  pilgrim  became  a  sojourner  upon  earth.  She  was  the 
descendant  of  Dr.  William  Avery,  who  came  to  this  countrj'  from 
England  In  the  year  1650  and  settled  in  Dedham.  He  brought  with 
him  three  children  whose  baptisms  are  found  recorded  in  the  town 
of  Barkham,  near  Oakingham,  a  market  town  in  Berkshire  County, 
I^ngland.  Our  departed  friend  was  l)orn  on  .Jan.  26,  1749,  and 
was  devoted  in  infancy  to  a  covenant  keeping  God  in  the  ordi- 
nance of  baptism  and  was  educated  for  His  service  according  to 
the  high  and  ennobling  principles  of  our  Pdgrim  Fathers.  God, 
who  is  ever  mindful  of  his  covenant,  visited  her  by  His  renewing 
Spirit  while  j'et  in  the  morning  of  life,  and  though  she  did  not  at 
first  make  a  pul)lic  profession  of  her  faith,  yet  this  important  duty 
was  not  neglected  when  she  obtained  clearer  views  of  christian 
oblioation. 


54  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

My  owu  acquaintance  with  her  did  not  commence  until  the  dregs 
of  life  onl}'  remained,  and  yon  a'e  aware  what  tlie  young  are  in- 
clined to  expect  iu  those  who  are  far  advanced  in  second  childhood. 
We  anticipate,  and  too  often  with  leason,  that  they  will  l)e  notional, 
difficult  to  please,  and  will  almost  necessarily  show  somethiu<2j  of 
captiousness.  But  I  was  happily  disappointed.  Our  aged  friend 
furnished  a  remarkable  exami)le  of  the  reverse  of  this.  She  always 
manifested  the  greatest  care  lest  she  should  give  the  least  unnec- 
essary' trouble  to  those  around  her.  And  everything  that  was  done 
to  meet  her  wants  was./'(.s«  riijld.  she  seemed  constantly  to  keep  in 
view  the  comfort  of  others,  and  thus  practically  and  daily  exhilM- 
ted  the  Ijeuevoleut  spirit  of  tlie  gospel,  and  it  is  particularly  worthy 
of  notice  in  tiiese  days  of  detraction,  that  she  uniformily  mani- 
fested great  regard  for  the  reputation  of  others.  .Said  one  who  had 
been  intimately  acquainted  with  her  for  about  forty  years,  I  never 
knew  her  to  speak  evil  ot  a  single  individiuil.  Untiring  industry 
was  another  prominent  trait  of  lier  character:  So  long  as  she 
could  possibly  render  herself  useful,  her  hands  were  employed  in 
some  kind  of  lal)or.  During  her  lastiUness,  in  her  lucid  intervals, 
she  manifested  firm  reliance  upon  the  merit  of  her  Saviour  and 
placed  not  the  least  dei)endeuce  upon  a  long  life  of  virtue  for 
acceptance  witli  God." 

The  following  is  copied  from    au  old  note  book  of  Dr. 

Ware:     "May  12tli,  1822,  the  house  of  Dr.  Samuel  Ware,  of 

Conway,  was  burned  on  the  Sabbath  day  while  all  the  family 

were  at  meeting." 

MILLER. 

Bethiah  Ware",  oldest  daughter  of  Bethiah  (Avery')  and 

Dr.  Samuel  Ware,  born  March  17,  1780,  married  Oct.   18, 

180G,  liev.  Moses  Miller,  born  Nov.  23,  17r)().     Children  :— 

i.  Samuel'",  b.  July  IS,  1807,  d.  Aug.  5,  1828. 

ii.  Sarah'",  b.  Aug.  T),  180!».  m.  Aaron  Dickinson, 

iii.  Mary'",  b.  April  ID,  l.sil,  m.  llart  Leavitt. 

iv.  Hannah  Hillings'",  b.  Feb.  25,  1813,  m.  Rev.  S.  Leauord. 

V.  IW'thiah  Avery'",  b.  1<\'1).  11,  1S15,  m.  Kev.  W   A.  Nichols, 

vi.  Thomas  Spencer'".  I).  May  24.  1817.  d.  Aug.  1,  1843.     A 

tutor  in  Amherst  CoUeae. 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  55 

vii.     Moses  Alexaiidrr"',  1).  Fcl).   11,  l.siO,  d.  Nov.  9,  1840. 
viii.     William^',  b.  Jan.  23,  1821,  d.  Oct.  5,  1822. 
ix.     Samuel  Fisher'"',  b.  Oct.  5,  1822,  m.  Charlotte  Howe. 

Eev.  Moses  Miller  died  April  22ud,  1855 ;  Mrs.  Betliiali 
OVare)   Miller  died  August  17tli,  1848. 

BONNEY. 

Sarah  Ware^  second  daughter  of  Dr.  Samuel  and  Bethiah 
(Avery")  Ware,  married  Eev.  William  Bouuej  of  New 
Canaan,  Conn.     Children:  — 

i.  Lucy  Atwbod^",  b.  May  29,  1812. 

ii.  Samuel  Ware"',  b.  March  8,  1815. 

iii.  Sarah  Anna^'\  b.  Nov.  17,  1818. 

iv.  Mary  Ware"',  b.  Aug.  30,  1821. 

WAEE'. 

Dr.  William  Ware'',  sou  of  Dr.  Samuel  and  Bethiah 
(Averv")  Ware,  horn  May  22,  1781,  married  Sarah  Eaymond. 
Children  :— 

i.  William,  afterward  practising  ph3'siciau  at  Ceuterville, 
N.  Y.,  and  subsequently  at  Owatonna,  Minnesota. 

ii.  Mar}',  married  John  Benedict,  and  lives  at  Ellington,  N.  Y. 
Thfc}^  have  one  child,  Mary  Ware,  (now  about  tweuty-five  years 
old.) 

iii.  Martha,  married  Mr.  Cooper.  They  had  one  sou,  William, 
who  died  in  1887. 

HOWLAND. 

Marj  W'are'',  daughter  of  Dr.  Samuel  and  Bethiah  (Avery") 
Ware,  married  (as  his  second  wife)  Southworth  Rowland, 
of  W^est  Brookfield,  Mass. 

Their  son,  William  Ware  Howland,  was  born  Feb.  25, 
1817,  graduated  at  Amherst  College,  1841,  at  Union  Theo- 
logical Seminary,   1845,   ordained  at  South  Hadlej,  Mass., 


56  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

Oct.  14,  1845,  married  the  same  day  to  Susan  Eeed  of 
Heatli,  Mass.  ;  missionary  of  tlie  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.,  in  Ceylon, 
India.  They  had  ei^^-ht  children,  four  of  whom  are  or 
have  been  missionaries. 

SHEEWOOD. 

Lucy  Atwood  Bonney'",  oldest  daughter  of  Sai-ah  (Ware) 
and  Eev.  William  Bonney,  m.  August  22,  1841,  William  B. 
Sherwood.     Children:  — 

i.     May  Anna",  b.  Sept.  15,  1842. 
ii.     Lucy  A.",  d.  March  30,  1857. 

BONNEY. 

Samuel  Ware  Bonney,  oldest  son  of  Eev.  William  and 
Sarah  (Ware)  Bonney,  (afterward  a  minister  and  missionary 
of  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.,  at  Canton,  China),  married  July  22, 
1856,  Catharine  Van  Eeusalaer.  Eev.  Samuel  Ware  Bonney 
died  July  24,  1864.  He  adopted  at  Canton  an  Eugllish 
girl,  Emma  Catharine  Bonney,  who  is  still  living. 

PEATT. 

Mary  Ware  Bonney",  third  daughter  of  Eev.  AVilliam  and 
Sarah  (Ware)  Bonney,  married  January  30,  1850,  Dea. 
Eussel  E.  Pratt,  of  W.  Cornwall,  Conn.     Children  : — 

i.     Mary  Sherwood",  b.  Oct.  3,  1855,  d.  April  16,  1872. 
ii.     Helen  Rogers",  b.  July  11,  1858,  d.  Jan.  20,  1859. 
iii.     Elizabeth  Russol",  b.  Aug.  21,  1800,  d.  April  IC,  1865. 

Mrs.  Mary  W.  B.  Pratt,  died  April  11,  1886. 

ESSLEMONT. 

May  Anna  Sherwood",  only  surviving  daughter  of 
William  V>.  and  Lucy  (Bonney)  Sherwood,  married  Nov.  17, 
187(5,    Hon.    Peter    Esslemont,     of     Aberdeen,     Scotland. 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  57 

(Lord   Provost   of  Aberdeen,  and  Member  of  Parliament.) 
Children  : — 

i.  Alfred   Sherwood,   h.  Aberdeen,  Scotland,  Aug.  2-4,  1877, 

ii.  Luc}',  b.  Aberdeen,  Oct.  3,  1878. 

iii.  Harriet  Margaret,  b.  April  24,  1880,  d.  Jan.  3,  1881. 

iv.  Lillian  Riffling,   h.  Nov.  11,  1881. 

V.  Charles  Bradford,  b.  May  G,  1885. 

DICKENSON. 

Sarali  Miller",  oldest  daughter  of  Bethiah  (Ware)  and 
Kev.  Moses  Miller,  married  Sept.  20,  1821,  Aaron  Dickenson,, 
born  July  5,  1802.     Children  : 

i.  William  Miller",  b.  Nov.  9,  1832,  poisoned  by  hemlock, 
d.  Sept.  15,  1836. 

ii.  Cornelius  Evarts",  b.  April  23,  1835,  now  pastor  Con- 
gregational Church,  Marietta,  Ohio,  m.  Susan  D.  "Williams,  Oct. 
1,  1863. 

iii.  Sarah  Milkr",  b.  March  23,  1837,  m.  Joshua  Leavitt  and 
afterward  Edward  H.  Leavitt. 

iv.  Samuel  Fowler",  b.  July  25,  1839,  afterward  a  minister  y 
m.  Martha  Bliss,  March  16,  1870,  and  Ella  A.  Massey,  Aug,  15, 
1875. 

V.     Mary  Esther",  b.  Sept.  19,  1842,  d.  June  8,  1843. 

Sarah  (Miller'")  Dickenson,  died  July  17,  1813. 

Aaron  Dickenson  married  July  9,  18-14,  Abigail  Temple, 
They  had  four  children. 

DICKENSON.'' 

Piev.    Cornelius    E.   Dickenson",    second     son   of    Sarah 

(Miller"")  and  Aaron  Dickenson,  married  Susan  D.  Williams,. 

Oct.  1,  1863.     Children  :— 

i.  Bertha  Loomisi-^,  b.   Oct.  13,  1864,  m.  Edw.  A.   Metcalf, 

ii.  Howard  Williams^-,  b.  April  30,  1869. 

ill.  Spencer  Miller'-^,  b.  May  23,  1872,  d.  July  27.  1872. 

iv.  Susan  Bellei^,  b.  July  28,  1873. 

V.  Ray  Clarki2,  b.  Aug.  18,  1874,  d.  July  12,  1875, 

vi.  Ethel  Mayi2,  b.  Dec.  30,  1875. 

vii.  Le  Roy  Austini'^,  b.  Oct.  20,  1879. 


58  AVER  Y     GEXEALOG  Y. 

LEAYITT. 

Sarali  Miller  Dickeusou",  eldest  daughter  of  Sarali 
(Miller'")  and  Aarou  Dickeusou,  married  Nov.  28,  1867, 
Joshua  Leavitt,  boru  July  4,  1842.  Had  one  child,  Chloe 
May'%  b.  March  30,  1869.  Again  married  Aug.  21,  1870, 
Edw.  H.  Leavitt,  horu  Nov.  11,  1838.     Children  :— 

i.     Mary  Betliiali'-\  1).  Feb.  15.  1872. 
ii.     ISarah  Alice'-,  b.  Jan.  2,  1875. 

DICKENSON". 

Samuel  Fowler",  third  son  and  fourth  child  of  Sarah 
(Miller'")  and  Aaron  Dickenson,  married  March  16,  1870, 
Martha  A.  Bliss,  who  died  June  9,  1872,  leaving  one  child, 
Martha  Bliss' \  b.  May  31,  1872. 

LEAYITT. 

Mary  Miller'",  second  daughter  and  third  child  of  Bethiah 
(Ware')  and  Rev.  Moses  Miller,  married  June  8,  1831,  Hon. 
Hart  Leavitt,  born  December  18,  1808,  died  April  lo,  1881. 
Mary  (Ware)  Leavitt  died  December  2,  1833.  They  had 
one  child,  Mary  Miller",  b.  March  11,  1833. 

Hon.    Hart   Leavitt  died  A})ril  15,  1881. 

LEONARD. 
Hannah    B.'",  third  daughtiu'  and  fourth  child   of  Bethiah 
("Ware'j    and    Rev.    Moses    Miller,    marri(Hl    Nov.   19,    1S39. 
Rev.  Samuel  Leonard.     C'hildren  : — 

i.  Abl)ie  lU'tliiah".  1».  Nov.  IC,  1S-|-J.  m.  Horace  Haskell, 

ii.  Mary  AVart'".  1).  Sept.  21.  l.s-14,  m.  Frank   Kico. 

jii.  Frances  Hannah",  b.  ,lulv25.  ISK!,  d.  Nov.  4.  lN(j5. 

iv.  William  Miller",  b.  Nov.  2(;.  l.sjs,  d.  Nov.  2.  1841). 

v..  Alice  Sarali",  b.  Oct.  '.».  1.S5U. 


AVEUY   GENEALOGY.  59 

NICHOLS. 

Betliiali  AveiT'",  fourtli  daughter  and  fifth  chikl  of 
Bethiah  (Ware")  and  Rev.  Moses  Miller,  married  Sept.  25, 
1838,  Eev.  W.  A.  Nichols.  She  died  Nov.  11,  1865. 
Children  : — 

i.     Thomas  Spencer^'.  !>.  June  15,  1843,  d.  Se[)t.  18,  18.31. 
ii.     William  Adams' i,  1).  Sept.  13,  1845,  d.  Aug.  23,  1846. 
iii.     ])wioht  Miller",  b.  .July  30,  1852,  d.  Sept.  13,  1853. 

Eev.  W.  A.  Nichols  married  Sarah  A.  Bonney,  May  7, 
1867.     No  children. 

MILLEE'". 

Samuel  Fisher'",  fifth  sou  and  ninth  child  of  Bethiah 
(AVare''j  and  Eev.  Moses  Miller,  married  June  18,  1851, 
Charlotte  Howe.     She  died  Nov.  25,  1863.     Children  :— 

i.     Anuie",  1).  July  15.  1852. 
ii.     Mary",  b.  April  2,  1854,  d.  Sept.  11,  1855. 
iii.     Walter  Howe",  b.  March  11,  1857,  m.  Rovvena  P.  Probes, 
iv.     Thomas    Spencer",     b.     Ai)ril     25,    185'J,    m.'  Hattie  M. 
Ruooles. 

V.      Samuel    Fisher^',    Jr.,    1).    Sept.    ID,  18G1,  m.  Marion    E. 
Sleeper. 

vi.     Sidney  AValker",  b.  Jan.  23,  1863,  in.  Ida  B.  Ketz. 

Samuel  F.  Miller,  m.  Alma  F.  Emerson,  Aug.  27,  1867. 
No  children. 

DAYIS. 

Mary  Miller  Leavitt^S  only  child  of  Mary  (Miller;  and 
Hon.  Hart  Leavitt,  married  Fell.  0,  1851,  Lory  C.  Davis. 
■Children  :— 

i.  Hart  Cornelius^',  b.  April  9,  1855,  m.  Grace  Holmes. 

ii.  Dora  Augusta'-,  b.  Dec.  19,  1858.  m.  Lowell  IMason. 

iii.  Flora  Adalade'-,  h.  Dec-  19,  1858,  m.  Edw.  S.  Dickenson, 

iv.  Lory  Leavitt^-,  b.  Dec.  5,  18'62. 


60  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

Lory  C.  Davis  died  on  liis  way  home  from  the  army,  July 
1,  1865. 

Mary  (Miller)  Dayis  married  Sept.  27,  1870,  William 
Hillman.     No  childreD. 

DICKENSON". 

Rey.  Samiiel  Fowler  Dit-kenson",  third  sou  and  fourth 
child  of  Sarah  (Miller'")  aud  Aarou  Dickeusou,  married 
Aug.  25,  1875,  Ella  A.  Massey.     Children  :— 

i.     Ray  Mnssey'"^.  1).  Oct.  19,  1878. 
ii.     Emma  Millei-i-,  h.  Dec.  12,  1880. 
iii.     Esther  Han-iet'-,  b.  Sept.  14,  1884. 

HASKELL. 

Abbie  B.  Leonard",  oldest  daughter  of  Hannah  (Miller'") 
and  Rey.  Samuel  Leonard,  married  Nov.  22,  1870,  Horace 
Haskell,  1).  Oct.  20,  1811.     Children  :— 

i.     Hfittie  Alice'-,  b.  March  23,  1872,  d.  Jan.  1.  1875. 

ii.     Frank  F.^-,  !).  Jan.  10,  1874.  d.  Jan.   11,  1875. 

iii.      Frank  Hnmplu'ey'"-,  b.  Jnly  20,  1S75. 

Alice    (Leonard)    Haskell   died    May   18,   1877.      Horace 

Haskell  afterward  married  Catharine  Stickle.     One  or  two 

children. 

RICE. 

Mary    Ware     Leonard",    secoml    tlaughter    of     Hannah 

(Miller"')  and   Rey.    Samuel  Leonard,  married   Oct.  9,  1866, 

Lieut.   Francis  R.  Rice,  and  died  March  1(5,   18()7,  leaving 

no  cliil(lr(Mi. 

MILLER". 

Walter  Howe",  first  sou  aud  third  child  of  Charlotte 
(Howe)  and  Samuel  F.  Miller,  married  October  16,  1879, 
Rowena  P.  Fobes.     Children  : — 

i.     Charlotte  Kowena,  b.  Ang.  1'.),  1880. 
ii.     Walter  Fobes,  b.  April  3,  1882. 


AVE  BY    GENEALOGY'.  61 


MILLED'. 

Thomas     Spencer'^    second    son    and    fourtli    child     of 
Charlotte    (Howe'")    and  Samuel   F.  Miller,  married   Jan.  1, 

1885,  Hattie    M.    Euggies.      One    child :  Margarite,    born 

Dec.  10,  1888. 

MILLEE". 

Samuel  Fisher  Miller,  Jr.",  third  son  and  fifth   child  of 

Charlotte   (Howe'")   and  Samuel  F.  Miller,  married  May  4, 

1886,  Marion   E.  Sleeper.     One    child,    Gladys   Edward,  b. 

Sept.  22,  1887,  died  Dec.  22,  1888. 

MILLEE". 

Sidney  Walker",  fourth  son  and  sixth  child  of  Charlotte 

(Howe'")  and  Samuel  F.  Miller,  married  July  11,  1883,  Ida 

B.  Ketz. 

DAYIS'^ 

Hart  Cornelius'-,  oldest  child  of  Mary  (Leavitt")  and 
Lory  C.  Davis,  married  April  2,  1885,  Grace  Holmes. 

MASON'l 

Dora  Augusta'-,  twin  daughter  of  May  (Leavitt")  and 
Lory  C.  Davis,  married  Dec.  28,  1881,  Lowell  Mason. 

DICKENSON. 

Flora"  Adelade'-,  twin  daughter  of  May  (Leavitt")  and 
Lory  C.  Davis,  m'arried  Dec.  28,  1881,  Edw.  S.  Dickenson. 
Children  : — 

i.     A  soul:',  b.  Aug.,  1882,  d.  Aug.,  1882. 
ii.     Bessie  Mayi^  b.  May  2,  1884. 

METCALF. 

Bertha  Loomis'-,  oldest  daughter  of  Susan  (Williams)  and 
Eev.  C.  E.  Dickenson",  married  Sept.  4, 1888,  Edw.  Artel 
Metcalf. 


62  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 


REV.  JOSEPH  AVERYl 

T^EY.  JOSEPH  AyEPvY\  third  son  of  l\^illiam\  born 
^\  Oct.  14,  1751,  married  Mary  Allen,  a  ueice  of  Gov. 
Samuel  Adams.     Cliildren  : — 

i.  Mary",  b.  Sept.  12,  1778,  m.  June  4,  1798,  Aaron  "White, 
Jr..  d.  May  26,  i860. 

ii.  Joseph-',  b,  Dec.  3,  1779,  m.  Aug.,  1815,  Sarah  Thaxter, 
d.  1822. 

iii.     Bethiali'V  b.  Oct.  13,  1781.  m.   1804,  Jonathan  Grosvenor, 

d.  1833. 

iv.     Nancy'J,  b.  May  15,  1783,  ra.  Jan.  1,  1807,  AVilliam  White. 

V.  Catharine-*,  b.  Feb.  3,  1788,  m.  March,  1816,  Samuel  B. 
Bent. 

vi.     Samuels  b.  Feb.  3,  1788. 

Eev.  Joseph  Avery^  graduated  from  Harvard  College  1771, 
when  but  twenty  years  old,  and  became  a  minister  of 
Holdeu,  Mass.  Ordained  1774.  He  died  March  5,  1824, 
after  nearly  fifty  years  pastorate,  aged  72  years,  4  months. 

His  widow,  Mary,  died  April  1,  1842,  in  her  88th  year. 

WHITE.— BoYLSTON,  Mass. 

Mary  Avery",  eldest  daughter  of  Kev.  Joseph  and  Mary 
(Allen)  Avery,  born  in  Holden,  Mass., 'Sept.  12,  1778, 
married  Jan.  4,  1798,  Aaron  White,  Jr.,  son  of  Aaron  and 
Elizabeth  (Cheney)  Wliite,  and  had  a  family  of  seven  sons 
and  three  daughters,  all  of  whom  came  to  years  of  maturity. 
Children : — 

i.  Aaron'",  b.  Oct.  8,  1798. 

ii.  Josepli  Avery'",  b.  ]\Iay  15,  1801. 

iii.  Thomas'",  1).  Feb.  9,  1804. 

iv.  Isaac  Davis'",  b.  March  20,  ISOG. 


Joseph   Avery.     Born   I75l;   Died   1824. 


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V.  EIizabethi'\  b.  Sept.  27,  1808. 

vi.  William  James<'\  b.  March  11,  1811. 

vii.  Mary  Avery'",  b.  Dec.  4,  1813. 

viii.  Caroline^",  b.  April  8,  ISK). 

ix.  Samuel  Charles^",  b.  April  27,  1820. 

X.  Francis  Aclams^",  b.  April  ID,  1824. 

From  "  Genealogical  Sketches  (rf  the  White  Family," 
kindly  furnished  by  Thomas  White,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  we 
learn  that  Mrs.  Mary  (Avery)  White  "  was  an  excellent 
housekeeper,  and  remarkable  for  an  untiring  devotion  to 
what  she  believed  to  be  her  duty  under  all  circumstances, 
to  her  family,  her  church,  her  neighbors,  and  society  in 
general."  She  attained  the  age  of  81  years,  dying  at 
Boylston,  Mass.,  May  26,  1860. 

Mr.  Aaron  White,  Jr.,  the  husband,  was  born  at  Roxbury, 
Mass.,  June  9,  1771.  "  His  father  owned  and  cultivated  a 
small  farm  in  that  part  of  the  town  called  Mount  Pleasant, 
in  Boston  Highlands,  so  near  to  Boston  that  during  the 
siege  in  1775,  the  place  was  frequently  under  lire  from  the 
enemy's  batteries  in  Boston,  to  avoid  which  he  removed  his 
family  to  Sherborn.  The  boy,  Aaron,  Jr.,  well  remembered 
the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  being  at  the  time  four  years  old, 
from  having  seen  the  smoke  and  flames  of  the  burning  of 
Charlestown.  For  education  he  had  the  advantage  of  attending 
the  district  school,  and  afterward  the  use  of  books  from  the 
Boston  Library.  His  father  being  a  market  gardner,  he 
was  employed,  when  old  enough  for  the  business,  to  drive 
into  Boston  with  loads  of  fruit  and  vegetables  and  retail 
them  from  his  stand  in  the  market  every  day  in  the  year 
except  Sundays  and  the  annual  Fast  and  Thaksgiving  days." 
At  the  age  of  twenty-one,  young  Aaron,  "  furnished  with 
money  by  his  father,  opened  a  country  store  in  Holden  in 
the  county  of  Worcester,"   where  "  he  carried  on  business. 


S4  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 


iibout  five  years,  and  then  removed  to  Boylston,  purcliasing 
the  farm,  store  and  tavern  stand  of  CoL  Jothan  Bush,  at 
the  center  of  the  town."  ^  "  "  "He  had  the  oversight 
of  town  affairs  as  town  clerk  for  twenty-two  years,  was 
selectman  most  of  that  time,  justice  of  the  peace  and 
representative  of  the  town  several  years  in  the  General 
vCourt." 

He  died  April  7,  1846,  aged  nearly  75  years. 

AAEON  WHITE'",— Thompson,  Conn. 

Aaron  White",  eldest  son  of  Aaron  and  Mary  (Avery") 
White,  born  Oct.  8,  1798,  "prepared  for  college  at  the 
academies  of  New  Salem  and  Leicester,  entered  Harvard  in 
1813,  graduating  in  1817  at  the  age  of  nineteen  years.  He 
taught  school  for  a  time  in  Eoxbury,  Mass.,  and  in 
Vergennes,  Vi,  then  entered  the  law  office  of  Hon.  Horatio 
Seymour,  in  Middlebury,  Yt.  In  1820  he  removed  to 
Providence,  K.  I.,  where  he  was  admitted  to  practice  by  the 
Supreme  Court,  September  term,  1821.  He  commenced  at 
Cumberland  Hill,  and  continued  there  until  1829,  when  he 
removed  to  Woonsocket  Falls,  and  there  took  charge,  as 
cashier  and  director,  of  the  Woonsocket  Falls  Bank." 

Two  or  three  years  later  he  resigned  his  position  and 
devoted  hinistdf  more  exclusively  to  his  law  practice. 
"  Participating  actively  in  the  efforts  of  his  personal  and 
political  friend,  Thomas  Wilson  Dorr,  to  establish  a  con- 
stitional  government  for  Bhode  Island,  in  place  of  that  of 
the  old  Charter  of  King  Charles  the  Second,  wliich  practi- 
cally lodged  all  ])()wor  in  the  hands  of  land  owners,  he 
found  it  necessary  to  remove  from  the  state  to  Connecticut 
ill  July,  1842,  to  avoid  arrest  and  incarceration  under  the 
operation  of  martial  law,  then  in  force  in  Ehode  Island. 
He    took  up  his  abode   in  Thompson,   where    he    married 


AVEEY   GENEALOGY.  65 

Feb.,  184o,  Miss  Cordelia  Parke  Barnes.  A  happy  uuion, 
l)ut  too  soon  st^yered  by  tlie  most  aflflictive  and  nutimely 
deatli  of  his  wife,  March  18,  1844,  h'aviug  a  sou  born  two 
days  ])efore  tlie  mother's  death."  At  Washiugtou,  in  1844, 
he  assisted  Hon.  Edmund  Bnrke,  representative  from  New 
Hampshire,  in  preparing  his  "  Eeport  on  the  Interference 
of  the  Executive  in  the  affairs  of  Rhode  Ishmd."  "At  the 
Antiquarian  Hall,  in  Worcester,  he  studied  the  question  of 
the  (U'igin  of  the  American  Indians.  He  was  well  versed 
in  l)otan_y  and  mineralogy,  and  spent  much  time  at  liis 
homestead  in  cultivating  a  garden  and  experimenting  with 
the  tea  jjlant,"  which  proved  unsuccessful,  "  after  many 
years  of  trial,  owing  to  the  immense  amount  of  manual 
labor  required."  "  The  most  absorbing  pursuit  of  his  later 
years  of  life  was  collecting,  arranging,  liuying  and  selling 
coins.  He  died  at  Thompson,  April  15, 1886,  aged  87  3'ears. 
By  his  will  he  left  one  thousand  dollars  to  each  of  the 
eight  county  treasurers  of  Connecticut,  in  trust,  for  the 
purchase  of  books  of  history  and  moral  and  jjolitical 
philosophy  for  libraries  for  the  use  of  judges  and  clerks  of 
courts,  members  of  the  bar  and  their  students. 

His  son,  who  still  survives,  after  passing  through  the 
Freshman  and  Sophomore  years  of  a  class  in  Williams 
College,  and  not  esteeming  the  advantages  of  a  college 
education  very  highly,  left  that  institution,  with  his  father's 
consent,  and  settled  down  to  the  business  of  a  farmer  on  a 
farm  belonging  to  his  father,  in  the  borders  of  Grafton  and 
Westboro,  Mass." 

JOSEPH  AYERY  WHITE"',— Fhamingham,  Mass. 

Joseph  Avery  White'",  second  son  of  Aaron,  Jr.,  and 
Mary  (Avery")  White,  born  May  15,  1801,  was  "  educated  at 
the  common  schools  and  Leicester  Academy,  and  assisted 

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GG  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

in  work  on  the  farm  and  in  the  store  until  his  seventeenth 
year,  when  he  took  a  phxce  as  clerk  in  the  store  of  his 
uncle,  Stephen  Brigham,  in  Boston,  of  the  tirni  of 
Brigham  k  Bigelow,  wholesale  grocers.  After  his  uncles 
death  in  March,  1820,  he  continued  to  act  as  clerk  and 
book-keeper  in  Boston  for  several  years  with  intervals, 
which  he  employed  in  trading  adventures  to  the  French 
islands  of  Miquelon  and  St.  Pierres,  and  to  North  Carolina. 
He  afterwards  became  a  copartner  witli  a  previous 
employer,  William  M.  Stedman,  under  the  lirm  of  William 
M.  Stedman  k  Co.,  and  taking  another  partner,  the  firm  of 
William  M.  Stedman,  White  k  Co.  He  was  also  associated 
with  other  partners,  and  finally,  in  18(50,  retired  from 
mercantile  life,  and  purchased  an  elegant  country  seat  and 
farm  in  Framingham.  AYith  changes  from  larger  to  smaller 
farms,  he  still  continues  to  have  his  home  at  Framingham 
Centre. 

"He  married  June  10,  1814:,  Miss  Charlotte  Partridge  of 
Templeton,  avIio  died  July,  1852,  leaving  one  child,  Charlotte", 
who  married  Jan.  21,  1869,  Charles  William  Kennard,  a 
jewelry  merchant  in  Boston.  They  have  three  young 
daughters." 

THOMAS  WHITE'",— BitooKLYN,  N.  Y. 

Thomas  Wliite'",  third  son  of  Aaron,  Jr.,  and  Mary 
(Avery")  White,  was  born  in  Boylsttm,  Mass.,  Feb.  It,  1804. 
"His  father  kept  a  country  store,  besides  cultivating  a  farm  of 
about  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  upon  which  the  boys,  seven 
in  all,  liad  abundant  opportunity,  excepting  the  eldest,  who 
was  sent  to  college,  for  physical  training,  in  clearing  off 
forests,  chopping  and  splitting  Avood  for  tires  in  house  and 
store, for  which  purposes  about  forty  cords  were  annually  con- 
sumed,  also   in   plowing,    planting,  hoeing   and   harvesting 


AVERY    (tEXEALOGY.  67 

crops,  etc."  He  received  his  early  education  in  the  district 
school,  which  was  "  taught  by  a  school  mistress  in  the 
summer  and  a  school  master  in  the  winter,  between  two 
and  three  mouths  each  per  auniim,  which  was  all  that  the 
town  taxes  could  afford  in  those  days.  The  farmers  in  that 
agricultural  town,  avIio  could  spare  the  money  and  the  labor 
of  their  boys,  sent  them  from  the  district  schools  to  the 
incorporated  academies,  where  college  graduates  for 
teachers  could  give  instruction  in  the  higher  branches  of 
learning,  and  fit  the  lads  for  college.  Young  White  had  the 
privilege  of  attending  three  terms  at  Leicester  Academy." 
At  the  close  of  which  when  but  seventeen  years  old,  he 
engaged  to  teach  a  school  in  an  outside  district,  for  which 
services  he  was  to  receive  "ten  dollars  and  fifty  cents  per 
month  and  board,  the  last  item  not  being  very  burdensome 
to  the  district,  as  the  boarding  of  teachers  was  put  u})  at 
auction  at  a  district  school  meeting  and  knocked  down  to 
the  lowest  bidder,"  which  in  this  case  was  "seventy-five  cents 
per  week."  ^-  *^  ^•"  "  The  fortunate  winner  of  this  contract 
was  a  Quaker  farmer  with  nine  children,  and  the  board  was 
good  and  satisfactory  to  the  young  teacher."  Finishing 
this  work  in  February,  1822,  he  took  charge  of  another,  a 
private  school  in  Sanithfield,  E.  I.,  there  were  at  that  time 
no  public  schools  in  Rhode  Island.  In  March,  he  returned 
"to  his  home  in  Boylston,  on  foot,  through  deep  melting- 
snows,  about  thirty  miles,  taking  with  him  his  hard  earn- 
ings of  about  forty  dollars  and  the  measles,  which  in  due 
time  developed  themselves  and  imparted  their  virtues  to 
all  in  the  numerous  family  who  had  not  before  enjoyed  the 
blessing  of  having  them."  His  father  requiring  his  services 
the  young  teacher  was  obliged  to  abandon  the  cherished 
plan  of  getting  a  college  education.  In  December,  1825, 
he  went  to  Smithfield,  Pi.  I.,  studied  law  with  Gen.  George 


6S  AVERT     GENEALOGY. 

Leonard  Barnes,  and  continued  liis  connection  with  that 
office  "until  the  sy)rinu;  of  1828,  (with  the  exception  of  a 
few  months  teaching  in  the  winter  1827,")  when  "he  joined 
the  hiw  school  at  Cambridge,"  which  "  was  in  charge  of 
Hon.  Asahel  Stearns,  a  very  learned  lawyer,"  and  an 
excellent  teacher.  As  a  member  of  the  law  school,  the 
privilege  of  attending  lectures  was  enjoyed — as  his  lack  of 
opportunity  as  a  college  graduate  to  attend  such  lectures 
rendered  them  peculiarly  interesting  and  valuable  to  him. 
Leaving  the  hiAv  school,  he  was  admitted  to  practice  as 
attorney  and  counsellor  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  Rhode 
Island,  March  term,  182i).  The  greater  part  of  the  ensuing 
year  was  passed  in  travels  in  the  Northern  States  mostly 
on  foot  (excepting  the  winter  months,  when  he  resumed  his 
old  l)usiness  of  school  teaching  in  the  western  part  of  New 
York.)  In  Jan?,  1830,  he  o})ouod  his  law  office  in  Provi- 
dence, II.  I.,  and  })ursued  his  work  for  ten  years,  occu})ying 
a  place  in  the  city  justice's  court  four  years,  also  the  office 
of  police  justice,  two  years.  Librarian  of  Providence  Bar 
Ijibrary  for  several  years  ;ind  secretary  of  the  Athaneum 
Board  of  Directors  soon  after  its  organization. 

During  the  earlier  part  of  his  career,  wliile  attending 
store  for  his  father,  he  began  the  study  of  stenogra})hy, 
and  biH-arne  quite  ])rolicient  in  [he  art,  "  wliich  roidcrcd 
his  services  very  desirable  us  a  re})orter  of  -proceedings  in 
the  lihode  Island  General  Assembly  for  the  Providence 
newspapers."  in  1810,  he  removed  to  N(mv  Yoi'k,  and  was 
subsctpiciitly  admitted  to  ])ra('tice  as  attorney  and  counsellor 
at  law  and  so]icit()r  in  chancery.  Since  '47  a  chcmii-al 
nianul'actuiing  business  has  (Migrossed  liis  attention,  and 
since  1852  in  (•oiu])any  for  nearly  tliirty-Hve  years  with  the 
late  Samuel  C.  AVliite,  a  yonngei'  biothe)-.  wlio  died  Nov, 
2(),  1880.     Mr.  AVhite  was  married  June  2,  18-11,  at  Bo3lstou, 


AVEJIY    GENEALOGY.  69 

t(i  Miss  Harriet  Sawver  of  that  town,  "and  their  house- 
keeping was  bej^un  the  next  day  in  the  city  of  New  York. 
They  had  one  child,  Salome  Elizabeth,  born  at  Port  Eich- 
nic^nd,  Staten  Island,  Aug.  20,  1854." 

His  family  residence  "  was  in  Bergen  now  Bayonne, 
N.  J.,  for  thirteen  ye:xi's,  near  his  works  at  Bergen  Point, 
nntil  1808,  when  he  removed  to  the  present  residence,  185 
Hicks  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y."  Mr.  AYhite  has  in  hm 
possession  the  silver  seal  already  referred  to  in  the  pre- 
ceeding  pages,  which  was  formerly  the  propert}'  of  his 
grandfather,  the  Eev.  Joseph  Aver^^'  of  Holdeu. 

ISAAC  D.  WHITE"',— Brooklixe,  Mass. 

Isaac  Davis  White"',  fourth  son  of  Aaron,  Jr.,  and  Mary 
(Avery^)  Whits,  born  March  20,  18)6,  received  a  common 
school  education  at  Boylston,  and  worked  with  his  brothers 
on  his  father's  farm,  until  sixteen  years  of  age,  when  he 
went  to  learn  the  tanner's  trade  at  Boxbury,  Mass.  After 
he  became  of  age,  he  entered  into  partnership  with  his 
employer,  Samuel  Guild  &  Son,  continuing  in  the  business 
several  years.  He  subsequently  established  business  on 
his  own  account  in  Boxbury,  and  continued  it  with  success 
until  he  retired  in  1851,  his  younger  brother,  Francis  A. 
White,  and  Mr.  Frederick  Guild,  becoming  his  successors. 
He  married  at  Paxton,  May  18,  1811,  his  cousin,  Elizabeth 
Hall  Grosvenor.  They  settled  in  Boxbury,  where  he  had 
erected  a  fine  mansion  on  the  Dedliam  turnpike  for  his 
occupation.  From  Boxbury  he  removed  to  Enfield,  Ct.,  in 
the  year  1858,  where  he  purchased  a  farm  and  built  another 
fine  house,  which  with  the  fine  garden  and  lawns  about  it, 
formed  a  beautiful  country  seat.  Here  he  had  his  home 
for  about  ten  years,  when  he  sold  the  place  and  removed  to 
Boston  in  1863.     Two  vears  later   "  he  removed  to  Brook- 


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70  AVE  BY    GENEALOGY. 

line,  where  he  purchased  several  acres  ou  which  he  erected 
another  convenient  dwellinf^  and  cultivated  the  land,  largely 
devoted  to  fruit  grcnving.  The  great  enterprise  of  making 
a  boulevard  by  widening  Beacon  Street,  on  which  his  place 
Avas  located,  compelled  him  to  sell  it  and  remove  in  1888  to 
another,  which  he  purchased  on  Tappan  Street,  in  the 
neighborhood  of  his  late  residence." 

Children  of  Isaac  D.  and  Elizabeth  H.  White  are  : — 

i.     Isaac   Davis   AVhite,  .Jr.^'.  l)orn  Aug.  Kj.  1842,    settled 
business  in  Worcester  as  a  hard  ware  merchant,  nuirried   Nov.   10 
187G,  to  Caroline  E.  Gilbert.      (Tliey  had  three  children.) 

ii.     Harriet  Frances^i,  b.  Sept.  18,  1844. 

iii.      Elizabeth'^  b.  INIareh  7,  1.S47.  d.  June  5,  1848. 

iv.     Caroline  Loui.->a",  1).  Aug.  5,  184D. 

v.     Mary  Avery'S  b.  Nov.  27,  1808. 

vi.     Grace  Grosvenor",  1j.  -July  2U,  I8G0. 

ELIZABETH  (WHITE")    COXAXT,— Eiiamingham,  Mass. 

Elizabeth  White'",  eldest  daughter  and  fifth  child  of 
Aaron,  Jr.,  and  Mary  (Avery")  White,  was  born  Sept.  27, 
1808,  and  married  at  Boylston,  Mass.,  A})ril  17,  1883,  to 
Benjamin  Kill)urn  Conant,  sou  of  Eev.  Gains  Conant  of 
Paxton.  They  settled  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  and  had  seven 
children,  five  of  wliom  came  to  years  of  maturity.  The 
children  who  li\ed  to  grow  up  were  : — 

i.  ^lyron".  b.  March,  1834.  "migrated  to  Texas  in  1S,")7, 
joined  tiie  e.\[)edilion  of  the  filibustering  adventurer.  Walker, 
against  Nicaragua  in  lSr;7,  and  [)erishcd  in  that  ill  designed  and 
ill  fated  enterprise." 

ii.  Henjaniin  \Vhilinau",  b.  Dec.  21»,  l.SJJ"),  "  settUnl  as  a 
druggist  in  IJoston.  wiiere  he  tlied  in  l.s.sl.  He  niarrit'd  in  IS60 
Elizal)(4h  r.abbitt  of  Ko\l)Uiy.      Had  no  children." 

iii  Francis  Adams",  1).  Kel).  2S.  j.s.'JS,  d.  at  Evansville.  Ind. 
An  assistant  surgeon  in  thi-  l'.  S.  ;uniy. 

iv.  Mary  White",  b.  Oct.  l:),  l-SlU.  m.  Sei)t.,  l^(;<s,  Charles 
Franklin    Harrim.an,    and    settled    in    Somerville,     Mass.       Mr. 


A  VER  Y    GENEALOG  Y. 


Hairimaii   diod    Dec.  27,  ISTG.     Tlieir  live  chik  len,  all   of  whom 
are  living,  (1889)  arc: — 

i.  Edward  Avery^-,  1).  Dec.  13.  18fi!),  graduate  Harvard  College,  1888,  when 
in  his  nineteenth  year,  said  to  he  "a  reniarkahly  bright  youth,  became  a 
student  of  law  in  Boston,  and  is  sufflciently  advanced  to  be  admitteU  to 
practice  were  he  of  age."  (18851.) 

ii.     Mary  Adamsi-,  b.  Jan.  17,  1872. 

iii.     Frank  Whitmani-,  h.  Aug.  .5,  1874. 

iv.     Cora  Elizabethi-.  /  ,     ^         ,-,,,-. 
,.,      ,      -,  ^-.,      Ij.  June  2.  18((i. 

V.     C  harle.s  Conant'-,  > 

Mi-s.  Mary  "NV.  (CoiKinl")  Ilarriman  has  her  home  in  Framing- 
ham  Centre,  IMass. 

V.  Edward  Davis",  b.  May  25.  1840,  m.  1872,  Anneta 
Chapin,  and  settled  in  Worcester,  now  in  Itiisiness  in  Boston  as 
real  estate  loan  l)r()ker.  Have  four  children,  now  living,  two 
having  died  in  infancy. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  (White"')  Conant  died  at  Framingham, 
April  4,  1877,  aged  68  years. 

WILLIAM  JAMES  WHITE'",— Woecestee,  Mass. 
William  J.  White'",  sixth  child  of  Aaron,  Jr.,  and  Mary 
(Avery")  White,  Avas  born  March  11,  1811,  graduated  at 
AVilliams  College  1839,  aud  studied  for  the  ministry, 
graduating  at  Andover  in  the  class  of  1812,  ordained  for 
home  missionary  work  in  Canada,  Sept.  20,  1842,  engaged  as 
stated  supply  afterward  for  societies  in  Vermont  and  Maine 
until  1849,  when,  owing  to  failing  health,  he  retired  from  the 
ministry  and  engaged  in  business  as  manufacturer  in  Wor- 
cester,  Mass.  He  married  May  13,  1850  Harriet  Reed 
Eames  of  West  Boylston.     Children  : 

i.     John  William'-,  b.  d.  

ii.  Aaron  Avery^"-,  b.  Aug.  30,  18.37,  resides  with  his  parents 
and  employed  by  his  cousin,  I.  D.  White,  Jr.,  in  the  hardware 
business  in  Worcester,  Mass. 


MAEY    AYEEY    (WHITE'")  DAVIS,— Woecester,   Mass. 

Mary  Avery  White'",   seventh    child    of    Aaron,   Jr.,   and 

Mary    (AveiV)    White,    born    Dec.    4,    1813,    married   Rev. 


72  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

Eluathan  Davis  of  Holden,  May  26,  1843,  "  and  thereupon 
accompanied  him  to  the  West,  Avhere  he  had  charge  of 
several  societies  as  stated  supply  in  Indiana  and  Michioan. 
They  retiirned  to  Massachnsetts  in  1845.  Mr.  Davis  subse- 
quently became  the  settled  pastor  of  churches  in  Aslihurn- 
ville,  Fitzburg  and  Auburn.  He  died  at  Auburn,  April  it, 
1881,  aged  seventy-three."     Children  : — 

i.  Tlidinas  White",  b.  Nov.  1,  \SU,  "  uradiuUcd  at  Williams 
College.  l.S()G,  m.  1872,  Amelia  Sylvester,  and  settled  in  IV'tmont. 
Mass.  At  present  (1889)  is  head  master  of  a  pnl)lie  school 
in   Camliiidge,  Mass."     They   have; — 

i.     [lalph  Sylvestei-i-. 
ii.     Etra  Lincoliii-. 

ii.  Francis  Gordon",  h.  ^Inrch  9,  18.')1,  "married  Cariie 
E.  G OSS  of  Worcester,  Jnne  o,  l.sTS.  now  (1.S89)  settled  in  Water- 
town,  N.  Y.,  as  snperintendent  of  the  large  carriage  manufactory 
of  the  H.  H.  Babcock  Company."     They  have  : — 

i.     Alice  Maryi-. 
ii.    Grace  Avery i-. 

CAROLINE  WHITE'". 

Caroline  White"',  eighth  chihl  of  Aaron,  Jr.,  and  Mary 
(Avery")  White,  born  April  8,1816,  and  "had  her  home 
with  her  parents  until  they  died,  her  father  in  IS-IC),  her 
mother  in  18(50.  She  continued  in  charge  of  tln^  old  honu^ 
one  year  longer,  when  in  the  Spring  of  18(51  it  was  b.roken 
up,  house,  land  and  furniture  all  sold.  She  afterward  made 
her  home  principally  with  lier  sister,  Mrs.  Elizal  eth 
Conant,  until  her  death  in  1S77,  l)ut  assisting  always  the 
families  of  l)rothers  and  sisters,  who  l)y  reason  of  sickness 
or  other  causes  required  lior  care.  She  now  resides  iu 
Worcester  with  lier  sister,  Mrs.  Mary  A.  W.  Davis." 

SAMUEL  CHARLES  WHITE'".— Bergen  Point,  N.  J. 

Samuel  C.  White'",  ninth  child  of  Aaron  and  Mary 
(Avery-')  AVliite,  born  April  27,  18'2(),  "was  educated    in   the 


AVEJiY    GENEALOGY.  73 


commou  schools  ami  in  Aiulover  Academy.  Eiiteied  the 
employment  of  Henshaw,  Ward  k  Co.,  wholesale  druggists 
in  Boston,  Avhen  sixteen  years  of  age.  Left  their  service 
Avlien  twentj'-two  years  old,  and  opened  a  store  for  himself 
in  Worcester  in  1842,  relinquishing  the  same  in  1852  to 
to  acce})t  a  position  as  cr)-i)artner  with  his  brother 
Thomas,  who  Avas  engaged  in  business  as  a  manufacturing 
chemist.  The  factory  was  located  in  Bergen,  Hudson  Co., 
N.  J.,  on  the  southern  shore  of  Constable's  Hook,  opposite 
Sailor's  Snug  Harbor,  on  Staten  Island.  The  principal 
business  carried  on  in  the  factory  was  the  refining  of 
sulphur  and  preparing  it  for  use  in  various  arts,  the  manu- 
facturing of  gunpowder,  vulcanizing  rubber,  bleaching 
purposes,  etc.,  etc.,  the  whole  carried  on  under  the  firm  of 
T.  \'  S.  C.  White.  They  had  their  homes  together  in  the 
same  dwelling  houses — three  years  at  Port  Richmond, 
Staten  Island,  and  ten  years  at  Bergen  Point,  near  their 
works.  In  1865,  Mr.  S.  C.  White  purchased  a  fine  place  at 
Bergen  Point,  fronting  on  Kill  von  Kull,  to  which  he 
removed  shortly  afterwards,  and  there  continued  to  reside 
until  his  death  of  pneumonia,  on  the  26th  of  November, 
1886,  at  the  age  of  sixty-six. 

He  married,  April  11,  1849,  Miss  Julia  Maria  Barrett  of 
Ashl)urnham,    Mass.,    and   lived  in   Worcester    until   1852. 

Mrs.  Julia  M.  B.  White,  born  at  Ashburnham,  March  18, 
1826,  died  at  Bergen  Point,  Feb.  3,  1889,  in  her  sixty-third 
year."     Children  : 

i.  Julia  ]Mavia",  b.  ]Maicli  I'J,  1S.')2,  m.  George  H.  Gale, 
Oct.  G,  1880,  aud  settled  at  Bergen  Toiiit. 

ii.     Louisa  Bairott",  b.  Dec.  8,  1857. 

iii.  Edward  Francis",  b.  April  G,  18G2,  graduated  at  the 
Stevens'  Poh'technic  School  of  Hol)oken.  ' 

iv.     Harriet  Stone",  b.  Oct.  21,  18G8. 


i' 


74  AVERY    GENEALOGY 


FEANCIS  ADAMS  WHITE".— Bkookline,  Mass. 

Francis  A.  Wliite'",  tenth  and  youngest  child  of  Aaron  Jr. 
and  Mary  (AYery')  White,  born  April  19,  1824,  "received 
his  education  at  the  town  schools  and  as  a  private  pupil  of 
Rev.  Wni.  H.  Sauford,  of  Boylston,  at  the  Baptist  manual 
training-school  in  Worcester  and  at  Andover  Academy." 
When  seventeen  years  of  age  he  went  to  work  for  his 
brother,  Isaac  D.,  leather  manufacturer,  in  Eoxburv,  con- 
tinuing there  until  1851,  when  his  brother  retired  and  he 
succeeded  to  his  interest  and  formed  a  partnership  with 
Mr.  Frederick  Guild,  under  the  iirm  of  Guild  A:  White, 
until  1871,  when  he  relinquished  the  business.  He  had 
purchased  a  very  desirable  country  seat  in  Brookline,  and 
has  had  his  home  there  for  the  last  thirty  years.  He  has 
made  at  least  seven  voyages  to  Europe  for  the  benefit  of 
his  health,  which  has  always  been  greath'  improved  by 
these  travels.  His  wife  has  always  accompanied  him  in  all 
these  tours  that  have  been  taken  since  their  marriage.  She 
was  Miss  Caroline  Barrett,  (sister  to  his  brother  Samuel's 
wife,)  wlioia  he  married  at  Xew])()rt,  N.  H.,  June  25,  1851. 
She  was  born  Feb.  15,  1828.     Children: 


i.  Charles  Frederick".  1).  INIay  27.  185G.  graduated  at 
Worcester  School  of  'rcclniology.  iii.  .lime  IS.  1883.  Louie  Denii, 
of  St.  Louis.  Mo.,  wwiX  now  I'esides  at  Dunkirk.  N.  Y..  where  he 
has  chai'oe  of  :i  nianufactoiv  <>f  niachinerv. 

ii.     William  Howard",  li.  Sept.  4.  18,)8,  graduated  at  Harvard 
1880,  studied  law  and  pnietiees  in  lloston. 

iii.      Francis    "\Vintln()|i".    It.     Dec.      17,     1800,    graduated     at 
Harvnrd.  INS.'.. 

iv.      Sophia  IJucklnnd".  h.  Dec.  IC,  l.S(;2. 


AVERY    GENEALOC^Y.  To 

HOWLAXD. 

Grace  Aven",  tliiid  dciui-litcr  and  sixth  c-liild  of  Willianf 
and  Betliiah  (Metcalf)  Avery,  born  August  17,  1755,  married 
June  1,  1786,  Jolm  Howlaud\  ••     Children  : 

i.  Asa-'.  1).  Oct.  2o.  17.S7,  died  June  24,  1870. 

ii.  .lohii".  I).  .Tunc  -s.  ITSl). 

iii.  (Ti-aee-',  h.  (Jet.  2ii.  17i)l. 

iv.  WiUiam  Aver\".  t..  I\Iay   17.  17',h;. 

V.  Timothy  Metcaif'',  1).  

vi.  Allen^,  

Grace  (Avery')  HcnvLiud  died  Fel)ruarv  12,  18-11,  a«^etl 
86  A'ears. 


*  John  HowlandJ  (Job',  Jolin^  Jolm-,  Jolnii.)  was  'loni  March  ;il.  IT.'iT. 
As  will  be  seen,  he  was  the  liftli  (lesceiidaiit  of  John  Howiandi,  who  came 
froui  England  in  The  Mayflower,  and  died  February  •_';;,  1()72.  He  was  one  of 
the  forty-one  sioiiers  of  the  Compact,  in  the  cabin  of  the  Mayflower,  while  that 
shij)  la\  in  Provincetown  Harbor,  November  11,  Ki'JO. 

His  tombstone  in  Plymonth  reads  as  follows:  "Here  ended  the  pilgrimage 
of  John  Howland  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Governor 
Carver.  They  arrived  in  the  Mayflower,  December,  KiiiO.  They  had  four  sons 
and  six  daugliters.  from  whom  are  descended  a  numerous  posterity." 

'•I(i7'2,  February  2."i(l.  John  Howland,  of  1^1,\ mouth,  deceased.  He  lived 
to  the  age  of  eighty  years.  He  was  the  last  man  that  was  left  of  those  that 
came  over  in  the  sliipji  called  the  Mayflower,  that  lived  in  Plymouth." 


76  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 


DEA.  JOHN    AVERYl 

JOHN  ATEPiY-,  fourth  son  of  William"  aud  Betliiali 
(Metcalf)  Avei'v,  horu  Sept.  U,  175S,  in  Dedliam  ;  married 
May  26,  1784,  Mary  Cnshmau,  born  June  24,  1755. 
Children  : 

i.     .lohii''.  h.  Jnn.  'J.  17S(",.  m.  Ann  Paine,  Nov.  14,  l.s27. 

ii.      .Alary'',  h.  Se[)t.  2i).  1787.  d.  Dee.  S,  182'J. 

iii.     Joseph'-',  h.  Aug.  30,  1789.  ni.  Sylvia  Clary,  Dec.  5,  1817. 

iv.      Lendeniine'*.  b.  April  7,  17'.M.  m.  James  Bond. 

V.      Rebecca-',    b.    Nov.  oO,  17;);5.  ni.   Silas   Hawks,    Nov.    lO. 
1826. 

vi.      Williani-'.  h.  Sept.  16,  17'>.").  ni.    Alalia   Rowland,  d.  April 
25,  IS.-.;]. 

vii.  P.elhiali',  1).  Fel).  20,  1800,  in.  Benj.  Bond  182r>.  d.  Jan. 
13,  l.s;34. 

Mary  (Cuslimau)  Avery  died  May  25,  1825.  Dea.  John 
Avery*^,  married  for  second  wife  Beulah  Brii^^s  (born  A})ril 
9,  1771.)     She  died  18(>2,  af,^ed  1)1  years. 

Dea.  John  Avery'  moved  from  ])edham  to  Conway,  Mass. 

Joseph  Avery-',  second  son  of  Dea.  John  and  Mary 
(Cuslnnau)  Avery,  1).  17S'.),  married  Sylvia  Clary,  December 
5,  1817.     Children : 

i.  Alary'",    1).    Dec.   13,   1818,   ni.  Kev.    R.    AI.    Longlnidgc, 

Dec,  1*'47,  died  .Jan.  l.s.")0. 

ii.  Jo.seph  Clary"',  i).  Vvh.  1,  1.S23.  d.  18C2,  aged  30  years. 

iii.  Caroline^",  b.  Jan.  20.  1X2.").   m.    Norton   A.  Ilalliert.  Jan. 

18.')().      Had  one  child.  Frank",  1).  Sept.,  l.S.")(;,  d.  

iv.  AVilliani  Fisher'",  b.  Dec.  4,  1820,  m.  Eunice  Smith 
AVriglit,  Srpt.  r.l,  l.s.Vl.      Oni'  child: 

Willi:iiii     (hkIcII'',   1).   May    '■'<\,    H"iii.   Tii.    f:ii-/,alu'lli    Ilciison    Hall     of    Koi-k- 
l;u](l,  Mc,  Nov.  1,  ISS'i.     Ila.l  William  Kreilericki'-^,  b.  Nov.  'JT.  ls.^7. 


AVERY   GEXEALOGY.  77 

V.     Amelia^",  1..  .July  22.  l.S2i»,  d.  Ano-.,  IS2'J. 

vi.  Paulim'"'.  I).  .Ian.  14.  l.s;51.  in.  Rev.  O.  L.  ^Voodford  and 
had  ]'anline^^  li.  Jan.  ];».  l.s,'),s.  ;i(l()|iled  by  Norton  A.  IlallH-it. 
JMrs.  Panlino  (Aveiy"')  Woodford,  d.  Feh.,  18:)S. 

vii.  .lolm'".  I).  Seyit.  18,  18;57,  ni.  Cornelia  M.  C'urti.ss.  One 
chikl:   John  Whitney". 

Joliii  Avery'",  became  a  celebrated  Oriental  scholar  and 
professor  in  Bowdoin  College.  He  died  at  Nortli  Bridgton, 
Me.,  September  1,  1887,  aged  50  years.  The  follo-sviug 
notice,  Avliich  appeared  in  a  Boston  daily  at  the  time  of  his 
death,  will  be  of  interest : 

A    SCHOLAR    GONE— FL'XKRAL    OF    PROF.  AVERY,  OF^ 
BOWDOIN,  THE  ORIENTALIST. 

The  funeral  of  Prof.  John  Avery,  LL.U.,  of  Boudoin  College, 
was  held  at  Brunswick,  Me.,  September  4,  1887,  being  condufted 
by  AV.  De  Witt  Hyde,  \).  D.,  president  of  the  college,  and  Rev. 
William  P.  F'isher,  pastor  of  the  church.  Prof.  Aver}'  was  boru 
at  Conway,  Mass..  in  1837.  antl  was  graduated  at  Amherst 
College  in  18G1.  He  was  i)iofessor  of  Greek  in  Bovvdoin  College 
and  assistant  editor  of  the  American  Antiquarian  and  Oriental 
Journal.  He  was  familiar  with  the  numerous  languages  of 
Hindostan,  and  had  prepared  to  write  the  coming  season  a  work 
on  the  aboriginal  tribes  of  India.     He  leaves  a  widow  and  one  son. 

Sylvia  (Clary)  Avery  died  Sept.  5,  1851,  aged  48  years, 

HAWKS. 

Rebecca  Avery-',  third  daughter  of  Dea.  John'  and  Mary 
(Cushman)  Avery,  l^orn  Nov.  30,  1793,  married  Nov.  16, 
1826,  Mr.  Sila:5  Hawks.     Children  : 

i.     Cushman  W^iighti",  b.  Dec,  1828,  d.  April,  1832. 
ii.     Cushman  Wrighti",  b.  April,  1832,  d.  March,  1833. 
iii.     William  Avery^'J,  b.  Jan.  1,  1834. 


7S  AVERY    GEXEALOGY. 


FAMILY  AND  GENERATIONS  OF  ROBERT 
AVERY;^  DEDHAM,  MASS. 

T^OBERT  AYEEY\  second  sou  of  Dr.  Willi;im'  -uia 
\  Margaret  Averv,  baptised  iu  Barkliam,  Berks,  Eng- 
land, December  7,  1649,  as  l)efore  stated,  came  to  America 
with  liis  parents.  He  Avas,  at  the  time,  an  infant,  con- 
seque]itly  could  recollect  nothing  of  the  change  which  had 
taken  place  in  his  home.  Of  his  boyhood  we  know  nothing. 
Probably  at  an  early  age  he  became  quite  expert  in  the  use  of 
the  hammer  and  anvil,  learning  the  trade  of  his  father.  At 
the  age  of  twenty-seven  he  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Job  and  Sarah  Lane  of  Maiden,  Mass.  Job  Lane  was  a. 
wealthy  and  prominent  citizen  and  Eepresentative  at 
General  Court. 

According   to   the   Dedliam   town  records  their  children 
were  : 

i.     Elizal)eth",  b.  1<)'-'^  (Doe.)  'il,  1(;77. 
ii.      Rachel'',  b.  1  .Iny,  7'"  (Sept.)  Ku'J. 

iii.      Robert'',  b.   28  day.  11'",    (Nov.)    1681  ;   was   killed   by  the 
falling  of  a  tree,  Aug.  21,  172o. 

iv.^   John'',  1).  4  day,  12'".  (Fell.)  KuSy,. 
v.     Jonathan'',  b.  Jan.  20'".  IG'-jy,. 
vi.     Abigail'',  b.  May.<S'",  IGDi). 

Fiol)ert  Avery'  died  (per  records)  Oct.  3,  17'22. 
His  stone  in  Dedham  cemeterv  is  inscribed  thus  : 


"Here   Lyes   Buried  y''   Body  of  Ensigne  Robert  Avery,   who 
UeC'  Oct.  v^'  4"'  1722  in  v''  7:!''  yean  of  his  age." 


His  widow,  ElizaV)eth  (Lane)  Avery,  died  in   174(i,  leaving 
five    children,    thirty    grand-children,    and  fifty-two  great.. 


AVEKY    GEXEALOGY.  79 


granil-t'hiidreu   aud   two   great,  great  grand-cliildrpii.     Her 
tombstone  reads  as  follows  : 

"  Here  13-68  Ijiiiied  y''  Body 

of  ]Mi's.  ElizalH'lli  Avery 

Widow  of  Ensign  Kobeit 

Avei-y.     Slie  died  Oct 

y'^  2rt  A.  D.  174G 

in  y'^  91°'  year  of 

lier  fige." 

Tlie  inventor}'  of  Robert  Avery's  estate  was  as  follows  : 

Personal,  £189     18     11 

Real  36  acres,  \ 


4  do., 
and  saw  mill  divided,      '  163 


£352     18     11 


Inventory  of  personal  estate  of  Robert  Avery'*,  taken 
December  27,  1722. 

Smith's  tools,  Auvill.  Vice,  Grindstone  and  crank,  Great  Seal 
Beam,  three  great  hammers,  a  nnmber  of  tongs,  shears,  3  small 
hammers.  Mandrill  old  tools  Bellows.     £m2.1o. 

Cattel — 2  Oxen,  a  mare.  2  Heffers  coming  4  years  old,  2  more 
coming  3  years,  5  cows,  2  yonng  heff,  a  sow,  a  pigg,  12  piggs. 
£54.10.0. 

Michael  Dwiglit,  liis  son-in-law,  was  administrator  of  the 
estate. 

Robert  Avery',  in  his  deed  of  gift  of  most  of  his  property 
to  his  eldest  son  Robert",  mentions  "two  parcels  of  Land 
both  lying  within  the  township  of  Dedham — one  j^arcel 
contains  eighteen  acres,"  etc.,  "  bounded  upon  the  swamp 
commonly  called  the  Dead  swamp  towards  the  South,"  etc. 

"  The  other  contains  fourteen  acres  and  a  half,"  etc.,  etc., 
"  and  is  bounded  w"'  land  of  Benjamin  Onion  towards  the 
South  ;  land  of  said  Robert  Avery,  Jr.,  East  and  West ;  and 


FO  AVEnr    GEXEALOGY. 

Avitli  the  church  laud  aud  laud  of  Joseph  Wight  towards 
the  North,  or  however  otherwise  houuded,"  etc.,  etc.  The 
deed,  from  which  the  ahove  are  only  extracts,  hears  date 
^Feh.  18,  171'/;)  "  thirteenth  day  of  Fehruarv,  Anno 
Domini  1712,  in  the  tenth  year  of  the  Eeign  of  our 
Sovereign  Lady  Ann,  of  Great  Britain,  Queeu." 

The  Historical  Society  of  Dedliam,  Mass.,  has  many 
relics  of  the  Avery  family.  Among  them  an  Ensign's  flag, 
of  silk,  probal>ly  belonging  to  Ensign  Robert'',  also  an 
ancient  auvil,  documents  aud  books,  which  have  belonged 
to  the  family  for  years. 

Children  of  Robert'  and  Elizabeth  (Lane)  Avery  : 

BULLARD. 

Elizabeth  Avery",  eldest  daughter  of  Robert''  aud 
Elizabeth  (Lane)  Avery,  l»orn  December  21,  1(577,  married 
August  6,  1697,  Mr.  William  Bullard  t)f  Dedham,  Mass., 
boru  May  ID,  1()73.     Children  : 

i.  Willia)n',  1).  May  10,  1G9S,  d.  Sept.  U).  1737,  aged  39 
years. 

ii.  Klizabcth',  It.  Nov.  8,  1G!)*J,  in.  l)ea.  Nathaniel  Kiugbbuiy, 
and  diud  Dec.  20,  1751,  aged  o"2  years. 

iii.  Jcminia",  b.  Mareli  4,  1702,  in.  March  8,  173'-'/:;.  S. 
linUard. 

iv.  Anna",  b.  May  28,  1705,  ni.  Jan.  27,  172''/,;,  Jonathan 
Whiting. 

V.     Isaac",  b.  A\nW  1.  170',»,  ni.  August  (>,  1847,  Grace  Deane. 

Elizabetli  fAvery")  Bullard  died  Jan.  28,  174"/7. 
William  J^uUard  died  Feb.  '.),  17-177. 

Thus  within  a  few  days  was  the  hand  of  Death  laid  upon 
^ach. 

"  In  dealii  they  wore  not  divided." 


AVEJiV   GENEALOGY.  SI 


Near  to  the  tombstoue  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Lane)  Avery 
is  the  stone  of  the  chiughter,  with  that  of  lier  husband  and 
son,  which  read  as  foHows  : 

"  Here  Lyes  interred  y  Body 

of  Mrs.  Pvlizabetli  BiiUard 

y''  wife  of  Mr  Wiliiaiu 

Billiard.     Aged  69  years 

1  month  and  7  da3-s. 

Died  Jan.  28,  1746." 

The  next  one  reads  : 

•■  Here  lyes  Interred 

the  body  of 

Mr  William  Ballard 

Aged  73  years  8  nios. 

and  21  days.     Who  died 

P>b'-.  y^'  'J,  1746."      (1747:.) 

DWIGHT. 

Rachel  Avery'',  second  daughter  of  Robert  Avery',  born 
Sept.,  1679,  married  May  14,  1702,  Michael  D wight  of 
Dedham,  son  of  Capt.  Timothy  and  Anna  (Flint)  Dwight. 
Children  : 

i.     Samnel',  I).  1703,  d.  abont  1771,  aged  about  68  years. 

ii.  Rachel',  b.  June  17,  1715,  m.  April  20.  1732,  Dea.  Sam'l 
Deane  (see  page  14,)  and  died  about  1760,  leaving  six  or  seven 
children. 

iii.  UauieF.  b.  Oct.  28,  1707,  H.  C.  1726,  d.  July  12,  1747, 
unmarried,  aged  nearly  40  years. 

iv.     John",  b.  Feb.  25,  1705,  died  in  early  manhood. 

V.     Anna".    1).    about    1711,  m.  Dec.    21,  1742,    Benj.    Lyond, 
1775. 

vi.  Lydia,  b.  June  10,  1712,  m.  (as  per  record)  Jona.  H. 
Cobb. 

Rachel  (Avery")  DAvight  is  said  to  have  been  "a  woman 
of  piety  and  strong  powers  of  mind."  She  died  1775,  aged 
96  years. 

6 


82  A  VE  R  Y     GENE  A  LOGY. 


Mr.  Michael  Dwiglit,  died  1761,  aged  82.  He  was 
administrator  of  Eobert  Avery's  estate,  aud  "  as  an  incident 
of  the  times,"  the  record  says  :  "on  May  2,  1723,  Michael 
D wight,  administrator  of  estate  of  Robert  Avery  of  Ded- 
ham,  deceased,  paid  for  gloves  for  the  funeral  of  said 
Avery,  to  Benj.  Fitch  of  Boston  £7.  13s.  (638.) 

^REV.  JOHN  AYERY«. 
Second  son  and  fourth  child  of  Robert  Avery-',  born  in 
Dedham,  Feb.  4,  1687.> 

Jonathan  Aveky'',  third  son  of  Robert'  and  Elizabeth 
(Lane)  Avery,  born  in  Dedham,  Jan.  20,  l()i)'/.%  married 
Feb.  1,  172Vi,  Lydia  Healy.     Children  : 

i.     Jonatbau',  b.  Sept.  18,  1722,  (settled   iu   Ashford,  Conn., 

per  Mrs.  L.  A.  King.)     Probably  he  is  the  same  Jonathan  that  is 

mentioned  in  the  records  of  Lebanon,  Ct.    Died  Jan.  15,  1749-50. 

Jonathan',  m.  (by  Rev.  John  Bass)  Hannali  Humphrey.  Dec  6. 

1749,  in  Warrenville,  Conn.     Child  : 

Jonatllau^  b. ,  d.  July  '_',  1750. 

ii.  Robert',  b.  Nov.  21,  1723,  (went  to  sea.) 

iii.  David',  b.  May  lo,  172G,  (went  to  sea,  probably.) 

iv.  Lydia',  b  Jan.  6,  172'/s.  ni.    Deacon  Medina  Fitch,   Dec. 
19.  1744.     Had  one  son  Jonathan"". 

v.  Elizabeth",  Aug.  6,  1729. 

vi.  John',  b.  April  21,  1731,  (died  in  Ashford.) 

vii.  Mary',  b.  Nov.  23,  1732,  d.  Jan.  IG,  IIS^/:,. 

John  Avery',  {JomiflKnf,  Roherf,  Dr.    lJlJJ!<nii\)  born  in 
1731,  married  Dec.  11,  1751,  Sarah  Bicknell.     Children  : 

i.     Sarah%  b.  July  23,  1753,  d.  Aug.  21,  1753. 
ii.      Hannah'^,  1).  Aug.  3,  1  7.')  1 . 
iii.     J<>hu^  b.  March  5,  175(). 


*  As  the  limits  of  this  Genealogy  were  originally  intended  to  include  only 
the  family  and  desceiHlants  ni  .lolin  Avery",  who  became  the  first  settled 
minister  in  Trtiro,  INIass.,  and  the  proj^M-nitor  of  a  lar.ue  and  intellii^ent  pos- 
terity, it  has  lireii  tlioUKht  best  to  iilace  tlie  record  by  itself  as  Tart  II  ol  this 
hook. 


AVEIiY   GENEALOGY.  83 


iv.  Lydia^  b.  March  20,  1757,       >    Twins,  Jonathan  d.  June 

V.  Jonathan"^,  b.  March  20,  1757,  ^  12,  1761. 

vi.  Robert^,  b.  Aug.  6,   175.S. 

vii.  David^  b.  Aug.  4,  17G0,  d.  Jan.  1.  1764. 

viii.  Jonathan",  1).  June  26,  1762. 

ix.  Sall}^  b.  Sept.  6.  1765. 

X.  Matilda^,  b.  April  13,  1767. 

xi.  Melinda^  b.  Feb.  7,  176'J. 

Jolm  Avery',  died  June  5,  1772,  Asliford,  Ct. 
Sarah  (Bicknell)  Avery,  died  Dec,  1771. 

Jonathan  Avery  married  Nov.  29,  1773,  Chloe  Wales,  per 
Warrenville  records  ;  (?)  what  Jonathan  ;  had  Elisha  Avery, 
born  Feb.  21,  1774  ;  Hannah,  born  Feb.  22,  1777  ;  Polly, 
born  Feb.  21,  1779. 


Avery  Deeds  of  Land,    Warrenville  records : 

"  Ephraim     Avery,     from     John     Avery,      (?)     Rev. 
Ephraini',  and  Rev.  John". 

Ephraim  Avery  from  Joliu  Avery,  55  acres. 
Ephraim  Avery  from  .lacob  Eliot. 
John  Avery  from  Jacob  Parker. 
*'         "  "      Isaac  Pierce. 

"  "  "       Jonathan  Avery. 

"  "  "       John  Smith. 

1758.         "         "         "      William  Little. 

1762.  "         "         "      Medina  and  Lydia  Fitch. 

1763.  "         "         "      Jacob  Preston. 

1766.  "         "         "       Sarah  Kendall. 

1767.  "         "         ^'       Amos  Babcoek. 
Jonathan  Avery  from  Elsauder  Ewing. 

"  "         "      Oxenbridge  Davis. 

"  "         "      Ephraim  Berais. 

1773.     Jonathan  Avery,  Jr.  from  Jonathan  Avery. 
1773.  "  "  "     John  Bass. 

1762.     Hariah  &  Solomon  Avery  from  Eben  Pendersou. 
1769.     Hannah  and  Lydia  Avery  from  .John  Avery." 


^4  .  AVEliY    GENEALOGY. 


EICHAEDS.— Dedham,  Mass. 

Al)i<;;iil  Avery',  youugest  daughter  of  l{ol)ert  and 
Elizal)pth  (Laue)  Aver}',  born  May  8,  1699,  married  June  5, 
1722,  Jolm  Richards.     Chiklreu  : 

i.  John'.  1).  Marcl)  19.  \1-1'/,.  \\\.  Nov.  27.  174G.  Reljecca, 
(laughter  of  Thonuis  luid  Kebecca  Herring.  Had  six  daughters 
and  two  sons.      He  died  June  13,  1772. 

ii.  Edward'.  1).  Oct.  IT,,  1724,  nv.  July  21,  175G,  Mary, 
dauglitei'  of  James  and  Hannah  Fislier.  and  had  four  sons  and 
two  daughters. 

iii.  Nathan'',  b.  Nov.  2(5,  1720.  m.  May  4,  1752,  Melntable, 
daughter  of  James-',  (Nathaniel-,  EdwaixP,  who  was  one  of  the 
proprietors  of  Dedham,  163''/;, )  Richards.  He  died  Sept.  27, 
1798.  She  died  May  6.  17<S,').  They  liad  three  sons  and  six 
daughteis. 

iv.  Job",  b.  172!)  (?),  m.  :\Iay  10.  1757,  Mary  Gay,  d.  April 
2,  1798,  age  69.      Shi'  died  Julie  7,  1797,  in  66th  year. 

V.  Abiatluu',  b.  173(1.  ni.  May  31,  17.v3,  Elizabeth  (1>.  Nov. 
9,  1730,  with  twin  luoUiei)  daughter  of  Janics''  and  Hannah 
(Metcalf)  Richards  and  had  five  sons  and  four  daughters.  He 
died  Sei)t.  30.  1803.      She  died  Aug.  3.  1814. 

vi.  Abel',  b.  June  1,  173.S.  m.  Jan.  o.  1764.  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Ebenczer  and  Elizabeth  Newell.  They  had  one  son 
and  f(KU-  daughters.  His  wife  died  Dec.  6,  1775.  He  married 
1777,  Mary,  daughti;r  of  Ik'ujamin  and  Sarah  White.  They  had 
live  sons  ami  two  daughters.  He  died  Jan.  bs,  1832.  His 
widow,  Mary,  died  May,  1845. 

vii.     Nal)by'.  1).  ,  m.    Dec.  2,   17()2,    Dr.  Josiah   Dean,   of 

Upton,  and  proljably  lemoved  to  Petei'sham. 


AVE  BY   GENEALOGY.  S3 


FAMILY     AND      GENERATIONS     OF      DR. 
JONATHAN   AVERY\  DEDHAM,  MASS. 

JONATHAN  AVERY',  tliivd  sod  of  Dr.  William'  and 
.J  Margaret  Avery,  was  l)orn  May  26,  1053,  in  Dedliam, 
the  tirst  cliild  born  iu  their  uew  American  home.  He 
became  a  physican,  like  his  father.  He  married,  July  22, 
1679,  Sybil,  daughter  of  (Sec'y)  Nath'l  and  Patience 
(Newman)  Sparhawk,  of  Caml)ridge,  Mass.,  born  aliout 
1655.     Children  : 

i.     Margaret'^%  b.  Nov.  !),  IG-Sl,  d.  Nov.  27.  Ki.si. 
ii.      Sj'bil''.  1).  Aug.  11,  1()83,  m.  Dr.  Thomas  Graves.* 
iii.      Margaret'*,  h.   August   20,  1686,  d.  Nov.  10,  IGIM,   as   per 
tombstone  in  Bell  Rock  Cemeter}',  at  Maiden,  Mass.  : 

'•Margaret 

Avery  died 

November  10 

1694   &  in   y'' 

9  year  of 

her  age." 

iv.     t  Dorothy",    b.     -July   4,    1688,     (record    says    1687)    m. 

*  Mr.  W.  R.  Deane  says:  "  There  was  a  lavRe  Parchiiient  Deed  of  Thonia.s 
Graves  of  Charlestowii,  Physician,  and  Sybil  (Avery)  liis  wife,  and  Dorothy 
Avery,  Spinster,  tlie  only  two  daughters  of  .Jonathan  Avery,  of  Dedham, 
deceased,  who  sell  to  Wni.  Avery  of  Dedham,  blacksmith,  for  £25(1,  house  and 
land  in  Dedham,  4th  April,  1710. 

\yitne.sses.  Signed. 

Eleazer Thos.  Graves, 

William  P)ullard.  Syhill  Graves, 

Robert  NVard.  Dorothy  Avery." 

Recorded,  Suffolk,  17(»,  book  lOii  (or  l-iii,)  page  25(!. 

t  Mrs.  Dorothy  Angler^,  after  the  marriage  of  her  daughter,  Dorothy,  to 
Rev.  Gad  Hitchcock,  D.  D.,  of  Pembroke,  now  Hanson,  jMas.s.,  went  to  reside 
with  them.     Her  slate  stone  bears  the  following  inscription: 

"  Here  lies  Buried 

ye  liody  of 

Mrs.  Dorothy  Angler, 

ye  wife  of 

Mr.   Samuel  Angier 

of  Cambridge,  who 

Died  at  Pembroke 

Septemher  14th  17.")<).  N.  S. 

Aged  f)4  years 

and  2  months." 


86  AVE  BY    GENEALOGY. 

Samuel  Augiei"*,  of  Cambridge,  (son  of  Rev.  Samuel  Augier 
and  grandson  of  Rev.  Uriau  Oakes,  President  of  Harvard  College, 
1675  to  1681,  when  he  died.  Ho  was  considered  by  Prof.  Tyler, 
we  are  told,  to  bave  been  one  ot  tlie  most  wonderful  writers  of 
his  day,  or  of  almost  any  dny.  Cotton  Mather's  Magnolia  has 
a  long  account  of  him,  and  in  Tyler's  American  Literature  there 
are  two  accounts.      Ciiildren  : 

i.  Dorothy',  1i.  ITl.i,  d.  1792. 

ii.  Hannair,  b.  1715,  lu.  Rev.  Ebeiu-zer  Gay,  of  Hingliara,  and  dic-d  April, 
17(i2. 

iii.  Sybil',  b.  171<s,  lu.  174!i,  Daniel  Farnhaui,  of  Newbury. 

HITCHCOCK. 

Dorothy  Augier',  eldest  dMughtor  of  Samuel  aud  Dorothy 
CAvery''')  Augier,  horu  1713,  married  1748,  Kev.  Gad 
Hitchcock,  D.  D.,  b.  1769,  who,  while  a  student  in  college, 
boarded  with  her  mother. 

Rev.  Gad  Hitchcock,  who  was  pastor  of  the  Secoud 
Parish  of  Pembroke,  (uow  Hausou,  Mass.,)  for  about  titty- 
five  years,  was  son  of  Capt.  Ebeuezer  and  Mary  (Sheldon) 
Hitchcock  of  Springfield,  Mass.,  aud  a  descendant  of  Hon. 
William  Pynchon,  the  founder  of  Springfield,  and  one  of 
the  patentees  of  the  Mass.  Colony,  aud  of  Gov.  George 
Willis,  Conn. 

Rev.  Gad  aud  Dorothy  (Augier)  Hitchcock  had  one  child, 
who  became  a  physician.  Rev.  Gad  Hitchcock,  D.  D., 
was  one  of  the  members  who  framed  the  Constitution  of 
Massachusetts  and  the  ])reacher  of  the  famous  election 
sermon,  delivered  in  the  Old  South  Church,  in  Boston,  May 
25,  1774,  just  previous  to  the  outbreak  of  the  Revolution. 
An  interesting  sketch  of  this  sermon,  with  the  attendant 
circumstances,  wliicli  we  copy  from  tlie  Rockland  (Mass.) 
Slaiahtnl,  kindly  fuiiiished  by  Mr.  Calvin  T.  Phillips,  of 
Hanover,  a  descendant,  will  not  be  iiia]i})ropriate  here  : 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  87 


••One  buuclred  and  fifteen  3'ears  ago  today,  May  25tli,  1774, 
Rev.  Dr.  Hitchcock,  of  Pembroke,  west  parish,  now  Hanson, 
stood  in  the  Old  .Sonth  Clmrch  in  Boston,  to  deliver  the  annual 
election  sermon.  The  fierce  excitement  and  spirit  of  resistance 
that  preceded  the  outbreak  of  the  Revolution  had  reached  its 
height ;  the  tea  had  already  gone  overboard  in  Boston  harbor,  and 
blood  was  soon  to  flow  at  Lexington.  Pembroke  had  been  among 
the  foremost  towns  in  indignant  protest  and  threats  against  the 
tyrannical  action  of  the  royal  government,  and  the  preacher's 
whole  heart  was  with  his  piMiple  in  the  struggle  for  their  rights. 

Imagine  the  time  and  scene.  The  people  had  been  educated  in 
such  feelings  of  respect  for.  and  loyalty  to,  the  crown,  that  it 
must  have  seemed  almost  sacrilege  to  think  of  open  resistance. 
But  the  time  had  come  when  they  could  endure  no  longer. 

The  minister  had  chosen  for  his  text,  Proverbs  xxix,  2  : 
"When  the  righteous  are  in  authority,  the  people  rejoice:  but 
when  the  wicked  beareth  rule,  the  people  mourn."  It  is  said  that 
Dr.  Hitchcock's  friends  who  knew  of  the  bold  language  of  the 
sermon,  as  prepared,  advised  him  to  change  it  and  moderate  its 
tone  when  they  learned  that  Gov.  Gage  intended  to  be  present, 
but  he  said,  "  My  sermon  is  written  and  it  will  not  be  altered." 
Headley,  in  his  "Chaplains  of  the  Revolution,"  says,  "Gad 
Hitchcock  was  selected  to  preach  the  opening  sermon.  The  very 
text  was  like  a  trumpet  call  to  battle.  Fresh  from  the  people, 
whose  excitement  and  indignation  he  shared,  he  arose  in  the 
presence  of  the  hushed  assemblage,  and  launched  full  on  the 
bosom  of  the  astonished  Governor,  '  When  the  wicked  bear  rule, 
the  people  mourn.'  " 

He  went  on,  "  Our  danger  is  not  visionary,  but  real ;  our  con- 
tention is  not  about  trifles,  but  about  liberty  and  property,  and 
not  ours  only,  l»ut  those  of  posterity  to  the  latest  generation. 
*  *  «  *  jf  I  f^,^^  uoi;  mistaken  in  supposing  plans  are  formed 
and  executing;,  subversive  of  our  natural  and  charter  rights  and 
l)rivileges,  and  incompatible  with  every  idea  of  liberty,  all 
America  is  mistaken  witJi  vie.'"  Boldly  defending  the  right  of 
revolution,  he  said  that  whether  the  distress  and  suffei'ing  of  the 
country  was  caused  "  by  the  operation  of  ministerial  unconstitu- 
tional measures,  or  the  public  conduct  of  some  among  ourselves, 
is  not  for  me  to  determine  ;  it  is,  however,  certain  that  the  peojjle 
mourn. "     The  inference  was  plain. 


8S  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

The  Rev.  S.  I.  Prime  writes  of  this  sermon  that  it  ''  filled  Gov. 
Gage,  who  was  present,  with  great  wrath,  on  aceonut  of  the 
boldness  of  the  positions,  not  to  say  tlie  air  of  defiance  tliat 
pervaded  it."  Dr.  Hitchcock's  own  characteristic  comment  on  it 
in  later  years  was  that  '*  it  was  donbtless  a  most  moving  dis- 
course, inasnuich  as  it  moved  many  of  the  conojresiation  from  the 
liouse."  Referring  to  some  of  the  governor's  i)arty  leaving  the 
church  in  their  indignation. 

Tradition  says  that  Samuel  Adams,  then  Clerk  of  the  House, 
was  particularly  pleased  l)y  the  sermon,  and  we  can  readily 
believe  in  the  satisfaction  it  gave  to  that  tiery  [tatriot,  wlio.  in  his 
own  Harvard  thesis,  a  few  years  before,  argued  the  attirmative  of 
the  question,  "  Whether  it  is  lawful  to  resist  the  supreme  magis- 
trate, if  the  commonwealth  cannot  otherwise  be  preserved." 
There  \vas  no  "  unceitain  sound  "  in  the  preacher's  answer  to 
the  question. 

To  quote  again  from  Headley.  •'  Sucii  sermons  had  something 
Xo  do  with  the  Revolution,  as  well  as  the  appointing  of  committees 
and  the  <irawing  up  of  resolutions." 

Kev.  Gad  Hitchcock,  D.  D.,  died  1803. 

Dorothy  (Angier')  Hitchcock,  died  1792. 

Gad  Hitchcock,  M.  D.",  son  of  Rev.  Gad  aud  Dorothy 
(Angier')  Hitchcock,  born  Nov.  2,  1749,  married  July  4, 
1778,  Sage  Bailey,  born  1758,  daughter  of  Col.  John  Bailey, 
an  officer  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  lived  on  the  old 
place  in  Hanson,  Mass.  They  had  live  sons  and  seven 
daughters. 

.  Dr.  Gad  Hitcllcock^  died  Nov.  29,  1835,  his  wife.  Sage 
(Bailey)  Hitchcock,  having  preceded  liini  twenty-five  years 
before,  dying  in  IS  10. 

Their  first  son,  Gad",  fifth  child,  was  born  April  10,  1788, 
and  also  became  a  physician.  He  married  Mary  Lincoln 
Thaxter,  a  great  granddaughter  of  Major  Gen.  l>enj. 
Lincoln,  who  received  Lord  Cornwallis"  sword  at  Yoiktown, 
aud  settled  in  Maine.     He  died  Nov.  17,  1837. 


AVE  BY    GENEALOGY.  89 

TILDEN. 

C'ritliariue  Hitchcock",  the  third  of  tlie  seven  daughters, 
born  June  8,  1783,  married  DecemT)er  23,  1804,  Dr.  Calvin 
Tilden,  of  Marshfiekl,  a  descendant  of  -Elder  Nath'l  Tildeu, 
who  came  from  Tenterden,  Kent,  Eno-.,  in  1(534:.  Thev  had 
six  sons  and  five  daughters. 

Catharine  (Hitchcock^  Tildeu,  died  Sept.  22,  1852.  Dr. 
Calvin  Tilden,  died  1832.  One  sou,  Hon.  Junius  Tilden" 
born  1813,  married  1838,  Zeruah  Rich,  (b.  1813,  died,  1854,) 
and  died  1861. 

PHILLIPS. 

Catharine  Hitchcock  Tilden",  eldest  daughter  and  second 
child  of  Dr.  Calvin  and  Catharine  (Hitchcock)  Tilden,  l)orn 
October  1,  1807,  married  Ezra  Phillips,  Jr.,  Nov.  27,  1834. 
Resided  first  in  Hanson,  then  in  Hanover,  Mass. 

Mr.  Phillips  died  May  15,  1882. 

Children,  (all  born  in  Hanson)  : 

i.  Calvin  Tilden'",  1).  March  3,  hSSG,  m.  Oct.  31,  I860, 
Maria  P>elyn  Josselyn.     No  children. 

ii.     Catharine'",  b.  May  14,  1842.  d.  Dec.  30,  1843. 

iii.      Morrill  Allen'",  b.  Feb.  27.  1844. 

iv.  Charles  Follen'",  1).  April  21,  184(i,  d.  Jan.  30,  1885, 
Graduate  of  Boston  University  Law  School. 

V.     Alfred  Tilden'",  1).  Nov.  16,  184i),  d.  March  5,  1850. 

PHILLIPS". 

Morrill  Allen  Phillips'",  married  July  7,  1879,  Sophia 
Richmond  Simmons,  daughter  of  Perez  Simmons,  Esq.,  of 
Hanover.     Children  : 

i,  Catharine  Tilden",  1).  Aug.  13,  1880. 

ii.  Adaline  Simmons^'.  1).  Nov.  7,  1881. 

iii.  Sophia  Richmond",  b.  July  11.  1785. 

iv.  Fanny  Hitchcock",  b.  Sept.   18,  1888. 


90  A  VERY    GENEALOGY. 


AYEEY. 

Catharine  Hitchcock  Tildeu'",  eklest  daughter  of  Hon. 
Junius  Tiklen,  of  Monroe,  Michigan,  Avho  married  Zeruah 
Eich,  married  July  2,  1870,  Elroy  McKendree  Avery,  Ph.D., 
of  Clevehind,  Ohio.  By  this  marriage  the  houses  of  Dr. 
William  Aver}-,  of  Dedham,  Mass.,  and  of  Christopher 
Avery,  of  Gloucester,  Mass.,  were  united  probably  for  the 
first  time  in  America,  Elroy  Avery  being  a  lineal  descendant 
of  the  family  of  Christopher.      They  have  no  children. 

As  Dr.  Avery  occupies  a  prominent  position  in  literature, 
a  brief  sketch  will  not  be  uninteresting  to  the  reader. 
W.  Scott  Eobinsou,  in  his  "  History  of  the  City  of  Cleve- 
land," says:  Dr.  Elroy  McKendree  Avery  "  is  a  self-made 
man  in  all  that  such  a  term  implies.  His  early  life  was 
wanting  in  all  that  is  derived  from  wealth,  and  his  every 
upward  ste})  has  been  made  by  his  own  unaided  efforts." 
He  served  in  tin-  c-ivil  war  until  his  services  were  no  longer 
needed,  during  wliich  time  he  was  correspondent  of  the 
Detroit  TrUniiic,  and  his  articles  were  M'idely  quoted.  He 
was  graduated  from  Michigan  University  in  1871,  and 
has  since  advanced  rapidly,  from  one  position  to  another 
in  the  field  of  natural  philosopy  and  scientific  research. 
His  "  Elements  of  Natural  Philosophy,"  is  the  leading 
American  text  book  of  its  class.  He  has  also  published 
leading  M'orks  on  chemistry,  modern  electricity  and  magne- 
tism, technics  and  physics.  He  is  the  author  of  "Words 
Correctly  Spoken,"  which  lias  a  wide  circulation.  He  has 
been  of  late  years  extensively  engaged  in  studies  in 
American  History,  in  which  field  he  intends  to  occupy  most 
of  the  remainin-'  years  of  his  literary  life. 


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HANCHETT. 

Augusta  Lovia  Tildeu'",  second  daughter  of  Hou.  Junius'" 
and  Zeruah  (Biclij  Tilden,  born  Feb.  21,  1849,  at  Dundee, 
Mich.,  married  George  William  Hancliett,  Oct.  31,  1870,  at 
W;iyland,  Mass.     Reside  at  Hyde  Park,  Mass.     Children  : 

i.  George  Tilden'',  1).  Sept.  4,  l.s71.  sophomore  at  Boston 
Institute  of  Technology,  1890. 

ii.  Jnnius  Tilden",  li.  Aug.  28,  187o  ;  passed  his  examinations 
for  Boston  University,  1890. 


This  closes  the  record  which  we  have  been  able  to  obtain 
of  the  family  and  descendants  of  Dr.  Jonathan  Avery",  the 
first  child  of  our  ancestor.  Dr.  William',  who  was  boi'n  on 
American  soil.  He  died  in  early  life,  probably  Sept.  14, 
1690,  (although  Dedham  records  hhj  Sept.  14,  1684,)  not 
having  passed  much  lieyond  his  thirty-fifth  birthday.  His 
will  was  proved,  and  "  Inventory  of  Estate  of  Jonathan 
Avery,  lately  deceased,"  taken  May  13,  1691.  We  give  the 
will  lielow  : 

Copy  of  Will  of  Jonathan  Aver}-',  in  his  own  hand- 
writing, on  file  Probate  Office,  Boston  : 

I.  Jonathan  Avt'ry,  resident  in  Dedham  in  the  county  of 
Suffolk  of  the  Massachusetts  Colony  in  New  England.  Practitioner 
in  Physiek  and  aged  aliout  35  years.  Being  through  God's 
oooduess  of  sound  iudo-ment  and  memory  vet  weak  in  Body 
and  expecting  my  great  change  quickly,  Doe  constitute  and 
ordain  this  my  last  AVill  and  Testament  following,  viz  : 

Imprimis.  That  after  my  decease  my  liody  shall  he  with 
decent  buriall  interred,  at  the  discretif)n  of  my  Executrix  and  all 
my  just  debts  and  funeral  expenses  shall  he  duly  and  seasonably 
paid. 

Item.     I  give  unto  my  dear  and  loving  wife  Sylall   that   twenty 
pounds    which    her    father    willed    to    her,    also    the    use    of    and^ 
.improvement  of  all  my  housings  Lands,  Cattell  and  all  moveables 


92  AVERY    (n:XEALOr^Y. 


for  her  and  tlie  l)rin<rinir  up  of  mv  tlii'ee  children  l\v  her.  or  such 
•as  may  Ik'  their  ouanlians  till  ihey  shall  come  of  age.  But  if  she 
shouM  mail y  ai>Miii  then  y  whole  estate  be  improved  to  y"^'  sole 
benefit  of  y''  children. 

Jtehi .  I  do  give  to  my  daughter  Syl)ill  one  thii'tl  of  my  hous- 
ings and  lands  also  one  tliiid  of  y'^'  cattell  and  moveables  and  tlu' 
same  to  my  daughter  iMargaret  and  Dorothy  each  and  if  either  of 
the  three  children  die  befoie  coming  of  age  the  Estate  l)e  divided 
equally  between  the  survivors.  ^Fy  whole  estate  of  Housing  and 
Lands,  shall  nc  kept  entire  and  not  divided  nor  sold,  nor  any 
Alienation  made,  but  improved  together  foi'  the  biMU'lit  (»f  each 
child  until  Uil-  youngest  come  of  a'je.  Item.  1  appoint  my  Dear 
Wife  Sole  Executrix  and  \\\y  brother  William  Avery,  and 
Jonathan  IMetcalf.  Overseers,  to  give  their  advice  and  help  as  the 
Executrix  shall  need.  I  have  hereto  sett  my  hand  and  Seal  this 
eighteenth  day  of  ffebruary  in  the  vear  of  our  Lord  <me  thousand 
and  six  hundred  and  eighty-nine  (IGii).) 
In  preseiHH'  of   us  (Signed)  Jonalhan  Avi-ry. 

Daniel  Fisher 

Amos  Fishei' 

dolin  Fisher. 

The  Inventory  of  tlie  Estate  of  Jonathan  Averv,  as  it 
was  ina(h^  an^l  taken  on  the  l^tli  (hiy  of  May,  1(J'.)L 

Total,  IT,  7 1.11. 00 

Book  del)t  (diflleult)      -J'.t.    I.   (5 
Other,  -JO.OO.dU 

By  Dr.  Jonathan's  death  Mrs.  SyV)il  Avery  Avas  left  a 
Avi(h)W,  ([uite  young  in  years,  with  three  young  chihlren  to 
care  for.  Sittiated  as  sln^  was,  one  wouhl  scarcely  expect 
iin  offer  for  hei-  hand  and  heart  at  an  early  date,  Lut  smdi 
was  the  fact.  In  less  than  six  months,  the  Rev.  Michael 
Wiggleswortl)  sent  her  a  letter  desiring  to  know  \vliftln>r 
a  visit  in  person  would  l»e  widt-onie.  Her  answer  was 
favorable  to  his  suit,  ami  tlif  progress  of  the  courtship  was 
the  occasion  for  more  letters,  so  peeuliarly  interesting  in 
seutiuji'ut   ajid  stvlo  that  we  are  sure  we  shall  he  doing  our 


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readers   a   favor  bv  inserting  them.     They   are   taken   from 
NeM'  EugLmd  Hist,  and  Genealogical  Register,  vol.  xvii. 

Rev.  ?tlr.  Wigglesworth  was  the  celebrated  author  of  the 
"Day  of  Doom."  He  v^-as  born  Oct.  18,  1081,  graduated 
Harvard  College  1651,  and  was  then  (1691)  minister  in 
Maiden,  Mass.  The  following  are  extracts  from  the  letters 
which  he  sent  to  Mrs.  Avery  : 


*•'  Therefor  uis  esteemed  frit'iid,  Mrs.  Avery,  widow  at  lier  house 
in  Dedham. 

Mrs.  Avery  :  I  lieartily  sahite  you  in  the  Lord,  giving  you 
man}'  thanlcs  for  your  courtesies,  when  I  was  at  yo''  house  last 
October,  (her  husl)and  died  Sept.  14,)  since  which  time  I  have 
had  mauy  thoughts  of  you  and  desires  to  speak  to  you.  But  not 
judging  it  seasonable,  I  have  been  still  thus  long.  And  I  now 
make  bold  to  visit  you  with  a  line  or  two  desiring  to  know  how  it 
fareth  with  yourself  and  children  this  sickly  time.  21y.  Whether 
you  still  continue  in  yo"^  widdowhood  and  be  at  Liberty  or  free 
from  any  engagements,  that  a  man  ma}'  visit  you  without  offence. 
Sly.  And  if  you  be  free,  whether  a  visit  from  me  in  order  to  some 
further  acquaintance  would  l)e  welcome  to  you.  To  which  queries 
if  you  please  to  return  me  a  brief  Answer  by  this  bearer,  I  shall 
take  it  for  a  kindness  and  shall  better  understand  what  God  calls 
me  to  do,  l)eing  ready  to  wait  upon  you  by  a  visit  y"^  first  oppor- 
tu'nity  if  you  encourage  me  so  to  doe.  Not  else  at  present  but 
with  my  hearty  Prayers  for  yourself  and  yours.      I  respectfully 


Yo''  loving  P'riend, 

Michael  Wigglicsavokth. ' ' 
"  Maiden,  Feb'.  11"'  1697i,i." 

"  If  you  cannot  conveniently  return  an  answer  in  writing  so 
speedily,  you  may  trust  the  messenger  to  bring  it  by  word  of 
mouth,  who  is  grave  and  faithful  and  knows  u[)on  what  errant  he 
is  sent,"  etc. 


94  AVERY    GENEALOGY 


A  speedy  answer  must  have  been  returned  with  an  invita- 
tion to  pay  her  a  visit,  which  lie  accepted,  as  will  lie  seen 
by  the  following  letter  : 

"Mrs.  Avery  and  my  very  kind  friend  :  I  heartily  salute  j'ou 
in  y*'  Lord  with  many  thanks  for  yo'  kind  entertainment  when  I 
was  with  you  March  2ud.  I  have  made  l)old  to  visit  you  once 
more  with  a  few  lines  in  y'^  enclosed  paper,  not  to  prevent  a 
personal  visit  but  rather  to  make  way  for  it  which  I  fully  intended 
the  beginning  of  next  week,  if  weather  and  health  Prevent  not, 
craving  the  favor  that  you  will  not  be  from  home  at  that  Time 
yet  if  yo'  occasions  cannot  comply  with  that  time  I  shall 
endeavor  to  wait  upon  you  at  any  other  time,  that  may  suit  you 
better.  Not  further  to  trouble  you  at  this  Time,  but  only  to 
present  y''  enclosed  to  yo""  serious  thoughts.  I  commend  both  it 
and  you  to  y*^  Lord  and  wait  for  an  answer  from  Heaven  in  due 
season.     Meanwhile  I  am  and  shall  remain 

"  Yo"^  true  Friend  and  well  wisher, 

Michael  WiG(;LESwoRTn." 
"  3Ialden,  March  23,  1691." 

He  writes  again  : 

"  I  make  bold  to  spread  before  you  these  following  considera- 
tions which  Possibly  may  help  clear  up  yo"^  way  before  y*"  return 
an  answer  unto  y''  motion  w"^'"  I  have  made  to  you,"  etc..  etc. 
"  2Iy.  Be  pleased  to  Consider  that  although  you  may  Peradven- 
ture  have  offers  made  3'ou  by  Persons  more  P^ligible  you  can 
hardly  meet  with  one  that  can  love  you  I)etter  or  whose  love  is 
built  upon  a  surer  foundation,  or  that  may  be  capable  of  doing 
more  for  you  in  some  respects  than  myself,"  etc.,  etc.  *  *  *  * 
"  lOly.  As  my  Late  wife  was  a  means  under  God  of  my  recover- 
ing a  better  state  of  health  ;  so  who  knows  but  God  ma}'  make 
you  instrunu'iilnl  to  Preserve  and  Prolong  my  health  and  life  to 
do  him  service.  Obj.  As  to  the  main  objection  in  respect  to  my  Age 
I  can  say  nothing  to  that."  (He  was  sixty  and  she  was  thirty-six.) 
"  But  my  Times  are  in  the  hands  of  God,"  etc.,  etc.  •'  And  in 
y*"  mean  time  if  God  shall  please  and  yourself  be  willing  to  Put 
me  in  that  Capacity,  I  hope  I  shall  do  you  as  much  good  in  a 
little   lime    as    it    is  possible  for  na'  to  do,"   etc.      *' Ob.  And   for 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  95 


y^  other  objection  from  y''  number  of  children  (he  had  six  and  she 
three,)  and  difficult}'  of  guiding  such  a  family — 1st,  the  Number 
may  be  lessened  if  there  be  need  of  it,"  etc.,  etc.  "  Finally 
that  I  be  not  over  tedious  I  liave  great  hope  that  if  God  shall 
perswade  you  to  close  with  this  motion  *  *  *  *  We  shall 
enjoy  much  of  God  together  in  such  a  Relation  without  which  no 
relation  can  be  truly  sweet."  '' In  the  course  of  his  wooing," 
says  Dr.  Peabody,  ''  a  silver  locket  in  the  form  of  a  heart  was 
presented  to  the  lady  by  her  lover.  This  locket,  not  larger  than 
a  fourpeuce,  is  curiously  wrought.  On  the  front  is  a  heart  with 
wings  on  each  side,  on  the  back  the  words.  '  thine  forever,'  are 
marked." 

Soon  after  the  above  correspondence,  Mrs.  Avery  became 
the  wife  of  Rev.  Michael  Wigglesworth,  "  a  man  of  culture 
and  great  versatility  of  talent,  and  although  feeble  in  body, 
his  wonderful  energy  engaged  him  early  in  the  triple 
pursuits  of  minister,  physician  and  poet."  *  *  -^  * 
He  was  familiarly  called  by  his  brethren,  OrtliodoxuH 
M(iyl(lo7iatm.  His  most  celebrated  poem,  entitled  "The 
Day  of  Doom,"  is  said  to  have  passed  through  seven 
editions  in  this  country  and  two  in  England. 

The  late  Bishop  Haven,  in  his  bi-centennial  poem, 
(Maiden,)  thus  facetiously  refers  to  him  : 

''  This  famous  poet  could,  with  equal  skill. 
Wield  harp  or  scalpel,  form  a  rhyme  or  pill. 
He  wove  in  sickness,  on  dark  fancy's  loom 
The  varied  aspect  of  '  the  day  of  doom,' 
Which  wandering  down  the  ages  yet  remains 
Fair  sample  of  our  Father's  kind  of  brains." 

After  a  pastorate  of  nearly  fifty  years,  his  long  and  useful 
life  came  to  a  close.  His  stone  in  Bell  Rock  cemetery 
bears  the  following  inscription  : 

"  Memento  Fugit 

Mori  Mora." 


fffJ  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

"■  Here  h'es  buried  y*^  body  of 

that  faithful  servant  of 

Jesus  Christ,  y  Reverend 

Mr.  Michael  AVigglesv\-oitli, 

Pastor  of  y''  Chui'ch  of  Christ 

at  Maulden  years,  who 

finished  his  work  and  enter'' 

Ai)ou  an  eternal  Sabbath 

of  rest  on  y''  Lords  day  -June 

V"   10  ITO.j  in  V*'  74'"  year  of  W  aoe. 

Here  lies  inter''  in  silent  grave  l)elow, 
Manlden's  piiysician  for  soul  and  liody  too." 

A  street  in  Maiden  perpetuates  his  memory. 

Rev.  Edward,  son  of  Rev.  Michael  and  Mrs.  Sybil 
Wiojglesworth,  was  the  first  Hollis  professor  of  Theolog}- 
in  Harvard  College. 

RACHEL  (AVERY )  SUMNER. 

Rachel  Avery'',  the  fifth  child,  but  first  daughter  born  in 
their  American  lionie,  was  daughter  of  Dr.  William'  and 
Margaret  Avery.      She  was  born  Sept.  20,  1(557,  in  Dedham. 

Of  her  character,  history  is  silent.  We  only  knoAv,  that 
at  the  age  of  twenty,  she  married  (M;iy  22.  1677,)  Mr. 
William  Sumner,  and  died  before  Oct.  15,  1(583,  as  she  is 
not  mentioned  in  her  father's  will. 

Mr.  Sumner  niairii'd  again  and  moved  to  Middletown, 
Conn.,  anil  was  Lieut.,  Deacon,  and  Deputy  to  General 
Court,  1701  2  ;;.  Died  in  Middletown,  July  20,  1708.  Had 
four  sons  and  two  (hiuglitei's. 

HANNAH  (AVERY)  DYAR. 

Hannah  Avery',  daughter  of  Dr.  AVilliam'  and  Margaret 
Avery,  was  boin  in  Dedham,  Mass.,  Se})t.  27,  1(5(50,  (per 
records)  maiiiod  May  22,  1(577,  on  th(>  same  day  as  her 
sister,  Rachel,  to  Mr.  Benjamin  Dyar,  of  Boston. 


AVE  BY   GENEALOGY.  97 

How  full  of  promise  did  the  future  look  to  these  two 
sisters,  Eacliel  and  Hannah,  just  starting  out  into  life's 
active  duties  !  Life  for  them,  took  on  a  rosier  hue.  They 
had  grown  up  together,  sharing  each  other's  joys,  and  now- 
together  they  were  to  leave  the  dear  old  home-nest  for 
homes  of  their  own. 

Boston  became  their  future  home.  No  doubt  these 
sisters,  with  their  husbands,  Avere  very  happy  together,  but 
alas  !  the  Angel  of  Death  came  and  called  Hannah.  We 
can  seem  to  see  through  the  mist  of  gathered  years  the 
scene  that  followed.  She,  who  only  a  little  over  a  year 
before  went  out  from  that  home  a  youthful,  happy  bride,  is 
now  borne  back  to  be  laid  at  rest  with  her  kindred.  How 
sad  the  contrast !  Then  so  full  of  life  and  hope,  now  in 
the  cold  embrace  of  Death,  cut  down  in  the  bloom  of  youth. 
With  streaming  eyes  and  aching  hearts  she  is  tenderly  laid 
away  in  the  village  churchyard  to  await  the  resurrection  of 
the  just.  Her  tombstone  is  the  oldest  in  Dedham  cemetery, 
and  is  inscribed  as  follows  : 

"  Here  lyes  y'^  body  of 

Hannah  Dyar  wife  to 

Benjamin  Dyar  of  Boston 

aged  18  years.     Died 

Sept  y*^  15,  1678." 

And  the  sister,  to  whom,  no  doubt,  she  was  so  dear, 
returns  to  her  own  home.  But  in  less  than  five  years, 
(exact  date  unknown,)  she,  too,  is  sleeping  'neath  the  silent 
sod.  Thus  were  the  lives  of  these  sisters,  which  promised 
so  much,  cut  down  so  early  in  life  by  the  mysterious  hand 
of  Providence. 

Ebenezer  Avery^,  the  youngest  son  and  seventh  child  of 
Dr.  William^  and  Margaret  Avery,  was  born  Nov.  24,  1663. 
He  must  have  died  young,  as  he  is  not  mentioned  in  his 
father's  will,  1683. 

7 


98  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 


NOTE. 

An  interesting  letter  from  Mr.  Henry  R.  Howland  (  whose 
record  shonld  bave  appeared  in  our  pages  as  a  descendant  of 
Capt.  William  Avery'',  but  which  we  were  unable  to  trace) 
informs  us  that  he  possesses  interesting  relics,  descended  to  him 
from  his  great-grandmother,  Katharine  (Avery^)  Fisher,  born 
1746,  among  which  are  the  gold  lace  worn  by  Capt.  William 
Aver}'",  as  an  officer  of  the  Governor's  Life  Guard,  and  the  old 
ink-horn  and  sun-dial  of  William  Avery". 

Katharine  Avery's  Bible  and  Day  Psalm  Book,  given  to  her  on 
her  sixteenth  birthday,  were  given  by  Mr.  Howland  to  his  daughter 
on  the  sixteenth  anniversary  of  her  birth,  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  years  later.  A  clock  reel,  made  in  1772,  with  other  articles 
of  interest  are  also  in  his  possession. 

Mr.  Howland  is  a  grandson  of  Mary  Fisher-',  born  1772,  (see 
page  52),  who  married  Job  Howland,  of  Conway,  Mass.,  1792, 
and  had  ten  children.  His  father  was  Job  Fisher  Howland,  boru 
in  Conway,  1808. 


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NOTE. 

We  received  too  late  foi-  insertion  in  its  proper  place  (page  47), 
a  brief  continuation  of  the  record  of  Jemima  Draper^,  fourth 
daughter  of  Sybil  (Avery''')  and  Ebenezer  Draper,  born  Nov.  7, 
1756.  She  married,  (date  unknown),  James  Turner.  They  had 
four  children  :  Joel^,  who  died  unmarried  ;  Danford^,  died  when  a 
small  boy;  Ehenezei^,  who  married  Sally  Draper,  of  Roxbury, 
Mass.  ;  Nancy^,  who  married  Nathaniel  Sumner ;  and  Eliza^,  who 
married  Col.  Luther  Eaton,  of  Dedham,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Jemima  (Draper^)  Turner  li\ed  to  a  great  age,  lacking 
only  about  seven  weeks  of  being  one  hundred  years  old  at  the 
time  of  her  death.  Sybil,  her  mother,  lived  to  be  ninety-three, 
and  one  of  her  (Mis.  Turner's)  daughters,  Nancy,  attained  to 
ninety-one  —  remarkal)le  instances  of  longevity  for  three  succes- 
sive generations.  Mr.  Geo.  Fred  Sumner,  of  Canton,  Mass.,  her 
grandson,  says,  '•  My  grandmother  told  me  of  having  shaken 
Jiands  with  Gen.  George  Washington,  whose  headquarters  were 
then  in  the  vicinity  of  Court  Street,  Boston.  She  was  a  young 
woman  then,  about  twenty  years  old,  and  did  the  marketing  for 
her  father's  family,  riding  on  horseback  and  carrying  the  produce 
of  the  farm  on  Pillions."  Eliza  (Turner*^)  and  Col.  Luther  Eaton, 
(date  of  marriage  unknown),  had  one  child,  Luther  Augustus^*'. 

Nancy  (Turner^)  and  Nathaniel  Sumner  married  in  May,  1816, 
had  three  children. — James  Turner^*',  born  Feb.  10,  1820, 
Nathaniel,  Jr.i°,  who  was  drowned  April  30,  1853,  (year  of  birth 
not  given),  and  George  Fred^*',  born  June  7,  1830.  ^ 

James  Tumeric  married  in  May,  1843,  Sarah  E.  Gerold.  They 
had  four  children,  —  Sarah  Draper^i,  Laura  Wentworthii,  Eliza 
Ann"  and  Alice  Maria".     He  died  Sept.  8,  1884. 

George  Fred*"  married  Oct.  27,  1853,  Maria  Tucker,  of  Canton, 
Mass.  They  have  had  five  children:  George  Nathaniel*',  born 
Sept.  6,  1854,  Fred  Walter^,  born  Oct.  29,  1855,  Charles^i  (date 
of  birth  not  given),  Helen  Maria**,  born  March  21,  1860,  and 
May  Avery**,  born  June  21,  1865. 

Fred  Walter**  married  Eliza  R.  Noyes,  of  Canton,  Mass. 
Charles**  married  Dec.  31,  1884,  E.  R.  Kelley,  of  Haverhill,  Mass. 
They  have  two  children,  —  Annie  May*-,  born  in  Nov.,  1885,  and 
James  Batcheller*^,  born  Oct.  18,  1887. 

Helen  Maria**  married  William  Otis  Dunbar,  of  Canton,  Mass. 
She  died  July  9,  1882. 

Mr.  Geo.  Fred  Sumner  is  a  prominent  manufacturer  at  Canton 
Junction,  Mass. 


PART   II. 


LINES 

Intrcductory    to   Part  II  of  these  Records,  and   dedicated   more 
especiaUy  to  the  Descendants  of  Rev.  John  Avery^. 
By  Jane  Greenough  Avery  Carter. 


If  we  could  stand  upon  some  hight  sublime 
And  backward  k>ok  adown  the  stream  of  Time, 
If,  as  the  throng  of  ancient  life  passed  by, 
We  could  upon  them  gaze  with  searching  eye, 
Could  scan  each  figure,  note  each  feature  well, 
And  whether  fair,  or  brave,  or  mean,  could  tell, 
Think  you  we  could,  by  wisdom's  aid,  divine 
Who  'mong  them  trod  in  our  ancestral  line? 
Could  choose  them  out,  by  sign  in  face  or  form  ? 
And  re-invest  with  life  and  color  warm  ? 

I  trow  not,  yet  by  Nature's  fixed  decree. 

What  in  them  lay,  may  be  in  you  or  me  ; 

What  turn  of  mind,  what  trick  of  hand  or  speech, 

Down  through  our  modern  line  unchanged  may  reach? 

What  base  or  lofty  sentiments  that  swayc-d 

Some -ancestor,  may  be  in  us  displayed? 

What  heritage  of  dullness  or  of  wit, 

May  e'en  have  reached  this  rhyme  to  fashion  it? 

Methinks  I  call  the  long-since-dead  to  rise 
From  times  remote,  and  pass  before  mine  eyes  ; 
Who*  is  this  moves  with  firm  and  sturdy  tread? 
With  air  that  might  befit  a  kinglv  head  ? 
He  boasts  not  royal  blood,  but  better  far 
The  head  and  heart  whence  noble  actions  are. 
See  now  upon  the  tossing  ship  he  stands 
With  life  and  fortune  bound  for  distant  lands. 
Lands  where  th'  untitled  man  the  right  may  claim 

*  Dr.  William  Avery^. 


102  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

To  pure  soul  freedom  and  an  honored  name. 

And  who  is  this  beside,  with  gentle  air? 

So  modest,  yet  so  brave,  so  truly  fair? 

Fair  in  that  sweet  pure  nature  that  outshines 

The  grace  that  only  dwells  in  outward  lines. 

Fit  helpmeet  she,  for  him  on  whom  she  leans 

As  on  they  sail  toward  a  New  World's  scenes  ; 

Fit  mother  she,  for  children  who  shall  be 

Defenders  of  its  faith  and  liberty  ; 

And  if  toward  Albion's  cliffs  she  sends  a  sigh. 

As  fast  they  fade  before  her  longing  eye, 

AVith  spirit  high  she  hails  the  favoring  breeze 

Which  bears  her  onward  o'er  the  billowy  seas  ; 

Hope's  white  wings  flutter  o'er  the  land  that  waits, 

And  P^ortune  smileth  at  its  city  gates  ; 

"Farewell !  dear  England  !" — Thus  her  young  heart  cries- 

"  My  youth's  sweet  home,  so  lovely  iu  mine  eyes  ; 

Thy  fair,  green  fields  !     Thy  still,  reposeful  hills  ! 

The  softened  sunlight  on  thy  babbling  rills  ! 

Thy  cottage  homes,  with  gardens  set  between — 

With  color  all  aglow, — like  rainbow  sheen  ; 

I  love  thee  !     O  I  love  thee  !     Yet  afar 

There  lies  a  land  'ueath  Freedom's  guiding  star  ! 

For  its  new,  quick'ning  life  I  leave  e'en  thee  ! 

And  choose  my  home — America  !  the  free"  ! 

8uch  were  the  fathers,  such  the  mothers  true. 
From  whom  our  name  and  varied  natures  grew. 
From  whom  sprang  men  of  sturdy  zeal  and  might, 
Well  armed  for  conflict  in  our  country's  night ; 
Who  led  the  people  on  in  faith  and  prayer, 
Yet  slackened  not  in  Ihrift  nor  homely  care  ; 
Who  held  in  hand  the  Bible  and  the  sword, 
And  wielded  either,  as  tlie  law  of  God  ; 
Who  tyranny  denounced  with  scatliing  tongue 
The  while  witli  vigorous  blows  the  anvil  rung; 
Shrank  not  from  warfare  in  a  righteous  cause. 
Yet  left  their  children  mild  and  i)eaceful  laws  ; 
Gave  them  l)road  acres,  trades  and  schools  as  well, 
A  heritage  whose  value  none  may  tell. 


AVERY   G  EXE  A  LOGY.  103 

Here  must  we  write  of  hira*  who  pitched  his  tent 
Beside  the  soundiiisf  sea.  with  afrave  intent ; 
His  3'oiUhfiil  feet  the  sands  of  Truro  pressed, 
AVhile  high  desire  inspired  his  youthful  breast ; 
As  airs  from  heavenly  depths  o'er  ocean  stole, 
Diviner  airs  breathed  through  his  earnest  soul ; 
How  often,  musing  by  the  boundless  sea, 
Th'  o'erwhelming  sense  of  God's  iminensitj' 
Gave  richer  glow  to  thoughts  already  clear, 
And  brought  the  great  and  holy  Presence  near ; 
He  must  have  loved  the  sea  !     For  years  two  score 
He  led  his  flock  beside  its  barren  shore  ; 
Pastor  beloved  !  Physician,  teacher,  friend, 
In  joy  and  grief,  "  in  labors  without  end"  ; 
And  now  where  Truro's  hill  o'erlooks  the  waA'e. 
Where  haunts  he  loved  th'  advancing  waters  lave, 
He  sleeps  ;  and  sweet  his  sleep  for  aye  shall  be, 
Soothed  b}^  the  breathings  of  the  deep-toned  sea. 

A  worthy  lace  have  followed  in  his  line, 

"Whose  well-kept  record  needs  no  praise  of  mine  ; 

Whate'er  their  faults — and  faults  there  must  have  been, — 

They  slip  from  sight  beneath  my  willing  pen  ; 

"Whate'er  their  virtues,  these  we  emulate, 

What  service  theirs,  in  nation  or  in  state, 

What  deeds  of  enterprise  on  sea  or  land, 

Whate'er  they  wrought,  by  aid  of  brain  or  hand, 

AVhat  works  of  love  for  God  and  human  race, 

These  in  our  pages  find  a  welcome  place. 

We  boast  no  wondrous  wit,  nor  wisdom  ripe, 

Our  men  have  been  of  sturdy,  homely  tj^pe. 

Firm  and  unyielding,  save  to  reason's  rule, 

Well  nurtured  both  in  Art's  and  Nature's  school ; 

Our  women, — keen  to  feel  and  strong  to  bear, — 

With  spirit  true  have  shared  life's  daily  care. 

Home  have  been  known  in  other  lands  than  ours, 

And  some  for  home  have  kept  their  busy  powers, 

And  sons  and  daughters  from  that  hallowed  shrine 

Have  shed  through  earth  their  influence  benign. 

*  Rev.  John  Avery^. 


104  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

One  name  we  may  not  pass,  so  many  yet 

Remember  him  whose  sun  not  long  has  set, — 

Our  aged  *Grandsire, — hero  of  the  days 

When  Indian  war-tramp  shook  our  peaceful  ways  ; 

Who  harrowing  tales  could  tell  of  fire  and  fight, 

Of  wild  pursuit  and  panic-stricken  flight ; 

Of  tlie  long  march, — on  either  side  a  Brave, — 

Thirsting  to  send  him  to  a  sudden  grave  , 

Of  years  of  captive  toil,  of  want  and  pain. 

The  breaking  out  of  hope's  bright  sun  again. 

The  sweet  release,  the  welcome  home  once  more 

As  unto  one  brought  back  from  death's  dark  shore. 

How  often,  as  the  thrilling  tale  he  told, 

The  tears  adown  his  aged  cheek  have  rolled. 

Then,  with  his  face  aglow  with  inward  fire. 

He  told  the  wakening  of  his  high  desire 

To  consecrate,  in  memory  of  that  time, 

To  God  his  future  days,  his  manhood's  prime. 

Better  to  die,  and  be  remembered  not. 

Than  live  to  leave  on  mem'ry's  page  a  blot. 

A  terse  old  saying,  but  how  many  a  sigh, 

Had  thus  been  saved,  and  tears  to  many  an  eye. 

Yes,  better  die,  ere  one  scarce  seems  to  be, 

Than  live  to  mir  the  soul's  high  destiny; 

Better  to  die,  obscure,  unknown  to  fame, 

Than  leave  the  record  of  a  tarnished  name  ; 

Better  to  be  the  man  that  daily  strives 

Though  humbly  poor,  to  u[)lift  human  lives, 

Than  he  whose  hand,  though  heaped  with  shining   gold. 

Is  reached  to  shield  no  outcast  from  the  cold  ; 

Who  drags  out  life  in  dull  and  dark  unrest. 

And  leaves  the  world  nublessing.  and  unblest. 

Such  was  not  he,  who  from  that  trial  hour 

Walked  huml)ly,  as  before  a  Higher  Power ; 

On  Hampshire's  hills  his  ardor  daily  grew, 

And  Hampshire's  rills  his  deep  soul-yearnings  knew  ; 


*  George  Avery"*. 


AVEBY    GENEALOGY.  lOo- 

There  lived  be  till  life's  weary,  setting  sun,  ; 

"Well  nigh  a  hundred  years  had  smoothly  run, 

And  when  the  villagers,  with  softened  tread. 

Bore  him  to  rest  among  his  kindred  dead,  ! 

They  whispered,  a&  they  gave  back  earth  to  earth,  j 

"  The  world  is  better  that  this  man  had  birth." 

On  and  still  on,  speed  swift  th'  increasing  years  ! 

Their  freight — our  lives, — bound  up  with  smiles  and  tears  I  '• 

Who  may  set  bounds  to  Time  ?     Who  reach  his  hand 

To  measure  aught  once  set  by  God's  command? 

Or  who  bring  up  the  Past,  and  wake  again  \ 

The  echoes  of  the  centuries  that  have  been  ? 

O  Time  !  Unwearied  agent  of  that  Power 

Whose  hand  hath  stayed  not  since  earth's  primal  hour,.  ! 

AU-conqueriag  Time  !     We  launch  on  thy  wide  sea,  ,  , 

We  smile,  we  love,  we  weep,,  and  cease  to  be  !  .  i 

But  stay  !    Live  we  not  co'untless-  lives  in  one?  i 

And  does  life  cease  when  this  brief  race  is  run  ?  i 

He  who  has  given  the  reins  to  man's  weak  handy 

To  use  his  powers  at  his  own  command,  ' 

Has  he  not  given  more?     Who  can  define  i 

The  limit  of  transmitted  force?     Divine  i 

How  far  some  light,  enkindled  ages  back  j 

Shall  send  its  gleam  along  the  future's  track? 

Here  flashing  out  in  oleanis  of  wisdom's  gold,  ' 

And  there  displayed  in  fancy's  lighter  mold? 

In  sweet-strung  measui'es  from  the  poet's  lyre, 

Or  love  of  art  with  its  ambitious  fire  ? 

lu  these  our  fathers  have  not  died,  nay,  still 

They  breathe  in  every  breath  of  ours,  their  will 

Reanimates  the  scions  of  their  race. 

And  shows  'tis  potent  3'et,  in  form  and  face. 

Ah,  could  we  summon  our  ancestral  dead. 
And  reinstate  the  times  so  long  since  fled, 
Sit  with  some  household  by  their  fireside  l^right,- 
While  happy  cheer  shuts  out  the  somlier  night. 
While  mirth  goes  round,  in  its  provoking  flow. 


106  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

Aud  wit, — no  stranger  in  the  "  long  ago," 
While  with  wild  tales  the  verj'  rafters  quake, 
Or  peals  of  laughter  slumb'ring  eclioes  wake, 
"What  links  of  "  auld  acquaintance  "  might  we  find  I 
What  sweet,  familiar  touch  of  nniul  with  mind! 
What  quickened  currents  through  the  pulses  fly  ! 
AVhat  flash  of  kindred  thought  from  eye  to  eye  ! 
What  thrill  that  wakes  some  chord  of  answering  fire, 
And  bids  it  recognize  its  ancient  sire  ! 

Call  not  the  Past  a  dead  Past,  nay,  its  powers. 

Its  hopes,  its  stiength,  its  weakness  too,  are  ours, 

Ours  to  engraft  upon  the  fulure  mind, 

Or  ours  to  check  as  harmful  to  our  kind. 

Be  this  our  care,  to  pave  life's  ways  with  cheer, 

For  they  no  victory  win,  who  yield  to  fear; 

'J'o  bind  the  Truth  right  closely  to  our  heart 

And  leave  no  space  for  Error's  poisoned  dart ; 

So  shall  we  live  the  happiest  while  we  live, 

So  shall  we  gain  the  best  earth  has  to  give. 

And  then,  beyond  the  storms  and  wreck  of  Tune 

Shall  rise  serene,  at  last,  where  spreads  sublime 

In  all  its  calm  infinity  of  rest, 

The  ocean  of  eternal  light,  whose  breast 

Unruffled,  and  whose  waves  unmoved  shall  bear 

The  tranquil  si)irit  freed  from  mortal  care. 

There  shall  no  talc  be  ke[)l  of  changeful  days; 
There  shall  no  landmarks  stand  along  the  ways; 
There  Present,  Past  and  Future  all  shall  be 
Lost  in  the  space  of  one  Eternity, 
One  o;i-and,  unlimited,  and  deathless  aue. 
Where  none  but  God  may  keep  the  record  page. 


PART    II. 


As  we  have  before  iutimated  in  a  note  oil  page  82  of  Part 
I,  tlie  scope  of  this  Avery  Genealogy  was  at  first  intended 
to  be  confined  wholly  to  the  direct  lineal  descendants  of 
Rev.  John  Avery",  so  long  the  honored  minister  at  Truro, 
Mass.,  grandson  of  Dr.  William  Avery',  of  Dedliam,  Mass. 
In  extending  our  limits,  we  have  given  considerable  space 
to  other  branches  from  Dr.  William,  and  our  work,  though 
occupying  much  more  time  than  we  had  expected  to  give 
to  it,  has  been  rendered  very  pleasant  to  us  through  the 
many  courtesies  by  letter,  and  otherwise,  received  from  those 
remotely  related,  but  whom  we  have  almost  come  to  regard 
as  veiT  near  to  us.  If,  in  some  cases,  we  seem  to  give 
especial  prominence  to  some  ancestor,  we  ask  that  it  be 
remembered  that  this  is  in  cases  where  the  subjects  of  the 
extended  notice  were  personally  so  dear  to  many  who  still 
remember  them,  that  it  seemed  we  could  do  no  less  than 
dwell  at  some  length  upon  their  life  and  character. 

We  can  lay  no  claim  to  the  title  of  "  Genealogists,"  it  is 
but  one  of  the  incidents  of  our  busy  lives  that  we  should 
have  a  work  of  this  kind  on  our  hands,  and  we  must  bespeak 
the  charitable  criticism  of  those  of  our  readers  who  have 
given  far  more  attention  to  genealogical  research  than  we. 

As  Rev.  John  Avery  became  so  identified  in  his  long 
ministry  with  that  part  of  Massachusetts  known  as  Cape 
Cod,  familiarly  "  The  Cape,"  it  will  be  interesting  to  give  a 
short  historical  sketch  selected  from  different  authorities 
on  the  subject.  The  name  of  Rev.  John,  for  forty  years 
the  beloved  pastor,  and  tender  physician  for  the  body  as 


108  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

well  as  the  soul,  is  still  spoken  among  the  people.  And  not 
only  did  thej  look  to  him  for  guidance  in  spiritual  matters, 
but  in  questions  of  law  as  well.  He  was  also  expert  in 
cabinet  work,  if  we  may  judge  from  an  excellent  specimen, 
a  mahogany  bureau,  still  in  good  preservation  in  the  home 
of  one  of  his  descendants,  and  an  industrious  worker  on 
the  anvil,  this  latter  fact  calling  to  mind  the  facetious 
remark  of  a  Dedham  lady,  a  descendant,  that  the  early 
Averys  were  ministers,  doctors,  lawyers,  and  hlacksmifhs. 
A  remark  very  true  in  the  case  of  our  Truro  ancestor. 
We  will  here  give  a  sketch  of  the  scene  of  his  long  and 
varied  labors  : 

CAPE  COD. 

Cape  Cod,  the  south-eastern  extremity  of  Massachusetts, 
is  a  long  irregular  peninsula  of  sixty-five  miles  in  length 
(seventy-five  on  the  south  shore  route)  by  from  five  to 
twenty  in  breadth  and  embraces  the  entire  county  of  Barn- 
stable. 

History  states  that  Cape  Cod  was  dicovered  by  Bar- 
tholomew Gosnold,  an  intrepid  mariiger  from  the  west  of 
England,  who  sailed  from  Falmouth  in  Cornwall,  on  the 
26th  March,  1602,  in  a  small  barque,  the  Concord,  with 
thirty-two  men,  for  the  coast  known  at  that  time  as  North 
Virginia.  Instead  of  proceeding  as  was  usual,  by  way  of 
the  Canaries  and  AVest  Indies,  he  kept  as  far  north  as  the 
winds  would  permit  and  was,  for  aught  that  appears  to  the 
contrary,  the  first  Englishman  who  came  in  a  direct  course 
to  this  part  of  the  American  continent.  In  fact,  it  is  not 
certain  that  any  European  had  ever  been  hero  before. 
Bancroft  confidently  asserts  that  Cape  Cod  was  the  "  first 
s]>ot  in  New  England  over  trod  l»y  Englishmen."  On  the 
lJ:th  of  May,  Gosnold  made  land  and  the  next  day  found 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  109 

himself  "  embayed  with  a  mighty  headland  "  which  at  first 
appeared  "  like  an  island  by  reason  of  the  large  sound  that 
lay  between  it  and  the  main."  Near  this  Cape,  "within  a 
league  of  the  land,  he  came  to  anchor,  in  fifteen  fathoms  " 
and  his  crew  took  a  quantity  of  cod-fish,  from  which  circum- 
stance he  named  the  land  Cape  Cod. 

The  Captain  and  four  of  his  men  landed  aud  were  met  by 
a  young  Indian,  with  a  bow  and  arrow  in  his  hand,  who 
came  to  him  and  in  a  friendly  manner  offered  his  seryices. 
Gosnold  left  the  next  day  coasting  southerly. 

Cape  Cod  is  next  brought  to  public  notice  as  the  first 
landing  place  of  the  Pilgims,  who  sailed  from  Plymouth, 
England,  Sept.  6,  1620,  in  the  Mayfioiver,  commanded  by 
Capt.  Jones,  and  arriyed  in  Cape  Cod  harbor,  Nov.  11,  1620, 
(O.  S.)  This  has  made  the  old  right  arm  of  Massachusetts 
historic.  It  is  said  that  the  first  act  of  the  Pilgrims  after 
their  arrival  was  to  "  fall  on  their  knees  and  offer  thanks- 
givings to  God,  who  had  brought  them  safe,  and  delivered 
them  from  so  many  perils."  After  solemnly  invoking  the 
throne  of  Grace,  they  next  proposed  that  all  the  males  that 
were  of  age  should  subscribe  to  a  written  compact,  which 
was  probably  the  first  instrument  the  world  ever  saw,  recog- 
nizing true  republican  principles,  and  entrusting  all  powers 
in  the  hands  of  the  majority,  thus  laying  the  foundations  of 
American  liberty. 

The  Compact  reads  as  follows  :— 

"  In  the  name  of  God,  amen.  We  whose  names  are  under- 
written, the  loyal  subjects  of  our  dread  sovereign  lord,  King  James, 
by  the  grace  of  God,  of  Great  Britain,  France,  and  Ireland,  king, 
defender  of  the  faith,  &c.,  having  undertalven  for  the  glory  of 
God,  and  advancement  of  the  christian  faith,  and  honor  of  our 
king  and  country,  a  voyage  to  plant  the  first  colony  in  the  northern 
parts  of  Virginia,  do  by  these  presents,  solemnly  and  mutuall}', 


110 


A  VER Y    GENEALOG Y. 


in  the  presence  of  God  and  of  one  another,  covenant  and  combine 
onrselves  together  into  a  civil  body  politic,  for  our  better  ordering 
and  preservation,  and  fnrtiierance  of  the  ends  aforesaid;  and  by 
virtue  hereof,  do  enact,  constitute,  and  frame  such  just  and  equal 
laws,  ordinances,  acts,  constitutions,  and  offices,  from  time  to 
time,  as  shall  be  thought  most  meet  and  convenient  for  the  general 
good  of  the  colony,  unto  which  we  promise  all  due  submission  and 
obedience, 

"  In  witness  whereof,  we  have  hereunder  subscribed  our  names, 
at  Cape  Cod,  the  11th  day  of  November,  in  the  year  of  the  reign 
of  our  sovereign  lord.  King  James  of  P^ngland,  France,  and 
Ireland,  the  eighteenth,  and  of  Scotland  the  fifty-fourth,  anno 
Domini  1620." 

This  was  agreed  to  and  subscril)ed  iu  the  following  order : — 


1. 

t  NO.   IN 
FAMILY. 

Mr.  John  Carver,  *                        8 

oo 

2. 

Mr.  William  Bradford,  * 

2 

2:5. 

3. 

Mr.  Edward  Wiiislow,  * 

5 

24. 

4. 

Mr.  William  Brewster,  * 

() 

25. 

5. 

Mr.  Isaac  Allerton,  * 

() 

26. 

t). 

Oapt.  Miles  Standish,  * 

2 

27. 

7. 

John  Alden, 

1 

28. 

8. 

Mr.  Samuel  Fuller, 

2 

29. 

y. 

Mr.  Christopher  Martin,  * 

4 

30. 

10. 

Mr.  William  Mtilluis,  * 

5 

31. 

11. 

Mr.  M'illiam  White,* 

5 

32. 

12. 

Mr.  Ricliard  Warren, 

1 

33. 

13. 

John  Howiand, 

34. 

14. 
15. 

Mr.  Stephen  Hopkins,  * 
Edward  Tilley,  * 

8 
4 

35. 
36. 

16. 

John  Tilley, 

3 

37. 

17. 

Francis  Cooke, 

2 

38. 

18. 

Thomas   Rof/ers, 

2 

39. 

19. 

Thomas   Tinker,  * 

3 

40. 

20. 

John  liidf/dale,  * 

2 

41. 

21. 

Edward  Fuller,* 

3 

John  Turner, 
Francis  Eaton,  * 
James  Cliilton,  * 
John  (Jrackston, 
John  Billington,  * 
Moses  Fletcher, 
John  Goodman, 
Degory  Priest, 
Thomas  Williams, 
Gilbert  Winslow, 
Edmund  Margeson, 
Peter  Brown, 
Richard  Butteridge, 
George  Soule, 
Richard  Clarke, 
Richard  Gardiner, 
John  Allerton, 
Thomas  English, 
Edward  Dotcy, 
Edward  Leister. 


fNO.   IN 
FAMILY. 
3 

3 

3 

2 
4 


After  signing  the  Compact  they  proceeded  to  an  election 
of  officers.  Mr.  John  Carver  had  the  honor  of  being  unan- 
imously elected  to  officiate  as  governor  for  one  year.     The 

t  Those  marked  *  brouglit  their  wives;  those  in  italics  were  in  their  graves 
before  the  end  of  March.  Of  tlu^  one  huiidrt'd  and  one  Enyflish  settlers,  were 
twenty  females  accomijanyin;^  tlicir  husbands,  and  forty-two  children  and 
servants. — Freeman's  Hist.  Cape  Cod.     Vol.  1,  paj;e  (io. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  Ill 

uext  day  beiug  tlie  Sabbath  they  observed  it  as  a  day  of  rest. 

Ou  Monday,  Nov.  13,  says  Bradford' f^  Jovrnal,  "our  people 
went  ashore  to  refresh  themselves,  aud  our  women  to  wash 
as  they  had  great  need."  Thus  Avas  Monday  duly  inaugu- 
rated as  the  washing  day  of  New  England  by  the  matrons 
and  maidens  of  the  3Iayfoiver. 

Wednesday,  Nov.  15,  "sixteen  men  were  sent  out,  with 
every  man  his  musket,  sword,  and  corselet,"  under  the 
command  of  Captain  Miles  Standish  to  explore  the  country. 
They  marched  about  a  mile  by  the  sea  when  they  saw  several 
Indians,  with  a  dog,  coming  towards  them.  The  Indians 
discovering  their  approach,  whistled  for  the  dog,  and  then 
disappeared  in  the  woods.  They  followed  after  them  for 
about  ten  miles  by  their  tracks,  and  perceiving  the  Indians 
had  circuitously  returned  "to  the  same  way  they  went,"  they 
gave  up  the  chase  and  encamped  for  the  night  not  far  from 
"Stout's  creek"  probably  opposite  "Beach  Point." 

The  next  morning,  at  early  dawn,  they  resumed  their 
march  through  woods  and  meadows  of  "long  grass."  Soon 
after  being  "sore  athirst"  they  came  to  a  deep  valley  (East 
Harbor)  in  which  they  found  springs  of  fresh  water,  and 
"sat  down  and  drank  the  first  New  England  water  with  as 
much  delight  as  we  ever  drank  in  all  our  lives." 

Going  through  another  valley  they  found  a  fine  clear  pond 
of  fresh  water.  This  pond  now  gives  the  name  to  the  j)rin- 
cipal  village  of  Truro. 

They  passed  on  farther  south  and  found  baskets  of  corn 
which  was  a  welcome  sight  to  them.  They  also  found  a 
large  kettle,  which  they  filled  with  the  corn  and  took  with 
them,  on  their  return  to  their  vessel.  They  made  other 
explorations,  but  not  deeming  the  place  good  to  settle  in, 
they  sailed  to  Plymouth,  landing  there  Dec.  20,  1620,  and 


112  AVERY  OEXEALOGY. 

began  a  settlement  which  has  become  famous  to  the  world 
as  the  "first  landing  of  the  Pilgrims."  But  Cape  Cod  has 
the  honor  of  being  the  first  spot  touched  by  Pilgrim  feet ; 
the  place  that  gave  birth  to  the  first  written  instrument  of 
civil  and  religious  liberty ;  the  place  (Cape  Cod  Harbor  on 
board  the  Mayfloiuer)  where  the  first  child  on  record  in 
America,  was  born* ;  and  the  place  also  (Cape  Cod  Harbor) 
where  the  first  death  occurred  (Dec.  7)  that  of  Dorothy 
May,  wife  of  Mr.  (afterward  Gov.)  William  Bradford,  who 
had  fallen  overboard  from  the  ship,  and  been  drowned, 
while  her  husband  was  absent.  The  harbor  is  now  known 
as  Provincetown  harbor. 

The  place  where  the  Pilgrims  encamped  the  first  night 
was  known  as  Pamet,  or  Pawmet,  named  by  the  Indians.  A 
settlement  was  commenced  here  about  1700.  It  was  allowed 
municipal  privileges  October  29,  1705,  and  was  then  called 
Dangerfield.  July  16,  1709,  it  was  incorporated  by  the  name 
of  Truro,  its  present  name,  making  at  that  time  the  seventh 
township  on  the  Cape.  "  The  length  of  the  township,  as 
the  road  runs,  is  about  fourteen  miles  ;  in  a  direct  line, 
eleven  miles.  The  breadth,  in  the  widest  part,  is  three 
miles  ;  and  in  the  narrowest,  not  more  than  one-half  mile. 
It  is  bounded  N.  W.  by  Provincetown  ;  S.  by  Wellfleet ;  the 
Atlantic  washes  it  on  the  E.  and  N.  E. ;  and  Barnstable  Bay 
and  Provincetown  Harbor  on  the  West." — ///.s/o/7/  Cape 
Cod.     Vol.  2,  p.  535. 

The  following  is  the  original  Act  of  Inc(n'poration  of  the 

TOWN    OF   TRURO. 

Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay,  S8.  An  act  for  making 
Pawmet  a  District  of  Kastham,  witliin  tlie  County  of  Barnstable, 
a  township  to  be  called  Truro. 

*l'er(^jiriiie  Wliito,  son  of  Mr.  William  and  Susaiiiiali  Wliitc.  "the  first 
<!]iil(l  liorn  of  Kufilisli  ])arfnts  in  New  Eiij;laiul,"  dird  at  Marslilield,  Mass., 
.Tuly  I'd,  ]7n4,  asifd  fSM  yrs.,  s  nios. 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  113 

W/iereas,  there  is  a  certain  tract  of  laml  known  b}'  tlie  name  of 
Pawmet.  at  present  a  District  of  Eastliani,  and  under  tlie  con- 
stanlerick  of  tliat  town,  consisting  of  about  forty  families,  and 
daily  increasing — tlie  said  land  extending  about  fourteen  miles  in 
length  from  the  Province  lauds  at  the  extremity  of  Cape  Cod 
reserved  for  the  P^ishery,  and  the  lands  of  P^astham  on  the  South, 
and  running  northerly  as  far  as  the  lands  called  the  Purchaser's 
lands,  extends  over  the  harbor  named  the  Eastern  harbor;  accord- 
ing to  the  known  stated  boundaries  thereof — the  breadth  thereof 
runniug  from  sea  to  sea  across  the  neck  of  land  commonly  called 
Cape  Cod.  And  whereas  the  inhabitants  of  said  district  by  their 
humble  petition  have  set  forth  that  they  have  built  a  convenient 
house  to  meet  in  for  the  public  worship  of  God,  and  have  for 
some  time  had  a  minister  among  them  ;  humbly  praying  that  they 
may  be  made  a  township,  and  have  such  necessary  officers  within 
themselves,  whereby  they  may  be  enabled  to  manage  and  carr}' 
on  their  civil  and  religious  concerns  and  enjoy  the  like  powers  and 
privileges  as  other  towns  in  this  Province  have  and  do  by  law 
eujo^^  lie  it  therefore  enacted,  by  his  Excellency  the  Governor, 
Council  and  Representatives  in  General  Court  assembled,  and  by 
the  authority  of  the  same,  that  the  tract  of  land  called  Pawmet, 
described  and  bounded  as  before  expressed,  be  and  heveb}^  is 
erected  into  a  township  and  made  a  distinct  and  separate  town, 
and  shall  be  called  by  the  name  of  Trnroe,  and  that  the  inhabitants 
thereof  have  use,  exercise,  and  enjoy  all  the  powers  and  privileges 
by  law  granted  to  townships  within  this  Province ;  and  the 
constable  of  the  said  place,  for  the  time  being,  is  hereby 
empowered  and  required  to  warn  the  inhabitants  to  assemble  and 
meet  together  to  choose  selectmen  and  other  town  officers  to 
manage  and  carry  on  their  prudential  affairs  until  the  next  anni- 
versary time  for  election  of  town  officers,  and  the  said  inhabitants 
are  enjoined  to  assemble  and  attend  the  said  work  accordingly. 

Provided^  that  the  inhabitants  of  the  said  town  do  procure  and 
settle  a  learned  orthodox  minister  to  dispense  the  word  of  God  to 
them,  within  the  space  of  three  years  next  after  the  passing  of 
this  act  or  sooner. 

Provided  also,  that  they  pay  their  proportion  to  the  present 
province  tax,  as  it  is  apportioned  among  them  respectivel}^  by  the 
selectmen  or  assessors  of  Eastham. 

8 


114  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

Boston,  July  16^/i,  1709.  This  bill  having  been  read  three 
several  times  in  the  House  of  Representatives,  passed  to  be 
enacted.  John  Clark,  Speaker. 

District. — This  Bill  having  been  read  three  several  times  in 
Councils,  passed  to  be  enacted. 

IsA.  Addington,  Sec'y. 

By  his  Excellency  the  Governor,  I  consent  to  the  enacting  of 
this  Bill.  J.  Dudley. 

It  will  be  seen  in  the  Act  of  the  Incorporation  of  Truro, 
reference  is  made  to  having  a  place  of  worship,  and  having 
had  for  some  time  a  minister  among  them. 

Rev.  Mr.  John  Averv  was  the  first  minister  settled  there. 
His  name  is  first  mentioned  in  this  connection  as  follows  : 

"At  a  meeting  of  the  inhabitants  of  town  of  Truro  Feb.  23, 
1709,  in  order  to  take  care  about  a  settlement  of  y*^  public  worship 
of  God  amongst  them,  it  was  unanimously  agreed  upon  and  voted 
to  invite  Mr.  John  Avery  (who  had  for  some  cousiderable  time  been 
employed  in  the  work  of  the  ministry  among  them)  to  tarry  with 
and  settle  amongst  them  in  said  work  of  ministrie,  and  for  his 
encouragement  and  support  in  said  work  it  was  also  agreed  upon 
and  unanimously  voted  to  offer  him  sixty  pounds  per  annum,  and 
twenty  pounds  towards  his  building  when  he  shall  see  cause  to 
build  himself  a  dwelling  in  the  said  town,  and  a  committee  was 
chosen  to  inform  IMr.  Aveiy  of  the  town's  desire  and  offer  in  the 
matter,  who  accordingly  forthwith  went  and  delivered  their 
message  to  the  aforesaid  Mr.  Avery,  who  gave  good  encourage- 
ment of  his  acceptance,  but  left  the  result  till  he  had  advised 
with  his  fiiends.  Attest,     Tiio  :  Paine,   Clerk." 

Also 

"At  a  meeting  of  the  proprietors  of  Truro,  convened  and  held 
at  Truro,  May  8,  1710,  it  was  agreed  by  said  proprietors,  that  if 
Mr.  John  Avery  shall  proceed  to  the  now  projiosed  agreement  of 
the  inhabitants  into  an  orderly  and  regular  settlement  and  ordina- 
tion in  the  work  of  the  Gospel,  and  shall  so  continue  for  the  space 
of  ten  years  next  ensuing,  after  settlement  and  ordination,  he 
shall  liave  five  and  thirty  acres  of  l;uid  at  'I'asliuuiit  (dias  Clay 
Pounds.  Tiio:  Paine." 


AVEEY   GENEALOGY.  115 

It  was  voted  at  the  same  meeting  that  there  should  be  an 
addition  made  to  the  thirty-four  acres  of  meadow  at 
Tashmuit,  formerly  laid  out  for  the  minister  who  should 
settle  among  them  in  the  work  of  the  ministry. 

It  was  also  voted — same  date — "to  give  to  the  first  settled 
minister  in  the  town  of  Truro,  six  acres  of  land  on  the  north- 
easterly side  of  East  Harbor;"  and  "four  more  acres  to 
make  up  ten  acres,  which  is  reserved  to  be  given  to  Mr. 
John  Avery  jirovided  he  settle  in  the  work  of  the  ministry." 

Three  weeks  later,  at  a  meeting  of  the  inhabitants  Mr. 

Avery  accepted  the  call  and  a  committee  was  chosen  to 
draw  up  the  following  agreement : 

AGREEMENT. 

Whereas,  The  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Truro  did,  at  a  meeting 
of  said  town  convened  and  held  at  Truro,  February  23,  1710-11, 
by  unanimous  vote,  call  and  invite  Mr.  John  Avery  to  a  settle- 
ment in  the  work  of  the  Gospel  Ministry  among  them  ;  and  for 
his  support  and  encouragement  in  said  work,  did  offer  him  sixty 
pounds  a  year  salary,  and  twenty  pounds  toward  his  building, 
when  he  shall  see  cause  to  build  him  a  dwelling-house  in  said 
town,  and  sent  by  a  Committee  to  inform  the  said  Mr.  John 
Avery  of  their  desire  and  offer  in  that  matter,  as  by  a  record  of 
said  town,  bearing  date  February  23,  1710,  may  more  fully 
appear  ;  but  the  said  Mr.  Joliu  Avery  deferred  his  answer  until 
another  meeting  of  said  town  convened  and  held  for  that  purpose, 
May  29,  1710,  where  said  town  did  again  show  by  unanimous 
vote,  their  earnest  desire  of  the  said  Mr.  Avery's  settlement 
among  them  in  the  work  of  the  Gospel  Ministry  ;  and  the  said 
Mr.  Avery  being  then  present,  did  accept  of  said  call :  AVhere- 
upon  said  town  chose  Thomas  Mulford,  John  Snow,  and  Thomas 
Paine,  a  Committee  in  the  name  and  behalf  of  the  town  of  Truro, 
to  make  a  full  arrangement  with  the  aforesaid  Mr.  John  Avery 
pursuant  to  their  vote  at  their  meeting,  February  23,  1710,  as  by 
the  record  of  said  town,  dated  May  29,  1710,  may  more  fully 
appear  PURSUANT  WHEREUNTO. 

June  21,  1710,  the  aforesaid  Mr.  John  Avery,  for  himself  and 
the  above  named  Committee,  in  the  name  and  behalf  of  the  town 


116  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

of  Truro  agreed  as  foUowcth  :  that  is  to  say,  the  al)ove  named 
Mr.  John  Aver}'  doth  agree  for  liimself  that  he  will,  God  assist- 
ing him  thereto",  settle  in  the  work  of  the  Ministr}'  in  the  said 
town  of  Truro;  and  the  above  named  Thomas  Mulford,  John 
Snow,  Thomas  Paine,  in  the  name  and  behalf  of  the  aforesaid 
town  of  Truro,  do  agree  with  the  said  Mr,  John  Avery  to  allow 
him  for  a  yearly  salary  during  the  time  of  his  continuance  in  the 
work  of  the  ministry,  in  the  aforesaid  town  of  Truro,  sixty 
pounds  per  annum  in  money  as  it  shall  pass  from  man  to  man  in 
common  dealings  (or  in  other  merchantable  pay  as  it  shall  pass 
\vith  the  merchant  in  common  tratiic)  at  or  upon  the  twentj'-ninth 
da}'  of  IVIarch  annually ;  and  twenty  pouuds  of  like  money 
toward  his  building,  to  be  added  to  his  salar}',  on  that  year,  that 
he,  the  said  Mr.  Avery,  shall  see  cause  to  build  himself  a  dwelling- 
bouse  in  the  town  of  Truro,  aforesaid.  In  witness  whereof,  the 
above  named  Mr.  John  Avery  for  himself,  and  the  above  named 
Committee,  in  the  name  and  behalf  of  the  town  of  Trui'o,  have 
hereunto  set  their  hands. 

Signed,  JOHN  AVERY 

(  THOMAS  PAI-NE, 
Committee,  )  THOMAS  MULFORD, 
(  JOHN  SNOW. 
"June  27,  1710." 

"Aug,  13,  1711,  the  town  granted  ten  pounds  to  defray  the 
expenses  of  entertainuient  of  elders,  messengers,  scholars  and 
gentlemen,  at  INIr.  Avei'y's  ordination,  and  Lt.  Constant  Freeman, 
Hez.  Purington  and  Thomas  Paine  were  appointed  to  superintend 
the  arrangements,  and  agree  witii  a  meet  |)erson  to  provide.  It 
was  also  ordered  that  Mr.  Thomas  Paine  shall  liave  three  pounds 
to  reimburse  iiiui  for  money  spent  in  securing  the  Act  of  Incor- 
poration, and  the  services  of  a  minister." 

Mr.  Avery  was  ordaiued  November  1,  1711,  as  pastor  of 
the  First  Cliurcli  in  Truro. 

The  charge  Avas  given  by  Rev.  Mr.  Natlianiel  Stone,  of 
HarAvich  ;  the  riglit  hand  of  iVnowship  by  the  Rev.  Mr, 
Ephraim  Litth^  of  Plymouth,  (brother-in4aw  to  Mr.  Avery), 
who  was  proh)cutor ;  hands  imposed  by  Mr.  Litth^,  Mr. 
Htone,  and  Mr.  Joseph  Metcalf,  of  Fahnouth,  (wlio  Avas  also 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  117 

a  famil}^  connectiou  of  Mr.  Avery) ;  the  ordination  sermon 
was  preaclied  by  Mr.  Avery,  from  "  That  text,  2d  Cor.  2-16, 
■who  is  sufficient  for  these  things."  It  appears  to  have  been 
the  fashion  for  the  learned  orthodox  ministers  to  preach 
their  own  ordination  sermons. 

Eev.  John  Avery*"',  who  we  see  was  the  first  ordained 
minister,  in  the  historic  town  of  Truro,  the  son  of  Robert' 
and  Elizabeth  (Lane)  Avery,  of  Dedham,  Mass.,  and  grandson 
of  Dr.  William^  and  Margaret  Avery,  who  emigrated  from 
England  1650,  and  settled  in  Dedham,  was  born  Feb.  4, 
1685-6,  and  baptized  Apr.  27,  1686,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Danforth, 
at  Dorchester.  He  graduated  from  Harvard  College  in 
1706,  and  began  his  work  as  a  Gospel  Minister  in  Truro 
soon  after.  The  exact  date  we  cannot  fix,  but  it  must  have 
been  earlier  than  Feb.  23,  1709,  as  his  name  first  appears 
then,  at  a  town  meeting,  held  upon  that  day.  How  he 
chanced  to  receive  a  call  from  a  town  so  remote  from  his 
own  home  we  are  unable  to  say  ;  but  he  settled  there,  as 
their  pastor  and  remained  as  such  throughout  his  life. 

He  married,  Nov.  23,  1710,  (the  bride's  twenty-fourth 
birthda}^),  Ruth  Little,  youngest  daughter  of  Mr.  Ephraim 
and  Mary  (Sturdevant)  Little,  of  Marshfield,  and  great- 
granddaughter  of  Mr.  Richard  Warren  who  came  in  the 
JIau/loicer,  1620. 

Ephraim  Little,  of  Marshfield,  was  the  sou  of  Thomas 
Little,  of  Plymouth,  and  Ann  (Warren)  Little,  who  was 
daughter  of  Richard  Warren,  the  Mayfloicer  pilgrim,  whose 
wife,  Elizabeth,  and  five  daughters  came  three  years  later  in 
the  Ann.  They  afterwards  had  two  sons,  Nathaniel  and 
Joseph,  born  in  Plymouth,  who  married,  and  had  families. 
The  five  daughters  married  respectively,  Bartlett,  Little, 
Cook,  Church  and  Snowe.  It  will  be  seen  b}^  referring  to  the 
"  Compact,"  that  Richard  Warren,  was  one  of  the  ten  desig- 


118  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

nated,  by  Bradford,  bv  the  title  of  "Mr."  of  tlie  fortv-oue 
signers.  The  Journal  of  the  Pilgrims  says  "Richard  Warren 
was  one  of  three  from  London  and  one  of  the  ten  principal 
men  who,  with  Capt.  Standish,  two  mates,  one  gunner,  and 
three  Saylers,  set  out  in  the  Shallop  6"'  Dec,  1620,  on  their 
final  trip  of  discovery,  and  who  first  landed  on  the  Rock  in 
Plymouth,  Monday,  Dec.  ll""." 


Prince  in  his  Chronology  says  :  "  1628.  This  year  dies 
Mr.  Richard  Warren,  a  useful  instrument  and  bore  a  deep 
share  in  the  difticulties  attending  the  first  settlement  of 
New  Plymouth."  His  widow  Elizabeth  died  1678.  Plymouth 
Colony  Records  say  :  "  Mistress  Elizabeth  Warren,  an  aged 
M'iddow,  aged  above  90  years,  deceased  on  the  second  day 
of  October,  167o,  whoe  haveing  lived  a  Godly  life,  came  to 
her  grave  as  a  shoke  of  corn  fully  ri])e.  She  was  honorably 
married  on  the  24"'  of  October  aforesaid." 

It  would  soom,  coming  from  such  ancestors  as  did  Mrs. 
Avery,  (who  were  among  the  founders  of  our  CommouAvealth,) 
and  Mr.  Avery  from  an  ancestry  equally  as  inttdligent  and 
lionorablo,  that  flic  union  of  those  two.  so  avoII  suited  to 
each  other  by  birtli  and  station,  niiglit  Ix'  jirodnctiA-e  of 
great  good  to  the  church  ;  and  not  to  the  church  only,  but  to 


AVERY  GENEALOGY.  119 

the  eommnuity  as  well ;  their  influence  tending  toward  the 
spiritual,  as  well  as  the  intellectual  and  moral,  elevation  of 
the  i^eople  ;  and  we  believe,  from  what  we  have  been  able  to 
gather  from  the  records,  that  this  was  true.  With  such 
parents  as  these,  it  is  not  surprising  that  their  children 
should  have  filled  many  important  positions  in  later  life. 

The  church  of  which  Mr.  Avery  became  pastor,  was  an 
offshoot  from  the  Eastham  church,  and  was  organized  Nov. 
1,  1711,  the  day  of  Mr.  Avery's  ordination,  with  seven  male 
members  beside  the  pastor.  The  first  admitted  to  the  church 
was  Ruth  Avery,  wife  of  the  pastor ;  and  the  first  baptism 
was  that  of  John,  son  of  the  pastor,  Nov.  11,  of  the  same 
year,  being  at  that  time  three  months  old.  x4_round  this 
small  band  of  Christians  centred  all  the  moral  power  and 
religious  influence  of  the  new  town. 

"Just  Avhere  the  first  meeting-house  was  built  or  where  it 
stood,  does  not  clearly  appear  ;  but  tradition  says  it  stood 
in  the  neighborhood  of  the  ^^resent  Union  Church  in  Pond 
A^illage,  North  Truro.  The  ancient  grave-yard  is  supposed 
to  have  been  around  the  first  meeting-house,  the  county  road 
now  passing  through  the  location.  The  surveyor  of  roads, 
some  few  years  since,  in  following  out  the  course  marked 
out  by  the  County  Commissioners,  was  under  the  necessity 
of  disturbing  the  bones  of  some  of  those  first  buried  here." 
— Freeman  s  History  of  Cope  Cod. 

Eich  in  his  History  of  Truro,  says  :  "  The  history  of  the 
first  meeting-house  in  Truro  is  only  known  indirectly.  It  is 
remarkable  that  while  the  records  of  the  town  are  generall}' 
quite  full,  they  are  silent  as  the  grave  touching  positively 
the  first  house  of  worship.  Hence  Mr.  Freeman,  and  others, 
have  accejDted  the  tradition  that  the  first  meeting-house 
stood  in  the  Pond  Village,  near  the  present  church,  where 
several  graves  have  been  discovered,  and  which  gave  ground 


120  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

to  the  report.  We  have  been  informed  by  people  now  living, 
that  these  graves  were  well  known  bj  people  of  the  last 
generation,  and  that  there  has  always  been  a  tradition  that 
they  were  of  persons  who  died  before  the  pnblic  yard  was 
laid  out  on  the  hilL" 

The  first  reference  to  the  meeting-house  is  in  the  Act  of 
Incorporation  July  16,  1709.  And  the  next  is  :  "  May  29, 
1710,  it  was  agreed  upon  by  said  town,  that  the  town- 
treasurer  should  as  soon  as  he  can  with  conveniency,  buy  a 
cushion  for  the  pulpit  in  the  meeting-house,  and  an  hour 
glass,  and  a  box  to  put  them  in,  and  to  pay  for  them  out  of 
the  Town  Treasury,  and  the  selectmen  are  hereby  ordered 
to  add  to  the  next  town  rate  so  much  as  they  shall  come  to." 

The  third  reference  is  nearlv  two  vears  later :  Feb.  12tli 
and  13tli,  when  a  road  was  laid  out  from  the  north-east 
corner  of  the  meeting-house,  to  go  near  north-east  through 
the  woods  and  to  come  into  the  road  that  led  throuo^h  Tash- 
muit  neighborhood  where  Eev.  Mr.  Avery  resided. 

"At  a  iiUH'liiig  May  22,  171o,  voted  that  the  selectmen  should 
take  cave  to  have  a  convenieiii  piece  of  oronnd  cleared  on  the 
noith  side  of  the  nieeting-honse  in  Truio.  for  a  buiying  place,  and 
the  charge  be  paid  out  of  the  Town  Treasury'." 

The  following  is  the  last  reference  to  the  firiit  Truro 
meeting-house : — 

"  At  a  meeting  convened  and  held  for  the  clioice  of  town  olllcers 
and  otiier  Im.siness  ixjtilied  in  the  wainiiig  for  said  meeting  iu 
March  2."5,  1711),  said  town  granted  lilierty  to  Nathaniel  Atkins, 
Thomas  Smitii  and  Jeremiah  Bickford,  and  such  others  as  shall 
go  in  with  them,  to  build  upon  their  own  cost  and  charge,  three 
galleries  in  tiie  meeting-house,  in  said  town,  over  the  old  galleries, 
and  for  so  doing  to  be  admitted  to  the  same  privilege  in  the  whole 
house  with  the  first  l)nilders. 

Witness^     Tuo  :   Paink,    Clerk  Jo r  the  time." 


A  VE R  Y    GENEAL OGY 


121 


Tln^s  it  will  be  seeu  by  tliese  references,  that  "a  meeting- 
house was  built  as  early  as  1709  and  was  situated  south- 
west of  Tashmuit  (which  proves  the  original  locality)  and 
that  the  grave-yard  was  on  the  north  side.  That  in  1713 
(which  is  the  earliest  date  found  on  an}^  grave-stones  in  the 
yard)  it  was  cleared  and  prepared  for  making  interments, 
and  that  in  1719  the  congregations  had  so  increased  as  to 
deem  it  neces:>ary  to  build  more  new  galleries."  It  is  evident 
then  that  this  church  was  the  one  in  which  Mr.  Avery  was 
ordained.  The  next  year,  1720,  they  agreed  to  build  a  new 
meeting-house,  to  be  "  twenty-two  feet  in  the  height  of  the 
walls  and  forty  feet  in  length  and  thirty-six  feet  in  breadth," 
for  which  object  the  town  appropriated  three  hundred  and 
fifty  pounds,  the  "  house  to  be  built  and  finished  within  the 
space  of  one  ^-ear  next  ensuing."  No  reference  is  made  to 
the  site  of  the  new  building,  which  is  conclusive  evidence 
that  it  was  built  on  the  original  site,  or  wdiere  stood  the 
first  house.  Aug.  11,  1721,  the  town  vot3d  to  sell  the  sites 
for  pews  in  the  new  meeting-house  ;  also  voted  "  liberty  to 
Mr.  John  Avery  to  build  a  pew  in  the  new  house  on  the 
left  hand  of  the  going  up  of  the  pulpit  stairs." 


SECOND    MEETING-HOUSE   IX   TRUllO. 


122  AVERY   OEXEALOGY. 

The  cut  on  previous  page  represents  tlie  outward  appear- 
ance of  this  meeting-house  built  in  1721.  It  stood  for  one 
hundred  and  nineteen  years,  a  conspicuous  Landmark  to 
mariners  of  Cape  Cod.  Mr.  Rich,  in  his  Historij,  says  :  "  It 
stood  near  the  south-west  corner  of  the  present  gTaveyard, 
facing  the  south,  according  to  the  customs  of  those  days. 
The  heavy  white-oak  frame  was  cut  on  the  spot,  and  when 
the  old  meeting-house  was  demolished  in  1810,  the  timber 
was  as  sound  as  when  raised."  When  this  house  was  taken 
down,  the  Congregationalists  and  Methodists  residing  at 
North  Truro,  then  more  familiarly  known  as  Pond  Village, 
united  in  building  a  house  of  worship  there,  the  pulpit  to 
be  supplied  alternately  by  a  Congregationalist  and  a  Meth- 
odist pastor,  and  the  official  board  to  be  composed  equally 
of  members  from  the  two  societies.  It  received  the  name 
of  Christian  Union  Church,  and  is  a  neat  little  building. 
The  communion  service  was  presented  to  the  church  by 
Mrs.  Ruth  Avery,  wife  of  the  pastor,  a  portion  of  which  is 
still  in  use  by  the  Christian  Union  Church  at  North  Truro  ; 
also  the  Congregational  Church  at  South  Truro.  Through 
the  courtesy  of  the  official  members  of  the  Church  at  North 
Truro,  we  Avere  permitted  to  obtain  a  photograph  of  it, 
including  the  old  Bible  which  the  Rev.  Mr.  Avery  used 
while  dispensing  to  the  people  the  bread  of  life.  The 
following  cut  is  from  the  original  photograph. 

On  tlie  handles  of  the  tankards  Avhicli  are  of  peAvter  is 
inscribed  :  "  Ruth  Avery  to  Truro  C"",  1721."  The  cups, 
which  iire  of  solid  silver,  are  inscribed:  "This  belongs  to 
y''  Church  in  Truro,  17:^0."  There  are  six  of  these  cups,  but 
Avlicn  the  Congregational  Chun  li  at  South  Truro  was  organ- 
ized, they  took  four  of  tlicni  as  their  share.  The  pewter 
plates  are  very  large,  thirteen  inches  in  diameter,  and  heavy, 
bearing  the  stain})  of  "  AV.  Elhvooil,  London,"  l>ut  no  date. 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  12. 


o 


No  doubt  the  Avhole  service  was  imported,  as  nearly  everv- 
tliing  was  at  that  earlj-  period.  Mrs.  Joanna  Paine,  widow 
of  Deacon  Samuel  Paine,  in  Avhose  possession  are  the  Bible 
and  plates,  can  remember  when  both  were  heaped  Avith 
bread,  there  were  so  many  communicants  in  the  church. 
They  are  not  in  use  at  the  present  time. 

The  Bible  is  bound  in  calfskin.  It  is  fifteen  and  a  half 
inches  long,  nine  and  a  half  wide,  and  three  thick.  It  has 
been  rebound  once,  but  the  original  fly  leaf  is  preserved, 
upon  which  is  written  in  a  bold,  business-like  hand,  the  fol- 
lowing words  : 

"The  gift  of  Mr.  John  Trail 

Merchant  in  Boston,  to  the 

Cliurch  of  Ciirist  in  Truro 

whereof  the  Rev.  Mr.  John  Aver}' 

is  pastor. 

Dated  in  Boston  X.  E. 

April  27,  1738." 

The  inscription  on  the  oiitside  of  the  Bible,  seen  in  the 
cut,  is  the  same  as  is  on  the  fl}^  leaf.  The  Bible  is  printed 
in  the  style  common  in  those  days,  the  s's  resembling  f 's. 
"  Printed  in  the  year  1708,  London,"  bearing  the  stamp  of 
the  Lion  and  Unicorn.  Various  passages  are  marked  with 
pencil.  1  John  4,  16  was  heavily  marked.  In  fact  the  leaves 
bore  marks  of  much  usage,  in  this  part  of  the  book.  It  is 
evident  that  the  New  Testament  and  the  Psalms  were  used 
more  than  any  other  portion  of  the  Scriptures.  The  Bible 
was  in  use  until  some  forty  years  since  when  the  young 
ministers,  not  used  to  the  ancient  style  of  printing,  made  so 
many  mistakes,  it  was  laid  aside  and  a  new  one  purchased. 
At  one  time,  a  minister  accustomed  to  the  present  style,  in 
reading  his  text  from  this  Bible,  instead  of  saying,  "Now 
when  Simon  Peter  heard  that  it  was  the  Lord,  he  girt  his 


124  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

fisher's  coat  unto  him — "  said,  "lie  girt  liis/V/Mer'.v  coat,"  Arc, 
which  called  forth  the  remark  from  one  of  his  hearers,  "  It 
is  the  first  time  I  ever  knew  Peter  wore  his  father's  coat." 

It  was  with  a  feeling  of  reverence  that  we  took  the  sacred 
volume  in  our  hands.  Aside  from  the  fact  that  the  AVord 
of  God  should  ever  be  handled  reverently,  it  gave  us  a  new 
sense  of  veneration  to  realize  that  this  was  the  vcr/j  hook 
which  our  remote  ancestor  had  handled  also ;  from  which 
he  had  often  read  to  his  people.  Then  we  fell  to  w(mdering 
what  was  his  character  as  a  preacher  ;  whether  he  were 
talented  and  powerful,  or  so  moderate  and  lengthy  in  his 
discourses,  as  to  preach  his  hearers  asleep,  which  was  often 
done  by  some  of  his  successors  in  the  same  pulpit.  But  of 
this,  histor}'  is  silent.  All  the  records  touching  his  long, 
active  life  are  very  meagre,  not  a  scrap  from  his  pen  ;  he 
evidently  was  too  busy  and  too  modest  to  leave  any  diary 
that  unknown  posterity  in  the  future  might  read,  but  Eev. 
James  Freeman,  D.D.,  of  King's  Chapel,  a  native  of  Truro, 
and  for  many  years  Secretary  of  the  Massachusetts  Histor- 
ical Society,  in  179G  wrote,  in  his  description  of  Truro,  of 
Rev.  Mr.  John  Averv,  the  followino; : 

"The  iiili;il»itaiits  of  Truro  llint  [)rrs(Mi:illy  knew  Mr.  Avery 
speak  of  liiiii  in  \ery  respeciful  tiTins.  As  a  iiiinisler  lie  was 
greatly  beloved  a:i(l  admii-cd  hy  his  i)eople,  being  a  good  and 
useful  i)reachei',  of  an  exani[)laiy  life  and  conversation.  As  phy- 
sician he  was  no  less  esteemed.  lie  always  manifested  great 
tenderness  for  the  sick,  and  his  people  very  seriously  felt  their 
loss  in  his  death." 

Minister  Avery's  residence  was  at  Tashmuit,  now  kuoAvn 
as  Highland,  near  the  wcdl-known  spring  from  wliit-li  the 
"  ten  princi[)al  men  "  whom  the  Pilgrims  sent  out  to  explore 
the  land  "drank  t1i<'ii-  tirst  N(^w  EngLiml  water."  This, 
then,  was  the  home  to  which  the  young  i)astor  brought  his. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  125 

l)iide.  A  siuguLir  coiueideuce  that  broug-lit  this  yoiiug  lady 
to  this  historic  spot,  where  the  feet  of  the  Pilgrims  had 
trod,  and  she  herself  a  direct  descendant  of  Eichard  Warren, 
one  of  that  band  of  heroic  jDeople. 

This  land  at  Tashmuit,  which  in  Indian  language  signifies 
a  spri)u/,  had  been  reserved  ten  years  before  for  the  min- 
istry, as  we  learn  from  the  following  record  : 

"At  a  meetiug  of  the  proprietors  of  Pamet  lands  on  October 
3.  1700,  said  proprietors  taking  into  serions  consideration  the 
great  inconvenieucy  that  doth  and  yet  may  further  accrue  to  the 
inhabitants  of  Pamet,  by  reason  of  their  hving  so  remote  from 
the  place  of  the  public  worship  of  God  "  (which  was  at  Eastham) 
"  and  also  having  a  desire  to  have  the  name  of  God  preached  in  this 
remote  place  (according  to  the  rules  of  the  Gospel)  as  soon  as  it 
will  please  God  to  open  a  wa}'  for  the  same,  and  also  knovvino-  that 
whatever  person  shall  l)e  employed  in  that  good  work  must  be 
accommodated  and  supported  for  a  considerable  substance  here, 
Have  therefor  foi'  that  purpose  laid  out  a  parcel  of  upland  at  the 
back  side  of  said  Pamet,  at  a  place  commonl}^  called  Tashmuit, 
alias  Clay  Pounds,  containing  thirty  and  four  acres,  be  it  more  or 
less,  bounded  viz.  (here  follows  description.)  Only  a  highway 
four  poles  wide  is  to  go  through  across  the  land  at  the  best  water- 
ing place  at  Tashmuit,  where  it  may  be  most  convenient  tor 
watering  and  least  damage  to  the  land.  This  above  tract  of  land 
is  b}^  the  above  said  proprietors  of  Pamet  preserved  for  the  use  of 
the  ministry  of  Pamet,  or  to  be  exchanged  for  other  land  there  that 
may  be  more  convenient,  for  the  use  aforesaid,  to  be  kept  and 
preserved  for  the  use  of  the  ministry  forever.  Voted  by  the  said 
proprietors  Oct.  31,  1700.  Attest,  Tno  :  Paine,   Clerk. 

"The  eastern  boundary  of  this  lot  was  5G1  feet  by  the  bank, 
and  2871  feet  (more  than  half  a  mile)  east  and  west." 


126 


AVERY    GENEALOGY 


TASHMUIT  OR  CLAY   POUNDS. 


This  first  record  fonucl  soou  after  their  settlement, 
making  provision  for  the  support  of  a  minister,  tends  to 
show  the  great  regard  these  early  settlers  had  for  a  minister 
of  the  gospel,  that  they  should  set  apart  for  his  use  the  best 
of  the  land. 

Mr.  Avery's  house  is  said  to  have  been  a  two-story  build- 
ing, with  an  L.  A  few  years  since  some  of  the  old  plaster, 
hard  as  granite,  and  bits  of  thick  English  glass  could  be 
found  on  the  spot.  The  smithy,  "  where  the  good  minister 
clad  in  leather  apron,  shaped  the  glowing  iron  with  muscu- 
lar arm,"  stood  just  southwest  of  his  house  by  the  road. 
It  is  a  fact,  that  has  been  handed  down  from  one  generation 
to  another,  that  Minister  Avery,  if  busy  at  work  when 
parties  came  to  be  married,  Avould  take  off  his  leather  aj^ron, 
wash  his  hands  and  perform  the  ceremony.    How  unlike  the 


AVEliY    GENEALOGY.  127 

clergy  of  this  nineteeutli  ceutury !  He  was  not  only  a 
blacksmitli,  but  lawyer,  doctor  and  farmer.  His  must  have 
beeu  a  very  busy  life.  He  belonged,  as  has  already  been 
stated,  to  a  race  of  blacksmiths,  physicians,  and  clergymen  ; 
who,  though  they  held  high  positions  in  society,  did  not 
think  it  beneath  themselves  to  perform  hard,  manual  labor 
in  connection  w^th  their  higher  duties.  He  was  a  subscriber 
in  1729  to  Prince's  Chronology,  a  popular  and  expensive 
work  at  that  time  patronized  only  by  men  of  learning  or 
wealth,  which  is  sufficient  evidence  to  show  that  he  was  a 
man  of  more  than  ordinary  intellect,  even  for  a  minister. 
His  house  was  situated  a  few  rods  east  of  the  house  of  the 
late  Mrs.  Rebecca  Paine,  an  Avery  descendant,  and  a  short 
distance  north  of  the  Highland  house. 

To  this  quiet  home,  with  the  music  of  old  ocean  near, 
came  one  by  one  a  group  of  children  to  fill  the  parson- 
age with  their  merry  glee,  who,  in  after  years,  were  to  leave 
it  and  go  forth  to  meet  the  responsibilities  of  life,  as 
as  noble  men  and  women,  whom  future  generations  might, 
and  do,  delight  to  honor.     There  were  ten  children  : 

i.  Jolm^   b.  Aug.  24,  1711.      H.  C.    1731,   became   "the 

Boston  Merchant." 

ii.  Ephrahn",  b.  Apr.  22,  1713.     H.  C.  1731,  settled  iu  the 
work  of  the  mhiistry  at  Brooklyn,  Ct. 

iii.  Ruth",  b.  July  26,  1715,  m.  Rev.  Jonathan  Parker, 

iv.  Elizabeth",  b.  Mar.  5,  1716-7,  m,  John  Draper,  of  Boston. 

V.  Robert',  b.  May  26,  1719,  removed  to  Lebanon,  Ct. 

vi.  Job',  b.  Apr.  6,  1721,  d.  May  9,  1722. 

vii.  Job",  b.  Jan.  14,  1722-3,  inherited  the  liomestead. 

viii.  Mary",  b.  Jan.  19,  1724-5,  m. West. 

ix.  Abigail",  b.  June  1,  1727,  m.  EHsha  Lothrop,  Norwich,  Ct. 

X.  Ann",  b.  July  6,  1729,  d.  Aug.  25,  1747. 

It  is  remakable,  that  of  these  ten  children,  but  one  died 
in  infancy,  and  one  daughter  at  the  age  of  eighteen.     Of 


128  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

the  eiglit  remaining,  we  have  been  fortunate  in  tracing  the 
records  of  seven.  That  of  Mary,  who  married  INEr.  West, 
we  cannot  trace. 

Mr.  Avery's  sahxry  as  a  preacher,  was  sixty  pounds  a 
year ;  this  with  land  for  farming,  meadow,  plenty  of  wood- 
land—  which  has  been  known  for  over  a  century  as  the 
"Ministerial  Woods" — together  with  his  services  as  lawyer, 
doctor  and  smith,  must  have  yielded  him  a  large  income 
considering  the  times  in  which  he  lived. 

In  July,  1723,  the  town  voted  to  add  ten  pounds  to  his 
salary  —  making  it  seventy  pounds. 

Two  years  later  (1725)  they  increased  it  to  ninety  pounds 
a  year,  and  this  continued  to  be  his  salary  for  the  next  five 
years. 

"At  a  church  meeting  Oct.  1725,  it  was  proposed  to  the 
church  by  the  pastor,  whether  a  confession  of  faith  Avas  not 
more  agreeable  to  the  rules  of  the  gospel,  to  be  required  of 
those  that  desired  to  be  admitted  to  full  communion,  than  a 
relation  of  experiences?  It  was  answered  in  the  affirmative, 
and  voted  henceforward  to  be  the  j^ractice  of  the  church." 

"At  a  church  meeting  Dec.  29,  1725,  it  was  proposed  to 
the  church,  whether  adult  persons  owning  their  Baptismal 
Covenant,  and  putting  themselves  under  the  watch  and 
government  of  the  church,  should  have  their  children  bap- 
tized tlio'  they  through  fears,  did  not  come  up  to  the  com- 
munion? Answered  in  the  affirmative,  and  voted  to  be  the 
practice  for  the  future.  The  church  had  six  weeks'  consid- 
eration before  y"  vote,"  showing  that  they  were  not  hurried 
in  voting  upon  important  measures." 

"At  a  mooting  of  the  church  in  172(5,  it  was  proposed  to 
the  church,  whether  such  persons,  being  members  of  the 
church,  that  made  practice  of  selling  strong  drink,  contrary 
to  the  good  laws  of  the  Province,  without  license,  should 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  129 

not  be  looked  iipou  by  the  church  as  offenders  and  accord- 
ingly dealt  Avitli.  (Beino;  left  several  months  to  the  church's 
consideration.)  It  was  answered  in  the  affirmative  and  so 
voted."  This  serves  to  show  some  of  the  evil  customs  of 
the  times  and  the  means  taken  to  remedy  them. 

At  another  church  meeting,  the  question  was  submitted 
before  the  church,  whether  it  was  not  according  to  gospel 
rule  to  choose  Ruling  Elders  according  to  the  practice  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Scotland.  After  six  weeks' 
consideration  an  answer  was  defined  by  the  pastor  and  was 
given  in  the  affirmative. 

June  21,  1730,  the  town  raised  Mr.  Avery's  salary  to  one 
hundred  pounds. 

Two  years  later  Mr.  Avery  was  called  to  mourn  the  loss 
of  the  wife  of  his  youth,  and  the  mother  of  all  his  children. 
Eev.  Benjamin  Webb,  of  Eastham,  preached  the  funeral 
sermon,  which  was  afterward  printed  in  Boston,  in  pam- 
phlet form.     The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  title  page  : 

The  present  Scope  and  future  Gain 
of  the  Clu'istian  Life. 


A 

DISCOURSE 

Delivered  at  Truro,  October  8,   1732, 

Occasioned  by  the  much  lamented  Death 

Of 

Mrs.  Stttir   IViJ^rg 

The  virtuous  and  pious  Consort 

Of 

the  Reverend 

Pastor  of  the  Church  of  Christ  there; 

Who  deceased  October  1,    1732 

In  the  46*''  year  of   her  Age. 

9 


130  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

By  benjamin  WEBB,  M.A. 

And  Pastor  of  the  second  Church  i>f   Christ 
in  Easthaiu. 


PsAL.  xxxvii;    37.     Mark  the  perfect  man  and  belioUi  the    Ui>right, 
for  the  eud  of  that  luau  is  peace. 


Printed  at  Bo.ston  in  New  England 
1733. 


The  I'oUowiDg  are  extracts  from  the  sermou : 

"  *  *  *  Aud  this  in  particular,  may  serve  to  correct  or 
prevent  auy  excessive  Sorrow  ou  the  Account  of  that  Handmaid 
of  the  Lord,  the  lately  deceased  Yoke-Fellow  of  my  Reverend 
Father  aud  Brother,  your  Pastor ;  Since  we  have  a  great  deal  of 
Reason  to  think  and  say,  she  was  one  in  and  with  whom,  the 
Christian  Life  took  place.  Indeed  there  are  other  things  belonging 
to  her  Character.  *  *  *  As,  that  she  was  a  person  of  bright 
Parts,  considerable  Knowledge,  a  steady  and  agreeable  temper, 
uncommon  Prudence,  Aptness  aud  Industry  in  governing  her 
Household.  *  *  *  got  what  I  priucipall}'  Aim  at  is.  that  she 
was  a  Person  of  serious  Pietj'.  I  may  say  without  Flattery  or 
Partiality,  that  in  my  acquaintance  with  her  aud  the  Discourse  I 
have  divers  times  had  with  her,  upon  things  of  a  Spiritual  and 
Divine  Nature,  I  have  found  her  one  that  had  not  only  a  consider- 
able Historical  Acquaintance  with  such  things,  but  the  most 
serious  and  solemn  View  of  them  ;  that  she  was  one  that  had  the 
true  Fear  aud  Love  of  the  Divine  Majest}'  within  her  ;  that  Christ 
dwelt  in  her  Heart  by  Faith  and  was  in  her  the  Hope  of  Glory  ; 
aud  that  she  was  truly  concerned  to  promote  his  Honour.  This  I 
take  to  have  been  manifest  in  her  Life  aud  Conversation  :  for  she 
was  one  who  was  very  observably  careful  to  mind  the  Duties  of 
Religion  in  a  Serious  aud  Solemn  manner ;  to  enter  into  her 
Closet  aud  Pray  to  her  Father  which  sees  in  secret  as  our  Saviour 
has  commanded.  Matt.  0  :6,  as  well  as  attend  upon  it  in  the  Family 
in  a  most  becoming  Christian  manner  ;  she  was  very  visibly  a  Lover 
of  Publick  Worship  and  Ordinance  of  GOD  ;  was  very  careful  to 
prepare  for  them  and  give  a  serious  and  solemn  Attendance  upon 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  131 


them  ;  was  very  loth  to  lose  opportunities  for  it ;  and  would  put 
herself  to  considerable  Hazards  and  Difficulties  for  the  enjoyment 
of  them.  Herein  she  sufficiently  manifested  a  deep  and  serious 
Concern  for  the  Eternal  Good  of  her  own  Soul.  And  she  was  no 
less  concerned  for  the  spiritual  Welfare  of  others  ;  especially  those 
of  her  own  House  and  Family  ;  whom  she  took  great  care  to  bring 
up  in  the  nurture  and  Admonition  of  the  Lord.  She  was  also  one 
that  kept  close  to  the  Rule  of  Righteousness  in  her  management 
and  Dealings  with  men  ;  and  was  distinguishable  by  Acts  of 
Charity  in  cases  that  were  proper  for  them  ;  and  faithfully  endeav- 
ored to  keep  a  Conscience  void  of  Offence  upon  all  Accounts.  *  * 
All  these  things  conspir'd  to  make  her  a  most  agreeable  and 
delightful  Yoke-Fellow,  a  tender,  useful  and  lovely  Parent,  a 
good  neighbor,  a  pleasant  and  profitable  Companion  upon  all 
occasions  ;  An  ornament  in  every  Station  and  Relation  in  every 
Circumstance  and  condition  wherein  the  Providence  of  GOD 
plac'd  her.     *     *     *     " 

We  regret  to  say  that  this  sermon  contains  all  that  relates 
to  Mrs.  Riith  (Little)  Avery's  life ;  nothing  further  could  be 
found. 

Mr.  Avery  married  July  3, 1733,  for  his  second  wife  Euth, 
third  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mercy  (Freeman)  Knowles, 
of  Eastham,  grand-daughter  of  Hon.  John  Freeman,  and 
great-grand-daughter  of  Gov.  Prince.  Hence  his  second 
wife,  as  his  first,  was  of  Pilgrim  stock.  She  was  born 
November,  1694.  Of  her  life  and  character  we  know 
nothing.  Only  the  dates  of  her  birth  and  death.  She 
died  Nov.  1,  1715,  in  the  fifty-first  year  of  age. 

The  year  1747,  by  a  vote  of  the  town,  Mr.  Avery's  salary 
was  raised  to  two  hundred  pounds  old  tenor ;  but  owing  to 
the  depreciation  in  old  tenor,  the  advance  of  his  salary  was 
more  apparent  than  real. 

To  better  understand  the  value  of  old  tenor,  we  quote  a 
Sandwich  record  from  "  Riclis  History ;" 


132  AVERY    GEXEALOGY. 

'•  lu  1749  it  was  voted  in  Sandwich  to  extend  a  call  to  Mr. 
Abraham  Williams,  at  a  j'early  salary  of  400  pounds  0.  T..  or 
the  payment  in  mill  dollars  of  £2.5  per  dollar.  So  in  174y,  one 
hundred  pounds  were  worth  about  S44.00,  or  eleven  per  cent." 

June  24tli,  1748,  Mr.  Avery  married  Mrs.  Mary  Rotch, 
widow  of  William  Eotch,  late  of  Boston,  formerly  of 
Provincetowu.  The  ceremony  was  performed  in  Boston,  by 
Eev.  Mather  Byles. 

"Mather  Byles,  Sen.,  was  minister  of  Southernmost 
Church,  in  Hollis  St.,  Boston,  from  his  ordination,  Dec. 
22,  1733,  to  1776."  (Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  Coll.,  vol.  3,  p.  262.) 
He  was  son  of  Josiah  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Greenough) 
Byles,  daughter  of  Eev.  Increase  Mather.  "  It  has  been 
said  that  this  facetioiis  old  Divine  used  to  amuse  his 
friends  by  occasionally  repeating  this  epitaph  (jn  himself : 
'  Here  lies  the  renowned  Increase  Mather.  Here  lies  his 
sou  Cotton,  much  greater.  Here  lies  Mather  Byles,  greater 
than  either.'  " 

About  this  time  Mr.  Avery  began  to  feel  somewhat  the 
infirmities  of  age,  and  it  was  thought  advisalde  to  procure 
some  suitable  minister  to  assist  him  in  preaching  the 
gospel  during  the  winter  of  1752. 

"  A  committee  was  chosen  to  converse  with  Mr.  Avery  respect- 
ing an  assistant,  and  it  was  ao-reed  to  give  him  £10  old  tenor  fur 
the  present  year,  he  giving  up  the  riglit  to  the  par.^()^:lg('  i)r()|)ei'ty, 
both  wood  and  improvement." 

The  months  slipi)ed  by  and  still  INIr.  Avt-ry  was  without  an 
assistant.  lu  those  days,  it  is  evident  everything  was  settled 
after  great  deliberation.  ••  July  30,  1753,  it  was  agreed  to  give 
a  call  either  to  Mr.  Charles  Turner,  Mr.  Caleb  Upluuik  or  INIr. 
Samuel  Angier,  to  preach  the  gospel  on  probation." 

''Aug.  13,  1753.  Voted  by  the  Church  to  give  Mr.  Charles 
Turner  a  call  to  the  pastoral  work."  Also  to  give  £'.S0  per 
annum,  either  in  money  or  merehautabh'  pay  a.s  it  shall  pass  with 
the    merchant,    in    common   tiatlic    and    llic;    improvemenl    of  the 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  133 

parsonage  lauds,  for  the  support  and  encouragemeut  of  an 
orthodox  minister  regularly  called  and  settled  in  the  Gospel 
Ministry  in  this  place,  provided  he  allow  Rev.  Mr.  Avery  £13. G8 
yearly  from  his  salary." — Rich's  History. 

Mr.  Turner  declined  this  call.  When  at  another  meeting 
they  reconsidered  their  former  vote  and  agreed  to  give  him 
£80  lawful  money,  with  the  same  provision  regarding  Mr. 
Avery,  Mr.  Turner  accepted  the  offer. 

Mr.  Turner  was  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College,  1752,  and 
the  next  year  engaged  as  schoolmaster  in  Truro,  "  his  pay- 
to  be  forty  pounds  and  diet  for  three  mouths."  "  He  soon 
commenced  preaching  in  connection  with  teaching,  which 
led  to  his  engagement  as  Mr.  Avery's  successor."  It  is 
recorded  he  preached  his  first  sermon  in  Truro,  after  his 
call,  May  26,  1754. 

Rev.  Mr.  Avery  was  failing  in  health,  and  April  23,  1754, 
he  died  of  paralysis  after  an  uninterrujDted  ministry  of  forty- 
four  years.  In  the  old  graveyard  near  where  stood  the 
meeting-house,  stand  three  well-preserved  slate  stones  with 
the  following  inscriptions : 

"  Here  lie  the  Remains  of 
y*"  Rev'd  Mr.  John  Avery, 
Who  Departed  this  life  y'' 
23'^  of  April  1754:  in  the 
69**'  year  of  His  Age,  and 
44*'^  of  His  Ministry,  and 
the  first  Pastor  Ordained  in 
this  Place." 
"In  this  dark  Cavern,  in  this  lonesome  Grave 
Here  lays  the  honest,  pious,  virtuous  Friend  ; 
Him,  Kind  Heaven  to  us  as  Priest  &  Doctor  gave, 
As  such  he  lived  ;  as  such  we  mourn  his  end." 


134  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

Next  to  it,  is  one  inscribed  thus  : 

"Here  Lyes  Buried 
the  body  of  Mrs.  Ruth 

Avery.  "Wife  to  the 

Rev'd  Mr.  John  Avery 

She  deceased  Oct  the 

V  1732  ;  in  the 

4gth  ygj^j.  Qf  jjgj.  Age." 

And  another,  next  to  the  latter,  inscribed  : 

"  Here  Lyes  Buried  y*  Body 
Of  Mrs.  Ruth  Avery  y*^ 

Second  wife  of  y*" 

Rev'd  Mr.  John  Avery  : 

She  died  Nov.  1,  A.  D. 

1745  in  y*"  5P' 

year  of  her  age." 

"Mr.  Walter  T.  Avery,  of  New  York,"  already  mentioned 
in  these  pages,  "  has  re-consecrated  the  graves  of  his  ances- 
tors, by  enclosing  the  lot  with  granite  posts  and  heavy  iron 
rails.  Mr.  Avery  has  also  generously  encouraged  other 
improvements  in  connection." — Rlclis  Hi.sfort/. 

It  is  a  fitting  place  here  to  insert  the  Will  of  Kev.  John 
Avery''. 

By  the  Will  of  God,  Amen,  the  eighteenth  day  of  January,  in 
the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  lumdred  and  forty-four, 
I,  John  Avery  of  Truro,  in  tlie  County  of  Barnstable,  in  the 
Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay,  in  New  P^ngland,  Clerk, 
being  in  a  weak  and  low  condition  as  to  ])odily  health,  yet  thanks 
l)e  to  God,  for  that  measure  of  understanding  and  memory  that  I 
yet  enjoy,  therefore  calling  to  mind  what  the  servant  of  God  saN'S  ; 
Jol)  .30  :  23 — I  know  that  thou  wilt  bring  me  to  Death,  and  to  the 
house  ap[)ointed  for  all  Living.  I  think  it  therefore  proper  for 
me  to  settle  the  affairs  of  my  body  and  soul,  that  when  my  great 
change  coraeth,  I  may  have  only  this  to  say,  viz.,  to  lesign  ni}' 
soul  into  the  hands  of  God,  whose  I  am,  and  with  whom  I  Desire 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  '  135 

to  dwell  forever,  I  do  therefore  make  aud  ordain  this  my  Last 
Will  and  Testament,  that  is  to  say,  In  the  first  place  I  give  and 
recommend  ni}'  Immortal  Soul  into  the  hands  of  the  Great  God, 
my  Creator  aud  Redeemer,  hoping  through  the  Active  and  Passive 
Obedience  of  Christ  my  Redeemer,  to  Obtain  forgiveness  of  all 
my  sins,  the  Justificatiou  of  my  person,  and  an  Inheritance  among 
them  that  are  sanctified  by  the  Holy  Spirit ;  and  as  to  my  body  I 
desire  it  may  be  decently  buried  at  the  discretion  of  my  Executors, 
hereafter  named,  to  remain  in  the  dust  till  the  General  Resurrec- 
tion, at  which  time,  I  believe  it  will  be  seminallj^  raised  again  by 
the  Mighty  Power  of  God  and  through  Grace  appear  like  unto 
Christ's  glorious  body  ;  and  as  to  my  lawful  heirs  of  the  Worldly 
Estate  with  which  God  has  been  pleased  to  favor  me  with  on 
Earth,  My  Will  is  that  my  beloved  wife  Mar}^  Avery  still  wait 
upon  God  (as  I  hope  she  hath  long  done)  to  order  all  things  for 
her  who  hath  always  been  the  Widow's  God,  as  well  as  Judge  in 
his  holy  habitation;  Psal :  68,  5;  aud  as  to  my  beloved  children 
my  will  is  that  they  take  care  above  all  things  to  get  ready  for  a 
dying  day  ;  that  the}' don't  cumber  themselves  so  about  worldl}' 
things,  as  to  neglect  the  better  part,  but  Labour  to  get  durable 
Riches  and  Righteousness,  so  that  they  may  upon  good  ground  be 
able  to  apply  that  word  of  Comfort  to  themselves  in  Psalm  27-10, 
When  my  Father  and  m}'  Mother  forsake  me  then  the  Lord  will 
take  me  up.  Aud  as  to  my  Worldly  Estate  my  will  is  that  all 
those  debts  and  duties  as  I  do  owe  in  Right  and  Conscience  to  any 
person  whatsoever,  be  well  satisfied  and  paid  in  convenient  time, 
after  my  decease,  by  my  P^xecutors  hereafter  named,  and  as  to 
the  Remainder  of  My  Estate  after  Debts  and  funeral  Charges 
paid,  I  give  and  bequeath  as  foUoweth  ;  In  the  first  place  I  give 
aud  bequeath  to  my  well  beloved  wife  Mary  Avery,  (over  and 
above  what  she  is  to  have  out  of  my  Estate  hy  my  agreement  with 
her  before  marriage)  the  use  and  Improvement  of  m}'  westerly 
bedroom  and  my  Study  appertaining  thereto  aud  the  use  aud 
Improvement  of  my  Woodland  on  the  P^asterly  side  of  the  High- 
waj'  that  leads  from  Neighbor  Eldreds  to  the  Meeting-house  in 
said  Truro,  these  privileges  for  her  so  long  as  she  Continues  to  l)e 
my  Relict  or  AVidow,  and  shall  think  fit. 

■2"'">'.  I  give  aud  bequeath  to  my  beloved  sou  John  Aver}',  to 
him.  his  heirs,  and  assigns  forever,  my  Silver  Tankard,  and  forty- 
three  pounds  sixteen  and  eight-pence  lawful  money,  which  he  has 


136  AVERY   (GENEALOGY. 

already  received,  as  may  appear  by  a  note,  under  his  hand,  to  him, 
his  heirs  and  assigns  forever,  said  Note  of  hand  in  Old  Teunor  is 
three  hundred  twenty-eight  pounds  fifteen  shills  :  and  4d. 

3r<uy  J  giyg  ,^m|  Iiequeath  unto  my  beloved  son  Ephraim  Avery 
the  note  of  hand  he  gave  me  before  the  year  1739,  and  also  all 
the  money  he  has  received  of  me,  to  him,  his  heirs  and  assigns 
forever. 

4*''^>'.  I  Give  and  bequeath  to  the  children  of  ray  beloved 
daughter  Ruth  Parker,  deceased  namely,  Ruth  Bishop,  Jonathan 
Parker,  and  Avery  Parker,  all  the  Goods  and  household  stuff 
together  with  my  Negro  Girl  named  Phillis,  all  which  their 
mother  received  of  me  in  her  life  time,  to  them,  their  heirs  and 
assigns  forever,  to  be  equally  divided  among  them. 

5thiy_  J  gjyy  ,^jj^}  l)eqLieath  to  my  well  beloved  daughter  Eliza- 
beth Draper,  all  the  gooils  and  household  stuff  she  hath  already 
received  together  witli  my  Indian  girl  Sarah,  who  now  lives  with 
her,  to  her,  her  heirs  and  assigns  forever. 

gthiy^  To  my  son  Robert  Avery  I  have  aire  idy  given  by  deed 
of  Gift  my  interest  in  tiie  Town  of  Lebanon  in  the  Colon}'  of 
Connecticut. 

jthiy^  To  my  son  Job  Avery  I  have  already  given  b}'  deed  of 
Gift  my  Lands  in  this  Town  of  Truro  my  Dwelling-house  and 
buildings  appertaining  thereto,  my  Pew  in  the  uieetiug-house,  as 
also  my  young  negro  man  named  Larned,  nevertheless  it  is  my 
will  that  my  son  Job  take  care  to  make  out  to  Mary,  my  beloved 
wife,  the  Priviledges  expressed  to  her  in  this  my  last  Will  and 
Testament. 

j^thiy  J  gjy^,  .^j^i  i)equeath  to  my  well  beloved  Daughter  Mary 
West,  forty  pounds  lawful  money  which  she  hath  already  received  ; 
and  my  will  is  that  Six  pounds  thirteen  shillings  and  four  peuce 
lawful  money  to  be  paid  to  her  out  of  my  personal  estate,  to  her, 
her  heirs  and  assigns  forever. 

9«hiy  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  well  beloved  Daughter 
Abagail  Lothrop,  forty  pounds  lawful  money  which  she  hath 
already  received,  and  six  pounds  thirteen  shillings  and  four  pence, 
to  be  paid  to  her  out  of  my  personal  Estate,  to  her,  her  heirs  and 
assigns  forever. 

Finall}'.  And  all  the  remainder  of  My  Personal  Estate  I  Do 
give  to  my  children  above  named,  to  be  divided  into  nine  shares, 


AVERY   GENE  A  L  O  ( i  Y. 


187 


and  my  will  is  that  my  son  John  Avery  have  two  shares,  and  that 
the  children  of  my  daughter  Ruth  Parker  (deceased)  have  one 
share  in  unequal  partnership  among  them,  namely,  that  my 
Grandson  Jonathan  Parker  (who  has  an  impediment  in  his  sight) 
receive  one  half  of  said  Share,  and  that  my  other  two  grand- 
children, namely  Ruth  Bishop  and  Avery  Parker,  receive  the  other 
half  share,  equally  between  them,  and  my  other  six  sliares  to  my 
other  children,  above  named,  in  Equal  Divisions.  Moreover  I  dO' 
constitute  and  appoint  my  well-beloved  sons  John  Avery  and  Job 
Avery,  to  be  my  E^xecutors  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament, 
and  hereby  do  utterly  disallow,  revoke,  and  disannul  all  and  every 
other  former  Test'mts  or  Wills,  and  bequests  and  P^xecutors  by 
me  in  any  ways  before  this  time  named,  willed  and  bequeathed. 
Ratifying  and  confirming  this  and  no  other,  to  be  my  last  will  and 
Testament. 

In  Witness  thereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and   Seal  this 
Day  and  year  above  Written. 


Signed,    sealed,    published 
pronounced    and    declared  by 
the   said  John  Avery,   as   his 
last  Will   and   Testament,    in 
presence  of  us  the  Subscribers. 
Samuel  Elduedg, 
Moses  Paine, 
Nathaniel  Breed, 
Barzillah  Smith. 


Further  it  is  My  Will  that 
my  two  negroes  Jack  and  Hope 
have  the  Liberty  to  choose  their 
Master  among  all  my  children, 
and  they  with  whom  they  choose 
to  live,  give  nothing  for  them, 
and  that  they  shall  not  be  sold 
from  ray  children  to  any  person 
whatsoever,  and  this  was  added 
before  I  signed  this  Will  and 
Testament. 

JOHN  AVERY. 


(FACSIMILE  John  avebys  seal.) 

The  following  is  the   "  Inventory  of  the  Estate  of  Kev. 
John  Aveiy  of  Truro,  in  Probate  Office,  Barnstable." 

Inventory  and  Appraisments  of  Sundrie.s  belonging  to  the  Estate  of  the  Rev'd; 
John  Avery  taken  at  Truro—  May  3,  1754 : 

£     s.     d. 
3  Feather  beds,  5  bedsteads,  2    Suits,    Curtains,    9    Coverlids, 

Rugs  &c  17 

Pewter  40  1-2- 12  old  brass,  a  brass  kettle,  bell  mettle  skillet  3    19      8. 
6  Silver  Spoons,  4   Teaspoons,  3  ijorringers,  buttons,   buckels, 

broken  silver  11     11     10 


7 

9 

4 

1 

18 

8 

4 

9 

t) 

8 

1 

1 

7 

4 

14 

7 

1 

10 

8 

7 

16 

2 

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138  AVE  BY    GENEALOGY. 

1  Eight  Day  Clock 

"2  tables,  1  Joynt  Stool,  1  pr.  worsted  —  combs,  hechel  &  tiu  ware 
'^  lookiDg  glasses,  2  Guiuu-s,  1  Cutlass.  Caues.  Scrap-  &  Spear 
An  old  box  with  Dram.y,  a  pr.  Spurrs,  lanthorii,  i)aiuted  bo.v,  5 

Mugs.  SjiDou  mold 
18  old  chairs,  2  arm  chairs,  pr.  Andirons,  tongs,  fenders.  Gaffing 

dish  &  Cran« 

1  pr.    Tobacco    Tongs,    1    i)r.    Flat   Irons,    Grate,  a   toaster,   pr. 

bellows,  &c 
Earthern  ware,  1  oval  table,  a  i)r.  Dog.s.  a  warming  pan,  3  butter 

tubbs,  a  case  bottles 
25  Sheets,  15  Pillow  Cases,  7  table  cloaths,  it  towels,  ti  napkins 
4)  shirts,  o  neck  cloaths,  5  necks,  7  bands,  5  caps,  2  handkerchiefs 
6  leather  chairs,  fi  caine  chairs,  1    large  ditto,  chest  Draws  & 

Table 
A  pr.  brass  top  Andirons,  Shovell  &  tongs 

3  wheels,  1  Reel,  1  swift   asa.ster  loom,  a  cutting  Knife  &  13  lbs 

feathers  115 

A  Malt  Mill,  Laiiii)  mortars'-,  house  bell.  Some  old  Cask  &  Lum- 
ber— 11       0 
9  bushels  Rye.  24s. ;  2(i  bushels  Corn  34s.  4d.                                                    3       1      4 
A  frying  pan,  Iron  bason,  2  Iron  Skillets,  a  dish  kcttb — 1  large 

ditto,  15      4 

2  Iron    i)Otts,  1    Iron    pudding   pan.  Skewers,  Choping   Knife,   5 

candlesticks 
Wood  Ware,  Earthern  Ware,  a  Spit,  hoe  ( ?),  Pestles.  2  half  bu.shels 
2  mortars  &  pestles,  3  boxes,  to  nails  &  lumber 
A  crane  &  hooks,  tongs.  Andiron,  1  lamp, 
2  pillions,  part  of  a  side  saddle,  a  saddle  and  two  l)ridles  — 
1  old  Great  chain,  a  bedstead,  ami  Straw  ( '.')  bed,  10  broomes,  a  bed 

pail, 

1  [)r.  Steelyards,  1  pr.  brass  Scales,  2  old  Scale  beams  &  old  Iron 

4  lbs.  Window  lead  (?),  2  caggs,  1  wood  bowl.  3  Stone  Juggs,  2  doz. 

bottles 

2  pr.  old  Cards,  1  clujst,  boxes,  and  Cash,  remnant  of  bedtick,  35 

lbs.  logwood, 
4  powdering  tubbs,  3  old  btXgs  sheeps  wool,  ])(iw(ler  iV  horns,  sluit 
&  bullets 

3  Razors,  a  hone  &  Straps,  pci)iier  mill.  Tooth  drawers  &  Sundries 
2  penknives,  3  lancets,  soap,  2  tintlcr  boxes,  1   Dial,  a  brass  lock 

and  flints, 
A  box,  3  liruslies.  Ivory  ( '.'),  boox  beeswax,  lead,  maits  and  tlsbiiig 

leads 
Small  .srails  &,  uaila,  Iron  pipe.  Reed,  j)ipe.  Knives  and  forks 
2  i)air  saddle  bags.  Tow  yarn,  a  small  tranmell  (?),  2  chests,  soap, 

tulibs,  &c 
2  hats  and  Cue(?),  2  greatcoats,  a  cloak  &  a  gown 

4  lioats,  4  Jackets,  2  i>r.  breeches 
A  Doctf)r"s  cliest.  Case   Drawers.   Instruments,  buttles  .S:   Medi- 

cenns 
2  Riding  caps,  2  caps,  7  i>r.  Hose,  3  wigs  \-  box 


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AVERY   GENEALOGY.  139 

A  Riding  chair  3 

4  hogs.  29  slieep  &  lainbs  S     1!)      8 

3  oxen,  4  oows  &  calf,  .">  steers  &  lieifers  li)     14      8 

A  mare  !i      (i      8 

38       1       0 


£135      3    10 
The  Library  13      1       4 


Appraised  by  us  £148      5      2 

Moses  Paine. 
Isaiah  Atkixs, 
Daxiel  Paine. 

Tlirough  the  kindness  of  Mr.  Walter  T.  Averv,  we  are 
furnished  with  a  copy  of  the  original  deed  of  gift  of  land 
by  Kev.  John  Avery,  of  Truro,  to  his  sou,  Eev.  Ephraim 
Avery,  of  Brooklyn,  Conn.,  written  by  himself,  and  the 
fac  simile  of  the  reverend  gentleman's  signature,  together 
with  that  of  his  son  Job,  one  of  the  witnesses,  who  at  that 
time  was  but  seventeen  3-ears  of  age,  taken  from  the 
original  document  R-hich  was  found  among  some  old  family 
documents  left  Mr.  Avery  by  his  father,  John  Smith  Avery, 
who  Avas  grandson  of  Eev.  Ephraim,  to  whom  the  deed  was 
given.  Mr.  Averv  has  since  presented  the  valuable  docu- 
ment to  the  Dedham  Historical  Society,  at  Dedham,  Mass. 
It  is  the  only  specimen  of  the  minister's  handwriting  in 
existence,  that  Mr.  Avery  knows  of,  although  he  has  tried 
in  vain  to  obtain  some  of  his  manuscript  sermons  in  Truro. 
The  handwriting  is  very  fine,  and  is  written  on  parchment, 
and  bears  date  1739.     The  deed  reads  as  follows  : 

"  Kdo\v  all  men  by  these  Presents  that,  I,  Jtihn  Avery  of 
Truro  in  the  County  of  Barnstable  in  the  Province  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  in  New  England,  Clerk,  for  Divers  good  causes  me 
thereunto  moving  l)ut  more  especially  for  the  love  I  liear  to  my 
son,  Ephraim  Avery  of  Pomfret  in  the  County  of  Windham  in 
the  Colony  of  Connecticut  in  New  PIngland,  Clerk,  do  hereby 
Quit  Claim  and  Release  unto  my  said  son  his  Heirs  and  assigns 
forever,    all   mv   risht.   Title  and  Interest  in    and   unto  a  Certain 


140  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

Tract  and  Parcel  of  Laud  which  I  have  a  Right  too  in  tlie  Towa 
of  Ashford  in  said  County  of  Windham  hy  Vertue  of  a  Deed  of 
Sale  under  the  Hand  and  Seal  of  Isaac  Pierce  ( ?)  of  P^asthani  in 
said  County  of  Barnstable  ;  wliich  said  Deed  is  Recorded  in  said 
town  of  Ashford  tliat  is  to  say  all  my  right  which  I  ought  to  liave 
by  said  Pierce  (?)  Deed  except  two  pieces  of  land  whicii  I  have 
already  taken  up  by  vertue  of  said  Pierce  (  ?)  Right  and  is  Recorded 
to  me  in  Records  of  said  Ashford  all  the  Remainder  of  said  Right 
I  do  here  t)y  Quit  Claim  and  Release  unto  my  said  sou.  To  Have 
and  Hold  to  Him  the  said  Ephraira  Avery  his  Heirs  and  Assigns 
forever  and  in  Confirmation  of  the  Premises,  I,  the  said  John 
Avery,  do  for  myself,  my  Heirs,  Executors  and  Adminisf^  hereby 
Engage  to  stand  I)y  and  Defend  my  said  son,  his  Heirs  and 
Assigns  in  the  Quiet  and  Peaceable  Possession  of  ray  said  Right 
as  abovesaid  from  all  LawfuU  Claims  and  demands  whatsoever 
from  all  Persons  l)y  and  under  me. 

In  Testimony  whereto  I  do  hereby  set  my  hand  and  Seal  this 
first  day  of  November  anno  Domini  1739  and  in  the  twelveth  year 
of  George  l)y  the  Grace  of  God  of  Great  Britain  King  etc. 

Signed,  Sealed  and  ^ 

Delivered  in  Presence  of  Qa^  ,        ^//      ^ 


Jo/  ovcru 


^ 


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I 


On  the  back  of  tlie  foregoing  deed  is  endorsed  the  follow- 
ing in  the  handwriting  of  Eev.  Ephraim  Avery  : 

"By  virtue  of  this  Deed  I  got  300  acres  of  land  laid  out  anil 
Recorded  and  sold  to  y"^^  Rev.  Jacob  P2liot  of  Lebanon,  but  found 
afterwards  that  al)out  100  acres  of  it  was  laid  upon  another 
man's  Lot  and  accordingly  I  satisfied  him  y  said  Eliot  for  it  and 
he  by  an  Instrument  acquitted  me  from  warranting  of  it,  which  i& 
Recorded  in  Asiiford,  after  this  I  sold  the  Remainder  of  my 
Right  and  gave  a  Deed  of  Quit  Claim  of  it  to  John  Bugbee  of 
Woodstock  w'''  was  Dated  Jan  24,  1748/.). 

(Signed)       Eph'"  Avery." 


AV^ERY    GENEALOr.Y.  141 

It  may  be   interesting  to  give  here  the  list  of  Harvard 
students  of  the  Avery  line  :  — 

(LASS,  DIED. 

17U6.                         John'' of  Truro,  17o4. 

1706.                     Joseph^' of  Holdeu,  1770. 

1731.                       John'  of  Boston,  179G. 

1731.             P2phraim'  of  Brooklyn,  Ct.,  1754. 

1759.                  John^  Sec'y  of  Mass.,  1806. 

1771.                     Joseph'^  of  Holdeu,  1824. 

1793.                      John'-',  Sec'ys  sou,  1801. 

1819.                      Johni"  of  Lowell,  1861. 

1850.               Jolinii  of  Youkers,  N.  Y.,  jgg^^ 
1891.                John  A.  11  of  Somerville. 

Four  others  of  the  name  of  Avery  appear  on  the  list,  but 

we  have  no  proof  that  they  belong  to  our  branch  of  the 
family. 


142 


AVERY    GENEALOGY 


FAMILY  AND  GENERATION  OF 
JOHN  AVERY'. 

(REV.  JOHN''.  ROBERT\  DR.   WILLIAM^.) 


JOH.N    AVERY',    boston    MERCHANT.  — BOKN    1711:    DIED    170tj. 


AVE  BY    GENEALOGY.  143 

JOHN  AVER1-,  eldest  sou  of  Rev.  Jolm'^  aud  Euth  (Little) 
Avery,  was  boru  in  Truro,  Mass.,  Friday,  Aug.  24,  1711, 
three  months  before  his  father's  ordination  as  pastor.  His 
childhood  da^'s  were  spent  within  the  sight  and  sound  of 
the  beautiful  ocean.  In  his  youth  he  was  sent  to  Harvard 
College,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1731,  at  the  age  of 
twenty.  He  then  Avent  into  business,  and  became  well 
known  as  one  of  Boston's  merchants.  At  the  age  of  twenty- 
three,  (June  13,  1734),  he  was  married  in  the  Old  South 
Congregational  Church,  by  Rev.  Thomas  Prince,  to  Mary 
Deming,  of  Boston,  (born  1706).     Children  : 

i.     Mary*^  b.  Apr.  13,  1735,  (nSunday),  m.  John  Collins. 

ii.     Ruth^  b.  Oct.  26,  1737,  (Wed.),  in.  Price. 

iii.     John*^  b.  Sept.  2,  1739,  (Sunday),  m.  Mary  dishing. 

iv.     Hannah'^  b.  May   10,  1742,    (Monday),  m.  Jackson, 

and  had  a  daughter  born  between   Nov.  9th  and  16th, 
1765,  as  per  letter  of  Elisha  Avery*^. 

v.     b.  Dec.  6,  1743. 

vi.     Samuel"  b.  Dec.  1,  1746,  (Monday),  died  Aug.  4,  1751, 

Mrs.  Mary  (Deming)  Avery  died  of  paralysis  Friday, 
December  2,  1763,  aged  57  years. 

John  Avery"  died  1796,  aged  85  years. 
The  following  is  an  extract  from  the  original  will  of  John 
Avery',  January  29,  1789.     (Probate  office,  Boston.) 

"  Being  also  desirous  that  my  children  may  enjoy  my  estate  in 
such  manner  as  I  judge  is  according  to  their  different  circum- 
stances ill  life,  not  making  distinction  for  the  different  love  or 
esteem  I  bear  to  one  more  than  to  the  other,  as  they  are  all  equally 
dear  to  me."  He  names  his  daughter  Mary  Collins,  his 
daughter  Ruth  Price,  his  daughter  Hannah  Jackson,  and  his  only 
son,  John  Avery,  whom  he  makes  residuary  legatee  and  sole 
Executor.  (Signed,) 


Will  proved  Apr.  12,  1796.  io^it^i^      ^ 


v-e.A^u^. 


144 


AVERY    GENEALOGY 


FAMILY    AND    GENERATIONS    OF     JOHN 

AVERY^ 
(JOHN',  KEV.  JOHN",  RORERT^  DR.   WILLIAM^.) 


SECRETARY    OF   MASSACHUSETTS.       177S-1S()4. 

BouN  17.')ii:  niKi>  1S()(>. 

JOHN  AyERY\  third  child  and  only  son  of  Johu^  and 
Mary  (Demiu<]j)  Aveiy,  of  Boston,  and  grandson  of  Eev. 
John''  and  Kutli  (Little)  Avery,  of  Trnro,  was  born  Septem- 
ber 2,  1731).  He  graduated  (175*.))  at  the  age  of  twenty, 
and  married  April  18  or  '20,  17(11),  Miss  Mary  Gushing, 
daughter  of  Hon.  Thomas  Gushing  (born  1749. ")     Children  : 

*  Elislia  Avery"  to  liis  lnotlicr  Saimicl  wmti',  April  'I'l.  ITii!':     "  Cousin  John 
Avery,  of  Boston,  was  last  Tuesday  uveuinp;  married  to  I'oliy  Cushing."' 


A  ] 'E R  Y    G ENEAL OGY 


145 


i.     Maiy9.  b.  April  21,  1770,  m.  Ltilce  Baldwin 
ii.     Sarah",    b.    October    J,    1771,    in.    ,liily,    17'J5,   John    A. 
Collins,  and  died  January  12,    1S02. 

iii.     Deborah",  b.  July   HI,    177:3,  in.  Kobert  Moody,  and  died 
Jan.  7,  1848. 

iv.     John'-',  b.  Feb.  18,  1775,  m.  Hariiet  'Williams. 
V.     Retsey-',  b.  Aug.  6,  1777,  m.  Tiionias  Williams, 
vi.      Lucy'',  b.  Oct.  2.'),  17.S1,  died  17M2. 

vii.     Peggy  Gushing",  b.  Ai)ril  27,  1783,  died  May  27,  1783. 
viii.     Lucy",  b.  Ai)ril  1,  17S(;,  died  Oct.  12,  1831,  unmarried. 
ix.     Mary  A.  Smith",  b.  Oct.  17,  178«,  in.  Isaac  Mansfield. 
X.     Thomas  Hancock",  b.  Aug.  lu,  17:»2,  died  Feb.   15,  1793. 

John  Avery'  after  serving  acceptably  as  Dep^^ty  Secretary 

of    Massachusetts  for    a    number    of  years,  and  Secretary 

twenty-six  years,  died  June  7,  1 806,  at  the  age  of  66  years. 


WIFE   OF    JOHN    AVERY,    SE<'  Y. 
lO 


'U  BL  1  C 

BORN  1749     DIED  1823. 


146  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 


By  will  (in  Probate  Office,  Boston)  of  May  13,  1806,  gives 
to  his  "  wife  Mary  the  use  and  improvements  of  all  his  Real 
and  Personal  Estate  including  Bonds,  Notes,  Debts  funded 
or  other  stock  "  for  her  life,  also  his  household  furniture; 
and  after  her  decease,  the  same  to  be  equally  divided  among 
his  children,  or  the  representatives  of  such  as  may  be  now 
deceased  or  may  hereafter  decease.  He  appointed  his  wife 
Mary,  and  his  son-in-law  Luke  Baldwin,  executors.  Bond 
to  will  signed  by  Mary  Avery  and  Luke  Baldwin.  The  fol- 
lowing is  an  inventory  of  his  property  condensed  : 


6  INLihogauy  bair  bottom  chairs  SlH.OO 

2  do.  card  tables  7.00 
1   Piano  forte  and  music  buoks  50.00 

1  Larure  lookiu2;-2lass  30.00 

3  Prints,  Washington  &c  (j.OO 

2  Kidderminster  carpets  21.00 

1  Sideboard  and  Painted  tloor  carpet  30.00 

2  jNIahcjgany  bedsteads  and  curtains  75.00 
Chairs,  cabinet,  Lamps  &c  &c  129.20 
Beds,  carpets,  chairs  &c  210.50 
lied  and  table  linen  150.00 
China,  crockery,  glass  ware  S70  and  books  815  85.00 
141  oz.  7  pwts  Plate,  at  81.10  cts  155.51 


89(37.21 


House,  out   houses  and  land   in    .Ararlboi-ough 

St.,   Boston  S10,U0U.00 

2  parcels  of  land   in   Northborinigh  containing 

27  acres  81,200.00 


811,200.00 
Airioinit  of  household  sjoods  9ti7.21 


812,107.21 
Boston.  AuLT.  11.  b^OC. 


AVERY    GEXEALOGY.  147 


A  Malacca  cane,  with  ornamented  gold  head,  about  four 
feet  long,  which  belonged  to  Secretary  John  Avery',  is  now 
in  possession  of  young  John  Avery'-,  of  New  York,  a  lineal 
descendant.  On  the  liead  is  inscribed,  "  Coll.  Littlehales 
to  Thos.  Hancock,"  and  "  The  gift  of  Gov.  Hancock  to 
J.  Avery,  Jr." 

Mrs.  Mary  (Gushing)  Avery,  widow  of  Secretarj-  John 
Avery',  died  October  23,  1823,  at  the  age  of  76  years. 

Mr.  Samuel  P.  Avery,  of  New  York,  has  in  his  possession 
an  ancient  document,  drawn  up  in  the  House  of  Represen- 
tatives, July  10th,  176().  The  instrument  ordered  the 
raising  of  two  regiments,  and  provided  the  manner  thereof, 
for  the  defence  of  the  northern  frontier,  and  that  "  each 
man  be  furnished  with  a  good  Firearm,  and  bayonet  fitted 
thereto,  a  Gartouch  box,  knapsack  and  blanket,  or  instead 
of  a  bayonet,  a  Hatchet  or  Tomahawk." 

Passed  in  concurrence,  July  11th,  1776,  and  consented  to 
by  major  part  of  ye  Gouucil,  and  attested  by 


/o  .^ ^^J^/"^  y 


[fac-simile.] 

Mrs.  Elroy  M.  Avery  has  a  document  with  the  signatures 
of  John  Hancock,  and  John  Avery,  Secretary  of  Mass. 
From  her  we  have  the  following  item  : 

"John  Avery,  Jr.,  was  one  of  the  famous  Sons  of  Liberty, 
who  had  their  place  of  meeting  on  Washington  Street,  near 
Boylston  Market,   under    the  famous  "  Liberty    Tree."     A 


148  AVERY    GEXEALOGY. 


store  stands  on  the  place,  and  a  large  picture  of  the  tree  is 
on  the  front  of  the  store.  They  hung  eflfigies  of  British 
stamp  officers  on  the  tree,  and  when  the  British  took  pos- 
sesion of  Boston  they  cut  it  down." 

BALDWIN. 

Mary  Ayery",  eldest  daughter  of  Secretary  John"  and 
Mary  (Gushing)  Avery,  born  April  21,  1770,  married  at  the 
age  of  nineteen  (September  8,  1789,)  Luk(^  Baldwin. 
Children  : 

i.  Mary  Avei-y'",  b.   Nov.  25,   17*JU,    m.  Phiiu-as  Ui)ham. 

ii.  Luke'",  b.  Feb.  27,  1792,  died  young, 

iii.  John  Avery^",  b.  Dec.  20,  1793,  in.  Sarah  Collins, 

iv.  Lucy   Parkman"',  b.  Sept.    17,  1795,   died   September  5, 

1790. 

V.     Luke'",  b.  .lam-  5,  1797,  m.  Elizabeth   Orne,  daughter  of 
Thomas   and  Catharine    S.    P.   O.    Cushing,    liad    four 
children, 
vi.     p:iiza'",  1).  June  6,  1799,  died  Aug.  22,  1800. 
vii.     Henry'",   b.    Feb.   5,    1801,  m.  June  25,    1835,   Julia  A. 

Bowes,  of  Cincinnati.     He  died  April  7,  1<S72. 
viii.      Sarah    Collins'",    b.    March    12,     1803,    ni.    .lune,    1S23, 
Samuel  Stillnian.     She  died  leaving  two  children. 

ix.     Thomas   Williams'",   b.    March    18,   1805,   m.    Nov.    13, 
1834,  Margaret  J.  liacon.      Had  two  or  three  children. 
He  died  Nov.  1,  1874. 
X.     Elizabeth  Williams'",    b.  June    11,    1807,    m.   Dr.    Amos 

Stevens,  Oct.  17,  1849. 
xi.      Samuel    Parkuinii"'.  b.  Oct.  ;i  1 ,  1no9.  di^-d  St'pt.  7,  1X32. 
xii.      Lucy    Ann'",  It.  Nov.  17,  IMl,  m.    Aug.  27,    1837,   John 

Collins, 
xiii.      Edward'",  b.  .Jan.    2G,  1S15,    m.  Aug.  8,  1815,  Ellen   W. 
White. 

Mary  (Avery")  Baldwin  died  in  lloxbury.  May  31,  1837,  at 

the  ajif  of   b7. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  149 


UPHAM. 

Mary  Avery  Baldwin'",  eldest  daughter  of  Luke  and  Mary 
(Avery")  Baldwin,  born  Nov.  25,  1790,  ni.  Jan.  24,  1811, 
Phineas  Upham.     Children  : 

i.      George",  h.  died  yoimg. 

ii.     Charlotte",  li.  m.  Dr.  William  Cutter,  died  . 

iii.     Mary     A.",    h.    m.    Dr.     Charles    Gordon,  —  three 

children. 

iv.      Harriet",  b.  m.  John  P.  Putnam. 

V.      Lucy^',  b. m.  Henry  Tooke  Parker.     Two  children. 

vi.     George     Phineas",    b.    m.    Sarah     Sprague.       Two 

children. 

Mary  Avery"'  (Baldwin)  Upham  died  in  Boston,  May  28, 
1872,  aged  81  years. 

PUTNAM. 

Harriet  Upham,  third  daughter  of  Phineas  and  Mary 
Avery'"  (Baldwin)  Upham,  married  John  P.  Putnam. 
Children  : 

i.     Mary^-,  b.  ra.  Charles  Fearing,  N.  Y. 

ii.     Harriet'2,  b.  m.  Horace  J.  Hayden. 

iii.     Sally  12,  b.  . 


iv.     John  P.'-^  b.  

BALDWIN". 

John  Avery  Baldwin'",  second  son  (third  child)  of  Luke 
and  Mary  (Avery")  Baldwin  born  December  20,  1793,  mar- 
ried October  16,  1826,  Sarah  Collins'",  (grand-daughter  of 
Secretary  John'  and  Mary  (Cushing)  Avery,  and  daughter 
of  Sarah  (Avery'')  and  John  A.  Collins.     Children  : 

i.  Mary  A.". 

ii.  Lucy", 

iii.  John  Avery". 

iv.  Marion". 


150  AVERY   GEXEALOGY. 


Jolm  Avery  Baldwiu'"  died  iu  Nashua,  X.  H.,  Apr.  10, 
1873,  iu  the  80th  year  of  his  age. 

EDWARD  BALDWIN'". 

Edward  Baklwiu'",  seveuth  sou  (thirteeuth  chihl)  of  Luke 
aud  Mary  (Avery')  Baklwiu,  boru  Jau.  26,  1815,  m.  Aug.  8, 
1839.  Elleu  Watsou  White,  dau.  of  Miles  W.  aud  Marcia 
White,  boru  iu  Brightou,  Mass.,  Sept.  21,  1818.     Chiklreu  : 

i.      Edward   I)."    b.    l.S4(),   St   Fraucesville,    La.,     died    1841. 

ii.     ftlary  Ellen",  I).  Aug  18,  1841,  St  Fraucesville,  La. 

iii.  Sarali  1).",  b.  Jan  24,  1(S44  in  Boston,  m  Charles,  son  of 
Wm  E.  and  Caroline  (Carter)  Laight  of  N.  Y.  Had 
1.  Ellen  Baldwin'-  Laight,  b.  Vevey,  Switzerland, 
Nov  10,  1880. 

iv.     Alice  W.",  b.  Boston.  Aug  27,  1845. 

V.  Edward",  b.  Milton,  Mass.  May  31,  1847,  ni.  Oct  -I-l.  1874, 
Ella,  dau.  of  John  aud  Angelina  Combe  of  Philadel- 
phia. Had  i.  Edward'-,  b.  Sept  11,  187G,  Riverdale- 
on-Hudson,  N.  Y. 

Edward  Baldwin'",  died  Dec.  24,  1870,  aged  5 o  yrs,  11  inos. 
Ellen  W.  (AVhite)  lialdwin,  died  July  81,  1875,  aged  nearly  57  yrs. 

WILLIAMS. 

Betsey  Avery",  fourth  daughter  ififth  ehikl)  of  Sec'y  -lohu' 
aud  Mary  (Cushiug)  Avery  of  Bostou,  boru  Aug  (i,  1777, 
married  1803,  Tiiouias  Williauis.     ("liiUlreu: 

i.     Mary   Elizabeth'",  b.  INIay  8,  180.S,  ni.  (M  28,  1845,  Rev. 

Amos  Smitii. 
ii.      Harriet  Ardelia'",  t).  Mar.  18,  IMO,  ni.  Oct  L"),  1881.  Henry 

Howell  Williams  Sigourney;      They  had  four  children  : 

1.  H.Muy  11.  W.  Jr.".  li.  Aug  28,  1882. 

2.  Harriet  Avery". b.  Feb  K;.  I.s84.died  Dee.  C,  1884. 

3.  Eliza  Williams",  b.  ( )et  24,  1838. 

1.   Thos.  Williams",  b.  Oct  8.  1  840.  d.  June  1  2,  1853. 
iii.     Thomas   Henry'",  b.  F*'b  Id,  1.S12.  m.  Si'pt  1,  1836,  p:mily 
F.  Beach.    They  had  one  child,  Andrew  Sigourney",  b. 
1840.     Thos.  H.'",  died  June  7,  1N78,  aged  (!1. 


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iv.     Nancy"*,  b.  Nov  1, 1<S16,  m.  July  10, 1845  Joseph  R,Gordon. 
Betsey  (Avery^)  Williams  died  in  Leoniinstei",  Mass,  Aug. 
12,  1851,  aged  about  74  years. 

MANSFIELD. 

Mary  A.  Smith  Avery',  eighth  daughter  (ninth  chikl)  of 
Sec'y  John'  and  Marv  (Gushing)  Avery,  born  Oct.  17,  1788, 
married  Isaac  Mausfiekl  (July  9,  1812.)  Their  only  child, 
had  Mary  Mansfield'",  b.  Apr.  7,  1818,  m.  Joseph  Patterson, 

Mrs.  Marv  A.  S.  (Avery")  Mansfield  died  in  Belmont, 
Mass.,  June  5,  1878,  aged  nearly  90  years. 

Mr.  Isaac  Mansfield,  born  Dec.  6,  1786,  died  Apr.  26,  1850, 
aged  63  years. 

PATTERSON. 

Mary  Mansfield'",  boru  Apr.  7, 1818,  m.  Apr.  4, 1842,  Joseph 
W.  Patterson,  the  Treasurer  of  Inst.  Savings,  merchants  clerk 
(1877).     Children  :  — 

i.     Caroline  Romans",  b.  Feb  9,  1843. 

ii.     Albert  Mausfiekl^',   b.   Mai.   24,   1845.  m.  June  3,   1869, 
Elizabeth  Tiacy  Brown.      Had 

1.  Albert  Mansfield  Jr.'-,  b.  Oct  20,  1874. 

2.  Francis  Gordon^-,  b.  Jul}'  7,  1876. 

3.  Eleanori2,  b.  Sept  19,  1878. 

iii.     Alice   Mary",  b.  Aug  15,  1848,  m.  Apr  26,  1871,  William 
Greenough,  and  li;id 

1.  Alice'-^  b.  Mar  24,  1872. 

2.  AVilliam'^  b.  July  15,  1874. 

3.  Marian'-',  1).  Oct  17,  1877. 

4.  Edith'-',  b.  Sept  13,  1881. 

5.  Carroll'2,  b.  Jan  30,  1883. 
iv.     Josie",  b.  Jan  1,  1857. 

Joseph  W.  Patterson  died  June  8,  1881. 

Mrs.  Mary  (Mansfield'")  Patterson  of  New  York,  has  a 
singular  mourning  ring  in  her  possession,  (having  a  coffin 
containing  a  skeleton  on  it),  inscribed,   "  Mary  Avery  obit. 


152  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 


Dec.  2,  1763,  ^t.  57."  (She  was  the  wife  of  Jolm  Avery\ 
the  Boston  merchaut,  aud  great  grandmother  to  Mrs.  Pat- 
terson.) A  simibir  ring  was  made  and  is  in  possession  of  the 
Gardiner  family,  on  the  occasion  of  the  death  of  John  Lyon 
Gardiner,  the  second  husband  of  Deborah  (Lothrop)  Avery, 
and  fifth  Proprietor  of  Gardiner's  Iskmd,  who  died  May  19, 
1764,  as  jDer  "Magazine  of  American  History,"  Jan.  1885. 


JOHN   AVERY". 

(SECY  JOHN^  JOHN".   RKV.  JOHN'.) 

JOHN  AVERY',  the  only  son  who  grew  to  manhood,  of 
Sec'y  John'  ;ind  Mary  (Gushing)  Avery  was  born  Feb. 
13,  1775,  two  months  before  the  battle  of  Lexington  and 
Concord.  Like  his  father,  grandfather,  and  great-grand- 
father, he  graduated  from  Harvard  College  in  1793,  being 
at  that  time  but  eighteen  years  old. 

Six  years  later  (April  9,  1799,)  he  uiarried  Miss  Harriet, 
daughter  of  Henry  Howell  "Williams,  who  hired  and  farmed 
Noddle's  Island  (now  East  Boston)  where  he  had  a  large 
manor  house  and  lived  in  a  very  hospitable  way,  keeping 
open  house  with  a  large  establishment  and  entertaining 
many  prominent  people  of  the  day.  Tliis  house,  however, 
was  burned  during  the  Bevolution  to  prevent  its  falling 
into  the  hands  of  the  British,  and  Gen.  Washington  gave 
Mr.  Williams  the  barracks,  wliicli,  it  is  thought,  were  at 
Cambridge,  out  of  which  he  built  another  hou.se  on  the 
island. 

About  a  year  after  their  marriage,  John  Avery"  sailed  in 
a  new  vessel  of  liis  own,  uamed  "  Ardelia,"  for  Ai-delia 
Williams,  accom])anied  by  his  wife.  They  sailed  from 
Norfolk,  October  or  November,  1801,   for  England,  leaving 


>^  ?^Z>  t  cT-^^^ij  t^.-.s-'t '"..S^  ■&  <*'-.^-^  <S-^-^  C" 


John    Avery.        Born    1775.        Lost    at    Sea    1801. 


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their  ouly  child  John'",  then  ten  months  okl,  to  the  care  of 
their  parents.  Nothing  Avas  ever  heard  of  the  ship  or  any 
one  on  board  of  her. 

The  chihl  was  brought  np  by  the  Williams  family,  the 
Secretary  dying  soon  after.  He  mai'ried,  and  settled  in 
Lowell,  Mass. 

Through  the  kindness  of  Mr.  John  E.  Sanborn,  of  New 
York  City,  a  great  grandson  of  John  Avery^  we  are  able  to 
give  copies  of  a  few  of  the  original  letters,  written  nearly 
a  century  ago,  which  passed  between  the  Secretary  and  his 
son  John,  the  original  of  which  are  in  his  possession. 

The  first  is  a  copy  of  a  letter  from  John  Avery,  Secretary 

of  State,   Mass.,   to  his  son,  John  Avery,  while   at   Harvard 

College  : 

Boston,  June  17,  17'Jl. 
My  Dear  Child  : 

When  a  Parent  hears  of  the  good  Conduct  of  n  chiUl,  tlie  most 
agreeable  sensations  arise  in  his  breast,  and  they  are  better  felt 
than  expressed,  as  was  the  ease  yesterday,  when  I  had  the  agree- 
able pleasure  of  hearing  the  report  of  the  Hon'ble  and  Rev'd 
Committee  who  were  appointed  to  examine  the  Scholars  in  the 
several  branches  of  Literature  and  among  the  number  of  those 
who  excelled,  I  heard  the  names  of  Paine.  2ud,  and  Avery,  and 
what  gave  me  additional  pleasure,  the  President  came  up  to   me 

and  spoke  of  you  in  the  most  agreeable  terms.  I  told  him  that 
it  was  very  flattering  to  me  and  thanked  him  for  his  politeness, 
and  hoped  that  your  Conduct  would  be,  during  your  stay  at 
College,  sucli  as  to  merit  his  approbation,  and  I  have  not  the 
least  doubt  from  your  filial  Conduct  to  me,  and  the  Goodness  of 
your  Disposition  that  you  will  deserve  the  encomiums  given  you, 
and  may  you  go  thro'  College  with  leputation  to  yourself,  is  the 
prayer  of  an  affectionate  parent. 

This   leaves  our  family,  thro'  Divine  Goodness,  in   good   health 
— if  your  hoarseness  should   increase,  you   will   be   at  liberty   to 
come  home — however,  I  hope  to  hear  that  it  is  better. 
I  am  your  atlectionate  Father, 

Mr.  John  Avery.  John  Avery.   Jun. 


154  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 


Copy  of  a  letter  in  answer  to  the  foregoing  one  by  tlie 
Secretary,  written  by  his  sou,  from  Harvard  College  : 

CAMBRiixiE,  June  25,  17'Jl. 
Honored  Sik  : 

The  narrowness  of  my  genins  will  not  pcimit  nie  to  express 
words  adequate  to  pleasure  that  ai'ise  in  my  bieast  upon  reading 
your  last  letter. 

I  assure  you  that  nothing  could  afford  me  happiness  than  meet- 
ing with  the  a[)probati(ai  of  a  parent,  whom  I  am  bound,  by  all 
the  ties  of  nature  and  alTection.  to  please  for  the  great  care  and 
tenderness  he  has  alwa3's  shown  to  me. 

My  heart  was. never  formed  to  re[iay  with  ingratitude  the  cares 
and  anxieties  of  a  tender  parent,  and  it  lias  always  been  my 
chief  aim  in  i-ndeavoring  to  meet  with  your  approbation,  to  gain 
your  esteem.  ;ind  as  I  have  done  it.  I  feel  a  happiness  arising  in 
my  breast  which  J  am  not  able  to  express.  It  would  be  great 
ingratitude  in  me,  after  the  care  you  taken  in  giving  me  a  genteel 
education,  not  to  l)ehave  well.  I  know  it  must  cause  great  un- 
lia[)[)iness  in  the  breast  of  a  parent  to  see  his  child  leading  a  dis- 
sipated life  and  running  headlong  to  destruction,  after  all  the 
advice  he  has  given  him  and  the  endeavours  taken  to  niak'e 
him  a  gentleman — which  I  have  always  considered,  and  accord- 
ingly have  endeavoured  to  please  you,  and  as  I  have  n)et  with 
your  approbation  I  think  myself  well  rewarded,  and  I  hope  I  shall 
never  give  you  an  occasion  to  alter  your  present  oi)pinion  con- 
cerning Your  dutiful  Son 

J.   A  VERY. 

INIy  cold  is  much  better  than  it  was.  and  I  have  l)een  letl  to 
believe  what  I  coidd  never  l)elieve  Iteforc.  that  my  cough  was 
partly  owing  to  habit.  l)ut  with  great  ditlicnltv  1  have  restrained 
myself,  and  I  think  it  is  much  better  by  it.  My  love  to  all  the 
family. 

Tlic  next  Icttci-  is  dated,  Nvivport,  Sept.  5th,  1795,  written 
to  his  sister,  from  which  wc  give  a  few  extracts.  The  spell- 
ing and  punctuation  are  like  the  origiii.il  : 


.  1  ]  7-;  /.' } '  o  E  XK  A  L  o  r; } '.  ;  55 


"Dear  Sistkr  : 

It  is  with  great  pleasiii-e  I  einluaco  this  opportunity,  liy  INIr 
Williams  who  sets  out  today  or  tomorrow.  I  really  wish  you  had 
been  with  us  as  we  have  had  rare  fun  evei' since  we  left  home  — 
Yesterday  I  was  invited  to  dine  with  the  officers  of  the  militia  who 
paraded  &  made  a  most  noltle  a|)|)earance,  three  out  of  tifty  had 
suns  the  rest  Broomsticks  and  some  of  the  officers  with  scyths 
instead  of  swords,  in  fact  if  you  ever  had  any  Idea  of  Falstaf's 
ragged  regiment  you  will  have  a  clear  Idea  of   that  of   Newport." 

He  goes  on  to  speak  of  a  toast  that  was  drank  to  the 
health  of  the  President  (George  Washington,)  to  which  all 
were  not  agreed,  causing  a  good  deal  of  excitement,  which 
was  not  earily  quieted.  One  of  them  called  him  a 
"  powder'd  headed  stranger."     He  continues  : 

'•  This  has  afforded  me  more  fun  than  I  have  seen  this  long 
time.  Our  friends  here  cannot  think  of  parting  with  us  till  Mon- 
day. I  do  not  know  how  it  will  be  so  you  need  not  exi)ect  us  till 
we  enter  the  House.  Our  family  here  are  all  well  send  theire  love 
to  grandpapa"  (John")  -'papa"  (John''),  "and  each  &  all  of  your 
worthy  family —  accept  my  wishes  for  y(nir  health  &  happiness  & 
believe  me  your  affectionate  Brother  John  Avkhy  Ji:." 

Copy  of  a  letter  from  John  Avery',  son  of  Secretary  Avery, 
to  his  father  : 

LivKRi'Ooi.,  Au(;.  7,  1797. 
Ueak  Father  : 

Suice  writing  to  you  from  Loudon,  I  have  Iteen  with  my  friend 
Mr.  Wainwright  thro'  many  of  the  manufacturing  towns,  where  I 
have  been  able  to  make  u;iany  agreeaiile  ac(p;aintanc-es  —  I  have 
neaily  accomplished  the  whole  of  my  business  in  regard  to  loading 
the  Brig  sent  me  fi'om  Carolina.  I  shall  leave  this  in  a  few  days 
for  Loudon  where  I  shall  hand  Mary  Ann  <m  board  the  first  ship 
for  Boston.  &  unfurl  our  sail  for  a  prosperous  wind  to  waft  me  to 
those  friends  whose  absence  I  now  more  than  ever  r^^-gret. 

Considering  the  many  dithculties  I  have  had  to  encounter,  I 
must  say  I  have  V)een  more  fortunate  than  I  expected.  Times 
have    been    un[)leasaijt    indeed,   &    though    surrounded    by  all  the 


156  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

gaieties  and  follies  of  Europe.  I  have  been  in  a  continued  state  of 
anxiety.  But  I  hope  affairs  are  now  coming  round,  »&  tiiat  Amer- 
icans will  endeavor  to  retrieve  tlieir  former  Character  which  their 
Wild  unmeaning  Speculations  have  almost  lost  tliem. 

Whenever  I  should  recommend  a  man  to  ruin.  I  shall  advise 
him  t<j  take  an  American  Speculation  f(jr  a  |)attern.  A:  he  is  sure 
of  gaining  hi.s  end.  In  fact.  1  an)  heartily  sick  of  the  hue  and  cry 
against  the  American  Credit,  which  reverberates  from  shore  to 
shore,  from  one  end  of  Europe  to  the  other,  &  the  Cause  is  easily 
pointed  out.  IMen  infatuated  with  extension  Credit,  &  blinded  by 
the  glittering  prospect  before  them  thought  not  of  misfoitune,  but 
drowned  in  the  sweets  of  their  imagination  have  gone  headlong  to 
ruin,  deranged  every  system  of  reiiuhu-  negotiations  and  deviated 
(some  tlii'o'  necessity,  and  others  voluntarily)  from  those  rules  of 
honor  upon  which  mercantile  transactions  entirely  depend. 

On  board  the  ship  Hope  I   have   shipped    to  the  Care  of    friend 

the   ware   which    I    promised   to  send    my  mo'^^her  <fc  wiiich  I 

hope  will  be  agreeable  U)  her  mind. 

This  I  think  will  be  the  last  letter  you  will  receive  from  me 
dated  in  Europe,  fori  ho[)e  not  wvAwy'  lUDntlis  after  this  reaches 
you.  io  be  safely  landed  on  my  native  shores.  Should  this  slii[i 
not  sail  till  Sunday,  I  shall  be  able  to  send  you  my  representative, 
which  I  hope  you  will  know. 

With    l)est    love    to    my    mother,    sisters,    biothers    <^^    frienils, 

believe  me 

Your  Ever  Affectionate  Son 

John  Avkky. 

JOHN   AVERY'". 
(JOHN".  JOHN^  JOHN".   KEV.  JOHN'".) 

I.OAVKI.I.,     MASS. 

JOHN  AVERY'",  only  chiUl  of  Jolni' and  Harriet  Howell 
(Williams)  Avery,  born  Jan.  5,  ISOO.  At  the  age  of  nine- 
teen (181".))  he  was  graduated  from  Harvard  College.  Nine 
years  later  (Mar.  (1,  1828),  he  married  Sarah,  dan.  of  Sainntd 
G.  Derby  of  Weston,  and  settled  in  i.owrll.  where  he  engaged 
largely  in  manufacturing.     Children  : 


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i.     Harriet",  b.  Nov  2fi,  1828,  ra.  Dr.  Eben  K.  Sanborn. 

ii.     Jollul^  b.  Juh"  lo,  1830,  m.  Anna  C.  Hodges, 
iii.     Sarah  Derby",  b.  Nov  2,  1831,  d.  Sept  17,  1848. 
iv.     Ardelia",  b.  Jan  (>,  1835,  d.  May  8,  1838. 
John  Averyi"  (bed  1.S64. 

SANBORN. 

Harriet  Williams  Avery",  eldest  daughter  of  Jolm'"  and 
Sarah  (Derby)  Avery  of  Lowell,  Mass.,  was  lioni  Nov.  26, 
1828,  married  iu  Lowell,  Oct.  10,  1855,  Dr.  Ebeu  Kiml)all 
San1)oru,  Surgeon  U.  S.  A.     Children  : 

i.     Charles  Derby i-,  b.  Aug  8,  185G,  died  in  Webster,  Colorado, 

Oct.  13,  1880. 
ii.     Emily'-2,  b.  Oct  8,*  1858,  d.  scarlet  fever,  Jan  17,  1863. 
iii.     John  Eben'-,  b.  Sept  29,  1860. 

Mr.  John  E.  Sanborn  is  book-keeper  in  the  N.  Y.  Mutual 
Gas  Light  Co.,  and  lives  with  his  widowed  mother  at  No. 
36  Union  Square,  N.  Y.  city. 

Dr.  Eben  Kimball  Sanborn  was  Surgeon  of  the  31st  Mass 
Regiment,  under  Gen.  B.  F.  Butler,  also  served  as  Surgeon 
of  1st  Vermont  Regiment  from  April  1861,  to  Sept.  6,  under 
Gen.  John  Phelps,  at  Newport  News,  (as  Post  Surgeon). 
He  died  of  typho-mania  at  Ship  Island,  near  New  Orleans, 
April  3,  1862.  He  was  a  sou  of  Dr.  John  Hilton  Sanborn, 
of  New  Hampshire. 

JOHN   AVERY''. 
(JOHN'",  JC»HN",  JOHN^  JOHN'.   REV.  JOHN'\) 

YONKERS,   N.   Y. 

JOHN  AVERY",  only  son  of  John'"  and  Sarah  (Derby) 
Avery  of  Lowell,  Mass.,  was  born  July  15,  1830,  gradua- 
ted from  Harvard  College  (as  his  ancestors  before  him),  at 
the  age  of  twenty,  (1850),  and  became  a  Civil  Engineer  iu 
New  York.     He  married  Anna  Corinne  Hodges.     Children  : 


158  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 


i.     John'-  1).  Sept  11,  1870. 

ii.      Robert  Livingston'-',  h.  died  soon. 

iii.      Stanley  Roherti-.  b.  Dec  14,  187'J.  bap.  May  15,  1881. 

John  Avery"  was  ruu  over  b^'  a  locomotive  Jau.  30,  1884, 
being  at  that  time  54  years  of  age.  The  following  is  an 
extract  from  a  N.  Y.  daily  at  the  time : 

ENGINKKK  JOHN  .WKRY  KIl.I.KI)  ON  THK  HUDSON   IUVi:U   KOAD. 

Jan.  31.  1884. 

John  Avery,  of  the  Public  Works  Department  of  this  city,  but 
who  lived  at  Yonkers,  started  from  his  residence  at  a  little  before 
9  o'clock  yesterday  morning,  to  walk  down  the  tracks  of  the  New 
York  Central  and  Hudson  River  Railroad  to  Ludlow  station  to 
take  a  train  to  the  city.  The  distance  to  be  traversed  was  about 
a  quarter  of  a  mile  and  the  morning  was  very  foggy.  He  had 
gone  but  a  little  way  when  he  met  an  u[)  freight  train,  and  he 
stepped  on  the  down  track.  At  the  same  instant  the  Poughkeepsie 
special,  due  in  New  Y'ork  at  9. 20,  struck  him  ami  he  fell  under 
the  locomotive,  where  his  body  was  all  cut  up  and  strewn  along  the 
tracks  for  several  hundred  feet.  The  engineer  of  the  Poughkeepsie 
special  did  not  know  that  he  had  struck  any  one  until  he  was 
looking  over  his  engine  at  the  Grand  Central  Station  and  found  it 
besmeared  with  blood.  The  fireman,  on  whose  side  Mr.  Avery 
must  have  l)een  struck,  thought  they  had  run  over  a  dog  at  Lud- 
low, but  the  fog  was  so  thick  he  could  not  say  positively.  INIr. 
Avery  was  Assistant  Engineer  of  the  Sewer  Bureau  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Works,  having  been  in  the  employment  of  the  city 
for  twenty-four  years.  His  great-grandfather  was  the  first  Secre- 
tary of  Massachusetts.  After  being  graduated  from  Harvard  at 
an  early  age,  he  devoted  himself  to  civil  engineering.  He  was 
for  a  time  First  Assistant  Engineer  in  the  Lowell  Water-works, 
and  afterward  he  held  a  similar  position  during  the  construction 
of  the  Brooklyn  Water-works.  He  was  also  for  a  short  time  Chief 
Engineer  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  and  Hartford  Railroad, 
and  since  then  he  has  been  cmjiloyed  in  the  Public  Works  Depart- 
ment of  this  city.  Under  his  superintendence  a  complete  survey 
of  the  sewers  has  been  made.  He  was  one  of  the  oldest  members 
of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  and  ;it  one   time  was 


AVERY    (iENEALUGY.  159 


President  of  tlie  Bluoujincr  Park  Association,  whioli  owns  a  large 
reserve  in  Pike  County,  Penn.  Among  those  who  knew  him  best 
lie  was  esteemed  a  Ihorotioli  and  trustworthy  engineer,  and  socially 
he  was  a  genial  and  pleasant  gentleman.  He  was  54  years  of  age 
and  leaves  a  widow  and  two  children." 

He  was  the  sixth  J(ihu  Avery  of  direct  line  who  have  been 
graduated  from  Harvard  College.  John  A.  Avery'',  sou  of 
John  Avery'"  of  Somerville,  Mass.,  is  a  graduate  of  Harvard, 
class  of  '91,  who  is  also  a  descendant  in  the  direct  line 
from  Job,  the  fifth  sou  of    Rev.  John  Avery'. 

His  sou  John",  sixth  in  descent  from  Eev.  John  Avery"  of 
Truro,  is  a  promising  young  man  of  20,  has  a  good  position 
in  the  office  of  Mr.  Meyers,  City  Engineer,  who  was  a  friend 
of  his  father.  He  is  the  young  man  referred  to  as  now  pos- 
sessing the  Malacca  cane  presented  by  John  Hancock  to 
Sec'y  John  Avery. 

Stanley  Robert",  his  brother,  is  also  spoken  of  as  a 
promising  boy. 


160  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 


FAMILY  AND  GENERATIONS  OF 
REV.   EPHRAIM   AVERY'. 

BROOKLYN,    CONN. 

T^EY.  EPHRAIM  AYERY\  secoud  son  of  Rev.  John"  and 
^  \  Ruth  (Little)  Avery,  was  born  in  Truro,  Mass.,  Apr. 
22,  1713,  graduated  from  Harvard  College  at  the  age  of 
eighteen,  (1731.)  He  settled  in  Brooklyn,  Ci,  was  the  first 
minister  ordained  there,  Sept.  24,  1735. 

He  married  Miss  Deborah  Lothrop  (born  Jan.  9,  1710-7, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Deborah  (Crow)  Lothrop.  In 
Chandler's  copy  of  Records  in  Pomfret,  Conn.,  is  recorded  : 
"  A  marriage  was  solemnized  between  y'  Reverend  Ephraim 
Aver}-  and  Miss  Deborah  Lothrop,  Sep.  21,  1738."    Children  : 

i.     John^  b.  ,Tuly  14,  1731),  (Sat.)  in.  Ruth  Smith, 
ii.  .        f  PLphiaim'^,  b. Apr  13, 1741(Mon.)m. Hannah  Pratt, 

iii.  "■  (  Samuel**,  b.      "      "       "         "       died  soon, 

iv.     Samuer,   h.  Nov.  7,  1742,  (Sun.)  m.  Mrs.  Mary   (Fillis) 

Ackincloss,  N.  S. 
v.     Klisha"^,  b.  Dec.  3,  1744,  (Mon.)  m.  Eunice  Putnam, 
vi.     Elizabeth^,     b.    Dec.    5,    1746,    (Fri.)     m.     Rev.    Aaiun 

Put  nam. 
vii.     Sel)timus^  b.  July  "il,  1749,  (Fri.)  died  Oct.  10,  1754. 
viii.     Del)orah'*,  b.  July  5,  1751,  (Fii.)  m.    Dr.   Joseph   Baker, 
ix.     Ruth^,  b.  Jan.    13,    1754,  (Suu.)    m.    Dr.  John  Brewster 

Hamptdu. 

Of  Ills  call  to  settle  in  the  work  of  ministry,  we  learn  from 
Miss  LarnenVs  "History  of  Windham  County,"  Conn.: 

"The  church  now  (1734)  encouraged  the  Westlake  society  in 
its  renewed  efforts  to  seek  for  a  minister,  and  pursuant  to  the 
advice  of  the  ministry  it  succccdc<l  in  securing  Mr.  Ephraim  Avery 


.-irAViT    GENEALOGY.  161 

of  Truro.  M;iss..  tlu'ii  residiii<>'  in  C'aiubriclgL'.  wlio  was  "raduaUHl 
from  Harvard,  ^~dl.  The  ditlicultii's  and  differences  now  vanished 
and  all  parties  were  satisfied  with  the  gifts  and  abilities  together 
with  the  conversation  of  the  yoiniii  candidate  (in  his  22nd  year) 
and  gladly  united  in  calling  him  to  settlement.  Ca[)t.  Joseph 
Cleveland,  Deacon  "Williams  and  Henry  Cohb  were  ap[)ointed  by 
the  society  to  treat  with  Mr.  Avery  who  in  view  of  the  fluctuations 
in  cnri'ency  then  i)revailing, -agreed  "To  pay  him  yearly  six  pence 
uiion  the  list  of  all  the  polls  and  ratable  estate,  until  it  amounts 
to  one    IuukUxI   and   twenty  [)ounds    in   money  or  bills   of   public 

ci'edit   to  hi  fixed  with  I'espect   to  the  ft)llowing  comnif)di- 

ties  viz:  wheat,  lye,  Indian  corn,  beef,  poik,  sheep's  wool  or  llax  ; 
or  that  the  salary  vary  according  as  the  price  of  them  shall  rise  or 
f  ill  from  the  present  year.  These  terms  being  accepted  by  IMr. 
Aver}'  the  prices  of  the  commodities  were  thus  settled  June  17, 
173."):  wheat  ten  shillings  per  bushel,  rye-seven,  Iudi:in  corn  5, 
beef  4  pence,  tlax  Is.  wool  3  shillings,  pork  G  pence  half  penn}'. 

The  chuich  concurred  with  the  call  given  by  the  societ}'.  The 
work  on  the  Meeting-house  was  now  hastened.  It  was  voted  to 
build  a  pulpit  and  have  pews  all  around  the  house,  only  the  i)lace 
for  the  pulpit  and  the  doors  and  the  stairs  excepted  ;  some  years 
passed  before  these  were  completed." 

(The  site  of  this  Meeting-house  in  Brooklyn,  Conn.,  was  a  few 
rods  west  of  the  present  (1(S74)  Cong,  house  of  worship)).  Mean- 
while a  body  of  seats  was  set  ui)  and  the  house  made  read}'  for  the 
ordination  of  Mr.  Avery  (Wednesday)  Sept.  24,  1735.  All  the 
neighboring  ministers  participated  in  the  service  on  the  occasion. 
The  Rev.  jMr.  Coit  of  Plaiufield  gave  the  charge,  IMr.  Wadsworth 
the  right  hand  of  fellowship,  Mr.  Cabot  the  last  prayer.  The  ser- 
mon was  preached  by  the  father  of  tlie  young  divine  —  Rev.  John 
Avery  of  Truro,  from  2  Tim.  Ic,  11  v — "•Whereunto  I  am  ap[)oiuted 
a  preacher  and  an  apostle  and  teacher  of  the  Gentiles."  The  ord- 
ination dinner  was  prepared  at  Mr.  Jonathan  Cady's,  two  miles 
westward  over  BlackweW s  Brool\  which  being  still  bridgeless  was 
forded  on  this  occasion  by  all  of  the  ministers  and  messengers." 
''  The  prosperity  of  the  Parish  was  greatly  checked  by  prevalent 
sickness  and  mortality.  A  [)leuratic  distemper  in  1753  was  fol- 
lowed in  1754  by  a  malignant  dysentery  especially  fatal  to  children. 
Scarcely  a  family  in  Windham  County  escaped  the  scourge.  *   *  * 

I  I 


162  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 


Ill  Brooklyn  where  it  raged  with  great  violence  al)oiit  seventy 
deaths  were  reported.  Rev.  ^Ir.  Ephraira  Avery  still  ap[)arently 
the  only  medical  i)ractitioner  in  the  vicinity,  night  and  day  minis- 
tered to  the  sick  and  dying  till  he  was  prostrated  and  overcame 
and  fell  a  victim  to  the  disease.  The  death  of  tliiS  excellent  min- 
ister was  greatly  monrned."  *  *  *  *  '^  pje  left  a  widow  and 
seven  children  "  (his  son  Septimus  having  died  Oct.  lOtli.  only  ten 
days  before  his  father.) 

OBITUARY. 

Extracts  from  sermou  at  the  funeral  of  Rev.  Epliraim 
Avery  :  — 

"MOURNING    PIECE." 

"  At  Brooklyn  in  Pomfret.  at  the  funeral  of  Rev.  E|)hraim 
Avery,  Oct.  22ud,  1754,  by  Ebeuezer  Devotion,  X.  M.  Printed  by 
John  Draper,  Boston  1755." 

'•'■  Job  XVII-13  —  '•  The  grave  is  mine  house." 

'•  Concerning   him   the  Rev.  Mr.  Ephraim    Aver}',    formerly   of 

Truro,  Mass.,  Pastor  of  this  tlock." 

"  During  the  time  of  iiis  pid)lic  ministry  which  was  the  lime  of 
my  very  intimate  acquaintance  with  him.  he  appeared  with  a  pecu- 
liai-  lustre  in  the  various  relations  of  life  which  he  sustained  '"  *  * 
"As  to  his  natural  endowments,  he  was  calm,  peaceable,  patient, 
open  hearted,  free  of  access,  sociable,  hospitable,  cheerful,  but  not 
vain,  capable  of  unshaken  friendship — not  a  wit,  but  very  judicious, 
not  of  the  most  ready  and  quick  thought,  but  very  penetrating, 
capable  of  viewing  the  relation  of  things,  comparing  them  and 
drawing  just  conclusions  from  them.  In  a  word,  the  Author  of 
Nature  had  dealt  out  with  a  liberal  hand  to  hi  n,  humanity  and 
good  sense.  As  to  his  acquirements  in  learning  :  he  was  esteemed 
of  the  best  judges  of  his  acquaintances,  a  good  scholar,  a  good 
Divine  and  no  small  proficient  in  st'veral  of  the  liberal  sciences. 

In  |)rivate  life,  he  was  a  hearty,  fast  undisguised  friend,  no  less 
so  in  adversity  than  prosperity — not  capable  of  dissembling 
friendship,  equal  and  just  to  all.  In  his  family  he  was  the  cour- 
teous, obliging,  tender  husband,  the  kind  provident  and  exemplary 
fatlier.  As  a  Cliristian,  those  who  have  been  most  intimately 
acquainted  with  him,  are  witnesses  of  that  humanity,  temperance, 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  163 

sobriety,  gravity,  sincerity,  openness,  honesty,  benevolence,  and 
cliarity  which  have  appeared  in  him.  As  a  minister  of  Clu'ist,  he 
was  an  example  to  his  flock.  His  preaching  was  judicious  and 
pungent,  well  adapted  to  enlighten  the  understanding,  convince 
tile  judgment  and  reform  the  life.  It  was  his  study  and  his  care 
to  fi'ed  his  people  with  knowledge  and  understanding." 

It  is  a  singular  fact,  that  father,  son  and  grandson  all 
died  the  same  year.  Rev.  John  Avery"  died  in  Truro,  Mass., 
April  23rd,  1754,  aged  69.  Rev.  Ephraim  Avery',  died  in 
Brooklyn,  Ct.,  Oct.  20,  1754,  aged  41;  and  Septimus  Avery", 
died  Oct.  10,  1754,  aged  5  3-ears. 

In  the  southwest  corner  of  the  old  cemetery  in  Brooklyn, 
Ct.,  is  his  tombstone  inscribed  thus  :  — 

"  In  memory  of  y*^  Rev*^ 
Mr  Ephraim  Avery 
Pastor  of  y^  Church  of 
Brooklyn  in  Pom  fret, 
Who  departed  this  life 
Oct  -20^^  1754  in  y*^  42"'i 
year  of  his  age  and  20"^'^ 

of  his  ministry. 
"  The  poor  worm  calls  us 
for  his  inmates  there 
and  round  us  Death's  inexorable 
hand,  Draws  y*^  dark 

Curtain  close." 

An  inventory  of  the  Estate  of  Rev.  Mr.  Ephraim  Avery, 
taken  by  the  appraisers  under  oath,  Jan.  2'"',  1755,  shows  him 
to  have  been  worth  £8,984,  8s.  8d. 

The  following  are  a  few  extracts  from  the  Inventory  :  — 

"  Case  of  Drawers  &  Desk  &  Dressing  table 

"  Library  £271.  2.  8.  Bed  &  furniture  £323.  5. 

"  Wearing  apparel 

"  Silver  vessels 

"2  Brass  Kittles  33.     0.  0 


£66. 

00. 

0 

594. 

7. 

8 

244. 

5. 

0 

60. 

0. 

0 

KM  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

'' Fire  slice  ;  Toiiiiiis  3f)s.  1.    10.   0 

'■  u  wutcli  70.      0.   0? 

'•  3  lo<jkiii<j;  gi;i.sses  4.').      0.   0 

'^  27  Chairs  23.    lo. 

"  3  spinning  wiieels  n. 

"  Saddle  Baggs  l-S.    K;. 

*■•  Chair  c^  Furnitui'e  i!v:  Iviinners  GO. 

"  1  yoalc  of  oxen  £120,  4  Cows  £170  2L)0. 

"  4  Heiffers  £120.  3-2  years  old  £60  ISO. 

"  2  year  old  £20.  G  Swine  £3iJ  oi). 

"  20  sheep  £o5,  Ox  yoak,  Clevis  &  Pin  £3  5<S. 

"  Cart  £.30,  Sled  £8,  &  wed2e   GOs  CI. 

"  2  Mairs  &  Colt  £220,  1  yining  horse  £40  2(U). 

■^  Horse  taklin  £3,  Drags  £43.  Rakes  20s.  47. 

"  Honse  land  and  other  l)uildiiigs  G.200. 

"AVoodLott  300. 

Mrs.  Deborali  (Lothrop)  Avery,  who  was  left  a  widow  Oct. 
20,  1754,  at  the  age  of  thirty-eight,  with  seven  children,  mar- 
ried, Nov.  21,  1755,  i'ov  her  second  husband,  Mr.  John 
Gardiner,  5th  Proprietor  of  Gardiner's  Island.  The  cere- 
mony probably  took  place  at  the  house  of  ///.s  brother-in-law 
(her  cousin)  Dr.  Joshua  Lothrop,  (Mr.  Gardiner's  first  wife 
having  died  the  next  day  after  Mrs.  Avery's  first  husband). 
This  union  was  bl3ssed  with  two  children  :  Hannah,  born 
1757,  who  married  June,  1781,  Sam'l  Williams.  She  died  in 
1800,  —  and  Septimus,  born  1759,  who  died  June,  1777,  while 
in  the  army  at  Peekskill,  N.  Y. 

Soon  after  Mrs.  Avery's  marriage  to  Mr.  Gardiner,  she 
was  called  upon  "to  provide  for  the  ordination,  council  and 
other  ministers  and  the  friends  of  Eev.  Mr.  Josiah  "Whiting," 
who  had  been  called  to  be  pastor  of  the  church,  over  which 
her  late  husband,  Rev.  Eijhraim  Avery,  liad  presided,  "at 
the  society's  charge,  receiving  a  hundred  pounds  for  this 
service."  "  Mr.  Whiting  was  a  native  of  Windham  Co.,  born 
in  rhdnfield,  Aug.  11,  17:{1.     Yale  1752." 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  165 


Feb.  4,  175(),  was  the  day  appointed  for  the  ordination,  — 
"  The  da}!-  being  very  fine  and  the  congregation  much  too 
hirge  for  thi  meeting  house,  the  ordaining  services  were 
hehl  on  the  Green,  hidies  using  their  fans  as  freely  as  at 
mid-summer.  All  the  neighboring  miuistars  were  present 
on  this  memorable  occasion."    * 

Mrs.  Deborah  Avery  Gardiner  was  living  at  Gardiner's 
Island,  Sept.  176-4,  as  will  be  seen  by  her  daughter  Eliza- 
beth's' letter  to  her  brother  John . 

She  was  soon  after  called  upon,  for  the  second  time  to 
mourn  the  loss  of  a  companion.  She  married  for  her 
third  husband,  Col.  Israel  Putnam,  June  3'',  1767.  (He  had 
by  his  first  wife  Hannah,  who  died  Apr.  6,  1765,  six  daugh- 
ters and  four  sons,  but  none  by  his  second  wife).  On  p.  -419 
Chandler's  copy  of  Pomfret  Records,  is  found  :  "A  marriage 
w^as  solemnized  between  Col.  Israel  Putnam  and  Mrs.  Deb- 
orah Gardiner,  June  y"  3,  1767."  Miss  Larned,  in  her 
"History  of  Windham  County,"  VoL  2,  p.  6,  says:  "This 
marriage  gave  new^  dignity  to  his  social  position,  bringing 
him  into  connection  with  many  prominent  families  and  with 
the  ecclesiastical  element  so  potent  in  Connecticut  at  this 
period.  Mrs.  Putnam  had  a  large  circle  of  friends  and 
much  social  experience.  Her  husband  was  the  most  popular 
man  of  the  day.  Their  hospitable  home  drev/  throngs  of 
visitants.  Every  soldier  passing  through  Windham  County 
wculd  go  out  of  his  way  to  call  upon  his  beloved  Colouel." 
Cutler  in  his  "Life  of  Putnam,"  says  "his  wife  Deborah 
accompanied  him  in  most  of  his  campaigns  till  her  death." 
On  p.  316  he  says :  "It  was  in  the  midst  of  these  stirring 
scenes  (1777i  when  burdened  with  public  cares,  that  Gen. 
Putnam  was  called  again  to  experience  the  heaviest  of 
domestic  affliction's  in  the  loss  of  his  wife.      She  died  at  his 


106  AVERY   GEXEALOGY. 

quarters  about  a  week  after  liis  removai  to  Fislikill "  (and 
about  ten  days  after  the  loss  of  Forts  Montgomery  and 
Clinton),  "  and  it  is  not  improbable  tliat  lier  death  was  has- 
tened, if  not  caused  by  the  exposure  and  fatigue  incident  to 
this  sudden  change."  In  recounting  Putnam's  eyacuation 
of  West  Point  and  the  cause,  yiz :  his  forces  haying  been 
greatly  reduced,  and  by  a  diyision  of  a  council  of  his  officers 
that  it  Avould  be  impossible  to  maintain  the  Post  against 
superior  numbers,  Cutler  says,  "  it  was  determined  to  retire 
with  the  troops  to  Fishkill,  a  Post  twelye  miles  up  the  riyer 
and  to  commence  immediately  the  remoyal  of  the  stores." 
Gen.  Putnam,  in  his  letter  to  Gen.  Washington,  writes  that 
his  wife  "died  last  Tuesday  night,"  (which  was  Oct.  14, 1777) 
the  letter  being  dated  at  Fishkill,  Oct.  16,  1777,  (which  was 
Thursday). 

Gen.  Washington  in  his  reply  to  him,  dated  Oct.  19,  1777, 
writes  :  — 

"  I  am  extremely  sorry  for  the  death  of  Mrs.  Putnam,  ami  sym- 
pathize with  you  upon  the  occasion.  Kemembering  that  all  must 
die  and  that  she  had  lived  to  an  honorable  age."  (her  CA"'^  year) 
"  I  hope  you  bear  the  misfortune  with  that  fortitude  x\\n\  compla- 
cency of  mind  that  Iteeome  a  man  and  a  christian.  1  am  Dear  Sir 
with  great  esteem  Youi's  etc 

Gko.  Washington." 

Cutler  says:  "In  the  same  dispatch  which  communicated 
these  afHicting  tidings  to  the  Commander-in-Chief,  Gen. 
Putnam  announced  the  surrender  (Capitulation  signed  Oct. 
14,  1777,  at  8  P.  M.,  as  i)er  (loy.  Clinton's  letter  to  Gen. 
Putnam,  dated  Albany,  15tli  Oct.,  1777),  of  Burgoyne,  and 
the  retaking  of  Peekskill  and  the  Highland  passes  on  the 
east  side  of  the  riyer." 

"Bolton  in  his  "Hist,  of  the  Prot.  Epis.  Church  of  West- 
chester   Coniitv.   N.    Y.,  says,    "Mrs.   Putnam    died   at   tlie 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  16; 


Higlilauds,   North  River,   aud   was   buried   iu   Col.  Beverly 
Robinson's  family  vault." 

Gen.  Putnam  died  May  9tli,  1790. 

JOHN   AVERY^ 
(REV.   EFHRAIM".   REV.  JOHN'=.) 

JOHN  AyERY^  eldest  son  of  Rev.  Ephraim'  and  Deborah 
(Lothrop)  Avery,  was  born  iu  Brooklyn,  Ct.,  July  14, 
1739.  Graduated  from  Yale  in  1761.  Studied  Divinity,  but 
relinquished  it  on  account  of  ill  health.  Taught  school  in 
Rye,  N.  Y.  Bolton,  in  his  "Hist,  of  Prot.  Epis.  Church  iu 
Westchester  Co.,  says :  "  The  name  of  Mr.  John  Avery  occurs 
on  the  Society's  list  as  schoolmaster  of  Rye  in  1770,  with  a 
salary  of  £10  per  annum."  He  also  taught  in  Huntington, 
L.  I.,  New  York.  He  married  June  26,  1769,  Ruth  Smith, 
daughter  of  Jehiel  and  Kesia  (Wood)  Smith,  who  Avas  born 
May  5,  1741,  and  baptized  by  Rev.  Ebenezer  Prince,  May  31, 
1741.     Children:  — 

i.     Son-',  1).  Feb.  3,  1774,  died  in  illfllnc3^ 
ii.      Sally9,  b.  Jan.  24,  1776,  died  Sept  4,  1776. 
iii.     John  Smith-',    1).    Dec.    28,    1777,    bap.    by    Rev.  EbtMiezer 

Prince. 
John  Avery^  died  Aug.  20, 1779.    His  widow,  Ruth  (Smith) 
Avery,  soon  followed,  she  dying  Oct.  4,  1779. 

The  will  of  John  Avery'  bears  date  Feb.  10,  1773,  and 
reads  as  follows : 

"  In  the  name  of  God  Amen.  I,  John  Avery  of  Hnntingtcn, 
in  Snffolk  County,  this  tenth  Day  of  Fel)ruary  Anno  Domini  one 
thousand  seven  hundred  and  Seventy  Tlu'ee,  being  weak  in  Body 
but  of  Perfect  mind  and  memory,  and  calling  to  mind  the  Mortality 
of  ray  Body  and  Seeing  that  I  must  shortly  yeald  to  Deatli,  I  do 
make  and  Ordain  this  ray  last  will  and  testament  in  the  following 
manner  and  form  : 


KiS  AVE  It  Y   CENEALOGY. 


'•  Iiii  jiriiiiis.  I  will  c^  okKt  tluit  all  my  Just  Debts  »Jc  Funeral 
Charges  l>e  first  paid,  out  of  my  Estate,  by  my  Executors,  Here- 
after named  and  to  Receive  all  my  .lust  Debts.  Item.  I  give 
and  l)equeatli  unto  my  Loving  Wife,  Kiitli,  the  whole  of  my  Estate, 
to  l)e  at  her  Disposal  as  she  thinks  Propper.  and  I  do  constitute 
and  appoint  toy  Brother,  E[)liraim  Avery,  my  Wife  Ruth  Avery 
and  my  fi'iend  Joseph  Lewis  to  be  my  Sole  Executors  of  this  my 
Last  Wnil  and  Testament,  giving  and  Granting  unto  them,  or 
Either  of  them,  full  powei'  and  authority  to  Execute  this  my  Last 
Will  and  testament,  and  Every  Aitiele  and  Clause  therein  Con- 
tained the  Day  and  year  above  ^Vl•itten." 

Signed.  Sealed  (Signed)  .loiix  Avehy.  [spoJ] 

Pul)lishe(L  Pronounced 

and  Declared  to  be  my 

Last  W\\\  and  Testament 

In  the  Presents  of 

Thomas  Brush  Ju''. 

Elizabeth  Brush. 

The  following  shows  the  disposal  his  widow.  Mrs.  llutli 
(Smith)  Avery,  made  of  her  property  and  child: 

"Personally  ai)[)eared  Before  me,  Mrs.  Hannah  Piatt,  and 
niaUeth  oath  on  the  Holy  Evenjalis  of  almighty  God  :  that  on  the 
23''  of  Sept.  177'J,  as  Slie  was  With  Mrs.  Ruth  Avery:  she  heard 
Mrs.  Avery  tell  her  sister,  Kessiah  Smith,  that  it  Was  her  desire 
she  W^jod  take  her  Child  anil  liriug  it  up  anil  to  inable  her  to  do 
so,  she  Gave  her  all  that  she  left,  after  Paiug  her  dets. 
Sworn  the  '.»lh  of  Oclcber  177'.<. 
Before  me  Zoi)har  Piatt,  .Justice. 

(Signed)  H.-vnxah   Platt." 

JOHN  SMITH  AYEKY". 

John  Smith  Avery",  the  only  son  (who  came  to  years  of 
niatnritv)  of  .Tolnr  and  Rntli  (Smith)  Avery,  l)oru  Dec.  28, 
1777,  was  h'ft  an  ()r])haii  in  tli(>  second  year  of  his  age,  (as 
stated  above)  and  was  bronglil  np  Ly  liis  annt,  Mrs.  Kesia 
(Sniitli)  Titus,  till'  wife  of  Joseph  Titns  of  New  Y«»rk.       He 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  169 

married  Feb.  11,  1813,  (by  Rev.  Edward  Mitchell),  Amelia 
Titus,  daughter  of  Israel  and  Temperance  (NortoD)  Titus,  of 
Huutiuo-tou,  L.  I.,  New  York,  (born  Dec.  8,  1774).  They 
had  one  child :  Walter  Titus  Avery'",  boru  Jan.  18,  1814 

John  Smith  Avery"  was  a  merchant  in  dry  goods,  in  part- 
nership with  his  brother-in-law  Walter  Titus,  under  the  firm 
of  "Titus  and  Avery,"  at  319  Pearl  St.,  New  York,  from  1807 
to  181G,  when  they  were  joined  by  Robert  D.  Weeks  at  312 
Pearl  St.,  under  the  firm  of  "Titus,  Avery  &  Weeks." 

He  retired  from  business  in  1824.  He  resided  at  62  Oliver 
street  in  1813 ;  at  52  Oliver  street  in  1818 ;  at  6  Market  street 
in  1820;  at  31  Market  street  in  1826.  He  died  Apr.  14,  1857, 
in  the  80'"  year  of  his  age.  His  widow,  Amelia  (Titus)  Avery, 
died  Jan.  6,  1863,  in  the  89"'  year  of  her  age,  —  both  at  Old 
Mill,  near  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  at  the  house  of  their  adopted 
daughter,  Mrs.  Mary  Amelia  (Avery)  Ireland,  (dan.  of 
Walter  and  Mary  Titus),  wife  of  Joseph  Norton  Ireland. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Avery  are  buried  in  Greenwood  cemetery, 
Avhere  there  is  a  substantial  granite  monument  erected  to 
their  memory. 

Regarding  his  personal  appearance,  Mr.  Avery  was  of 
light  complexion. 

Mrs.  Avery  was  of  dark  cf)mplexion,  of  fine  personal 
appearance  even  in  old  age.  The  following  lines,  in  refer- 
ence to  her,  were  written  soon  after  her  death,  b}^  her  friend, 
Mrs.  Lathrop,  and  published  in  the  Bridgeport  StamJonl : 

THE  ARM  CHAIR. 

BY  MRS.   K.   A.   B.    LATHROl'. 

It  stands  in  the  cosiest  corner, 

In  the  charming  family  I'oom. 
Where  Christmas  wreaths,  books,  and  pictures. 

Cheat  the  wintiM'  days  of  their  gloom. 


170  AVERY    GSXEALO^Y. 

It  faces  the  western  window. 

Where  age-bedimmed  eyes  could  see. 

Through  the  Itars  of  sunset  spleniloi'. 
A  glimpse  of  the  glory  to  l)e. 

Old  age  it  was  not  unlovely. 

With  its  furrows  and  silver  hair, 
As  her  hands  were  folded  symbolic, 

The  guest  of  the  cushion'd  Arm  Chair 
The  center  of  love  and  duly, 

.She  graciously  took  what  was  {]ui^\ 
One  who  had  W(jrthily  traveled, 

Almost  a  centur}^  through. 

Still  in  its  cosiest  corner. 

The  chair  has  no  tenant  to-night, 
AVe  miss  the  charm  of  a  presence. 

As  we  draw  round  the  evening  light, 
We  talk  as  on  othei'  evenings. 

But  voices  take  tenderer  tone. 
And  e3'es  are  tearfully  glancing 

At  the  chair  in  the  corner  alone. 


Round  it  how  many  memories. 

How  many  fond  thoughts  will  entwine  ; 
For  friends  who  sit  in  the  silence, 

1  venture  to  weave  one  of  mine. 
I  think  of  her  fav'rite  lily. 

That  lay  on  her  iiidlionless  breast. 
As  fohU'd  down  in  her  casket. 

Sublimely  she  entered  her  rest. 

One  C)f  the  loyal  old  painters 

Placed  a  lily  in  JMai'y's  hand. 
As  she  announced  her  glad  tidings 

To  one  of  the  angelic  band. 
Next  to  the  message  of  Mary, 

^^'hat  welcome  news  could  one  l>ear. 
Than  almost  a  cycle  of  duty. 

Well  done,  to  the  anirel  of  prayer. 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  171 

WALTER  T.  AYERY'". 

Mr.  Walter  T.  Avery'",  Esq.,  of  New  York,  the  only  sou  of 
Joliu  Smith"  and  Amelia  (Titusj  Avery,  was  born  in  that  citj^ 
Jan.  18,  1814. 

Mr.  Avery  is  a  gentleman  greatly  interested  in  the  gene- 
alogy of  the  Avery  family,  and  has  spent  both  time  and 
money  in  searching  for  the  same ;  not  only  in  all  parts  of 
this  country,  but  in  England  as  well,  the  home  of  our  first 
ancestors.  These  records,  which  he  has  taken  such  infinite 
pains  to  gather,  he  kindly  placed  at  our  disposal,  without 
which,  it  would  have  been  an  impossibility  to  present  any- 
thing like  a  complete  record. 

As  the  success  of  this  book  has  depended  so  much  on 
him,  we  thought  it  proper  his  portrait  should  appear,  but, 
we  regret  to  say,  he  declined  to  be  so  represented.  There- 
fore we  must  be  content  to  present  but  a  brief  sketch  of  his 
life. 

In  features  and  complexion  he  resembles  his  mother, 
possessing  the  Avery  firmness  of  expression.  He  was 
brought  up  by  very  indulgent  parents.  At  the  age  of 
eighteen,  (1832),  he  graduated  from  Columbia  College,  and 
commenced  civil  engineering  in  1836,  on  the  location  of  the 
Croton  Aqueduct,  and  in  1817  was  Assistant  Engineer  in 
the  survey,  location  and  completion  of  the  upper  part  of 
the  New  York  division  of  the  Hudson  River  Railroad.  In 
the  spring  of  1850  he  went  to  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  and  the 
next  year  went  to  Stockton,  remaining  there  five  years,  sell- 
ing supplies  for  the  miners,  under  the  firm  of  "Avery  and 
Hewlett."  Returned  to  New  York  in  1856  and  formed  a 
partnership  with  an  old  friend,  as  Importers  and  Commission 
Merchants,  under  the  firm  of  H.  E.  Blossom  k  Co.,  and  at 
his   death   in  1863,   continued  the   business  witli   a  former 


172  AVE II  Y    (rENEALOGY. 

clevk  of  bis,  uuder  the  tirm  of  "Avery  uiul  Lockwood,"  till 
Jauuarv,  1885,  when  he  retired.  Mr.  Avery  spends  his 
Winters  with  his  Ci^iisin,  Mrs.  Dr.  Emerson,  81  Madison 
Avenue,  and  his  Sumnir'rs  at  a  quiet  village  just  out  of  Xew 
York.     He  was  never  married. 

REV.   EPHRABl   AVERY^ 

(RKV.    EI'IIRAIM'.    RI^V.   JOIIN''  ) 

i;vi;.   N.    Y. 

F>EV.  EPREAIM  AYEEY",  second  son  of  Eev.  Ephrainr, 
-''X  and  Del)orali  (Lothrop)  Avery,  of  Brookh'u,  Conn.,  was 
horn  Monday,  April  lo,  1741,  "graduated  from  Y^ale  in  17G1,. 
the  same  year  as  his  brother  Jolnr. 

By  a  singular  coincidence,  Jolni''  and  Ephraim',  the  two 
eldest  sons  of  Rev,  John'',  of  Ti'uro,  were  graduates  from 
Harvard  in  77o'/.  And  John"  and  Ephraim',  the  two  eldest 
sons  of  Rev.  Ephraim  Avery"  of  ljro«)klyn,  Conn.,  from  Yale 
in  UHh 

\xi\.  Ephraim  Avery'  married  Hannah  Platt("?).    Children: 

i.      II;iiiii:ili  IMatl'.  li.   Apr.   IC.   17(;;i.  in.  St^'plini  liariiU. 

ii.      Kli/.aliftli    I)i-n|)ii''.    I..  Aim',  .".i,   ITC'..  iii.  ('luirc-li  (  ?) , 

who    (lied    in    Wi'sl     Indies.  [)rr   Icttei' of    Mn.--lia  I>.''  ti~) 
Saui'r,  \)vv.   1.'),  17',l;l. 
iii.      John  Wiliiain',  li.  .M:iy  i' 1 .  17(!7.  lived  in  .Stralt'ord.  Conn. 
i\-.      Mlisha   I.Mlhi-o|)-',  1).   Nov.  27.   I  7('>S. 
V.      ,Ios,'i,h  IM.itl'.  1).  I\Iar.  21.   1771. 
vi.      Dihoi-ah  riitnam'.  Ii.  .lunc  1.   177.'). 

Rolton,  in  his  "Hist,  of  Prot.  Episcc^pal  Church"  in  West- 
chester County,  N.  Y.,  says:  — 

''Soon  al'ici'  (he  Rev.  I-"iihrniin  .\vei-y~  lefl  collei^e.  lie  went  to- 
New  .lersev  tind  laniiht  .seliool.  ;it  a  place  calleil  Second  Rivei'.  in 
llie  lownsliip  of    New;iik.       Re\-.  I>aae  Rrowii.  Newark,  in  his  let- 


AVE  NY    GEXEALOGY.  173 

tLM'b  uf  Oct.  G.  17(i2.  niul  Apr.  C..  ITn:].  \vii1(H.  "•thai  Mf.  Aveiy, 
j\  Yoiiiiu'  iiiMitlc'inau  uradiiated  t'lom  Yale  Colleue.  has  taken  cai'e 
of  tlie  school  at  Second  RiviT  fioni  Dec.  1.  ITfil."  While  there 
ho  turned  his  attention  to  theolo2_v.  and  was  considered  a  veiy 
|iri)Uiisiii<i-  young  man.  He  then  wmt  to  England,  and  was 
cu'daini'd  Deacon  and  Priest  liy  Dr.  Ilinchman.  Uishop  of  London. 
1705.  heing  well  reconiuiended  liy  the  clei'uy  of  New  .Jersey  and 
others,  and  found  worthy  hy  the  Lord  IJishop  of  London,  was 
aj^pcjinted  to  the  vactmi  mission  of  l»ve,  N.  Y.,  liy  (iov.  Cadwal- 
hider  Cohlen,  Sejjt.  *.).  ITliu,  IJectoi'  (jf  Grace  Church  of  the  Pari.^h 
<'f  Kye.  including  Maniaroneck  and  Bedford. 

In  17G7.  3Ir.  A\er_v  recei\ed  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  from 

King's  College,  N.  V.,  a  literal y  honor  which  he  lichly  desei'ved." 

*       *       *       1774.      ''Soon  after  this,  the  Clergy  of  the  Chnrch 

of   England    fell    upon    troublous  times,  which  tiied  to  the  utmost 

the  firmness  of  men. 

The  Kevolutionary  "War  liroke  out,  ihi'eatening  an  utter  disrup- 
tion of  the  ties  which  had  so  long  hound  the  Colonies  and  the 
Mother  country  together.  The  relations  of  the  Clergy  with  the 
latter,  were  of  a  more  close  and  enduring  character  than  those  of 
almost  any  otliei'  class  of  men"  *  *  *  *  *  «■  they  went  on 
feteadily  with  their  duty  in  tlieii'  sermons  ;  without  touchiuu'  on 
l)olitics,  using  their  influence  to  allay  political  heats  and  cherish  a 
spirit  of  loyalty  amonu'  Iheir  people.  This  conduct,  however 
haimless.  gave  great  offence.  They  were  everyvvhei'e  threatened, 
and  oflen  reviled,  and  sometimes  treated  with  brutal  violence." 
*  *  *  *  "At  Rye,  Mr.  Avery  was  a  princii)al 

suffei'er.  Mis  hoi'ses  were  seized,  his  cattle  driven  off,  and  his 
property  plundered.  His  death,  supi)osed  liy  some,  to  have  lieen 
occasioned  by  these  losses,  liai)penod  soon  after."  The  Society's 
Abstracts  foi'  1776  say:  "  B\'  a  private  letter  received  fiv.m  Mi', 
lugles,  it  appears  that  Mr.  Avery  was  murdered  in  a  most  bailiar- 
ous  manner,  on  the  fifth  of  last  November,  for  refusing  to  pray 
for  Congress,  his  thi-oat  having  been  cut  and  his  body  shot  through 
and  thrown  in  the  public  highway."  *  *  "Tradition,  however, 
I'eports  that  Mr.  Avery  was  murdered  b^'  one  Hains.  an  Irish 
Jesuit,  who  kept  ?  private  school  which  stood  upon  or  neai-  the 
site  now  (1855)  occuiiied  by  a  carriage  shed,  directly  opfiosite  the 
Church  at  Rye.       It  is  said  that  frequent  discussions  on   religious 


174  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

topics  had  taken  i)lace  between  them  ;  on  these  occasions  Mr. 
Avery  was  always  observed  to  maintaiii  his  argument  with  great 
coolness  and  moderation,  while  his  antagonist,  who  was  of  a  vio- 
lent temper,  would  betray  the  woi'st  feelings.  Under  the  garb  of 
liberty,  the  murderer  waylaid  and  sliot  the  innocent  and  defence- 
less victim,  cut  his  throat  and  dragged  his  body  into  the  highway. 
But  the  conscience  stricken  niurderer  found  no  lest,  and  tinaliy 
removed  to  Ohio.  Not  long  after  he  was  tried  for  a  second  mur- 
der, and  condemned  to  the  gallows.  According  to  an  account  of 
his  execution,  published  in  one  of  the  Ohio  papers  of  the  day. — 
on  the  bolts  being  drawn,  the  rope  l)roke  and  the  unfortunate  man 
fell  to  the  ground.  Then  he  entreated  the  officers  to  spare  him  a 
few  moments  ;  when  he  declared  that  he  first  shot  Mr.  Avery  and 
then  cut  his  throat."  "  Related  on  the  testimony  of  Mrs.  Wetmore 
and  other  aged  inhabitants  of  the  Parish,  who  have  heard  their 
parents  speak  of  Hains,  and  rememlier  to  have  seen  the  account 
of  his  execution  in  the  papers  of  the  day."  '•  The  remains  of  Mr. 
Avery,  with  those  of  his  wife,  repose  in  the  luirying  ground 
belonging  to  the  church,  on  the  opposite  side  of  Blind  Brook." 

The  inscription  on  her  tombstone  is  as  foHows : 

'•  Sacred 

to  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Hannah 

late  Consort  of 

the  Rev.  Ephraim  Avery 

who  having  lived,  greatly 

beloved,  Died  universally 

lamented,  after  six  weeks 

excruciating  pain  on  y''  13tli 

Day  of  May,  A.  I).  ITTH  in  y 

SOth  year  of  her  Age. 

Blessed  arc  the  dead 

who  die  in  the  Lord." 

REV.(?)  JOHN  WILLIAM  AVERY^ 
(REV.  EPIIRABP,  REV.   EITIRAIM",  REV.  JOHN".) 

STKATFOUD,    CONN. 

JOHN  W.  AVERY",  eklest  son  (third  ehihl)  of  Rev.  Ei)hrainr 
and  Hannah   (Phitt(?)  Avery,  was  born  in  Rye,  N.  Y.(?), 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  175 

May  24,  1767,  m.  Sarah  Fairchild  of  Stratford,  Coim. 
Children:  — 

i.     John  WilUain'",  b.  17'J-.       In  early  hfe  was   lost  at   sea  in 
tlie  Jeannette. 

ii.      Samuel  Putnam^",  li.  Jan.  1797,  m.  Hannah  Parke. 

iii.     Sarah  Elizabeth  (Betsey)'",  b.  ,  m.  E.  R.  Dupignac. 

iv.     Elisha  Lothrop"\  b.  1799,  ui.  Jane  Gunning. 

John  William  Avery'  died  in  1799,  aged  32  years.  We 
have  been  nnable  to  gather  anything  touching  his  life  and 
character.  A  grand  daughter  remembers  of  having  been 
told  that  he  was  a  clergy^man.  It  is  probable  that  he  was, 
as  he  was  the  eldest  son  and  a  descendant,  in  a  direct  line, 
of  three  generations  of  Episcopalian  clergymen.  It  is  to  be 
regretted  that  the  records  are  so  scant  concerning  his  life. 

Mrs.  Sarah  (Fairchild)  Avery  is  remembered  as  a  fine 
looking  old  lady.  She  lived  during  the  later  years  of  her 
life  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Sarah  B.  Dupignac,  New  York, 
until  her  death  several  years  ago.  A  marble  stone  in  the 
yard  of  the  Episcopal  church  at  Stratford,  Conn.,  marks  her 
resting  place. 

SAMUEL  PUTNAM  AVERY^'^. 

(JOHN    W.9,    REV.  EPHRAIM^    RP:V.    EPHRAIM^    REV. 

JOHN^) 

NEW    YORK    CITY. 

^AMUEL  p.  AVEEY^",  b.  Jan.  1797,  son  of  John  William'* 
p^  and  Sarah  (Fairchild)  Avery,  m.  Jan.  1,  1821,  Hannah 
Ann,  (b.  Apr.  24,  1805),  dau.  of  Capt.  Benjamin  Parke,  (who 
died  Aug.  5,  1807,  aged  41  j^ears,  as  is  inscribed  on  his 
tombstone,  yet  standing  in  good  preservation  in  old  Trinity 
church  yard.  New  York  cit}-).     Children  : 


176  AVERY    GEKEALOGY 


i.      SiiimiL'l  I'utiiniii".  1).  Mar.    17.    1)S22.    in.  Maiy   A.  Ugdeii. 
ii.     Iluiiiitili    Stiintoii",    1).    Oct.    12.    1824,     m.     Charles    R. 

Cornell, 
iii.      Susiin    .laiu'".    1).    Dec.      11.    182G,     in.    Stephen    Avery, 
iv.     Benjaniui     Parke",     1).      Nov.     11,      1828,     ni.     Mary  A. 

Fuller. 
V.      Mary    Kebeeca    Halsey",    b.    Aug.     lU,     1830,     m.     Rev. 

T.  I)e.  Witt  Talmage. 
vi.     Charles  R.  Cornell",  b.  Oct.  1832,  d.  Aug.  5,  1833. 

Mr.  Sam'l  Piituum  Avery^",  soon  after  learning  the  .shoe- 
maker's trade,  went  from  Stratford,  Conn.,  early  in  life,  to 
New  York  city,  and  opened  a  shoe  store  in  Catharine  street, 
in  a  building  yet  standing.  He  afterwards  became  the  pro- 
prietor of  a  hotel,  called  the  "East  Eiver  Mansion  House," 
where  he  died  of  cholera,  in  1832,  aged  35  years. 

Hannah  A.  (Parke)  Ayery  was  but  two  j-ears  of  age  when 
her  father  died.  Her  husband  dying  when  her  children 
were  small,  their  training  deyolyed  upon  her,  and  it  is  eyi- 
dent  that  she  must  haye  been  a  woman  of  noble  character, 
in  her  influence  upon  her  children,  one  of  whom,  Beuj. 
Parke,  often  referred  to  her  as  the  "polar  star"  of  his  life, 
and  to  the  high  principles  of  honor  Avliich  she  inculcated  in 
her  family.  After  the  death  of  Mr.  Ayery,  she  married  John 
N.  Coyne,  —  and  after  hii?  death,  married  in  1858,  John  Owen 
Rouse,  of  Jersey  city,  who  suryiyes  her.  She  died  June  2(i. 
1888,  at  Jersey  City.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Episcopal 
Church  in  her  earlier  years,  but  on  her  third  marriage, 
became  connected  with  the  Methodist  Church,  —  of  which 
her  husband  was  a  member. 


Samuel   P.  Avery.      Born  1822. 


AVEIiY   GENEALOGY.  177 

SAMUEL  P.  AVERY". 

(S  AM'L  P.io,  JOHN  W.^  KEV.  EPHRAIM^  REV.  EPHRAIM', 

REV.  JOHNfi.) 

NEW    YORK. 

^AMUEL  PUTNAM  AVEEY",  eldest  son  of  Samuel  P.^" 
f^  aud  Hannah  (Parke)  Avery,  was  born  in  New  York 
city,  Mar.  17,  1822,  m.  Nov.  24,  1844,  Mary  Ann,  (b.  Dec.  1, 
1825),  daii.  of  Henry  Aaron  and  Katharine  (Conklin)  Ogdeu, 
of  New  York.     Children  :  . 

i.  Mary  Henriettai'^,  b.  Oct.  4,  1845. 

ii.  Samuel  Piitnumi^,  b.  Oct.  7,  1847. 

iii.  FauDie  Falcoueri^,  b.  Nov.  3,  1849,  m.  Rev.  M.  P.  Welcher. 

iv.  Henry  Ogcleiii2,  b.  Jan.  31,  1852,  d.  Apr.  30,  1890. 

V.  Emma  Parkei^  b.  Aug.  29,  1853,  d.  Aug.  31,  1857. 

vi.  Ellen  Walters^a,  b.  Jan.  1,  1861. 

Samuel  P.  Avery"  is  so  widely  known  from  his  connection 
with  art,  both  in  xlmerica  and  in  the  Old  World,  that  an 
extended  notice  of  him  here,  will  be  of  great  interest  to  our 
readers.  He  began  engraving,  as  a  mere  boy,  in  a  bank-note 
engraving  company.  He  must  have  had  a  genuine  art 
inspiration,  for  he  soon  passed  without  a  teacher,  into  wood 
engraving,  and  during  the  Mexican  war  engraved  portraits, 
plans  of  battle  fields,  etc.,  for  the  "Herald."  Then  he 
worked  for  the  Harper's,  Putnam,  Appleton,  Robert 
Carter  Bros.,  Dick  and  Fitzgerald,  and  other  publishers, 
occasionally  editing  and  illustrating  compilations  of  his  own 
selection.  Thus  he  became  intimate  with  artists  and  art 
lovers,  and  was  the  means  of  bringing  them  into  intimate 
relationships.  In  the  meantime,  he  was  forming  a  collection 
of  cabinet  pictures  at  his  residence  in  Brookhm,  which  were 
freely  displayed.      But  these  collections  interfered  with  the 

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178  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

regular  pursuit  of  liis  profession,  and  in  1865  he  removed 
his  engraving  rooms  from  down-town  to  the  corner  of  Broad- 
way and  Fourth  street,  and  pursued  the  business  of  engrav- 
ing, art  publishing,  and  dabbling  in  pictures.  In  1867  he 
was  appointed  Commissioner  to  go  abroad  in  charge  of  the 
American  Art  department,  at  the  Paris  Universal  Exhibi- 
tion, where,  in  his  double  capacity  of  artist  and  official,  he 
made  extensive  acquaintance  with  the  artists  of  all  countries, 
and  studied  the  merits  of  all  schools.  He  also  made  pur- 
chases on  his  own  account,  and  for  American  collectors. 
Returning  to  New  York  in  1868,  he  opened  business  at  88 
Fifth  Avenue,  where  for  twenty  years  he  continuously 
'  improved  the  class  of  works  in  which  he  dealt,  and  whence 
he  has  distributed  all  over  the  country,  the  best  examples 
of  the  most  noted  names  in  foreign  and  domestic  art.  Dur- 
ing this  period  he  has  made  public  exhibitions  of  paintings, 
water  color  drawings,  etchings,  porcelains,  bronzes.  Arc,  etc., 
—  thereby  doing  much  to  elevate  the  public  taste,  and  to 
increase  knowledge  in  works  of  art.  In  addition  to  the 
management  of  his  own  gallery,  Mr.  Avery's  knowledge, 
sound  judgment,  and  correct  business  jDrinciples,  have 
caused  him  to  be  called  upon  as  an  expert  in  various  ways, 
in  the  forming  of  private  collections  of  art,  (notably  that  of 
the  late  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Yanderbilt),  and  in  the  conduct  of 
important  sales  at  auction.  He  has  always  been  active  in 
all  public  enterprises  aj^pertaining  to  the  arts,  was  long  the 
Secretary  of  the  Art  Committee  of  the  Union  League  Club, 
and  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Metropolitan  Museum 
of  Art,  to  which  institution  he  has  made  various  gifts,  of 
which  he  still  remains  a  Trustee  and  active  member.  He 
was  also  one  of  the  committee  for  the  erection  of  the 
Bartholdi  "Statue  of  Liberty"  in  New  York  harbor. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Century,  LTuion  League,  and  the 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  179 

Grolier  Clubs,  is  a  life  member  of  the  Historical,  Geo- 
graphical, Free  Library,  Arclieological  and  other  societies, 
also  being  connected  with  charitable  institutions.  Although 
now  retired  from  business,  he  still  keeps  up  his  interest 
in  art  matters,  and  is  a  free  lender  to  exhibitions  of  various 
kinds,  from  his  fine  collection  of  pictures,  etchings,  rare 
books  and  fine  bindings  and  bric-a-brac  of  various  kinds. 
Mr.  Avery  is  so  distinctly  a  product  of  the  American  taste 
for  art,  that  it  will  prove  interesting  to  the  general  reader, 
to  learn  of  his  achievements,  for  it  is  the  story  of  a  man 
who  has  done  much  for  the  Art  advancement  of  the  country. 
He  is  the  author  of  "Some  notes  on  the  history  of  the 
Fine  Arts  in  New  York  City,  during  the  past  fifty  years," 
prepared  for  a  "History  of  New  York  City,"  and  a  full 
account  of  its  development  from  1830  to  1884,  by  Benson 
J.  Lossing,  L.  L.  D.  When  Mr.  Lossing's  book  was  issued, 
Mr.  Avery's  article  was  largely  copied  in  the  various  art 
journals. 

Mr.  Avery  is  succeeded  in  his  business  by  Samuel  P. 
Avery,  Jr.,  at  368  Fifth  Avenue.  The  Avery  collection  of 
Oriental  porcelain,  purchased  and  presented  by  his  friends 
to  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art  in  New  York,  —  now 
removed  to  Central  Park,  —  is  said  to  be  one  of  the  most 
complete  that  has  ever  been  brought  together  in  this  coun- 
try. Among  the  more  than  twelve  hundred  pieces,  there  are 
very  few  inferior  pieces  to  be  found,  and  "to  collect  these 
took  more  than  twelve  years,  and  nearly  as  many  trij)s  to 
all  the  collecting  centres  of  Europe,  not  to  speak  of  the 
exceptional  opportunities  which  the  knowledge,  experience, 
and  exquisite  taste  of  the  collector,  to  unite  these  speci- 
mens." A  number  of  fine  pieces  were  purchased  in  Pekin 
by  Mr.  Avery's  brother,  then  U.  S.  minister  to  China. 


180  ^  AVERY   GEXEALOfrY. 

Mr.  Averv  is  a  modest,  unassuming  man,  generous  and 
public  spirited.  He  lias,  since  his  sou  Heni-y's  death,  made 
a  munificent  endowment  to  Columbia  College,  N.  Y..  of 
which  mention  will  l3e  made  later.  He  with  his  estimable 
wife  and  family,  live  quietly  at  their  residence.  No.  4  East 
38th  St.,  New  York  city.  Mrs.  Avery  is  a  most  excellent 
lady,  of  refined  and  gentle  manner,  a  w^orthy  companion  and 
true  friend ;  is  devoted  to  charitable  deeds,  and  a  regular 
contributor  to  many  worthy  societies.  Much  interested  in 
the  educational  advancement  of  the  Indians  and  negroes,  she 
has  aided  this  cause  in  various  ways.  She  receuth'  gave 
the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars  to  endow  a  free  bed  in  the 
hospital  for  relief  of  ruptured  and  crippled  children  in  New 
Y'ork,  and  in  memory  of  her  son  Henry.  In  early  life  she 
was  a  Methodist,  but  since  her  marriage  has  been  a  member 
of  the  Fifth  Avenue  Presbyterian  Church,  of  Avhicli  Rev. 
John  Hall,  D.  D.,  is  pastor. 

MARY  HENRIETTA  AVERY'^ 

eldest  daughter  of  Samuel  P."  and  Mary  A.  (Ogden)  Avery, 
born  at  Brooklyn,  Oct.  4,  1845;  is  a  member  of  Dr.  John 
Hall's  church,  and  President  of  the  "Loan  Relief  Society,"' 
and  engaged  in  other  charitable  work. 

SAMUEL  PUTNAN  AVERY,  JR.>\ 

eldest  son  (second  child)  of  Samuel  P."  and  Mar}'  A.  (Ogden) 
Avery,  born  at  Brooklyn,  Oct.  7,  1847.  Received  a  good 
commercial  education,  and  assisted  his  father  in  his  business 
until  he  succeeded  him.  Has  traveled  abroad,  and  is  now 
recognized  as  an  expert  in  fine  art  matters.  Is  a  member  of 
the  Manhattan,  Athletic  and  o'her  clul)s. 


A  VER  Y    GENEAL  OG  Y. 


181 


HEXRY  OGDEX  ATEEY' 


HENRY   OGDEN   AVEEYI-.      BORN    l.SS'J;    DIED    1X90. 

Henry  Ogdeu'-',  tlie  second  son  of  Samuel  P."  and  Mary 
(Ogden)  Avery,  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  31,  1852, 
died  April  30,  1890.  His  rare  character  and  attainments, 
lost  to  the  woi'ld  in  his  early  manhood,  are  Avorthy  of  an 
extended  notice  in  our  pages. 


1S2  AVEEY    GEXEALOGY. 

He  early  developed  a  strong  interest  in  art,  and  entering 
the  Cooper  Union  Art  School  Avhile  quite  young,  his  atten- 
tion was  especially  turned  to  architecture.  In  1870  he  was 
admitted  as  a  student  to  the  office  of  his  father's  friend, 
Mr.  Kussell  Sturgis,  honorably  known  as  a  professor  of 
architecture.  In  September,  1872,  he  entered  the  the  £cole 
des  Beaux  Arts,  where  he  applied  himself  with  great  zeal 
to  master  his  chosen  profession,  and  not.  only  to  that,  but 
to  "  the  study  of  languages,  of  music,  of  political  economy, 
the  history  and  laws  of  the  land  of  his  birth,  for  which  he 
always  manifested  a  fervent  patriotism  and  to  the  strength- 
ening of  his  general  education."  This  was  his  life  up  to 
August,  1879,  when  he  returned  to  his  native  country,  and 
soon  after  entered  the  office  of  Mr.  Eichard  M.  Hunt,  then, 
as  now,  one  of  the  best  known  and  strongest  of  American 
architects.  Here  he  assisted  in  executing  most  important 
commissions.  In  1883,  he  opened  an  independent  office  in 
the  building  containing  his  father's  art  galler}'.  No.  86  Fifth 
Avenue.  During  the  years  that  followed  he  executed  many 
successful  designs,  notably  among  these  being  the  fire 
monument,  erected  by  the  city  oi  Milwaukee,  in  memory  of 
those  who  lost  their  lives  at  the  great  fire,  the  pedestal  of 
Mr.  Launt  Thompson's  equestrian  statue  of  Gen.  Burnside 
at  Providence,  E.  I.,  and  the  pedestal  of  Mr.  Charles 
Calverley's  statue  of  Eolx'vt  Burns  in  the   Park   at  All)any. 

He  prepared  the  plans  for  the  building  and  art  galleries 
at  No.  368  Fifth  Avenue,  where  he  opened  a  new  office  in 
December,  1887.  "  It  was  at  this  office  in  the  closing  years 
of  his  life  that  he  made  liis  tlioughtful  drawings  for  the 
Grant  Monument  competition,  and  for  the  Soldiers'  Monu- 
ment at  Indianapolis,  besides  iii;iiiy  other  elaborate  designs 
for  monuments  ])ioposed  dmt  no' erected)  at  New  Haven, 
Nashville,  and  C'lcvc  land. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  1S> 


o 


"  Meantime,  liis  professional  zeal  was  too  ardent  to  be 
contented  with  ordinary  routine.  He  delivered  lectures 
before  tlie  Architectural  League  and  the  Gotham  Art 
students,  and  wrote  for  Scribner's  Magazine  for  October, 
1887,  a  history  of  the  Paris  School  of  fine  arts,  also  other 
articles  for  several  periodicals  on  topics  connected  with 
art.  *  *  *  "  He  achieved  much,  and  it  must  be  that 
greater  achievements  lay  before  him.  But  the  end  followed 
quickly.  From  December  until  the  last  day  of  April  there 
was  a  brave,  unavailing  struggle  for  life.  But  disease  con- 
quered, and  on  April  30,  Henry  Avery  passed  away  calmly 
and  peacefully  at  his  home,  with  the  members  of  his  familj^ 
beside  him." 

"  The  funeral  services  were  held  at  his  father's  residence. 
No.  4  East  38th  Street,  on  Friday,  Ma^^  2.  The}'  were  con- 
ducted by  his  pastor  and  friend.  Dr.  John  Hall,  whose 
church  he  had  attended  for  many  years.  He  had  been  a 
most  dutiful  and  loving  son  ;  as  a  child  his  disposition  was 
singularly  sweet  and  winning ;  as  a  man,  he  was  tender 
hearted,  always  ready  to  aid  the  distressed."  His  early 
death  is  not  only  a  loss  to  art,  but  to  the  community.  Such 
a  man's  place  is  not  easily  filled.  The  various  societies  of 
which  h"e  was  a  member,  passed  resolutions,  honorable 
tributes  to  his  character. 

"  In  memory  of  this  son,  his  parents  have  founded  for 
he  benefit  of  Columbia  College  Library,  an  architectural 
department,  which  is  to  bear  his  son's  name.  The  "  Avery 
Architectural  Library "  will  consist  of  Henry  O.  Avery's 
own  fine  collection  of  works  in  architecture  and  art,  largely 
augmented  from  the  matchless  private  library  of  his  father, 
and  further  fortified  and  completed  by  many  rare  and  costly 
works,  for  which  Mr.  Avery's  orders  to  the  bookseller  are 
now  being  filled.     To  further  provide  that  the   collection 


184  AVERY    GENEALOGY 


may  be  kept  up  to  date,  Mr.  Avery  has  sent  to  the  treasurer 
of  Cohimbia  $15,000,  the  income  of  which  will  be  used  to 
purchase  new  puldications  bearing  upon  architecture.  The 
value  of  the  whole  gift  is  about  $50,000."  Each  volume 
will  contain  an  engraved  book  plate  stating  the  cause  of  the 
endowment.  A  memorial  stained  glass  window  has  been 
put  in  as  a  friendly  offering  by  the  late  Daniel  Cottier,  an 
artist  distinguished  in  London  and  New  York.  A  bronze 
tablet  is  on  the  walls  bearing  this  inscription — "  In  memory 
of  our  beloved  associate,  Henry  Ogden  Aver}',  and  in  recog- 
nition of  the  generous  provision  made  in  his  name,  here  and 
elsewhere,  for  the  more  thorough  study  of  the  art  he  loved 
and  served.  We,  the  members  of  the  Architectural  League 
of  New  York,  have  set  up  this  tablet  on  the  first  anni- 
versary of  his  death,  April  30,  1891."  Later  on,  a  bronze 
memorial  will  be  erected  in  the  library,  bearing  his  like- 
ness and  a  figure  emblematic  •)f  architecture,  modeled  by 
the  celebrated  sculptor.  Chaplain,  of  Paris. 

FANNIE  FALCONER  (AYEEY'^)  AYELCHEE, 

second  daughter  (third  child)  of  Samuel  P."  and  Mary  A. 
(Ogden)  Avery,  was  born  Brooklyn,  Nov.  3,  1819,  married 
Feb.  15,  1881,  Rev.  Manfred  P.  Welcher.     Children  : 

i.  Emma  Parke  Avery'^  b.  Nov.  2G,  1881. 

ii.  Alice  Lee^^S  b.  May  17,  1884. 

iii.  Lester  Groome^^,  b.  July  1,  1885. 

iv.  Amy  Oir<len''',  b.  March  26,  1887. 

Rev.  Mr.  Welcher  is  a  native^  of  Newark,  AVayne  Co., 
N.  Y.,  where  his  })arents  now  live,  and  a  graduate  of 
Williamstown  College,  Massachusetts.  Is  now  pastor  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church,  at  South  Salem,  Westchester  Co., 
N.   Y 

Mrs.  Welcher  is  devoted  to  the  work  in  which  her  hus- 
band is  engaged;  she  has  musical  and  literary  talent. 


AVERY  GENEALOGY.  185 

ELLEN  WALTEKS  AVEKY^% 

youngest  daughter  of  Samuel  P."  and  Mary  A.  (Ogden) 
Avery,  was  born  at  Brooklyn,  Jan.  1,  1861,  died  March  25, 
1893.  She  was  of  a  singularly  modest  and  retiring  nature, 
and  possessed  rare  musical  and  intellectual  gifts,  being  not 
only  deeply  read  in  English  literature,  but  in  the  best 
French  and  German  writers.  Many  of  her  published 
translations  have  been  said  by  critics  to  possess  in  a  high 
degree  the  spirit  of  the  original.  To  the  N.  Y.  Home 
Journal  she  has  also  for  some  years  contributed  original 
poems,  marked  by  a  delicate  and  tender  sentiment,  one  of 
which  from  the  issue  of  Feb.  10,  1892,  we  give  below  : 

FOREBODING. 

Thou  far  off  spiiug,  O  coming  spring, 

I  long  for  thee  thro'  wintry  hours, 
How  can  it  be  but  thou  wilt  biing 

My  heart  her  olden  share  of  flowers? 

When  thou  dost  call  to  every  tree 

Its  bird  that  sings  in  sun  or  rain, 
Then  to  ra}'  heart,  liow  can  it  be 

But  thou  wilt  give  her  birds  again  ? 

O  dark  foreboding  thought,  be  still ! 

Thou  shalt  not  rouse  this  ghostly  fear. 
How  can  it  be  but  joy  shall  fill 

My  life  as  erst  when  spring  was  here? 

0  longed-for  season,  lovely  spring  ! 

Shall  I  no  more  rejoice  with  thee? 
How  can  it  be  but  thou  wilt  bring 

My  old  delight  again  to  me? 

COENELL. 

Hannah  Stanton",  daughter  of  Samuel  P.'"  and  Hannah 
(Parke)  Avery,  born  Oct.  12,  1824,  married  May  2d,  1854, 
Charles  Eussell  Cornell,  of  Troy,  N,  Y.,  who  died  Sept.  12, 
1866.     They  had  one  child,  Eleanor  Maria^\  b.   April  22, 


186  AVERY  GENEALOGY. 

1858,  who  married  Calvin  Rae  Smith,  Dec.  23,  1886,  an 
artist  and  art  professor  in  the  college  of  the  city  of  New 
York.  They  have  one  child,  Cornell  Rae  Smith",  born  at 
Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  July  4th,  1890. 

Hannah  Stanton  (Avery")  Cornell  died  at  Belleville,  N.  J., 
June  25,  1885. 

AVERY". 

Susan  Jane",  daughter  of  Samuel  P."  and  Hannah  (Parke) 
Avery,  born  December  11,  1826,  married  Stephen  Avery,  of 
Taghcouic,  Columbia  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  5,  1850.  They  had 
one  child,  Stephen  Avery'-,  born  June  29,  1852,  who  has  for 
a  number  of  years  occupied  a  responsible  position  in  the 
New  York  house  of  the  Waltham  Watch  Co. 

Mr.  Stephen  Avery  died  January  1,  1853,  and  Mrs.  Avery 
married  a  second  time,  William  Robinson,  February  14, 
1807.  They  had  one  child,  Benj.  Parke  Robinson'-,  born 
June  14,  1869,  who  is  engaged  in  the  leather  business  in 
New  York.     Mr.  Robinson  died  Feb.  25,  1887. 

Mrs.  Robinson  has  always  resided  in  New  York  city. 

BENJAMIN   PARKE  AVERY^'. 

(SAMUEL    P.l^    JOHN    W.^     RKV.   ^:PHRAIM^ 
REV.  EPHRAIiMs  REV.  JOHN«.) 

SAN    FKANCISCO,    CAL. 

IIENJAMIN  p.  AVERY",  second  son,  (fourtli  cliild)  of 
'*--'  Samuel  P.'"  and  Hannah  (Paike)  Avery,  was  born  in 
New  York  city,  Nov.  11,  1828.  His  father  d^-ing  during  the 
cholera  ej^idemic  of  1832,  his  mother  was  left  with  a  large 
family  to  care  for,  and  with  small  means  at  her  disposal. 
Young  Avery  enjoyed  limited  opportunity  for  study,  but  his 
mother  sought  to  instil  into  his  mind  the  idea  tliat  "  lionor 
should  be  dearer  to  a  man  tlian  life  itself,"  which  pi-iiu-iph^ 
he  carried  with  him  to  the  liour  of  his  death.      Tlic  foHow- 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  187 

iug,  with  slight  additions,  is  an  extract  from  a  notice  which 
appeared  in  Harper  s  WeeMij  at  the  time  of  his  appointment 
as  Minister  to  China:  — 

"As  a  bo3%  Mr.  Avery  manifested  a  taste  for  literature  and  tlie 
arts.  He  went  into  the  establishment  of  Hawdon,  AVri^ht  and 
Hatch,  engravers.  AVhen  gold  was  discovered  in  California,  he 
was  among  the  first  of  the  pioneers,  sailing  for  the  promised  land 
around  Cape  Horn,  in  the  ship  Orpheus,  arriving  in  California,  July 
■8,  1849,  and  soon  after  went  up  the  Sacramento  river,  and  from 
there  joined  the  great  army  of  gold  seekers,  spending  five  years  in 
the  mines  with  varied  fortunes  ;  at  one  time  so  sick  and  poor  from 
continued  ill-luck,  that  he  selected  liis  place  of  burial  under  the 
shade  of  a  sequoia  tree.  But  witli  tiie  love  of  poetry  and  worship 
of  nature,  he  took  from  his  kit  liis  old  and  battered  miner's  pan, 
and  wrote  a  short  poem  so  full  of  exquisite  sentiment  and  purit}' 
of  diction,  that  the  stranger  editor  to  whom  he  sent  it,  sent  to  him 
a  sum  of  gold  dust,  telling  him  to  call  as  soon  as  he  was  well,  and 
he  would  try  to  show  him  that  literature  paid  bettei  than  diggnig 
gold.  At  another  period,  he  was  so  reduced  by  continued  ill-luck, 
that  he  pawned  his  best  book,  a  choice  London  edition  of  the 
immortal  bard,  Gentle  Will  of  Avon,  and  with  the  proceeds  l)ought 
bread.  The  copy,  however,  he  afterwards  redeemed,  and  money 
could  not  have  purchased  it.  There  was  nothing  to  be  ashamed 
of  in  this  poverty.  The  East  sent  to  the  West  the  flower  of  her 
youth,  her  best  blood,  bone  and  muscle.  The  gentle  and  ungentle, 
the  men  of  kindly  rearing  and  the  roughs  of  the  slums  of  New 
York,  jostled  one  another  in  the  search  for  gold,  and  the  pauper 
to-day  was  the  millionaire  to-mcjrrow  During  this  time  he  pur- 
sued his  studies  in  litei'ature,  frequently  contributing  to  the  press 
of  the  state.  He  first  attracted  public  attention  as  the  editor  of 
the  Hydraulic  Fiess,  published  at  Noi'th  San  Juan,  Nevada  Co., 
Cal.,  raising  this  paper  to  a  leading  [)Osition  among  the  weeklies 
of  the  state.  In  ISGO,  he  removed  to  Marysville,  Yuba  Co.,  and 
with  Noah  Brooks  (now  editor  of  the  Newark  Daily  Advertiser.,) 
founded  the  Marysville  Appeal,  the  first  daily  paper  published  out 
of  San  Francisco,  and  the  first  interior  Republican  pa[)er  in  the 
state,  which  he  controled  until  IMGo.  Being  an  earnest  anti-slavery 
man  and  a  Repidjlican,  he  did  good  service  to  the  cause,  when  it 
was  unpopular  and  dangerous  to  do  so.      During  his  residence  at 


1S<S 


AVE  BY    GENEALOGY. 


Marysville,  he  was  elected  state  printer,  on  the  ticket  with 
Leland  Stanford  as  governor,  but  the  field  of  politics  was 
not  congenial  to  his  tastes.  In  1864,  on  his  retirement  from 
the  Marysville  Apj^eal^  he  removed  to  San  Francisco  and  V)ecarae 
editor  of  the  Bulletin.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  tlie  San 
Francisco  ''Art  Association  and  School  of  Design,"  in  the  inter- 
ests of  which  he  wrote  and  lectured  frequently.  His  health  failing 
through  the  severe  labor  attending  the  editing  of  a  daily,  he 
retired  from  that  post  in  187;^.  and  assumed  the  editorship  of  the 
Ocerhmd  Jfonthly,  a  Californian  magazine,  and  was  thus  employed 
when  he  received,  unsought,  the  api)ointincnt  of  United  States 
Minister  to  China,  in  1874.  With  the  cxcei)lion  of  a  visit  to  the 
East  in  18GG,  he  has  never  left  his  ado])ted  state,  wliere  the  news 
of  his  nomination  has  been  rccciviMl  with  oreat  satisfaction." 


liiCN.iAMiN    r\i;Ki'.  Avioitv",   I'.ouN   1828;  dikd   is?.") 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  189 


Mr.  Averv  is  said  to  have  had  "a  refined,  sensitive  face," 
us  Avill  l)e  seen  l>y  the  accompanying  cnt,  "and  rare  conver- 
sational  qualities."      In  1861    he   married   Miss   Mary  A. 
Fuller,  of  Michigan,  then  a  resident  of  Marysville,  Cal.    This 
union  was  not  blessed  with  children.      Mrs.  xlvery  accom- 
panied her  husband  to  Pekin,  China,  where,  after  a  fifteen 
months'  residence,  she  was  called  to  mourn  the   loss  of  her 
companion,  he   dying  Nov.  8,  1875,  at  the  age  of   47,  cut 
down  in  the  prime  of  his  years.     His  last  Avords  were,    "M}^ 
poor,  dear  mother,"  and  his  last  poem  was  addressed  to  his 
wife,  most  fittingly  in  accordance  with   his  thought  of  all 
pure  and  delicate  things  as  belonging  to  woman,  "  God's  last 
and  best  gift  to  man."      His  body  was  embalmed  by  the 
surgeon  of  the  Russian  Embassy  in   China,  and  placed  in 
caskets  for  removal  to   San  Francisco,  Cal.,  it  being  Mr. 
Avery's  dying  wish,  that  his  body  "might  be  laid  amid  the 
classic  shades  of  the  University  at  Berkeley."     His  remains 
were  tuken  on  board  the  U.  S.  ship  Monocacy,  and  the  same 
honors  extended  as  to  a  Major-General  in  the  army,  or  a 
Eear-Admiral  in  the   navy;    this,  too,  in   accordance   with 
diplomatic  usage.      The  funeral  procession  was  composed 
of  the  various  members  of  the  Legation  and  men  of  note,  all 
under  the  escort  of  "a  battalion  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
men  from  the   Monocacy,  with   muffled   drums   and  colors 
draped ;  the  bier  on  two  gun  carriages  headed  by  twelve 
seamen,  four  on  each  side  and  two  in  the  rear  of  the  car- 
riage."     ^     ^     ^''     *     ^      '<■  X.  detachment  from  each  foreign 
man-of-war  was  drawn  up  on  the  main  avenue,  and  saluted 
as  the  bier  passed.      All  flags,  public  and  private,  were  at 
half-mast,  and  nineteen  minute-guns  w^ere  fired  from  the 
Monocacy  when  the  bier  left  the  Consular  gate  and  fronted 
the  escort.      The  blending  of  the    colors  of  the  different 
nationalities,  the   bronzed  faces  of   the  sailers,  —  English, 


190  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

American,  French,  Russian,  and  Chinese,  —  the  strange  cos- 
tume of  the  Chinese  troops,  the  crowd  of  Chinese  notaries, 
the  many  sedan  chairs,  formed  altogether  a  most  picturesque 
crowd  of  nearly  four  hundred  persons." 

The  Chinese  officials  presented  a  very  beautiful  testimo- 
nial or  memorial  tablet,  —  an  elaborate  blue  satin  scroll, 
emblazoned  in  Celestial  art  and  beauty,  with  the  inscription 
in  gold  letters  of  Avliich  this  is  a  translation:  "The  Middle 
Kingdom  grieves  with  the  Western  nation."  As  Mr.  Avery 
had  an  intense  love  for  ever^'thing  American,  it  was  fitting 
that  one  of  our  Pacific  Mail  Steamers,  the  City  of  Tokio, 
should  bear  his  remains  to  his  native  land  and  to  his  home 
in  his  adojoted  state. 

The  San  Francisco  "Art  Association  and  School  of 
Design,"  of  which  Mr.  Benj.  P.  Avery  was  one  of  the  foun- 
ders, and  for  a  time  its  Secretary,  passed  a  series  of  resolu- 
tions in  regard  to  his  death,  of  which  we  append  two:  — 

Mesolved,  That  as  a  public  officer,  without  blcraisli ;  as  a  jour- 
nalist, always  seeking  to  advance  the  public  good ;  as  a  man 
endeavoring  to  exalt  himself  by  intellectual  culture  ;  as  an  art 
lover,  desiring  to  extend  its  high  aims ;  as  a  friend,  honest, 
unselfish  and  true,  the  death  of  Benj.  P.  Avery  is  a  public  loss. 

Besclved,  That  as  a  memorial  of  the  esteem  and  gratitude  enter- 
tained by  us  for  him,  and  as  commemorative  of  his  efforts  in  behalf 
of  the  Association  and  School  of  Design,  the  medal  to  be  hereafter 
distril)uted  for  the  highest  excellence  in  art  by  the  School  of 
Design,  shall  be  called  the  Avery  Medal. 

In  addition  to  the  above  tril)ute  to  the  character  of  Ben- 
jamin Parke  Avery,  we  append  the  following  extract  from  a 
notice  which  ap])eared  on  tlio  news  of  his  death,  in  the 
Overland  Jf(jnflJ//,  the  magazine  Avhich  he  at  one  time  edited  : 

"Just  as  our  last  form  goes  to  press,  news  comes  of  the  death 
of  Hon.  Benjamin  P.  Avery,  United  States  Minister  to  China,  and 


AVE  BY    GENEALOGY.  191 

late  editor  of  the  Overland.  The  shock  is  so  sudden,  we  can 
hardly  realize  oar  friend  has  gone  from  our  gaze  forever.  Have 
the  cruel  wires  lied,  or  has  his  gentle  spirit  passed  from  this  world 
of  care  and  pain,  to  •'  the  land  where  all  is  peace?" 

"Mr.  Avery  was  in  many  respects  a  remarkable  man.  He 
typified   the  ripest  fruitage  of  our  AVestern  thought  and  culture. 

*  *  *  *  Perhaps  no  one  person  did  so  much  to  educate  the 
people  of  the  state  in  the  right  direction  — 1@  lift  the  thoughts  of 
men  above  the  sordid  interests  of  the  hour,  and  the  mean  ambition 
of  personal  gain.  *  *  *  His  capacity  for  work  was  marvelous. 
His  well-stored  mind  poured  fourth  its  treasures  in  a  rapid-flowing, 
copious  stream.  He  was  equally  ready  in  all  departments  of  jour- 
nalistic activity.  His  editorials  were  models  of  clear  statement, 
and  strong,  but  elegant  E^nglish,  while  all  that  he  wrote  was  per- 
vaded by  a  certain  spirit  of  candor,  and  a  power  of  moral  con- 
science, that  compelled  attention  and  carried  conviction.  While 
the  prevailing  tone  of  his  mind  was  serious,  few  writers  could  be 
more  delightfully  playful,  more  charmingly  humorous." 

He  had  held  his  office  as  Minister  to  China  hardly  more 
than  a  year,  but  was  held  in  high  esteem  by  the  diplomatic 
corps  at  Pekin,  and  his  service  there  could  not  have  failed 
to  be  highly  acceptable  to  both  the  country  which  sent  him, 
and  that  which  received  him,  and  which  latter  showed  him 
such  honor  at  his  death,  that  a  letter  written  from  China 
said,  "It  was  impossible  that  any  greater  honor  could  have 
been  paid  to  the  President  of  the  United  States."  His  love 
of  poetry  and  art  was  intense  and  broad,  reaching  out  to 
bless  others  with  its  refining  influence.  He  had  partially 
completed  an  elaborate  w^ork  on  "Art  and  its  Uses."  It  was 
said  of  him,  that  "wath  his  refined  and  cultivated  tastes, 
he  was  enabled,  wielding  as  he  did  a  vigorous  pen,  to 
nourish  the  beautiful,  the  graceful,  the  aesthetic  and  the 
refined  in  letters,  in  art,  in  architecture  and  science." 

But  with  refinement  and  delicacy  was  combined  strength 
and  power  in  literary  work, — as  evidenced  in  many  of  his 


192  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

writings.      From  his   "California  Pictures,"  we  take  some 
extracts  wliicli  are  of  rare  descriptive  beauty : 

"But  before  day  closes  let  us  descend  to  an  intervale  l^'ing  far- 
ther west,  and  thence  climb  the  ridge  which  is  crowned  hy  the 
Monumental  peak  of  Lone  Mountain,  around  whose  slopes,  looking 
both  towards  the  city  and  the  sea,  all  the  worry  and  passion  and 
pride  of  the  hard  metropolis,  sink  at  last  into  the  grave.  The 
noisy  town  on  one  side,  and  the  still  blue  Pacific  on  the  other,  of 
these  thousands  who  have  gone  before,  are  apt  emblems  of  the 
lives  they  led,  and  the  peace  they  have  found.  The  cit^'  thins  into 
scattered  hamlets  that  are  lost  in  drifting  sand  :  and  beyond,  one 
sees  the  ocean,  hears  the  faint  roar  of  its  surf.  and.  wlien  the  aii' 
is  clear  enough,  catches  glimpses  of  the  Farallon  Islands,  thirty 
miles  away,  where  the  imagination  pictures  the  sharp,  gray  cliffs, 
populous  with  seals,  gulls  and  murres.  Among  the  sand  on  everj' 
hand,  are  hillocks  of  green  shrubbery',  with  intervals  of  grass, 
hollows  filled  with  ceanothus  thickets  and  groves  of  stunted  live 
oak,  and  even  a  lakelet  or  two  where  a  great  park  is  in  progress 
of  creation.  The  mists  that  often  roll  in  over  the  seaward  slope, 
maintain  an  olive-tinted  verdure  through  the  long,  rainless  Sum- 
mer ;  but  the  landscape,  except  on  the  sunniest  da3's,  when  little 
or  no  wind  blows,  is  sombre  and  melancholy.  After  the  rains 
begin,  in  October  or  November,  and  thence  until  May  or  June, 
extensive  thickets  of  lupin  and  ceanothus,  encroachmg  on  the 
drifting  sands,  take  on  a  brighter  green,  and  burst  into  profuse 
bloom,  ])lending  their  tints  of  lemon  and  purple  and  blue,  and 
scenting  the  air  with  honeyed  sweets  for  miles.  Orange-colored 
poppies  contest  the  open  spaces  with  shining  buttercups ;  the 
grassy  slopes  of  the  San  Miguel  mountains  are  dotted  with  cattle, 
the  far  ocean  is  l)lue  and  sunny,  creeping  slowly  upon  the  beach 
of  white  sand."         *         *         *         ■*•***         * 

''The  city  landscapes  have  theii'  moods,  as  though  they  were 
human.  When  the  atmosphere  is  transparent  and  still,  the  town 
glows  with  a  mild  heat;  the  bay  is  like  blue  satin,  wilii  shadings 
of  pink  ;  the  mountains  on  every  side  are  wonderfully  bold  and 
near,  revealing  every  detail  of  their  sculpture,  as  well  as  the 
strength  of  their  local  color  ;  the  sand-dunes  lie  still  against  the 
bluest  sk}' ;  and  the  ocean  wears  an  expression  exquisitely  dreamy 
and  gracious." 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  193 

Following  this,  we  give  one  of  his  delightful  word-paiutiugs 
in  a  poetic  garb :  — 

GOLDEN    GATE    PARK. 

Be3^ond  the  town,  tbc  bushy  mounds  between, 

Roll  drifts  of  3'ellow  wrinkled  sand  — 
Uucrested  waves,  that  dash  against  the  green 

Like  ocean  billows  'gainst  the  strand  ; 

But  when  the  Spring  is  soft,  and  winds  are  low, 

The  shifting  masses  lie  as  still 
As  frozen  banks  of  crusted  moonlit  snow  — 

That  hide  the  hollow  in  the  hill. 

One  way,  a  mountain  lifts  its  verdant  crest 

Along  a  l)lue  and  cloudless  sky  ; 
On  sloping  pastures  cattle  feed  or  rest, 

And  swallows  twitter  as  they  fly. 

Below,  around,  the  lusty  lupin  blooms 

In  purple  color,  honey  sweet ; 
The  poppy's  deep  and  golden  cup  illumes 

Each  plat  of  grass  or  chance-sown  wheat. 

On  rounded  hillocks,  lustrous  leafage  shoots 

From  laurel  and  from  thorny  oak, 
And  sprawling  vinelets  clutch  with  thirsty  roots. 

The  soil  no  rain  can  ever  soak. 

A  deep-set  lakelet,  greenly  ringed  about, 

Gems  with  its  blue  and  open  space, 
Where  yellow  buttercups  their  beauty  flout, 

And  insect's  flutter  o'er  its  face. 

Through  scenes  like  this,  the  red  and  winding  way 

Gives  glimpses  of  the  gusty  town, 
Throned  on  its  ma  ly  hills  along  the  bay, 

Where  far  Diablo  looketh  down. 


104  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

But  westward,  over  sand-dunes  ribbed  and  hoar, 

That  deepen  Heaven's  azure  hue, 
Are  lines  of  snowy  surf  tliat  faintly  roar, 

Edgiug  a  sea  that  melts  in  blue  — 

A  Summer-shining  sea,  that  slides  and  slips 

In  silent  currents  through  the  Gate, 
Where  glinting  sails  of  slowly  moving  ships 

For  pilot,  or  for  breezes  wait. 

Northward,  beyond  a  ridge  of  yellow  sand 

That  hides  the  narrow  harlior-way, 
Rise  headlands  brown  and  bluff,  whose  summits,  grand, 

Are  islanded  in  vapors  gray. 

Below  a  line  of  arrow-headed  firs, 

That  stretches  'neath  a  strip  of  cloud. 
The  slope  is  softly  greened,  and  nothing  stirs 

But  shadow  of  the  misly  shroud. 

Peace  broods  where  winds  are  fiercely  wont  to  rave 

To  drive  the  sand-like  sleet  liefore  ; 
No  sound  disturbs  the  vernal  stillness,  save 

The  surf  upon  the  distant  shore. 

The  faintly  sighing  surf,  or  linnet's  song, 

Or  music  of  the  friendly  voice, 
Which  gives  to  Nature  as  we  go  along, 

A  charm  that  makes  the  day  more  choice. 

Tlie  funeral  services  of  Mr.  Avery  were  solemnized  at  Sau 
Francisco  with  impressive  ceremonies,  tlie  eulogy  on  his 
life  and  character  being  pronounced  b}"  Rev.  Horatio  Steb- 
bins.  Tlius  passed  away  one  of  Nature's  noblemen,  who 
was  an  example  of  what  can  be  achieved  bj  perseverance, 
patience,  and,  above  ail,  purity  of  character  and  lofty  aims. 
Though  gone,  he  is  not  forgotten,  and  the  name  of  Benjamin 
Parke  Avery  will  bo  known  in  the  future,  as  it  has  in  the 
past,  as  one  of  honor  and  integrity.  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Avery, 
his  widow,  still  survives  and  resides  at  her  home  in  San 
Francisco. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  195 

TALMAGE. 

Mary  Rebecca  Halsey",  daugiiter  of  Samuel  P."  and 
Hannah  (Parke)  Avery,  born  Aug.  10,  1830,  married  June  7, 
1856,  Rev.  T.  De  Witt  Tahnage,  D.  D.,  then  pastor  at  Belle- 
ville, N.  J.,  now  preacliiug  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.     Children  : 

i.     De  Witti'2,  b.  Aug.,  1860,  d.  Jan.  6, 1881,  aged  20  yrs,  5  mos. 
ii.     Jessie'"^,  b.  Oct.  18,  1858,  m.  Warren   Smith,  a  jeweler  of 
New  York  city.     They  have  a  daughter. 

Mrs.  Mary  R.  H.  (Avery)  Talmage  was  drowned  June  7, 
1861,  in  Schuj'lkill  River,  at  Philadelphia,  where  her  hus- 
band was  stationed  at  the  time.  Her  body  was  recovered 
and  interred  in  the  cemetery  there,  but  on  the  removal  of 
Dr.  Talmage  to  Brooklyn,  her  remains  were  removed  to 
Greenwood  cemetery.  Her  age  was  30  years.  It  is  said 
"she  was  a  lovely  character,  possessing  many  of  the  traits 
which  distinguished  her  brother,  Benj.  Parke  Aver}^  and 
was  the  counterpart  of  her  mother  in  all  that  appertained 
to  womanly  graces.     81ie  w^as  long  lamented." 

Rev.  Dr.  Talmage  is  a  native  of  Bound  Brook,  N.  J.  (born 
1832),  graduated  from  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.,  Theological 
Seminary  in  1856.  He  was  pastor  at  Belleville,  N.  J.,  in 
1857-9 ;  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  1859-61 ;  at  Philadelphia,  1861-69 ; 
from  1869  to  the  j)resent,  1892,  has  been  pastor  of  the 
church  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  The  name  of  T.  De  Witt  Talmage 
is  so  universally  known,  and  his  sermons  so  widely  pub- 
lished and  read  by  thousands  upon  thousands  of  people  all 
over  the  land,  that  no  comment  from  our  pen  is  necessary. 

SARAH  B.  (AVERY")  DUPIGNAC. 

Sarah  Betsey  Avery",  daughter  of  John  William'*  and 
Sarah  (Fairchild)  Avery,  born  1798,  married  in  1817, 
Ebenezer  R.  Dupignac.     A  chair  manufacturer,  and  a  well 


196  AVERY   GEXEALOGY. 

known  citizen  of  the  east  side  of  New  York.  He  erected 
in  Grand  Street  "Columbian  Hall,"  long  devoted  to  public 
assemblies.  He  was  born  Dec.  IG,  1794  and  died  in  New 
York,  November,  18G4     Children  : 

i.  Sarah  Betseyii,  b.  Feb.  22,  1819,  m.  in  1840,  Garniss  E. 
Baker. 

ii.     Ebenezer  R.  Jr".,  b.  Aug.  14,  1821,  m.  Jane  A.  Clay, 
iii.     Almira",  b.  in  1826,  d.   1880. 
iv.     Delia^i,  b.  

SAEAH  B.  (DUPIGNAC")  BAKER 

Sarah  B.,''  daughter  of  E.  E.  and  Sarah  B.  (Avery'") 
Dupignac,  born  Feb.  22,  1819,  married  in  1840  Garniss  E. 
Baker,  born  June  17,  1817.     Children : 

i.     John  Garniss^-,  b.  about  1844,  m. ,  and  has  a 

dauohter^'^. 
ii.     Jacob  .Salter^-,  b.  in  1846(?). 

iii.     Ella   Louisa^-,    b.   in   185^(?),    ni.    Andrews.     Have  two 
children. 

iv.     Thomas  Cauldwell'-,  b.  . 

v.     Eliza  Anni2,  (Alida)  b.  ,  died  young. 

vi.     Garniss  Elias^^,  1).  in  185;i(?). 

Mrs.  Baker  died  SejDt.  21,  1888 ;  her  husband  died  Dec. 
17, 1887. 

E.  E.  DUPIGNAC". 

Ebenezer  E.",  son  of  Ebenezer  E.  and  Sarah  B.  (Avery'") 
Dupignac,  born  Aug.  11,  1821,  married  Dec.  16,  1817,  Jane 
A.  Clay.     Children:  — 

i.  Ik'uiy  Clay'--,  b.  Mar.  11),  I84i),  d.  Apr.  5,  1882. 

ii.  Deliaia,  b.  Aug.  14,  1851. 

iii.  Ebenezer  Kobert'-,  1)   Oct.  15.  1853. 

iv.  William  Avery'^-'.  b.  I\Iar.  21,  1856. 

V.  Jennie'-,  b.  Dec.  27,  1.S5.S,  d.  Jan.  22.  1888. 

vi.  Mary  King'-,  b.  N()\'.  10,  l.s(;4. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  197 

Mr.  Ebeuezer  R.  Dupignac  was  a  manufacturer  of  var- 
nishes. He  died  March  16,  1885.  Mrs.  Dupignac  is  still 
living  in  New  York. 


ELISHA  LOTHROP  AVERY"^. 

(JOHN  W.9,  REV.  EPHRAIM^  REV.  EPHRAIM", 

REV.  .JOHN'\) 

NEW    YORK    CITY. 

ELISHA",  son  of   John  William'  and   Sarah  (Fair child) 
Avery,"    born     in   1799,    married     first,     1822,    Jane 
Gunnino;.     Children :  — 


John  Williamii,  b.  Nov.  24,  1824,  d.  Nov.,  1862. 

Juneii,  b.  Sept.  4,  1826, 

Elishaii,  b..  Jan.  10,  1832,  died  May  10,  1882. 


Mrs.  Jane  (Gunning)  Avery  having  died,  Sept.,  1837,  he 
married  for  his  second  wife.  Miss  Sarah  Coit,  daughter  of 
David  Cpit,  of  New  London,  Conn.,  April  12,  1839.  Children: 

i.     Sarah^i,  b.  April  12,  1842,  m.  Dr.  J.  Lester  Keep, 
ii.     Odgenii,  )j.  i^  1344^  j.  Nov.,  1845. 
iii.     Charles   F.^^,    b.    Mar.  25.    1847,    m.    FloreDce   Adelaide 

Topping,  b.  Oct.  8,  1850. 
iv.     Harrietii,  b.  in  1850,  d.  Oct.,  1852. 

Mr.  Elisha  L.  Avery"  was  born  at  Stratfcrl,  Conn.,  and 
passed  his  early  life  there  ;  was  a  shoemaker,  but  with  his 
brother  Samuel  P.,  while  yet  young,  went  to  New  York  city, 
where  he  became  a  school  teacher  (1832,)  and  was  princi- 
pal (1851)  of  Grammar  School  42,  then  Ward  School  27,  in 
Allen  Street,  from  which  he  resigned  in  1862  ;  afterward 
removed  to  Brooklyn,  where  he  had  a  private  academy, 
continuing  his   chemical  and  other  scientific  pursuits  until 

*  Sarah   Fairchild,   danghter  of  .John  C.  and  Ruth   Fairchild,   of  Stratford, 
Conu.    Born  February  28th,  1773;  died  May  (3,  18o7.     (See  pages  17i-5.) 


198  AVE  BY    GENEALOGY. 

his  death.  He  was  awarded  a  prize  by  the  American 
Institute  for  inventions  in  H3'drautic  matters.  Beside 
being  an  accomplished  schohir  and  teacher,  he  was  a 
remarkable  linguist.  He  died  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  August 
3,  1879. 

Mrs.  Sarah  (Coit)  Avery  died  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Feb. 
12,  1892. 

SAEAH  C.  (AYEEY")  KEEP. 

BROOKLYN,    N.    Y. 

Sarah  Coit  Avery^\  daughter  of  Elislia  L.'"  and  Sarah 
(Coit)  Aver}',  was  born  April  12,  18-42,  and  married  Dec. 
25,  1865,  Dr.  John  Lester  Keep.     Children:  — 

i.     John  S.  Bassetti-,  b.  Oct.  20,  1866.      A  graduate  of  Yale 
College,    class   of    '87,    and    also   of   the    New   York 
Homeopathic  College, 
ii.     Jay  Lester'"-^,  b.  Aug.  19.  1874,  died  Aug.,  1875. 
iii.     Averyi2,  b.  Nov.  18,  1878. 
iv.     Marian  Lavinia^'^,  b.  Aug.  30,  1881. 

Mrs.  Keep  and  family  reside  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  where 
her  husband  is  one  of  the  leading  homeopathic  physicians 
of  the  city,  and  she  a  highly  esteemed  lady. 

CHARLES  FRENCH  AYERY". 

BOSTON,    MASS. 

Charles  F.",  son  of  Elisha  L.'"  and  Sarah  (Coit)  Avery,  of 
N.  Y.,  born  March  25,  1847,  married  Nov.  12,  1877,  Florence 
Adelaide  Topping.     Children:  — 

i.  Elislia  Lothroi)'-,  b.  Jan.  1!»,  1879. 

ii.  Charles  Henry'-,  b.  Mar.  5,  18.S0. 

iii.  Helen  Ogden'"-^.  b.  May  2,  1881. 

iv.  Lester  Hobart'*,  b.  Mar.  10,  1884. 

v.  Florence  Gladys'^,  b.  Jan.  20,  1885. 


ATEKY    GENEALOGY.  199 

Mr.  Avery  is  a  prominent  wool  merchant  in  New  York 
city  and  Boston.     Resides  in  Boston. 

HANNAH  PLATT  (AVEEY'j  BURRITT. 

Hannah  P.  Avery^  eldest  danghter  of  Rev.  Ephraim'  and 
Hannah  (Piatt)  Avery,  born  Apr.  16,  1763,  married  Stephen 
Burritt.     Children :  — 

i.     Charlotteio,  b.  Jan.  28,  1797,  d.  Aug.  18,  1837. 
ii.     Mary  Ann'o,  b.  Feb.  14,  1799,  d.  1820. 
iii.     Stephen  Elislia  Averyi'^,  b.  Nov.  8,  1804.    Graduated  from 
Yale  College  iu  1825. 

Stephen  Burritt  died  in  1815,  aged  62  years.  His  widow 
Hannah,  died  Oct.  25,  1843,  aged  80  years. 

CAPT.  SAMUEL  AVERY^ 
(REY.  EPHRAIM',  Ri:V.  JOHNC.) 

HALIFAX,    N.    S. 

O^AMUEL  AYERY^  fourth  son  of  Rev.  Ephraim\  and 
f^  Mrs.  Deborah  (Lothrop)  Avery,  of  Brooklyn,  Conn., 
was  born  Nov.  7,  1742,  (Sunday).  Early  in  life  he  went  to 
Halifax,  N.  S.,  became  a  prosperous  merchant,  and  had  a 
large  family.  He  married  Sept.  27,  1784,  Mary  Roach 
(Fillis)  Ackincloss,  widow  of  John  Ackincloss  (born  Mar. 
27,  1760).     Children : 

i.  Thomas^,  b.  Aug.  19,  1785,  drowned  at  Halifax,  aged  25. 

ii.  Mary  RoacliS,  b.  July  26,  1786,  m.  William  White. 

iii.  Elizabeth^,  b.  Sept.  6,  1787,  m.  Abiel  Brown. 

iv.  SamueP,  b.  Oct.  17,  1788,  m.  Jane  M' Alpine. 

V.  Sally   Bests,   b.  June   28,    1791,   m.  William   Millet   and 

second,  William  De  Wolf. 

vi.  Charlotte  Louisa^,  b.  July  6,  1792,  m.  James  Noble  Craue. 

vii.  James  Eillis^,  b.  May  22,  1794,  unmarried, 

viii.  George^,  b.  Apr.  28,  1796,  died  thiee  days  after. 


200  AVERY    GENEALOGY 


ix.     Matilda  Susanna^,  b.  Apr.  4,  1798,  m.  in  1838,  Hugh  S. 

Dicke3%  of  Coruwallis. 
*x.     Harriet  Caroline'-',  b.  Sept.  9,  1801,  died  July  2,  1840,  in 
her  39th  year,  uumanied. 

Samuel  Aveiy'  died  Jan.  30,  1836,  aged  93  years.  Mary 
(Fillis)  Avery,  (his  widow),  died  Aug.  25,  IS-IS,  aged  88  years. 

AYHITE. 

Mary  Koacli  Aver}-'',  eldest  daughter  of  SamueP  and  Mary 
(Fillis)  Avery,  was  born  July  26,  1786,  married  Nov.  21, 
1816,  William  White,  of  Amherst,  N.  S.,  (a  widower  with 
five  children).     Children: 

i.     Hannah  Carolmei",  b.  Aug.  26,  1817,  died  Jan.  11,  1879, 

unmarried, 
ii.     Samuel  Averyi",  b.  Dec.  13,  1818,  m.  Apr.  30,  1878,  Mrs. 

Mary  Ann  Veitch    (Reid)    Campbell,  (age  30),  w^idow 

with  one  daughter, 
iii.     Ruth"',  b.  May  19,  1820,  m.  John  Wooluer,  (widower  with 

two  children). 
iv.     Sarah   Matilda'",   b.    Nov.  2G,    1822,   died  Oct.   1.   1880, 

unmarried. 
V.     Edward    Piers'",  b.  Jan.  12,  1826.  m.  July  5,  1853,  Bessie 

Hall;    has   one    boy    and    other   children.       Lives   in 

Grand  Pr^. 

BEOWN. 

Elizabetli  Avery',  born  Sept.  6,  1787,  married  in  1808, 
Abiel  Brown,  of  Hortou,  N.  S.     Children  :  — 

i.     Mary  A-very'",  b.  Jan.  1809,  unmarried. 

ii.  Thomas  Avery'",  b.  Sept.  1811,  m.  Aug.  16,  1853.  Catha- 
rine Boggs  ;  he  had  two  daughters"  living  in  1884, 
the  youngest  m.  May  6,  1884,  Rev.  John  Crisp. 

iii.  Louisa'",  b.  June  8,  1813,  m.  Feb.  9, 1843,  Alex.  M'Dougal, 
and  iiad  two  daughters,  (one  IMatilda",  b.  in  1845, 
died  July  21,  1884).  She  was  living  with  her  sister, 
Mary  Brown'",  at  Grand  Pre',  in  1884. 


AVEEY   GENEALOGY.  201 

AYEKY'. 

Samuel  Avery^  fourth  cliikl,  but  second  son  of 
SamueP  and  Mary  (Fillis)  Aver^-,  was  born  Oct.  17,  1788, 
married  March  7,  182-1,  Jane  M.  Mc  Alpine  (born  1800). 
Children  :  — 

i.     Mary  Filhsio,  b.  Dec.  29,  1824,  m.Jau.  30,  1862,  J.  B. Bowser, 

(widower  with  four  chiklreu)  ;  had  Samuel  Avery^^ 
Bowser,  b.  July  21,  18GG,  m.  1891.  [She  was  living 
on  the  old  homestead  at  "  Grand  Pre,"  Horton,  N.  S., 
(June  IG,  1883),  to  which  homestead  farm  Samuel 
Avery^  moved  from  Halifax  in  1791,  and  which  is  now 
owned  by  the  descendants  of  Dr.  James  Fillis  Avery^. 
The  family  Bible  was  in  the  possession  of  Mrs. 
Bowser,  from  which  Mr.  W.  T.  Avery  took  these 
records.] 

ii.  Sarah  Milletl^  b.  Nov.  1,  1826,  m.  June  10,  1857,  Capt. 
William  A.  Curry,  and  died  Jan.  7,  1858. 

iii.     Jane^'',  b.  Nov.  27,  1828,  died  aged  11  days. 

iv.  Catharine  Susannai",  b.  Dec.  22,  1829,  died  Feb.  20, 
1867  (consumption). 

v.  Rev.  Samuel^^,  b.  Mar.  IS,  1832,  m.  in  1858,  Annie 
DeWolf  Campbell,  (dan.  of  Hon.  Jno.  Campbell)  and 
died  Oct.  13,  1861  ;  one  dan.,  Sarah  Millet  Avery^^, 
b.  June  21,  1859,  m.  in  1881,  Andrew  Cowie,  Jr.,  (born 
in  Liverpool,  N.  S.,  Oct.  20,  1853.  Had  Alex.  Roy 
Cowiei2,  b.  Jan.  25,  1884,  and  Annie  DeWolf  Averyi'^ 
Cowie,  b.  Sept.  7,  1885. 

vi.     Johnio,  b.  July,  1834,  died  Oct.  2,  1835. 

vii.     ,^    .        f  Susan  Inglesi",  b.  Oct.  16, 1836,  died  Apr.  12, '39. 
...      Twins,  i  ^      .      ^f       , '   ,.  .      r.     \ 

viii.  (  Louisa  Crane'",  lives  with  Dr.  A. 

ix.     James  Fillisio,  b.  Feb.  28,  1841,  m.  Nov.  6,  1884,  Louisa 

Falkener  (b.  1851). 

X  and  xi.     Twins — soon  died. 

xii.     Died  soon. 

Samuel   Avery"  died   May  31st,  1875,  in  his   87th  year. 
Jane  M.  Averj^  died  June  23,  1866,  aged  66  years. 


202  AVERY  GENEALOGY. 

MILLET  DEWOLF. 

Sally  Best  Avery'',  fifth  eliild  of  Caj^t.  Samuer  and  Mary 
(Fillis)  Ayery,  born  June  28,  1791,  married  first,  William 
Millet,  of  Halifax ;  married  second,  William  De  Wolf,  of 
Wolfville,  N.  S.  Had  one  cliild,  died  in  infancy.  She  died 
in  August,  1840,  in  lier  fiftieth  year. 

CEANE. 

Charlotte  Louisa  Aver}^*",  sixth  cliild  of  Capt.  Samuel'  and 
Mary  (Fillis)  Avery,  was  born  July  6,  1792,  married  in  July, 
1815,  James  Noble  Crane,  of  Horton,  N.  S.     Children  : 

1.     Rebecca  Allisoni'^,  b.  Dec.  16,  1817,  m.  Dr.  A.  F.  Sawer ; 

second,  Geo.  H.  Starr, 
ii.     WiUiamio,  b,  Apr,  30,  1824,  m.  . 


.1  Vf'Jh' Y  aKXEAT.oa y. 


203 


DR.  JAMES  F.  AVERY'* 


DR.    JAMES    FILLIS   AVEKY''.      DORN    17i)4;    DIED    1887. 

DE.  JAMES  FILLIS  AYERY^  was  born  at  Grand  Pre, 
Nova  Scotia,  May  22,  1794. 
"After  three  years'  study  of  the  medical  profession  at 
Halifax,  N.  S.,  he  was  three  years  at  Edinburgh  College, 
-where  he  graduated  in  1821.  Then  spent  six  months  in 
the  Hospital  of  the  Eoyal  Guard  at  Paris,  under  the  super- 
intendence of  the  celebrated  Baron  Larrey,  the  first 
Bonaparte's  principal  adviser.  He  followed  an  active 
practice  in  Halifax  for  thirty  years,  and  retired  —  spent 
several  years  in  travel  in  Europe." 


204  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 


He  resided  at  Halifax.      He  never  married.      As  will  be 
seen  by  his  obituaries,  lie  died  Nov.  28, 1887,  at  an  advanced 


age. 


"  The  following  obituaries  of  Dr.  James  F.  Avery  hardly 
do  him  justice.  He  was  an  eminent  surgeon,  and  studied 
surgery  under  the  celebrated  Baron  Larrey,  in  Paris, 
France.  He  G;ave  me  verv  interesting  accounts  of  some  of 
his  skilful  and  successful  operations,  after  long  horseback 
rides  at  night,  without  assistance,  and  before  the  discovery 
of  anaesthetics." — Letter  of  W.  T.  Avery. 

[Acadian  Ricorder,  Nov.  28th,  1887.'] 
The  demise  of  James  F.  Avery,  M.  D.,  aged  03  years,  carries 
us  back  into  the  last  century.  The  family  of  the  deceased  came 
to  Kings  Co.,  N.  S..  ainon<2;  the  lo3'alists  who  left  the  U.  S.  after 
the  termination  of  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  the  Averys  among 
others,  having  obtained  grants  of  land,  settled  in  the  neighborhood 
of  Grand  Pre,  where  the  deceased  was  born.  The  late  Dr.  was 
educated  for  the  medical  profession  at  the  University  of  Edin- 
burgh, and  commenced  life  as  a  medical  practitioner  and  druggist 
in  Halifax,  and  eventually  his  practice  as  a  physician  was  relin- 
quished for  the  other  branch,  and  was  the  founder  and  head  of 
what  became  the  leading  drug  establishment  in  Halifax,  and  pro- 
bably in  the  lower  provinces.  The  firm  of  Urown  &  "NVebb, 
Apothecaries  IImU.  and  the  retail  establishment  of  Brown  Brothers 
&  Co.,  are  all  olfshoots  of  the  original  business  estal)lisliment  of 
Dr.  Avery  and  for  a  long  time  eondueied  l)y  himsi'lf  on  George 
Street. 

The  deceased  was  a  gentleman  of  courteous  manner  and  blame- 
less life,  an  eldei-.  we  believe,  and  a  consistent  meml)er  of  the 
Presbyterian  Chureli,  and  a  promoter  genei'ally  of  religious  and 
charitable  enteri)rises.  He  was  connected  with  the  Crane  family 
of  Kings  Co.,  and  as  such,  was  an  uncle  of  the  widow  of  the  late 
Geo.  II.  Starr.  l)i-.  Avery  was  never  marrieo  and  leaves  consid- 
erable wealth. 

[Ejemmj  M  lil,  Nw.  28tli,  1887.  \ 
To-day  (Monday,  Nov.  2.Sih),  one  of  the  most  pi'ominent  char- 
acters  in   the  history  of    Halifax,  passed   away,  in    the    person  of 


AVERT   GENEALOGY.  205 

James  F.  Avery.  INI.  D.,  the  founder  of  the  extensive  drug  firm  of 
Brown  &  Webh.  and  Brown  Bros.  &  Co.  Dr.  Averj-  was  of  Loy- 
alist descent,  and  liis  parents  settled  in  Lower  Horton  at  the  close 
of  the  Kevolution.  Early  in  life  he  began  the  study  of  medicine. 
and  graduated  at  the  University  of  Kdinbiirgli  when  yet  a  young 
man.  After  practising  medicine  for  a  nnnil)er  of  years,  he  started 
a  drug  business  where  Apothecaries  Hall  now  is,  nnd  was  actively 
eno-ao-ed  in  business  until  nineteen  years  since,  when  he  retired  for 
a  more  quiet  life  than  the  cares  of  so  large  a  business  required. 

The  late  Dr.  was  unmarried,  and  was  an  uncle  of  the  widow  of 
the  late  Geo.  H.  Starr.  He  was  an  early  Governor  of  Dalhousie 
Universit}',  of  which  he  was  a  pronounced  friend,  having  given 
many  substantial  prizes  ;  a  director  of  the  British-American  Book 
and  Tract  Society,  and  faithful  friend  and  adviser  of  mau}^  other 
charitable  institutions.  The  Presbyterians  of  the  city  and  country 
lose  a  valuable  friend,  the  deceased  having  been  for  many  years  a 
staunch  supporter  and  liberal  contributor  to  all  church  objects, 
and  for  a  long  time  had  been  an  elder  of  St.  Matthew's  church. 
His  demise,  though  not  unexpected,  will  be  keenly  felt.  The 
remains  will  be  taken  to  Grand  Pre  Station  for  interment. 

ELISHA    AVERY«. 
(RKV.  EPHRAIM',  REV.  JOHNC.) 

ELISHA  AVERY\  fifth  sou  of  Rev.  Epliraim'  and  Deborah 
(Lothrop)  Avery,  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  Ct.,  Dec.  3, 
1744.  Married  Eunice  Putnam.  He  was  a  merchant  in 
Boston,  Mass.  He  died  Jan.  4,  1782.  His  tombstone  in 
Brooklyn  burying  ground,  (next  easterly  to  that  of  his 
father's),  is  inscribed  thus  :  — 

"7r<  memory  of  3Ir.  Elisha  Avery,  icho  died  Jany  4,  1782, 
in  the  38th  year  of  his  age.'' 

"  Why  so  much  worth  condemned  to  die  so  soon? 
Why  shoukl  thy  sun,  we  cry,  go  down  at  noon? 
But  grief  alone  thy  death  untimely  calls, 
For  ripened  virtue  ne'er  untimely  falls." 

They  had  a  son  Elisha^  who  was  a  merchant  in  Boston. 


206  AVE II Y    GENEALOGY. 

ELIZABETH  f AVERY  )  PUTNAM. 
(RKV.   EPHKAIM'.     KKV.  J0IIN6.) 

Elizabeth  Avery',  sixth  chikl,  but  first  daughter,  of  Rev. 
Ephraim"  and  Deborah  (Lothrop)  xVvery,  was  born  Friday, 
Dec.  5,  174(3.  We  have  no  reminisceuces  eonuected  with 
her  chiklhood  days,  but  a  letter  she  wa-ote  to  her  eldest 
brother,  when  in  her  eighteenth  vear,  mav  be  of  some 
interest  to  the  reader.     The  following  is  a  copy : 

'•  Isle  Wuarr,  Skpt.  20,  17G4. 
"  Dear  Bhotiier  (John^)  :  I  have  liad  no  coiivenunt  opper- 
tunity  of  writing  to  you  since  I  recev'd  your  Letter  before  now, 
therefore  I  need  make  no  apology  for  noi  writing  before,  but  let 
it  suffice  that  I  luive  all  along  bore  you  in  strict  Kemenibrauce 
and  should  have  been  very  glad  of  an  opportunity  of  Testifying 
the  same  to  you  ;  'tis  with  pleasure  I  embrace  the  present,  to 
send  you  this  Essay  of  my  affection  for  you.  which,  tho  afaint 
one  is  Sincere  ;  I  lind  by  your  Letter  to  Brother  Sam  that  you 
have  met  with  a  happy  chaing,  which  I  heartily  rejoice  ,  to  hear; 
and  beg  your  prayers  to  God  for  me,  that  he  would  open  my  eyes 
to  see  my  undone  condition  l)y  Natiu'c,  and  of  the  nead  and 
Necessity  of  a  Portion  in  the  Blood  which  alone  cleanses  from 
all  Iniquity,  and  without  which  we  must  be  eternally  miserable; 
wee  are  all  well  at  presan,  except  Sei)ti,  [Septimus  Gardner^, 
in  his  fifth  year,  a  half  brother.]  (who  has  got  a  swelling 
under  his  throte,  and  I  am  afraid  it  is  the  King's  evil.  Brother 
Sam  has  been  to  Cascobay  and  we  heard  that  he  is  returned  to 
Sag-harl)or.  INIother  Dcl^be  (Deltorah  Avery"^,  in  her  L'Uh  year,) 
Ruthy  (Ruth  Avery",  in  her  11th  year,)  and  hanah  Squire  giv 
there  Love  to  you.  I  had  a  Leter  from  Aunt  l)ra[)er  (Elizabeth 
[Avery']  Draper,  widow)  week  before  last.  She  is  very  desirous 
that  I  should  ntiiino  to  Boston,  which  i  shal  do.  l)y  the  furst 
opportunity.  I  have  nothing  further  to  subjoin,  but  best  wishes 
for  your  Hajipiness  both  here  and  hereafter. 

and  am  with  great  Sincerity,  Your  truly 

Affectionate  Sister, 

Elizabeth  Avery." 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  207 

She  married  (May,  1777,?)  Kev.  Aaron  Putuam  (his 
second  wife)  of  Reading,  sou  of  Eev.  Daniel  Putnam,)  who 
was  second  cousin  to  Gen.  Israel  Putuam. 

Rev.  Aaron  Putnam  was  born  1733,  graduated  from  H.  C. 
(1752)  at  the  age  of  nineteen,  and  four  years  later  (March 
10,  1756,)  was  ordained  minister  of  the  first  church  of 
Pomfret,  Ct.,  it  being  just  five  weeks  after  the  ordination 
of  Rev.  Mr.  Whiting  in  Brooklyn,  Ct.,  the  successor  of  the 
late  Rev.  Ephraim  Avery",  his  wife's  father.     Children : 

i.     Deborah^,    b.     Feb.     13,     1778,     in    Pomfret,     m.   Matt. 

Campbell, 
ii.     Hannah'^,  b.  Feb.  14,  1780,  unmarried,  died  Sept.  1,  1857, 

at  Cherry  Valley, 
iii.     Ruth'',  b.  Oct.  31,  1782,  unmarried,  died  March  14,  1864, 

at  Cherry  Valley. 
iv.     Sally^,   b.   Oct.    13,    1784,  m.  Samuel    P.   Storrs,   died    in 

March,  1821. 
v.     Aaron  Jr.'\  b.  Oct.  26,  1786,  died  Dec.  20,  1831. 

Elizabeth  (Avery')  Putuam  died  iu  Cherry  Valley,  N.  Y., 
Dec.  7,  1835.  Her  tombstone  there  is  thus  inscribed  :  — 
"  Departed  this  life  Dec.  7,  1835,  Elizabeth,  widow  of  the 
late  Rev.  Aaron  Putnam,  of  Pomfret,  Conn.,  Aged  90."  (It 
should  be  89  years,  2  days).  "We  believe  she  will  have 
part  in  the  first  resurrection." 

The  tombstone  of  Rev.  Aaron  P.,  the  husband,  is  in  Pom- 
fret, Conn.  He  died  twenty-two  years  before  his  wife,  and 
the  fact  that  he  died  in  Pomfret,  Ct.,  while  she  lies  in 
Cherry  Valley,  N.  Y.,  shows  that  after  his  death,  the  widow 
must  have  gone  to  live  with  her  children,  and  died  there,  as 
did  two  of  her  daughters,  and  possibly  the  others. 

Cherry  Valley,  located  in  central  New  York,  we  learu 
from  history,  was  the  scene  of  a  terrible  massacre  in  the 
Autumn  of  1778.      In  a  single  day  the  whole  village  was 


208  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

destroyed.  All  tlie  houses  were  burned  and  about  fifty 
inhabitants  were  tomahawked  and  scalped,  without  regard 
to  age  or  sex,  by  a  party  of  Tories  and  Indians,  led  hj 
Joseph  Brant,  (an  educated  Mohawk  sachem),  who  was  a 
member  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  and  engaged  in  mission- 
ary work  among  his  race  of  people,  but  left  all  and  took  to 
the  war-joath,  with  the  zeal  of  his  tribe,  though  was  far  less 
ferocious  than  they — and  Walter  Butler,  son  of  Colonel  or 
Major,  John  Butler,  a  barbarous  Tory.  Among  the  victims 
were  many  refined  gentlemen  and  ladies  well  known  in 
Northern  States. 

After  peace  was  declared,  the  yillage  was  rebuilt,  and  we 
see  by  the  records  that  Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Ayery')  Putnam  and 
her  children  had  their  home  there  in  later  years. 

CAMPBELL. 

Deborah  Putnam",  eldest  daughter  of  Rev.  Aaron  and 
Elizabeth  (Avery')  Putnam,  was  born  in  Pomfret,  Ct,  Feb. 
13, 1778,  married  Matthew  Campbell,  of  Cherry  Valley,  N.  Y. 
Children :  — 

i.     Jane'",  b.  Apr.  23,  1797,  m.  Henry  Smith  and   had  one 

daughter,  Lucy  L.  Sniith^',  who  in  1871  was  living  in 

Cherry  Valley.    Jane  (Campbell'")  Smith  died  Aug.  7, 

187*2,  in  her  76th  year. 

ii.     Putnam'",  b.  Aug.  24,  1800.  died  Mar.  18.57. 

iii.     Elizabeth'",   b.  Jan.  10,  1803,  m.  Hiram   Flint,  and  died 

Dec.  28,  1871,  in  her  G9th  year, 
iv.     Samuel'",  b.  Jan.  G,  1806,  d.  Nov.  28,  1870. 
V.     DeAVilt  C",  b.  May  9,  1808. 
vi.     Sarah  A.'",  b.  Mar.  5,  1813,  m.  F.  E.  Goodsell. 
vii.     Brayton  A.'",  b.  June  4,  1816,  d.  June  19,  1857.  . 

viii.     Deborah  P.'",  b.  Feb.  20,  1818,  m.  Franklin  Grozier. 
ix.     Matthew'",  b.  Ai)r.  29,  1822,  died  June  1,  1860. 

Mrs.  Del>orah  (Putnam")  Campbell  died  April  IG,  1850, 
aged  72  years. 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  209 


PUTNAM". 

Aaron  Putnam",  Jr.,  youngest  cliikl  and  only  son  of  Kev. 
Aaron  and  Elizabeth  (Avery')  Putnam,  born  Oct.  26,  1786, 
married  Miss  Mary  Green,  of  E.  I.,  in  Oct.,  1815,  and  had 
one  child,  Elizabeth  Ayery",  born  Aug.  23,  1816,  married 
Cleveland.     Mrs.  Mary  (Green)  Putnam  died  Oct.  17,  1820. 

Eev.  Aaron  Putnam,  Jr'\,  married  second  wife,  Mary  Abel, 
of  Philadelphia.     Children : 

i.     Sarah^"  ;  ii,  Aaron^'^ ;  iii,  Louisa^*^,  died  in  infancy, 
iv.     Lucretia^",  b.  ,  ra  David  Wiuton,  (living  1885.) 

Eev.  Aaron  Putnam,  Jrl,  graduated  Brown  University, 
Providence,  E.  I,  1806-7. 

CLEVELAND. 

Elizabeth  Avery  Putnam",  daughter  of  Eev.  Aaron  and 
Mary  (Green)  Putnam,  Jr".,  born  Aug.  23,  1816,  married 
Benjamin  Franklin  Cleveland,  March  31,  1836,  (his  second 
wife.)     Children : 

1.     Lucy  Green'^  b.  April  7,  1837,  m.  Eben  H,  Moore. 

ii.  Sarah  Louisa",  b.  March  10,  1839,  m.  C.  W.  Mott, 
Oneida. 

iii.     Aaron  Putnamii,  b.  June   29,  1841,  m.  Harriet  W.  Bacon. 

iv.  Catharineii,  b.  Oct.  26,  1843,  m.  Oct.  17,  1867,  J.  J. 
Eddy,  of  Boston  (no  children.) 

y.     Henry  G.^i,  b.  Sept.  1,  1846,  m.  Mary  B.  Niles. 

Mr.  B.  P.  Cleveland  died  Jan.  25,  1851,  aged  48.  Mrs. 
E.  A.  (Putnam'")  Cleveland  married,  second,  (1877)  Mr. 
Morton  Eddy,  of  Fall  Eiver,  Mass. 

MOOEE. 
Lucy  Green  Cleveland",   eldest   daughter  of  B.  F.   and 
Elizabeth  A.  (Putnam")  Cleveland,  b.  April  7,  1837,  married 
Sept.  29,  1857,  Eben  H.  Moore,  (born  1834.)     Children: 


210  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

i.     Henryi-^  b.  Oct.  24,  1860,  d.  Oct.   G,   1881,   Columbus.  O. 
ii.     Heleni-^,  b.  Aug.  24,  1SG2. 
iii.     Bessie'-,  b.  Jan.  22,  1865. 

MOTT. 

Sarah  Louisa  Cleveland",  second  daugliter  of  B.  F.  and 
E.  A.  (Putnam^")  Cleveland,  born  March  10,  1839,  married 
March  24,  1859,  Charles  Williams  Mott.     Children  : 

i.  Avis  Williarasi'^  b.  Dec.  21,  1859,  d.  Dec.  23. 

ii.  Kate  p:iizabetlii^  b.  Dec.  8,  1861,  d.  f^eb.  1,  1869. 

iii.  John  FrankliQi2,  b.  Aug.  16,  1864,  d.  Nov.  26,  1865. 

iv.  Arthur  Clevelaud'2,  b.  Nov.  24,  1866,  d.  Jan.  30,   1869. 

V.  Alice  Williamsi^  b.  Dec.  13,  1869. 

vi.  Lucy  Clevelaud'-^  b.  Oct.  28,  1873- 

vii.  Charles  Earle^'^  b.  March  12,  1879. 

CLEVELAND". 

Aaron  Putnam  Cleveland",  eldest  son,  (third  child)  of 
B.  E.  and  E.  A.  (Putnam")  Cleveland,  born  June  29,  1811, 
married  October  14, 1868,  Harriet  Williams  Bacon.    Children: 

i.     Jessie  Bacon'-,  b.  Nov.  15,  1869. 
ii.     Cornelia  Williams  Bacon^-,  b.  Aug.  14,  1871. 

CLEVELAND". 

Henry  Gaylord  Cleveland",  born  Sept.  1,  181G,  married 
June  25,  1874,  Mary  Belle  Niles.     Children  : 

i.     AValter  Avery'-,  b.  Dec.  17,  1875. 
ii.     Mary  Elizabeth^^  b.  April  3,  1881,  d.  Oct.  22. 

DEBORAH  (AVERY«)   BAKER. 

(KF.V.  EPHKAIM',  KKV.  J01IN<>.) 

DEBOIIAH  AVEKY^  eighth  child  and  second  daughter 
of  Rev.  Ephraim  Avery",   of  Brooklyn,  Ct,  Avas  born 
Eriday,   July   5,   1751.       She   married   March  4,  1773,  Dr. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  211 

Joseph  Baker,  son  of  Samuel  and  Prudence  Baker,  (born 
Dec.  17,  1748).  They  had  one  chikl,  Elisha^  born  June  1, 
1774,  died  Nov.  8,  1775.  Deborah^  died  1777.  Her  tomb- 
stone in  Brookl}^,  is  thus  inscribed  : 

"In  memory  of  Mrs.  Deborah,  wife  of  Doct.  Joseph  Baker, 
who  departed  this  Life,  Feb''  13th,  A.  D.  1777,  in  y®  26th  year  of 
her  Age.     Virtue  not  Rolling  suns  Compleats  our  Age." 

Dr.  Baker  married  Lucy,  daughter  of  Rev.  Ebenezer 
Devotion,  for  his  second  wife,  and  she  survived  him  thirty- 
eight  years. 

RUTH  (AVERY^)  BREWSTER. 
(REV.  EPHRAIM',  REV.  J0HN6.) 
^UTH  AVERY',  youngest  child  of  Rev.  Ephraim  Avery', 


R 


was  born  Jan.  13,  1754,  was  but  nine  months  old  at  her 
father's  death.  She  married  (as  his  second  wife)  Dr.  John 
Brewster,  of  Hampton.  They  had  two  children,  a  son  and 
a  daughter  —  the  son.  Dr.  William  Brewster^,  born  (?). 

Dr.  Brewster  had  by  his  first  wife,  a  son  named  John, 
who  was  a  mute.  "  He  acquired  very  creditable  proficiency 
in  the  art  of  painting  (portraits),  and  followed  it  through 
life  as  a  profession." 

RUTH  (AVERY^)  PARKER. 

(REV.  JOHNS  ROBERTS  DR.  WILLIAM^.) 

PLYMPTON,    MASS. 

l^UTH  AYERY^  eldest  daughter  (third  child)  of  Rev. 
-"^X  John"  and  Ruth  (Little)  Avery,  was  born  in  Truro, 
Mass.,  July  26,  1715.  At  the  early  age  of  eighteen  she  was 
married,  by  her  father,  to  Rev.  Jonathan  Parker,  of  Plymp- 
ton,  (Sept.  6,  1733,)  the  fourth  son  of  Judge  Daniel  Parker, 


212  AVERY    GEXEALOGY. 

of  Barnstable,  Mass.^      Eev.  Jonathan  was  second  minister 
of  Plympton.     Children  : 

Ruth^,  b.  (?),  ra.  by  her  father  to  John  Bishop,  of  Norwich, 
Ct.,  Oct.  18,  1753.  She  is  meutioued  iii  her  grandfather's  (Rev. 
John  Avery)  will. 

ii.     .Jonathan'^,  b.  Aug.  16,  173G,  m.  Abigail  Loriug. 

iii.     John  Avery"",  b.  Dec.  10,  1738,  d.  Sept.  25,  1740. 

iv.     Elizabeth^  b.  April  6,  1741,  d.  May  7,  1743. 

v.  Avery^,  b.  Jiil}^  19,  1743,  married,  had  a  family  of  child- 
ren, and  died  in  New  Bedford,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Kuth  (Aver}^" )  Parker  died  May  17,  1745.  Her  hus- 
band married  again,  and  had  several  children.  "  He  died 
April  24,  1776,  in  his  71st  year,  and  45th  of  his  ministry." 

PAEKEPv\ 

Jonathan*  Parker,  son  of  Rev.  Jonathan  and  Puth 
(x4.very')  Parker,  born  Aug.  16,  1736.  "  AVhen  he  was  a 
boy,  by  a  wound  (with  a  knife)  in  his  eye,  he  lost  his  sight, 
and  was  totally  blind  till  his  death,"  (as  per  town  clerk  of 
Plympton,  Mass.)  He  is  mentioned  in  his  grandfather's 
will  as  having  an  "  impediment  in  his  sight."  and  Avas 
bequeathed  a  double  share  on  that  account.  He  married, 
raised  a  family,  and  died  at  a  good  old  age.  He  married 
Dec.  5,  1765,  Abigail  Loring.     Children  : 

i.     Oliver'',  b.  Aug.  29,  1766. 
ii.     Polycarpus^,  b.  Oct.  9,  1767. 

iii.  John  Avery^,  b.  Sept.  25,  1769,  d.  in  New  Bedford,  Dec. 
SI,  1853,  aged  84  years. 

iv.     Ruth-',  1).  Dec.  14,  1771.  d.  Nov.  2,  1772. 

V.  Jonatlmir',  1).  July  17,  1774,  m.  Silence  Soule,  first,  and 
Polly  Siierman,  second. 

vi.     .hu'olr',  1).  .July  10,  1776. 
vii.     Abigail',  b.  Aug.  17,  1778. 

*  The  children  of  Judge  Parker  were:  Daniel'-,  Noliemiah-,  Samuel-,  Kev. 
Jonathan-,  liorn  1705  (?),  David-',  Temperance-,  Heljckah'-,  Molly'-'. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  213 

Jonathan'^  Parker  was  a  member  of  the  Plympton  church. 
He  died  Sept.  1,  1822,  aged  86  years. 

His  widow,  Abigail  (Loring)  Parker,  died  March  23,  1840, 
aged  97  years  /born  Feb.  11,  1742-3,  O.  S.)  "She  was  the 
oklest  person  living  in  Plympton  at  the  time  of  her  death, 
and  the  oldest  person,  except  the  widow  Abigail  Bryant, 
who  ever  died  in  Plympton  up  to  this  date.  For  about  a 
year  before  she  died,  she  had  lost  in  a  great  measure  her 
mental  faculties.  The  Eev.  Elijah  Dexter  attended  her 
funeral,  March  26,  1840." 

PAPtKEPv'. 

Jonathan"  Parker,  born  July  17,  1774,  married  in  1804, 
Silence  Soule.  She  soon  died,  and  he  married  (publishment 
Nov.  22,  1807),  Polly,  daughter  of  Asa  Sherman,  of  Plymp- 
ton, (born  Sept.  15,  1786).     Children  : 

i.     Polly  Stephensi",  b.  Mar.  13,  1809. 

ii.  Zaccheusi«,  b.  May  26,  1810,  m.  Betsey  Bartlett,  Dec.  10, 
1834,  (by  Rev.  Elijah  Dexter),  dan.  of  Capt.  Ansel 
and  Elizabeth  Bartlett.  Zaccheus  Parker,  died  May 
11,  1888.  For  more  than  forty  years  he  was  post- 
master at  Plympton.  Mrs.  Betsey  Parker  died  Feb. 
16,  1889.     Children  : 

1.  Lewis  Bartleltii.   b.   Apr.  9,    is:!(;,   ni.   Rebecca  Perkins, 

in  Marcb,  1872,  and  died  April  28,  1883.     Children  : 
i.     Jacnbi-,  b.  Dec.  10,  1872. 
ii.     Ethel  Sherwoodi^,  b.  July  2,  187.5. 

2.  Zaccheus  Thco.n,  b.  Jan.  29,  1842. 

A.     Elizabeth    Bartlett",  b.  Oct.  31.  1845.  ),..,.     .    , 

T  oi  11   1      V        OA  10I0  Died  in  infancy. 

4.    Jona.  Sherman",  b.  Apr.  .30,  1848.        ) 

iii.  Sileuceio,  b.  June  17,  1812. 

iv.  Lucyio,  b.  Aug.  22,  1816. 

V.  Betsey'o,  b.  Mar.  9,  1818. 

vi.  Abigail  Loringi'\  1).  July  16,  1822. 

vii.  Hannah  .Stephens^",  b.  Feb.  15,  1824. 

viii.  Jonathan^*',    b.    Feb.    14,    1826,    in.    Helen    M.    Parker. 

They  had  three  children,  all  of  whom  died  in  childhood. 


214  AVEEY  GENEALOGY. 

Jouatliau  died  iu  Wasliingtoii  from  a  gunshot  Avound, 
July  2,  1864.  His  name  will  be  found,  with  those  of  his 
comrades,  inscribed  on  the  Soldiers'  Monument,  which  was 
dedicated  at  Plympton,  Nov.  20,  1889. 

ELIZABETH  (AVERY")  DRAPER.^ 

(REV.  JOHN  AVERY"'.) 

rrLIZABETH  AVERTS  second  daughter  (fourth  child), 
*-^  of  Rev.  John"  and  Ruth  (Little)  Avery,  of  Truro,  Mass., 
was  born  in  that  town,  Tuesday,  Mar.  5,  1716-7.  Of  her 
youth  we  know  nothing.  The  records  of  her  life  even  are 
very  scant.  She  married  John  Draper,  a  printer  in  Boston, 
but  at  what  time  we  cannot  learn.  She  was  mentioned  iu 
her  father's  will  of  1754. 

They  had  one  son  named  Richard'  Draper,  who  was 
mentioned  in  his  father's  will. 

WEST. 

Mary  Avery',  third  daughter  (eight  child)  of  Rev.  John" 
and  Ruth  (Little)  Avery  was  born  in  Truro,  Mass.,  Jan.  19, 
1724-5.  Very  scant,  indeed,  are  the  records  touching  her 
life.  She  married  a  Mr.  West,  and  is  mentioned  in  her 
father's   will.     When  or  where  she  died  we  have  no  record. 

ROBERT  AVERY'. 
(REV.  JOHN'>.) 

LKHANON,    CONN. 

T^OBERT  AVERY  \  tliird  son  (fiftli  child)  of  Rev.  John'' 
-^X  and  Ruth  (Little)  Avery,  was  born  in  Truro,  Mass., 
May  26,  1719.  He  is  mentioned  in  his  father's  will  as 
having  received  lands  fioni  him  in  Lebanon,  Conn.,  M'here 
he  settled  when  quite  j'oung. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  215 

In  Lebanon  (Conn.)  records,  we  find  "  Children  of  Robert 
and  Anna  (Cusliman)  Avery,  (dangliter  of  Josiah  and 
Susanna  Cusliman,")  as  follows  : 

i.  Robert^  b.  Nov.  20,  1742. 

ii.  Johu^  b.  Jan.  29,  1744-5. 

iii.  Anna^'*,  b.  June  25,  1747. 

iv.  Josiah^,  b.  Aug.  15,  1749. 

V.  Susanna^,  b.  Oct.  15,  1751. 

vi.  Sal•ah^  b.  Oct.  25,  1753. 

vii.  Riith^  b.  March  6,  1756. 

Whether  these  have  left  any  descendants  we  cannot  say. 
Eobert  Avery"  was  admitted  a  member  to  full  communion 
in  17G3,  to  second  church  in  Lebanon.  (The  second  society 
was  incorporated  into  a  Township  in  1805  by  the  name  of 
Columbia.)  In  Lebanon  church,  record  of  "  Bill  of  Mort- 
ality," 1775,  "  Eobert  Avery,  killed  in  battle  at  sea." 

Letters  of  administration  were  granted  on  the  estate  of 
Eobert  Avery,  Sept.  13,  1775,  to  Elisha  Lothrop  (his 
brother-in-law,)  who  on  Sept.  6,  1783,  represented  the 
estate  insolvent.  The  court  ordered  to  creditors  Is.  lOd.  on 
the  X. 

Jan.  28,  1124.     (Lebanon  Land  Records,  vol.  3,  page  581.) 

Jedediah  Lnmbart,  of  Trnro,  Mass.,  conveyed  to  John  Avery, 
clerk,  for  £250,  two  tracts  of  land,  "  one  containing  at  least  116 
acres,  and  the  other  at  least  52  acres,  which  lands  were  formerly 
in  partnership  with  myself  (AValter  G.  Kingsley,  town  clerk, 
Lebanon,)  and  Daniel  Smalley." 

Noah  Dewey  conveyed  land  to  Robert  Avery  for  £900  in  bills 
of  public  credit,  old  tenor,  40  acres,  March  16,  1750.  (Land 
Rec,  vol.  7,  p.  306.) 

John  Aveiy^,  by  deed  May  26,  1747,  conveyed  to  "  his  son," 
Robert'  all  his  lands  in  Lebanon,  "for  love  and  affection." 
(Land  Rec,  vol.  8,  p.  351.) 

"  Robert"  conveyed  to  "  his  brother,  John  Avery",  of  Boston," 
116    acres    purchased    by    his    father,  Rev.    John'^,    of  Lombard, 


216  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

March  16,  1750,  for  sixty-six  pounds,  "  silver  money."  (Vol.  8, 
p.   172.) 

Robert  Avery"  bought  20  acres  of  John  Little  (an  uncle?)  for 
£120.     Bills  of  credit,  Nov.  19,  1755.      (Vol.  8,  p.  188.) 

Robert  Avery"  sold  his  f^rra  to  N.  Cushiuau,  Jan.  15.  1759,  for 
£755,  lawful  money.      (Vol.  9,  p.  123.) 

Lebanon  formerly  belonged  to  Windham  Probate  District. 
This   is  all   we    have   been   able    to    gather    concerning 
Eobert  Avery". 

ABIGAIL  (AVERY')  LOTHROP. 
(REV.  .JOHN  AVERYG,) 

NORWICH,    CONN. 

«nBIGAIL  AVEEY^  fourth  daughter  (ninth  child)  of 
/I  Kev.  John'''  and  Kuth  (Little)  Avery,  was  born  in  Truro, 
Mass.,  June  1,  1727.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  she  was  mar- 
ried to  Elislia  Lothrop,  who  was  a  brother  to  her  brother's 
(Kev.  Ephraim  Avery',  of  Brooklyn,  Ct.,)  wife.  The  follow- 
ing is  a  copy  from  Norwich,  Ct.,  records  : 

"  Elisha  Lothrop,  of  Newent,  in  Norwich,  and  Abigail  Avery 
were  married  to  each  other  on  the  28th  day  of  May,  1745." 

He  was  the  son  of  Samuel'  and  Deborah  (Crow)  Lothrop. 
He  came  from  good,  old,  Puritan  stock,  was  great  grandson 
of  Rev.  John  Lotliro}),  who,  tradition  says,  was  the  first 
of  that  name  in  New  England.     Children  : 

i.  Elisha",  b.  1745,  m.  1st  Lydia  Kirkland  ;  2d,  Mrs.  Lydia 
Huntington,  who  died  Jan.,  1810,  aged  75.  He  died  in 
Demerara,  South  Anunica,  Sept.  23,  1790,  as  per  tombstone  in 
the  burial  lot.  Had  five  children,  Lydia'*,  Henry'',  James", Henry^ 
Sarah". 

ii.  Deb()rali\  li.  .lune  22,  1747. 

iii.  Anna",  b.  .lune  5,  1749. 

iv.  Solomon"',  1).  Nov.  5,  1751. 

V.  Mary",  b.  March  17,  1755. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  217 


vi.     Septimus^,   b.   1756,    married   twice.      He    died   Oct.   12, 
1819,  as  per  toml)stoue;  aged  Go.     Children  : 
i.     Wealthy^,  b.  — ,  m.   Ralph  Manning,  of    "Windham, 

settled  in  Scoharie  Co.,  N.  Y.     Five  children, 
ii.     1  ucy'-',  b.  — ,  m.  Elisha  Kimball,  of  Preston.     Eight 

children, 
iii.     Septimus^,   b.  Ang.  3,  1781,  m.  May  1,  1811,  Jndith 
Greenleaf  Salisbury.     Children  : 

1.  Samueli",  b.  1812,  in  Providence,  R.  I.      In  1.S34  he 

went  to  Chicago,  111.  Two  years  later  he  moved  to 
Bristol,  111.,  m.  Nancy  McClellan. 

2.  Henry  Adamsi'\  h.  1S13.     In  1884  was  a  manufacturer 

of  woolen  goods  at  Hopedale  in  Griswold.     Was 
married  twice. 
.1    Hiram  Bementw,  h.  Jewitt  City,  ISKJ,  m.  Charlotte 
Barritt.     He  died  Jan.  28.  185(3. 

4.  Elizahethi".  1).  Jewitt  City  in  1818,  died  there  in  1842. 

5.  Richard   Salisbnryi",  i,,  1S20,  m.  in  Providence,  R.  I., 

in  1848,  Jane  F.  Tliompsou,  of  Warwick,  R.  I.  She 
died  in  Plainfield,  Ct.,  in  1857.  He  married  again 
—  Emily  Mason  Fuller,  of  Sterling,  Ct.  In  1873  he 
was  a  reed  manufacturer  in  West  Killingly. 

6.  George  Cadyi",  b.  in  1822,  d.  in  1842. 

7.  Josiah  O.,  b.  in  1823,  m.  in  184(>,  Caroline    Bigelow, 

who  died  in  1847.  He  soon  moved  to  Illinois,  and 
married,  second,  Ann  Pearson,  of  Bristol,  111.  In 
1884  he  resided  in  Mendota,  111. 

iv.     Solomon^,   b.  Ang.  3,    1784,  m.  Aseuath  Partridge, 
of  Griswold.     Had  three  children  :     Mary  Maria^", 
Elizabeth^'^'  and  Jane'^'. 
V.     Henry  Bishop^,  b.  in  1794   at  Lisbon,  Ct.,  m.  Sarah 

Preston.     They  have  lived  in  Albany. 
vi.     Abigail  Adams^,  b.  — ,  m.  twice.    Two  children, 
vii.     Nelson  Perkins^,  b.  — ,  died  in  Albany, 
viii.     John   Elisha'',  b.  in   1802,    m.  in   Schenectady,  Mary 
(Curry)  Wilkie  —  was  living  in  1864  —  no  children. 


218  AVERY    GENEALOGY 


FAMILY    AND    GENERATIONS    OF 

JOB    AVERY'. 
(EEV.  JOHN",  ROBERT',  DR.  WILLIAM^.) 

TRURO,    MASS. 

JdB  AVEEY^  fifth  son  (seventli  cliikl ),  of  Eev.  John*'  aucl 
Entli  (Little)  Avery,  was  born  in  Truro,  Jan.  14,  1722-3. 
His  life  was  spent  in  liis  native  town,  on  the  old  homestead, 
which  had  been  bequeathed  to  him  by  his  father.  He  was 
the  only  one  of  the  minister's  children  who  settled  in 
Truro,  consequently  was  the  progenitor  of  all  the  Averys  in 
Truro  and  Provincetown.  He,  doubtless,  was  a  prominent 
citizen,  identifying  himself  with  the  town's  interests. 
Among  the  records,  we  find  that,  at  a  meeting  of  the  inhab- 
itants of  the  town  of  Truro,  held  Jan.  9th,  1758,  it  was 
"  voted  to  choose  a  committee  to  consider  the  business 
inserted  in  the  warrant  respecting  the  soldiers."  A  com- 
mittee of  six  was  chosen,  and  Mr.  Job  Avery  was  a  member 
of  that  committee.  This  was  when  England  and  France 
were  at  war  over  their  possessions  in  America.  France 
fitted  out  a  large  fieet  of  armed  ships  of  war,  which  were 
destined  for  New  England,  and  as  Truro  was  much  exposed 
and  entirely  unguarded,  a  petition  had  been  sent  to  the 
General  Court  for  arms  and  niilitar}'  assistance;  and 
measures  were  taken  for  furnisliiiig  the  town's  quota;  the 
sum  of  fifteen  pounds  being  voted  from  the  treasury  to  be 
paid  to  cdch  of  the  town's  quota,  in  addition  to  the  Provin- 
cial wages. 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  21  if 

lu  1759  mone}'  was  again  raised  to  encourage  men  to 
enlist  in  His  Majesty's  service  for  the  invasion  of  Canada. 
Twenty  men  were  required  from  this  town,  and  to  each  of 
them  was  voted  ,£15.  Tliis  sliows  that  Truro,  although  so 
isolated,  took  an  active  interest  in  everything  pertaining  to 
the  success  of  the  American  colonies.  This  year  brought 
complete  triumph  to  the  English  arms.  That  Mr.  Job 
Avery  was  a  participant  in  the  town's  affairs,  is  seen  by  the 
records,  and  we  regret  that  they  are  not  fuller  and  more 
complete. 

Another  item  among  the  records  is  :  "April  17,  1749,  gave 
leave  to  Barnabas  Paine  and  Job  Avery,  to  open  the  hedge 
by  the  old  Try  Yard,  on  the  southerly  part  of  the  Indian 
Neck."  Another:  "  Sept.  25,  1749,  three  gentlemen  were 
chosen  as  a  committee  to  take  care  of  the  ministerial  wM3od- 
land."  "Also  to  bequest  of  Mr.  Avery  a  power  of  attorney 
to  sue  any  person  or  persons  that  shall  presume  to  cut  wood 
from  said  ministeriaL"  Mr.  Avery  owned  at  least  two 
slaves,  one  a  young  negro  man  named  "  Larned,"  whom  he 
received  as  a  gift  from  his  father  ;  the  other  a  negro  woman. 
Among  the  records  is  the  following : 

August  24,   1766. 
"  Violet,  a  negro  woman,  a  slave  of  Mr.  Avery,  made  her  peace 
with   the   Church   by   atiknowledgment,    and  so   was  qualified  to 
receive  the  ordiuatiou  of  baptism. 

Attest,  CALEB  UPHAM,  Pastor." 

Mr.  Avery  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Selectmen,  1763 
to  1766,  and  town  clerk  and  treasurer  from  1767  to  1770. 
Of  his  private  life  we  know  nothing,  but  conclude  it  was  an 
lionorable  one,  and  he  an  example  of  the  old  proverb,  "tram 
up  a  child  in  the  way  he  should  go,  and  when  he  is  old  he 
will  not  depart  from  it." 


220  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

Dec.  30,  1742,  he  married  Miss  Jane  Thatcher,  of  East- 
ham,  then  the  acljoiuing  town,  and  which  before  the  incor- 
poration, included  Truro  (Pawmet)  in  its  territory.  Kev. 
Benjamin  Webb,  the  bride's  pastor,  officiated  at  the  wed- 
ding. This  union  was  blessed  with  nine  children,  all  of 
whom,  with  one  exception,  arrived  at  years  of  maturity,, 
leaving  many  descendants  :  — 

i.  John-,  b.  Oct.  27,  1743.  m.  Hannah  Snow, 

ii.  Ruth*,    b.    May    22,    1745,    ni.   Aquilla    Ricli.      Second,. 

Daniel  Snow, 

iii.  Iilizabeth*^,  b.  Jan.  25,  1747,  ni.  John  McAlpine. 

iv.  Job^,  b.  Jan.  7,  1749,  ni.  Jeiusha  Lombard. 

V.  Samuel*^,  b.  Aug.  31,  1751,  m.  Mary  Weston, 

vi.  Jane^,  b.  Aug.  25,  1755,  died  soon, 

vii.  Thatcher®,  b.  Feb.  15,  1757,  m.  Hannah  Atkins, 

viii.  George**,  b.  Jan.  23,  175'J,  m.  Mary  Sanborn. 

ix.  Jane"*,  V).  Feb.  0,  1761,  m.  Jolin  Atkins. 

Mr.  Avery  died  Jan.  2,  1785,  the  slate  stone  in  the  old 
cemetery  at  North  Truro,  reading  as  follows  : 

"In  memory  of 

]Mr.  Job  Avery 

of  Truro, 

Who  died  Jan.  28, 

1785. 

Aged  ()3  3'ears." 

Mrs.  Jane  (Thatcher)  Avery,  after  hor  husband's  death, 
made  her  home  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Jane  Atkins,  in 
Natick,  Mass.,  where  she  died,  and  Avas  interred  in  the  fam- 
ily tomb  there,  built  by  her  son-in-law,  Capt.  John  Atkins. 

WILL    OF   .KJB    AVKKY,    IN    PKOBATE   OFFICE,    BARNSTABLE,    MASS. 

"In  tlie  name  of  God,  Amen.  I,  Joi)  Avor^',  of  Truro, 
Gentleman;  being  infirm  in  Body  l)nt  of  perfect  sound  disposing 
mind  and  memory  knowing  it  is  appointed  unto  all  men  once  to- 
die   and   l)eiug   desirous   to   set   my  house  in    order,   before   I   gO' 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  221 

hence  to  be  here  no  more,  do  make  and  ordain  this  my  last  Will 
and  Tesiament,  in  manner  and  foim  following: 

First  of  all,  I  give  and  recommend  ni}'  Sonl  into  the  hands  of 
Almighty  God  who  gave  it,  and  my  body  to  the  earth  from 
whence  it  was  taken,  and  as  far  as  the  wordly  estate  wherewith  it 
hath  pleased  God  to  bless  me,  I  do  dispose  thereof  as    foUoweth  : 

Imprimis.  IMy  will  is  my  just  debts  and  funeral  charges  and 
the  charge  of  settling  my  estate  be  first  paid  out  of  my  personal 
Estate,  by  executor  hereafter  named  in  this  my  last  Wiil  and  as 
to  the   residue  of  all  my  Personal  Estate,   I  give  as   followeth. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  well  beloved  wife  Jane 
(Thatcher)  Avery,  the  improvements  of  one  third  part  of  all  my 
Real  Estate,  so  long  as  she  shall  remain  my  Widow,  in  lieu  of 
her  right  of  dower,  and  power  of  thirds  in  my  Estate. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  grand  daughter,  Elizabeth 
Avery,  daughter  of  Samuel  Avery,  deceased,  one  seventh  part  of 
two  thirds  of  all  my  household  goods  and  furniture  in  my  dwell- 
ing house,  and  the  remainder  of  the  two  thirds  of  my  household 
goods  and  furniture,  I  give  unto  my  three  Daughters,  Ruth 
Snow,  Elizabeth  McAlpine  and  Jane  Atkins,  to  be  divided  in 
■equal  shares  among  them.  " 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  four  sons,  John,  Job, 
Thatcher  and  George  Avery,  all  the  remainder  of  my  whole 
Estate,  both  real  and  personal  which  I  have  not  before  disposed 
•of,  to  be  in  equal  shares  divided  among  them  (^that  is  to  say)  one 
fourth  part  to  Each  of  them,  my  said  sons,  excepting  my  Black- 
smith tools. 

Item.  I  give  to  my  Son,  John  Avery,  my  Blacksmith  tools. 
It  is  my  Will  that  what  I  have  given  to  my  four  sons,  be  to  them, 
their  heirs  and  assigns  forever.  Lastly.  I  do  hereby  constitute 
and  appoint  my  son,  John  Avery,  the  sole  executor  of  this  my 
last  Will  and  Testament,  hereby  revoking  all  and  any  former  Will 
or  Wills  by  me  made,  and  confirming  this  to  be  my  last  Will  and 
Testament,  in  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
seal  this  28th  day  of  October,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1784. 

AVitnesses.  J 0^  OVCTl/    [seal] 

Susannah  Foster  ^/ 

Hannah  Dyer 
Silvanus  Snow. 


222  AVERY    GEXEALOGY. 


INVENTORY   OF   THE    ESTATE   OF   JOB   AVEKY,    (.JULY    14,    1785.) 

To  all  his  wearing  apparel 
"  the  household  furniture 
"  all  the  neat  Cattel 
"  One  Horse 
"  Nine  sheep 
"  All  the  Farming  Utensils 

Real  Estate 
To  all  the  Woodland 

'•   '^  clear  laud  above  tlie  road 

"   "       do.         below  the  road 

"   "  Buildings 

"   "  the  Meadow 
Eleven  hundred  Rails 

Barzilla  Smith, 
Samuel  Hopkins, 
Ephraim  Hardiug. 

One  third  of  Jane  (Thatcher)  Avei^'s  Dower  of  Real  Estate^ 
was  viz  : 

Five  acres  woodland,  18  acres  brush  (?)  laud  (bounded  by  the 
land  of  Thankful  Eldredge),  16  acres  Clear  Land  above  the 
road.  One  acre  of  Laud  adjoining  the  House  and  Barn,  10  acres 
of  Land  below  the  Road.  One  third  of  Dwelling  House.  One 
third  of  Barn,  1 J  acres  of  Meadow  Land  by  edge  of  meadow  of 
Nathaniel  Atkins,  thence  Southerly  to  the  Creek,  thence  Easterly 
by  said  Creek  to  Paine's  meadow.  Another  piece  of  meadow 
lying  in  East  Harbor  about  1.^  acres.  Oct.  11,  1785. 


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AVERY    GENEALOGY.  223 


FAMILY  AND  GENERATIONS  OF 
JOHN  AVERY«. 
(JOB-,  RE:V.  JOHNS.) 

TRURO,    MASS. 

JOHN   AVERY^  eldest  sou  of   Jolr  and   Jane    (Tliatclier) 
Avery,  born  Oct.  27,  1743,  married  Dec.  3,  1771,  Hannah 
Snow,  (b.  1750).     Children  : 


John^,  b.  Oct.  1.  1775,  m.  Rebecca  Knowles. 
Elizabeth^,  b.  Feb.  10,  1777,  died . 


Elizabeth^,  b.  Nov.  29,  1778,  m.  Benj.  P.  Lombard. 
iv.     Hannah^,  b.  Oct.  3,  1781,  m.  Benj.  Eaton. 
V.     Ruth^,  b.  Aug.  5,  1783,  m.  Elkanab  Paine, 
vi.     Jaue^,  b.  Jiih'  28,  1785,  ni.  f^phraim  Atkins. 
vii.     Emma^,  b.  June  9,  1788,  m.  David  Elliot, 
viii.     Job^,  b.  Feb.  11,    1790;    "lost   overboard   Oct.  7,  1810, 

on  the  homeward  passage  from  Touniugeu.      A  steadj^ 

young  man." 
ix.     Ambrose^,    b.    Dec.    3,    1793,     "lost   on    passage    from 

Europe,  April,  1812." 

John  Avery^  died  April  21,  1819,  aged  75  years.  Mrs. 
Hannah  (Snow)  Avery  died  Oct.  27,  1831,  aged  81  years, 
(per  stones  in  North  Truro  cemetery.) 

An  abstract  from  the  will  of  John  Avery%  dated  May  2, 
1818,  gives  "  to  wife  Hannah  (Snow)  Avery,  the  whole  of 
his  Eeal  and  Personal  Estate,  so  long  as  she  remains  my 
widow,  to  sell,  convey  and  give  it  by  wills  to  whom  she 
pleases.  To  his  grandson,  John  Avery  Paine",  all  his 
wearing  apparel,  his  gun,  cutlass  and  bayonet,  —  to  his 
daughter  Emma  Elliot,  the  use  of  one  room  in  his  house,  so 
long  as  she  remains  a  widow." 


224  AVERY    GEXEALOGY. 

CAPT.  JOHN  AVERYl 
(JOHN^  JOB',  REV.  JOHN«. 

NORTH    TRURO,    MASS. 

JOHN  AYEEY",  eldest  sou  of  Johu^  and  Hannali  (Snow) 
Aveiy,  born  Oct.  1,  1775,  married  July  2,  1709,  Eebecca, 
daughter  of  Joliu  and  Thankful  (Hall)  Knowles  of  Orleans, 
Mass.     Children : 

i.     Jane^",  b.  Dec.  24,  1801,  m.  James  Hughes, 
ii.     Hannali^^  b.  Nov.  20,  1803,  Samuel  Coau. 

Capt.  Avery's  life  was  a  sea-faring  one.  All  that  can  be 
learned  now  .is  he  had  returned  from  a  voyage,  was  sick 
and  died  at  Charleston,  S.  C,  June  21,  1804,  at  the  age  of 
28  years.     Cut  down  in  the  bloom  of  youth. 

Mrs.  Rebecca  Avery  was  thus  left  a  widow,  at  the  age  of 
twenty-two,  with  a  babe  in  her  arms,  and  the  eldest  less 
than  three  years  of  age ;  but  nobly  and  faithfulh*  she 
performed  her  dut}',  and  her  daughters  became  honored 
members  of  the  church  and  soeiet}',  one  of  whom,  Mrs. 
Hannah  Coan,  is  mentioned  elsewhere. 

Mrs.  Avery  is  remembered  as  a  very  good  woman,  and 
earnest  Christian,  who  delighted  to  converse  of  heavenly 
things.  For  many  years  she  was  a  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational Church,  and  later  of  the  Union  Church  at  North 
Truro.  She  died  Dec.  30,  18G0,  aged  78  years.  Inscription 
on  the  stone  erected  to  her  memor}'  :  "  I  have  fought 
the  good  fight,  I  have  kept  the  faith,  bright  is  my  crown  of 

rejoicing." 

JANE  (AYERY")  HUGHES. 

Jane  Avery'",  eldest  daughter  of  Capt.  John"  and  Rebecca 
(Knowles)  Avery,  b.  Dec.  24,  1801,  married  Dec.  2,  1819^ 
James  (born  Oct.  12,  1793,)  son  of  John  and  Rachel  (Dyer) 
Hughes,  of  North  Truro.     Children  : 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  225 


i.     Sylvanus  Nye",  b.  Aug.  31,  1820,  m.  Hannah  Sparrow, 
ii.     John  Avery'\  b.  Aug.  31,  1822,  m.  Tamsin  Harding, 
iii.     James",   b.   July  25,    1825.     He  was  first  officer  on  the 
barque  Paidine,  and  lost  overboard  Sept.  2d,  1846,  while   on  the 
voyage  from  Mautaugas  to  Gibraltar  at  the  early  age  of  21  years, 
iv.     Atkins",  b.  August  14,  1828,  m.  Betsey  L.  Paine. 
V.     Albert  E^aton^\  b.  Dec.  22,  1831,  m.  Anna  M.  Magoun. 
vi.     Asa  Sellew",  b.  Sept.  14,  1834,  m.  Jane  Emma  Mailoy. 
vii.     Mary  Ann",  b.  July  16,  1837,  m.  Smith  K.  Hopkins, 
viii.     Samuel  Nye",  b.  April  30,  1840,  died  unmarried  in  Port- 
land, Oregon,  Ma^^  15th,   1873. 

ix.     Sally   Coan",  b.  March  11,  1843,  m.  John  G.   Thompson. 

Mr.  James  Huglies  was  a  promiuent  citizen  of  North 
Truro,  and  for  thirteen  years  a  member  of  the  board  of 
selectmen.     He  died  Sept.  13,  1872,  aged  79  years. 

Mrs.  Jane  (Avery^")  Hughes  w^as  well  educated,  receiving 
her  earl}^  education  in  Boston,  and  is  said  to  have  been 
very  expert  in  needle  work,  especially  of  wrought  lace. 
An  elaborate  piece  of  fancy  work  in  Kensington  stitch, 
which  she  did  at  the  age  of  thirteen,  is  in  possession  of  the 
family,  and  said  to  be  a  fine  piece  of  hand-w'ork.  At  the 
age  of  eighteen  she  married  and  reared  a  family  of  seven 
sons  and  two  daughters,  all  of  whom  have  filled  and  are 
filling  honorable  positions  in  society.  An  energetic, 
generous  hearted  lady,  well  remembered  for  her  kind  deeds. 
Was  long  a  worthy  member  of  the  Congregational  Church. 
For  several  years  before  her  death  was  in  feeble  health, 
but  w^as  tenderly  cared  for  by  her  granddaughter,  Mrs. 
Amelia'-  (Hughes)  Eicli,  w'ho  was  unremitting  in  her  service 
to  the  aged  one.  She  passed  away  Sept.  11,  1886,  aged  84 
years,  and  was  buried  beside  her  husband  in  North  Truro 
cemetery. 

CAPT.  SILVANUS  NYE  HUGHES'^ 

PROVINCETOWN,    MASS. 

Silvanus   Nye",    eldest   son  of   James  and   Jane  (Avery") 
15 


226  AVERY   GENEALOGY.   , 

Hughes,  born  Aiig.  31,  1820,  married  first,  Mary  S.  Collins, 
daughter  of  Sylvauus  Collins,  of  Truro,  who  died  in  Nov., 
1848,  leaving  one  son,  Culleu  Avers  Hughes",  born  Aug.  12, 
1845,  married  Maggie  A.  Matheson.     Children  : 

i.     Silvanns  Nye^^,  b.  Oct.  27,  1878. 
ii.     John  Aveiyi:%  b.  Aug.  17,  1886. 
iii.     Infant  soni^,  b.  April  25,  1892. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  A.  Hughes  reside  in  North  Truro.  Capt. 
Silvanus  N.  Hughes"  married,  second,  Mrs.  Hannah  (Ste- 
vens) Sparrow,  daughter  of  John  and  Polly  (Coanj  Stevens, 
of  North  Truro.  Capt.  Hughes  began  a  sea-faring  life  at 
the  age  of  ten,  which  was  continued  until  1886,  a  period  of 
fifty-six  years.  Forty-four  years  of  the  time  he  was  master. 
In  1866,  he  and  his  estimable  companion  removed  to  Prov- 
incetown,  where  they  have  since  continued  to  reside.  Capt. 
H.  is  an  upright  citizen,  kind-hearted  neighbor,  and  true 
friend,  of  quiet,  unassuming  manner.  Mrs.  H.  is  a  member 
of  Center  M.  E.  Church,  and  liighl}^  esteemed  by  her  many 

friends. 

JOHN  AVERY  HUGHES". 

EAST    SOMERVILLE,    MASS, 

John  Avery",  second  son  of  James  and  Jane  (Avery'") 
Hughes,  born  Aug.  31,  1822,  married  Aug.  12,  1847,  Tamsin 
S,,  (born  Aug.  13,  1826),  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  Mary 
(Coan)  Harding,  of  Truro.     Cliildreu  : 

i.     James  Albert^-,  i\'wi\  in  infancy, 
ii.     Lizzie  Paine''^,  ni.  Mark  L.  Steere.     No  children, 
iii.     -lohn  Avery^-,  died  in  infanc3^ 
iv.     Ada  Florence^-',  resides  at  East  Someiville,  Mass, 
v.     Mary  Louise^-^,  m.  Thomas  A,  Swords.      Have  one  child, 
John   Avery''',  b.  in  l.sDO,  and  resides  at  East  Newton, 
]\Iass. 
vi.      Nellie'-,  died  young, 
vii.     Edith  Gertrude'-,  died  young, 
viii.     Annie  Tamsin'^,  resides  at  East  Somerville,  Mass. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  227 

ix.  Fred  Everett^-,  graduated  from  Harvard  in  1888,  at  the 
age  of  twenty-three.  Since  then  has  been  traveling  ; 
at  present  (Nov.,  1890)  is  in  Canada. 

X.     Amy  Madeline'-.    Since  June,  1889,  has  been  in  Germany. 

Mr.  Joliu  Avery  Hughes"  went  to  Boston  when  a  young 
man,  engaged  in  manufacturing  show  cases,  in  which  bu.^i- 
ness  he  was  very  successfuL  Later  his  brother  Albert  was 
associated  with  him.  At  one  time  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Legislature.  He  resided  at  East  Somerville,  where  he  died, 
Jan.  18,  1885,  at  the  age  of  62  years. 

Mrs.  Tamsin  S.  (Harding)  Avery,  his  widow,  died  March 
30,  1889,  aged  62  years. 

CAPT.  ATKINS  HUGHES". 

NORTH    TRURO,    MASS. 

Atkins",  fourth  son  of  James  and  Jane  (Avery")  Hughes, 
born  Aug.  14,  1828,  married  in  March,  1850,  Betsey  L., 
(born  Aug.  2, 1830),  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Betsey  (Hopkins) 
Paine,  of  Truro.     Children  : 

i.     Amelia   Elleu^-,  b.  in   Dec,  1850,  m.  in  1876,  Michael  A. 
Rich,  (b.  in  1849),  son  of  M.  A.  and  Betsey  L.  (Snow) 
Rich,  of  Truro.     Children  : 
i.     Nellie  A.i^,  b.  Oct.  24,  1878. 

ii.     Emma  T.'^,  b.  Nov.  12,  1882,  died  July  27,  1883. 
iii.     Alton  E.^^,  b.  Mar.  23,  1885. 

Mrs.  Rich  was  educated  in  North  Truro  and  at  Brad- 
ford Academy.  Is  a  highly  esteemed  lady  and  a 
Methodist  member  of  the  Union  Church  at  North 
Truro. 

ii.  Phebe  Auua^-,  b.  Jan.  26,  1852.  Was  educated  at  North 
Truro  and  Bradford.     Resides  with  her  parents. 

iii.  Idella  Lewis^'^  b.  May  18,  1855,  m.  in  1882,  William  L. 
Lombard,  of  Truro.  Mrs.  Lombard  was  educated  at 
North  Truro  and  Bradford.  She  with  her  husband 
reside  at  North  Truro.  Both  are  members  of  the  M. 
E.  Church. 


228  AVEEY    GENEALOGY 


iv.     Georgianna  W.i"^,  b.  PY'l).  23,  1857.       fklucated  at  North 
Truro,    and    for    a    time    was    engaged    in    teaching. 
Resides  with  parents. 
V.     Nellie^s,  b.  Mar.  1,  18G2,  d.  Jan.  29,  1864. 

vi.  Bessie  Jane'--,  b.  April  25,  1867,  m.  in  1888,  Irving  King, 
of  Truro.  One  child,  Ralph  Stone^^  b.  in  Mar.,  1889, 
d.  in  Dec,  1889.  Mrs.  King  was  educated  in  North 
Truro,  where  with  her  husband  she  still  has  her  resi- 
dence. 

vii.     Nelliei-^  b.  June  18,  1863,  d.  Jan.  21,  1869. 

Capt.  Atkins  Hughes"  began  a  sea-faring  life  at  the  age  of 
twelve  years,  and  continued  it  until  1879.  During  these 
thirty-nine  years,  spent  at  sea,  except  the  first  seven,  he  was 
master,  and  most  of  that  time,  of  ships  engaged  in  foreign 
trade,  in  which  business  he  was  very  successful.  Since 
1879  he  has  been  owner  and  agent  for  fish  weirs.  In  1881 
and  1882  he  was  a  member  of  the  General  Court.  Of  a 
retiring  disposition  and  unassuming  manner,  he  is,  however, 
a  prominent  citizen,  and  widely  known  in  business  circles 
as  a  gentleman  of  integrity  ;  also  a  friend  to  the  poor.  He 
with  his  estimable  companion  reside  at  North  Truro. 

ALBERT  EATON  HUGHES". 

EAST    SO.MEUVILLt;,    MASS. 

Albert  E.",  fifth  son  of  James  antl  Jane  (x\.very"')  Hughes, 
born  Dec.  22,  1831,  married  Nov.  29,  1855,  Anna  M.  Magoun, 
of  Charlestown,  Mass.  No  children.  Mr.  Hughes  went  to 
Boston  and  engaged  in  business  with  his  brother,  John 
Avery  Hughes,  as  manufacturer  of  show  cases,  which  busi- 
ness he  still  continues.  He  is  said  to  be  a  generous  hearted, 
public  spirited  gentleman,  and  true  friend  to  tlie  unfortu- 
nate. He,  with  his  worthy  companion,  reside  at  East 
Somerville,  Mass. 


AVEEY    GENEALOGY.  229 

ASA  SELLEW  HUGHES". 

PHILADELPHIA,    PA. 

Asa  S.",  sixth  sou  of   James  aud  Jane    (Avery'")    Hughes, 

boru  iu  1834,  married  July  1,  1860,  Jaue  Emma  Malloy,  of 

Philadelphia.     Childreu : 

i.     p]iiima  Jane^-,  m.  Dr.  Edwin  Rosenthal.       Have  one  child, 

Emma  Rosenthal  ^•'.      Reside  in  Philadelphia, 
ii.     John  Atkins^-.       Sailed  from  New  York  Ang.  13,  1884,  in 

the   schooner   Annie  D.  Merrit,  as   officer,  bound  for 

Cayenne,  South  America.      The  vessel  and  crew  were 

never  heard  from  after  leaving  port. 
iii.     Albert  Nye^"^,  m.  June  18,  1890,  Mathilde  Stephania  Heck. 

Mr.  H.  is  in  the  office  with  his  father. 
iv.     Asa  Willis^-,  —  a  carpenter  by  occupation. 
V.     James  Edward'-,  attends  scliool. 

Mr.  Asa  S.  Hughes    iu   early  life  followed    the  sea,  going 

foreign  voyages  as  master  of  ships       Retiring  from  the  sea, 

he  w^eut   iuto   business  at   Philadelphia,  where  he   married 

and  has   since    resided.      He  is  owner   and  asent  of   steam 


"o^ 


tugs.     He  is  a  genial,  unassuming  gentleman. 

HOPKINS. 

BAPNSTAr.LE.    MASS. 

Mary  A'',  daughter  of  James  and  Jane  (Avery")  Hughes, 
born  July  16,  18.37,  married  Feb.  20,  18.55,  Smith  Knowles 
Hopkins,  (born  1831,)  son  of  William  C.  Hopkins  of  Truro. 

Children  : 

i.  Anna  Albertinai-,  b.  at  North  Truro,  Doc.  21,  18.57. 
Attended  schools  in  Nortli  Truro  and  Somerville. 
Died  at  North  Truro,  November,  1868. 
ii.  James  Hughes^'-,  b.  North  Truro,  Feb.  20,  1861,  m.  Oct. 
29.  1890,  Annie  Kittredge,  youngest  daughter  of  Hon. 
James  and  ]Mrs.  Rel)ecca  (Nickerson)  Gifford,  of 
Provincetown. 

Mr.  Hughes  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Truro, 
also  of  Somerville,  graduatinoj  from  Prescott  Gram- 
mar  School  at  Somerville,  June  1874,  and  the  Somer- 
ville   High     School,   .June,    1878.      PZntered  Harvard 


230  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

College  for  the  study  of  law,  graduatiug  1882.  Taught 
school  at  North  Easthani  the  winter  of  '82  and  '83. 
From  August,  '83,  to  Februarj',  '84,  taught  school 
at  West  Barnstable.  Was  admitted  to  the  practice  of 
law  October,  1883.  Practiced  at  New  Bedford, 
February  to  June,  1884.  Since  June,  1884,  at 
Province  town,  Mass.  Has  been  trial  justice,  commis- 
sioner of  insolvency,  special  county  commissioner, 
etc.  Is  a  trustee  of  the  public  library,  and  1890  was 
elected  Judge  of  the  Second  District  Court  of  Barns- 
table county.  Mrs.  Hughes  is  a  graduate  of  the 
Provincetown  High  and  the  Bridgewater  Normal 
schools,  and  for  a  time  was  successfully  engaged 
in  teaching  at  the  Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind 
at  South  Boston,  Mass.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hughes  reside 
at  Provincetown,  Mass. 

iii.  Howard  Fenwick^^,  b.  North  Truro.  Feb.  6,  1864.  Re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  schools  at  North  Truro  and 
Barnstable.  Learned  the  printer's  trade  at  Barns- 
table. December,  1886,  he  became  proprietor  and 
editor  of  the  Provincetown  Advocate^  which  (1892) 
he  still  continues  to  publish. 

iv.  Alton  Raymondi^  b.  North  Truro,  Feb.  10,  1867.  Re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  schools  at  North  Truro 
and  Barnstable,  also  "  Bryant  and  Stratton's  Com- 
mercial College,"  at  Boston.  Is  employed  as  book- 
keeper at  Boston,  Mass. 

V.  Kthel  Blanchard'^  b.  North  Truro,  Jan.  25,  1873.  Edu- 
cated at  Barnstable,  and  "  Dean  Acadeun'."  at 
Franklin,   Mass. 

vi.  Winthrop  StowelP-^  b.  North  Truro,  Oct.  23,  1874.  "Was 
educated  in  the  {)ul)lic  schools  at  Barnstable.  His 
youth  gave  promise  of  a  bright  future  ;  he  was  about 
to  enter  upon  a  course  of  study  at  Dean  Academy 
when  he  died,  Sept.  23,    1889. 

Mrs.  Hopkins  is  said  to  ho  a  latlv  of  quiet,  nnassiimiiig 
manner,  and  lii^hly  esteemed  for  her  excellent  qualities  by 
a  large  circle  of  friends. 


AVE  BY   GENEALOGY.  231 


THOMPSON. 

NORTH    TRUUO, 

Sally  C",  Youugest  dauoliter  of  James  and  Jane  (Avery") 
Huglies,  born  March  11,  1843,  married  Aug.  28,  1864,  John 
Grozier  Thompson,  (born  Aug.  29,  1837),  son  of  Alexander 
and  Bethiah  (Grozier)  Thompson,  of  North  Truro. — 
Children  :  — 

i.     Emma  Hughes'-^,  b.  May  30.  1865,  d.  Sept.  10,  1880.    She 

was  a  patient  sufferer  for  years. 
ii.     Mary   Alexander^-,  b.  May  4,  1869.      Educated   in   North 
Truro,  also  in  the    Soineiville    High    school,  of    which 
she  was  a  graduate.      At    present    is  a  student  at  the 
Normal  school  in  Franiinghani,  Mass. 
iii.     Albert  Hughesi^,  b.  April  3,  1882. 

Mr.  Thompson,  the  husband  of  Sally  C.  Hughes",  in  early 
life  followed  the  sea.  Since  1866  he  has  been  a  merchant 
and  a  prominent  and  energetic  citizen  of  North  Truro.  Mrs. 
T.  is  well  educated  and  highly  esteemed. 

HANNAH  (AYEEY'")  COAN. 

NORTH    TRURO,    MASS. 

Hannah",    second   daughter   of  Capt.  John'  and  Kebecca 
(Knowles)  Avery,  born  Nov.  20,  1803,  married  Dec.  24,  1822, 
Capt.  Samuel   Coan,  (born  1792),  of  North  Truro.   Children: 
i.     Benjamin' ^  b.  Mar.  15,  1824,  m.  Sally  K.  Small, 
ii.     Betsey  Dyer",  b.  June  26,  1825,  m.  D.  D.  Smith. 
iii.     Rebecca  A.^',  b.  July  6,  1827,  m.  Jeremiah  Hopkins. 
iv.     SamuePi,  b.  Nov.  16,  1829.       For  several   years   he  was 
engaged    in    teaching.       An    intellectual  and    highly 
esteemed  sentleman  —  resides  with  his  aged  mother  ; 
unmarried. 
V.     Emily' 1,  b.  — ,  died  in  infancy. 

vi.     Mary  A.^',  b.  Nov.  5,  1834,  d.  Feb.  3,  1853,  aged  18  yrs. 
vii.     Sally  Smith",  b.  April  2,  1837,  d.  Jan.  9,  1841. 
viii.     Ezra  Finney",  b.  Oct.  28,  1841,  went  to  California. 
ix.     Laura  Ann",  b.  Dec.  2,  1844,  m.  John  E.  Sofield. 


232 


AVERY    GENEALOGY 


Capt.  Samuel  Coau,  the  husband  of  Hannah  Avery'",  was 
drowned  by  the  upsetting  of  a  boat  at  the  Pond  landing, 
April  26th,  1847,  at  the  age  of  54  years.  He  is  said  to  have 
been  an  old,  successful  skipper,  and  highly  respected  citi- 
zen. His  vessel,  the  Brenda,  was  all  fitted  for  a  trip  maek- 
ereling,  at  Provincetown,  and  he  with  his  crew,  all  of  whom 
were  young  —  between  the  ages  of  thirteen  and,  perhaps, 
twenty-three  —  were  going  home  to  spend  a  day  or  two 
before  sailing,  when  they  sailed  to  "that  unexplored  shore." 
His  two  sons,  Benjamin  and  Samuel,  and  two  others,  suc- 
ceeded in  clinging  to  the  overturned  boat,  in  spite  of  the 
rough  sea,  until  taken  off  by  friends  who  saw  their  perilous 
condition  from  the  shore.  These  were  the  only  survivors. 
This  sad  event  cast  a  gloom  over  the  whole  community,  and 
is  still  remembered  by  the  citizens  of  Truro  and  Province- 
town. 


r^  -jry ■"-•~^- 


HANNAH    (AVKRY'")   COAN.      liOUN    ISO:'.;    DIKD    1802. 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  233 

Mrs.  Hannah  (Avery")  Coan  was  a  worthy  member  of  the 
M.  E.  Church  for  many  years,  and  although  confined  to  the 
house  by  age  and  infirmities,  retained  an  interest  in  the 
prosperity  of  Ziou.  Her  life  was  an  uneventful  one,  having 
passed  it  almost  wholly  in  North  Truro,  where  she  was 
highly  esteemed  for  her  many  kind  deeds.  We  are  particu- 
larly fortunate  iu  being  able  to  present  her  portrait,  she 
being  the  last  survivor  of  the  Avery  family  in  Truro.  She 
died  Jan.  9,  1892,  aged  88  ^-ears.  A  local  paper  speaks  of 
her  as  follows  :  — - 

"  She  with  her  husband,  .Samuel  Coan,  were  among  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  class  organized  in  1820,  Rev.  Frederick 
Upham  being  their  pastor.  JNIrs.  Coan  was  a  widow  45  years. 
Her  husband  was  drowned  with  five  of  his  crew,  on  his  way  from 
Provincetown,  not  many  miles  from  his  home.  She  mourned  for 
him,  not  as  one  without  hope,  for  her  trust  was  in  God,  whom 
they  both  loved  and  served.  Mrs.  Coan  loved  the  church  of  her 
choice,  and  held  sacred  to  its  doctrines,  although,  as  the  infirmi- 
ties of  years  increased,  she  was  compelled  to  stay  away  from  the 
public  means  of  grace.  Her  faith  was  strong  in  her  Savior.  As 
long  as  she  could  reply,  when  asked  if  it  was  light  as  slie  neared 
the  valley,  replied  with  earnestness,  'Light?  it's  all  light.  My 
lamp  is  trimmed  and  burning.'  " 

CAPT.  BENJAMIN  COAN". 

NORTH    TRURO,    MASS. 

Benjamin",    eldest    sou    of    Capt.    Samuel     and    Hannah 

(Avery")  Coan,  born   March  15,  1824,  married  iu  1851,  Sally 

K.,    daughter    of    Francis    and    Annie    Small,    of    Truro. 

Children  :  — 

i.     Benjamin  Willis^"-^,  died  in  infancy. 

ii.     Sarah  Anna^'^,  died  at  the  aaje  of  six  vears. 

Capt.  Coan  followed  the  sea  forty-one  years  (1833-1874), 
twenty  years  of  the  time  as  master.  Has  been  clerk  and 
treasurer  of  Christian  Union  Church  for  several  years  ;  also 
a  member  of  the  board  of  Selectmen. 


2S4  AVERY  GENEALOGY. 

SMITH. 

PUOVINCETOWN,    MASS. 

Betsey  D.",  daughter  of  Capt.  Samuel  and  Hanuali 
(Avery")  Coaii,  boru  June  26,  1825,  married  April  15,  1847, 
David  Dyer  Smith,  (son  of  Isaac  and  Sally  (Dyer)  Smith), 
of  North  Truro.     Children : 

1.  Emily  Franklin^-.  Pxhicated  in  public  schools  of  North 
Tniro  and  Provincetown.  A  graduate  of  "Boston 
School  of  Oratory,"  is  engaged  as  teacher  of  Elocution 
in  the  ""NVesle^'an  Female  College,"  at  Macon,  Georgia, 
ii.  David  Austin'-.  Educated  in  schools  of  North  Truio  and 
Provincetown.  Married  Mary,  daughter  of  Charles  E. 
and  Maria  Dalton,  of  Bloomingtou,  111.  One  daughter, 
Helen  BrownelP^,  b.  1885. 
iii.  Isaac  Finney'-.  A  graduate  of  Provincetown  High  School 
and  of  Amherst  College.     Engaged  in  teaching. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  D.  Smith  and  family  removed  from  North 
Truro  to  Provincetown,  in  April,  1801,  where  Mr.  Smith 
established  the  dry  goods  trade,  in  which  business  he  is 
still  engaged. 

HOPKINS. 

NORTH    TKUKO,    MASS. 

Kebecca  A.",  second  daughter  (third  child)  of  Capt. 
Samuel  and  Hannah  (Avery'")  Coan,  b.  July  6, 1827,  married 
Dec.  2,  1847,  Jeremiah  Hopkins,  of  North  Truro.     Children: 

i.     Samuel  Coan'-,  b.  Aug.  5,  1849,  m.  Anna  Rich,  of  Truro. 
One  child  :  Mary  lU'll'''.     Mrs.  Hopkins  having  died, 

he  married  second.  -lulia  Goslene,  of  Boston, 
ii.     Mary  Coan'-,  b.  October  28.  l.s,")0.  m.  .lolm   V.  Ilavender, 
of  Provincetown.      Child,  Ada  Bell'-'.        Mother  and 
child   not  living, 
iii.     Jeremiah   Franklin'-,   b.  .July  24,  18r)4.   m.    Annie  Battle, 
of  Boston.     Child,  James  Franklin'-'. 


AVE  BY   GENEALOGY.  235 


iv.     Betsey  Smithi^.  b.  Dec.  4.  1855. 
V.     Alhion  Leslie'-,  b.  April  G,  1H62. 
vi.     P:dith   Laurai-,    b.  Dee.   5,  1804,  m.  Jan.  1,  1888,  William 

P.  Paine, 
vii.     Fred  Johnsoni^,   b.  Jan.  1,  1806.  m.  Oct.  25,  1891,  Ethel 

M.  Boucher. 
viii.     Ezra  Finuey  Coaui^,  b.  pec.  30,   1866,  m.  Nov.  2,   1891, 

Sadie  A.  Nolan. 

SOFIELD. 

PERTH    AMBOV,    N.    J. 

Laura  A.",  youngest  daughter  of  Capt.  Samuel  and 
Hannah  (Avery'")  Coan,  born  Dec.  2,  1844:,  married  1872, 
John  E.  Sofield,  of  Perth  Amboy,  N.  J.     Chiklren  : 

i.  Emily  Austin'^. 

ii.  Agnes  Blanch'-, 

iii.  Edith  Laura'-, 

iv.  Henrietta  Maud'-. 

V.  Bessie  Coan'^. 

vi.  Beccie  Avery'^,  d.  Sept.  24,  1887. 

Mrs.  Sofiekl  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  North 
Truro.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  began  teaching  in  Koyal- 
ston,  Mass.,  and  for  seven  successive  years  taught  in  the 
public  schools  of  this  state.  In  1869,  she  accepted  a 
position  as  teacher  in  Perth  Amboy,  N.  J.,  which  position 
she  held  until  her  marriage  three  years  later. 

LOMBAPvD.— PAINE. 

Elizabeth',  daughter  of  John'  and  Hannah  (Snow)  Avery, 
born  Nov.  29,  1778,  married  Benjamin  Parker  Lombard, 
of  Truro.     One  child  : 

i.  Rebecca  Lombard"\  b.  Sept.  8.  1801.  m.  Dec.  4,  1828, 
Elisha  Paine,  Jr.,  (b.  1802,)  son  of  Elisha  and  Sarah 
Paine,  of  Truro.  Children:  i.  Sarah",  b.  ^'ov.  19, 
1829,  d.  Nov.  29,  1846,  of  consumption,  ii.  Parker 
Lombard",  b.  July  31,  1832,  d.  April  17,  1862,  also 
of  consumption. 


236  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 


Ml".  Elislia  Paine  was  drowned  Oct.  2,  1833,  while 
attempting  to  rescue  a  shipwrecked  crew  (all  of  whom  were 
saved/)  off  the  back  of  the  Cape.  He  had  just  come  into 
his  house  from  a  fishing  trip,  when  the  cr}',  "  Ship  ashore  !" 
was  made.  He  with  others  immediately  went  to  the  rescue, 
but  the  boat  was  capsized  in  the  breakers,  and  he  lost  his 
life.  This  was  forty  years  before  the  present  efficient 
system  of  life  saving  service  as  now  conducted,  and  when 
all  such  service  was  voluntary'. 

At  the  time  of  his  death,  Mr.  Paine  was  31  years  of  age. 

Mrs.  Rebecca  (Lombard'")  Paine,  the  widow,  was  a  highly 
esteemed  Christian  lady,  with  the  characteristic  intelligence 
and  energy  of  her  race,  and  well  informed  in  the  genealogy 
of  the  Avery  family,  of  whom  she  was  a  worthy  descendant. 
"Nobly  and  faithfully  she  discharged  her  duty  to  her 
children,  who  preceded  her  to  tlie  better  land,  and,  like  a 
true  warrior,  laid  her  armor  down  at  the  last  command," 
quietly  passing  away,  Nov.  20,  1878,  aged  77  years.  Her 
residence  at  Highland,  a  few  rods  from  the  sj)ot  where 
stood  the  home  of  Eev.  John  Avery*,  is  now  owned  by  a 
party  from  the  cit}',  who  occupy  it  as  a  Summer  residence, 
and  who  have  given  it  the  name  of  "Pilgrim's  Rest." 

EATON. 

Hannah'',  daughter  of  John'  and  Hannah  (Snow) 
Avery,  born  Oct.  3,  1781,  m.  1798,  Benjamin  Eaton,  of 
Boston,  and  reared  a  family  of  fourteen  children,  most,  if 
not  all,  of  whom  have  filled  prominent  positions  in  social 
and  business  circles.  Among  them  we  may  name  :  Hannah'", 
Margaret'",  David'",  Elizabeth'",  Charles'",  Frederick'", 
Charlotte'",  who  married— — Faxon,  of  Boston,  AVilliam  O.'", 
John  Avery'",  and  Benjamin  Avery'". 

John  Avery  Eaton,  of  Cliftoudale,  Mass.,  and  Benj.  Avery 
Eaton,    of    Brighton,    Mass.,    are    widely    known,    and    the 


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« , 

writer  regrets  very  much  that  the  records  of  these  gentle- 
men, as  well  as  of  the  other  members  of  the  family,  were 
not  available.  It  is  probable  that  all  are  now  dead.  Mr. 
John  A.  Eaton  was  living  in  1885,  a  venerable  looking  old 
gentleman.  Early  in  1890  the  death  of  John  iVvery  Eaton 
was  recorded  in  one  of  the  daily  papers,  and  is  supposed  to 
have  been  the  one  referred  to. 

Mrs.   Hannah   (Avery")  Eaton   died  Nov.,  1834,   aged  53 

years. 

PAINE. 

TRURO,    MASS. 

Until'',  daughter  of  John'  and  Hannah  (Snow)  Avery, 
born  August  5,  1783,  m.  May  25,  1802,  Elkauah  Paine, 
(born  Aug.  14,  1780.)     Children  : 

i,  RutU^",  b.  June  27,  1803,  m.  Euos  Nickerson. 

ii.  John  Avery^*^,  b.  Sept.  7,  1805,  ra    Betsey  Harding, 

iii.  SamueP*^,  b.  Nov.  28,  1807,  ra.  Joanna  Dyer, 

iv.  8arali"^,  b.  Sept.  21,  1811,  m.  Edward  Larkin. 

Mrs.  Kuth  (Avery)  Paine,  died  Sept.  30,  1843,  aged  60 
years.  Her  husband,  Elkanah  Paine,  died  Feb.  21,  1860, 
aged  79  years.  The3'  were  buried  in  North  Truro  cemetery. 
Their  residence  was  in  that  part  of  Truro  known  as  East 
Harbor.  Both  were  members  of  the  Congregational 
Church. 

NICKEESON. 

Euth",  daughter  of  Ruth  (Avery")  and  Elkauah  Paine, 
b.  June  27,  1803,  married  Oct.  6,  1853,  Enos  Nicker- 
son, (born  Jan.  30,  1796,)  son  of  Euos  and  Lucy  (Nickerson) 
Nickerson,  of  Provincetown,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Euth  (Paine")  Nickerson,  died  at  Provincetown, 
Oct.  1,  1861,  aged  58  years. 

Mr.  Enos  Nickerson  died  at  Provincetown,  Feb.  27,  1867, 
aged  71  years. 


238  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 


Mrs.  Nickerson  was  a  wortliy  member  of  the  Congrega- 
tional Church. 

CAPT.  JOHN  AYERY  PAINE^». 

EAST    SOMEKVILLE,    MASS. 

John  Avery",  son  of  Elkanah  and  Ruth  (Avery')  Paine, 
born  Sept.  7,  1805,  married  Sept.  27,  1832,  Betsey  Harding, 
(born  June  6,  1811, )  daughter  of  Lot  and  Deborah  (Hopkins) 
Harding,  of  Truro.  He  began  early  in  life  to  follow  the 
sea,  and  continued  to  do  so  without  interruption  for  nearly 
fifty  years.  Beginning  at  the  lowest  round  of  the  ladder, 
he  rose  rapidly  step  by  step.  While  yet  young,  and  later, 
he  was  master  of  vessels  engaged  in  foreign  commerce  with 
India,  China,  Japan,  and  other  ports.  In  1839  was  master 
of  barque  Blimey.  During  his  later  voyages,  he  was  in 
command  of  a  ship,  and  was  accompanied  by  his  wife.  A 
few  years  since  he  retired  and  settled  in  East  Somerville, 
Mass.,  and  was  appointed  to  the  office  of  port  warden,  in 
the  city  of  Boston. 

Sept.  27,  1882,  Capt.  and  Mrs.  Paine  celebrated  their 
golden  wedding  at  their  home,  where,  amid  most  comfort- 
able surroundings,  they  received  the  congratulations  of 
relatives  and  friends.  May  29,  1885,  he  was  called  upon  to 
part  with  his  companion.  They  who  had  travelled  the 
journey  of  life  together  for  over  half  a  century,  were 
separated,  but  were  soon  reunited,  before  the  close  of  the 
year  (Dec.  6,  1858.)  Mrs.  Paine,  at  the  time  of  her  decease, 
was  nearly  74  years  of  age.  Capt.  J.  A.  Paine  was  aged 
80  years.  Both  were  worthy  members  of  the  Congrega- 
tional Church  at  East  Somerville.  Their  remains  rest  in 
Woodlawn  cemetery.  They  had  no  children,  except  an 
adopted  daughter,  who  married  Capt.  John  Avery  Hughes. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  239 


DEACON  SAMUEL  PAINE'". 

NORTH    TRURO,    MASS. 

Samuer",  son  of  Elkaiiali  and  Kuth  (Avery')  Paine, 
b.  Nov.  28,  1807,  married  April  17,  1831,  Joanna,  (born  Aug. 
28,  1809,)  daughter  of  James  and  Esther  (Paine)  Dyer,  of 
Truro.     Chiklren : 

i.     James  Dyei^S   b.   Oct.  29,  1836,  in.   first  wife,    Mary  A. 

Hopkins,   of  Truro ;  second   wife,   Anna   Hempstead. 

He  is  engaged  in  foreign  commerce,  at  present  (1890) 

as  master  of  ship  Rembrandt.      His  wife  accompanies 

him  on  his  voyages, 
ii.     Samuel  H.ii,  b.  Oct.  4,  1840,  sailed  from  Boston  Feb.  11, 

1865,    foi'    Calcutta,    in    ship    Eagle    Wing,   and   was 

never  heard  from,  supposed  to  have  been  lost  on   the 

passage  out. 

Samuel  Paine"  for  nearly  forty  years  was  deacon  of  the 
Congregational  (known  as  Christian  Union)  Church,  at  North 
Truro.  An  esamplary  Christian  gentleman.  He  was 
engaged  in  the  coopering  business  at  Provincetown  for 
several  years,  while  his  residence  was  at  Beach  Point. 
Later  he  removed  to  the  home  at  North  Truro  village, 
where  his  aged  widow  now  resides.  He  died  there  Dec. 
12,  1876,  aged  69  years. 

Mrs.  Joanna  (Dyer)  Paine,  the  widow,  is  an  intelligent 
lady,  well  j^osted  on  the  current  events  of  the  day.  Has 
been  a  worthy  Congregational  member  of  the  Christian 
Union  Church  for  many  years.  She  is  the  widow  of  the 
descendant  of  Rev.  John  Avery^  already  referred  to,  in 
whose  home  is  the  ancient  mahogany  bureau,  made  by  him, 
and  in  her  care  are  still  the  Bible  and  pieces  of  the  old 
communion  set,  of  which  we  have  already  given  a 
photograph. 


240  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

LAEKIX. 

Sarali",  youngest  dangliter  of  Elkauali  and  Eutli 
(Avery'-')  Paine,  of  Truro,  born  Sept.  21,  1811,  married  Dec. 
%  1830,  Edward  Larkiu  (born  Apr.  28,  1808.)     Children  : 

i.     Mercy    Cuirantu,  b.  Oct.  30,  1831,  d.  Sept.  5,  1856,  aged 

24  3'ears,  10  montlis. 
ii.     Hannah  Eaton'',  b.  Dec.  7,  1834,  m.  Samuel  Knowles. 
iii.     Mary  Jane^b  b.  Sept.  12,  1840,  m.  Henry  S.  Hatchings. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Larkiu  resided  in  North  Truro.  Mr. 
Larkin  was  a  native  of  Charlestown,  Mass.  The  only 
<3hild  of  his  parents,  he  was  early  in  life  bereft  of  his 
father,  and  while  a  mere  child  taken  into  the  family  of 
Capt.  Stephen  Mills,  of  North  Truro,  and  made  his  home 
there  until  his  marriage  with  Miss  Paine.  His  mother, 
Mrs.  Mercy  (Manly)  Larkin,  afterward  married  a  Mr. 
Currant  as  second  husband. 

Mr.  Edward  Larkin  died  at  North  Truro,  Feb.  1,  185G, 
aged  47  years. 

Mrs.  Sarah  (Paine^")  Larkin  was  a  lady  of  great  force  of 
character,  indomitable  industry,  and  great  executive  ability. 
A  kind  neighbor  and  friend.  Was  a  Congregationalist, 
member  of  the  Christian  Uuion  Church  at  North  Truro, 
and  was  identified  with  all  its  interests.  She  died  April  29, 
1888  aged  76  3-ears.     Interred  in  the  North  Truro  cemetery. 

KNOWLES. 

I'ROVINCETOWN,    MASS. 

Hannah  E.",  daughter  of  Edward  and  Sarah  (Paine'") 
Larkin,  born  Dec.  7,  1884,  married  1852,  Samuel  Knowles, 
(born  Feb.  26,  18.31,)  son  of  John  and  Zeriuah  (Atkins) 
Knowles  of  Truro.     Children  : 

i.  Virgenia  Cook'^,  b.  Mar.  12,  1853,  at  Truro,  m.  Oct.  7, 1874, 
Joshua  F.  Atkins,  (b.  June.  1853,)  son  of  Joshua  and 
Rebecca  (Whorf)  AtUins,  of  Proviucetown.  Chikh'eu  : 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  241 

i.     Frank  Knowles^^,  b.  Feb.  8,  1877. 
ii.     Grace  Evansi^  b.  July  12,   1878. 
iii.     Leroy  Siebert'-S  b.  Oct.  19,  1880. 
Mr.  Joshua  F.  Atkins,  died  at  Provincetowu,  Jan. 
18,  1882,  aged  31    years.     Mrs.  Virgeuia  C. 
(Knowles'-)    Atkins    died    at   Provincetown, 
Sept.  27,  1884,  aged  31  years. 
Thus  did  this  couple  so  lovely  and  pleasant  in 
their  lives,     an    ornament    to    society,    and 
beloved  by    a    large  circle   of  relatives    and 
friends,    come  to  an  untimely   death.     Their 
three  children  are  tenderly  cared  for  by  their 
grandparents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Knowles. 
ii.     Carrie   Eaton^-,    b.    Sept.    17,    1860.      Resides    with    her 

parents. 
iii.     Emma  BelP~,  b.  Mar.  26,  1868.     Resides  with  parents. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samviel  Knowles  reside  at  Provincetown. 
Mr.  Knowles  was  in  our  late  Avar,  a  member  of  Co.  A.,  33d 
Mass.  Vols.  In  1865  removed  to  Provincetown.  From 
1873  to  1888  acted  as  agent  for  the  Cape  Cod,  Boston  and 
Kew  York  Express  Companies.  He  is  an  enterprising 
business  man.  Mrs.  Knowles  is  a  highly  esteemed  lady ; 
a  member  of  Center  M.  E.  Church. 

HUTCHINGS. 

NORTH    TRURO,    MASS. 

Mary  Jane",  daughter  of  Edward  and  Sarah  (Paine^") 
Larkin,  born  Sept.  12,  1840,  married  Jan.  8,  1860,  Henry 
Stevens  Hutchings,  (born  Jan.  6,  1838,)  son  of  Capt.  Wm. 
S.  and  Sally  (Atkins)  Hutchings,  of  Truro.     Children  : 

i.  Mertie  Larkin^^,  b.  Aug.  16,  1861,  m.  1882,  William  E,, 
son  of  James  M.  and  Susan  E.  (Avery^i)  Small,  of 
North  Truro.  One  child,  Grace  Linwood'-^,  b.  Mar. 
17,  1883.     Residence,  North  Truro. 

ii.     Bessie  Steveus^^,  b.  July  16,  1865,  d.  June  23,  1866. 

iii.     Herbert   Lesliei^,  b.   Aug.   28,   1867,  m.   Nov.   30,   1890, 

i6 


242  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 


•Hattie   F.  Atwood,    daughter   of  Joseph    Atwood   of 
Truro.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herbert  L.  Hutchings  reside  at 
Biddeford,    Me.,    where    he   is    proprietor    of    a    fish 
niarliet. 
iv.     Freddie  Ashtoni-,  b.  Juue  18,  1881. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  S.  Hutcliings  reside  at  North  Truro. 
Mr.  Hutcliins  is  a  prominent  citizen,  while  Mrs.  Hutchings 
is  no  less  esteemed  by  her  many  friends. 

ATKINS. 

Jane^  daughter  of  John'  and  Hannah  (Snow)  Avery,  born 
July  28,  1785,  married  Ephraim  Atkins,  of  Truro.  Children : 

i.     Ruthi",  m.  Thomas  N.  Stevens, 
ii.     Joauua^*^,  m.  Peter  I.  Baker, 
iii.     Charlotte^*^,  m.  Josepli  8.  Paine, 
iv.     Ambrose  Avery^*',  m.  Susan  L.  Averyio,  daughter  of  Job^ 

and  Margaret  Aver3% 
V.     Sophia^",    m.    David   Doble.      Descendants   are  living  in 
Charlestown,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Jane  (Avery")  Atkins  and  husband  died  many  years 

ago. 

The  above  record  of  children  is  regardless  of  the  order 

in  which  they  occur. 

STEVENS. 

Kuth'',  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Jane  (Avery")  Atkins, 
born  June,  1811,  married  Thomas  N.  Stevens,  (born  1809,) 
of  Truro.  Son,  Jeremiah",  married  Paulina  Lee.  They 
have  one  daughter,  Rebecca  Stevens*'.  Eeside  at  North 
Truro,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Ruth  (Atkins",)  Stevens  and  husband  reside  at 
North  Truro. 

BAKER. 

Joanna'",  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Jane  (Avery")  Atkins, 
married  Peter  I.  Baker.     Children  : 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  243 

i.     Ambrose  A.^^,  m.  Mary  E.    Mclutyre.      Several  children, 
amoug  lliem  : 

i.     Elmer  E.^-,  m.  Ada  Rich,  of  South  Truro, 
ii.     William'-.     Resides  iu  North  Truro. 
Ambrose   A.  Baker'i    and    wife    not   living.     He 
was   lost  at   sea   with  his   uncle,  Ambrose   A. 
Atkins'",    in  the  schooner   Bion,     March     23, 
1864,  aged  28  years, 
ii.     James'^.     Resides  in  Boston  or  vicinity. 
iii.     Joseph^',  m.  Lizzie  Garrick,  of  Provincetown.     They  have 

several  children,  and  reside  in  Maiden,  Mass. 
vi.     Sophia^^.     Died  young. 

Mrs.  Joanna  (Atkins'",)  Baker  died  in  North  Truro,  1875. 
Mr.  P.  I.  Baker  died  a  few  years  later. 

PAINE. 

Charlotte",  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Jane  (Avery") 
Atkins,  born  June  12,  1807,  married  March  24,  1825,  Joseph 
Small  Paine.     Children : 

i.     Mary  SmalP',  b.  Sept.  4,  1826,  m.  Ezra  V.  Rich, 
ii.     Ephraim  Atkins'',  b.  Oct.   4,  1828,  m.  Matilda  A.  Atkins. 
iii.     Joseph  Small",  b.  Dec.  10,  1832,  d.  April  9,  1839. 

Mr.  Joseph  S.  Paine  died  Dec.  6,  1835,  aged  32  years. 
Mrs.  Charlotte  (Atkins")  Paine  died  April  21,  1882,  aged 
74:  years. 

KICH. 

Mary  S.",  daughter  of  Joseph  S.  and  Charlotte  (Atkins") 
Paine,  married  Dec.  4,  1815,  in  Truro,  Ezra  Y.  Eich. 
Children : 

i.     Mary  Franceses,  b.  December  14,  1849,  d.  Jan.    21,    1851. 
ii.     Mary   Frances^-,    b.    Sept.    7,    1852,    m.   first,    Henry    J. 
Merrill ;   second.  Rev.  E.  T.  Curnick. 

Ezra  V.  Eich  died  Oct.  30,  1868,  aged  44  years. 
Mary   S.    (Paine")    died  Feb.   23,   1881,    in   Charlestown, 
Mass.,  aged  54  years. 


244  AVERY    GENEALOGY 


CUENICK. 

Mary  'F.'\  daughter  of  Ezra  V.  and  Mary  S.  (Paine") 
Kick,  born  1852,  married  first,  Jnne  29,  1871,  Henry  J. 
Merrill,  of  Charlestown,  Mass.,  wlio  died  in  Cliarlestowu, 
Sept.  15,  1884  One  child,  Henry  Byron",  born  April 
28,  1873,  died  Sept.  14,  1873  ;  married  second,  Feb.  18,  1886, 
in  Boston,  Eev.  E.  T.  Curnick,  a  member  of  the  New 
England  M.  E.  Conference.     Children  : 

i.     Wesley  Theopbilus'^  b.  May  12,  1887,  d.  July  29,  1888. 
ii.     Arthur  Richie,  b.  iu  Medford,  Mass.,  Juae  29,  1889. 

PAINE". 

Ephraim  A.",  son  of  Joseph  and  Charlotte  (Atkins^") 
Paine,  born  Oct.  4,  1828,  married  Nov.  27,  1855,  Matilda 
Ann  (born  March  8,  1834,)  daughter  of  Jonah  and  Matilda 
K.  (Pike)  Atkins,  of  Truro.     Children  : 

i.     Matilda   Atkiiisi^    b.    Jan.   27,  1863,  m.    Nov.    26,    1844, 
Herbert  A.  Berry,  (b.  Jan.  9,  1861.)     Children  : 

i.     Herbert  Warren'^  1).  Oct.  24,  1888,   d.  June 

30,  1889. 
ii.     Harold  Paiuei^  b.  Dec.  26,  1889,  d.  July  14, 
1890. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  A.  Berry  reside  at  No.    12,  Thorpe  Place, 
Somerville,  Mass. 
ii.     Charles  Augustus^^  b.  Aug.  28,  1865,   m.  Nov.   22,    1886. 
Susan  AViuslovv  Coleman,  (b.  Oct.  23,  1865.)  Children  : 
i.     Helen  Atkins^-',  b.  Oct.  24,  1887. 
ii.     Arthur  Winslow''',  b.  June  15,  1889. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  A.  Paine  reside  iu  Somerville,  Mass. 

Mr.  Ephraim  A.  Paine"  died  May  19,  1890,  in  East 
Somerville,  aged  Gl  years. 

Mrs.  Matilda  A.  Paine,  the  widow,  resides  with  her 
children  in  Somerville. 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  245 

ELIOTT. 

Emiua',  daughter  of  John'  and  Hannah  (Snow)  Aveiy, 
born  June  9,  1788,  married  first,  Capt.  David  Eliott. 
Children  : 

i.     David^*^,  b.  d.  3'oung. 

ii.     Sarah   Augusta^",    b.  m.   Jonah    Steveus,    Jr.,    who 

died  July  26,  1885,     One  daughter,  Augusta^i,  resides 
in  East  Boston, 
iii.     Daughter^",  died  young. 

Capt.  David  Eliott,  lost  at  sea,  1812.  Emina  (Avery^) 
Eliott  married,  second,  Capt  Thomas  Watkins.  One 
daughter:  Evelina  T.'",  born  in  Provincetowu,  Sept.  28,  1831, 
married  July  29,  1885,  Beuj.  L.  Hatch.  They  reside  at 
North  Truro.  Mrs.  Hatch  is  an  intelligent  lady,  well 
informed  in  Avery  genealogy,  and  has  aided  us  in  our  work. 

Capt.  Watkins  died  Sept.  25,  1855,  and  Mrs.  Watkins 
married,  third,  Capt.  Noah  Young,  who  died  Sept.  23,  1863. 

Mrs.  Emina  (Avery")  Young  died  July  6,  1861,  aged  76 
years. 

SNOW. 

Ruth^  eldest  daughter,  (second  child)  of  Job'  and 
Jane  (Thatcher)  Avery,  born  in  Truro,  May  22,  1745,  mar- 
ried, first,  Nov.  23,  1761,  Aquilla  Rich,  who,  according  to 
tombstone,  died  March  15,  1767.  Children:  i.  Aquilla,  Jr^, 
born  Nov.  30,  1762,  died  Dec.  13,  1782.  ii.  Bethiah,  born 
Jan.  4,  1765 ;  died.  Married  second,  Daniel  Snow. 
Children : 

i.     Daniel  Jr.^,  b.  Aug.  16,  1769. 
ii.     Elizabeth^,  b.  July  29,  1771. 
iii.     Rutb^,  b.  Sept.  22,  1773,  m.  Nov.  28,  1793,  Daniel  Barker, 

and  died  (per  stone)  June  22,  1794,  in  her  21st  year, 
iv.     Jane^,  b.  in  Oct.  1775,  m.  Jesse  Small. 

v.     Anna^,   b.  — ,  m.  Gamaliel  Collins,  resided   in   Hardwick, 


246  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

Mass.  Children  :  Gamaliel",  Betsey^^*,  Daniel'"  and 
Martha'^.  These  have  children  and  grandchildren. 
DauieP",  m.  Thirza  Chaffee,  of  Wilbraham,  Mass.  Of. 
their  four  ciiildren,  two,  Frank'^,  and  Eliza",  died  in 
youth,  and  two  are  living:  Daniel",  m.  Eva  Knights, 
and  has  a  family  of  several  children  —  reside  in  Hard- 
wick.  Maria",  m.  Oscar  Southworth,  and  has  one 
daughter,  Mary'-.  They  reside  at  Southworth's  Mills, 
Greenwich,  Mass. 

Mr.  Daniel  Collins'"  died  in  Oct.,  1888,  aged  70  years. 
Mrs.  Tliirza  (Chaffee)  Collins  died  a  few  months  previous. 
Mrs.  Eutli  (Avery")  Snow  died  in  181(3.      The  inscription 
on  tombstone  in  North  Truro  cemetery,  is  as  follows  : 

In  memory  of 

Mrs.  Ruth  Snow, 

who  died  March  19,  1816, 

iEt  71. 

Relict  of 

Capt.  Daniel  Snow, 

who  was  lost  at  sea  1779, 

used  42. 


SMALL. 

Jane'-",  daughter   of  Daniel  and  Euth  (Avery')  Snow,  born 
in  Oct.,  1775,  married  May  14,  1792,  Jesse  Small.  Children : 

i.  Betsey'",  1).  Nov.  22,  1797,  m.  John  Roberson.  One 
daughter,  Elizabeth^',  b.  — ,  m.  Bela  Fisk,  lives  in 
lirighton  —  had  several  children. 

ii.     Ruth'",  b.  Dec.  7,  1799,  m.  Edward  Pendergrace. 

iii.     Daniel  Snow"',  h.  Aug.  31,  1802,  m.  INIary  H.  Thomas. 

iv.     Thomas'",  b.  May  10,   1801,  d.   in  Truro,   Oct.  28,  1843. 
Mr.  Jesse  Small  died  June  5,  1804,  aged  34  years  (per 
stone).      Mrs.  Jane  Small,  wife  of  Jesse  Small,  died 
Aug.  2."),  1852,  aged   74   years,    ([)cr  stone   in   Nor  th 
Truro  cemetery). 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  247 


PENDERGRACE. 

Rutli",     daugliter   of     Jesse    and   Jane    (Snow")    Small, 
born  Dec.  7,  1799,  married  Edward  Pendergrace.    Children  : 

i.     Edward  T.^i,  b.  June   10,  1826,  ra.  Dec.  12,  1850,  Sarah 

Dj'er,  of  Truro.     Their  five  chihh-en  are  : 

i.     Edward  H.^^  ^^  j^^iy   28,   1854,   m.  Jennie  Helter. 

They  have  Nina^^,  Sadie  Raymond ^^S  and  Beriuce^-^, 

b.  in  1889. 

ii.     Sarah  M.^'^  b.  Nov.  28,  1857,  m.  W.  C.  Mansfield  — 

two  children  :  Winnie^^,  and  Grace^^^  I3,  \^  1889. 
iii.     Thomas  F.^^,  b.  June  30,  1860,  unmarried, 
iv.     Jessie   B.12,  b.  Aug.   18,   1862,   m.  Albion   Nichols. 

Two  children  :  Blanchei^,  and  Elsie^^,  h.  in  1889. 
V.     Georgie  P.12,  b.  May  13,  1865,   m.  Arthur  Mott  — 
one  child,  Lottie^,  b.  Aug.  5,  1889. 
Capt.   Edward   T.   Pendergrace^^    for   a   number   of 
years  commanded  a  ship  engaged  in  foreign  trade. 
In  1875  he  retired  and  moved  with  his  family  from 
North    Truro   to   Reading,    Mass.,    their    present 
residence.     Mrs.    Sarah    (Dyer)    Pendergrace  died 
in  Oct.,  1883,  aged  about  50  years. 

ii.     Jane  S.^,  b.  Nov.  28.  1828,  died  May  13,  1833. 

iii.  Daniel",  b.  Oct.  10,  1830,  was  one  of  the  crew  who  were 
drowned  with  Capt.  Samuel  Coan,  by  the  upsetting  of 
the  boat  almost  in  sight  of  home,  Apr.  10,  1847,  at  the 
age  of  16  years. 

iv.     Infant,  died  in  1833. 

V.  Jesse  S.",  b.  May  25,  1835,  unmarried.  Mr.  Pendergrace 
enlisted  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  Nov.  18,  1861, 
24th  Mass.  Volunteers,  and  was  in  several  battles, 
among  them  beinsj  the  battles  at  Goldsboro,  N.  C, 
Morris  Island,  S.  C,  Bermuda  Hundred,  Va.,  and 
Wyer  Bott(.m  Church,  Va.  At  the  latter,  June  17, 
1864,  he  lost  his  right  arm  and  part  of  left  hand,  and 
received  other  wounds  by  a  shell.  He  was  honorably 
discharged  Nov.  22,  1864,  Corporal  Co.  F.  Mr. 
Pendergrace   is   a  genial  gentleman,  and   has   been  a 


243  A  VER  Y    GENEAL  OG  Y. 

member  of  the  Legislature.     He  resides  Iq  Reading, 

Mass. 
vi.     Jane  A.^',  b.  June  10,  1837,  unmarried, 
vii.     Rutli   Elizabeth'i,   b.  July   16,  1839,  m.  Robert  Ford,  of 

Cbarlestown,  Mass.     He  died  there  Aug.  12,  1889. 
viii.     John  Y.^\  b.  Mar.  27,  1841,  died  June  4,  1852. 

Mrs.  Kutli  (Small'")  Peuclergrace  died  in  North  Truro, 
Dec.  9,  1872,  aged  73  years.  Hers  had  been  a  life  of  toil 
and  sorrow.  Just  before  the  birth  of  her  youngest  child, 
her  husband,  who  had  arrived  at  Norfolk,  Va.,  from  a  voy- 
age, left  his  vessel  there,  and  took  passage  for  Boston  in  the 
schooner  America,  Samuel  Cook,  Jr.,  of  Provincetown,  mas- 
ter, but  neither  vessel  nor  men  were  ever  heard  from.  One 
son  was  drowned  a  few  years  later  while  in  the  morning  of 
life ;  another  she  gave  to  the  country's  cause,  to  see  him 
return  crippled  for  life. 

"  But  weaiy  spirits  rest  at  eve, 
Wlieii  the  long,  long  day  is  done." 

DANIEL  S.  SMALL". 

PROVIXCKTOWN,    MASS. 

Daniel  Snow'",  third  child,  but  eldest  son  of  Jesse 
and  Jane  (Snow'')  Small,  Avas  born  in  Truro,  Aug.  31,  1802, 
and  married  Nov.  29, 1825,  Mary  Harding  Thomas,  daughter 
of  John  and  Susan  Thomas,  (born  Nov.  18, 1801).    Children: 

i.  Sus:in   Jane",    b.  Oct.    11,    182G,   died    May   o,   ISGl. 

ii.  Elizabeth  T.",  b.  Oct.  IG,  1828. 

iii.  John  T.",  1).  Nov.  8,  18;U. 

iv.  Mary  T.",  b.  Dee.  8,  1833. 

V.  Rutli  S.",  b.  May  6,  1837,  died  June  5,  1838. 

vi.  Ruth  S.".  b.  July  3,  1839.  died  Doc.  3,  1839. 

vii.  Annie  C".  b.  Sept.  27,  1840,  died  May  21,  1842. 

viii.  Daniel  AV.",  b.  Dec.  30,  1842,  died  Oct.  3,  1844. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Daniel  S.  Small  liad  their  residence  for 
years  at  the  place  known  as    "  High  Head,"   North   Truro, 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  249 

but  Nov.  10,  1849,  they  removed  to  the  adjoining  town  of 
Provincetown,  where  Mr.  Small  established  an  extensive 
business,  which  he  was  subsequently  obliged  to  relinquish 
on  account  of  failure  of  his  eyesight.  With  the  assistance 
of  his  wife,  he  kept  a  small  variety  store,  until  her  death  in 
1877.  Both,  with  their  children,  were  worthy  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  their  hospitable  home 
was  ever  open  to  the  itinerant,  wdio  always  received  a  cor-' 
dial  welcome,  as  well  as  the  people  of  God,  who  often  met 
there  to  engage  in  religious  services.  The  memory  of  those 
meetings  still  lives  in  the  minds  of  manv. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Small  celebrated  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of 
their  wedding  on  Nov.  29,  1875,  at  their  home,  w^here  a  large 
circle  of  friends  and  relatives  gathered  to  pay  their  respects 
to  this  worthy  couple.  It  was  a  touching  sight  to  see  this 
aged  gentleman  leaning  on  his  companion,  wdiile  unable  to 
recognize  his  friends,  except  by  their  voices,  yet  withal 
alwavs  cheerful. 

Mrs.  Mary  H.  Small,  the  companion  for  more  than  fifty 
years,  was  summoned  to  "  come  up  higher,"  April  25th, 
1877,  at  the  age  of  75  years. 

Mr.  Daniel  S.  Small  lingered  a  few  years  longer,  and  he, 
too,  was  called,  and  gladly  laid  down  his  weary  .life,  to  take 
his  crown,  July  17,  1883,  aged  80  years.  They  were  buried 
in  the  old  cemetery  at  Provincetown. 

JOHN  T.  SMALL'\ 

CHAKTLEY,    MASS. 

John  T.",  eldest  son  of  Daniel  S.'",  and  Mary  H. 
Small,  born  Nov.  8,  1831,  married  Nov.  21,  1854,  Euth  C. 
Kyder,  of  Provincetown,  who  died  Feb.  20,  1868.  He  mar- 
ried second,  Rebecca  A.,  daughter  of  Enoch  and  Eliza 
(Cook)  Nickerson,  of  Provincetown,  Apr.  7,  1870.    Children : 


250  AVERT  GENEALOGY. 

i.     Bessie  A.^'^,  b.  Aug.  17,  1871,  in  Provincetowu. 
ii.     Lydia  T.^S  b.  Oct.  3,  1874,  in  Boston, 
iii.     Hattie  H.'-,  b.  Apr.  26,  1877,  in  East  Boston. 

Mr.  Small  enlisted  in  tlie  "War  of  the  Rebellion,  Aug.  20, 
18G1,  Co.  A,  19tli  Mass.  Volunteers.  He  was  "promoted  to 
Commissary  Sergeant,  April,  1863,  to  First  Lieutenant, 
Oct.,  1864,  and  to  command  of  Co.  A,  March,  1865.  Was 
discharged  July  20,  1865.  The  regiment  was  in  the  Army 
of  the  Potomac  from  its  organization  until  disbanded,  June, 
1865,  at  Munson's  Hill,  Ya.  Was  never  wounded  nor  in  the 
hospital,  and  never  absent  from  duty.  Was  with  the  regi- 
ment in  forty-nine  battles  and  skirmishes ;  the  most  impor- 
tant of  which  were,  Yorktown,  and  all  the  battles  of  the 
Peninsula,  second  Bull  Run,  Autietam,  first  and  second 
Fredericksburg,  Gettysburg,  Cold  Harbor,  Petersburg,  and 
the  battles  under  General  Sheridan  on  Lee's  retreat  and 
surrender." 

COOEY. 

Elizabeth  T'\  second  daughter  of  Daniel  S.'°  and  Mary  H. 
(Thomas)  Small,  born  Oct.  16,  1828,  married  Jan.  6,  1859, 
John  G.  Cooey,  of  Kingston,  N.  B.      Children  : 

i.  Daniel  H.'^  b.  Oct.  25,  1859. 

ii.  Thomas  L.»^  b.  Sept.  20,  1864,  died  Sept.  6,  1865. 

iii.  Edward  W.12,  b.  Sept.  29,  1866. 

iv.  Mary  L.i^  b.  Aucr.  6,  1870. 

Mr.  Cooey  died  suddenly  in  Boston,  July  5,  1879.  Mrs. 
Cooey  and  family  reside  at  Hyde  Park,  Mass. 

FIFIELD. 

Mary  T.",  third  daughter  of  Daniel  S.'"  and  Mary 
H.  Small,  born  Dec.  8,  1833,  married  April  7,  1867,  George 
G.  Fifield,  of  Medford,  Mass.     Children  : 


AVE  BY   GENEALOGY.  251 

i.     Susan  Jauei2,  b.  May  10,   ISfiS. 

ii.     Mabel  Gardner^^,  b.  Feb.  3,  1870,  d.  Jan.  19,  1885. 
Mr.  and  IMrs.  Fitield  reside  in  Medford,  Mass. 


ELIZABETH  (AVERY^^)  McALPINE. 

yLIZABETH  AYEEY^  second  daughter  (third  child)  of 
^  Job'  and  Jane  (Thatcher)  Avery,  born  Jan.  25,  1746-7, 
married  Nov.  26,  1765,  John  McAlpine.     Children : 

i.     Elizabeth^,   b.    1766,   d.  Mar.  28,  1783,  in   the   eighteenth 
year  of  her  age.    (Per  stone  in  North  Truro  cemetery.) 
ii.     Sarah^,  b.  Nov.  7,  1767,  died  a  month  later, 
iii.     John^,  b.  Jan.  1,  1770,  in  Boston. 

This  scant  record  is  all  that  could  be  obtained  of  this 
family,  although  a  few  descendants  remember  to  have  heard 
Mrs.  McAlpine  spoken  of  as  "Aunt  Betty." 

SAMUEL  AVERY«. 

O^AMUEL  AVER  Y^  third  son  of  Job'  and  Jane  (Thatcher) 
}^ Avery,  born  Aug.  31,  1751,  married  Mary  Weston,  May 
22,  1777. 

Elizabeth',  daughter  of  SamueP  and  Mary  (Weston) 
Avery,  born  in  Truro,  June  30,  1778.  This  is  all  the  record 
we  have. 


JOB  AVERYl 
(JOB',  REV.    JOHN'\) 

TRURO,    MASS. 

JOB  AYERY",  second  son  (fourth  child)  of  Job'  and  Jane 
(Thatcher)  Avery,  born  Jan.  7,  1749,  married  March, 
1770,  Jerusha  Lombard,  (born  June  12,  1752,)  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  (Paine  [?  ] )  Lombard,  of  Truro,  Rev. 
Caleb  Upham,  then  pastor  of  the  church  at  Truro,  without 
doubt  performing  the  ceremony.     Children  : 


252  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

i.  Nancy'-*,  b.  Auii'.  12,  1771. 

ii.  PLphraini'-',  b.  July  28,  1775,  m.  Ruth  Dyer. 

iii.  Samuel'',  b.  June  9,  1780. 

iv.  Mary'*,  V).  Sept.  1,  1782.  m.  Joshua  Coombs. 

V.  Job^,  b.  Dec.  10,  1784,  m.  iVIargaret  Fuller. 

vi.  Elizabeth^,  b.  Apr.  20,  1788. 

vii.  Jerusha'-',  b.  Nov.  17.  1790. 

viii.  Peter   Lombard'',  b.  Feb.  18,  1793.  m.    Betsey   Chapman. 

ix.  John'',  1).  Nov.  6,  1795,  m.  

The  above  record  of  the  children,  and  dates  of  their 
birth,  as  well  as  date  of  marriage  of  the  parents,  is  from  a 
Bible,  which  belonged  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Averv^  one  of  the 
above  daughters,  now  in  the  possession  of  the  writer. 

Of  the  life  of  Mr.  Job  Averj',  but  little  is  now  known, 
except  what  can  be  gathered  from  a  few  descendants  who 
have  heard  their  parents  speak  of  him.  Among  the  town 
records  appears  the  following  :  ''March  6,  1788. — At  a  meet- 
ing, voted  to  allow  Mr.  Job  Avery  seven  pounds,  twelve 
shillings  and  sixpence  old  tenor  for  his  time  and  horse  last 
summer  going  for  soldiers."  Mr.  Avery  lived  at  East  Har- 
bor village.  East  Harbor,  situated  in  the  extreme  north- 
west corner  of  the  town,  is  a  small,  shoal  tide-harbor,  but 
by  drifting  sands,  its  usefulness  has  ceased,  and  the  exten- 
sive salt  marshes  around  it  have  been  greatly  diminished 
from  the  same  cause.  The  village  situated  south  of  this 
harbor,  was,  during  the  past  century,  a  prominent  one.  From 
the  twenty-three  houses  here,  there  were  twenty-eight  brave 
men  who  gave  their  lives  to  the  service  of  the  country 
during  the  Revolutionary  War.  The  settlement  extended 
soutlierly  to  the  Pond,  and  as  soon  as  the  fishing  interests 
clustered  at  the  latter  place,  and  a  post-office  established, 
Pond  village  becamfe  the  chief  center  of  the  northern  part 
of  the  town,  which  is  now  known  as  North  Truro,  and  East 
Harbor  village  became  only  a  memory  of  the  past. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  253 

The  leading  industries  were,  and  have  always  been,  agri- 
culture and  fishing,  Mr.  Aver}'  engaging  in  both,  although 
the  latter  occupation  was  carried  on  to  a  greater  extent  than 
the  former,  as  his  farm  was  not  a  large  one.  It  was  the 
custom  in  those  days  for  men  to  carry  their  fish  to  a  foreign 
market.  Rich,  in  his  Hy.story  of  Truro,  snjs:  "Carrying 
fish  to  foreign  markets  in  a  fore-topsail,  poop-deck  schooner, 
w^as  as  much  merchant  service,  or,  as  it  used  to  be  called, 
'  merchant  voyages,'  as  carrying  rum,  cotton  and  tobacco  in 
brigs  and  ships.  The  skippers,  acting  as  their  own  agents 
and  doing  their  own  business,  qualified  themselves  as  mer- 
chants, and  led  directly  to  relations  of  larger  magnitude." — 
The  subject  of  our  sketch  was  engaged  in  this  business  of 
finding  a  market  for  his  fish  in  some  port  of  France  or 
England,  he  probably  being  master  of  his  vessel  on  these 
voyages.  Some  dishes  which  he  purchased,  now  in  posses- 
sion of  grandchildren,  are  kept  as  relics  of  these  voyages. 
It  is  said  by  one  relative,  that,  toward  the  latter  part  of  his 
life,  he  was  shipwrecked  near  Cape  Sable,  and  the  suffering 
and  hardships  endured  impaired  his  mind. 

Another  says,  that  he  was  seized,  as  were  many  other 
Americans,  during  the  War  of  1812,  and  pressed  into  naval 
service,  but  on  refusing  to  fight,  was  thrust  into  Dartmoor 
prison,  England,  and  the  suffering  and  privations  incident  to 
a  prison-life,  together  with  sickness,  somewhat  impaired  his 
mind,  so  that  on  his  return  home,  he  was  unable  to  engage 
further  in  the  active  duties  of  life,  although  being  able  to 
perform  some  light  work  about  his  farm.  We  think  the 
latter  account  to  be  more  probably  correct,  as  his  son  John, 
whose  account  is  given  later,  was  one  of  the  prisoners  at 
that  time,  and  might  have  been  in  the  vessel  with  his  father 
when  taken. 


254  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

Mr.  Job  Avery'  died  Nov.  6,  1815,  aged  66  years. 

Mrs.  Jeruslia  (Lombard)  Avery  survived  lier  liusbaud 
twenty  years.  She  is  remembered  as  a  lady  of  much  intel- 
lect,  and  a  great  reader.  She  read  the  Bible  through  by 
course,  seventy  times.  Watt's  Hyinus  and  Baxter's  Saints 
EverJasting  Rest,  were  her  favorites.  On  the  fly-leaf  of  the 
latter,  which  is  in  possession  of  the  writer,  in  her  hand- 
writing, is:  "Jerusha  Avery,  her  book.  She  desires  to  love 
and  serve  God,  that  she  may  enter  into  His  everlasting 
rest."  The  book  was  published  in  1791:.  She,  and  a  lady 
known  as  "Aunt"  Annie  Eldridge,  were  the  first  Methodists 
in  Truro.  People  at  that  time,  embracing  the  new  doctrine 
of  Methodism,  were  called  "New  Lights." 

The  itinerant,  and  his  weary  horse,  often  found  a  resting 
place  at  her  hospitable  home.  At  that  time  there  were  no 
fine  churches  with  open  doors,  or  a  delegation  of  official 
brethren  to  receive  or  welcome  him.  Often  without  money 
to  pay  his  lodging,  or  a  change  of  clothing,  the  preacher 
had  to  depend  upon  the  generosity  of  the  people.  In  Mrs. 
Avery  he  ever  found  a  welcome,  and  the  service  of  willing 
hands  at  his  disposal.  Often  has  the  good  man  retired, 
while  his  hostess  sat  up  and  repaired  his  clothing,  before 
he  proceeded  on  his  journey.  She  is  also  remembered  for 
her  many  wise  sayings.  She  lived  a  Godly  life,  and  died 
May  18th,  1835,  at  the  advanced  age  of  82  years.  She  was 
laid  by  the  side  of  her  husband.  Plain  marble  slabs,  erected 
by  the  surviving  daughter,  mark  their  resting  place  in  North 
Truro  cemetery. 

A  chopping  knife,  which  was  a  wedding  gift  (1770)  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Job  Avery',  from  "Yarn"  or  "Larned,"  the  slave 
of  Mr.  Avery's  father.  Job',  and  made  with  his  own  hands, 
is  now  in  possession  of  the  family  of  the  late  Mary  (Avery'') 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  255 

Lewis,  of  Maiden,  Mass.,    who  was  a  grauddaugbter  of  the 
above. 

A  book  case,  made  from  a  mahogany  chest  of  drawers, 
and  a  small  rocker,  belonging  to  the  above,  are  in  possession 
of  another  granddaughter,  Nancy  (Avery^)  Holmes,  of 
Provincetown,  Mass. 

NANCY  AYEKY". 

Nancy^,  daughter  of  Job'  and  Jerusha  (Lombard)  Avery, 
born  Aug.  12,  1771  ;  was  unmarried.  The  town  records 
and  the  dates  of  her  birth  and  death,  found  in  a  book 
belonging  to  her  mother,  give  her  name  as  Anna.  A 
peculiar  custom  of  those  times,  of  giving  a  child  one  name 
by  baptism  but  using  another.  Anna,  was  Nancy ; 
Elizabeth,  became  Betsey,  and  Mary  became  PoUy.  While 
young  she  lived  in  Boston  for  a  while.  Was  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  Church  there.  Died  Nov.  5,  1799,  (a  few  weeks 
before  George  Washington)  aged  28  years. 

EPHKAIM  AYERY^ 

Ephraim^,  son  of  Job'  and  Jerusha  (Lombard)  Avery, 
born  July  28,  1775,  married,  it  is  said,  Ruth  Dyer,  of  Truro, 
a  school  teacher,  several  years  his  senior.  During  the 
earlier  part  of  his  life  he  removed  to  Maiden,  Mass.,  his 
relatives  often  visiting  there.  It  is  said  they  had  two  sons, 
Ephraim"  and  SamueP",  who  probably  have  descendants 
living  today.  The  writer  took  special  pains  to  find  some 
record  among  the  old  town  records  of  Maiden,  relating  to 
this  family,  obtained  only  the  following  :  "  Dec.  15,  1819, 
Rev.  Ebenezer  Nelson,  Bap.  married  Ephraim  Avery  and 
Eliza  Edmonds.'^  This  must  have  been  the  son  of  the 
above  Ephraim".     Later   this  appeared :     "  1820   Ephraim 


256  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

Avery  son,  of  Epbraim  and  Eliza  Avery,  died."  This  was 
all  we  could  find  in  the  time  we  spent  on  the  records.  No 
death  of  the  parents  could  be  found.  It  is  said  some  of 
the  old  inhabitants  remember  a  widow  Aver}'  who  had  lived 
in  Maiden  with  a  son.  It  is  presumed  that  the  sons 
removed  to  another  place  after  the  mother's  death.  The 
date  of  the  death  of  Ephraim',  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
taken  from  the  Bible  before  mentioned,  is  :  "  Died  at  sea^ 
Nov.,  1805,  aged  30  years." 

A  few  years  ago  two  aged  gentlemen  in  Melrose,  bearing 
the  names  of  Ephraim  and  Samuel,  or  John  Avery,  were 
said  to  belong  to  the  Truro  branch,  but  no  one  felt  sufficient 
interest  to  make  inquiries. 

SAMUEL    AYEEYl 

SamueP,  son  of  Job'  and  Jerusha  (Lombard)  Avery, 
born  June  9,  1780.  Began  early  a  seafaring  life,  and  died 
on  board  of  the  Siualloiv,  of  hemorrhage,  July  28,  1797,  at 
the  age  of  17  years,  and  buried  at  sea. 

COMBS. 

Mary",  daughter  of  Job"  and  Jerusha  (Lombard) 
Avery,  born  Sept.  1, 1782,  married  Joshua  Combs  or  Coombs, 
died  in  Bath,  Me.,  Dec.  3,  1802,  at  the  age  of  20,  of  hem- 
orrhage caused  by  the  careless  use  of  a  fork,  which  penetrated 
an  artery  in  her  gum.  Hemorrhage  is,  to  this  day,  heredi- 
tary in  the  family,  although  it  has  not  always  proved  fatal. 

JERUSHA  AYERY^ 

Jerusha',  youngest  daughter  of  Job'  and  Jerusha  (Lom- 
bard) Avery,  born  Nov.  17,  1790,  never  married.  Died 
of  consumption,  Nov.  7,  1815,  the  day  after  her  father's 
death.     She  was  within  a  few  days  of  her  twenty-fifth  birth- 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  257 

day.  Truly  an  afflicted  household;  one  who  had  liyed 
nearly  his  three  score  and  ten,  the  other  in  the  bloom  of 
young  womanhood,  borne  side  by  side  from  their  home  to 
their  last  quiet  resting  place. 


CAPT.  JOB  AVERYl 
(JOB^  JOB',  REV.  JOHNC.) 

TRURO,.   MASS. 

JOB  AYEPil"',  third  son  (fifth  child)  of  Job^  and  Jerusha 
(Lombard)  Ayery,  born  Dec.  10,  1784,  married  Margaret 
Fuller,  of  Boston.     Children  : 

"We  have  the  record  of  four,  one  died  in  infancy. 
i.     Eliza  Sophia  Cliapmani",  b.  Mar.  23,  1810,  at  Truro, 
ii.     John'",  1).  Mar..  1812,  at  Boston, 
iii.     George   Washington'",  b.    Dec.   26,   1814,  at  Boston,  m. 

P^Iizabeth  Kilburu. 
iv.     Susan    Lolla'",    b.    May  23,  1818,  at  Boston,   m.  Ambrose 
A.  Atkins. 

Capt.  Job  Ayeiy"  began  seafaring  life  at  an  early  age,  as 
was  the  custom  in  those  days.  After  his  marriage,  liQ-^t  a 
boarding  house  in  Boston  for  a  number  of  years.  In  later 
years  of  his  life  he  became  master  of  a  brig,  came  home 
sick  with  fever,  and  died  in  Boston,  Dec.  24,  1821,  aged  37 
years.  He  left  a  widow  and  four  children,  the  youngest 
but  three  years  of  age. 

His  widow,  Margaret  (Fuller)  Averj^,  who  is  remembered 
as  possessing  a  gift  of  song,  died  about  five  years  later  in 
Boston. 

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258  AVERT   GENEALOGY. 


SMITH. 

PROVINCETOWN,     MASS. 

Eliza  S.  C.  Avery^°,  eldest  daughter  of  Job"  and  Margaret 
(Fuller)  Avery,  born  at  East  Harbor,  Truro,  March  23,  1810. 
In  infancy  removed  to  Boston  with  her  parents,  where  she 
continued  to  reside  until  eighteen  years  of  age,  —  then 
resided  in  Philadelphia,  and  later  in  New  York,  Washington, 
and  a  short  time  in  the  state  of  Vii'ginia.  Was  in  Washing- 
ton city,  and  present,  when  Zachary  Taylor  laid  the  corner 
stone  of  the  monument  erected  to  the  memory  of  George 
Washington ;  and  well  remembers  the  circumstances  attend- 
ing President  Taylor's  sickness  and  death,  and  can  describe 
in  detail,  his  personal  appearance  and  the  funeral  cortege, 
which  was  a  mile  or  mile  and  a  half  in  length,  with  Jefferson 
Davis,  the  President's  son-in-law,  as  chief  mourner,  Avhile 
Gen.  Winfield  Scott  led  the  military  })rocession.  Also 
remembers  well  the  personal  appearance  of  many  of  the 
representative  men  of  those  days,  among  them  Daniel  Web- 
ster and  Henry  Clay. 

She  married  first,  Henry  Daniels,  of  New  York  city.  Their 
two  children  botli  died  in  infancy  in  N.  Y.  Sept.  7,  1853, 
she  married  second,  Heman  M.  Smith,  of  Provincetown, 
son  of  Eldridge  and  Priscilla  (Eldridge)  Smith,  of  Chatham, 
Mass.  Mr.  Smith  died  at  Provincetown,  May  6,  1879,  aged 
69  years. 

Mrs.  Eliza  (Avery'")  Smith*,  a  lady  of  refinement  and  intel- 
ligence, and  possessing  all  of  the  Avery  characteristics,  is 
the  only  remaining  one  of  her  family,  and  having  passed  her 
four  score  years  in  feeble  health,  resides  at  her  residence 
on  Nickerson  street,  Provincetown.  During  the  earlier  part 
of  her  life  she  was  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  but 
*Mrs.  Eliza  (Avery i")  Smith  died  at  Provincetown,  Mass.,  Dec.  11  1892. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  259 


since  her  residence  at  Provincetown,  has  been,  as  was  her 
late  husband,  a  worthy  member  of  the  Centenary  M.  E. 
Church. 

JOHN  AVEEY". 

John  Avery",  son  of  Job"  and  Margaret  (Fuller)  Avery, 
born  at  Boston,  in  March,  1812,  went  to  Truro  to  live  with 
his  grandmother  Avery  when  but  a  small  child.  In  April, 
1828,  when  but  sixteen  years  of  age,  he  sailed  for  the  Grand 
Banks  of  Newfoundland,  in  the  schooner  Dart,  Thomas  Sel- 
lew,  of  Truro,  master.  Neither  vessel  nor  crew,  all  of  whom 
belonged  in  Truro,  were  ever  heard  from.  It  is  supposed 
the}^  were  crushed  by  floating  icebergs,  as  the  Dart  was  last 
seen  toward  night,  steering  a  course  which  would  bring 
them  to  the  floating  ice,  which  another  Truro  vessel  having 
discovered  that  morning,  had  steered  clear  of. 

GEOPvGE  WASHINGTON  AVEEY". 

NORTH    TRUUO,    MASS. 

George  W.  Avery",  son  of  Job'  and  Margaret  (Ful- 
ler) Avery,  born  Dec.  26,  1814,  at  Boston,  Mass. — 
When  but  a  child  in  frocks,  his  aunt  Elizabeth,  (better 
known  as  "  Betsey,")  Avery,  took  him  to  live  with  her  at 
her  mother's  home  in  Truro.  Never  did  a  maiden  aunt 
take  a  child  into  her  affections  more  than  did  this  one. 
For  him  she  toiled  and  prayed,  and  in  her  he  found  a  true 
mother.  We  can  imagine  how  pleasant  to  the  aunt,  and 
her  aged  mother,  must  have  been  thfe  innocent  prattle  of 
the  child.  At  the  early  age  of  nine  he  went  to  sea  as  cook 
of  a  vessel  engaged  in  codfishing  on  the  Grand  Banks, 
during  the  summer.  He  attended  school  winters.  He 
continued   a   seafaring   life   till   within  a  few  years  of  his 


260  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

■death.  He  married  Nov.  20,  1840,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Edward  and  Phebe  (Paiue)  Kilburn,  of  Truro,  and  resided 
with  them  a  few  years,  Avheu  he  purchased  a  home,  uear 
the  Kilburn  homestead.  The  house  is  located  on  an 
elevation  overlooking  the  village,  known  as  Pond  Tillage. 
They  had  two  daughters  : 

i.     Susan  P^lizabeth",  b.  Aug.  2,  1845,  m.  J.  M.  Small, 
ii.     P21eauor  Sophia",  b.  Aug.  29,  1858,  m.  Y.  L.  Rumre}'. 

Mr.  Geo.  W.  Aver^',  for  some  years  before  his  death,  was 
the  only  male  representative  of  the  Avery  family  in  Truro, 
so  that  at  his  death  the  name  of  Avery,  once  so  numerous, 
became  extinct  in  that  place,  although  it  is  still  retained  by 
his  widow,  and  is  used  as  the  middle  name  of  some  of  the 
•descendants.  Mr.  Avery  died  at  his  home  July  5,  1873,  at 
the  age  of  58  years. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  ( Kilburn)  Avery,  for  the  past  year  or  two. 
Las  resided  with  her  youngest  daughter  at  Stoughton,  Mass. 

SMALL. 

Susan  E.  Avery",  born  Aug.  2,  1845,  eldest  daughter  of 
Oeo.  W.'"  and  Elizabeth  (Kilburn)  Avery,  married  James 
Madison  Small,  sou  of  James  and  Paiiliua  (Stevens)  Small, 
of  Truro,     llesided  in  North  Truro. 

Mr.  James  M.  Small,  at  the  age  of  twenty-three,  was  lost 
at  sea  March  23,  1864,  in  the  schooner  Bion,  which  went 
down  Avith  all  on  board.  He  left  a  youug  wife  and  one 
child.  Mrs.  Susan  E.  Small  has  always  resided  with  her 
mother  at  Truro,  and  now,  with  her,  resides  at  her  sister's, 
INIrs.  Rumrey,  at  Stoughton  Centre. 

WILLIAM  E.  SMALL. 

AVilliain  Edward  Small'-,  born  April  5,  1802,  married 
Aug.  24,  1882,  Mertie  L.  Hutchiugs'-',  daugliter  of  Heurv  S. 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  261 


ami  Mary  J.  (Larkin")  Hntchings,  of  Truro.  They  have 
one  child,  Grace  Liuwood",  born  March  17,  1883.  Eeside 
at  Xortli  Truro.  Mr.  Small  is  engaged  in  weir  fishing. 
Mrs.  Small,  before  her  marriage,  was  a  music  teacher. 

EUMEEY. 

Eleanor  S.",  youngest  daughter  of  George  W.'"  and  Eliza- 
beth (Kilburn)  Avery,  born  Aug.  29,  1858,  married  Dec.  25, 
1883,  Frank  L.,  son  of  David  and  Rebecca  Eumrey,  of 
Stoughton,  Mass.  Eleanor  (Avery)  Eumrey,  before  her 
marriage,  was  a  telegraph  operator.  Like  her  mother  and 
sister,  she  is  noted  for  great  executive  ability,  and  a  sturdy 
perseverance  which  surmounts  all  difficulties  —  a  family 
characteristic. 

Mr.  Eumrej^  is  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  shoes,  and 
is  also  quite  an  expert  taxidermist.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eumrey 
reside  at  Stoughton  Centre,  Mass.     No  children. 

SUSAN  L.  rAYEEY'")  ATKINS. 

Susan  L.  Avery",  daugliter  of  Job"  and  Margaret  (Fuller) 
Avery,  born  May  23,  1818,  married  Jan.  7,  1847,  Ambrose 
Avery  Atkins,  born  in  1816,  son  of  Ephraim  and  Jane 
(Avery')  Atkins,  of  Truro.     Children  : 

i.     Charlotte  P^lizabeth",  b.  Oct.  5,  1847. 
ii.     Susan  Angelinei',  b.  Oct.  1,  1849. 
iii.     Emily  Ambrose^',  b.  Aug.  18,  ISiVl. 

Susan  L.  (Avery")  Atkins,  a  lady  of  refinement  and  intel- 
ligence, resided  in  Boston,  her  native  cit}^,  in  the  early  part 
of  her  life.  At  the  age  of  twenty-nine  she  married  Ambrose 
A.  Atkins",  (whose  maternal  grandfather  was  brother  to  her 
paternal  grandfather),  and  resided  in  North  Truro  the 
remainder  of  her  life.  Her  husband  was  lost  at  sea,  March 
23,  1861,  in  the  schooner  Bion,  of  which  he  was  first  ofiicer, 


262  AVERY  GENEALOGY 


at  the  age  of  48  years.  She  survived  him  a  few  years,  then, 
July  15,  1875,  died  at  the  age  of  57  years.  Her  remains 
were  hiid  to  rest  in  the  North  Truro  cemetery,  where  a 
beautiful  stone  marks  her  resting  place,  erected  by  her 
sorrowing  daughters. 

ATKINS. 

Charlotte  E.",  daughter  of  Ambrose  A.  and  Susan  L. 
(Avery'")  Atkins,  born  Oct.  5, 1847,  never  married.  She  was 
an  estimable  young  lady,  beloved  by  a  large  circle  of  friends 
and  relatives.  She  died  of  consumption,  at  her  home  in 
North  Truro,  Sept.  11,  1879,  aged  31  years,  11  months,  and 
was  laid  beside  her  mother.  A  stone  erected  by  her  sisters, 
marks  her  resting  place. 

OSGOOD. 

Susan  A.",  daughter  of  Ambrose  A.  and  Susan  L.  (Avery") 

Atkins,  born  Oct.  1,  1849,   married  Oct.  12,  1881,  Albro  A. 

Osgood,  son  of  Aaron  C.  and  Arminda  Osgood,  of  Boston. 

Children : 

i.     Emily  V.12,  b.  June  21,  l.s.s;). 
ii.     Will'ml  A.'--^,  b.  April  4,  1.S86. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Osgood  reside  at  their  home  at  Rosliudale, 
Mass.  Mrs.  O.,  an  estimable  lady,  is  the  only  remaining 
one  of  her  family. 

SNOW. 

Emily  A.",  daughter  of  Ambrose  A.  and  Susan  L.  (Avery'") 
Atkins,  born  Aug.  18,  1854,  married  Feb.  25,  1880,  Joshua 
A.  Snow,  (son  of  AndreAV  Snow,  of  East  Somerville),  of 
Charlestown,  Mass.,  formerly  of  Truro.  A  few  months  of 
wedded  life  were  accorded  to  \un\  then  the  angel  of  death 
claimed  her  for  its  victim.  Oct.  23,  1880,  at  her  home  in 
Charlestown,  she  breathed  her  last,  and  her  remains  rest  in 
the  family  lot  of  the  North  Truro  cemetery. 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  263 

ELIZABETH  AVEEY«. 

Elizabeth^  dangliter  of  Job'  and  Jerusha  (Lombard) 
Avery,  born  April  20,  1788,  never  married.  The  subject  of 
our  sketcli  was  a  lady  of  remarkable  character,  and  her  life 
a  long  and  useful  one.  Born  at  a  time  when  the  country 
had  but  just  emerged  from  the  dark  cloud  that  enveloped  it 
during  the  struggle  for  freedom  from  the  mother  country, 
she  was  familiar  with  the  story  of  those  early  days,  from 
the  lips  of  her  parents.  And  later,  when  France  and  Eng- 
land were  at  war,  she  knew  by  experience,  the  suffering  and 
privations  the  people  of  Truro  endured.  After  the  restora- 
tion of  peace  with  Great  Britain,  in  1783,  the  United  States 
enjoyed  a  flourishing  commerce,  and  Cape  Cod  received  a 
remarkable  touch  of  the  new  impetus  given  to  sea  business, 
as  a  large  part  of  its  citizens  were  engaged  in  maritime 
pursuits.  But  these  advantages  were  not  long  enjoyed,  for, 
in  180  i,  Napoleon  issued  the  famous  Berlin  decree,  by  which 
the  British  islands  were  declared  to  be  in  a  state  of  block- 
ade, and  all  intercourse  and  commerce  prohibited.  This 
greatly  embarrassed  our  commerce  with  England,  but  when 
commerce  was  cut  off  with  France,  by  the  decree  of  Great 
Britain  that  "all  neutral  vessels  trading  with  France  should 
be  confiscated,"  which  was  followed  by  another  order  in 
1807,  that  "  all  trade  in  French  goods,  and  goods  of  other 
nations  engaged  in  war  with  Great  Britain,  prohibited," 
then  it  was  that  a  heavy  blow  was  given  to  the  maritime 
interests  of  Cape  Cod,  especially  Truro.  Napoleon's  "Milan 
decree,"  by  which  "every  vessel  of  whatsoever  nation,  that 
had  been  searched  by  an  English  vessel,  and  had  consented 
to  be  sent  to  England,  was  considered  as  a  lawful  prize," 
was  also  disastrous  to  the  prosperity  of  this  country.  The 
"Embargo  Act"  did  not  help  the  maritime  interests, 
and  was   repealed  two   years   later  (1809),  and  the  "Non- 


264  AVERY   GENEALOGY 


intercourse  Act"  followed,  which  prohibited  all  intercourse 
with  Great  Britain  and  France.       "  Great  Britain,  in  her 
' assumed  Right  of  Search'   and  impressment  of  American 
seamen,  had  her  ships  manned  with  thousands  of  our  brave 
seamen,  who  were  forced  on  board  b}^  press  gangs,  at  the 
point  of   tlie   sword."      In  June,  1812,  the  United   States 
declared  war  with  Great   Britain.      Many  a  husband,  son 
and  brother  who  sailed  from  home,  was  absent  for  years, 
and  on  their  return  was  welcomed  as  from  the  dead  ;  they 
went  away  as  boys  and  returned  stalwart  men.      English 
men-of-war  hoyered  around  the  co£Lst,  cutting  off  all  com- 
munication by  water  with  Boston  and  other  New  England 
ports.      Truro  people   suffered   severe   privations.      H.  M. 
ship  Spencer,  fifty-two   guns,  held  possession  of   Province- 
town   harbor,   while   another,  the   Majestic,   the   Admiral's 
ship,  lay  at  anchor  between  Truro  and  Provincetown,  —  the 
latter  often  using  an   old  windmill   in  Truro  for  a  target, 
during   artillery  practice.      It  Avas  only  by  the  citizens  of 
Truro  stealing  out  under  cover  of  darkness,  in  small  ])oats, 
and  keeping  close  to  the  shore,  until  they  reached  Sand- 
wich, when  boat  and  cargo  were  carted  across  to  Buzzard's 
Bay,  and  from  there  proceeded  to  New  York,  that  any  com- 
munication could  be  had  by  water.    In  this  Avay  they  carried 
fish  to  New  York  market,  and  loaded  with  provision  Avould 
steal  back  the  same  way.       Flour  at   that  time  was   $1S  a 
barrel,  and  corn  $2.50  a  bushel.      Sugar  and  molasses  were 
a  luxury  not  attainable. 

The  subject  of  our  sketch  could  toll  of  a  kind  of  prepara- 
tion of  cornstalks  and  pum])kiiis  wliidi  served  the  purpose 
of  sugar;  also  the  water  iji  which  salt  beef  had  been  boiled, 
was  thickened  and  made  into  soup.  She  spun  and  wove  her 
her  own  and  lier  mother's  clothing,  besides  attemliiig  to 
other  duties.    The  news  of  peace  was  woh-onio  to  noii(\  more 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  265 


than  to  tlie  people  of  Truro,  and  great  was  the  joy  when 
their  friends  returned  from  Dartmoor  prison,  among  them 
being  the  youngest  brother  of  Miss  A.,  of  whom  vve  shall 
speak  later.  Her  father  died  in  1815,  and  she  assumed  the 
care  of  her  mother.  For  a  number  of  years  she  was  nurse 
to  the  sick,  and  her  services  being  always  in  demand,  she 
l)ecame  widely  known  both  in  Truro  and  Provincetown.  To 
nearly  all  of  her  large  circle  of  friends,  she  was  "Aunt  Bet- 
sey,"  Avhile  to  the  children,  whom  she  called  her  babies,  she 
was  "Grandma"  Averv.  After  her  mother's  death  in  1835, 
she  remained  in  Truro  for  a  time,  then  sold  the  place  and 
made  her  home  in  Provincetown,  with  her  brother's  widow 
and  family,  having  an  addition  built  to  their  house  for  her 
own  use,  which  was  on  Pearl  street.  She  was  Matron  of  the 
almshouse  in  Provincetown  for  many  years,  and  by  her 
industry  and  econom}^,  did  good  service  to  the  town,  which 
was  highh'  appreciated  by  the  Selectmen.  She  was  a  lady 
of  great  executive  ability  and  forethought,  and  far-reaching 
in  her  discernment,  having  few  equals  and  no  superior. — ■ 
"When  unable  to  longer  attend  to  her  duties,  03i  account  of 
her  health,  she  resigned  her  position  as  Matron,  and  retired 
to  her  home.  When  able,  she  visited  her  friends  in  both 
towns,  where  she  was  ever  welcome.  Her  unfailing  cheer- 
fulness and  quick  repartee,  made  her  visits  a  delight  to  all. 
Before  she  was  seven  years  old,  she  read  the  Bible  through. 
She  early  became  identified  with  the  cause  of  Methodism, 
and  was  well  known  by  the  itinerant,  from  the  time  he 
traveled  the  circuit  and  put  uj)  at  her  mother's  house,  until 
later  years,  when  the  mode  of  travel  was  more  comfortable, 
and  the  speed  gi'eater.  From  the  barn-like  structure, 
which  was  the  first  Methodist  house  of  worship  on  Cape 
Cod,  plain  and  unpainted,  on  whose  rough  beams  the  swal- 


266  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

lows,  for  years,  built  tlieir  nests,  she  lived  to  see  commodi- 
ous churches  erected  with  modern  conveniences. 

By  referring  to  the    cut  of   the  first   Methodist  house  of 
worship,  it  will  be  seen  th;it  there  is  no  chimney.      When 
asked    what    kept   them    warm    during    cold    weather,    she 
replied,  — "  We    carried    our   foot-stoves   to   meeting,    and 
there  was  so  much  of  the  power  of  God  there,  that  we  did 
not  need    any   other  fire."      During    her  later  life  a  young 
minister  became   her   pastor,  and  in  a  pastoral  call  on  her 
sister-in-law,  Miss  A.,  being  present,  was  introduced.      She 
acknowledged  the  introduction  hj  saying,  in  an  inimitable 
manner,    "The   day  has   come   they  know  not  Joseph!" — 
Thinking   the    day   had    come,   when,    she,   always    so    well 
known  by  the  itinerant,  had  to  be  introduced,  elicited  the 
strange  remark.      On  one  occasion,  a  gentleman  who  was  a 
believer   in   the    doctrine   of   Universalism,   comjDared   that 
doctrine  to  a  rose  bush  in  full    bloom.      Some  time  after, 
while  on  a  sick  bed,  he  began  to  have  fears  for  the  future, 
whereupon  Miss  A.  remarked,    "  I  think  he  is  beginning  to 
feel  the  thoriis !"   Many  of  her  remarks  are  still  remembered 
and  (juoted.      She  possessed  a  sympathizing  heart  and  gen- 
erous nature,  and  the  amount  of  good  she  did  will  never  be 
known   in    this   Avorld.       She    also    possessed  a  courageous 
nature,   knowing   no   f(>ar — an  Avery   characteristic.       She 
had  nianiig(Hl  to  lay  aside   quite  a  sum  of  money  to  su])i)ort 
herself  in  ohl   age.       Two   or  three   3'ears  before   her  death 
she  was  stricken  with  paralysis.      Kind  hands  administered 
to  hor  needs,  until  her  death,  which  occurred  March  4,  1863. 
At  her  request,  made  years  before,  she  was  buried  in  her 
brother's   family  lot  in   Provincetown   cemeter}'.       A  plain 
marble    slab    erected    to    her    memory,    has    the    following 
inscri])tion,    the    lines    from     ITuffs'    II ij inns    having    l)een 
selected  by  herself  many  years  before  her  decease:  — 


A VER  Y   GENEAL OGV. 


267 


Miss 

Elizabeth   Aver}' 

(lied 

Muieli  4,    1SG3, 

aged 

74  3'rs   10  UHJS   14  days. 

Unveil  til}'  bosom,  faithful  tomb  ; 

Take  this  new  treasure  to  thy  trust. 
And  give  these  sacred  relies  room 

To  slumber  in  the  silent  dust. 


First  Methodist  Church  in  Tuuro  —  Secoxd  in  New  England. 

From  Eicli's  History  of  Truro,  we  learn  that  the  first 
meetiug-house  built  by  the  Methodists  on  Cape  Cod,  was 
at  South  Truro,  about  or  before  1794,  on  the  spot  now 
enclosed  as  a  cemetery.  Jesse  Eich  donated  the  land,  then 
covered  with  oak  timber  which  was  cut  for  the  frame.  The 
boards  and  shingles  were  furnished  by  the  Provincetown 


268  AVEKY   GENEALOGY. 

parties,  lauded  from  boats  under  tlie  bauk.  The  labor  was- 
all  voluuteered,  aud  eight  dollars  spent  for  nails,  was  all 
the  mone}^  used  in  erecting  this  honored  temple,  joyfullT 
dedicated  to  the  praise  of  Almighty  God.  One  uarroAv  aisle 
ran  through  the  centre  of  the  house,  Avitli  about  eighteen 
long  planks  ou  either  side,  seating  altogether  less  than 
three  hundred.  Persecution  was  so  rife  and  hostilities  so 
open  to  the  Methodists  of  Provincetown,  that  they,  with 
the  band  of  Metliodists  in  Wellfieet,  united  in  building  this 
house  of  worship  —  the  passage  to  it  by  the  Proviu'-otoAvn 
parties,  being  made  mostly  in  boats. 

CAPT.  PETER  LOMBARD  AVERY'\ 

(JOir.  ,7()r>',   RKV.  .I()nN'\) 

rUOVlNClMOV.N,    MASS. 

PETEPt  L.  AVEPtY",  son  of  Job^  and  Jerusha  (Lombard) 
Avery,  born  at  Truro,  Feb.  18,  1793,  married  March 
18,  1817,  Betsey,  born  May  23,  1796,  youngest  child  and 
only  daughter  of  Samuel  aud  Elizabeth  (Lombard)  Chap- 
man, of  Truro.     Children  : 

i.      .^laiy"*.  It.  Oct.  -S,  1817.  m.  .losliiia  Lewi.s. 
ii.     ,IiTiisli:\"'.  li.  Vv\i.  A.  \x-iu.  111.  Fi'Muklin  Damon, 
iii.      lietsoy'",  1>.  July  11,  1822.  in.  Hiram  Holmes. 
i\-.      Haniiali  Paine'",  1).  \\vs-  -51.  1821.  d.  niimariied. 
V.      Xaiu'v'",  1).  Mar.  IS.  I.s27.  m.  Hiram  Holmes, 
vi.      I'ch'ri".  1).  Nov.  21).  1.S2.S,  m.  Haiiiiali  K.  Smilli. 
vii.      .Meiiitaiiie    Freeman'".    Ii.    Nov.    KJ,    \x'M).    in.    Daniel    V. 
Lewis. 

The  early  life  of  Peter  L.  Avery'  was  similar  to  tliat  of 
the  average  Cape-codder.  At  an  early  ago  ho  doubt  loss 
commenced  a  seafaring  life,  first  ,'.^s  cook,  then  ;is  one  of  the 
crow,  until  lie  had  advanced  to  tlio  p<isition  of  master  of  a 
Hsliiiig  v(»sscl.     During  tlio  later  years  of  liis  lito  lio  ])ursnod 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  209 

tlie  f^eueral  freighting  Inisiuess  between  our  own  ports  and 
the  West  Indies.  At  the  age  of  twenty-four  he  was  happily 
married  to  Miss  Betsey  Chapman. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Avery  resided  at  East  Harbor  for  three  or 
four  years  after  their  marriage,  Avhen  they,  with  their  two 
children,  removed  to  Provincetown,  where  they  continued 
to  reside  until  their  deaths.  ]Mr.  Avery  is  remembered  by 
aged  people  now  living,  as  a  gentleman  of  deep  piety,  natu- 
rally endowed  with  eloquence,  and  of  thorough  uprightness 
of  character,  possessing  in  a  measure  the  ready  wit  of  his 
race.  It  ife  related  by  an  aged  person,  who  at  one  time  in 
his  youth  went  on  a  mackerel  trip  Avith  him,  that  Mr.  Aver}' 
one  day  entered  into  conversation  upon  the  subject  of  reli- 
gion and  the  importance  of  a  preparation  for  another  world. 
The  young  man  assumed  the  position  that  his  morality 
would  save  him.  Nothing  further  w^as  said,  but  the  next 
morning,  and  ever  afterward  when  they  met  on  deck,  Capt. 
Avery,  ever  familiar  wdth  Bun^'-an's  PU(jriiiis  Progress, 
]Dleasantly  greeted  him  with  "Good  morning,  Mr.  Legality." 
Although  more  than  half  a  century  has  passed,  the  incident 
is  still  remembered  by  the  gentleman  who  related  it  in  the 
writer's  presence.  When  engaged  in  the  freighting  busi- 
ness, Capt.  Avery  arrived  in  New  York  from  one  of  his  trips 
to  the  West  Indies,  quite  sick ;  but  through  the  providence 
of  God  his  life  was  spared.  On  his  arrival  home,  his  eldest 
child,  then  a  little  girl,  remarked,  "  I  knew  father  would 
come,  because  mother  asked  God  to  bring  him."  About 
two  years  previous  to  his  death,  his  health  was  poor  and  he 
was  stricken  with  parah'sis,  from  which  he  never  recovered. 
It  is  said  that  he  neither  murmured,  nor  complained,  at  the 
chastening  rod,  but  his  faith  shone  with  a  greater  lustre 
until  his  triumphant  death,  Oct.  27,  1835,  at  the  age  of 
fortv-two. 


270  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

His  fuueral  discourse  was  delivered  by  the  pastor,  Kev. 
Frederick  Upham,  D.  D.,  late  a  member  of  the  New  England 
Southern  Conference,  who  died  March  20,  1891,  at  his  home 
in  Fairhaven,  Mass.,  in  the  ninety-second  year  of  his  age. 
A  singular  coincidence  that  he  should  speak  the  comforting 
words  at  such  an  hour,  when  Mrs.  Avery,  and,  presumably, 
her  husband,  had  been  converted  during  his  labors  in 
Truro,  in  the  beginning  of  his  ministry  fifteen  years  before. 
As  was  the  custom  of  the  earlier  Methodist  ministers 
to  perform  some  manual  labor  during  the  week,  to  eke  out 
their  scanty  income,  he  had  often  studied  his  sermon  with 
his  text  pinned  to  the  wall  before  him,  while  repairing  the 
people's  soles,  and  on  Sundays  preached  to  save  them,  in 
which  work  he  was  then,  and  during  all  the  succeeding  years 
of  his  active  ministry,  very  successful. 

It  was  no  light  work  that  had  fallen  to  Mrs.  Avery's  lot,  in 
being  bereft  of  her  companion — -the  sole  care  and  training 
of  seven  children,  but  nobly  she  performed  her  task.  With 
but  scant  means  at  her  disposal,  by  her  untiring  industry 
and  economy,  she  was  able  to  provide  for  the  household 
until  such  time  as  the  children  were  old  enough  to  take 
some  vocation  for  which  they  seemed  best  fitted.  They 
became  dressmakers,  milliners,  &c.  She  lived  to  see  all  of 
her  children  (who  grew  to  maturity),  honored  members  of 
society  and  the  church.  She  was  a  lady  beloved  by  a  large 
circle  of  friends.  More  than  one  person  in  the  humbler 
circumstances  of  life,  had  reason  to  prize  her  as  a  friend  in 
their  darkest  hour  of  need.  While  prudent,  she  was  never 
penurious,  yet  never  letting  her  left  hand  know  what  her 
right  hand  did.  She  was  loyal  to  her  convictions  of  duty, 
and  to  the  church,  and  interested  in  the  affairs  of  the  state 
and  nation.  She  had  lived  through  the  periods  of  two  wars 
—  that  of   1812   and  the    civil   war  —  during  the    latter  of 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  271 

■which,  owing  to  her  feebleness,  she  testified  her  patriotic 
devotion,  bj  preparing  lint  for  the  wounded  soldiers.  She 
was  also  a  staunch  friend  of  the  temperance  cause.  She 
possessed,  to  some  extent,  the  gift  of  song,  which  was  inher- 
ited bv  her  two  eldest  and  youngest  daughters.  During 
her  life  she  had  two  miraculous  escapes  from  instant  death. 
One  day,  when  a  little  girl,  she  accompanied  her  brothers 
in  one  of  their  rambles  down  the  cliffs  or  clay  pounds  at 
Highland,  an  engraving  of  which  is  shown  on  page  126. 
She  was  a  little  in  rear  of  the  others.  They  had  about 
descended  to  the  beach  below,  when  they  missed  her.  It 
was  thought  that  possibly  she  might  have  retraced  her 
steps  homeward,  but  the  quick  eye  of  one  of  the  brothers 
discovered  that  the  bank  had  crumbled,  and  the  startled 
thought  flashed  across  his  mind,  that  perhaps  she  saw 
buried  in  the  mass  of  fallen  clay.  They  quickly  retraced 
their  steps,  and  when  part  way  up  the  steep  incline,  noticed 
a  bit  of  red  flannel  amid  the  clay  ;  stooping  to  examine  it, 
to  their  horror  they  at  once  recognized  it  as  the  skirt  their 
sister  wore !  With  beating  hearts,  but  ready  hands,  they 
soon  extricated  her  from  her  perilous  position,  and  to  their 
joy  found  that  she  still  lived.  But  for  their  timely  discov- 
ery, her  fate  would  have  been  sealed.  The  second  escape 
occurred  at  her  home  in  Provincetown.  It  was  a  sultry  day 
in  July,  1843,  during  a  heavy  tempest,  that  she  sat  near  an 
open  window  sewing.  Fear  was  not  a  part  of  her  make-up. 
After  considerable  earnest  entreaty  on  the  part  of  her 
daughter,  to  seek  a  safer  place,  she  finally  yielded,  and  had 
but  just  crossed  the  room  to  enter  another,  when  a  ball  of 
fire  came  down  the  chimney  into  the  open  fireplace,  upset- 
ting the  kettle  that  hung  on  the  crane,  not  far  from  where 
she  stood,  and  passed  out  of  the  window  where  she  had 
been  sitting,  shivering  part  of  the  casing  in   its  passage. 


272  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

The  roof  caught  fire,  but  no  great  damage  was  done,  owing 
io  prompt  assistance. 

Two  Tears  before  her  deatli,  her  youngest  daufrhter,  who 
occupied  with  her  husband,  a  portion  of  her  house  as  their 
liOme,  after  a  long,  painful  illness,  passed  away.  While  not 
murmuring  at  the  will  of  God,  that  her  youngest  should  be 
taken,  from  whom,  except  for  a  brief  interval,  she  had  never 
been  separated,  nevertheless  it  was  more  than  she  could 
bear  at  her  age  of  life.  March  18,  1871,  on  the  fifty-fourth 
anniyersary  of  her  wedding  day,  she  went  to  join  the  loved 
ones  gone  before,  at  the  age  of  74  years.  While  the  son  and 
daughters,  IojbX  to  the  principles  she  had  taught  them,  had 
reason  to  mourn  the  loss  of  a  dear  mother,  yet,  two  j-ears 
later,  when  the  son  found  a  graye  in  the  ocean,  the  daughters 
were  comforted  with  the  thought  that  "  mother  was  spared 
the  sad  affliction."  The  following  is  the  recorded  testimony 
of  the  pastor,  Key.  Charles  Young,  who  preached  her  funeral 
sermon : 

"Fifty  3'ears  she  lived  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  She 
•often  said  God  manifested  Himself  to  her  in  o;reat  clearness  and 
power,  filling  her  soul  unutterably  full  with  unclouded  hope, 
unwavering  faith,  and  in  full  assurance  of  Divine  favor.  8he 
walked  out  of  the  earthly  house,  to  possess  the  '  house  not  made 
witli  hands'  eternal  in  the  heavens." 

She  was  buried  beside  her  husband.  The  foUoAvino;  lines 
are  inscribed  on  the  stone  erected  to  her  memory : 

■'  This  laiiffuisliliis;-  lu-ad  is  at  rest : 

Its  tliiukiiiji;  and  acliing  are  o'er: 
This  (luiet,  inimovahle  breast 

Is  heaved  by  aftliction  no  more." 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  273 

LEWIS. 

MALDEN,    MASS. 

Mary'",  eldest  daugliter  of  Peter  L."  and  Betsey  (Chapman) 
Avery,  born  Oct.  8,  1817,  married  July  23,  1843,  Capt. 
Josliua,  born  Oct.  18,  1815,  son  of  George  and  Mary  (Snow) 
Lewis,  of  ProvincetoAvn,  Mass.     Children  : 


[  twins,  b.  Aug.,  1848,  died  iu  infancy 


i.  George  Wilbur^,  b.  July  4,  1844 

ii.  Marietta  Franceua'i,  b.  Oct.  23,  1846 

iii.  Olin  Menittii, 

iv.  Josiiua  Merriili^ 

V.  Ida  Fillmoreii,  b.  Mar.  8,  1852. 

vi.  Josliua  Francis^i,  b.  Feb.  19,  1854. 

vii.  Hannah  Willardii,  b.  Oct.  5,  1856. 

viii.  Lawrence  Beecheri^,  b.  Mar.  5,  1860. 

Mrs.  Mary  (Avery")  Lewis,  at  the  time  of  her  father's 
death,  was  eighteen  years  of  age,  and  assisted  her  mother 
in  caring  for  the  younger  children.  She  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Capt.  Lewis  at  the  age  of  twenty-six.  She  had 
been  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  always  aspired  for 
knowledge.  It  is  said  that  when  she  was  young,  she  would 
often  be  found  poring  over  books  and  papers.  After  her 
marriage  her  rapidly  increasing  family,  and  her  own  and 
husband's  large  hospitality,  which  welcomed  every  one  to 
their  home,  (at  one  time  scarcely  a  day  passing  without 
some  friend  or  stranger  dining  with  them),  left  but  little 
time  for  mental  culture.  During  the  later  years  of  her  life, 
however,  she  found  sufficient  time  to  indulge  her  taste  for 
reading,  keeping  abreast  with  all  current  events  of  the  day. 
She  took  great  pride  in  going  to  the  polls  and  voting  for 
school  committee.  And  when  in  feeble  health,  she  requested 
her  youngest  daughter  to  take  her  place  at  the  polls.  At 
the  age  of  twenty-one  she  united  with  the  Center  Church. 
After  a  lingering  illness,  she  died  a  few  days  previous  to 

i8 


274  AVERY  (GENEALOGY. 

her  seventy-second  birthday.  She  was  laid  beside  her  hus- 
band, where  a  monument  is  erected  to  their  memory.  She 
was  a  self-sacrificing  mother,  wholly  devoted  to  the  interests 
of  her  children,  who  were  unremitting  in  their  care  and 
love  for  her.  At  the  time  of  her  death  she  was  a  member 
of  Belmont  Church. 

GEOEGE  W.  LEWIS". 

MALDEN,    MASS. 

George  W.",  the  eldest  son  of  Joshua  and  Mary  (Avery^") 
Lewis,  born  July  4,  1844,  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Provincetown,  and  later  Wesleyan  Academy,  at  Wilbraham, 
Mass.  Was  book-keeper  for  a  number  of  years  in  W^estfield, 
for  Waterman  &  Beckman.  While  residing  at  this  place, 
he  married,  Feb.  12,  1874,  Maria  E.,  daughter  of  George  M. 
and  Lydia  N.  Collins,  of  Plymouth,  Mass.  As  a  token  of 
the  good  will  and  high  esteem  in  which  the  couple  Avere 
held,  they  were  presented  with  a  handsome  silver  service 
by  members  of  the  firm  and  their  employees.  April  19, 1876, 
Mrs.  Maria  E.  Lewis  passed  away  after  a  lingering  illness, 
at  the  age  of  24  years. 

Mr.  Lewis  married,  Sept.  22,  1880,  as  second  wife,  Louise 
C,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Babcock)  Merigold,  of 
Taunton,  Mass.  Later  he  left  Westfield,  and  became  book- 
keeper at  E.  L.  Atwood's,  Boston,  where  he  is  at  present. 
They  reside  at  No.  113  Cross  street.     No  children. 

RICHARDS. 

Etta  F.",  eldest  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Mary  (Avery'") 
Lewis,  born  Oct.  23, 1846,  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Provincetown,  Mass.  She  married,  Dec.  24,  1868,  Capt. 
Lyman  H.,  son  of  AVilliam  and  Diadema  (Harriman)  Rich- 
ards, of  Bristol,  Me.     They  have  no  children.     After  engag- 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  275 

ing  for  a  number  of  years  successfully,  iu  the  general 
freighting  business  between  our  own  and  other  ports,  part 
of  the  time  in  command  of  the  Ida  C.  Bullard,  Capt.  L. 
retired  from  the  business  to  enjoy  home  life  at  Maiden. — 
For  a  number  of  years  he  has  been  the  honored  Chief  of 
the  Police  force  of  that  city,  doing  efficient  service.  Mrs. 
R.  is  Supt.  of  Charity  and  Reform  for  the  city.  Both  are 
members  of  the  Center  M.  E.  Church. 

IDA  F.  LEWIS^\ 

Ida  F.",  second  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Mary  (Avery") 
Lewis,  born  March  8,  1852,  was  graduated  from  the  Prov- 
ince town  High  School  class  of  '70.  After  removing  to  Ware 
with  her  parents,  she  taught  in  district  schools.  In  '74  she 
entered  the  Normal  School  at  Westfield,  graduating  in  '76. 
After  graduation,  taught  in  Berkshire  and  Ware.  Since 
her  removal  in  '83  to  Maiden,  has  taught  in  the  public 
schools  of  that  city. 

DR.  J.  F.  LEWIS'^ 

Joshua  F.",  son  of  Joshua  and  Mary  (Avery")  Lewis,  born 
Feb.  19,  1854,  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Prov- 
incetown,  and  High  School  at  Ware.  Also  attended 
Wesleyan  Academy,  at  Wilbraham,  and  in  '74  entered  Dart- 
mouth College,  at  Hanover,  N.  H.,  graduating  in  the  class 
of  '79.  Then  taught  school  in  Dennis,  Mass.,  also  Brockton. 
While  principal  of  the  Brockton  school,  also  taught  the 
Winter  evening  school  at  Maiden.  He  entered  Harvard 
Medical  College  in  '84,  graduating  in  '87,  continuing  during 
this  time  and  until  '89,  a  period  of  six  years,  principal  of 
the  evening  school.  In  '87,  was  appointed  Asst.  Supt.  of 
State  Board  of  Lunacy  and  Charity,  with  headquarters  at 
the  State  House,  Boston,  but  resided  at  Maiden  until  '90, 


276  AVERY    GENEALOGV. 

when  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Hyde  Park.  Durino; 
his  residence  in  Maklen,  he  was  a  member  of  the  School 
Board.  He  married,  June  26,  1887,  Madelene  S.  Howes, 
daiighter  of  Capt.  Barzilla  and  Eebecca  (Carlo)  Howes,  of 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  They  have  one  daughter,  Lena  Starr^'-, 
born  Dec,  1888. 

HANNAH  W.  LEWIS". 

Hannah  W.'\  born  Oct.  5,  1856,  educated  in  the  schools 
of  Provincetown,  also  High  School  at  Ware,  Mass.  Besides 
with  the  family  at  Maiden. 

L.  B.  LEWIS'^ 

Lawrence  B.",  born  March  5,  1860,  was  educated  in  the 
jjublic  schools  of  Provincetown,  and  High  School  at  Ware. 
Later  entered  the  employ  of  Farley,  Harvey  &  Co.,  Boston. 
Then  entered  the  firm  of  Shepard,  Norwell  k  Co.,  where  he 
was  salesman  for  four  years.  In  1886  he  became  salesman 
in  the  wholesale  department,  for  Coleman,  Mead  k  Co., 
which  position  he  holds  at  present  writing,  (1890).  Besides 
at  Maiden. 

JERUSHA  (AVERY'")  DAMON. 

SCITUATE,    MASS. 

Jerusha'",  second  daughter  of  Peter  L.''  and  Betsej^ 
(Chapman)  Avery,  born  F(d).  1,  1820,  married  Sept.  4,  1812, 
Eranklin,  son  of  Henry  and  Annie  (Cookj  Damon,  of  Scitu- 
ate,  Mass.     Children:  — 

i.  Hannali  Avorv".  b.  Jan.,  1844.  died  young. 

ii.  KUa  Franklin",  b.  .Sept.,  1845. 

iii.  Hannah  Aveiy",  b.  Sept.,  1850. 

iv.  Frank  Walcb-oii",  1).  Apr.  7,  1855. 

v.  Marilla  r.iitlrr'i,  b.  .Inly  li»,  1857. 

vi.  Addison  Childs",  b.  May  21,  18G0. 

vii.  Gorham  Lee",  b.  Mar.,  18G4, 


AVEEY    GENEALOGY.  277 

Mrs.  Jeriislia  (Avery'°)  Damon  was  born  in  Truro,  but  in 
infancy  her  parents  removed  to  Provincetown,  where  she 
spent  the  earlier  part  of  her  life.  She  was  a  lady  of  intelli- 
gence and  remarkable  executive  ability.  In  her  mother's 
early  widowhood,  she  became  her  counselor,  young  though 
she  was.  She  was  self-sacrificing  in  her  interest  for  the 
family,  and  retained  this  sacrificing  spirit  for  others 
throughout  her  entire  life.  Gentle  and  refined,  quiet  and 
unobtrusive,  of  much  personal  attraction,  beloved  by  a  large 
circle  of  friends,  and  outspoken  in  her  convictions  of  what 
she  deemed  to  be  right,  she  was  ever  loyal  to  her  family 
and  the  Church,  and  ever  read}'  to  aid  the  promotion  of  a 
good  cause.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  she  united  with  the 
Center  M.  E.  Church.  Sept.  4,  1842,  she  was  happily  mar- 
ried to  Mr.  Franklin  Damon.  For  two  years  they  resided 
in  Provincetown,  where  Mr.  D.  was  engaged  in  the  sail- 
making  business,  then  returned  to  Scituate.  Here  he 
engaged  in  farm-work,  and  later  in  the  lumber  business, 
which  he  successfully  carried  on  for  a  number  of  years.  In 
1882,  his  property  being  previously  disposed  of,  he  removed 
to  South  Boston,  to  be  near  their  children,  four  of  whom 
reside  there.  Their  home,  during  their  nearly  forty  years' 
residence  in  Scituate,  was  a  hospitable  one,  its  doors  ever 
being  open  to  welcome  friends  and  strangers.  The  clergy- 
men, especially  the  pastors  going  as  they  did  to  their  new 
charge,  had  reason  to  be  grateful  for  the  hearty  welcome 
accorded  them  until  they  were  permanently  settled.  The 
presiding  elder  also  found  this  home  a  delightful  resting- 
place  during  his  ofiicial  visits.  The  noble  work  of  charity 
bestowed  by  this  worth}^  couple,  who  were  strong  pillars  in 
the  Church,  will  only  be  revealed  with  the  end  of  time.  For 
a  few  years  previous  to  her  decease,  Mrs.  Damon  was  a 
silent  sufferer  from  a  disease  that  finally  proved  fatal ;  but 


278  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

such  was  her  power  of  self-coutrol,  that  no  one  realized 
how  firm  a  hokl  it  had  upon  her  until  a  few  months  before 
her  death.  She  bore  her  illness  without  a  murmur,  and 
July  22,  1889  quietly  passed  away.  Children  and  grand- 
children will  ever  hold  in  SAveet  remembrance  her  precepts, 
and,  as  one  has  remarked  concerning  her  last  days,  "they 
were  the  best  example  of  a  Christian  faith  and  resignation 
that  I  ever  exjDect  to  see."  Her  age  was  69  years,  18  days. 
Her  remains  were  interred  in  the  cemetery  at  Scituate, 
where  a  stone  has  been  erected  to  her  memor}-.  Mr.  Frank- 
lin Damon  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  M.  E.  Church  at 
South  Boston. 

LAPHAM. 

Ella  E.",  daughter  of  Franklin  and  Jerusha  (Avery") 
Damon,  born  in  Sept.,  1845,  married  Feb.  12,  1867,  Elisha 
W.  Lapham,  of  Hanover,  Mass.     Children : 

i.  Cora  Bellci^  b.  Dec.  10,  18G7,  ra.  Mar.  13,  1889,  George 
V.  Fabian,  of  Dorchester,  Mass.  One  danghter.  Belle 
Franklini3,  b.  Apr.  11,  181)0.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fabian 
reside  in  Mattapan,  Mass.  Mrs.  F.,  before  her  mar- 
riage, was  a  teacher  of  music,  and  organist  of  the  M. 
E.  Church, 
ii.  Nellie  Pierce^-,  b.  Nov.  10,  1871,  resides  with  her  parents 
at  Milton,  Mass. 

LAWLEY. 

Hannah  Avery",  third  daughter  of  Franklin  and  Jerusha 
(Avery'")  Damon,  born  in  Sept.,  1850,  and  educated  in  the 
schools  of  her  native  town,  married  Feb.  14,  1872,  George 
F.,  sou  of  George  and  Martha  (Ainge)  Lawley,  of  Scituate, 
Mass.  After  their  marriage  they  lived  in  Scituate,  Mass., 
until  1874,  Avhen  they  removed  to  South  Boston,  Mass.  Mr. 
L.  is  junior  partner  of  the  firm  of  George  Lawley  k  Son, 
boat  builders,  South  Boston,  where  many  of  the  first  clas  s 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  279 

boats  and  yachts  are  built,  notably  the  far-famed  yachts 
Jlai/Jfoirev,  Puritan  and  others.  One  son,  Fred.  Damon'-, 
born  July  9,  1878. 

DAMON''. 

Frank  AY.",  eldest  son  of  Franklin  and  Jerusha  (Avery'") 

Damon,  born  April  7,  1855,  married  Sept.  19,  1875,  Amelia 

M.,  only  daughter  of  Charles  and  Amelia  M.  (Otis)  Young, 

of  Scituate,  Mass.     Children  : 

i.     Annie  Franklin'-,  1).  July  3,  1876. 
ii.     Grace  Alleni^  b.  Oct.  13,  1879. 
iii.     Jeannette  Ames^-,  b.  Feb.  18,  1881. 

Mr.  Damon  received  his  education  in  the  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  at  East  Greenwich  Academy.  He  resided 
with  his  family  in  Scituate  until  Oct.  20,  1884,  when  they 
moved  to  South  Boston,  where  the^'  now  reside.  His  posi- 
tion is  that  of  Inspector  of  the  West  End  horse  car  railroad. 

TURNER. 

Marilla  B.",  daughter  of  Franklin  and  Jerusha  (Avery") 
Damon,  born  July  19,  1857,  married  Nov.  30,  1876,  Frank 
E.,  son  of  William  C.  and  Sarah  (Tilden)  Turner,  of  Scituate. 
One  child,  Herbert  Addison",  born  April  19,  1881. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Turner  reside  in  Scituate. 


Jn 


DAMON 

Addison  C",  son  of  Franklin  and  Jerusha  (Avery") 
Damon,  born  May  21, 1860,  married  first,  Sept.  3, 1883,  Nellie 
J.,  daughter  of  James  and  Harriet  (Litchfield)  Brown,  of 
Scituate,  who  died  Sept.  25,  1881,  aged  22  years.  He  mar- 
ried second,  June  7,  1888,  Ella  F.,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
E.  B.  Caldwell,  of  South  Boston.     Children : 

i.     Nellie  Caldwelli^  b.  Apr.  27,  1889. 
ii.     Ernest  Averyi^,  b,  jau.  17,  1891- 


280  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Damon  reside  in  South  Boston.  He  is  in 
the  employ  of  G.  Lawley  k  Son. 

DAMOX". 

Gorbani  L.",  3-onngest  son  of  Franklin  and  Jeruslia 
(Avery")  Damon,  born  in  March,  1864,  married  June  16, 
1890,  Jennie  B.,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  B.  Cole,  of 
South  Boston.     One  son,  Frank  Cole'-,  born  June  13,  1891. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Damon  reside  in  South  Boston.  Mr.  Damon 
is  in  the  employ  of  Geo.  Lawley  &  Son. 

BETSEY  (AVEEY'")  HOLMES. 

PROVINCETOWN,    MASS. 

Betsey  Avery'",  daughter  of  Peter  L.'  and  Betsey  (Chap- 
man) Avery,  born  at  Provincetown,  July  11,  1822,  married 
June  4,  1843,  Capt.  Hiram  Holmes,  of  Provincetown. — 
Children :  — 

i.     Klizahetli  Avery",  b.  Sei)t.  4,  1847,  m.  I).  H.  Newcorab. 
ii.     Bessie",  b.  Dec.  10,  1849,  died  in  infancy. 

Mrs.  Betsey  (Avery")  Holmes  was  an  estimable  young 
lady  of  modest  and  retiring  disposition,  beloved  by  a  large 
circle  of  friends.  Intellectual  and  talented  beyond  many  of 
her  age,  and  very  skilful  in  needle  work.  Of  sweet  dis- 
position by  nature,  she  early  in  life  embraced  religion, 
which  added  a  new  beauty  to  her  character.  During  the 
pastorate  of  Rev.  Paul  Townsend,  she  united  with  the 
Center  M.  E.  Church,  and  thereafter  became  an  earnest 
worker.  Her  friends  often  recall  her  glowing  exhortations 
and  her  eloquence  in  prayer.  Never  of  a  very  robust 
nature,  she  early  succnndtod  to  disease.  December  14, 
1849,  snrroundod  by  loving  friends,  with  an  eye  of  faith 
that  seemed  to  ]>ierce  the  vale  beyond,  she  turned  to  her 


A  VER  Y    GENE  A  LOG  Y.  281 

mother,  and  -witli  countenance  beaming  with  joy,  exclaimed, 
"Let  me  go,  mother,  the  angels  are  coming,  —  don't  you  see 
them !  Oh !  there  is  an  abundant  entrance,"  and  passed 
away,  leaving  a  grief-stricken  husband,  mother  and  sisters 
and  brother,  besides  two  little  children,  —  one  of  whom,  the 
infant,  soon  followed  her.      Rev.  E.  B.  Bradford  attended 

r 

her  funeral,  who  in  his  remarks,  said,  "  I  would  rather  have 
an  interest  in  the  deceased  sister's  prayers  than  in  a  mine 
in  California."  The  stone  erected  to  her  memory  bears  the 
following  inscription :  — 

Betsey 

wife  of 

Hiram  Holmes 

died 

Dec.  14,  1849 

aged  27  yvs  5  mos. 

Sleep  oil  sweet  soul,  thy  rest  has  come, 

'Tis  for  myself  I  mourn, 
And  for  this  precious  child,  to  whom 

Thou  never  canst  return. 
Lone  are  my  paths  and  sad  the  hours 

Now  thy  sweet  smile  is  gone; 
But  oh,  a  brighter  home  than  our's 

lu  heaven  is  now  thine  own. 

NEWCOMB. 

Elizabeth  Aver}-  Holmes' \  daughter  of  Hiram  and  Betsey 

(Avery")  Holmes,  born  Sept.  4,  1847,  married  Feb.  10,  1868, 

David    Hildreth,  born    July  5,  1845,  son  of    Harley  and 

Eoxanna  D.    (Hartwell)  Newcomb,  of  Greenwich,  Mass. — 

Children:  — 

i.     William  KendalU^,  b.  at  Pioviucetown,  Dec.  12,  1868. 
ii.     Ralph  Holmes'-,  b.  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  Mar.  4,  1879. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Newcomb  for  a  number  of  years  resided  at 
Providence,  E.  I.  Since  1882  they  have  resided  at  Spring- 
field, Mass.      Mr.  X.  is  a  member  of  the  police  force  of  that 


2S2  AVERY   GEXEALOGY. 

city.  He  enlisted  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  at  the  age  of 
sixteen;  member  of  Co.  D,  19th  Mass.  Vols.,  2nd  Army 
Corps.  W.  K.  Newcomb,  the  eldest  son,  is  in  the  railroad 
employ  at  Springfield. 

HANNAH  PAINE  AVERY^". 

Hannah  P.",  fourth  daughter  of  Peter  L.'  and  Betsey 
(Chapman)  Avery,  born  at  Provincctown,  Aug  31,  1824,  died 
at  the  age  of  eighteen.  Ever  of  a  cheerful,  sunny  nature, 
life  to  her  was  full  of  promise ;  bright  indeed,  were  the 
prospects  before  her,  but,  consumption,  that  fatal  destroyer, 
seized  her  for  its  prey,  and  Sept.  14,  1842,  bidding  her  grief- 
stricken  family  a  tender  farewell,  and  urging  them  not  to 
weep  for  her,  her  happy  spirit  took  its  flight. 

HOLMES. 

PMOV 1 NC i:TO WX ,    IVI ASS . 

Nancy",  fifth  daughter  of  Peter  L."  and  Betsey  (Chap- 
man) Avery,  born  March  18,  1827,  married  Nov.  10,  1851, 
Capt.  Hiram,  son  of  Shubpel  and  Deborah  (Small)  Holmes, 
of  Provincetowu.     Children,  born  at  Provincetowu  : 

i.  Siisuii  Poiryi\  b.  .Iiine  14,  l.S.-iG,  d.  :May  6,  1892.  AVas  a 
inciiil)L'i-  of  thc3  Center  M.  E.  Chnrcli,  uniting  in  1.S72. 
jMneli  of  the  l:il)()r  of  compiling  tliis  work  devolved 
upon  her. 
ii.  Hiram  Walhice".  I..  Oct.  I'J,  l.S.jS,  U-  Aug.  21,  18G0. 
iii.  lliiam  Clifford",  b.  Aug.  26,  1801,  m.  Jan.  16,  1890, 
Mary  E.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1862,  eldest  dau.  of  Capt. 
William  and  Mary  (Taylor)  Dyer,  of  Provincetowu. 
Mr.  11.  Clin'ord  Holmes,  after  eleven  years'  experience 
in  the  business  in  wiiich  liis  father  was  engaged,  ]\Iarcli 
1,  isss,  purchased  the  stock  of  his  father  and  con- 
tinued the  business  successfully  until  Jan.,  181)0.  when 
he  sold  out  to  accept  a  lucrative  position   which  had 


AVERY  GENEALOGY.  283 

previously  been  tendered  him  in  tlie  firm  of  "  AVilcox. 
Crittenden  &  Co.".  intuuifacturers,  at  Middletown. 
Conn.  He  gradnated  fiom  the  Commercial  Depart- 
ment of  Wesleyfin  Academy  at  Wilhraham,  Mass., 
and  is  considered  a  thoiouo'h  l)usiness  vouno;  man. 
lionorable  and  uprisihc  in  all  ids  dealing.  He  united 
witli  Center  Cl)uich  in  1884,  and  from  tliat  time  has 
l)roved  an  earnest  \vorl<er.  filling  several  official  posi- 
tions in  the  chui-ch,  beside  positions  of  trust  outside 
of  it. 

Mrs.  H.  was  a  gradtuitc  of  the  Piovincetown  High 
School,  class  of  '81,  and  successfully  engaged  in 
teaching  unlil  her  maii'iage.  She  united  with  the 
Metliodist  Church  in  l88o.  Present  residence,  Mid- 
dletown, Conn. 

iv.  Hettie  Freeman  Lewis",  h.  Oct.  1"),  1864,  in.  Aug.  "28, 
1891,  P'red  M.,  sou  of  John  and  Harriet  Lee,  of  New 
Biunswick,  New  Jersey.  One  son:  Clifford  Avery'-, 
b.  1892,  d.  1892.  She  united  with  Center  Church  in 
1881.  In  1883  she  graduated  from  the  Provincetown 
High  School  and  was  successfuU}'  engaged  in  teaching 
until  her  marriage.  Present  residence,  New  Bruns- 
wick, N.  J. 

Capt.  Hiram  Holmes,  tlie  husband  of  Nancy  Avery^",  for 
occupation  follo\vecl  the  sea  about  twenty  years,  most  of  the 
time  engaged  in  whale  fishery,  being  absent  on  these  voy- 
ages a  year  or  more  at  a  time.  While  master  of  the 
schooner  Hanover  (1853-'54)  and  of  the  Jloiitezuma  (1858- 
59)  he  was  shipwrecked,  barely  escaping  Avith  his  life  and 
the  lives  of  his  crew.  In  1861-'65  he  commanded  the 
schooner  G.  IF.  L'^wis  and  was  fortunate  in,  although  barely, 
escaping  seizure  by  the  privateer  Alahama  which  destroyed 
so  many  Provincetown  vessels,  as  well  as  others  during  the 
years  of  the  war.  In  1865  he  retired  from  the  sea  and  went 
into  business  (formerly  engaged  in)  as  tinsmith  and  dealer 
in  stoves,  hardware,  etc.,  continuing  in  it  until  a  few  months 


284  Al'EUY   GENExiLOGY. 

previous  to  his  death,  which  occurred  Aug.  6,  1888,  at  the 
age  of  69  years.  From  an  article  iu  the  h:)cal  paper  at  the 
time  of  his  decase,  we  clip  the  foUowing  :  , 

"Although  not  a  iiativ*;  of  this  |)hic('  lie  has  long  been  known 
and  recognizeil  liy  all  its  pciiniiiK'nt  residents  as  a  man  of  sterling 
integrity,  of  intlomilalile  industry  and  pei'severance.  as  a  competent 
sea  captain,  a  skilful  niechniiic,  a  kind  neigiibor,  an  intelligent, 
upright  citizen,  and  as  a  sincere,  earnest  supporter  of  his  oinnions 
and  convictions  n[)on  all  religious,  [loiitical  and  local  questions." 

At  one  time  iu  his  earlier  life,  he  was  a  skilful  dentist, 
practicing  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  Provincetown,  and  during 
the  later  years  was  often  called  upon  to  exercise  his  skill  in 
dentistry  although  not  in  the  regular  business.  He  was  a 
inember  of  the  Methodist  Church  about  forty  years  previous 
to  his  death. 

Mrs.  Nancy  (Avery'")  Holmes  died  March  13,  1892.  At 
the  early  age  of  eight  years  she  was  bereft  of  her  father. 
Her  life  was  wholly  passed  in  Provincetown.  As  a  young 
lady  she  was  said  to  have  been  a  genial  companion  and 
true  friend,  firm  in  her  convictions  of  right  and  cour- 
ageous in  maintaining  them;  as  a  daughter,  faithful  and 
devoted ;  as  a  mother,  patient  and  self-sacrificing  in  her 
devotion  to  the  interests  of  her  children,  who  revered 
her,  endeavoring  constantly  to  instill  into  their  minds 
the  noble  principles  which  she  had  received  from  her 
mother.  Although  having  been  in  feeble  health  for  some 
years,  yet  she  ever  took  an  active  interest  in  religious 
as  well  as  secular  affairs,  often  proving  a  wise  counsellor  to 
the  young  people.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  she  ttnited  with 
Center  Cliuvch. 


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285 


SUSIE   PERRY   HOLMESll.      BORN    1856;    DIED    1892. 

Tlie  publisher  of  tins  genealog}^  with  feelings  of  deep 
emotion,  would  add  a  tribute  to  the  sweet-spirited  and 
lovely  character  of  Susie  Perry  Holmes'^  Thrown  into  her 
society  b}-  a  providential  circumstance,  our  kinship  becom- 
ing known,  and  finding  her  naturally  gifted  in  all  the  graces 
of  a  lovely  young  womanhood,  of  retiring  disposition,  not 
strong  in  body,  yet  willing  to  sacrifice  and  go  beyond  her 
strength  for  the  welfare  of  others,  when  the  subject  of  pub- 
lishing this  book  was  suggested,  she  entered  upon  it  with  a 
determined  zeal  that  inspired  those  associated  with  her. — 
The  success  of  the  book  is  largely  due  to  her  painstaking 


286  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

care,  and  the  energy  and  perseverence  with  which  she  car- 
ried out  her  share  of  the  work  of  searching  out  and  collating 
the  great  amount  of  information  concerning  the  Avery  fam- 
ily brought  together  in  these  pages.  Though  the  labor  was 
wearisome  and  at  times  very  discouraging,  yet  it  was  per- 
formed with  alacrity,  in  the  fond  anticipation  of  the  pleasure 
its  completion  would  be  to  her  dearest  friends. 

Alas  !  our  fondest  hopes  often  fail  us !  and  to  Susie,  borne 
down  with  grief  at  the  death  of  her  father,  followed  so  soon 
after  by  that  of  her  dear  mother,  who  for  years  had  been 
her  constant  companion  and  daily  care,  and  upon  whom  her 
heart's  affection  was  largely  bestowed,  the  trial  was  greater 
than  her  frail  body  could  sustain,  and  notwithstanding  the 
careful  nursing  of  a  near  friend,  she  gently,  but  sweetly, 
passed  from  our  sight. 

Words  fail  to  express  the  anguish  of  our  hearts,  as  on 
that  peaceful  May  morning,  in  the  cemetery  at  Province- 
town,  Mass.,  amid  the  song  of  birds  and  the  murmer  of  the 
waves  of  the  distant  and  ever-restless  ocean,  we  laid  her 
mortal  remains  away  to  rest  until  the  morning  of  the 
Resurrection ;  confident  in  her  triumphant  re-union  in  spirit 
with  her  dear  departed  kindred  and  her  Lord. 

w.  w.  A. 

IN  MEMOEIAM. 

SUSIE    PERRY    HOLMES  ^^ 

Slowly  she  faded, 
'  Meekly  and  sweetly  ; 

All  her  work  linished, 
Fair  aud  completel}'. 

Her  life  was  all  love, 

Love  was  sweet  duty  ; 
Giving  and  cherishing, 

Haloed  with  lieaut}'. 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  287 


No  more  days  of  waiting, 
Nights  filled  with  longing  ; 
"The  clouds  have  rolled  backward," 
Bright  shineth  the  morning. 

Her  hand  on  the  latch 

Of  the  heavenly  portal. 
She  sank  into  slumber, 

And  wakened — immortal! 

The  "King  in  his  beauty" 

Her  eyes  are  beholding, 
His  presence,  so  longed  for, 

Her  spirit  enfolding. 

For  her  are  new  raptures, 

And  blessed  employ  ; 
For  us  fragrant  mem'ries 

Of  love  and  of  joy. 

—  J.  G.  A.  Carter. 

CAPT.  PETER  AVERY^". 

PROVINCETOWN,    MASS. 

Peter'",  only  son  of  Peter  L."  and  Betsey  (ChaiDman) 
Avery,  was  born  in  Provincetown,  Nov.  29,  1828,  married 
March.  13,  1854,  Hannah  King,  daughter  of  Heman  M.  and 
Priscilla  (King)  Smith,  of  Provincetown,  Mass.     Children : 

i.     Austin  Clifford",  b.  Sept.  3,  1855,  d.  in  Sept.,  1856. 
ii.     Emily  Atkins",  b.  Sept.  7,  1857,  d.  Jan.  10,  1858. 
lit.     Infant,  b.  Oct.  2,  1863,  d.  soon. 

Peter  Avery"  was  only  seven  years  of  age  when  bereft  of 
his  father.  He  remained  under  the  parental  roof  until 
twelve  and  a  half  years  old,  when  he  began  a  seafaring  life, 
which  continued  until  his  death,  without  interruption. — 
Boys  at  that  age  usually  went  to  sea  in  the  summer  season, 
and  attended  school  the  rest  of  the  year.  He  shipped  as 
cook  on  board  the  Columbia,  his  uncle,  Abraham  Chapman, 


288  AVEEY   GENEALOGY. 

being  master,  bound  for  the  Bay  of  Clialeur  fishing,  and 
sailed  May  20,  1841.  The  experience  of  that  first  trip  was 
never  forgotten.  His  third  trip  was  in  the  Cordelia  with 
Capt.  Joseph  Baker,  a  neighbor.  Later  he  went  a  few  trips 
mackereling.  At  that  time  all  fish  were  taken  with  hand 
lines,  and  each  of  the  crew  received  a  share  of  the  amount 
caught.  While  absent  on  one  of  these  trips,  his  mother 
dreamed  of  having  quite  a  number  of  rusty  silver  dollars. — 
She  thought  the  dream  a  peculiar  one.  When  the  boy 
returned  from  his  trip  and  received  his  share  of  the  profits, 
it  amounted  to  less  than  others  of  the  same  ability  as  he, 
had  received.  When  his  mother  asked  an  explanation,  the 
reply  was,  "It  is  Sunday  fishing,  mother,  that  increased 
their  amount.  I  lay  in  my  berth  and  kept  the  day."  Then 
she  recalled  the  dream,  and  told  him  to  ever  remember  that 
she  desired  not  the  accumulation  of  money  with  its  coating 
of  rust,  to  the  extent  of  breaking  God's  laws  to  obtain  it. — 
This  principle  he  strictly  adhered  to  throughout  his  life. 
When  in  command  himself,  he  never  sailed  from  port  on 
the  Sabbath  day.  In  the  spring  of  1853  he  was  master  of 
the  schooner  Alabama,  engaged  in  cod  fishing  on  the  Grand 
Banks.  He  continued  the  voyages  to  the  Banks  until  18G1, 
when  he  made  his  first  voyage  for  Avhales,  as  first  officer  of 
the  schooner  G.  IV.  Lewis,  Hiram  Holmes,  (brother-in-law), 
master.  He  sailed  from  home  May  21,  18G1,  and  returned 
July  31,  1862.  The  next  year  (1863)  he  was  in  command  of 
schooner  Rienzi,  engaged  in  whale  fishery.  Left  the  port  of 
Provincetown  about  June  11  of  that  year,  for  whaling- 
grounds.  Wednesday,  July  8th,  when  about  one  hundred 
miles  distant  from  Nantucket,  and  on  the  northern  edge  of 
the  Gulf  stream,  after  capturing  some  black  fish,  and  with 
the  blubber  on  deck  ready  to  cut  next  morning,  about  5 
P.  M.,  a  vessel  (steam    cruiser,  which  proved  to  be  the  pri- 


AVERT   GENEALOGY.  289 

vateer  Florida,  (Capt.  Maffitt  in  command),  was  seen  to  go 
alongside  a  brig  at  anchor  quite  near  tliem,  and  in  a  short 
time  a  tiny  flame  shot  up  from  the  brig,  Avhich  was  soon 
enveloped  in  one  mass  of  flames.  Capt.  i^very  immediately 
called  his  crew  together,  and  gave  them  orders  to  make  a 
hasty  preparation  to  leave  the  schooner,  or  they  would  be 
prisoners.  They  took  a  supply  of  food  —  ham  and  hard 
bread,  and  water, —  and  the  American  flags  and  a  few  other 
articles,  stowed  them  in  the  boats,  which  were  lowered,  and 
he  with  his  oflicers  and  crew  of  twenty-one  men  sprang  into 
them  and  pushed  off,  rowing  as  carefully  as  possible,  lest 
the  sound  of  the  dipping  oars  be  heard  by  the  enemy. — 
They  stood  off  in  an  opposite  direction  in  the  shadow,  that 
they  might  watch  the  approach  of  the  enemy  unseen.  Their 
fears  were  confirmed  by  seeing  him  board  the  Rienzi, 
and  soon  the  fatal  work  was  done  ;  spars,  rigging,  every- 
thing was  a  seething  sheet  of  fire  —  but  they  were  free.  They 
afterward  met  with  the  Captain  of  the  brig,  who  said  when 
Capt.  Mafiitt  burned  his  brig,  he  took  him  and  his  men 
prisoners,  putting  them  in  irons  and  feeding  them  on  bread 
and  water  three  weeks,  then  landed  them  at  Bermuda. — 
Such  would  have  been  the  fate  of  Capt.  Avery  and  his  men, 
had  the  approach  of  the  enemy  not  been  discovered  in  time 
to  beat  a  hasty  retreat.  They  continued  all  night  rowing 
and  sailing,  steering  their  course  by  the  north  star,  and  not 
daring  to  show  a  light,  for  fear  of  being  captured,  they 
worked  on  in  darkness.  The  next  day,  Thursday,  the  9th, 
rain  fell,  which  spoiled  some  of  their  food,  but  they  con- 
tinued their  course,  and  at  11  P.  M.,  made  Nantucket  Light, 
and  going  around  to  the  leeward,  saw  some  vessels  at 
anchor.  They  hailed  the  nearest  one,  told  their  story,  and 
asked  permission  to  come  on  board.  To  be  hailed  by  stran- 
gers  at   midnight,    looked    suspicious    at   that  time    when 

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290  AVE  BY   GENEALOGY. 


privateering  was  carried  on  to  such  an  alarming  extent,  and 
the  Captain,  who  probably  was  greatly  influenced  by  his 
frightened  wife,  who  was  present,  declined  to  take  them  on 
board.  The  next  vessel  they  hailed  with  better  success,  and 
were  taken  on  board  and  given  quarters  in  the  hold.  They 
were  indeed  in  a  sad  plight,  with  only  the  clothes  in  which 
they  stood,  and  wet  from  exposure  in  open  boats  during  the 
rain.  They  remained  on  board  the  vessel  the  next  day, 
when  they  were  carried  into  the  Yineyard,  anchoring  at 
Tarpaulin  Cove.  All  of  the  men,  excepting  Capt.  Avery  and 
four  officers,  were  distributed  among  the  several  vessels 
bound  for  Boston.  Here  Capt.  Avery  and  men  remained 
Friday  and  Saturday,  finding  passage  on  board  a  friendly 
vessel,  which  took  them  around  to  Highland  Light,  Truro. 
Here  they  once  more  took  to  their  boat,  and  l)idding  "good 
bye"  to  their  friends,  they  laid  their  course  for  Province- 
town  harbor,  and  home,  arriving  on  shore  about  2  P.  M 
Sunday,  July  12,  18G3.  This  was  Capt.  A.'s  last  attempt  to 
cruise  for  whales.  The  loss  of  his  property  and  voyage  was 
indemnified  in  the  court  of  Alabama  Claims  in  1876,  and  the 
award  paid  to  his  widow.  A  few  weeks  after  his  return,  in 
command  of  schooner  Waiclnnan,  he  chartered  a  cargo  of 
fish  for  Philadelphia  and  returned  with  another  of  coal, 
which  he  discharged  and  took  a  cargo  for  New  York ;  there, 
while  in  tow,  was  run  into  by  a  steamer,  but  fortunately 
escaped  without  serious  damage,  although  the  vessel  was 
hauled  up  for  repairs,  before  proceeding  on  its  trip.  At  the 
close  of  that  season  he  remained  at  home,  until  March,  1804, 
he  sailed  for  the  Banks  in  the  Carrie  Flfiiuiii.  On  the  pas- 
sage out  they  encountered  a  severe  snowstorm.  Capt.  A., 
however,  arrived  at  the  fishing  grounds  safely  and  secured 
a  good  "catch,"  this,  aiul  llie  voj-age  the  next  j^ear  ('65), 
making  two  of  his  most  prosperous  voj'ages.    In  April,  1866, 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  291 

having  become  part  owner  of  tlie  schooner  Emeline  Haight, 
he  engaged  in  the  coasting  or  general  freighting  business, 
and  continued  this  until  '72.     The  Avinter  of  '71  and  '72  was 
the  last  winter  he  spent  at  his  home.      In  the  spring  and 
summer    of   '72,    a   fine    three-masted    schooner,    Wm.   H. 
Andrews,  was  built  for  him  at  Portland,  Me.,  which  was 
launched  in  November  of  that  year.      He  arrived  at  Prov- 
incetown  harbor  about  the  20th,  on  his  way  to  Philadelphia, 
with  a  cargo  of  shooks.      Proceeding  to  Philadelphia,  he 
discharged  his  cargo  and  took  on  a  load  of  coal  for  parties 
in  Danvers,  Mass.      On   his   way  to   Danvers,   in    coming 
around  the  Cape,  he  encountered  a  severe  squall  off  High- 
land Light,  and  made  for  the  harbor  at  Provincetown.     His 
wife  accompanied  him  on  the  passage  to  Danvers.      They 
arrived  there  just  before  Christmas,  and  before  they  had 
discharged  their  cargo,  a  severe   cold  wave   came  on,  and 
froze  the  vessel  in  the  dock,  where  they  were  obliged  to 
remain  for  two  months.      In  February,  1873,  he  finally  suc- 
ceeded, by  cutting  the  ice,  in  getting  to  Salem.     From  there 
his  wife  returned  to  her  home,  and  Capt.  A.  proceeded  to 
Philadelphia  for  a  cargo.      Here  he  took  on  board  two  car- 
goes—  corn  in  the  hold   and  iron   on   deck  —  for  parties  in 
Portland,  Me.      He  left  that  port  about  April  2d,  and  it 
being  rough  weather,  anchored  in  Delaware  breakwater  for 
a  few  days.      Several  vessels  from  Wellfleet  and  Province- 
town  were  there  also  waiting  for  good  weather.      On  the 
afternoon  of  the  8th,  parties  from  one  of  the  vessels  boarded 
the   Andrews,  and   conversed   with   Capt.  A.,  who   said  he 
expected  to  sail  next  day.    At  noon  of  next  day,  Wednesday, 
April  9th,  he  proceeded  to  get  underway,  and  some  of  the 
other  vessels  followed  his  example,  one   of  whom  followed 
the  Andrews,  and  endeavored  to  keeji  Capt.  A.'s  light  in 
sight  during  the  night,  as  a  rough  sea  was  raging  at  the 


292  All-: in'    GENEALOGY. 

time,  and  tlie  Andreirs  being  so  deeply  loaded,  tliey  felt 
rather  anxious  for  her  safety.  The  first  part  of  the  night 
the  moon  was  shining,  but  at  midnight  it  was  very  dark, 
and  freezing  cold,  the  rigging  being  covered  with  ice.  At 
twelve  o'clock  the  AndreiOH  light  was  visible  in  the  distance 
—  a  little  later  it  had  disappeared.  It  was  supposed  after- 
ward that  that  was  the  timi?  she  foundeerd.  All  of  the  fleet 
that  sailed  out  of  the  harbor  with  the  Andrews  arrived  at 
their  destined  ports.  At  home,  Capt.  A.'s  wife  was  waiting 
for  a  letter  that  she  might  join  him  when  he  should  have 
reached  the  destined  port.  No  anxiety  was  felt  for  his 
safety  by  his  relatives,  except  that  his  sister  at  Province- 
toAvu  had  dreamed  twice  that  he  was  lost,  which  gave 
her  some  ground  for  fears.  A  day  or  two  later  the  fol- 
lowing item  appeared  in  a  daily  paper  : 

"  Scbr.  AVra.  H.  Aiuh-ews,  Capt.  Peter  Avery,  which  sailed 
from  Piiiladelphia  al)()iit  X\w\\  2iid,  for  I'ortland,  Me.,  with  a 
cargo  of  corn  in  the  liolil  and  iron  on  ileck,  foundered  ou  the  "Jth, 
Barnesat  bearins;  West  ahout  12  niiU-s  and  all  iiands  were  lost. 
The  W.  H.  A.  hailed  from  Pr(nineotovvn,  was  jjaitly  owned  b}' 
parties  in  Woonsocket,  K.  J.,  and  was  on  her  second  trip.  Capt. 
Avery  resided  in  Provincetown." 

Thus  the  tale  was  briefly  told.  Only  a  part  of  the  top- 
mast, with  its  gilded  ball,  marked  the  resting  place  of  the 
ill-fated  Andrews  and  her  crew.  Divers  were  sent  down, 
but  obtained  nothing.  No  trace  of  the  unfortunate  men 
were  ever  found. 

'•  IJiU  their  slcei)  in  tlic  lieurl  of  llu;  ocean 

Is  sweet  —and  all  is  well ; 
Tlioufjli  no  funeral  train  attended, 

>>'or  t(!iirs  at  their  Imrial  fe.U, 
Ciod  brooded  ()V('r  llieir  d.vinjj 

And  made  tlu^n  a  royal  tomb. 
Where  the  clioiriiifi  stars  in  jjolden  bars 

Sanj;  anthems  thronj^li  the  j^loom." 


A  VER  Y    GENE.  1  /.  OG  Y 


29 


CAPTAIN'    PETER    AVEIiyl'.         B:)KN    1X28:    LOST   AT    SEA   1,S7:^>. 


Capt.  Avery  is  said  l^y  many  friends  to  have  been  a  man 
of  integrity,  true  in  his  social  as  av?U  as  business  rehitions 
of  life ;  of  indomitable  perseverance  and  energy ;  fearless  as 
he  was  ambitious  ;  free-heart&d  and  kind.  As  one  who  had 
followed  the  sea  for  thirty-two  years,  his  life  had  been  a 
singularly  pure  one.  He  was  without  a  single  vice,  and  had 
never  used  tobacco  in  any  form  nor  any  intoxicant  whatever. 
A  Christian  gentleman  endeavoring-  to  follow  the  teachings 
of  a  noble  mother  whose  prayers  for  her  son  were  already 
hushed  in  death.     At  the  time  of  his  death  his  age  was  44 


294  AVERY   GENEALOGY 


years.     A  favorite  expression  of  his  was  "we  will  auclior 
bye  and  bye  in  heaven's  broad  bay." 

"  Yes ;  in  the  "  liroad  bay  of  lieaveu  "  he's  anchored  at  last, 
He  sails  the  wide  seas  no  more; 
The  tempest  may  sweep  o'er  the  wild  stormy  deep, 
He's  safe  on  the  evergreen  shore." 

A  funeral  discourse  was  given  a  few  weeks  later  in  Center 
Church,  of  which  he  had  been  a  member  since  1849,  by 
Eev.  J.  H.  James,  pastor,  from  Romans,  14tli  chap.,  7th  and 
8th  verses  King.  Hiram's  Lodge  of  F.  k  A.  M.,  of  which 
deceased  was  a  member,  attended  in  a  body,  with  relatives 
and  friends.  His  widow,  Mrs.  Hannah  K.  Avery,  has  since 
married  (July  17,  1881,)  Mr.  Joseph  H.  Smith,  son  of  Jesse 
and  Elizabeth  (Small)  Smith,  of  Provincetown.  The  engrav- 
ing of  Capt.  Avery,  in  these  pages,  is  from  a  photograph  taken 
in  1868  when  in  his  fortieth  year.  It  is  a  singular  fact  that 
in  1873  the  name  of  Avery  died  out  in  both  Provincetown 
and  Truro,  Peter  Avery'"  from  Provincetown  leaving  no 
descendant ;  and  July  of  the  same  year  his  cousin,  Geo.  W. 
Avery",  of  North  Truro,  dying,  left  no  male  descendant 
there. 

LEWIS. 

I'UOVINCKTOAVN.    JIASS. 

Mehitable  F.'"  youngest  daughter  of  Peter  L."  and  Betsey 
(Chapman)  Avery,  born  Nov.  10,  1830,  married  Feb.  15,  1859, 
Daniel  Francis,  born  Oct.  1(5,  1834,  youngest  son  of  George 
and  Mary  (Snowj  Lewis,  of  Provincetown.     No  children. 

Mehitable,  or  "Hetty,"  as  sIk^  was  move  familiarly  known, 
was  the  youngest  of  the  family  and  pet  of  the  household. 
As  a  vouuf  ladv  she  Avas  lii<j,liiv  esteemed  by  her  associates. 
Always  of  a  cheerful  disposition,  looking  on  the  bright  side 
of  life,  coupled  with  a  Avinning  manner  and  fine  musical 
voice,  inherited  from  her  mother,  (the  Averys  not  possessing 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  295 

that  gift  except  through  some  other  branch).  She  was  a 
welcome  guest  to  a  large  circle  of  friends.  She  was  a 
member  of  the  Center  Church  and  choir  for  years,  and  her 
services  were  also  sought  in  another  church.  She  also  pos- 
sessed some  talent  for  painting,  as  a  few  landscapes  she 
executed  will  show.  Before  her  marriage  she  was  in  the 
millinery  business.  She  always  resided  with  her  mother, 
with  the  exception  of  three  years  ('64— '67)  which  were  spent 
at  Scituate,  Mass.,  where  Mr.  Lewis  entered  into  partnership 
with  her  brother-in-law,  Mr.  Damon,  as  lumber  dealer, 
Mrs.  Lewis  after  a  lingering  illness,  attended  with  great 
suffering,  heroically  and  patiently  borne,  died  at  Province- 
town,  May  17,  1869,  at  the  age  of  38  years.  For  four  or  five 
years  before  her  decease  she  had  been  aware  that  she  was 
slowly  but  surely  becoming  a  victim  to  a  fatal  malady 
although  she  concealed  it  from  her  friends  as  long  as  pos- 
sible. With  a  calm  trust  in  God,  she  obeyed  the  summons 
to  "  come  ujj  higher  "  and  gently  passed  away  with  the  word 
"mother"  on  her  lips.  The  large  circle  of  relatives  and 
friends  at  the  funeral  attested  the  high  esteem  in  Avhich  she 
was  held.  Eev.  Charles  Young,  her  pastor,  spoke  comforting 
words  to  the  sorrowing  ones,  and  members  of  the  choir  sang 
selections  which  were  of  her  own  choosing.  A  monument  is 
erected  to  her  memory  in  Gifford's  cemetery,  Provincetown. 
Mr.  D.  F.  Lewis  married  1874,  Mrs.  Mercy  (Rich)  Hopkins 
who  died  Nov.  19,  1876.  He  married  later  Mrs.  Mary 
(Brown)  Hallett.  They  reside  at  448  Commercial  street. 
He  is  in  the  lumber  and  coal  business  —  firm  of  Lewis  & 
Brown.  A  prominent  citizen,  filling  important  positions, 
and  rendering  valuable  service  in  the  temperance  cause. 


296  AVERY    GENEALOGV. 


JOHN  AVERY^ 
(JOHN^  JOB",  REV.  JOHN".) 

TRURO,    MASS. 

JOHN  AYEPiY'',  \'oungest  sou  of  Job-  and  Jeruslia  (Lom- 
bard) Avery,  born  at  Tniro,  Nov.  (>,  1795. 

The  subject  of  our  sketch  was  of  unique  character,  a  gen- 
uine sailor,  free-hearted,  social  and  fearless  and  of  ready  wit. 
He  began  a  seafaring  life  at  an  early  age,  and  continued  it 
until  his  death.  Ga}^  aud  reckless,  fond  of  composing  im- 
promptu rhymes,  which  he  sung  with  great  zeal,  he  was 
always  the  life  of  his  companions  on  shipboard.  In  fact, 
his  unfailing  good  humor,  and  spirit  of  cheerfulness,  and 
quick  repartee  made  him  a  welcome  guest  anywhere.  During 
the  war  of  1812  (so-called,  although  the  hostilities  to  our  com- 
merce began  at  least  four  or  five  years  previous)  while  still  a 
youth  he  was  taken  prisoner  and  carried  to  Halifax.  While  a 
prisoner  on  board  of  the  man-of-war  ship,  a  vessel  was  seen 
in  the  distance  flying  an  American  flag.  One  of  the  officers 
asked  young  John  what  it  was.  He  replied,  "  That  is  a 
yankee  gridiron."  "A  'yankee  gridiron'!  Pray  what  is 
that?"  "What  we  use  to  roast  Englishmen  on."  was  the 
quick  retort. 

From  Halifax  he  was  tak(Mi  to  Dartmoor  ])risoii.  \\\u> 
can  describe  the  feelings  of  this  youth  and  his  (.'onqjaiiions, 
so  long  accustomed  to  the  free,  roving  life  of  a  sailor, 
when  they  first  beheld  Dartmoor,  })rison  walls  towering 
above  them!  Dartmoor  is  described  as  "on(^  of  the  great 
desolate  moors  loOO  f(M't  above  the  sea  level  i'li  \\\o  scnitli 
coast  of  England  and  Devonsliin^  and  fifteen  miles  iVoni  tlio 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  297 

great  naval  station  at  Plvmonth,  remarkable  for  its  wild 
and  ruiiged  seeuery,  and  toAvering  rock-capped  hills,  and 
takes  its  name  from  the  river  Dart  which  flows  throngh  it 
to  the  ocean."  The  prison,  situated  far  out  on  the  coast 
and  covering  an  area  of  "thirty  acres,  was  built  in  1809  for 
French  prisoners  of  war  at  a  cost  of  £127,000."  "'  "'  *  "" 
"The  grounds  are  enclosed  b}'  a  double  line  of  high  walls 
which  enclose  a  military  road  nearl}^  a  mile  long,  with  sentry 
boxes,  and  large  bells,  which  used  to  be  rung  during  the 
thick  fogs  so  often  prevalent.  It  has  fine  finished  buildings 
three  hundred  feet  long,  with  accommodations  for  ten  thou- 
sand prisoners,  which  it  has  entertained.  It  is  now  occupied 
as  a  convict  prison." 

This  was  Dartmoor  and  its  surroundings.  Within 
these  walls,-  two  of  stone  and  one  of  iron,  they  were  in- 
carcerated, far  away  from  home  and  its  pleasant  asso- 
ciations, whose  relatives  were  mourning  for  them  as  dead, 
but  they  were  not  altogether  among  strangers.  Some 
from  their  home  so  far  away,  were  there  to  greet  them,  and 
others  arrived  later,  their  next  door  neighbors  at  home,  and 
nearer  neighbors  then  —  for  thev  were  one  family.  Be  it 
said  to  the  honor  of  the  English  government,  these  pris- 
oners in  many  respects  received  better  treatment  at  the 
hands  of  those  in  authority,  than  did  our  late  prisoners  at 
Libby,  Andersonville  and  Belle  Isle.  They  were  allowed 
to  trade,  or  employ  themselves  in  any  way  to  earn  money 
by  which  they  could  better  their  condition.  Some  of  them 
made  a  fair  living  in  this  wa}',  but  the  unfortunate  ones 
who  had  only  what  food  w;is  allowed  them  by  the  govern- 
ment which  was  barely  enough  to  sustain  nature,  were  in  a 
very  deplorable  condition.  Some  Avent  into  business,  having 
for  sale  pipes,  tobacco,  stationery,  ink,  and  other  articles  of 
use,  but  John  Avery  engaged  in  business  as  a  tallow  candle 


298  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

manufacturer.  He  went  among  the  prisoners,  and  bought 
their  old  beef  bones  which  he  "smashed,"  then  boiled  to  : 
obtain  the  tallow,  which  he  made  into  candles,  and  sold.  j 
This  gave  him  the  title  of  "Jack,  the  bone-smasher." 
This  probably  did  not  replenish  his  pocket  book  as  | 
much  as  he  desired,  and  possessing  an  ambitious  and 
active  nature,  he  turned  his  attention  to  laundry  work.  \ 
The  French  prisoners,  of  whom  there  were  many,  especially 
the  officers,  had  considerable  money  when  the}'  first 
entered  Dartmoor,  (but  they  had  not  been  there  very 
long  bsfore  the  shrewd  "yankees"  had  flie'tr  pockets 
enriched  with  French  mone}^)  and  could  afford  to  live  well 
and  hire  their  laundry-  work  done.  Young  John  managed 
to  find  facilities  for  washing  their  linen,  but  was  puzzled  to 
know  hovr  he  could  polish  it.  Unable  to  procure  a  flatiron 
he  soon  put  his  wits  to  work  to  invent  one,  or  something 
that  would  serve  the  purpose  of  that  article.  He  obtained 
a  large  flat  bottle  which  he  filled  with  hot  water  and  pro- 
ceeded to  business ;  when  the  water  cooled,  refilled  with 
hot.  Tradition  does  not  say  whether  his  work  was  satis- 
factory to  the  fastidious  taste  of  the  Frenchmen,  but  owing 
to  the  circumstances,  it  undoubtedly  was.  Life  went  on  in 
Dartmoor  similar  to  any  prison  life,  schools,  where  various 
branches  were  taught,  flourished,  and  there  were  the  usual 
mementoes  for  friends  at  home  cut  with  the  all-important 
jack-knife.  A  little  fancy  box,  representing  Chinese  work, 
the  cover  of  which  is  inlaid  with  a  diamond-shaped  piece  of 
beef  bone,  mad(^  by  one  of  young  Jc^liu's  companions,  (also 
a  relative  of  the  writer),  is  now  in  the  ])()ssession  of  the 
writer,  probably  th(i  only  memento  of  Dartmoor  fancy  work 
now  in  existence.  It  is  said  that  it  took  more  soldiers  to 
guard  seven  hundred  "yankees,"  than  fifteen  liundred  ( 
Frenchmen.       Put  an   American    where    one    mav,    lie    will 


AVEEY   GENEALOGY.  299 

alwa^'s  want  a  Fourth  of  Jul}-  celebration  and  have  it  too, 
even  if  the  odds  are  against  him.  At  one  time  while  the 
subject  of  our  sketch  was  there,  permission  was  given  them 
to  celebrate  the  day.  Great  preparations  were  made  for  it. 
At  the  time,  there  were  seven  thousand  prisoners  in  seven 
departments.  Seven  hundred  colored  men  occupied  a  de- 
partment by  themselves.  These  were  engaged  to  furnish 
the  music  on  the  festive  occasion.  The  day  dawned,  and 
flags  representing  the  nationalities  of  the  prisoners  were 
given  them,  also  the  English  flag,  but  no  sooner  was  the 
latter  in  their  possession,  than  it  was  seized  and  thrown 
into  the  vault.  They  were  allowed  to  march  around  the 
prison  yard,  proudly  bearing  the  stars  and  stripes,  although 
the  English  flag  was  floating  above  them,  while  the  seven 
hundred  colored  men,  each  supplied  with  an  instrument  of 
his  own  manufacture,  violins  of  cornstalks,  and  others, 
played  "Hail  Columbia,"  "Star  Spangled  Banner,"  and 
*' Yankee  Doodle."  The  Truro  boys  did  their  part  in  carry- 
ing out  the  programme.  The  American  prisoners  had  many 
visitors.  To  see  hundreds  of  "  real  live  yankees,"  was  equal 
to  Barnum's  show  of  modern  times.  Tliev  came  from  miles 
around  the  country,  and  on  one  occasion  an  old  lady  came, 
who,  after  looking  at  them  in  astonishment,  turned  to  her 
friends  and  said,  "I  don't  see  any  //or us,  and  their  feet  look 
like  ours.  They  look  just  like  the  English !  "  Poor  deluded 
lady !  She  had  expected  to  see  a  Yankee  in  the  form  of 
his  Satanic  majesty  and  was  somewhat  disappointed.  Life 
was  monotonous  and  confinement  irksome  to  the  poor  fellows 
and  they  contrived  all  sorts  of  methods  to  get  out  of  prison. 
They  dug  under  the  solid  walls  taking  out  stone,  —  and  we 
can  imagine  John  Avery  dug  with  as  great  zeal  as  any  of  his 
companions,  —  and  had  very  nearly  succeeded  in  escaping 
when  they  were  foiled  in  their  attempts.  It  was  undoubtedly 


300  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

aftf'i-  tliis  attempt  to  escape  tliat  the  prisoners  one  day  were 
ordered  out  into  the  yard  and  the  sohliers  fired  upon  them, 
killing-  and  wounding  tliirty-six  of  tlieir  number.  John  was 
among  the  Avounded,  but  the  wounds  did  not  prove  fatah 
How  much  longer  he  remained  there  we  do  not  know,  but 
some  of  his  Truro  companions  were  fortunate  enougli,  with 
other  American  prisoners,  to  ])e  sent  home  in  a  cartel  ship 
before  peace  wa;-,  declared.  It  is  said  John  was  "sent  home 
to  Boston  in  a  neutral  ship."  He  however  finally  arrived 
home,  not  being  even  Avhen  peace  was  declared,  twenty  years 
old,  having  passed  the  best  part  of  his  youth  in  Dartmoor. 
Great  was  the  joy  of  his  family  at  his  return.  Ha  continued 
however  his  sea  vovages.  (3f ten  on  his  return  from  a  vovage 
and  lauding  in  Boston,  he  took  passage  for  Pro\^ncetown, 
and  if  it  were  night  when  he  arrived  there,  lie  was  accorded 
a  welcome  at  the  house  of  an  old  friend  of  his  cliildhood 
davs,  where  he  was  given  a  lodging.  The  next  morning  at 
early  dawn  he  was  on  the  way  to  his  mother's  home  at  East 
Harbor,  with  a  package  of  tea  for  her,  which  he  never  failed 
to  bring  with  liim.  In  spite  of  his  experience  at  Dartmoor 
he  Avas  the  same  cheerful  companion,  and  some  of  his 
remarks  are  still  remembered,  although  nearly  sixty  years 
have  elapsed  since  they  were  uttered.  He  invariably  called 
a  fup  of  poor  coffee  "water  b;Mvitched  and  coffee  herinfi-lii'iJ, 
for  it  is  not  fit  to  drink  as  water  and  sur(dv  I  hn/rclc//  the 
wasted  coffee."  It  has  been  erroneously  said  by  some  one 
that  Jolm  Avery  nt^ver  marri(Ml.  He  liowever  married  a 
lady  of  Halifax,  jind  they  liad  two  children.  He  died  of  a 
fever  in  the  hospital  at  Now])()rt,  1\.  I.,  -T.-m.  1888,  at  the  age 
of  thirty-seven.  Some  y(\irs  after  his  decease  his  widow 
and  two  daughters  visited  Noitli  Tiiiro.  But  nothing  further 
was  know  II  of  tlieni  b\-  the  Averv  familv. 


Ari:/i'Y    GENEALOGY.  301 


FAMILY  AND  GENERATIONS  OF 
MAJOR  THATCHER  AVERYl 

(JOB',   REV.  JOHN".) 

CASTIXE,     ME. 

TTTHATCHEPt  AVERY^  fourth  sou  (seveutli  cliild)  of  Job 
^      aucl  Jaue  (Tliatclier)  Avery  was  boru  at  Truro,  Mass. 
Feb.  15,  1757.     At  the  age  of  tweuty-two  (Aug.  19,  1779)  lie 
married  Hauuali,  daughter  of  Nathauiel  and  Mar}'  (Staples) 
Atkius,  of  Truro.     Children  : 

i,  Haunali^,  b.  June  4,  1780,  Truro,  m.  AYm.  Freeman. 

ii.  Mavy^,  b.  Truro,  Apr.  3,  1783,  m.  Sj'lvanus  Upham. 

iii.  Tliatelier^,  b.  Feb.  14,  1785,  Me.,  died  unmarried. 

iv.  Jane^,  b.  Jan.  12,  1787,  m.  Jolm  Blodgett. 

V.  Prudence^  b.  Sept.  14,  1790,  d.  Sept.  23,  1799. 

vi.  Betsey-',  b.  Apr.  23,  1793,  d.  at  Frankfort,  Nov.,  1863. 

vii.  Kuth^,  b.  Apr.   10,   1795,  ni.   Elislia  Ciiick  ;  d.  Jan.  15, 

1886. 

viii.  SamueP,  b.  Mav.  22,  1797,  lost  at  sea  Aug    1,  1811. 

ix.  SallyS,  b.  Apr.  2,  1799,  m.  Oliver  Parker. 

X.  John  Atkins^,  b.  Feb.  20,  1802,  d.  1873. 

xi.  Isaiah'-',  b.  Feb.  16, 1806,  d.  at  Exeter,  Me.,  Aug.  16. 1872. 

Thatcher  Avery",  afterwards  known  as  "Major  Thatcher," 
after  the  birth  of  the  second  child,  removed  with  his  family 
from  Truro  to  Castine,  Me.,  and  made  that  his  permanent 
home.  A  descendant  is  still  living,  we  are  told,  on  the  old 
"  Aver}'  place,"  in  that  town,  and  the  name  has  been  per- 
petuated by  a  posterity  somewhat  scattered  through  the 
state,  who  are  known  as  highly  respectable  and  intelligent 
people.  We  consider  ourselves  fortunate  in  having  been 
able  to  obtain  much  valuable  information  and  records  from 


S02 


AVERY   GENEALOGY 


Mrs.  H.  N.  Abbott,  a  grauddaugliter  of  Major  Tliatclier,* 
ah'eady  alhided  to,  for  her  kind  painstaking  in  our  belialf. 
Through  her,  also,  Ave  are  able  to  present  the  portrait  of 
Miss  Betsey",  the  only  unmarried  daughter  of  the  major. 
She  lived  to  an  adyanced  age,  and  is  well  remembered  in 
the  yicinity  of  Castiue  for  her  bright  ways,  although,  as 
one  of  the  family  has  said,  she  was  sometimes  "  mercilessly 
sarcastic."  She  frequently  made  visits  among  her  relatiyes, 
in  this,  as  in  some  other  characteristics,  singularly  resemb- 
ing  a  cousin  of  hers,  a  lineal  descendent  of  Rey.  John 
Ayery'^,  who  bore  the  same  name  (Betsey  Ayer}',)  and  lived 
to  an  adyanced  age  in  Truro. 


MISS    BETSEY    AVERY-*.       HOKN    ITI'-l;     DIP:D    IS*)^. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  303 

Mrs.  Abbott  says  of  the  picture  we  give,  that  it  does- 
not  do  her  justice,  beiug  copied  from  an  oil  painting 
nearlj'  sixty  years  old,  and  in  speaking  further  of  the 
characteristics  of  the  Avery  family  in  Maine,  says:  "The 
family  of  Major  Thatcher^  was  considered  a  very  hand- 
some family.  Major  John'',  the  third  son,  being  called 
the  finest  looking  man  in  all  that  vicinity,  when  mounted 
in  his  uniform,  and  several  others  of  the  brothers 
and  sisters,  but  "  the  beauty  among  them  did  not  come 
from  the  paternal  side,"  a  fact  some  of  the  descendants  can 
well  believe,  for  the  Avery  stock  has  originally  a  strong 
and  rugged  type  of  head  and  face,  long  and  straight  nose, 
well  broadened  at  the  base,  with  strongly  marked  eyebrows 
and  full  gre}^  eye. 

These  features  are  marked  in  very  many  of  the  pictures 
of  our  forefathers,  modified,  of  course,  in  many  cases,  but 
ver}^  frequently  sufiiciently  j)rominent  to  attract  attention 
at  once. 

There  are  several  interesting  relics  among  the  descendants 
of  Major  Thatcher".  A  handsome  set  of  hand-painted  china 
ordered  by  himself  in  Liverpool,  with  the  monogram  T.  H. 
A.  (Thatcher  and  Hannah  Avery)  on  the  principal  pieces,  is 
still  almost  complete,  and  younger  generations  when  visit- 
ing where  it  now  is  are  always  treated  to  a  cup  of  tea  from 
the  precious  ware.  Besides  these,  there  are  a  pair  of  brass 
andirons  of  the  kind  called  "Princes'  Gold,"  antique  style, 
and  ancient  punch  bowls  and  pitchers,  and  a  mahogany 
table  almost  black  with  age. 

From  the  "Genealogy  of  the  Uphams,"  compiled  by 
a  great-grandson,  Capt.  F.  K.  Upham,  we  learn  that 
"Thatcher  Avery*  was  a  major  in  the  militia,  and  known 
as  'Major  Avery'  throughout  the  surrounding  country,  in 
which  he  was  a  very  popular  and  well-known  person  in  his 


304  AVERY  GENEALOGY. 

day.  Duriijo-  the  war  of  1812  Castino  was  occupied  by  tlie 
British  trooj^s  and  a  number  of  the  officers  were  '  quartered ' 
upon  Major  Avery,  who  became  a  great  favorite  with  them 
personalh^  on  account  of  his  hosijitality  and  good  fellow- 
shiiD."  The  okl  style  cups  referred  to  on  a  previous  page 
were  used  by  these  officers.  "Tradition  informs  us,  however, 
that  notwithstanding  the  major's  popularity  with  them,  he 
was  extremely  patriotic,  and  never  became  quite  reconciled 
to  the  presence  of  his  enforced  guests ;  that,  on  more  than 
one  occasion,  when  the  'cup  that  cheers'  had  freely  circu- 
lated, his  patriotic  sentiments  were  stronger  than  his  discre- 
tion, and  he  expressed  himself  so  plainly  and  forcibly  that 
they  were  glad  to  bring  matters  to  an  arbitrarj-  close." 

FREEMAN. 

Hannah",  first  child  of  Major  Thatcher'  and  Hannah 
(Atkins)  Avery,  was  born  in  Truro,  June  4,  1780,  and  mar- 
ried Wm.  Freeman.  One  daughter :  Mary  Avery",  born 
Dec.  25,  1798,  married  Theodore  B.  Mclntire. 

Hannah  (Avery")  Freeman  died  Sept.  26,  1799. 

McINTIRE. 

Mary  Avery"  (Freeman)  (Hannah  Avery ",  Maj.  Thatcher') 
born  Dec.  25,^1798;  married  Mar.  22,  1818,  Theodore  B. 
Mclntire  (born  Aug.  9,  1792,  died  Jan.  23,  1861)    Children  : 

i.  Caroline  Avery",  b.  Dec.  25,  1818. 

ii.  Mary  Frances",  b.  Nov.  G,  1820,  d.  Ang.  17,  1886. 

iii.  AVniliani  Freeman",   b.  Nov.  18,  1823,  cl.  Dec.  13,  1843. 

iv.  Cluirlotte  Maranda",  b.  Nov.  15,  1820. 

V.  Harriet  Webster",  1).  Apr.  1,  1S2S,  d.  .laii.  23,  1876. 

vi.  Theodore  ^Augustus",  b.  Apr.  6.  l.S3(».  d.  May  10.  I.s41. 

vii.  Ceorge  Horace",  b.  Nov.  11,  1834,  d.  June  28,  1864. 

viii.  Charles  Fraidvlin".  b.  Dec.  7,  1835,  d.  Mar.  li),  1836. 

ix.  Isabel",  b.  Oct.  6.  1837,  d.  Nov.  25,  1837. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  305 


X.     Helen  MaririH,  b.  Jan.  8,  1840,  d.  Sept.  1840. 
xi.     Adelaide  Elizabeth",  b.  Mar.  28,  1842. 

TREAT. 

Caroline  Avery  Mclntire",  (Mary  Avery  Freeman",  Han- 
nah Avery",)  married  Amos  B.  Treat  of  Frankfort,  Me. 
Children  : 

i.     Angustus^^^  not  living. 

ii.     Mary^2^  resides  at  Frankfort,  Me. 

iii.     Silas  P.^~,  resides  near  Boston,  Mass. 

EICH. 

Mary  Francis  Mclntire",  (Mary  Avery  Freeman",  Hannah 
Avery^)  married  Capt.  Henry  Rich,  Bangor,  Me.    Children  : 

i.     Thomas^"-,  resides  near  Boston,  Mass. 
ii.     Susan^-,  m. Buck,  of  Buoksport,  Me.  ;  not  living. 

DODGE. 

Charlotte  Maranda  Mclutire"  (Mary  Amy  Freeman", 
Hannah  Avery",)  married  John  Dodge,  of  Chelsea,  Mass. 

UPHAM. 

Mary-',  second  daughter  of  Major  Thatcher  and  Hannah 

(Atkins)  Aver}^  born  at  Truro,  Apr.  8,  1783,  married  Syl- 

vanus,  son  of  Joseph,  Jr.,  and  Eunice  (Kidder)  Upham,  of 

Dudley,  Mass.,  who  was  born  Feb.  6,  1788,  and  went  (about 

1800)  to  Castine,  Me.     Children : 

■   i.     Hanuahif,  b.  Ma}'  17,  1803,  who  married  John  Clifton,  of 
Salem,  where  she  died  aged  35  years.     Children  : 

1.  Hannah  UphamU,  (wife  of  Benj.  P.  Ware,  of  Marbleliead), 

b.  at  Castine,  Sept.  KJ,  1823.     Keeps  "  Clifton  House." 

2.  Sarah  HelenH,  (wife  of  Jolin  Payne,  of  Conn.)    One  daugh- 

ter: Heleui2,  wife  of  E.  B.  Taylor,  architect,  of  Boston, 
h.  at  Salem  Nov.  8,  1828. 

3.  John  Quincy  AdamsH,  who  died  iu  Boston,  1885. 

20 


306  AVERY  GENEALOGY 


ii,     Jeremiahio,  \y^  ,  ^i.  Oct.  27,  1831,  at  Castine,  Cor- 
nelia Crawford.     Children  : 

1.  Cornelia  Adains",  inarried  James  B.  Osgood,  of  Ellsworth, 

Me.,  and  lives  at  Washington,  D.  C. 

2.  Snsanii,  died  in  Boston,  Dec,  1878. 

3.  James  Crawford",  horn  about  1839,  living  at  Sydney,  Cape 

Breton,  N.  S. 

Capt.  Jeremiah  Upham'",  master  of  merchant  vessel, 
died  at  Zanzibar  Island,  Africa,  184-.  Cornelia,  his 
wife,  died  at  Castine. 
iii.  Sylvanus  Kidder^",  born  at  Castine,  Mar.  11,  1811,  mar- 
ried Jan.  1,  1839,  Marianne  (b.  Jan.  11,  1819,  at 
Castine,)  dan.  of  Barker  and  Margaret  (Perkins) 
Brooks.  (Barker  Brooks  was  a  native  of  Scitnate, 
Mass.) 

In  the  earlier  years  of  his  life,  I\Ir.  Ui)liam  had 
been  a  member  of  both  the  Congregational  and  Pres- 
byterian chnrch,  and  after  his  removal  to  Dixon,  111., 
in  1853,  he  became  a  deacon  of  the  Congregational 
church  at  that- place.  At  the  time  of  his  death,  Feb. 
13,  1883,  he  was  engaged  in  the  lumber  business 
which  he  had  followed  for  years.  He  died  at  the  age 
of  71  years,  11  months,  respected  by  all  who  knew 
him. 

Marianne  (Brooks),  his  wife,  was  a  woman  gifted  by 
nature  with  a  strong  mind  and  a  lovely  disposition, 
coupled  with  great  mental  attainments,  which  made 
her  a  welcome  guest  in  every  circle.  It  was  religion, 
however,  that  invested  her  character  with  its  greatest 
charm.  She  was  a  cheerful,  happy,  consistent  Chris- 
tian, adorning  her  profession  by  her  beautiful  life. 
After  a  very  painful  illness,  during  which  she  often 
gave  utterance  to  expressions  of  great  peace  and  joy, 
she  gently  fell  asleep,  Dec.  30,  1870,  aged  nearly 
52  years. —  From  the  Upham  Record. 

Mr.      Upham     afterward     (1872)     married    Mrs. 
Angelina  Sew^ell,  who  survived  him. 

1.  Margaret  Barker",  (dan.  of  Sylvanus  Kidder'^) 
born  at  Castine,  Nov.  19,  1839,  married  Nov.  22, 
1859,  Dr.  Zalmon  J.  .McM:ister,  of  Auburn,  N.  Y. 
They  had  one    child.     Dr.  McMasterdied  at  the  age 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  807 

of  31,  while  surgeon  of  an  Illinois  regiment  (during 
the  war  of  the  rebellion)  from  exposure  in  caring 
for  the  wounded  on  the  battle-field  after  the  battle  of 
Pittsburg  Landing. 

His  widow  again  married  June  24,  1868,  Charles  H. 
Wright,  of  Chicago,  (b.  Deposit,  N.  Y.,  June  24, 
1838,)  a  journalist  and  city  editor  of  the  Chicago 
Times.  A  3^ouug  man  of  unusual  ability,  and  very 
popular  with  members  of  the  Chicago  press.  He  died 
Sept.  10,  1869. 

Margaret  (Barker^')  Wright  is  now  living  at  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  a  contributor  to  current  magazine 
and  other  literature  as  Margaret  Bertha  Wright,  and 
for  a  time  represented  the  Art  Amateur  and  other 
American  publications  in  Europe.     Children  : 

1.  Marian  Loisi-,  born  at  Eureka,  111.,  July  21,  1861,  dau.  of 

Dr.  McMaster,  (though  her  name  has  been  legally  changed 
to  Marian  Lois  Wright).  She  was  an  artist  in  oil  painting; 
m.  Prof.  Adolphe  Cohn,  of  Harvard  College,  Apr.  6,  1887, 
d.  Feb.  19,  1888,  leaving  a  son :   Alberti^,  b.  Feb.  10,  1888. 

2.  Charles  Henry  Conradi'-^,  b.  at  Chicago,  Nov.  16,  18()9,  ten 

weeks  after  his  father's  death.  Is  said  to  be  a  young  man 
of  unusual  promise,  taking  a  high  stand  in  his  class  at 
Harvard.   Is  employed  on  the  Camhridge  Tribune.  (1891.) 

ii.  Frank  Kidder^\  b.  at  Castine,  Me.,  May  30,  1841,  m.  Apr. 
1,  1871,  Sarah  E.  Camp,  (b.  at  Filmore,  111.,  Nov.  23, 
1852,)  dau.  of  Harvey  and  Susan  (Southworth)  Camp. 
He  is  a  Captain  in  the  First  regiment  of  U.  S.  cavalry, 
•  stationed  at  Fort  Custer,  Montana.  Some  j^ears  ago 
he  compiled  a  brief  history  of  his  branch  of  the  Upham 
family,  to  which  we  are  indebted  for  interesting  matter 
pertaining  to  the  Avery  family.  He  has  been  for 
some  time  engaged  in  compiling  a  complete  "  Gen- 
ealogy and  Family  History  of  the  Uphams."  Be- 
sides his  labors  in  this  line,  he  has  occasionally 
contributed  to  the  San  Francisco  Argonaut  and  the 
Overland  Monthly.  A  comparatively  young  man  yet, 
his  life  has  been  a  varied  and  eventful  one.  His  early 
education  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  Massa- 
chusetts. He  afterwards  attended  a  collegiate  prepara- 
tory school  in  Illiuois,  but  went  to  sea  when  quite 
young,  and  was  shipwrecked  ou  the  coast    of  Nova 


308  AVERY    GENEALOGV. 

Scotia,  after  crossing  the  Atlantic  in  the  winter  time. 
As  early  as  the  age  of  eighteen,  he  crossed  tiie  ijlaius 
1)}'  the  overland  route  to  California  with  his  uncle, 
Noah  Brooks.  (Tlio  name  of  Noah  Brooks  will  be 
recognized  as  that  of  a  writer  for  youth,  author  of 
•'The  Boy  Emigrants;"  in  this  book  young  Upham 
was  the  original  of  one  of  the  characters.)  He  after- 
wards shared  the  earl}'  mining  excitement  in  Nevada, 
where  he  was  part  owner  in  a  quartz  mine.  It  was 
about  this  time  that  Mr.  U[)ham  was  frequently  in  tlie 
society  of  Benjamin  Parke  Avery,  (of  whom  a  notice 
will  be  found  elsewhere)  and  though  knowing  nothing 
of  their  common  ancestry,  was  liHed  with  admiration 
for  hiiM  '"as  a  man  singular!}'  i>ure  and  uncorrupted  by 
the  California  mining  life  through  which  he  had  passed." 

Mr.  Upham  entered  the  army  during  the  war  as  a 
lieutenant  in  a  California  regiment,  and  at  the  close  of 
the  war  was  mustered  out  as  such  ;  a  few  months  later 
he  was  commissioned  b}'  the  President  a  Lieutenant  of 
Cavalry  in  the  regular  arm}',  and  has  since  i)assed 
through  the  regular  grades  to  the  rank  of  Captain 
which  he  has  held  for  some  years.  On  the  oth  of 
Nov.,  1887,  he  commanded  the  troop  of  cavalry  which 
killed  the  Crow  Indian  medicine  man.  called  the 
"  Sword  Bearer,"  an  encounter  which,  il  will  l)e 
remcmbtM'od,  attracted  some  attention  al  thi'  lime  in 
the  eastern  papers.     Ciiildren  : 

1.  Friiiik   i;ri)(il<s'-.  li.  Sept.  7,  ISTi',  at    Fort  Ai)iich('.  Aii/ona. 

Ho  entered  the  V.  S.  Nuval  Academy  at  Annapolis,  Mary- 
land, as  a  cade,t  from  Montana,  Sept.,  IXSi). 

2.  John   Sonth worth  1-,   h.  at    Fort  Walla  Walla.  Wash.  Ter.. 

Nov.  ".,  ISSl. 
:\.     Ethelherta'-,  1).  at  San  Franci.sco,  Cal.,  Feh.  '.i,  lSfS;i. 
4.     Edithi-i,  h.  at  Fort  Walla  Walla,  May  17,  1884. 

iii.     Annie  Gay",  1).  at  East  Boston,  INIass.,  Aug.  20,  isi,").  ni. 

Edward   Ttley,   at   Dixon,    111.,   Nov.    27,    1800,    d.  al 

Dixon.  .Iiinc  1 2.  bS(J7. 
iv.     Charles   Clifton",   1).   at  Woburn,   Mass.,   May  5,  1852,  a 

civil  engineer.    In  1887  was  chief  engineer  of  Chicago, 

P>urlinolon    i^    Nt)rUn'rn    Pailroad.   livino-  at  St.  Paul, 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  309 

Minn.  Married  at  Dixoii,  111.,  Dec.  18,  1883,  Anna 
St.  John  Eells,  (h.  at  Dixon,  Nov.  6,  I860,)  dau.  of 
Samuel  C  and  Anna  E.  Eells. 

BLODGET. 

Jane  Avery",  (fourtli  child  and  third  daughter  of  Major 
Thatcher',)  born  at  Castine,  Me.,  Jan.  12,  1787,  married 
John  King  Bh^dget.     Children  : 

i.     Jane  Thatcher'",  b.  Doc.  3,  1809,  m.  and  lives   in   Brooks- 

ville,  Me. 
ii.     Prudence  Atkins'",  b.  Sept.  .3,  1811,  m.  and  lives  in  Brooks- 

ville,  Me. 
iii.     Mary  George'",  b.  Oct.  6,  1813. 
iv.     Hannah  Avery"*,  b.  Dec.  2.  1815. 
v.     Irene  Emerson'",  b.  Dec.  "21,  1817. 

HATCH. 

Mary  George  Blodget'",  married  Otis  Hatch,  Castine,  Me., 
Feb.  2,  1831.     Children  : 

i.  Mary  J.",  1).  Nov.  G,  1.S34. 

ii.  Adelia",  b.  Feb.  12,  1837. 

iii.  Lucy  H.",  b.  Aug.  11,  1839. 

iv.  William  W.",  b.  Jan.  30,  1842. 

V.  Marietta",  b.  Dec.  31,  1845. 

vi.  Clara",  b.  Aug.  7,  1849. 

vii.  Edward  F.'\  b.  Jan.  2-2,  1852. 

Lucy  H.  Hatch",  married  Henry  B.  Bobbins,  Jan.  19, 1863. 
Children  : 

i.     William  E.'-,  b.  Oct.  27.  1863. 
ii.     Charles  C.'^,  b.  July  2,  1867. 
iii.     May  B.'-^  b.  Jan.  8,  1872. 

AVilliam  AV.  Hatch",  married  Ella  M.  Webber,  March  8, 
1875.     Children : 


310  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

i.  Alice  B.12,  b.  Oct.  19,  1875. 

ii.  Ernest  M.i'^  b.  Feb.  3,  1877. 

iii.  Mary  P:.'^  b.  Nov.  1,  1881. 

iv.  Percy  W.i'-^,  b.  Aug.  29,  1887. 

Marietta  Hatch",  married  J.  Hatch  Parker,  May  3,  1870. 
Chiklreu : 

i.  Bertie  P.^'^,  b.  March  lo,  1871. 

ii.  Lucy  B.i-2,  b.  Aug.  14,  1873. 

iii.  Nellie  M.^^,  b.  April  16,  1876. 

iv.  Otis  H.12,  b.  Sept.  23,  1877. 

V.  Carrie  E.i^,  b.  Sept.  13,  1879. 

Clara  Hatch",  married  John  K.  Eowell,  Nov.  2,  1878. 
Chiklreu  : 

i.     Mabel'2,  b.  Dec.  9,  1879. 
ii.     Clemmie  Hatch^-,  b.  Oct.  10,  1881. 
iii.     Ethel  K}\  b.  March  16,  1888. 

MATHER 

Hannah  Avery  Blodget'",  married  John  Mather,  of 
Castine,  Me.     No  children. 

Irene  Emerson  Blodget'"  married  Israel  I.  Mather,  July  5, 
1840.     Children : 

i.     Albert  I.'\  b.  Brooksville,  Me.,  April  10,  1842. 
ii.     Mary   ,!.'•,    b.  New  Brunswick,  Nov.  4,    1846,    m.    April, 
1871,  Jacob  R.  Stuart.     No  children. 

Albert  I.  Mather",  married  Nov.  13,  1866,  Augusta  C. 
Cunningham.  They  have  one  child,  Harry  A.'-,  born  at 
Kockland,  Me,  May  14,  1872. 

CHICK. 

Iluth",  sixth  daughter  of  Major  Thatcher'  and  Hannah 
(Atkins)  Avery,  was  born  in  Castine,  Me.,  April  10,  1795, 
died  Jan.  15,  1886,  the  last  surviving  child  of  Major  Avery. 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  311 

Jan.  12,  1824,  she  married  Elislia  Chick,  Jr.,  of  Frankfort, 
(now  Winterport,  Me.,)  becoming  the  mother  of  a  large, 
intelligent  and  well  educated  posterity.     Children : 

i.  Harriet   Newell'o,    b.    May    2,  1825,   m.   Charles   Abbott, 

M.  D.,  Dec.  23,  1S51. 

ii.  Henry  Franklin'",  b.  Nov.  24,  1826,  died  Nov.  4,  1830. 

iii.  Ellen  Augusta^",  b.  Dec.  22,  1828. 

iv.  Ruth  Averyio,  b.  INlarch  26,  1832. 

V.  H.  Frances^",  b.  July  3,  1834. 

vi.  Jane  M.i",  b.  Feb.  28,  1836. 

ABBOTT. 

Harriet  Newell  Chick",  (Kuth  Avery^  Major  Thatcher',) 
married  Dr.  Charles  Abbott,  of  Winterport,  Dec.  23,  1851. 
Children : 

i.     Mariaii,  b.  July  9,  1854. 
ii.     Edmund^',    b.    March    12,    1857,  now    Edmund    Abbott, 

M.  D.,  of  Providence,  R.  I. 
iii.     Harriet' ^  b.  April  21,  1860. 
iv.     Daisyi\  b.  Dec.  8,  1865. 

Dr.  Charles  Abbott  died  Aug.  19,  1879.  At  the  time  of 
the  Civil  War,  he  was  surgeon  of  the  26th  Reg.  of  Maine 
Vols.,  and  never  recovered  from  the  effects  of  army  life. 
For  thirty  years  he  was  a  prominent  physician  at  Winter- 
port,  (formerly  Frankfort)  Me. 

Maria  Abbott",  married  Jan.  12,  1873,  Tobias  J.  Thomp- 
son, of  Union,  Iowa.     Children  : 

i.     Lydia'^  b.  Dec.  2,  1873,  d.  April,   1874. 
ii.     Katherine  P.^^   b.  March  6,  1875.     Present   address,  Hay 
Springs,   Neb. 

Harriet  Abbott",  married  Dec.  20,  1884,  James  C.  Dahl- 
man,  Chadron,  Nebraska.  One  child,  Ruth  Irwin'-,  born 
Sept.  18,  1885. 


312  AVEKY    GENEALOGY. 

LEWIS  YOSE. 

Ellen  Augusta  Chick",  married  first,  June  16,  184:9,  Free- 
man Atwood  LeAvis.  One  daughter,  Emma  Freeman",  born 
July  11,  1852.  Married  second,  Nov.  16,  1859,  Thomas  Yose, 
a  prominent  lawyer  in  Bangor,  Maine.     Children  : 

i.     Marion  Lewisi\  b.  May  4,  1862,  d.  Apr.  2,  1864. 
ii.     Elisha  Chick",  b.  Mar.  1,    1864,  now  married  and  in  Signal 
service,  Chicago. 

SKINNEE. 

Ruth  Avery  Chick'",  married  June  5,  1856,  Rev.  Alfred  L. 
Skinner,  of  Bucksport,  Maine.     Children : 

i.     Charles  Loring",  b.  Oct.  27,  1857. 

ii.     Fanny  Chicki\  b.  Mar.  14,  1864. 

Charles  L.  m.  Jnly  14,  1888,  Alice  INI.  Russell,  Water- 
ford,  Me.  Fanny  C.  ni.  Charles  M.  Hosmer,  Bucks- 
port,  Me.,  Oct.  18,  1888. 

Ruth  Avery  (Chick'")  Skinner  died  at  Bucksport,  May  22, 
1884 

HOLBROOK. 

H.  Frances  Chick",  married  April  30,  1857,  Edwin  W. 
Holbrook,  New  York  city.     Children : 

i.  p:dwin  Chick",  b.  Nov.  13,  18r)8. 

ii.  Grace",  b.  Oct.  12,  1861. 

iii.  Wellington",  1).  Srpl.  ;50,  1868. 

iv.  John  Byeis",  1).  .Inly  12,  1872. 

PARKER. 

Sarah'',  seventh  daughter  and  ninth  child  of  Major 
Thatcher'  and  Hannah  (Atkins)  Avery,  married  Oliver 
Parker,  of  Frankfort,  Me.,  died  in  Bangor,  Nov.  18,  1850. 
Children : 

i.      Saraii  Avery'",  b.  -Ian.  1,  1.S21. 
ii.     Laurette'",  b.  Oct.  3,  1823. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  313 

iii.     Susan  H.io,  b.  Apr.  13,  1826,  died  Sept.  13,  1846. 
iv.     Ann  Judsoni",  b.  Mar.  27,  1829,  died  Aug.  14,  1846. 
V.     Helenii'o,  b.  Nov.  8,  1833. 

Sarah  Aveiy'",  oldest  daughter  of  Sarah  Avery''  and  Oliver 
Parker,  married  Alfred  C.  Cogswell,  M.  D.     Children : 

i.     Alfred  Roby",  b.  Feb.  1,  1860,   ni.  Sept.  20,   1887,  Hulab 

Blond,  of  Halifax,  N.  S. 
ii.     Arthur  W.'',  b.  Jan.  12,  1862,   now   Dr.  A.  W.  Cogswell. 

Half  ax,  N.  S. 

JOHNSON. 

Laurette'",  second  daughter  of  Sarah  Avery^  and  Oliver 
Parker,  married  July  21,  1846,  Isaac  S.  Johnson,  of  Bangor, 
Me.     Children : 

i.     Annie  Mary",  b.  Dec.  9,  1847. 

ii.     Laurette  Elizabeth",  b.  Nov.  15,  1855,  missionary  to  Van 

Turkey, 
iii.     Harriet  Sargent",  b.  Jan.  16,  1858. 

Annie  Mary  Johnson",  married  Edward  H.  Clark,  of  St. 
John,  N.  B.    Present  residence,  Dorchester,  Mass.  Children  : 

i.     Eleanor  Parker^'^. 
ii.     Aura  Warwick'-. 

Harriet  Sargent  Johnson",  married  Edward  Steinbach,  of 
Crefield,  Germany.  Present  residence,  Orange,  N.  J.  One 
child,  Edward  Sargent'". 

STUDLEY. 

Helena'",  fifth  daughter  of  Sarah  Avery''  and  Oliver  Parker, 
was  born  Nov.  8,  1833,  married  Sept.  15,  1853,  Theodore  E. 
Studley.     She  died  Aug.  13,  1866.     Children  : 

i.     Theoline  Frances'',  b.  Mar.  4,  1857,  d.  June  8,  1863. 
ii.     Annie  Parker",  b.  Oct.  7,  1859. 
iii.     Theodore  Alfred,  b.  May  15,  1866,  d.  July  30,  1866. 


314  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 


MAJOR  JOHN  ATKINS  AVERY". 

John  Atkins^  known  as  Major  Jolm  A.  Avery^  tenth  chiki 
and  the  oldest  son  of  Major  Thatcher  who  married,  was 
born  at  Castine,  Me.,  Feb.  20,  1802,  died  1873.  His  first 
marriage  was  to  Eliza  Stevens,  Aug.,  1823.     Children: 

i.  Samuel  S.'«,  b.  Jan.  24,  1824. 

il.  George  Thatcher'",  b.  Feb.  9,  1825. 

iii.  Jane  P:.'",  b.  June  28,  1827. 

iv.  Hannah  E.'o,  b.  Nov.  20,  1829. 

V.  Georgianuai",  b.  June  4,  1830,  probably  died  young, 

vi.  Mary  T.'",  b.  Jan.  27,  1832. 

vii.  Lucy  ¥}\  b.  Dec.  6,  1834. 

viii.  Tempie  8."',  b.  Nov.  11,  1836. 

ix.  Sarah  P.'o,  b.  Nov.  27,  1838,  d.  1850. 

X.  John  Atkins,  Jr.'«,  b.  Nov.  9,  1840. 

xi.  Phebe  P.'",  b.  Jan.  22,  1843. 

Major  John  A.  Avery"  was  a  second  time  married  to  a  Mrs. 
Jones.     Had  two  daughters  and  one  son,  not  now  living. 

Samuel  S.'",  oldest  son  of  Major  John  Atkins  Avery', 
(Major  Thatcher',)  born  June  24,  1824,  married  Lydia  Per- 
kins, Oct.  3,  1845.     Died  at  sea  Aug.,  1849. 

AVERY'". 

George  Thatcher  Avery'",  second  son  of  Major  John', 
(Major  Thatcher',)  died  at  Newbury  port,  Mass.,  Sept.  20, 
1884.  He  married,  Mar.  4,  1857,  Augusta  G.  Rolide,  Knei- 
•derkanfungeii,  Germany.     Children : 

i.     George  F.",  1).  Castine,  Me.,  Dec.  21,  1858. 

ii.  William  11.",  b.  Kneiderkaufungen,  Germany,  1863  ;  now 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Saul  &  Avery,  leading  gro- 
cers of  Tacoma,  Wash.  Ter. 

iii.  Edward  Wiiitney",  b.  Indian  Ocean,  Dec.  21,  1866,  on 
l)<)ard  ship  J.  P.  Whitney;  now  engraver  at  Tonte 
M'f 'g  Co.,  Newburyport. 

iv.  Frank  Ati<ins",  b.  Newburyport,  1868;  now  with  W.  H . 
Avery,  in  Tacoma,  Wasii.  Ter. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  315 


George  F.",  oldest  son  of  George  Thatcher  Avery'",  mar- 
ried Emma  H.  de  Rochemont,  of  Newburyport,  Mass.,  Dec. 
7,  1881,  and  is  connected  with  the  Institution  for  Savings 
at  that  place.     Children : 

i.     George  F.,  Jr. '2,  b.  Jan.  17,  1883. 
ii.     Charles  de  R.'^,  b.  July  30,  1885. 

GRINDLE. 

Jane  E  '",  oldest  daughter  of  Major  John  Avery^  married 
Joseph  Grindle,  of  Penobscot,  Me.,  Nov.  4,  1852.  Died  May 
18,  1874     Children : 

i.     Meliior  W.i',  b.  Jan.,  1855,  m.  Oct.,  1881,  Emor  Ward- 
well  ;   now  captain  of  schooner, 
ii.     Edward'^  b.  July  26,  1857;  captain  of  schooner, 
iii.     Jennie  D.'^,  b.  Nov.,  1859,  m.  M.  Donleu,  of  Camden,  Me. 

EMERSON. 

Hannah  E.^",  second  daughter  of  Major  John  Avery^  mar- 
ried Charles  F.  Emerson,  Nov.,  1856.    Resides  in  Dixon,  111. 

WESTCOTT. 

Mary",  fourth  daughter  of  Maj.  John  Avery",  married 
Sept.,  1857,  Capt.  Geo.  Westcott,  of  Castine,  Me.    Children: 

i.  George  F.i',  b.  May,  1856;  engaged  in  flour  business, 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.  Has  brother  in  same  business  at  Port- 
land, Me. 

ii.     Josie  M.^,  b.  May,  1864. 

iii.     Archiei',  b.  1866. 

iv.     Paulii,  b.  Feb.,  1868. 

George  F.  Westcott",  married  Ellen  Bent,  of  Paris, 
Me.     Children : 

1.  Otis  B.i^  b.  Oct.  31,  1881. 

2.  Gladys  Averyi^  b.  Feb.  14,  1889. 


316  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

PARKER. 

Lucy  F'".,  fifth  dauj^liter  of  Major  Joliu  Avery',  married 
Charles  Parker.     Chiklren : 

i.     Sarah  E.'',  1).  Sept.  17.  \Hm,  d.  Ai)r.  17,  1.S6!). 
ii.     .luliii  M.",  1).  Mar.  21,  1877;   residence,  Bfooksville.  Me. 

WILSON. 

Tempie  S."',  sixth  daughter  c^f  Major  John  Avery'',  mar- 
ried John  B.  Wilson,  of  Portland.  Me.,  who  is  not  now  living. 

AVERY^". 

John  Atkins,  Jr.'",  third  son  and  tenth  child  of  Major 
John  A.  Averj-',  married  first,  Lillie  Scott,  in  1872.  She 
died  1878.  Married  second,  August  31,  1884,  Laura  Bills, 
of  Boston.  Is  now  employed  at  Mass.  General  Hospital, 
Boston,  Mass. 

WILSON. 

Phebe  P.'",  youngest  daughter  of  Major  John  Avery'', 
married  Jan.  1,  1866,  Capt.  Geo.  S.  Wilson,  of  Portland,  Me. 
One  child,  Carrie  C",  born  May  14th,  1875. 

COL.  ISAIAH  AVERY'. 

Isaiah  Avery",  fourth  and  last  son  of  Major  Thatcher 
Avery^  (Job",  Rev.  John")  b.  Feb.  16,  1806,  at  N.  Castine, 
Me.  ;  married  Feb.  9,  1826,  Miss  Sarah  Hoo})er,  and 
settled  in  Exeter,  Me.  His  wife  died  May,  1844,  and  in 
1845,  ho  iiianicd  Hester  Ann  Benjamin.  He  was  a  pro- 
minent mail  ill  the  ('(iiiiiiiunity,  l)()tli  in  business  and 
politics,  was  a  stauncli  Democrat,  hehl  many  public  offices, 
and  in  1849  was  elected  representative  to  the  Legislature. 
For  several  years  he  was  connected  with  the  state  militia,, 
holding  the  ])osition  of  Colonel,     ^o  took  groat  interest  in 


AVEEY    GENEALOGY.  3l\ 


military  tactics,  and  would  uudoubtedlj  have  done  dis- 
tinguished service  for  his  couutrj-  in  the  late  civil  war,  if 
his  physicial  powers  had  not  given  way,  and  checked  him 
in  the  midst  of  a  career  that  promised  to  be  brilliant.  His 
mental  faculties  remained  as  clear  as  ever  till  his  death, 
which  took  place  at  Castine,  Me.,  Aug.  14,  1872,  at  the  age 
of  66  years.     Children,  by  first  marriage  : 

i.  Isaiah  Hooper^",  b.  Maj'  17,   1.S2G. 

ii.  Sarah  Talten^",  b.  Nov.  2'),  1829. 

iii.  Hannah  Jane^^',  b.  Aug.  11,   1830. 

iv.  .Tames  Thatcher'",  b.  July  10,  1833. 

V.  Mary  Ann'",  1).  May  13,  1834. 

vi.  George  F.  A.'",  b.  Feb.  If),  1836. 

vii.  Ada  Augusta'",  b.  Oct.  3,  1837. 

viii.  Lauretta  Susan'",  b.  Aug.  11,  184l'. 

ix.  Lizzie'",  b.  1843.     Died  very  young. 

Children,  by  second  marriage : 

i.      Ruth  Chick'",  b.  Jan.  21,   1851. 
ii.     Anna  Pierce'",  1).  Sept.  30,  1856. 

Hester  Ann  (Benjamin)  Aver3-  died  July  20, 1876. 

AVERY'". 

Isaiah  Hooper'",  eldest  son  of  Col.  Isaiah  Avery^  married 
Sept.  17,  1848,  Lydia  H.  Howard,  Strafford,  N.  H.    Children  : 

i.  Jesse  Wallace",  b.  Oct.  2,  1849. 

ii.  Frederick  Augustus",  b.  Dec.  31,  1852,  d.  Jan.  3,  1854. 

iii.  George  Franklin",  b.  April  3,  1854,  d.  1885. 

iv.  Lydia  Jane",  b.  April  29,  1855. 

V.  Mary  Ellen",  b.  Dec.  4,  1858. 

vi.  James  Albert",  b.  March  19,  1860. 

vii.  Emma  Isabelle",  b.  March  16,  1863.     Unmarried, 

viii.  Dillie  Frances",  b.  May  28,  1866. 


318  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

AYERY". 

Jesse  Wallace",  oldest  son  of  Isaiah  Hooper  Avery'",  born 
at  Exeter,  Me.,  Oct.  2,  1849,  married  at  Boston,  Mass.,  1869, 
Marianna  P.  Winslow.     Children : 

i.  Lillian  Blanche'-,  b.  July  o,  1871. 

ii.  Wiuslow^^^  b.  July  3,  1874. 

iii.  Bessie  May^-,  b.  Jan.  29,  1877. 

iv.  Louie  Clarence^-,  b.  Apr.  3,  1879. 

V.  Jesse  Wallace^-,  Jr.,  b.  July  30,  1881. 

Their  j^resent  residence  is  in  Cambridgeport,  Mass. 

aYERY". 

George  Franklin",  third  son  of  Isaiah  Hooper  Avery", 
born  at  Bangor,  Me.,  married  first,  April  3,  1854,  Dora 
Chase,  of  Corinna,  Me.,  1874.  She  died  Feb.,  1875.  Mar- 
ried second,  June,  1877,  Matilda  Colom.  One  daughter. 
Bertha  May'^  born  Nov.  28,  1878.  George  F.  Avery  died 
Nov.  3.  1885. 

CURTIS GOODRICH. 

Lydia  Jane",  oldest  daughter  of  Isaiah  Hooper  Avery'", 
born  Apr.  27,  1855,  married  first,  Dec.  24,  1879,  Thomas  C. 
Curtis,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  ^vho  died  Sept.  15,  1883.  Married 
second,  Frederick  L.  Goodrich,  Chelsea,  Mass.,  Apr.  21, 1886. 

BRAY. 

Mary  Ellen",  second  daughter  of  Isaiah  Hooper  Avery", 
born  Dec.  4,  1858,  ]narri(>d  Aug.  31,  1882,  Frank  M.  Bray,  of 
Waldoboro,  Me.  One  child,  Frank  M.  Bra}^,  Jr.'',  born  July 
22,  1883,  died  July  16,  1884. 

AYERY". 

James  Albert",  fourth  son  of  Isaiah  Hooper  Avery'",  boru 
Mar.  19,  1860,  married  Apr.,  1883,  Lizzie  Jordan  of  Boston, 


A  VER  Y    GENEALOG  Y.  31 9 

Mass.     Present  residence,  Chicago,  111.     One  cliilcl,  James 
Albert,  Jr.'^  born  Nov.  16,  1884. 

JONES. 

Dillie  Frances",  eighth  child,  fourth  daughter  of  Isaiah 
Hooper  Avery",  born  May  28,  1866,  married  Sept.  6,  1885, 
George  A.  Jones,  of  Auburn,  Me. 


Lydia  (Howard)  Avery  died  Aug.  21, 1868.  Isaiah  Hooper 
Avery"  married  as  his  second  wife,  Maria  L.  Tash.  Children : 

i.  Ernest  Lynza",  b.  Feb.  9,  1870. 

ii.  Esther  Edna'\  b.  Aug.  6,  1872. 

iii.  Arthur  Lewis",  b.  Aug.  19,  1874. 

iv.  LesUe  May",  b.  Nov.  18,  1879. 

CHAPMAN. 

Sarah  Talton",  oldest  daughter  of  Col,  Isaiah  Avery% 
married  Nov.  6,  1853,  E.  D.  Chapman,  Exeter,  Me.  Children : 

i.     George  Sumner",  b.  May  28,  1857,  died  young, 
ii.     Isaiah",  b.  June  28,  1863. 

iii.  Mary  Elvena",  m.  Feb.  22,  1888,  Henry  W.  Peaks,  Charles- 
town,  Me.  One  daughter:  Sarah  Rebecca'^',  b.  Dec. 
6,   1888. 

WEBSTER. 

Hannah  Jane",  second  daughter  of  Col.  Isaiah  Avery', 
married  Mar.,  1867,  Daniel  Webster,  who  died  at  Exeter, 
Me.,  Oct.  10,  1867. 

AVERY". 

James  Thatcher",  second  son  of  Coh  Isaiah  Avery*,  mar- 
ried Nov.  27, ,  Ann  W.  Densmore,  of  Exeter,  Me.     One 

son,  John  Densmore",  born  Nov.  19,  ISoT. 

Ann  (Densmore)  Avery  died  Dec.  18,  1863.  James  Thatch- 
er Avery"  died  June  31,  1883. 


320  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

PORTEE>". 

Marj  Ann'",  third  dau<i;liter  of  Col.  Isaiali  Avery",  married 
Benj.  F.  Porter,  Dixmont,  Me.  She  died  at  Dixmont,  July 
24,  1869.     Children : 

i.     Fred  Augustus",   b.   Mar.   25,   18G2,   ni.    Mrs.  Aurissa  L. 

Palniei.     One  daughter  :    Marjorie  Tibbetts^-. 
ii.     Laura  Jane",  b.  Oct.  IG,  1863. 

AVEEY"'. 

Capt.  Geo.  F.  A.'",  third  sou  of  Col.  Isaiah  Avery",  mar- 
ried August  21,  1861,  Maria  P.  Eaton,  of  Newburgh,  Me. 
Childreu : 

■      1.     Mary  P:mma".  b.  July  15,  1865. 

ii.     Irving  Abl)ott",  b.  1871,  residence  Exeter.  Me. 

LUFKIN'". 

Ada  Augusta'",  fourth  daughter  of  Col.  Isaiah  Avery', 
married  Oct.  21,  1858,  Moses  H.  Lufkiu,  of  Sedgwick,  Me. 
Childreu  : 

i.     Clarence  W.",  b.  Feb.  !),  1860,  d.  Apr.  7,  1860. 
ii.     George  Edgar^i,  b.  Mar.  27,  1861. 
iii.     Grace  Glenwood",  b.  June  28,  1863. 

HOOPER 

Laurette  Susan'",  fifth  daughter  of  Col.  Isaiah  Avery", 
married  Sept.  1,  1865,  Frank  Hooper,  Castine,  Me. — 
Children  : 

i.     Gertrude  Frances'',  b.  June  6,  1867. 
ii.     Frank  Edward".  1).  Dec.  7,  1S71.  d.  June  22,  1875. 

PIIESCOTT. 

liuth  Chick'",  first  child  of  Col.  Isaiali  Avery"  (by  second 
marriage,)  married  April  11,  1871,  Frank  G.  Prescott,  Exeter, 
Maine, 


"■v^HA^^ortGE    Avery.       Born    1759;    Died     1856 


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FAMILY    AND    GENERATIONS    OF 
GEORGE    AVERYl 

rrEOKGE  AYEKY;  eiglitli  child  and  fifth  son  of  Job^  and 

^     Jean  (Thatcher)  Avery,  was  born  in  Truro,  Mass.,  Jan. 

23,   1759.      He    married   Jan.   11,   1789,   Mary  Sanborn,   of 

Hawke,  (now  Danville),  N.  H.      His  early  life  was  eventful, 

being  taken  prisoner  by  the   Indians,   at  the  time  of  the 

French  and  Indian  war.      From  an  obituary  of  him,  written 

by  his  son,  Ebenezer^  which  appeared  at  the  time  of  his 

death,  which  occurred  within  two  days  of  his  ninety-eighth 

birthda}^  we  take  the  following :  — 

"  ]Mr.  Avery  left  home  when  quite  a  young  man,  and  became  a 
soldier  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  enduring  many  hardships, 
and  passing  through  many  of  the  exciting  scenes  of  that  stormy 
period.  He  was  truly  patriotic  throughout  his  long  life,  and  it  is 
believed,  voted  at  every  Presidential  election  after  the  formation 
of  the  government.  In  the  autumn  before  his  death,  he  went  five 
miles  to  vote  for  Fremont  and  Dayton,  —  so  strong  was  his  inter- 
est in  the  oppressed,  as  well  as  his  desire  for  the  triumph  of 
Republican  principles." 

His  faculties  were  remarkably  well  preserved  to  the  day 
of  his  death.  Within  a  few  months  of  his  ninetieth  birth- 
day, he  performed  the  journey  from  his  home  in  New 
Hampshire,  to  the  home  of  one  of  his  sons  near  Boston, 
alone,  and  while  there,  if  the  writer  remembers  correctly, 
selected  and  purchased  a  Sunday  School  Library.  For 
many  years  he  had  been  in  the  habit  of  occasionally  visiting 
his  children  and  cousins  in  Boston  and  vicinity,  and  in  his 
eighty-sixth  year  made  his  last  visit  to  Truro,  Mass.,  going 

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322  AVEHY   GENEALOGY. 

over  with  great  interest  the  scenes  of  his  boyhood.  The 
visits  of  "Uncle  George"  are  still  remembered  with  pleas- 
ure by  many  in  the  place.  A  Baptist  by  profession,  his 
religious  character  was  strongly  marked,  he  himself  attrib- 
uting the  depth  of  his  convictions  in  this  direction,  to  his 
peculiar  and  trying  experiences  when  taken  captive  by  the 
Indians  in  his  twenty-first  year.  When  too  old  to  labor,  he 
spent  much  of  his  time  in  reading  and  writing,  mostly  on 
religious  subjects.  He  left  numerous  manuscripts,  and 
some  printed  essays,  more]^especially  for  distribution  among 
his  children,  which  show,  for  a  man  of  nearly  ninety,  quite 
a  steady  hand,  and  considerable  vigor  of  thought.  Among 
these  is  an  account  of  his  "  Tryals  and  Captivity,"  which,  we 
believe,  will  be  quite  as  interesting  to  other  branches  of  the 
family  as  to  his  own  immediate  descendants.  AYe  therefore 
give  his  most  complete  and  full  account  of  it : 

"I  was  twenty-one  years  old  Jan.  23,  1780.  I  had  left  my 
parents'  care  and  their  good  rules  and  admonitions.  1  was  an 
unsteady  youth  and  leavhig  strict  discipline,  seemed  to  be  set  more 
at  liberty  from  its  yoke.  This  was  in  the  time  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary AVar  that  separated  the  American  provinces  from  Great 
Britain.  I  was  a  soldier,  stationed  at  IMedford,  Ct.,  that  winter. 
The  next  summer  in  August  I  was  in  Sharon,  Yt.,  clearing  laud, 
intending  to  be  a  farmer.  A  giddy  youth  with  vain  expectations 
to  be  something  in  the  world.  1  was  too  regardless  of  the  Sab- 
bath, lived  a  careless,  loose  life  with  other  young  comrades  of  the 
same  cast  which  I  resided  with,  occupied  in  the  same  way.  One 
Sabbatli,  foigetting  the  day  of  the  week,  we  were  at  work  husking 
corn.  An  oUl  lady  passed  by  us  with  solemn  countenance  agoing 
to  meeting.  She  never  chid  us,  but  I  began  to  think  there  was 
something  wrong,  and  told  \n\  mates  I  guessed  it  was  Sal)bath 
day.  Why?  they  replyed.  ]\Iy  reply  was  the  old  lady  had  on  her 
8abl)ath  day  mouth.  It  was  my  rudeness;  although  I  had  strong 
convictions  of  our  carelessness  in  forgetting  the  Sabbath,  I  felt 
not  so  light  as  I  made  to  appear.  It  was  not  the  way  1  was 
brought  up,  which  caused  some  reflections  on  my  past  conduct  and 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  823 


brought  tears  to  my  eyes.  We  left  our  work  for  that  Sabbath. 
The  night  following  I  slept  with  my  comrades  on  the  floor  of  the 
shantee.  I  dreamed  that  I  was  beset  by  serpents,  the  most  hid- 
eous and  numerous  that  I  ever  saw,  and  awoke  in  a  horrible 
fright ;  but  my  fears  soone  vanished  and  I  was  soone  asleepe 
again,  and  dreamed  I  was  beset  by  Indians,  and  as  frightfully 
awakened  as  before  ;  but  having  no  faith  in  dreams,  my  fears 
soone  vanished.  It  was  now  broad  daylight.  That  morniug  I 
went  to  a  neighbour  for  our  bread,  while  my  mates  cooked 
bi'eakfast. 

When  I  returned  I  met  my  companions,  affrighted,  running 
to  the  woods,  but  I  did  not  apprehend  so  much  danger  as  they 
did  from  Indians.  I  thought  of  going  to  the  camp  and  saving  my 
cloaths.  I  made  light  of  it  and  told  them  I  would  get  my  break- 
fast first.  I  went  and  got  my  cloo,ths  and  hid  them  ;  I  but  tasted 
the  breakfast.  I  saw  others  flying  for  safety  and  spoke  to  one. 
He  said  some  had  turned  to  go  and  fight  the  Indians.  I  thought 
of  going  a  very  short  distance  from  us  and  I  should  know  if  tiiey 
had  ;  but  turning  a  few  rods  I  was  surprised  by  the  sight  of  two 
Indians  very  near  me, —  the  foremost  one  with  tomohok  in  hand. 
We  were  face  to  face.  Suddenly  both  stopped.  He  waved  his 
hand,  "Come  !  Come  !  "  I  answered  the  Indian,  come,  and  took 
to  my  heels  and  ran  for  escape.  I  followed  the  road  on  the  river 
bank  but  a  little  ;  jumped  into  the  bushes  on  its  bank  out  of  his 
sight  and  made  for  foarding  the  river. 

The  two  followed  me ;  the  tomohok  one  caught  me  in  the 
back  of  the  collar  of  my  cloaths  and  gave  me  a  few  blows  with 
his  instrument,  and  a  few  greeting  words,  "How,  How!  "  (that 
is  Run,  Run!)  Here  I  was  as  really  affrighted  as  I  was  in  my 
dreams  but  a  few  hours  before,  but  the  dreams  did  not  here  occur 
to  my  mind. 

The  two  Indians  stripped  me  of  my  outside  garments.  I  being 
lame  at  that  time,  they  took  me  by  each  arm  and  I  ran  between 
them  to  return  to  their  company  which  they  left,  that  were  des- 
troying houses  and  cattle  and  had  taken  other  prisoners. 

They  had  killed  two  of  the  inhabitants  in  pursuing  them. 
They  spent  the  day  in  killing  and  burning  property.  The  night 
they  encamped  neare  the  place  of  their  destruction.  This  first 
encampment  was  in  Randolph  Woods,  the  16  of  Oct.  1780. 
About  350   Indians  and  2&  prisoners.     The  Indians    made   fiers 


324  AVERY    GENEALOGY 


and  shelters  of  Hemlock  boughs  to  encamp  by  for  the  niglit.  as 
many  ns  20  or  more.  Tlie  prisoners  had  different  masters  at 
different  eami)S.  The  i)risoners  were  stripped  of  outer  garments 
bv  their  masters  and  collected  at  the  chief  ofttcers'  encampment. 
AVe  stood  huddled  together,  the  fier  between  us  and  the  officers. 
An  Indian  came  to  a  prisoner,  took  him  by  the  iiand  to  k'ad  him 
off.  The  head  officer  told  the  prisoner  to  go  with  him  and  bade 
him  farewell.  A  prisoner  near  by  me  whispers  me,  "I  believe 
he  will,  in  another  world."  I  asked  why.  He  replied,  ''  He  had 
continental  cloaths  and  was  a  soldier  when  taken."  By  tiiis  1 
was  frightened. 

Then  othei-s  were  led  off  iri  the  same  way.  1  think  my  turn 
might  be  about  the  G  or  7th.  Judge,  reader,  if  yon  can.  my 
feelings,  for  I  am  not  able  to  express  lliem  in  any  other  way  but 
by  confusion  in  thoughts  like  oue  to  die  violently.  I  expect  I 
became  quite  frantick.  When  1  was  led  a  short  distance  through 
woods  to  the  camp  where  llic  Indians  were  cooking  all  looked 
calm  and  peaceable  to  my  view  and  astonishment.  The  frantick 
thought  struck  my  mind  :  "  They'll  fat  me  before  they  kill  me." 
8oone,  however,  they  brought  a  strong  belt  to  bind  me,  aimed  it 
at  my  Itody  to  put  it  around  me,  then  took  me  to  a  liooth  (or 
shelter.)  1  was  laid  down  under  it,  feete  to  the  fier,  stakes 
driven  down  in  the  ground  each  side  of  me  and  my  belt  tied 
to  them. 

Thus  T  was  staked  to  the  ground  I  To  look  up.  there  were 
long  Indian  knives  fastened  to  tiie  l)Oughs. 

This   condition    looked    frightful,    but  I    had  gone   through  the 
greatest.     Still   here  is  no  safety.     They  gave   me  here  of  their 
supi)ci-.  lint   I  cannot  tell  the  it'lisli  of  it.      That  night  after  supjier 
4    Indians   lay    on    my    bt'lt    tiial  tied  me  to  the  stakes,    two   upon 
each   side  of  me  so  that  I  could  no  move  but  that  they    ail    would 
feel   the    belt   move.      AVlien    I    looked   at  the   fier  there    was    the 
guard,  an  Indian  smoking.      In  the   morning  the  Vermont   Militia 
routed    tlu'm.     They   lired   on  the  Indian  outguard.      The  Indians 
in    confusion   and    lage    nnstaked  their   prisoners.     My    belt,  was     i 
taken   and    put    lound   my    neck,  and  tieil  to  a  sapling,   anothei'   I 
saw   bound   to  a  tret',  while  tiiey  packed  up.     Tiieir   eyes    looked     | 
like    wild    lire,    one   uttered  to    his    prisoner.    ••  huinpy  !    l)un)py?" 
(death  at  hand.)      After  tiiey  were  ready   to  march,  I  was   loose<l     , 
from  the  sapling,  loaded  with  a  pack,  and  led  by  the  halter  on  my 


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neck  by  my  leader  witli  a  tomohok  in  his  liand,  we  followed   after 
the  tile  leader. 

Each  master  of  a  [irisoncr,  (as  I  learned  afterwards),  had 
orders  to  kill  his  prisoner,  if  closely  pursned,  and  then  they  coidd 
take  their  liight  from  their  enemies  in  tlie  woods.  In  this  case, 
no  one  conld  predict  the  resnlt.  Life  and  death  are  set  l)efore  ns. 
Here  must  follow  a  multitude  of  thoughts  which  none  can  know 
save  by  experience. 

Many  vain  wishes  I  had  in  this  unreconciled  state.  '"  Oh,  that 
I  were  nothing,  tliat  they  could  not  torment  my  body!"  Then, 
again,  ''  Wliy  is  it  thus  with  me?"  (It  seemed,  according  to  the 
circmnstances  when  I  was  taken,  I  might  liave  got  out  of  the  wa}'.) 
Now  mv  dreams  rushed  into  ray  mind.  This  made  me  feel  that 
there  was  an  over-ruling  Providence.  I  immediately  felt  I  had  to 
do  with  my  Maker,  God.  I  felt  in  iiis  hand  a  guilty  sinner.  I 
compared  myself  like  unto  a  bullock,  unaccustomed  to  the  yoke. 
Such  feehngs  I  never  iiad  l)ef(jre.  My  sins  roiled  over  me  as  the 
wave-5  of  tlie  sea  roll  one  wave  after  another,  till  I  was  over- 
wlielmed.  It  seemed  ''  He  told  me  all  that  ever  1  did."  I  felt 
the  evil  of  n>Y  life,  and  the  Divine  Justice  of  Providence.  I  was 
still  as  to  murmuring  against  God.  I  was  cahned  in  mind.  I 
saw  these  circumstances  were  overrided  by  God,  the  Indians  could 
do  no  more  than  they  were  permitted  to  do  by  Him.  I  felt  that 
even  if  they  weie  permitted  to  kill  me,  I  could  look  them  calmly 
in  tiie  face. 

I  had  at  this  time  the  Holy  P)ihle  and  Watts'  Hymn  book  in  my 
bosom,  whicli  I  took  from  a  house  tliat  the  Indians  biu'ned  in 
Royalton.  The  other  prisoners  and  myself  used  often  to  read  and 
meditate  upon  them  in  our  journey.  The  Indians  would  take 
them  from  me  to  see  what  I  had,  and  return  them.  In  one  of  our 
halts,  on  reading  the  88th  Psalm,  it  seemed  so  api)lical)le  to  our 
case  that  we  shed  many  tears.  We  had  no  where  to  lo  ;k  but  to 
God  in  our  tr(nd)le.  • 

I  traveled  willi  the  Indians  five  days,  having  been  taken  by 
them  on  Monday,  Oct.  IG.  We  came  to  Lake  Champlain  on  Fri- 
day, the  •20th,  at  Colchester,  and  crossed  over  to  Grand  Isle  that 
dav.  On  Saturday  we  went  down  the  Luke  from  (irand  Isle  to 
the  Isle  Noir,  tarried  there  that  night  for  refreshment.  On  the 
Sabbath  we  arrived  at  St.  John's,  Canada.  I  was  dressed  drolly. 
I  had  on  an  Indian  blanket  with  my  head  poked  through  a  hole  in 


326  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

the  middle,  tlie  Iilanket  hanoiua  in  folds  round  my  body,  a  high 
peaked  cap  on  my  head,  and  my  face  painted  with  red  stieaks. — 
With  my  complexion  dingy  from  their  smoky  tires,  I  looked  ver^' 
much  like  an  Indian.  The  refugees  at  St.  John  came  to  the  group 
where  I  sat,  to  buy,  looking  at  me,  one  says  to  his  mate  :  *'  Is  that 
an  Indian?"     The  mate  i-eplies,  *•'  No,  his  hair  is  not  Indian." 

On  this  day,  —  Sabbath  —  the  Indians  take  up  their  march, 
man}"  of  them  vei'y  drunk.  I  was  taken  In'  my  Indian  master  to 
Cahnawagoga,  his  home.  We  arrived  on  Monday  or  Tuesda5^ 
I  tarried  at  mj^  keeper's  two  or  moi'e  days,  when  all  the  party  of 
Indian  scouts  came  in.  Then  the  Sachem  Tommo  came  to  my 
quarters,  and  when  I  had  been  decked  with  wampum  and  neatly 
painted  up,  he  took  me  to  the  center  of  tlie  village,  where  the 
Indians  and  squaws  were  gathered  round.  I  was  placed  on  a  seat 
at  the  Chief's  feet  while  he  made  a  speech  over  me  to  his  audi- 
ence. I  sat  in  suspense,  not  knowing  his  language  or  designs.  I 
feared  1  was  to  run  the  gauntlet,  or  meet  some  other  evil.  But 
my  suspense  soon  ended.  I  was  led  off  by  an  Indian  hid  past  the 
spectators  to  the  doore  of  a  house,  and  met  by  squaws  with  a 
blanket  and  hat,  and  water  and  soaj)  to  wash  me,  and  found  that 
was  to  be  the  place  of  my  residence.  There  I  found  another 
young  man,  a  prisoner.  I  enquired  of  him  if  he  understood  the 
meaning  of  this  last  manoeuver  I  had  passed  thiough.  He  said 
he  did,  that  he  had  experienced  the  same,  and  that  by  this  cere- 
mou}',  we  had  both  been  adopted  to  lill  tiie  i)laces  of  two  Indians 
who  had  recently  died  there. 

Afterwards,  in  the  same  day's  ceremonies,  the  Indians  displayed 
the  scalps  of  our  fellow  prisoners,  whom  they  had  killed,  whicli 
was  a  very  affecting  sight. 

I  lived  with  the  Indians  something  like  six  or  seven  weeks, 
when  mv  owner  belonging  to  another  tribe  came  for  me.  and  took 
me  to  Montreal  in  order  to  gel  his  bounty  for  me.  I  was  dressed 
decently  to  follow  him  b}'  two  old  squaws.  As  soon  as  I  was  sold 
and  delivered  to  the  British  a  prisoner,  I  was  stripped  to  the  shirt 
by  my  former  Indian  owner,  and  then  taken  to  the  guard  house. 
Here  the}'  covered  me  with  an  ohl  thin  blanket —  (this  was  in  the 
last  of  Novemltcr)  —  and  kept  me  under  guard  with  naught  to 
eat  for  two  days,  before  an  order  was  issued  for  my  rations. 

From  there  I  was  taken  to  (iianl's  Island,  near  the  city.  A 
rainy  night  followed,  the  other  piisoners  were  kept  in  tents,  but 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  327 

we  had  no  tent  pitched,  and  rolled  ourselves  in  the  tent  cloth  to 
pass  a  cold  wet  nioht.  I  never  drew  rations  on  the  Island.  1 
complained  to  the'odicers  of  a  lameness  that  was  troubling  me, 
and  was  carried  half  starved  to  the  Hospital  the  next  day. 

Here  I  experienced  a  severe  sickness  and  all  but  death,  but  the 
goodness  of  God  raised  me  to  health,  and  preserved  me  through 
scenes  of  trouble.  For  about  twenty  months  I  was  a  prisoner  to 
the  British  in  Canada,  passing  through  many  vicissitudes,  and 
doomed  to  many  disappoiutmcMits. 

After  being  exchanged  I  was  landed  with  a  cartel  of  prisoners 
at  the  head  of  Lake  Champlain,  at  what  is  now  Whitehall,  New 
York.  Thence  1  traveled  on  foot  to  Windsor,  Connecticut,  to  my 
sister's,  and  was  welcomed  with  surprise  and  gladness,  for  they 
knew  nothing  but  that  I  had  been  scali)ed  —  for  by  mistake  my 
name  had  been  returned  and  published  as  dead.  I  tarried  at 
W^indsor  through  that  summer  and  wrote  to  m}'  parents  at  Truro, 
Mass.  On  the  first  of  September  following,  I  sett  out  for  Truro, 
and  arrived  in  the  neighborhood  of  my  father's  house,  I  sent  a 
neighbor  to  notify  my  parents  that  their  lost  one  had  arrived,  not 
to  shock  them  too  suddenly. 

Who  can  describe  the  emotions  of  parents,  especially  of  a 
mother,  in  such  circumstances.  How  humble  and  thankful  to  God 
the  son  who  had  been  delivered  from  death,  yea,  the  prospect  of  a 
violent  death.     I  cannot  describe  the  scene. 

I  write  of  this  meeting  myself,  this  7th  day  of  Sept.,  A.  U. 
1845.  It  occurred  at  about  the  same  time  in  the  month  of  Sept., 
1782 — now  63  years  ago  —  and  I  feel  yet  those  emotions  and 
cannot  help  the  tears  gushing  from  mine  eyes. 

Geo.  Avery." 

The  cliildreu  of  George'  and  Mary  (Sanboru)  Avery,  were 
twelve  in  number,  all  born  at  Plainfield,  N.  H.  : 

i.  Samuel^,  b.  June  17,   1787. 

ii.  Joseph^,  b.  Jan.  14,  1789,  d.  Sept.  20,  1805. 

iii.  Thatcher^,  b.  Aug.  17,  1790. 

iv.  Mary«,.b.  Oct.  15,  1792. 

V.  Betseys',  b.  May  26,  1795. 

vi.  Ruth9,  b.  Oct.  8,  1796,  d.  Sept.   24,  1801,  when   about   5 
years  old. 


328  AVE  BY    GENEALOGY. 

vii.  George^,  b.  March  24,  1798. 

viii.  Sarah^  b.  Nov.  20,  1800. 

ix.  Salome'^,  b.  July  21,  1802. 

X.  DavkP,  b.  Yeh.  17,  1804. 

xi.  Jonathan'',  b.  July  11,  1806. 

xii.  P:benezer9,  b.  Sept.   28,  1808. 

SAMUEL  AVERY^ 

Samue?,  oldest  child  and  son  of  George^  and  Mary  (San- 
born) Avery,  (Job",  Rev.  John",  I  married  Xov.  29,  1821, 
Mercy  Wood,  born  at  Cornish,  ]SlT  H.,  March  -1,  1797. 
Children  : 

i.  Emily  M.^o,  b.  Plainfield,  N.  H..  June  30,  1823. 

ii.  Susan  W.^o.  b.  Plaintield,  N.  H.,  Jan.  15,  182.5. 

iii.  Julia  Ann^o,  b.  Plainfield,  May  7,  1827. 

iv.  Samuel  Atkins^",  b.  Plainfield,  Oct.  16,  1830. 

V.  George  Thatcher'",  b.  April  16,  1836. 

Samuel  Averv  died  at  the  old  homestead  in  Plainfield, 
N.  H.,  March  28,  18(34.  Mercy  (Wood)  Avery  died  at  the 
same  place,  Aug.  9,  1862. 

PRICHARD. 

Emily   M.'",   oldest    daughter    and   child   of  Samuel'  and 

Mercy   (Wood)  Avery,    married   Nov.    15,   1849,    Henry   A. 

Prichard,    born    at   Now  Ipswich,    N.   H.,  April    10,   1816. 

Children : 

i.     Charles  II.".  1).  Newton,  IMass.,  Oct.  3,  1850.   Unmarried. 

ii.     .lames  F.".  1).  Newton,  April  16.    1852.  d.  Dec.    15.    1867. 

iii.      Waller   R.".  b.    Hrooklino,  Mass.,  Feb.  24.  1855,    d.    Oct. 

I),  186S. 
iv.     Amelia   B.",    b.    (ireen    Garden,    111.,    Oct.    15,    1<S57,    d. 

Sejit.  3,  18.58. 
V.     Susi(^   L.".  1).  (Jri'cn  Garden,  March  22.  1S60.    in.    Sanuiel 

W.    Clark,    C()iiii>h.    N.    II.     .luiic  12.  is7:i,    has   two 

children  : 

i.     Loon  I).'^,  I).  Jiilv  17.  ISSn. 
ii.     Maurice'^,  b   April  U"),  1K89. 


.1 VER  Y  GENEALOG  Y.  329 

EUSSELL. 

Susau  W.",  second  daughter  of  Samue?  and  Mercy 
(Wood)  Aver}^  married  Nov.  25,  1846,  Samuel  C.  Kussell, 
born  at  St.  John,  N.  B.,  Aug.  4  1823.     Children : 

i.     Emil}^   A.",  b.    Cumbridgeport,   Mass.,   Sept.    7,   1847,    d. 
Aug.  9.  1849. 

ii.     Samuel  A.^',  b.  Cambridgeport,  July  22,  1850. 
iii.     Mary  J.",  b.  Green  Garden,  111.,  Nov.  10,  185G. 
iv.     John  AV.",  b.  Green  Garden,  111.,  Nov.  16,  18G0. 

V.     Emma  L.",  b.  Green  Garden,  111.,  Jnn.  2,  18G8. 

Susan  W.  (Avery'"j  Russell  died  at  Clarion,  Iowa,  Sept.  23, 
1890,  aged  Q^  ^-ears. 

Samuel  A.",  oldest  son  of  Samuel  and  Susan  (Avery") 
Russell,  married  Nov.  22,  1877,  Abbie  Meacham,  of  Wilton, 
in.     Children : 

i.     Charles  S.^^.  b.  Jan.  28,  1880. 
ii.      Susan^2.  b.  May  7,  1882. 

Mary  J.  Russell",  married  Charles  Andrew,  Green  Gar- 
den, 111.,  Oct.  23,  1879.     Children  : 

i.  Susan  E.^2,  b.  Oct.  23,  1880. 

ii.  Samuel  W.^-,  b.  Feb.  19,  1882. 

iii.  Mabel  P:.^^  b.  May  3,  1884. 

iv.  Grace  L.^^,  b.  Aug.  30,  1887. 

John  W.  Russell",  married  Emma  J.  Heath,  Lake  lowa^ 
March  17,  1886.     Children  : 

i.     Bertram  A.^^  b.  Nov.  28,  1886. 
ii.     William  G.^^  b.  Aug.  3,  1889. 

Emma  L.  Russell",  married  John  H.  Braden,  Dayton, 
Iowa,  April  8,  1886.     Children  : 

i.     Earl  H.^"^,  b.  Feb.  13,  1887. 
ii.     Eva  E.^2^  b.  Nov.  19,  1888,  d.  July  15,  1889. 


330  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

HEBARD. 

Julia  Auu^",  third  daughter  of  Samue?  and  Mercy  (Wood) 
Avery,  married  Aug.  29,  1S60,  Norman  Hebard,  born  at 
Lebanon,  K  H.,  Sept.  16,  1819.     Chihlren  : 

1.     Ellen  C",  b.  Cornish,  N.  H.,  August  1,  18nl. 
ii.     Abbie  R.".  b.  Cornish,  N.  H.,  July  24,  1870. 

Ellen  C.  Hebard",  married  Daniel  O.  Eaton,  Dec.  25, 
1879.     One  child  :  Guy  H.'^  born  1881. 

SAMUEL  A.  AYEEY". 

Samuel  A.",  fourth  child  and  oldest  son  of  SamueP  and 
Mercy  (Wood)  Avery,  married  Sept.  5, 1855,  Frances  ^^'ight- 
man.  One  child,  Alfred  F.  Atkins,  born  at  Green  Garden, 
111.,  June  3,  1857,  married  Sept.  6,  1880,  Florence  E.  Dego. 
Two  children. 

Samuel  A."  died  at  Chicago,  April  23,  1861. 

GEOEGE  T.  AYERY^". 

George  T.^",  fifth  child  and  second  son  of  Samuel'  and 
Mercy  (Wood)  Avery,  married  May  31,  1860,  Helen  M. 
Eggleston,  born  at  Plaiufield,  N.  H.,  Oct.  23,  1835.  One 
child,  Willie  H.",  born  at  Plainfitdd,  Sept.  23,  1867,  married 
Nov.  27,  1890,  Maud  N.  Davis,  born  at  Plaiufield,  N.  H., 
Aug.  2,  1869.    Have  a  daughter,  Alta  M.'-,  born  Oct.  21,  1891. 

THATCHER    AVERY^. 

Thatcher'-',  third  son  of  George'  and  Mary  (Sanborn) 
Avery,  (Job',  Rev.  John",)  married  April  18,  1825,  Juliann 
Lyman,  born  Juno  22,  1807.     Children : 

i.      Lyman'",  b.  Apr.  21),  ].S2r),  d.  Sept.  11.  1827. 
ii.      Klijah  L.'",  b.  Aug.  17,  1828,  d.  Nov.  IG,  18;31. 


AVEEY   GENEALOGY.  331 

iii.  Mary  S.>",  h.  Mar.  6,  183U,  d.  Nov.  12,  Ls31. 

iv.  George'",  b.  Aug.  18,  1832. 

V.  Sarah'",  b.  July  4,  1834.  d.  Mar.  4,  1839. 

vi.  Irene  T..'",  b.  Oct.  G,  1839. 

vii.  HoUis  L.'",  b.  Dee.  13,  1.S41. 

Thatclier  Aveiy  died  at  Strongsville,  April  27,  1875,  aged 

nearly  85  years.      His  wife,  Julianu   (Lyman)  Avery,  died 

Sept.    3,   1889,  aged   82.       Mr.  Avery   left   liis    native   New 

Hampshire  hills  when  means  of  locomotion  were  so  limited 

that  he   traveled  the   distance   from   there   to  Ohio  witli  a 

team  of  oxen.       His   son  thinks   he  traveled   the  road  back 

and  forth  in  this  way  several  times.       From  an  obituary  at 

the  time  of  his  death,  we  quote:  — 

"Died  at  Strongsville,  Ohio,  Apr.  27,  1775,  of  heart  disease, 
Thatcher  Avery,  at  the  advanced  age  of  nearly  85  years.  He  was 
one  of  the  earlj^  settlers  of  the  township,  was  boiii  in  Plainfieid, 
N.  H.,  in  1790.  Late  in  the  Fall  of  1817,  he  came  to  Strongs- 
ville,  which  had  been  surve3'e(l  a  year  or  two  previous,  and  a  few 
families  preceded  him  some  months.  He,  with  AV^heeler  Cole,  a 
young  man  who  came  in  with  him,  took  up  land,  built  a  cal)in,  and 
kept  house  together  in  true  i)ioneer  style.  In  1825,  he  married 
Juliaun  Lyman,  daughter  of  Elisha  Lyman,  Esq.,  who  was  one 
of  the  first  on  the  ground.  Mr.  Avery  continued  to  live  on 
his  original  farm  until  about  two  years  ago,  when  he  removed  with 
his  sou  to  another  ))art  of  the  town.  In  1827,  he  with  his  wife, 
united  with  the  first  Congregational  church,  which  was  organized 
immediately  on  the  settlement  of  the  town.  He  was  a  consistent, 
upright  man  and  Christian.  alwa3^s  disposed  to  think  disparagingly 
of  himself,  and  feeling  a  deep  sense  of  his  own  unworthiness,  as 
contrasted  with  the  exalted  character  of  the  Divine  Redeemer,  in 
whom  was  all  his  hope  and  trust.  The  loss  of  his  sight  for  a  few 
years  past,  which  rendered  iiim  unable  to  read  or  recognize  coun- 
tenances, was  a  severe  trial.  The  nature  of  his  disease  led  him 
to  expect  sudden  death.  He  was  in  usual  health,  and  on  the  last 
afternoon  of  his  life  he  rode  several  miles,  and  made  a  numl)ev  of 
calls,  remarking  to  his  wife  that  he  should  probably  ride  with  her 
not  many  more  times.  He  took  his  supper  as  usual,  and  about 
nine  o'clock   retired  for  the   night.       Half  an  hour  or  more  after. 


332  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

liis  wife  went  to  tlie  room  for  the  purpose  of  retiring  to  rest,  ami 
saw  that  he  seemed  qnietly  sleei)ing,  but  thinlviug  that  be  looked 
paler  than  usual,  slie  went  to  him,  and  found  lii;ii  gone.  The  e3'es- 
and  mouth  were  closed  as  in  natural  sleep,  and  lie  had  passed 
away  apparently  without  a  struggle  or  a  groan.  ••  Blessed  are  tiie 
dead  who  die  in  the  Lord." 

GEOKGE  AYEEY'". 

George^",  third  son  of  Tliatclier"  aud  JuliauD  (Lyman) 
Avery,  married  Mar.  5,  1861,  Elecia  S.  Flemiug,  boru  Aug. 
26,  1836.     Children  : 

i.     Ella  G.".  1..  Nov.  30,  1861. 
ii.      lloUis  F.",  1).  May  1."),  1.SG3. 
iii.     Harrison  B.",  h.  .Inly  17,  1865. 

Elecia  (Fleming)  Avery  died  Feb.  28,  1880.  George  A.^» 
was  again  married  Jan.  30,  1883,  to  Frances  Goodrich,  born 
May  21,  1842.     Present  residence,  Herscher,  111. 

Ella  G.  Avery"  married  Feb.  17,  1885,  John  Charles 
Slater,  born  Jan.  28,  1860.  They  have  one  son,  Earl 
Charles'%  born  Dec.   6,  1886. 

Hollis  F.  Avery"  married  Oct.  21,  1888,  Maggie  Ann 
Slater,  born  Aug.  25,  1868. 

CAPtPEXTER'". 

Irene  L.'",  third  daughter  of  Thatcher'  and  Juliann  (Ly- 
man) Avery,  married  May  7,  1868,  Samuel  Carpenter,  Kan- 
kakee, 111.     She  died  S;>pt.  11,  1871,  leaving  no  children. 

HOLLIS  L.  AVERY'". 

Hollis  L.'",  fourth  son  of  Tliatcher'  and  Juliann  (Lymau) 
Avei'v,  HiaiTicd  Nov.  13,18(50,  Emily  O.  Holbrook,  of  C'olum- 
l)ia.  Conn.     Children: 

i.      .Iosei)hiue  Kstellc".  1).  Fcli.   Id.   is7i. 
ii.      Bertha  Ireiii'",  i).  l-'cli.   i:'..  ls7.'). 
iii.      .Maliel    iJutli".    h.   Dec.   10.   l,S,s-_>. 

Present  residence,  Hadlev,  Pa. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  333 


SOUTHER. 

Maiy  Aveiy",  oldest  dauglitei;  of  Georii^p  and  Mary  (San- 
born) Avery,  (Georoe\  Joly),  born  Oct.  16,  1792,  married 
May  29,  1814,  at  Plainlield,  N.  H.,  David  Souther,  born  at 
Cohasset,  Mass.,  Mar.  11,  1781.     Children: 

i.  Nathan^",  b.  July  2."),  ISIO. 

ii.  Joseph^",  b.  Jan.  14,  1818. 

iii.  Mary  A."',  b.  Apr.  9,  1820. 

iv.  George  F."'.  1).  Feb.  5,  1823. 

V.  Salome  A.^".  b.  Feb.  28,  1824. 

vi.  Samautlia^',  b.  May  11,  1828. 

Mary  (Avery')  Souther  died  June  12,  1872.  David  Souther 
died  April  4,  1852. 

SOUTHERN". 

Nathan  Souther"',  sou  of  Mary  (Avery")  and  David  Souther, 
married  July  4,  1843,  Harriet  Cole,  b.  May  6,  1823.  Chil- 
dren : 

i.  Ellen",  b.  at  Lowell.  Vt.,  June  7.  1.S44. 

ii.  Daniel  Foster^,   b.   at   Lowell,   Vt.,   Oct.    14,    1847;  died 

young, 

iii.  Wilbui-ii,  b.  at  Lowell.  Vt.,  June  21,  1849. 

iv.  Sarah  Lucelia",  I),  at  Lowell,  Vt.,  June  18,  1855. 

V.  Darwin  Winfieldii,  b.  at  Lowell,  Vt.,  Mar.  11,  1859. 

vi.  p:dith  Alma",  b.  at  Lowell,  Vt.,  Aug.  13,  1861. 

Nathan  Souther'"  died  at  Lowell,  Vt.,  Jan.  18,  1877. 

Ellen  Souther",  oldest  daughter  of  Nathan"'  and  Harriet 
(Cole)  Souther,  married  Oct.  6,  1869,  E.  C.  Fowler,  and  died 
May  25,  1881,  leaving  one  child,  Hester  Alma^",  born  Oct. 
9,  1876. 

Wilbur  Souther"  married  Nellie  C.  Case,  Mar.  2,  1881. 
Had  one  child,  AVilman  A'\,  born  May  1,  1885.  Nellie 
(Case)  Souther,  died  May  3,  1885. 


334  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

Sarah  Lucelia  Souther",  married  June  29,  187-1,  C.  M. 
Perkins.     Chiklren : 

i.      Ada  M.1-,  b.  Nov.  27,  1875. 
ii.     Lena  May^~,  b.  June  IG,  1878. 
iii.     Ralpli'-^  b.  Feb.  IG,  1885. 

Darwin  Winfield  Souther"  is  now  living  at  Fort  Logan, 
Montana.   Edith  Alma"  married  Nov.  16,  1887,  W.  B.  Bisbee. 

SOUTHER'". 

Joseph  A.'",  son  of  Mary  (Avery")  and  David  Souther,  mar- 
ried first,  at  Lowell,  Vt.,  Nov.  18,  1816,  Mary  A.  Woods. 
One  child,  Lucy  A  ",  born  Jan.  14, 1848,  (unmarried.)  Mary 
A.  (Woods)  Souther  died  Feb.  22,  1853.  Married  second, 
Sept.  21,  1853,  Mrs.  Hannah  (Davis)  Albee,  of  Westfield, 
Yt. ;  died  Oct.  30,  1880.     Children : 

i.     George  H.'^  b.  Nov.  15,  1854. 
ii.     C.  Hartley",  b.  April  19,  1869. 

Married  third,  Mrs.  Maria  S.  (ATliitaker)  Holt,  of  Derby, 
Vt.,  Oct.  15,  1883.     No  children. 

SOUTHER". 

George  H.",  son  of  Joseph  A.'"  and  Hannah  (Albee) 
Souther,  married  Zelta  L.  Hines,  of  Lowell,  Vt.,  Sept.  30, 
1880.  One  child,  Florence  G.'%  born  July  18,  1881.  George 
H.",  died  May  6,  1883,  and  his  wife  Zelta  L.  died  Feb.  12, 
1887.  Their  daughter  resides  with  her  grandfather  at  Mor- 
risville,  Vt. 

EATON. 

Mary  A.  Souther'",  daughter  of  Mary  (Avery")  and  David 
Souther,  married  April  14,  1849,  Orville  T.  Eaton,  born  Feb. 
27,  1816.     Children : 


A  VERY  GENEALOGY.  •  335 


i.  Charlesii,  b.  Nov.  4,  18.j2  ;  died  May  18,  1865. 

ii.  Emma  A.",  b.  Oct.  25,  1855. 

iii.  George  Freddyii,  b.  Nov.  24,  1857  ;  d.  July  G,  1858. 

iv.  Exomii,  b.  Nov.  23,  1860. 

Emma  A."  married  Elmer  J.  Moultou,  Jau.  18,  1887.  Oue 
son,  born  Oct.  28,  1888. 

Exom",  son  of  Mary  A."  (Souther)  and  Orville  T.  Eaton, 
married  June  8,  1892,  Lurretta  L.  Cobb,  born  Oct.  12,  1869. 

SOUTHER'". 

George  Fred'",  son  of  Mar}^  (Avery'')  and  David  Souther, 
married  Sept.  loth,  1816,  Fidelia  E.^Johnson,  b.  Dec.  29, 
1820,  of  Cornish,  N.  H.     Child  : 

i.     Lucia  A.",  b.  Plainfiekb  N.  H.,  April  23,  1848,  m.  Jan.  2, 
1890,  Forest  E.  Burke,  Sharon,  Vt. 

Mr.  Souther  took  up  his  residence  in  Eaudol23h,  Vt.,  over 
thirty  years  ago,  where  he  still  resides,  a  well-to-do  thrifty 
farmer. 

JOHNSON. 

Salome  A.  Souther",  daughter  of  Mary  (Avery^)  and 
David  Souther,  married  Oct.  29,  1814,  William  P.  Johnson. 
Children  : 

i.     Jaue  L.",  b.  Feb.  26,  1846. 

ii.     Arabelle  F.",  b.  Nov.  30,  1848. 

iii.     Frank  L.",  b.  Sept.-24,  1852. 

iv.     Eddie  E.",  b.  Aug.  5^  1858. 

Jane  L.",  daughter  of  Salome  A."  (Souther)  and  William  P. 
Johnson,  married  Sept.  12,  1871,  Freeman  A.  Johnson. 
Children : 

i.     Alvah  F.1-,  b.  July  2G,  1872. 
ii.     Eben  M.i^  Feb.  1,  1874. 
iii.     Mary  S.^^,  b.  May  14,  1876. 


336         •  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 


Frank  L.",  married  Dora  A.  Chase,  Dec.  25,  187G.  One 
daughter,  Marjorie  May'-,  born  May  7,  1882. 

Ed.  E.  Johnson",  married  Annie  Isabelle  Lear,  Nov.  26, 
1885.     Children : 

i.     Darwin  B.i"-^,  b.  Oct.  1,  1886. 
ii.     Charles  Wm.i^  b.  Feb.  8,  1890. 

COLE. 

Samantha  Souther'",  daughter  of  Mary  (Avery")  and  David 
Souther,  married  Sept.  14,  1846,  George  L.  Cole,  of  Plain- 
field,  N.  H.     Children : 

i.  Willis  George",  b.  Plainfield,  N.  H.,  Nov.  21,  1848. 

ii.  Mary  E.'i,  b.  Plainfield,  N.  H.,  June  19,  1854. 

iii.  p:tHe  M.^^  b.  Plainfield,  N.  H.,  August  9,  1856. 

iv.  Julia  S.",  b.  Plainfield,  N.  H.,  Nov.  10,  1857. 

V.  Elmer  S.",  b.  Cornish,  N.  H.,  May  28,  1865. 

vi.  Burt  S.ii,  b.  Cornish,  N.  H.,  INIarch  7,  1871.     Unmarried. 

Willis  G.",  son  of  Samantha'"  (Souther)  and  George  L. 
Cole,  married  June  12,  1870,  Julia  Huggins,  who  died  March 
11,  1879.     Children  : 

i.     Franiv  C.i--\  b.  June  2,  1871. 
ii.     Edith  May^-,  b.  Dee.  14,  1876. 

Married  second,  June  29,  1879,  Meridan,  N.  H.,  Nizula 
Bixb}'.     Children  : 

i.     Elmer  E.'-',  1).  Feb.  28,  1882. 
ii.     Fh^ssic  EtheH^  b.  Jan.  15,  1886. 

Mary  E.",  daughter  of  Samantha'"  (Souther)  and  George  L. 
Cole,  married  June  19,  1876.     Children  : 

i.     Lou'-,  b.  Aug.  25,  1885,  d.  March  2,  1887. 
ii.     May  Isabel'-,  b.  June  17,  1887. 

Eeside  at  Chesterfield,  N.  H. 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  337 


Julia  S.",  daughter  of  Saraantlia"  (Souther)  and  George 
L.  Cole,  married  Jau.  7,  1873,  Lucien  T.  Spauldiug.  One 
child,  Maud  E.'^  born  Feb.  4,  1876. 

Elmer  S.",  son  of  Samantha'"  (Souther)  and  George  L. 
Cole,  married  Dec.  25,  1885,  Effie  Hart.     Children : 

i,     Alice  Mayi-^  b.  Jan.  10,  1887. 
ii.     Ruth  n.i2,  b.  May  15,  1888. 
iii.     Herman  S.^-,  b.  Jan.  3,  1892. 

MORGAN. 

Betsey-',  fifth  child  and  second  daughter  of  George"  and 
Mary  (Sanborn)  Avery,  married  May  7,  1820,  Samuel 
Morgan.      Children : 

i.  Ann  B.'o,  b.  Mar.  2,  1821. 

ii.  Thatcher  Avery i",  b.  Cornish.  N.  H.,  Oct.  10,  1823. 

iii.  Henry  Bryant^o,  b.  Cornish,  N.  H.,  Aug.  19,  182G. 

iv.  Ruth  A.i",  b.  Cornish,  N.  H.,  Aug,  25,  1828. 

V.  David  Avery"\  b.  at  Cornish,  N.  H.,  Oct.  12,  1830. 

vi.  George  Frankio,  i^,  j^t  Cornish,  N.  H.,  May  29,  1839. 

Samuel  Morgan  died  Nov.  15,  1848.  Betsey  (Avery') 
Morgan  afterward  married  David  Stone.  She  was  fatally 
injured  while  changing  cars  at  Dover,  N.  H.,  Nov.  23,  1859, 
and  died  the  next  day. 

SANBORN. 

Ann  B.'",  oldest  child  of  Betsey  (Avery")  and  Samuel 
Morgan,  married  Orin  Sanborn,  of  Springfield,  N.  H. 
Within  less  than  a  month  he  died,  and  in  a  few  years  she 
followed  him,  dvino;  on  the  5th  of  Julv,  1848. 

MORGAN"'. 
Thatcher  Averj"',  second  child   and  first  son  of  Betsey 
(Avery^)  and  Samuel  Morgan,  (George',  Job"),  married  March 
7,  1848,  Anstis  M.  Pellet,  of  North  Brookfield,  Mass.,  born 
Jan.  25,  1823.     Children  : 

22 


338  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

i.     Charles  Henry",  b.  at  No.  Brookfield,  Apr.  3,  1850  ;  d. 

Apr.  3,  1851. 
ii.     Sarah  P>lizabeth",  b.  at  No.  Brookfield,  Sept.  10,  1852  ;  d. 

at  Oakham,  Mass.,  Mar.  7,  1872. 
ill.     Jessie  Avery^^,  b.  No.  Brookfield,  Apr.  23,  1856. 
iv.     Lucy  Edmands",  b.  at  Oakham,  Dec.  10,  1860. 
V.     John  Pellet's  l>-  iit  Oakham,  May  U,  1863  ;  d.  Aug.  15, 

1^64. 

Thatcher  Avery  Morgan^"  died  at  Oakham,  Mass.,  Feb.  9, 
1884 

Jessie  Avery  Morgan",  is  prominent  in  the  work  of  the 
Young  Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union,  is  one  of  its 
three  National  Organizers,  and  for  several  years  State 
Superintendent  of  the  work  in  Ohio.  Nov.  19,  1891,  she 
married  Rev.  Edwin  M.  Pickop,  of  Bloomfield,  Conn.  They 
have  one  child,  a  son,  born  Dec.  31,  1892. 

Lucy  Edmands"  is  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of 
Massachusetts. 

MORGAN. 

Henry  Bryant'",  second  son  of  Betse}^  (Avery')  and  Samuel 
Morgan,  married  Martha  A.  Jones,  at  LaAvrence,  Mass.,  Feb. 
17,  1855.     Children: 

i.  William  Henry",  b.  at  Tnftonboro,  N.  H.,  Oct.  5,  1855. 

ii.  (ieorge  Edwin",  b.  at  Tnftonboro,  N.  H.,  Nov.  8,  1857. 

iii.  Ered  Avery",  b.  at  Tnftonboro,  N.  H.,  Aug.  13,  1859. 

iv.  Lizzie  Ella",   b.  at  Newton  Lower  Ealls,  Mass.,  Sept.  27, 
1862. 

V.  Minnie  Cora",  b.  at  East  Wilton,  N.  H.,  Jnne  25,  1864. 

vi.  Frank  Vaughn",  b.  Newton  Lower  Falls,  Apr.  30,  1867. 

Martha  (Vaughn)  Jones  died  at  New  Ipswich,  N.  H., 
March  27,  18(59.  Henry  B.  Morgan  married  Mrs.  Eliza 
Turner,  at  Newton  Lower  Falls,  Mass.,  Dec.  25,  1875.  No 
children  by  second  marriage. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  339 

William  Heury  Morgan",  born  at  Tnftouboro',  N.  H., 
Oct.  5,  1855,  died  at  Cape  Horn  Mills,  Cal.,  Jan.  18,  1883. 

George  Edwin  Morgan",  born  Nov.  8, 1857,  married  Agnes 
E.  Walsh,  at  Auburn,  Cal.,  July  10,  1888.  She  died  Aug.  22, 
1889,  leaving  no  children. 

Fred  Avery  Morgan",  born  Aug.  13, 1859,  married  Dec.  26, 
1888,  Lizzie  A.  Hanscomb,  at  Portsmouth,  N.  H.  One  child, 
Horace  Ray'-,  born  Jan.  7,  1890,  at  Sacramento,  Cal. 

Lizzie  Ella  Morgan",  born  Sept.  27, 1862,  married  Dec.  27, 
1882,  Artliur  M.  Weston,  at  Sacramento,  Cal.     Children : 

i.  p:va  Lillian^-,  b.  Dec.  IT.,  1883. 

ii.  Idella  Mayi2,  b.  Mar.  19,  1886. 

iii.  Henry  Vernoni^,  b.  Dec.  3,  1888. 

iv.  Ina  Morgaui2,  b.  Feb.  7,  1891. 

Minnie  Cora  Morgan",  born  June  25,  1864,  married  Chas. 
B.  Strong,  Sacramento,  Cal.,  April  22,  1885.     Children: 

i.     Warren  Kayis,  b.  Nov.  27,  1886  ;  d.  Jan.  1,  1887. 
ii.     Clyde  Bertram'-',  b.  April  2,  1889. 

McCOLVIN. 

Kuth  A.'",  fourth  child  and  second  daughter  of  Betsey 
(Aver}"")  and  Samuel  Morgan,  married  James  McColvin,  of 
Springfield,  N.  H.,  Nov.  25,  1847.  Two  children  were  born 
to  them,  a  son  and  daughter.  The  son  died  young,  the 
daughter  is  said  to  be  living  in  Iowa. 

MORGAN". 

David  A.'",  fifth  child  of  Betsey  (Avery')  and  Samuel 
Morgan,  married  Eannie  M.  Manchester,  Feb.  23,  1860.  No 
children.     Residence,  Meriden,  N.  H. 

MORGAN". 

George    Frank",    sixth      child    of    Samuel    and    Betsey 


340  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

(Avery")   Morgan,   married  Eliza  A.   Bodge,  of    Wolfboro,    | 
N.  H.,  Nov.  24  1860.     Children : 

i.  Dana  E.>',  1).  Dec.  2,  1862  ;  d.  Oct.  3,  18()3. 

ii.  George  D.",  1).  March  31,  1865.  ; 

iii.  Lillian  M.",  b.  Dec.  23,  1867;  d.  Ang.  1,  1890.  i 

iv.  Flora  A.",  b.  Oct.  23,  1871.  ! 

V.  Fred  S.^',  b.  Jan.  28,  1874. 

vi.  Harry  E.",  b.  Nov.  20,  1876. 

vii.  Grade  May",  b.  Sept.  30,  1881. 

GEORGE   AVERV*. 

George  Avery^  fourtli  sou  of  George"  and  Mary  (Sanborn) 
Avery,  (Job',  Rev.  Jolm')  married  Jan.  8,  1827,  Delilah  Cuni- 
mings,  born  at  Cornish,  N.  H.,  Jan.  6,  1803.     Children: 

i.     David  C.io,  b.  at  Morristown,  Vt.,  Oct.  16,  1828. 
ii.     Thatcher  G.i",  I),  at  Morristown,  Vt.,  Oct.  20,  1829;  d. 

May  20,  1834. 
iii.     Phebe^",  b.  at  Morristown,  Vt.,  Feb.  20,  1831. 
iv.     Mary'",  b.  at  Morristown,  Vt.,  Mar.  23,  1833. 
V.     Albert"',  b.  at  Morristown,  Vt.,  Aug.  19,  1834;  d.  Feb. 

1,  1875. 
vi.     George'",  b.  at  Lowell,  Vt.,  May  20,  1836. 
vii.     Henry'",  1).  at  Lowell,  Vt.,  Apr.  29,  1838. 
viii.     Sarah  G.'",  1).  at  Lowell,  Vt.,  Dec.  20,  1839. 
ix.     Lucia  J.'",  b.  at  Lowell,  Vt.,  Dec.  10,  1841. 
X.     Juliaett'",  b.  at  Lowell,  Vt.,  Sept.  7,  1844  ;  died  Aug.  5, 
18  7S. 

Delilah  (Cummings)  Avery  died  at  Waketield,  Kansas, 
Julv  0,  1876. 


AVERY   GENEALOGY 


341 


v.. 


GEORGE   AVERY-^      BORN    1798;    DIED   1S89. 

George  Averv  died  Sept.  29,  1889,  at  Wakefield,  Kansas, 
at  the  residence  of  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Lucia  (Avery'")  Elkins, 
in  his  ninety-second  year.  About  twenty  years  ago,  he 
with  his  wife,  and  nearly  all  of  his  children  and  their  fam- 
ilies, went  from  Vermont  to  settle  in  Kansas,  where,  in  the 
town  of  Wakefield  and  vicinity,  a  numerous  and  energetic 
posterity  is  growing  up,  among  whom  their  father's  declining 
years  have  been  passed,  Avith  a  remarkable  degree  of  his 
early  vigor  attending  him  till  his  latest  days. 

AYEEY'". 

David  C.'°,  oldest  sou  and  child  of  George  Avery'  and 
Delilah  (Cummings)  Avery,  (George",  Job")  married  at  West 


342  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

Miilhury,    Mass.,    April    25,    1854,    Diantlia   M.    Stowe,    of 
Thompson,  Conn.,*boru  April  2,  1836.     Children: 

i.     Lizzie  E.'\  b.  at  W.  ^lillbuiy,  Aug.  24,  1855  ;  d.  Jan.  20, 

1871. 
ii.     Frank  F.^',  1).  at  W.  Millbiiry,  Oct.  13,  1857. 
iii.     Walter  C.i\  b.  at  W.  Millbury,  July  16,  1859. 
iv.     Lucy  B.ii,  b.  at  W.  Millbury,  July  16,  1861. 
V.     George  L.^',  b.  at  W.  Millbury,  Nov.  7,  1866. 
vi.     John  H.ii,  b.  at  W.  Millbury,  April  15,  1870  ;  d.  July  22, 

1870. 
vii.     Stella  D.",  b.  at  W.  Millbury,  July  29,  1871  ;  died  Sept. 

12,  1872. 

David  C.  Avery'"  died  at  West  Millbury,  Aug.  4,  1872. 
Mrs.  Diantha  (Stowe)  Avery  died  on  the  7th  of  April,  1892,  at 
Bala,  Kan.,  at  the  home  of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Lucy  (Avery'") 
W^atkins.  For  nearly  all  the  years  of  her  married  life  she 
had  been  a  cripple  from  rheumatism,  but  her  sweet  uncom- 
plaining spirit  made  her  life  a  blessing  to  those  who  so  long 
and  tenderly  cared  for  her.  Her  remains  were  brought  to 
her  native  place,  Millbury,  Mass.,  for  interment. 

AYERY". 

Frank  F.  Avery",  married  at  Caryville,  Mass.,  Nov.  12, 
1879,  Ada  F.  Cutler,  born  at  Caryville,  Oct.  24,  1858.  Chil- 
dren : 

1.     Clara   Louise'-,    b.    at   South   Frauiingliam,  Feb.   2,   1881  ; 

d.  at  South  Frandughani,  Jau.  6,  1882. 
ii.     Marion  Frances'-,  b.  at  South  Framingham,  July  23,  1882  ; 

d.  at  South  Framingham,  Dec.  21,  1882. 
iii.     Helen  Cutler'-,  b.  at  South  Framingham,  Aug.  15,  1883. 
iv.     Raymond  Cummings'-,  b.  at  South  Framingham,  Nov.  23, 

188L 
v.     Dorothy  Frances'-,   b.  April  12,  1.S92. 

Walter  C.  Avery",  married  at  Clay  Center,  Kansas,  Aug. 
11,  1881,  Mary  M.  Hoag.     Children : 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  343 

i.     Lucy  D.'-^,  b.  at  Bulu,  Kun.,  May  29,  1882;    d.  Oct.  9, 

1883. 
ii.     Minnie  M.i-,  b.  Sept.  15,  1883. 
iii.     Stella  D.^'-^,  b.  Apr.  21,  1885. 
iv.     David  C.i^  b.  Oct.  IG,  1886. 
V.     Walter  B.'2,  b.  June  14,  1888. 

Lucy  B.  Avery^\  married  at  Clay  Center,  Kansas,  Nov.  6, 
1884,  Benjamin  Watkins.     Reside  at  Bala,  Kansas. 

George  L.  Avery"  married  at  South  Framingliam,  Mass., 
June  23,  1891,  Edith  R.  Maxfield,  born  at  Lewiston,  Me., 
Aug.  6,  1871.  One  child,  George  Bernard^-,  born  at  South 
Framingliam,  May  1,  1892. 

HINDS. 

Phebe'",  third  child  and  oldest  daughter  of  George  Avery 
and  Delilah  (Cummings)  Avery,  (George  Avery*,  Job')  mar- 
ried at  Eden,  Vt.,  Dec.  19,  1857,  Joel  Hinds.     Children: 

i.     George  E.n,  b.  at  Eden,  Vt.,  Feb.  5,  1859. 
ii.     Mabel  S.^',  b.  at  Eden,  Vt.,  Aug.  26,  1860;  d.  Jan.  22, 
1875. 

iii.     Martin  H.",  b.  at  Eden,  Vt.,  Apr.  26,  1862. 

iv.     Frank  ^y^\  b.  at  Eden,  Vt.,  Jan.  12,  1863. 

v.     Silas  E.'i,  b.  at  Pxlen,  Vt.,  Nov.  12,  1865. 

vi.     Delilah  L.^\  b.  at  P:den,  Vt.,  June  30,  1867. 
vii.     Effie  L.ii,  b.  at  P:den,  Vt.,  Nov.  14,  1870. 
viii.     Bertou  F.i\  b.  at  Eden,  Vt.,  Mar.  23,   1874  ;  d.  at  Eden, 
July  31,  1875. 

The  death  of  Joel  Hinds  occurred  at  Broughton,  Kan., 
July  11th,  1891,  and  was  caused  by  being  run  into  by  an 
express  train,  while  crossing  railroad  tracks. 

George  E.  Hinds",  married  at  Clay  Center,  Kan.,  April  10, 
1888,  Loucin  Reed.     One-  child,  Etta'^  born  Feb.  23,  1891. 

Martin  H.  Hinds",  married  Clara  Hapgood,  at  Clay 
Centre,  Kan.,  Feb.  22,  1887.     Children: 


344  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

i.     Gladys  Irene'-,  b.  May  8,  1888. 
ii.     Mabel  Irenes-,  b.  Marcli  17,  1890. 
iii.     Joel  Henry'^',  b.  Aug.  7,  1891. 

Silas  .'E.  Hinds",  married  at  Clay  Center,  Kan.,  Oct.  28, 

1891,  Annie  Fisher. 

Delilah  L.  Hinds",  married  at  Cla}^  Centre,  Kan.,  April  6, 
1886,  J.  W.  Keed.     Children : 

i.     Clinton  J. '2,  b.  June  5,  1887. 
ii.     Minnie  M.'"^,  b.  Aug.  20,  1888. 

EfRe  L.  Hinds",  married  at  Clay  Center,  Kan.,  March  1, 

1892,  Miletns  P.  Fisher. 

STREETER. 
Mary  A.",  fourth  child  and  second  daughter  of  George 
Avery"    and   Delilah    (Cummings)    Avery,    (George   Avery% 
Job')  married  Mar.  17,  1850,  Lucas  A.  Streeter.     Children: 

i.  Charles  A.^\  h.  at  Westfield,  Vt.,  Aug.  22,   1851. 

ii.  Alfred  C.^,  b.  Lowell,  Vt.,  Oct.  20.  1853. 

iii.  Abbie  J.'^,  b.  at  Lowell,  Vt.,  Oct.  6,  1855. 

iv.  Arthur  G.»',  b.  at  Eden,  Vt.,  May  20,  1865. 

Lucas  A.  Streeter  died  at  Riley  Centre,  Kan.,  Aug.,  1889. 
Charles   A.    Streeter",    married   June    2,    1878,   Alice   E. 
Fullington.     Children : 

i.  Annie  L.'-,  b.  at  Milford,  Kan.,  Apr.  23,  1879. 

ii.  John^-,  i).  at  iNIilford,  Kan.,  1881,  died  very  young, 

iii.  Lyman  B.'-,  b.  at  Milford,  Kan.,  Feb.  25,  1884. 

iv.  Grace  F.'^,  b.  April  1-1,  1885, 

Alfred  C.  Streeter",  married  Almeda  J.  Reed,  Jan.  12,  1881. 
One  child,  Ethel",  died  1883,  at  the  age  of  ahout  five  months. 

Ahhie   J.   Streeter",    married    at  Milford,   Kan.,  Jan.   15, 

1880,    George    C.  Moses,  of    Canton,  Conn.,    l)orn  Nov.   29, 

185(3.     Children : 

i.     Clyde  E.'-,  I),  at  Manhattan,  Kan.,  June  27,  1882. 
ii.     Flora  E.'-,  b.  at  .Manhattan,  Kan..  .Fnne  13,  1884. 
iii.     Al)bie  K.'"-,  b.  at  Clay  Center,  Kan..  June  9,  1887. 


AVE  MY    GENEALOGY.  345 

ALBERT  AYERY'". 

Albert'",  fifth  eliild  and  third  sou  of  George"  and  Delilah 
(Cummiugs)  Avery,  (George",  Job',)  married  Alice  Calista 
Whitemore,  at  Batcheller,  Kan.,  May  19,  1859.  One  child,. 
Albert  C",  born  at  Clay  Center,  Kan.,  Feb.  17,  1861.  Alice 
(Whitemore)  Avery  died  Feb.  17,  1861.  Albert  Avery'* 
married,  second,  Rosaline  Faruham,  at  Troy,  Yt.,  Sept.  10,. 
1862.     Children : 

i.  Dustin^i,  b.  at  Eden,  Yt.,  Aug.  5,  1863. 

ii.  Walter",  b.  at  Eden,  Yt.,  Aug.  21,  1865. 

iii.  George^i,  b.  at  Gatesville,  Kan,,  Mar.  30,  1866,  d.  Aug.  5,. 

1868. 

iv.  Mary  W.",  b.  at  Wakefield,  Kan.,  Mar.  31,  1870. 

V.  Infant  sonii,  b.  Aug.  18,  1873,  d.  Sept.  25,  1873. 

vi.  Elvira  D.",  b.  at  Wakefield,  Nov.  8,  1874. 

Albert  Avery' ^  died  at  Wakefield,  Kan.,  Feb.  1,  1875. 
Albert  C.  Avery",    married  at  Great  Bend,   Kan.,  Mary 
Moore,  Feb.  28,  1887. 

AYERY'". 

George",  fourth  son  and  sixth  child  of  George"  and 
Delilah  (Cummiugs)  Avery,  (George*,  Job',)  married  at 
Lowell,  Yt.,  Miss  E.  J  Smith,  Apr.  7,  1863.     Children: 

i.  George  E.",  b.  Feb.  9,  1865. 

ii.  Minnie  LA\  b.  Feb.  22,  1866. 

iii.  Albion  J.",  b.  April  30,  1867. 

iv.  Irving  L.",  b.  July  26,  1869. 

V.  Inis  F.ii,  b.  I\Iar.  19,  1871. 

vi.  Charles  S.",  b.  June  25,  1873,  d.  Oct.  23,  1887. 

vii.  Melva  F.",  b.  Jan.  11.  1879. 

viii.  Henry  A.",  b.  Jan.  5,  1881. 

ix.  Bernice  D.",  b.  May  26.  1884. 

Minnie  L.  Avery",  married  Feb.  25,  1892,  Loren  E.  Butz- 
bach. 


346  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

AVERT". 

Heury  Avery",  fifth  sou  and  seventh  chikl  of  George'  anci 
Delilah  (Cummings)  Avery,  (George',  Jolr,)  married  Feb. 
25,  1865,  Orpha  Farnham.     Children : 

i.     Fred  II. 'i,  b    Dec.  15,  1866. 

ii.     Herman  W.",  )       .        ,     _       _      ^ 
•••       TT    ,         T^  1,     r  twins,  I).  May  26,  1870. 
ni.     Herbert  F.^\    j  '  j 

iv.     p:ileu  D.ii,  b.  Nov.  16,  1876. 

Henry  Avery"  is  the  owner  of  a  large  stock  farm  at  Wake- 
field, Kansas,  where  he  has  been  very  successful  in  raising 
fiue  breeds  of  horses  and  cattle.  His  sons,  Fred  H."  and 
Herman  W.",  took  full  courses  and  graduated  with  honors 
from  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural  College,  and  are  asso- 
ciated with  their  father  in  the  management  of  a  large  and 
increasing  business.  Their  specialty  is  the  breeding  of 
Percheron  and  French  coach  horses.  Herbert  F."  was 
three  years  at  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural  College,  one 
year  at  the  Kansas  State  University,  and  completed  his 
education  b}-  taking  a  course  in  the  Department  of  Elec- 
trical Engineering,  with  a  view  of  making  that  branch  of 
business  his  life-work. 

Fred  H.  Avery",  married  at  Menoken,  Kan.,  April  10,  1889, 
Hattie  McConnel      Children : 

i.     Ione'~,  b.  Jan.  11,  18t»0. 
ii.     Heuiyi-,  b.  March  5,  1892. 

EICHARDSON. 

Sarah  G",  seventh  child  and  thii-d  dauglitor  of  George" 
and  Delilah  (Cummings)  Avery,  (George",  Job",)  married  at 
Lowell,  Vt.,  Dec.  25,  18(50,  William  C.  Richardson.  Chil- 
dren : 

i.     Berton  L.",  b.  AVestfield.  Vt.,  Nov.  1.'),  1861. 
ii.     II.  Elsie",  1).  at  Stowe,  Vt.,  Sept.  IC.  1869. 
iii.      Florence  A.",  b.  at  Wakelirid.  Kan..  .Ian.   1.  1879. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  347 


ELKINS. 


Lncia  J.",   eighth   ehihl   and   fourth  daughter  of  George 
and  Delihih    (Cummings)    Avery,   (George",   Job',)  married 
at  Lowell,  Vt ,  Feb.  5,  1865,  Eiley  A.  Elkins.     Children : 

i.  Alice  M.",  b.  at  No.  Troy,  Vt.,  Dec.  0,  180;"). 

ii.  Eugene  \\ .^\  b.  at  Gatesville,  Kan.,  Oct    28,  1868. 

iii.  Bertha  L.^^  b.  at  Gatesville,  Kan.,  July  "20,  1870. 

iv.  Howard  A.'',  b.  at  Gatesville,  Kan.,  Dec.  20,  1871. 

V.  Maurice  E",  b.  Nov.  9,  1873,  d.  Dec:  21,  1886. 

vi.  Clonden  J.'J,  1).  Jan.  4,  1876,  d.  Feb.  11,  1882. 

vii.  Orpha  C.^\  b.  Feb.  U,  1878,  d.  Mar.  11,  1882. 

viii.  Mabel  E.^i,  b.  Apr.  2,  1883. 

LAWEENCE. 

Juliaett",  tenth  child  and  sixth  daughter  of  George"  and 
Delilah  (Cummings)  Avery,  (George",  Job',)  married  at 
Albany,  Vi,  Oct.  20,  1866,  A.  P.  Lawrence.     Children: 

i.     Mabel  R.i\  b.  at  Clay  Center,  Kan.,  Mar.  25,  1876. 
ii.     Ida  B.",  b.  at  Clay  Center,  Kan.,  Oct.  23,  1877. 

Juliaett  (Aver}'"')  Lawrence,  died  at  Wakefield,  Aug.  5, 
1878. 

LEAVITT. 

Sarah  Sanborn^  fourth  daughter  and  eighth  child  of 
George'  and  Mary  (Sanborn)  Avery,  (Job",  Rev.  John'',)  mar- 
ried in  1834,  Nathaniel  Leavitt,  of  Sanbornton,  N.  H.,  who 
was  born  Dec.  10,  1806,  died  Jan.,  1887.     Children  : 

i.  Jeremiah"',  b.  Feb.  27,  1835. 

ii.  Abigailio.  b.  Mar.  30,  1837,  and  d.  Dec.  25,  1837. 

iii.  Ruth  Hunkinsi%  b.  April  27,  1839. 

iv.  Moses^",  b.  Jan.  12,  1842,  d.  1847,  aged  5  years. 

V.  George  Avery^",  b.  Jan.  11,  1847. 

Mrs.  Leavitt  died  Peb.  28,  1892.  She  was  a  woman  of 
much  native  ability  and  energy.  In  her  earlier  years  she 
devoted  much  of  her  time  to  the  sick  and  diseased  who 


348  AVERY    G  EXE  A  LOGY. 

came  to  her  for  treatment  from  miles  around.  Her  strong- 
character,  good  sense,  and  pure  Christian  life  will  be  long 
held  in  memory  by  those  who  knew  her, 

LEAYITT'". 

Jeremiah  Leavitt'"  married  Julia  Lynch,  of  Galena,  111., 
May  15,  1860,  who  was  born  in  Ireland  in  1837.  Present 
residence,  Kirksville,  Adair  Co.,  Missouri.     Children: 

i.  Natliaiiic-1'>,  h.  May  3,  1861,(1.  May  10,  1«G1. 

ii.  Sarah",  1).  Aug.  8,  18G3,  d.  Oct.  -23.   1863. 

iii.  John  S.'',   b.   Sept.   21,   1864,  d.  July  29,   1866. 

iv.  George  A.",  b.  June  2i),  1867. 

V.  Frank^i,  b.  Nov.  19,  1869. 

vi.  Abigail",  b.  Aug.  1.  1872. 

vii.  William  S.",  b.  Nov.  22,  1874. 

viii.  Moses",  b.  Nov.  27.  1877. 

LEAYITT-'. 

George  A.",  son  of  Jeremiah  Leavitt'",  married  Dicy  M. 
Halloway,  born  in  Kirksville,  Adair  Co.,  Mo.,  Sept.  26,  1864. 
One  child,  Edith'%  born  Aug.  '25,  1888. 

FRYE MITCHELL. 

Buth   H.   Leavitt'",   married   first,   Jonathan   J.  Frye,   of 

Grantham,    N.    H.,    Oct.   6,  1860,    born  at  Mcdford,   Mass., 

Aug.  11,  182/,  and  killed  at  the  residence  of  wife's  father  at 

Sanbornton,  N.  H.,  bj-  the  breaking  of  a  well-sweep,  a  part 

of  Avhich  fractured  liis  skidl  in  falling,  living  l)ut  fortj'-eight 

hours  after  the  accident,  Aug.  12,  1868.     Children : 

i.     Surah  M.-iriou",  b.  Nov.  21.  ISCl. 
ii.     SinuMJu  Cheney",  b.  Apr.  26.  186."). 

Married  second,  Nathan  Cheney  Mitchell,  April  27,  1871, 

of  Magog,  P.  Q.,  Canada  East,  l>()rii  Aug.  26,  LS61.    Present 

residence,  Laconia,  N.  H.     Cliildrcn  : 

i.      Kilwiud",  1).  al  Lacoiiia,  N.  11..  .May   1.   1.S72. 
ii.      Mary  Josephine",  b.  at  .Magog,  P.  il,  Jan.  29.  1874. 
iii.      Nathaniel  j/.'avill".  b.  al  Magog,  P.  (,i.,  Mar.  3,  1879. 


AVERY    GENEALOGY.  349 

« 

Sarah  Marion  Frye",  married  Oct.  1,  1892,  at  Dauljur}-. 
N.  H.,  Eld.  Frederick  S.  Ransom,  of  Daubnry,  born  at 
Woodstock,  Yi,  third  son  of  Polly  (Doten)  and  Eld.  Cephas 
Kansom. 

Simeon  Cheney  Frye",  married  Jan.  28,  1890,  at  Laconia, 
N.  H.,  Emma  Taylor  Ladd,  youngest  daughter  of  Hannah 
and  John  C.  Ladd,  of  Laconia. 

LEAVITT". 

George  Avery  Leavitt",  married  Alice  Woodman,  of  Sau- 
bornton,  N.  H.,  Feb.  7,  1877,  born  May  30,  1851.  Residence, 
on  old  Leavitt  homestead,  in  Sanbornton.  P.  O.  address, 
Laconia,  N.  H.     Children : 

i.  Grace  p:thel",  b.  Nov.  16,  1879. 

ii.  Guyii,  b.  Feb.  4,  1882. 

iii.  Ira  Woodman'^,  b.  Sept.  19,  1884. 

iv.  Nat.  11,  b.  Sept.  1,  1887. 

V.  Van  Earle",  b.  Sept  19,  1891. 

HAYNES. 

Salome",  fifth  daughter  and  ninth  child  of  George'  and 
Mar^^  (Sanborn)  Avery,  (Job",  Rev.  John",)  married  T.  C. 
Haynes,  M.  D.,  born  1792.     Children : 

i.     George  A.i",  b.  Phiinfield,  N.  H.,  Aug.  2,  1826. 
ii.     Lewisi«,  b.  July,  1829  ;  d.  Wakefield,  Kan.,  July  6,  1890. 
iii.     Trustam  C.^S  b.  Jan.  12,  1835. 

Dr.  T.  C.  Haynes  died  Sept.  18,  1844.  He  enlisted  in  the 
war  of  1812,  and  went  to  the  hospitals.  After  the  war  he 
continued  to  study  medicine,  and  established  a  sanitarium 
with  an  extensive  practice  at  Hardwick,  Yt.,  having  pur- 
chased the  mineral  springs  at  that  place.  He  was  a  man  of 
a  great  deal  of  native  genius,  and  performed  some  famous 
cures,  his  fame  spreading  extensively  thrtmgh  Yermont. 


350 


A  VER Y   GENEALOG Y. 


SALOME   (avert")   HAYNES.      BORN   1802;    DIED   1854. 

Salome  (Avery'')  Haj'iies  tliecl  at  Hardwick,  Vt.,  May  29, 
1854. 

HAYNES'". 

Captain  George  A.",  oldest  son  of  Dr.  T.  C.  and  Salome 
(Avery")  Haynes,  married  Jan.  18,  1859,  Augusta  S.  Joslyu, 
born  May  2,  1831.     Children : 

i.     Beatrice  S.",  b.  Dee.  22,  1803,  d.  Oct.  18,  1874. 
ii.     Lewis  A.",  b.  Dec.  4,  18G6. 
iii.     Susie  A.",  1).  Dec.  28,  1873,  d.  Jrin.  G,  1874. 

Lewis  A.  Haynes",  married  March  7,  1888,  Minetta 
Robinson,  who  died  Nov.  18,  1889. 


AVE  BY   GENEALOGY.  351 

HAYNES'". 

Trustiim  C",  youngest  son  of  Dr.  T.  C.  and  Salome 
(Avery'')  Ha^mes,  married  in  1864,  Luseua  B.  Bacon,  born 
at  Wardsboro,  Vt.,  Jan.  6,  1834  One  child,  George  C", 
born  at  St.  Jolmsbury,  Vt.,  Nov.  18,  1873,  died  Oct.  7,  1874. 

Trustam  C.  Haynes'",  for  nearly  thirty  years,  was  in 
business  as  photographer  at  St.  Jolmsbury,  Vt.,  a  man  of 
excellent  mental  powers  and  business  capacity.  He  died  at 
that  place,  Oct.  6th,  1889. 

AVERY^. 

David'\  fifth   sou   and   tenth   child  of  George*  and   Mary 

(Sanborn)    Avery,     (Job",    Rev.    John"),     married    Lucinda 

Bryant.      He  was  killed  March  4,  1831,  by  the  falling  of  a 

tree,   while   at  work  in  the  woods,  just  six   weeks   after   his 

marriage. 

AVERY^ 

Jonathan®,   sixth   son   and  eleventh  child  of  George^  and 

Mary  (Sanborn)  Avery,  (Job",  Rev.  John"),  married  April  18, 

1833,  Eunice  L.  Arnold,   daughter  of    Deacon  Joseph   and 

Elizabeth  Arnold,  of  Roxbury,  Mass.,  born  April  30,   1811. 

Children  : 

i.     John'o,  b.  iu  Roxbury,  Mass.,  May  19,  1835. 

ii.     George^",  b.  iu  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Nov.  26,  1836. 

ill.     Jane  Greeuough^o,  b.  iu  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Aug.  4,  1838. 

Eunice  (Arnold)  Avery,  died  at  Newton,  Mass.,  Dec.  27, 
1842.  Jonathan  Avery®  married  in  Nov.,  1843,  Ann  King,  of 
Newton,  daughter  of  Deacon  Noah  and  Esther  King,  born 
July  21,  1803.  There  were  no  children  by  this  marriage. 
Ann  (King)  Avery  died  March  31,  1861.  Jonathan  Avery® 
married  Oct.  9,  1862,  Dorcas  Richardson,  daughter  of  Jere- 
miah and  Elizabeth  R.,  of  Newton,  born  March  7,  1816.  No 
children. 


■352 


AVERY  GENEALOGY 


JONATHAN   AVERY-',    BORN    ISCKJ;    DIED    ISTo. 


Jonathan  Avery"  died  at  Highland  vile,  Mass.,  April  19, 
1875.  He  was  a  man  of  earnest,  energetic  spirit,  and  early 
left  his  native  hills  in  Nt^w  Hampshire,  for  l)nsier  scenes 
near  Boston,  Mass.  He  first  settled  in  Newton,  l)ut  in  1855 
removed  to  Needham,  on  the  line  of  the  Boston,  Hartford  k 
Erie  R,  R.,  just  then  established.  There  were  there  then 
but  six  houses, — but,  (to.  quote  from  an  obituary  notice  at 
the  time  of  liis  death), — 

"  He  set  himself  at  once  to  the  task  of  developing  the  resources 
of  the  place.  *         *         *         *  He  spared  neither  time, 

trouble,  nor  means,  to  make  ITigliIan<lvilk'  as  it  is   to-day,  one  of 
ithe  most  enterprising  and  liouiisliiug  villages  in  the  town.    *    *    » 


AVERY    GENEALOGV.  353 


His  extreme  hopefulness  of  disposition,  and  indomitable  perse- 
verance, added  to  his  great  faith  in  the  cause  of  humanity, 
induced  him  to  undertake  enterprises  and  to  carry  them  through, 
in  spite  of  dillieulties  and  opposition  from  which  most  men  would 
have  recoiled.  *  *  *  *  He  was  a  staunch  Republican,  and 
a  no  less  staunch  supporter  of  temperance,  not  only  publicly,  but 
privately,  by  persuading  men  to  leave  off  tlie  drunkard's  cup,  and 
there  is  more  than  one  man  who  blesses  the  memory  of  him,  who 
showed  him  the  better  way."  ***** 

His  interest  in  our  educational  and  moral  welfare  was  evinced 
by  his  exertions  to  have  the  school-house,  when  built,  a  credit  to 
tiie  place,  the  tower  and  clock  being  a  monument  to  his  courage 
and  determination,  and  the  last  public  act  of  his  life  was  the 
fitting  up  of  a  library  and  reading  room. 

The  weak,  the  sick,  the  downcast,  the  oppressed,  even  the 
disgraced,  were  objects  of  his  peculiar  care  and  commiseration, 
and  he  earned  the  life-long  gratitude  of  more  than  one  wiiom  he 
helped  out  of  difllcult  and  serious  scrapes,  set  on  their  feet  again, 
and  saved  trom  following  the  downward  path  to  ruin.  He  had 
gained  for  himself,  l)y  his  continued  oversight,  and  interest  in  all 
our  affairs,  the  playful  but  kindly  appellation  of  "  the  Governor," 
and  no  Governor  of  any  state  or  territory  could  be  more  deeply 
concerned,  or  take  more  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  people  who 
had  elected  him  to  that  office. 

Though  belonging  by  church  membership  to  no  religious  denom- 
ination, he  was  a  regular  attendant  of  the  Baptist  society,  and 
always  ready  to  support  religious  worship. 

On  the  occasion  of  his  funeral,  the  stores  were  closed,  the 
factories  ceased  their  busy  hum,  and  Highlandville,  of  which 
Mr.  Avery  was  emphatically  the  father  and  friend,  mourned  truly, 
deeply  and  unaffectedly  for  him,  whose  place  will  be  desolate  and 
difficult  to  refill." 

He  lies  iu  the  beautiful  Newton  cemetery,  with  this 
iuscriptiou  ou  his  oTavestoue  : 

"  A  life   of  active   benevolence,  freely  given   for  the  good  of 

others." 

JOHN  AVERY". 

John  Avery",  first  child  of  Jonathan"  and  Eunice  (Arnold) 
Avery,   (George',  Job,'  Eev.  John",)  married  Nov.  29,  1860, 
23 


334 


A VER  Y    GENEALOG  Y. 


Ruth  C.  Taylor,  born  at  W.  Yarmoiith,  Mass.,  Aug.  5,  1839. 
Children : 

i.     Ruth  Eunice^^  b.  Boston,  Mass.,  Nov.  30,   1861. 
ii.     Fred  Lincoln",  b.  Nov.  13,  1863. 
iii.     John  Alton^\  b.  June  5,   1869. 

Ruth  (Taylor)  Aver}-,  died  at  Brookline,  Mass.,  Dec.  8, 
1872. 

John  Avery,"  married  second,  Dec.  25,  1873,  Cassie 
Angevine,  born  in  Wallace,  N.  S.,  June  25,  1811.  No 
children. 


JOHN  aveky"'.     born  18;55. 


AVERY   GENEALOGY.  355 


John  Avery'"  lias  long  held  a  leading  position  among  the 
fruit  and  vegetable  dealers  of  Fanueil  Hall  market, 
and  later  at  Mercantile  Market,  Boston,  of  the  firm 
of  Avery  &  "Waldron.  His  former  residence  was  Chel- 
sea, Mass.,  where  for  many  years  he  was  the  superin- 
tendent of  the  First  Baptist  Sunday-school.  He  has  now 
taken  up  his  permanent  residence  at  Winter  Hill,  Somer- 
ville.  Is  deacon  of  the  Baptist  Church  at  that  place.  His 
portrait  is  given  here,  as  a  representative  type  of  the 
Averys  of  the  line  of  Rev.   John",   of    Truro,   through  his 

son  Job". 

CHURCHILL. 

Ruth  E.  Avery' \  oldest  child  and  only  daughter  of  John 
Avery"'",  married  January  25,  1882,  Albert  L.  Churchill,  of 
Plymouth,  Mass  ,  born  Mar.  12,  1859.     Children  : 

1.     Angle  Averyi^  b.  July  22,  188:3. 
11.     Fred  Lestei'i^,  b.  June  9,  1885. 


Fred  Lincoln  Avery",  in   the  metal  business,  resides  in 
Chelsea,   Mass.,   married  April  23,   1891,  Helen  Shapleigh 
Flagg,  born  Oct.  5,  1867,  daughter  of  Ira  C.  and  Sarah  E 
Flagg,   of  Chelsea,   Mass.     They  have  one  child,  Paul  F.'-, 
born  Feb.,  1892. 

John  Alton",  graduated,  class  of  '91,  Harvard  College.  Is 
now  teacher  in  Collins  St.  Classical  School,  Hartford,  Conn. 

GEORGE  AVERY. ^'' 

George  Avery",  second  son  of  Jonathan'*  and  Eunice 
(Arnold)  Avery,  married  Sarah  G.  Ayres,  of  Oakham,  Mass., 
born  in  1837.     Children  : 

i.     George  A.'i,  b.  May  4,  1862. 

11.     Allce^\  b.  Jan.,  1871,  died  July,  1871. 

One  son  and  daughter,  died  very  young. 


356  AVERY   GENEALOGY. 

George  Avery-"  died  April  16,  1885.  Earl}'  in  life  he 
engaged  in  teaching.  At  the  time  of  the  civilj  war,  he 
enlisted  in  his  country's  service,  in  the  Mass.  22d  Vols.,  and 
received  an  honorable  discharge  on  account  of  illness,  after 
which  he  settled  in  Highlandville,  (Needham),  Mass.  We 
quote  the  following  from  an  obituary  notice : 

"  Naturally  modest  and  retiring,  yet  ready  at  all  times  to 
respond  to  the  calls  of  his  fellow  townsmen,  his  time,  his  talents 
and  his  genius  were  freely  bestowed  lo  assist  in  every  good  work 
and  grace  every  social  occasion.  His  was  '  the  pen  of  a  read}' 
writer,'  and  though  often  used  in  the  public  service  was  never 
pointed  with  malice,  and  left  no  sting  behind.  As  a  soldier  he 
was  loyal  to  his  country  and  true  to  his  comrade.  Witness  the 
glowing  tribute  to  his  comrade-in-arms,  Jason  E.  Upham,  whom 
he  took  as  the  type  of  the  true  American  soldier  in  an  address 
delivered  before  the  Needham  Soldiers'  Club,  at  Wellesley,  some 
five  or  six  j'ears  since.  As  a  citizen,  faithful  in  the  discharge  of 
every  duty  and  watchful  for  the  pubbc  welfare,  he  will  be  missed 
for  a  long  time  to  come.  Our  friend  was  by  nature  somewhat  of 
a  recluse  and  inclined  to  retire  within  himself,  enjoy  his  favorite 
books  and  indulge  a  taste  for  literary  pursuits,  but  with  no 
desire  to  parade  in  that  character  before  the  public,  and  always 
disclaiming  any  honors  which  would  seem  to  belong  to  him  in 
that  line,  underestimating  his  abilities  and  undervaluing  the  pro- 
ductions of  his  pen. 

The  writer's  acquaintance  with  him  commenced  in  the  year  1857, 
at  that  time  he  had  just  graduated  at  the  Colb}'  Academ}',  New 
London,  N.  II.  In  11S5<S  he  taught  school  in  New  Jersey.  Returning 
to  Needham  he  engaged  in  farming  until  the  breaking  out  of  the 
war  of  the  Rebellion,  when  in  1862  he  enlisted  in  tlu'  'I'lnd  Regt., 
Mass.  Volunteers,  and  went  to  the  front,  serving  faithfully,  until 
his  health  failing  he  was  honorably  discharged.  Retiu'ning  to 
his  home  in  Needham  he  resumed  tiie  duties  of  tlie  citizen  and  so 
continued,  never  inclined  to  be  a  rover  until  death  called  him 
away.  lie  served  the  town  in  various  minor  capacities  from  time 
to  time  as  called  upon,  and  in  1882  was  elected  assessor,  serving 
as  such  ))y  successive  re-elections  until  the  close  of  last   year, 


AVE  It  Y    GENEALOGY.  357 

wlini    lie    declined   re-eloclioii.  much  to  the   regret    of  his    fellow 
citizens. 

He  is  gone,  and  '  the  places  that  once  knew  him  shall  ivnow 
him  no  more  forever.'  He  will  be  missed  in  the  circle  of  friends 
and  neighbors.  His  loss  will  be  felt  on  public  festive  and  com- 
memorative occasions,  and  while  we  drop  a  tear  on  his  grave  let 
us  keep  his  memory  green." 

He  lies  uear  his  father,  Jomithau  Avery",  iu  the  cemetery 
at  Newton.  On  his  gravestone  are  the  words,  "Until  the 
day  break,  and  the  shadows  flee  away." 

George  A.  Avery",  married  in  1882,  Alice  Johnson,  of 
Highlandville,  born  Feb.  2,  1862.     Children : 

i.  Almeda  Francesi'^^  b.  Nov.  9,  1882. 

ii.  Blanche  Lillian^-,  b.  Apr.  24,  1885,  died  at  11  months, 

iii.  Corinne^-,  b.  Apr.  28,  1887,  died  when  a  few  months  old. 

iv.  Doris  May  12,  b.  Jan.  6,  1889. 


CARTEE. 

Jane  Greenough  Avery'",  youngest  child  and  only  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan'  and  Eunice  (Arnold)  Avery,  married  April 
23,  1874,  William  Carter,  born  in  Alfreton,  England.  Feb.  25, 
1830.     Children : 

i.     Avery  Sanborn^^  b.  Jan.  30,  1875,  d.  Aug.  15,  1875. 
ii.     Lucie  Avery^^,  b.  at  Highlandville,  Dec.  12,   1877. 
iii.     Roscoe  Arnold^^  b.  at  Higlilandville,  July  29,  1880. 

Jane  G.  (Avery'")  Carter  has  devoted  much  of  her  life  to 
teaching  and  literary  work.  Has  published  several  books, 
mostly  for  Sunday-school  libraries.  Resides  in  Highland- 
ville, Mass. 


358  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 


EBENEZER   AVERY'-'. 

Ebenezer",  youngest  child  of  the  hirge  family  of  George' 

and    Mary    (Sanborn)    Avery,  married  March  19,  1832,    at 

Plaiufield,  N.  H.,  Kosamond  Spaulding,  born  Dec.  31,  1808. 

Children : 

i.     Ebenezer  Sylvester'",  b.  May  12,  1833,  at   Chelsea,  Vt.,  d. 

at  Montpelier,  Vt.,  Aug.  14,  1834. 
ii.     Winslow  Wright'",  b.  April  22,  1836,  at  Montpelier. 
iii.     Rosamond  Spaulding'",  b.  Apr.  5,  1840,  at  Montpelier. 
iv.     George  Henry'",   b.   at  Berlin,  Vt.,  July    17,   18-M,  d.  at 

Berlin,  Sept.  27,  1845. 
V.     Judsou   Rowell  ,  b.  at  Berlin,  Jan.  25,  1847,  d.  at  Berlin, 
Sept.  28,  1850. 

We  quote  from  the  Vertnonf  Watcliman,  published  at 
Montpelier,  Vt.,  by  Joseph  Poland,  Esq.,  under  date  of  Nov. 
16,  1881 : 

"Avery. — A  brief   notice   has  been   given  of  the  death  of  Mr. 
Ebenezer  Avery,  at  Duxbury,   Massachusetts,   formerly  of    this 
place.    He  was  born  in  Plainlield,  New  Hampshire,  September  27, 
1808.       He    served    his   apprenticeship   at  the   printing  office  of 
Wyman    Spooner,   in  Windsor.       He   tiien   went   to    Boston   and 
worked    on    the   Atlaa    for   a   nunil)er  of   years,   ami    afterwards 
founded  and  i)ublished  tlie  Vcniiout  Advocate,  at  Chelsea.  Vermont. 
This  not  i)roving  a  financial  success,  he  closed  u[>  liis  affairs,  trans- 
ferring his  subscription   list  to  the  Vermont  State  Journal  —  now 
the  Watchman  —  at  Montpelier.  to  which    place   lie  removed  with 
his    family.       E<>r    over    thirty   yi'iirs    Mr.    Avery    worked    in    the 
Watchman  ollice,  and  nil  who  knew  him  can  testify  that  his  se\  eral 
duties  were  pei'fornied  with  tlie  utmost  faithfulness.       He  resided, 
for  most  of  the  time,  on  the   Berlin  side  of   the   river,  owning  and 
carrying  on  a  small  farm,  the  greater  pait  of  tiie  lalior  of  which  he 
accomplished   hefore  and    after  liis  day's  work  in  Ihe  ollice.       His 
ambition    ami   energy  in  this   respect  were    remarkahU'.       He  was 
a  true  and  faitiiful  member  of  the  Methodist  chinch,  and  there  arq. 
many  of   his   brethren  who   still    rememl)er   him    as   their   beloved 
class-leader,  and  who  can   testify  that   his  counsels  were  ' 'timely 


Born    1836. 


av£:ry  genealogy.  350 

find  good."  In  church  matters,  as  a  member  of  the  board  of 
stewards,  his  advice  was  always  solicited  and  strictly  followed. 
In  town  affairs  he  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  his  fellownien,  and  in 
everything  had  the  reputation  of  being  a  thoroughly  honest,  con- 
scientious man.  About  fifteen  years  since  he  removed  to 
Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  and  from  there  to  an  adjoining  town, 
purchasiug  a  small  farm,  where  he  resided  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  leaves  a  widow  and  two  children,  the  eldest  of  whom  is  W.  W. 
Avery,  Esq.,  senior  proprietor  of  the  Old  Colony  Memorial., 
Plymouth,  and  the*  present  representative  from  tiiat  town  to  the 
general  court;  and  a  daughter,  Mrs.  Rosamond  S.  Chandler,  who 
resides  in  Duxbury." 


WINSLOW  W.  AVEKY'". 

Winslow  Wright  Avery",  second  sou  of  Ebenezer'  jxud 
Rosamond  (Spaulding)  Avery,  married  first,  Sept.  2,  18G0, 
Martha  E.,  daughter  of  David  and  Betsey  (Okls)  Buruham, 
of  Williamstowu,  Vt.     Chiklreu  : 

i.     Elmer  Ellswortii'i,  b.  at  Berlin,  Vt.,  .lime  28,  1801. 
ii.      Bertha  Burnliam'i,  b.  at  Monti)elier,  Vt.,  June  29,  18C'^  •  d. 

at  Plymouth,  Mass..  Nov.  27.  1880. 
iii.     David  Eheuezrri',  1).  at  Plymouth,  Aug.  21,  18GG. 
iv.      Herbert  Win^low^',  b.  June  23,  18G'J,  d.  Nov.  11,  1880. 

Martha  (Buruham)  Avery,  died  April  8,  1873,  at  Plymouth, 
Mass. 

Winslow  Wright  Avary"  married  second,  May  4,  1875, 
Mary  A.,  daughter  of  Freeman  and  Hannah  (Freeman) 
Landers,  of   Plainfield,  Vt.     Children :  . 

m 

i.     Martlia  Eliza^i,  b.  at  Plymouth,  Eeb.  G,  1876!      " 
ii.     Marcellus  Chandler^',  b.  at  Plymouth.  July  22,  1877. 
iii.     Hannah   Freeman'^    b.    at    Plymouth,    Aug.    14,    1878,  d. 

Apr.  25,  1881. 
iv.     Ebenezer  Freeman^',   b.   at  Plymouth,   Dec.    13,   1882,  d. 
Feb.  28,  1883. 


360  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 

Winslow  Wright  Avery"  is,  like  his  father,  a  printer  bj 
trade,  and  has  for  many  years  been  connected  with  journal- 
ism.    We  quote  from  "One  of  a  TJtousand  ",  1890( : 

''The  district  scliool  and  Wasliinijton  County  (Vt.)  Aeadcni}' 
gave  him  his  early  educational  training.  He  began  life  as  a  page 
and  reporter's  attendant  in  the  Vermont  Legislature,  carrying  copy 
to  the  printers  of  tlie   Legislative  Journal,  and  distributing  dail}' 

papers  to  members  ;  afterwards  served  seven  j'ears'  apprenticeship 
in  the  printing  business,  in  the  otHce  of  the  Vermont  Watchma}} , 
Montpelier,  Vt.  In  1.S61  he  was  promoted  to  the  management  of 
that  establishment,  and  during  the  trying  period  of  the  war,  and 
in  the  absence  in  Congress  of  the  proprietor  of  the  paper,  Mr. 
Avery  discharged  his  arduous  duties  with  fidelity  and  acknowl- 
edged ability. 

"In  January,  1866,  he  removed  to  Plymouth,  Mass.,  purchased 
the  weekly  newspaper,  The  Old  Colony  Se)itinel,  which  lie  success- 
fully published,  and  in  1872  consolidated  that  paper  with  the 
Old  Colony  JMemorial,  forming  a  partnership  with  C.  C  Dotcn, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Aver}'  &  Doten,  continuing  to  the  i)rcsent 

time. 

"  IMr.  Avery  was  representative  to  the  general  court  in  1880  and 

'81.   rendering  faithful  and  valuable  service  upon  the  committees 
to  which     he  was  ai)pointcd.   In  1881)  he  was  npjiointed  postmaster 
of  Plymouth,    Mass.,    b}'    President  Hariison,    and    rendered   (he 
public  most  efficient  service,  and  through  his  efforts  secured  the 
establishment  of  the  free  delivery  service. 

"  Mr.  Avery  was  charter  memlier  of  Sagamore  Kncam[)nK'nt 
No.  45,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  holding  the  oflice  of  chief  patriarch  ,  chap- 
lain and  ni(Mnl)er  of  Mayflower  Lodge,  No.  54-,  L  O.  O.  P..  and 
chairman  of  its  board  of  trustees  for  several  j'eai'S  ;  charter  mem- 
ber of  Plymouth  Bay  Lodge,  Iv.  of  H.,  and  its  dictator;  Plymouth 
Rock  Lodge  I.  ().  (J.  T.  ;  United  Order  of  Pilgrim  Fathers  ;  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  E[)iseo|)al  church  from  early  life,  holding  all 
the  offices  in  the  church  and  Sunday-sciiool,  1)eing  a  working  and 
influential  member  of  the  committee  which  had  in  charge  the  con- 
struction of  the  beautiful  Memorial  Methodist  church  in  Plymouth, 
Mass.  For  many  years  he  has  ser\i(l  upon  the  board  of  trustees 
of  the  Plymouth  Five  Cents  Savings  Bank." 


AVEEY  GENEALOGY.  361 


AVERY". 

Elmer  E.",  eldest  sou  of  Winslow  W."  and  Martha  E. 
(Bnrnliam)  Avery,  married  July  20,  1882,  Hauuali  B.,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  and  Delia  (Swift)  Harlow,  of  Plymouth,  Mass. 
Children : 

i.     Herbert  Spauldiugi-^,  ^^  j^^^pt.  15,  1883. 

ii.     Alfred  Harlovvi2,  b.  Oct.  IG,  1885. 

iii.     Lester  Ellisi^  b.  Dee.  14,  1887. 

AYERY". 

David  E.",  second  son  of  Winslow  W.^o  and  Martha  E. 
(Burnham)  Avery,  married  June  30,  1891,  Emma  F.,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  and  Elizabeth  Reckenbeil,  born  May  23,  1872. 

CHANDLER. 

Rosamond  Spauldiug'",  only  daughter  and  third  child  of 
Ebenezer"  and  Rosamond  (Spaulding)  Avery,  married  Feb. 
18,  1873,  Horatio  Chandler,  of  Dusbury,  Mass.,  born  Aug. 
20,  1835.     Children  : 

i.     Rosa  Avery",  b.  at  Dnxbiny,  Mass.,  Sept.  11,  1875. 

ii.     Mabel  Martiu^',  b.  at  Duxbury,  Mass.,  Oct.  18,  1877. 


^ 


362  AVERY    GENEALOGY. 


ATKINS. 

so.    NATICK,    MASS. 

JANE  AA'EEY^  fourth  daughter  and  ninth  chihl  of  Job' 
and  Jane  (Thatcher)  Avery,  born  Feb.  9,  1761,  married 
Capt.   John  Atkins,  of  Truro,  Sept.  10,  1778.     Chiklren : 

i.  Sarah  Atkins",  b.  June  16,  1780,  m.  Charles  Cook,  of  Tem- 
pletOD,  a  commission  merchant  in  Boston,  under  the 
name  of  Cook  &  Brown.  Had  one  daughter:  (1) 
Sarah  Atkins  Cook^",  who  married  Mr.  Joseph  Dowe, 
a  graduate  of  Bowdoin  College  and  teacher  of  a  class- 
ical school  fitting  young  men  for  college. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Atkins  (Cook")  Dowe,  now  living  near  the 
Atkins  homestead  in  So.  Natick,  a  well-known  authoress,  in 
former  years  having  contributed  to  many  magazines  and 
published  many  books,  among  them  a  temperance  tale, 
which  acquired  much  notoriety,  entitled,  "Uncle  Sam's 
Palace,"  writes  thus  of  the  Atkins-Avery  families: 

"The  Atkins  family  record  is  nearly  gone  from  the  ancestral 
tree;  only  some  cousins  now  remain.  My  grandfather.  Captain 
John  Atkins,  of  Truro,  was  a  man  of  unblemished  integrity.  The 
records  of  this  town  give  ample  testimony  to  the  estimation  in 
which  he  was  held  by  his  fellow-townsmen  who  gave  him  all  the 
offices  of  honor  and  trust  which  he  faithfully  discharged.  In  early 
life  he  chose  the  sea  in  which  occupation  was  his  delight.  He  used 
to  say,  that  it  was  owing  under  Divine  Providence,  to  his  strict 
temperance  rule  on  board  ship,  that,  he  was  able  to  command  the 
shii)s  of  Codman  and  Blake  for  "  thirtu  years  ivith  never  a  shij>- 
ivreck."  Their  commerce  was  in  the  French  trade,  his  port  being 
Havre.  He  was  strictly  a  religious  man,  and  always  impressed 
his  crew  with  a  sense  of  the  Divine  agency  which  ruled  the  tem- 
pest and  the  storm.  Many  were  the  tokens  of  approbation  he 
received  from  tlie  firm  when  he  retired  to  a  quiet  home  in  So. 
Natick,  IMass.,  where  he  had  purchased  a  fine  dwelling  owned  by 
Mr.  Samuel  Welles,  of  Paris,  and  removed  his  family  there.  It 
was  ever  the  hosi)itable  mansion  to  which  many  had  access." 


AVERT    GENEALOGY.  36. 


o 


Capt.  Jolni  Atkius  died  in  So.  Natick,  1834. 

Of  Mrs.  Jane  (Avery*')  Atkins,  Mrs.  Dowe  writes : 

"My  graudmotlier  was  an  energetic  woman,  who  planned  and 
executed  all  her  family  duties  with  remarkable  skill.  She  was 
famed  for  her  uniform  sympathy  with  the  poor  and  afflicted,  and 
was  mourned  as  a  mother,  to  whom  she  generously  dispensed  the 
most  timely  gifts.  Her  name  and  praise  is  cherished  by  many  sur- 
vivors. All  her  brothers  died  before  her  last  summons  came.  Her 
disease  was  heart  trouble,  which  seized  her  while  pursuing  her 
usual  occupations,  and  gieat  was  the  bereavement  felt  in  all 
the  circle  of  which  she  was  the  joyous  and  cheerful  member." 

She  died  in  1838  at  the  age  of  77  years,  and  is  interred  in 
the  family  tomb  built  by  her  husband,  by  whose  side  she 
quietly  rests,  with  that  of  her  aged  mother,  Mrs.  Jane 
(Thatcher)  Aver}^  of  Truro,  who  made  her  home  with  her 
in  her  later  life,  and  of  "whom  Mrs.  Dowe  has  "  only  a  remem- 
brance." Capt.  John  and  Jane  (Avery")  Atkins  had  a  family 
of  four  sons  and  two  daughters.  The  sons  John,  Benjamin, 
Henry  and  Isaiah  "  were  eminent  merchants  of  irreproach- 
able character.  All  left  children  and  large  fortunes  be- 
queathed to  them,  acquired  by  inheritance  and  careful 
attention  to  business." 

The  eldest  daughter,  Sarah  Atkins'',  who  married  Mr. 
Charles  Cook,  "was  bereft  of  her  husband  in  the  second  year 
of  their  marriage,  and  removed  to  her  father's  home  in 
So.  Natick,  Avhere  she  and  her  daughter  continued  to  reside, 
the  latter,  until  her  marriage  with  Mr,  Dowe. 


INDEX. 


Pa-e. 

Abbott, 

311 

Campbell, 

Ainswortb, 

.      8!) 

Carter, 

Atkins, 

342,  361 

Cari)enter, 

Avery  — 

Chandler, 

Albert,       . 

.    345 

Chapman, 

Cliarles, 

198 

Chick, 

David, 

.     341,  351,  361 

Churchill, 

Ellen,    . 

185 

Cleveland, 

Elisha, 

.    197,  205 

Coan, 

Elroy, 

90 

Cole, 

Ephraim,  . 

.     160,  172,  255 

Combs, 

Fannie, 

184 

Conant,    . 

Frank, 

.    342 

Cooey, 

Fred,     . 

355 

Cornell, 

George,  314, 

315,318,320,321,  330, 

Crane, 

3:J2 

340,  341,  345,  355,  357 

Curnick, 

Hannah,   . 

.    282 

Curtis, 

Henry, 

181,  346 

Hollis,       . 

.    332 

Damon, 

Isaiah, 

31(),  317 

Davis, 

James, 

.     203,  318,  319 

Deane, 

Jeriisha, 

256 

DeWolf,       . 

Jesse, 

.    318 

Dickenson, 

Job, 

219,  251 ,  257 

Dodge, 

John,  7ti,  77, 

83,  107,  117,  142,  144, 

Dowe, 

152,   15(),  157, 107,  im,   174.   223, 

Draper, 

.     224 

,  29(i,  314,  31(),  3.53,  355 

Dupignac, 

Jonathan, 

.     47,  82,  83,  85,  351 

Dwight, 

Joseph, 

.    41,  (;2 

Dyer, 

Mary, 

.    180 

Nancy, 

2.55 

Eaton, 

Park  Benjamin.       .        .        .    186 

Elkins,     . 

Peter,    . 

287 

Elliott, 

Robert, 

14,  78,  214 

Emerson , 

Samuel,  175, 

177,  180,  199,201,  251, 

Esslemout, 

256,  328,  330 

Everett, 

Susan,       , 

.    18(> 

Thatcher, 

301,  330 

Fifield, 

AValter.     . 

.     171,:J42 

Fisher, 

William, 

19,  35,  40,  46,  47 

Freeman, 
Frye.      . 

"VViuslow, 

.    359 

Baker, 

196,  210,  242 

Gilmore,  . 

Baldwin, 

.     148,  149,  1.50 

Goodrich,     . 

Bingham,     . 

47 

Grindle, 

Blodgett, 

.    309 

Bouney, 

55,  56 

Hanchett, 

Bray, 

318 

Haskell, 

Brewster,     . 

211 

Hatch, 

Brown,     . 

200 

Haynes,   . 

BuUard, 

80 

Hebard, 

Burritt, 

.   199 

Hinds,     . 

Pap;e. 

208 

.  357 

.  49,  50,  332 

3(>1 

319 

311 

.   355 

209,  210 

231,  233 

o-M) 

256 
•  70 
250 
185 
202 
244 
318 

276,  279,  280 

59,  61 

45.  46 

202 

57,  58,  60,  61 

305 

3()2 

.  46,  99,  214 

.  195, 196 

81 

.   96 

Ju(),  o.i4 

347 

245 

,  315 

5(i 

46 

250 

.  38,  51 

304 

.   348 

48 
318 
315 

91 

.  60 

309 

349,  350,  351 

328 

■    •  oio 


366 

INDEX. 

Page 

Page. 

Hitchcock, 

.   <s(;,  Hs 

Phillips,       . 

, 

89 

Hooper,   . 

•                • 

.    320 

Porter, 

.    320 

Holmes, 

280,  282,  285 

Pratt,  . 

. 

5() 

Hollirook, 

,                , 

.    312 

Prescott, 

.    320 

Hopkins, 

22!»,  234 

Prichard,     . 

328 

Hnglies, 

224^  225, 

226,  227,  228,  229 

Putnam,  . 

.      149, 

20{i,  209 

Hatchings, 

241 

Rice,     . 

. 

(iO 

Johnson, 

,                  , 

.     313,315 

Rich, 

,         , 

243,  305 

Jones, 

319 

Richards,     . 
Richardson,     . 

84,  274 
.    346 

Keep, 

, 

198 

Russell, 

329 

King,  . 

50 

Sanhorn, 

157,  337 

Laphaiu, 

, 

.    278 

Sherwood,    . 

56 

Larkin, 

240 

Skinner, 

. 

.    312 

Lawrence, 

.    347 

Souther, 

333, 

3:^,  335 

Law  ley. 

278 

Small,       . 

.     246, 

248,  249 

Leavitt,    . 

. 

.       58,  347,  349 

Smith, 

234,  278 

Leonard, 

58 

Snow, 

.    245 

Lewis, 

273,"  274, 

275,  276,  294,  312 

Sotield, 

235 

Loinbaul, 

. 

.    235 

Sprague, 

.     46 

Lothrop, 

21(5 

Steele, 

51 

Lutkin.     . 

• 

.    320 

Stevens,   . 
Streeter, 

.    242 
344 

Manstiekl,   . 

151 

Studley,    . 

.    313 

INIason, 

. 

.      61 

Sumner, 

W 

Mather, 

310 

George  Fred, 

99 

McAlpine, 

.    251 

McColvin,   . 

339 

Talmage, 

.    195 

ISIcIntire, 

. 

.    304 

Thompson, 

231 

Metcalf, 

.       39, 41,()1 

Tilden,     . 

.      89 

Miller,       . 

. 

.    54,  59,  60,  61 

Treat,  . 

305 

Millet, 

202 

Turner,     . 

W,  279 

Mitchell, 

, 

.    348 

Moore, 

209 

Uphani,        .    49,  149, 

305,  306, 

307,  308 

Morgan,    . 

, 

.     337,  338,  339 

Mott,    . 

210 

Vose, 

• 

.    312 

Newc  )nib. 

.    281 

Watkins,      . 

.343 

Nichols, 

59 

Ware,       . 

, 

52,  .55 

Nickerson, 

.    337 

Webster, 
West, 

319 
.    214 

I'aine, 

23.-),  237, 

238,239,243,241 

Westcott,     . 

315 

Parker,     . 

.      211, 

212,  213,  312,  31(i 

White,      .    62,  (i5,  (Hi, 

(i9,  71,  T. 

.',  74,  2(H) 

I'atterson,    . 

151 

Wight. 

39 

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