CO O5 00 Q_ UJ 00 \ T^ "V^ / LIB R ARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA GIFT OF" Received. A ccessions Not Shelf No. GENEALOGICAL RECORD THE DEDHAM BRANCH OF THE AVERY FAMILY IN AMERICA. COMPILED BY JANE G. (AVERY) CARTER and SUSIE P. HOLMES. PUBLISHED BY WINSLOW W. AVERY, PLYMOUTH, MASS. PRESS OF AVBRY & DOTEN. 1893. ..- rdTiy- INTRODUCTORY. TN presenting these Eecords to those interested in the A genealogy of the Avery family, 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 Eobert Avery 1 we commence our genealogy, the latest generation given m our pages being the thirteenth from him. While we date from Eobert Avery 1 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. AVERY GENEALOGY. The presumption is, that the grandson Robert, mentioned in the will as the son of his son William was Robert of Wokingham, father of Dr. William, and this has much weight from the mention of his sister, Prudence Champion, and his brother, William, of Gongresburie, 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 Avery : "William Robert Prudence .of Congresbury of Pill John Champion Jacob. William Robert Ricl i lard oane Thomas ? of Wokinjjham i i William Robert Frances." For these and other early records we wish to acknowledge our very great indebtedness to Mr. Walter Titus Avery, of New York city, who kindly placed in our hands his valuable books of records, which he had labored assiduously for many years to collect, by extensive research both in England and in this country. Mr. Avery is a lineal descendant a great-grandson of Rev. Ephraim Avery 7 of Brooklyn, Conn., .second son of Rev. John Avery (i of Truro, Mass. AVERY GENEALOGY. Our thanks are also due to Mr. Samuel P. Avery, of New York city the well-known art dealer in the matter of cuts and interesting records; to Mr. John E. Sanborn, also of New York, a lineal descendant of Eev. John 6 on the mater- nal side ; to Capt. Frank Kirlder Upham, of U. S. Cavalry, now at Fort Ouster, Montana, and Mrs. H. N. Abbott, of Winterport, Me., both lineal descendants of Major Thatcher Avery 8 , 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. Elroy 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. Richard Savage, Librarian of Shakespeare's Birthplace, Strafford, Eng., who kindly made researches for us ; also Rich's History of Truro, and Free- man's History of Cape Cod. THE COMPILERS, AVERY GENEALOGY. DERIVATION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NAME. TN searching for the original meaning of the name of * Avery, we find the following in the "Patronymica Brittanica" : " AVERY A name credited with an origin from several sources. I. Aviarius A keeper of birds, as "avyries of sparhawks, falcons, eagles and herons," mentioned in the Forest Charter. Sec. 14. II. AVERY The place where forage for the king's horses was kept, derived either from Avena, 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 Normandy has a long list of Auvrays. We give a few of these, abridged from the original: AUVRAY 1463 Monfaut. Guillaume ( William] Auvray. Auvray (Jean} John 1470. Auvray (Jacques) James son of Cyprien 1589. Jean Auvray 1598. Phillipe Auvray 1634. There are several other names in this record, which is in the original French, Francois, Eobert, Michel 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 AVERT 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. TJREQUENT mention is made of the Avery 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 Eight 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 Deanery of Trigg Minor. By MacLeon : 1466, Aug. 22. John Avery was mentioned as living in the parish of St. Endellion, Cornwall. Henry Avery also held land in the same parish. "After 1543, a messuage in Trewiggett, Cornwall, was in the possession of Richard Averye. ("A messuage was a dwelling house, with adjacent buildings, and lands for the use of the house- hold . " Webster. ) 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 memoranda 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 1310, in which year Thomas Aver}^ was associa- ted with others in a suit concerning 500 acres of land, at Halgrave, near Bodmin. AVERT GENEALOGY. 9' In the year 1544, Michael Avery was mayor of Boclmin. The parish registers commence in 1559, and the name of Avery is among the first found therein. There have also been found records of baptisms, marriages- and deaths, as follows : KiGO Jolian, dau. of Thomas Aver} 7 , baptized May 26th. 1563 Thomas, son of Thomas Avery, baptized . 1569 Walter Averye and Origo Williams, married Sept. 6th. 1569 Michael Avery was buried Sept. 28th. John Avery, of Bod m in, married Isoult Barry, of Wynscote,, Devonshire, dau. of John Barry, who died 1538. Mr. Walter T. Avery adds to these memoranda the fol- lowing, obtained by Miss Grace King, now Mm Steele,, (daughter of Mrs. Lucy Avery King, whose photograph will be found in these pages) on a recent visit to England: "At Dowland N. Devon, may be found the following- inscrip- tions " : " Here lyeth the body of Margarett Stafford, the weif of Thomas Stafford Gent, mother of Robert Avery, wh > died the 3rd of Sept., anno dni, 1 600. "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 xxvtli Aprill, anno dm'ni, 1601. PEDIGREE OF STOFFORD. Robert S. = Elizabeth d & h of Menwhennyke. i i i John Margery Thomas=Margaret, icidow Ascot. of Avery above. Mr. W. T. Avery in commenting upon the pedigree, says ^ "I cannot connect the above names. Their arms are those- of Dr. William Avery of Dedham, Mass." 10 AVERT GENEALOGY. The name Avery is also found in the will of Agnes Arden, (mother of Mary Shakespeare, and grandmother of William Shakespeare) widow of Robert Arden of Wilmscote parish of Arton (three miles from Stratford). In this document, dated 1584, she gives Avery Fulwood two sheep. John Fulwood married an aunt of William Shakespeare. (Malone's Shakespeare.) Hon. William Avery, of Michigan, who supposes himself to be a descendant of the Devonshire Averys, writes : " In a residence of two or three years in England, I met with some facts that would tend to prove that Avery 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 Avery of Devonshire, was buried there." It may yet be proved that the Averys 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 Averys, may settle this point. 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. The indomitable courage, and perseverance, the strong good sense, high purpose, and intellectual force that were promi- nent characteristics of the early Averys, (descendants of Christopher) who came with the Winthrop colony to New England in 1630, were no less marked in the William Avery, who came at a later date 1650 to Dedham, and in his pos- terity, in which have always been found, from that time till the present, men who have not only "made their mark" in the country by their native force of character, but by their AVERY GENEALOGY. 11 acquirements 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 between three besants or, crest, two lion's jambs, or, supporting besant." EARLY HOME OF AVERYS IN ENGLAND. T)EFORE 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 branches 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 011 to the last. By making proper divisions, and sub-divisions, we think we 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 their suits of armor, embroidered with their armorial ensigns and devices. The 'crest,' or knightly cognizance, was borne on the helmet in the days of chivalry. It is now a portion of the armorial bearings of a nobleman or gentleman enti- tled to bear coat armor in virtue of his descent from a noble ancestry. These crests identify an ancient family." 12 AVERT GE NEOLOGY. not perfectly complete, for the reason that we have not been able to get 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 1 , is 3J miles south of Shepton Mallet, in Whits Stone Hun- dred ; acres, 1,570 ; houses, 35 in 1831 ; population, 216 in 1841. Pylle House (as per Black's Guide) is on the Bath A: Bridporfc Railway. There is a town by the same name near the mouth of the Severn, on map of England, in Cotton's, general atlas of 1862, (it is not the ancient Pill, however,) 15 J miles from Bath, and 2 r miles from Shepton Mallet. The name Pill seems to correspond to the Welsh Powl, an inlet or pool. William Avery 1 , 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 Declham, were baptized. AVERT GENEALOGY. 13 14 AVERT GENEALOGY. We come now to trace the direct lines of descent from Kobert Avery 1 , yeoman, down to the thirteenth and latest generation of the Dedham branch of Avery s in this country. "A yeoman or husbandman 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 1 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, William, Richard 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 l of Pitt, (now Pylle) Somerset, England, yeoman, found at Doctor's Commons, March, 1872. In the name of Almighty God Amen, the 27th day of July in the year of our Lorde God 1575, I, Robert Avery, yoeman of Pill, Co. Somerset, being sick in bodye, but hole in mynde and good in remenbrance, do ordaine this my Testament and last Will, in manner and forme followinge : Fyrst. I commende and bequethe my Soule to Almytie God, my maker and Redeemer, and to all the Hollye companye in heaven, and my bodye to be buryed 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 my second sonne, Richard Avery r all my farm Implements, and the house wherein I now do dwelL AVERY GENEALOGY. Also I give and bcquethe to the said Richard A very, one field and one medowe now in the occupation of John Austen, and I also beqnethe to him my goods, moveable and unmoveable which are in and about the house and premises, I now dwell. Item. I give and bequethe 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 bequethe to my Sister, Prudence Champion, the somme of 10 / 4 , and one milch cowe, two prs sheets, and my second best feather bedde, with all covering and appur- tenances thereto. Item. I give and bequethe to my grandsonne, Robert Avery, the sonne of my sonne William Avery the some of 6 / 8 d . 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 the sayde Richard Avery, my sonne, to be my 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 Cougresbnrie,* and John Champion, and I doe give for their paynes takynge Herein 2/ 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 Avery 1 , had six sons: Thomas 2 , William 2 , Richard 2 , Giles 2 , Jacob 2 and John 2 , and died 1585. WiLLiAM 2 had daughter Jane 3 and son Joseph 3 . * NOTE. The Parish of Congresbury is in Winterstoke Hundred, 6 1-2 miles N. N. East of Axbridge, on the River " Yeo," and about 5 miles from its mouth. Acres 4280. Houses 247 in 1831. 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 AVERT GENEALOGY. JACOB- had seven children : Joseph 3 , Benjamin 3 , Christian 3 , .Samuel 3 , Hester 3 , Benjamin 3 , Annah 3 , and died Feb. 1, 1G43. JOHN' 2 iiad four children : Sarah 3 , John 3 , William 3 , and Joane 3 . JOSEPH 8 (Jacob' 2 W ml ) had one son Joseph 4 : Merchant of London. SAMUEL* (Jacob 2 W ml ) of Havidge and ED field and Merchant of London, per London "Notes and Queries," May 20, 1871, was sheriff of London, 1047, and the Alderman A very, who joined in the Act, May 30, 1649, proclaiming the abolition of kindly government. He was commissioner, for sundry city vordinances about 1645, and the State Paper Office contains letters from him dated from Hamburg and addressed to Lord Digbye and Sir Thomas Howe, Jan. 12, 1643-4. He had one daughter, Katharine 4 , b. 1622. and one son Dudley 4 . DUDLEY 4 of Streatly, Berkshire, Eng., had: Dudley 5 , Allen 5 , Samuel 5 , William 5 , Catharine 5 , Mirabella , Christian 5 , Barsheba 5 . " The parish of Streatly is in Moreton Hundred, Berkshire, 5| .miles south by west of Wallingford, on the west bank of -the Thames. William 2 , the oldest son of Robert 1 , had one son, Robert 3 , whether there were others, records do not say. This Robert 3 we suppose to have "been the father of Dr. William of Dedham. r Robert Avery 3 lived jr^ Wokingham, Berkshire. By trade he was a blacksmith. His will, fcmnd in the Diocese of Doctor's Commons, bears date March 30, 1642. He married . Joanne, and had three children. i. William 4 , b. 1622. ii. Robert 4 , iii. Frances 4 . We here insert the will a copy o: the original being in possession of Mr. W. T. Ayery, AVERY GENEALOGY. 17 WILL OF ROBERT AVERY 3 OF WOKINGHAM. In the name of God, Amen. The thirtiette day of March in the Eighteenth yere of the raign of our Soveraine Lord Charles, by the grace of God of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Kings, defenders of the faith, Ann Domini one Thousand six hundred forty-two. J, Robert A very, of Wokingham in the conntie of Berks, blacksmith, being in perfect memory, praised be Almighty God, doe disannull, recall and make void all former wills and Testam ts weiche in writing 01 other wais. And doe make this my last will and Testament in manner and forme followinge. (That is to say), First. I doe bequeathe my sonle unto God, my creator and redeemer. And my body to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors and overseers, and as touching my landes wherein I have estate, my will is as followeth : If it happens Joane, my wit 1 survive and ouHive me, my will is, I give and bequeath unto the said Joane, my now wiff, all that messuage or Tenement in the w h I now dwell, with the barns, Stables and houses, orchards, garden, w h appurtenances and the close of avable or pastur there- unto belonging, and next adioninge (adjoining), known and called by the name of Lower dowles, allis little dowles, conteyning two akers more or less. And also another parcell of land, great dowles, allis upper dowles, lyinge and being in the p'ish of Wok- ingham and Conntie of Berks, aforesaid, containing sixteen akers more or less, all of which said House and landes, I bought and purchased of Richard Windgate of Long Sutton Co South 10 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 A very, 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, my now wift w ch ever of them shall happen, I doe give and bequeathe unto Robert Avery, my youngest son, all that my mes- suage in the which I now dwell with the appurtenances and the close aforesaid thereunto belonging and next adiogning, 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 18 A VERY GENEALOGY. years, next after my decease which said some of 20 my will is, shall be paid by my executors, and to be raised out of that p'cell of land called upper dowles, allis great dowles. Item. I doe give and bequeathe (the some of five pounds) ? unto Roger Irelande the younger, eldest sonue of Roger Irelande of Hurst, weaver. w h said some of 5 my will is, shall be paid at his age of one and twenty years, by the said Robert Avery, my youngest sonne, heirs, exe- cutors and Administrators if the said Roger shall so long live. Item. My will is that all the debts 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 my stock of goods and chattels and the residue of all my goods and chattels, my debts and funerell charges first deducted and my legacies paid, I doe give and bequeathe un to Joane my said wif, and unto William my sonne equally to be divided whom also I doe ordeine and make my executors ioyntly and coequally. And I doe entreat and earnestly request my loving friends Thomas Champion of Barkham* and Andrew Avery of East Hampstead both in Berks, overseers of this my last will and testam* to whom I give and bequeath the some of five shillings apiece, to be paid to them w in three months next after my decease. In witness whereof I have set my seal and enscribed unto both Sheetes in the p'tes of provided all wais that if my eldest sonne William Avery shall and doe well and truly pay or cause to bo paid unto my sonne Robert Avery, the full some of Threescore pounds of lawful english money w in three years next after the Decease of me and Joane my now wif, by twenty pounds a year for three years yearly, that then it shall be lawful to and for my said sonne William Avery (with?) the messuage Tenemen ts and their appurtenances w ch in the close or parcell thereunto belonging called lower Dowles, alis little dowles (being?) by 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 hearin not w h stand- ing. Witness Giles Boulders Ann Boulders ty /, ,_/! c-6-C. c/Viv-e^i^. Proved 15 June 1644 (sis ,, e a.f * Parish of Barkham, Berks, is in Charlton Hundred, and 5 miles So. West of Wokiugham. Acres 1415. Population 248 in 1 841. jt Houses 30 in 1831. Parl. Gazr. 1841. AVERT GENEALOGY. W DR. WILLIAM AVERY 4 . TJJ7E now take up the record of our earliest ancestor who crossed the Atlantic. He, in 1650, cast in his lot with the settlers of the town of Declham, Mass., bringing with him his wife, Margaret, and three children, from the parish of Barkham, County 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 people of high courage, born 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 6 , ii. William 5 , iii. Robert 5 . " 1645. Mary Avery, the daughter of Margaret and William Avery, was baptized the 19 th of December 1647. William the sonne of William and Margaret Avery, was baptized the seven and tiveutie day of October. 1649. Robert Avery, y c sonne of William and Margaret Avery, baptized the vii th of December. I, Arthur Roberts, rector of Barkham, certify the above to be a true copy of the Baptism Register of the said parish. Extracted this 15 th day of March in the year of our Lord, 1880. By me. (Signed) ARTHUR ROBERTS." These three children were the only children of William 4 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 Declham Averys, that the entire Avery family in this country descended from three brothers who came to America soon after the landing of the Pilgrims. This is entirely erroneous. The progenitors of the different lines of the Avery family on this side the Atlantic were not brothers. Other children were born to William and Margaret Avery after they took up their life in Dedham. The full list is as follows : i. Mary 5 , bap. Dec. 19, 1645, in Barkham, Eng. She married Nov. 5, 1666, James Tisdale, of Taunton, Mass., lived in Middleboro', Mass., the part now known as Lakeville. She died Sept. 9, 1713, aged 68. He died Jan. 15, 1715, aged 71. They had a daughter Mercy, born May 3, 1676. (Dedham Records.) AVERT GENEALOGY. 21 ii. William 5 , bap. Oct. 27, 1647, Barkham, iii. Robert 5 , bap. Dec. 7, 1649. iv. Jonathan 5 , born May 26, 1653, Dedham, Mass, v. Rachel 5 , b. Sept. 20, 1657, Dedham, Mass, vi. Hannah 5 , b. Sept. 27, 1660. Dedham, Mass. vii. Ebenezer 6 , b. Nov. 24, 1663, died before 1683, as he is not mentioned in his father's will. As William A very was one of the earliest settlers in the town of Dedham, and (1650), only fifteen years after its in- corporation, and made that his home till his removal to Boston about 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 Rock, 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 Ryver 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 AVERT GENEALOGY. as the Court shall 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 29th, 1636, were headed, "Content- ment." The name was after wards erased by a line drawn across it, and the name "Dedham" 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 mads 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 Almightie 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, the foundation where of is Everlasting Love ; 2. That we shall by all means Laboure and keepe of from us all such as ar contrarye minded. And receave only such vnto vs as be such as may be p'bably 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 other out of all which may be derived true Peace. 3. That if at any time difference shall arise between p'ties of our said Towne, that then such p'tie and p'ties shall p'sently Referre all such difference 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. That every man that now or at any time heere after shall have Lots in our said Town, shall pay his share in all such rates of money, and charges as bhall be imposed vpon him Rateably in p' portion with other men. As allso become freely subject vnto all such orders and constitutions as shall be necessariely had or made, now or at any time heere after from this day fore warde, as well as for Loveing and comfortable Societie, in our said Towne as allso for the p'perous and thriveing Condicion of our said fellowshipe, especially respecting the feare of God in which we desire to begiue and continue waut so ever shall by his Loveing favoure take in nand. 5. And for the better manifestion of our true resolution heere in, every man so receaved ; to subscribe here vnto his name there by obliegiug 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 Dedham, Medfield, Walpole, Wretham, Needhani, Wellesley, Dover, Norwood, Norfolk, Franklin, most of Belliugham, and parts of Natick, Hyde Park, and of West Roxbury, 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 fled 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 Village, but in 1638 measures were taken to build a meeting-house. At the present time (1889) there are in the town eleven. 24 AVERT 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 o>f 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 Declham. 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, tsn years after the meeting-house was erected. Its cost was about ,12, and the salary 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 r at which time the town erected one "on the westerly part of the training 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 Dedham, and a walk through^ the grounds shows many stones of great historical interest, several of which bear the name of A very. THE AVERY OAK. This ancient oak is now the property of the town, and a history of Dedham would be incomplete without a sketch of the grand old tree. It possesses additional interest from AVERT 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 Avery name and descent, till within a comparatively short time. A lady of Dedham, now living, whose grandfather, Jona- than Avery 8 , was 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 Dedham Standard, from which we make this extract, says: "A few rods north of Barrows street on the right, stands a most interesting landmark the Avery oak. Since about 16oO 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, k the top has been much twisted and torn by the storms of centuries,' it shows all the signs of life and vigor apparently sufficient to weather the storms- for centuries to come. It measures sixteen feet in circumference five feet from the ground, while a line drawn around the base on the ground would measure over twenty-five feet, and several of its- branches extend over the ground thirty-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 fairy days when trees- could talk disappeared 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 bark * See frontispiece. 26 AVERT GENEALOGY. on the under side will suggest to his mind at once the ruffled breast of an angry bird, whose pride or temper has been greatly disturbed, but who has stood his ground and triumphantly defies all his foes. Whether the bark was ruffled at the proposition of the ship builder we know not, but 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 4k 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 within 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 & his wife Margaret were admitted into the church 16th 12th mo. (Feb) 1650." 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 m Avery, to set his shoppe (black- smith's) in the highway in the east street, the west side of his shoppe to extend in front line of his house, next his house, pro- vided that he lays down so much land on the east side of the said ways as the same is straightened by this s;\id shopp, at such AVERY GENEALOGY. 27 time as the tovvne shall require the same, always provided that whensoever the said shopp shall be no longer used for a Smythe's shopp, by ti e said William at any time hereafter then it shall be removed out of the highway, if the town shall require the same." (Y e 15 th of y e 1 mo. 1650.) In the year 1669 we find William A very designated in the records as Sergt. William Avery, and with others, sent as Deputy to the General Court. 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 with 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 011 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 PocumptucJi) 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 Eecords, 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 annual meeting, May 10, 1853, on the subject of the Early History of the Medical Profession in the County of Norfolk, Mass., thus spoke of him : 28 AVERT GENEALOGY. "Dr. William 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 patron 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 forgat 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 : ' Capt. Daniel Fisher and Ensign Fuller report that Dr. William Avery, now (1680) of Boston, but formerly of the Dedham church, out of entire love of his Church and Town, freely gives into their hands, sixty pounds, for a Latin school, to be ordered by 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 wife, Mrs. Mary (Woodmansey) Tapping, daughter of Mr. Eobert (probably) Woodmansey, and lived only about six years afterward, dying on the 18th March, 1686, aged about 65 years. His wife Mary died May 21, 1707, aged 78. His tombstone stands in King's Chapel burial ground, Boston, near and facing the middle of the railing on Tremont street. On it is also inscribed the name of his widow, Mary. "It is likely that this stone doas not stand where it was originally placed, as a number of tombstones were taken up and set in a row by some person. A barbarism that should never have been sanctioned." (Letter of W. T. Avery.) * The li/up Anchor stood near the spot where the Transcript Building- stood on Washington Street, now occupied by the Globe newspaper office. (See Memorial History of Boston, 1880. VoL i, page 510. AVERT GENEALOGY. AVERT COAT OF A BMP. There are two valuable 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 William 7 , 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 liead, elaborately chased, which was (July 27, 1872,) in the possession of Mrs. Elizabeth (White) Conant, of Framing- ham, Mass., great-grand daughter of Wm. Avery 7 . As before stated, Dr. William Avery 4 owned extensive tracts of land lying adjacent to or near the original Avery homestead, which descended through the family for years. It is only within a comparatively short time that the lands thus bequeathed have passed out of the hands of owners bearing the Avery name. We here insert a deed of land to William 5 , oldest son to Dr. William 4 : DEED OF DR. WILLIAM AVERY 4 . MARCH 16, Gift to His Eldest Son, William*. Know all men by by these p r sents, that I, William Avery (Phisti@n & Chirurgeon) Resident in Boston, in the count} 7 of JSuffolke, in the Massachusetts Collony in New England, upon good Considerations upon account of portion. Do hereby and herewith freely give, grant, & set out to my beloved Eldest son William Avery (blacksmith) resident in Dedham, in y e County of 30 AVERY GENEALOGY. Suffolke aforesaid Do for me, my Heyers, & Sucessers, fully freely & absolutely give unto my say d son William Avery & to his Heyers, Execut', as by a legall Deed thereof may more full apeare. All the aforesa} T d Lotm ts and parcells of up- lands, meadows, swamp and Comon Rights aforesayd as they are described aforesayd, I, the sayd William A very do avouch and declare to be at the day of the date hereof of my owne proper estate, & in my owne power all the premises Lawfully to dispose & give. And do hereby further warrant all y e aforedescribed premises together with all the buildings, orchards, fences, wood Timber, stone, grass, feed proffits pr. e velidges, improvements, & Comodities thereupon, therein, or thereunto any way appertayne- ing, or that may at any time hereafter be procured & atained, from all the p. e 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/ 8 Adminestrato rs & Assignes in peaceable Possession forever, free, 32 AVERT GENEALOGY. Acquitt & discharged of & from all & all manner of Debts, Mortgages, Leases, Entayles. Dowrys, Titles of Dowry & nil other Loeall Mollestations & encurnberances whatsoever, from, by, or under us or any of us, we the sayd William or my Heyers or successors. And I do herewith Render & give Seizur & Law- ful Posession of all the above described p c mises & do further promis to do any further Act, or Acts tiling or things do, or may any way tend to the more full confirmation & Loyall asurance of all the above demised p. e mises whensoever I am Reasonably request Al thereunto. In Witnes to & for full Confirmation of all the above demised p.mises, I the Sayd William Avery Sen 1 ", have hereunto set my hand & afixed my scale in y e year one Thousand six hundred Eighty one, the 16 th of March. Read, Signed, Sealed & Delivered in P. e senoe of Daniell fflsher SEAL. Jn Woodmansey Mr. William Avery acknowledged this Instrume. nt to be his Act and Deed, this 16 th March 168 1 /,. Mrs. Mary Avery did at the same time resigne & disclaim all her right & Tiile in the p e mises. before SAM LL NORWELL ASSIST. (Sigu d ). The following is a copy of the WILL OF DR. WILLIAM AVERT 4 OF DEDHAM, MASS. In Probate Office, Boston, Mass., 15 Oct. 16S3. I, William Avery, resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, of y e Massachusetts Colony in New England, practitioner in physick and aged about 61 years, being through God's goodness of sound judgment and memory, yet weak in body and expecting my great change quickly, do constitute and ordain this my last Will and Testament as followeth, viz : Imprint, That after my decease my body shall be with decent buryal interred, at y e discretion of my executors and that all my just debts and funerall expenses shall duly and Seasonably paid. AVERT GENEALOGY. 33 Item. I give unto my dear and loving Wife Mary, the summe of one hundred pounds of currant mony of New England as I promised upon marriage with her and which is now in her hand. Also I do give unto my said Wife during her life the use of y e part of my housing and lands in Dedham in y e county aforesaid, which tire served in my sou Jonathan's deed, and the use of halfe my 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 in 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 thorn. And further my will is, that in case my share in certain mines shall prove profitable, then yy shall have twenty pounds apiece more paid them by my Executors at and upon y l; advice of my overseers yy judging them to 'be so profitable as y i there is reason for the same. It. My Will is y* my son Jonathan shall have my two Stills, fill my Physick books and instruments, he allowing twenty pounds to my Executors for y e same. It. Concerning my part in several mines m} T 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 my wife lives, shall be divided' to her and to my four children, William, Robert and Jonathan Avery and Mary Tisdale, and after my wife'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 e profit of y e mine aforesaid, shall be for publick and charitable use. It. I do nominate and appoint my three sous, William, Robert and Jonathan, Executors of this my last Will and Testament. And do will y 1 what I have already given them, by 34 AVERT GENEOL09Y. deeds or otherwise shall be reckoned as their several portions. Only my Will is y t in case there shall be any estate remaining after all debts and legacies above bequeathed 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. Finally, 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 1 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 this fifteenth day of October, in y e year of our Lord, one thousand six hundred and eighty three. Signed and sealed in presence of us Samuel lane Samuel Fearrin. Sealed Published and confirmed by Mr. William Avery to be his last Will and Testament the 13 th of March 168 6 / 7 in the presence of us WILLIAM HABERFILD, JOHN HIGGS, JAMES WOODMANSEY. AVERY GENEALOGY. 35 FAMILY AND GENERATIONS OF DEA. WILLIAM AVERY 5 , DEDHAM, MASS. T9 7ILLIAM AVEKY 5 , eldest son of Dr. William 4 and Margaret A very, was in his third year when his parents emigrated to America and settled in Dedham. Of his personal character history is silent, except that he was a deacon of the church which 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 6 , b. Aug. 21, 1674, m. Oct. 13, 1698, Eleazer Fisher. ii. Sarah 6 , b. Oct. 9, 1675, m. Nov. 24, 1696, Thos. Metcalf & Dea. Jos. Wight. iii. William 6 , b. March 31, 1678, m. June 26, 1700, Esther Hunting. iv. Hannah 6 , b. Jan. 7, 1679, m. Jan. 15, 1700, Jonathan Metcalf. Mary, wife of Dea. William 5 , died Oct. 11, 1681, aged 29 years. Her broken tombstone, in Dedham, is inscribed thus : II 1681 36 AVERT GENEALOGY. He married, Aug. 29, 1682, Elizabeth White, and had children : i. Samuel' 1 , b. 19 th of 3 rd (May) 1683, died July 10, 1683. ii. Elizabeth , b. 16, 3 (May) 1684, m. Josiah Fisher, Sept. 25, 1707 (rec'ds.) iii. Join/', b. 26, 10 (Dec.) 1685, died Feb. 10. 1C8 S / P , (per rec'ds.) iv. Joseph 11 , b. Apr. 9, 1687, m. Sarah Newman (per rec'ds.) v. Deborah 6 , b. May 5, 1689, died Sept. 3, 1689 (per rec'ds. His wife, Elizabeth, died October 3, 1690, and he was married Aug. 25, 1698, to Mehitable, (widow of Samuel 'Worden and daughter of Gov. Thomas Hinckley,) by Rev. James Allen. He died Dec. 15, 1708. His slate tomb- stone '.in Dedham cemetery is inscribed .thus : "Here lyes y e Bod} 7 of Deacon William A very, aged 62 years. Died December y e 15 th . 1708." His widow, Mehitable, died about 1726. An agreement between the widow and heirs of William A very", reads as follows : "SUFFOLK, ss. DEDHAM, February 23, 170 s /. An agreement betwen the widow and children of W" Avery Late of Dedham aforesaid, Blacksmith deceased Intestate, Touching the Division and settlement of y c said Deceased's Estate. Imp*. That Mehitable Avery his said widow in lieu of her Dower and thirds in the said Deceased's Estate shall have and enjoy to her use during the term of her natural life one halfe part of y (1 uplands and meadows belonging to y 1 ' homestead on each side of y e East Street in Dedham aforesaid with convenient room in y e Dwelling house and Barne of y e said homestead for her accommodation. As also sundry moveables and household goods delivered into her custody to be at her own free use and absolute disposal. AVERT GENEALOGY. 37 2 d ly. That AVilliam Avery, Eldest son of y e 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 e aforesaid Homestead one each side of y e said East street together with the shop and residence of y 1 ' 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 e great pond called Wigwam Plain pond, containing about six acres in Dedham. Together with a parcel of moveables and shop tooles, delivered into his custody. The said William Avery being to be accountable to the Estate for what more this his part amounts unto than his double share, according to apprise- ment in y e inventory of said Estate. 3 d ly. That Joseph Avery, 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 lying at y e westernmost End of Fowle meadow so called, within 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 custody." Ct 4 th ly. " Mary,' the eldest daughter (wife of Eleazer Fisher) for her (single) share, received "a piece of swamp containing about twenty-two acres, lying in Purgatory Swamp, soe called within the precincts of Dedham. Also one half of a tract of land called Medfield Divident, containing in y e 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 th 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 e same more or less, lying near unto a field called Farrington's field in Dedham aforesaid. Also y e other halfe of y e before named Medfield Divident of land, and one cow common in y e aforesaid undevided lands together with a parcel of moveables, rec'd and taken into her custody." ^ 6 th ly." Hannah, the third daughter (wife of Jonathan Metcalf, Jr.,) " for her single share," received "a piece of Land 38 AVERT GENEALOGY. containing about twenty six acres, adjoining to Mr. Dvvight's laud within the precinct of Roxborrough, together with a parcel of moveables rec'd and taken into her custody by her husband's hands. 7 th ly. Elizabeth, the fourth daughter (wife of Josiah Fisher Jr.,) "for her single share," received "a parcel of laud con- taining about twenty acres, be it more or less, lying near unto a meadow called South Meadow and adjoining upon y e laud of Jonathan Metcalf, 8en r , in Dedham aforesaid'. Also four acres of swamp att y e end of a place called the Ridge, and one cow common right of and in the aforesaid undivided Lands together with a parcel of moveables rec'd and taken into her custody." " 8 th ly. It is further agreed that the above named William Avery, the said Eldest son, shall have, hold and enjoy to him and his heirs forever (as part of his double portion) two cow common rights and three sheep common Rights of and in the aforesaid undivided Lauds. " 9 th ly and lastly, it is mutually agred that after y e said Mehitable Avery, the part of y e ' uplands and meadows &c hereby assigned her, as aforesaid out of y e real estate of y e said deceased, shall fall into Division among the aforesaid children of y e said Deceased or their representatives according to y e aforesaid division of said Estate. In testimony whereof the aforesaid partners have hereunto set their hands and scales y e day and year first above written. Signed sealed and delivered MEHETABLE AVERY in presence of us WILLIAM AVERY Porter Gardner JOSEPH AYERY Joseph piveo ELEAZAR FISHER Elizabeth butcher MARY FISHER SARAH METCALFE HANNAH METCALFE JONATHAN METCALFE In behalf of Hannah my wife." JOSIAH FISHER ELIZABETH FISHER Acknowledged &c Boston Feby 23d 1708. J. H. HADDINGTON. MARY (AvERY 6 ) FISHER, eldest daughter, born 1674, wife of Eleazer Fisher of Dedham. AVERT GENEALOGY. 39 SARAH (AvERY 6 ) METCALF, second daughter, born 1675, wife of Thos. Metcalf, by whom she had children: i., Sarah, b. 1698; ii., Samuel, b. 1699; iii., Thomas, b. 1701; iv., 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 (Avery 6 ) Wight died June 28, 1748, aged 73 years. 40 AVERY GENEALOGY. FAMILY AND GENERATIONS OF CAPT. WILLIAM AVERY 6 . H APT. WILLIAM AVEBY", born 1678 married June 26, 1700, Esther Hunting ; was the eldest son of Deacon William 5 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 patter of little feet was heard there. Seven children were born to them : i. Esther 7 , b. Aug. 7, 1704, m. Dec. 17, 1730, William Deane. ii. Mary 7 , b. April 19, 1707, m. Aug. 31, 1727, Samuel Deane. iii. Elizabeth 7 , b. May 29, 1709, m. Oct. 30, 1729, Hezekiah Sprague. iv. Rebekah 7 , b. Aug. 16, 1711, unmarried. v. Margaret 7 , b. Jan. 25, I71 3 / 4 , m. Joshua Everett, vi. William 7 , b. Aug. 30, 1716, m. Bethiah Metcalf. vii. Sybil 7 , b. Jan. 3, 1720, m. 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 side of cem- etery, and about thirty yards east of Allyn Monument, is inscribed thus: "Here lies buried y e 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 85 ; that of Capt. William' 5 is omitted. Mary, widow of Capt. William survived him about twenty years. Her will on file in probate office, Boston, bears date Jan. 13, 1770. AVERT GENEALOGY. 4 The seal of William A very" is still in existence. Mr. AY. T. Avery lias in his possession a brass one, which is an exact copy of an impression in wax from the original seal on the original document in the possession of Mr. Vernon Bingham Upham, grandson of Mrs. Jerusha (Avery 9 ) Bingham (de- ceased), which belonged to William Avery", the signer. The seal is silver and is mentioned in the will of William Avery 7 , 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 Avery", July 10, 1724. It is also mentioned in Whitmore's "Heraldic Journal" as being attached to a will of Joseph Dammon, 1721, and as belonging to William Avery, 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 Kev. John Avery" of No. Truro, who was cousin to William Avery". HANNAH (AVERY") METCALF, third , daughter of Deacon William and Mary Avery 5 , b. 1679, wife of Jonathan Metcalf, by whom she had : 1, Hannah ; 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 5 , 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 Behoboth "within the 42 AVERT GENEALOGY. Ring 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 6 , 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. Rev. Joseph Avery 6 was preaching at Freetown, when he received a call to Nor- ton. He had been highly 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-important Sunday he appeared before the assembled wisdom and 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. Danforth urged them to give him a call, which they did "at a meeting of the inhabitants of Taunton, North Purchase, Dec. 23rd, 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 be that he would finally accept if sufficient encouragement was given him. The project of building him a house was started, and a tax Avas levied upon the town to assist him in providing a habitation. Accord- ingly a building about 46 feet long, by 20 feet wide, was soon in process of erection, however, it was not completed for some years ; not until they had heard of his frequent visits to Rehoboth, (1719) [which led them to suppose a bride in the near future was to come among them,] did they awake to the importance of completing the parsonage. Mr. Avery must have been a very deliberate man, for not -until Sept. 13th, 1714, did he give his answer of acceptance. It was accepted by the town and his salary fixed at 50. AVERY GENEALOGY. 43 Oct. 4, 1714, the pastor elect met with the people and "iii solemn, measured tones read over (the covenant) sentence by sentence for their acceptance," with few alterations, "it was made satisfactory to all." The vote of acceptance was then taken, his signature affixed, and all persons present walked up to the table one by one, and penned their auto- graphs. History states that the first entry made in the church records is in the handwriting of the first pastor as follows: "A church was gathered in Norton on the 28th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fourteen," followed by "the names of those who covenanted as members." The records further state that "on the same day, Oct. 28th, 1714, Mr. Joseph A very was ordained pastor of the Church of Christ in Norton. (He was first minister in Norton.) "At his ordination Rev. Samuel Danforth of Taunton gave the charge, and Rev. Thomas Greenwood of Rehoboth gave the right 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 Bathsheba (Chickering) Newman, and great-grand- daughter of Rev. Samuel Newman, one of the first settlers, and the first minister of Rehoboth. She was born 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 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," e aware what the young are in- clined to expect in those who are far advanced in second childhood. We anticipate, and too often with reason, that they will be notional, difficult to please, and will almost necessarily show something of captiousness. But I was happily disappointed. Our aged friend furnished a remarkable example 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 just riylit. she seemed constantly to keep in view the comfort of others, and thus practically and daily exhibi- ted the benevolent spirit of the gospel, and it is particularly worthy of notice in these days of detraction, that she uniformity 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 individual. Untiring industry was another prominent trait of her character, So long as she could possibly render herself useful, her hands were employed in some kind of labor. During her last illness, in her lucid intervals, she manifested firm reliance upon the merit of her Saviour and placed not the least dependence upon a long life of virtue for acceptance with God." The following is copied from an old note book of Dr. Ware : "May 12th, 1822, the house of Dr. Samuel Ware, of Conway, was burned on the Sabbath clay while all the family were at meeting." MILLER, Bethiah Ware 9 , oldest daughter of Bethiah ( Avery s ) and Dr. Samuel Ware, born March 17, 1780, married Oct. 13, 1806, Rev. Moses Miller, born Nov. 23, 1756. Children: i. Samuel 10 , b. July 18, 1807, d. Aug. 5, 1828. ii. Sarah 10 , b. Aug. 5, 1809, m. Aarou Dickinson, iii. Mary 10 , b. April 19, 1811, m. Hart Leavitt. iv. Hannah Billings 10 , b. Feb. 25, 1813, m. Rev. S. Leanord. v. Bethiah Avery 10 , b. Feb. 14, 1815, m. Rev. W A. Nichols, vi. Thomas Spencer 10 , b. May 24, 1817, d. Aug. 1, 1843. A tutor in Amherst College. AVERT GENEALOGY. 55 vii. Moses Alexander 10 , b. Feb. 11, 1819, d. Nov. 9, 1840. viii. William 10 , b. Jan. 23, 1821, d. Oct. 5, 1822. ix. Samuel Fisher 10 , b. Oct. 5, 1822, m. Charlotte Howe. Rev. Moses Miller died April 22nd, 1855 ; Mrs. Bethiah (Ware) Miller died August 17th, 1848. BONNEY. Sarah Ware 9 , second daughter of Dr. Samuel and Bethiah (Avery") Ware, married Eev. William Bonney of New Canaan, Conn. Children: i. Lucy Atwood 10 , b. May 29, 1812. ii. Samuel Ware 10 , b. March 8, 1815. iii. Sarah Anna 10 , b. Nov. 17, 1818. iv.' Mary Ware 1 ", b. Aug. 30, 1821. WAKE 9 . Dr. William Ware/', son of Dr. Samuel and Bethiah (Avery s ) Ware, born May 22, 1784, married Sarah Raymond. Children :- i. William, afterward practising physician at Centerville, N. Y., and subsequently at Owatonna, Minnesota. ii. Mary, married John Benedict, and lives at Ellington, N. Y. They have one child, Mary Ware, (now about twenty- five years old.) iii. Martha, married Mr. Cooper. They had one son, William, who died in 1887. ROWLAND. Mary Ware 9 , daughter of Dr. Samuel and Bethiah (A very 8 ) Ware, married (as his second wife) Southworth Howland, - of West 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 Hadley, Mass., 56 AVERT GENEALOGY. Oct. 14, 1845, married the same day to Susan Reed of Heath, Mass. ; missionary of the A. B. C. F. M., in Ceylon, India. They had eight children, four of whom are or have been missionaries. SHERWOOD. Lucy Atwoocl Bonney 10 , oldest daughter of Sarah (Ware) and Rev. William Bonney, m. August 22, 1841, William B. Sherwood. Children: i. May Anna 11 , b. Sept. 15, 1842. ii. Lucy A. 11 , d. March 30, 1857. BONNEY. Samuel Ware Bonney, oldest son of Rev. 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 Yan Rensalaer. Rev. Samuel Ware Bonney died July 24, 1864. He adopted at Canton an Engllish girl, Emma Catharine Bonney, who is still living. PRATT. Mary Ware Bonney 10 , third daughter of Rev. William and Sarah (Ware) Bonney, married January 30, 1850, Dea. Russel R. Pratt, of W. Cornwall, Conn. Children : i. Mary Sherwood 11 , b. Oct. 3, 1855, d. April 16, 1872. ii. Helen Rogers 11 , b. July 11, 1858, d. Jan. 20, 1859. iii. Elizabeth Russel 11 , b. Aug. 21, 1860, d. April 16, 1865. Mrs. Mary W. B. Pratt, died April 11, 1886. ESSLEMONT. May Anna Sherwood 11 , only surviving daughter of William B. and Lucy (Bonney) Sherwood, married Nov. 17, 1876, Hon. Peter Esslemont, of Aberdeen, Scotland. AVERY GENEALOGY. 57 (Lord Provost of Aberdeen, and Member of Parliament.) Children : i. Alfred Sherwood, b. Aberdeen, Scotland, Aug. 24, 1877, ii. Lucy, b. Aberdeen, Oct. 3, 1878. iii. Harriet Margaret, b. April 24, 1880, d. Jan. 3, 1881. iv. Lillian Riffling, b. Nov. 11, 1881. v. Charles Bradford, b. May 6, 1885. DICKENSON. Sarah Miller 10 , oldest daughter of Bethiah (Ware) and Rev. Moses Miller, married Sept. 20, 1821, Aaron Dickenson, born July 5, 1802. Children : i. William Miller 11 , b. Nov. 9, 1832, poisoned by hemlock, d. Sept. 15, 1836. ii. Cornelius Evarts 11 , b. April 23, 1835, now pastor Con- gregational Church, Marietta, Ohio, m. Susan. D. Williams, Oct. 1, 1863. iii. Sarah Miller 11 , b. March 23, 1837, m. Joshua Leavitt and afterward Edward H. Leavitt. iv. Samuel Fowler 11 , b. July 25, 1839, afterward a minister; m. Martha Bliss, March 16, 1870, and Ella A. Massey,, Aug, 15, 1875. v. Mary Esther 11 , b. Sept. 19, 1842, d. June 8, 1843. Sarah (Miller 10 ) Dickenson, died July 17, 1843. Aaron Dickenson married July 9, 1844, Abigail Temple. They had four children. DICKENSON. 11 Eev. Cornelius E. Dickenson 11 , second son of Sarah (Miller 10 ) and Aaron Dickenson, married Susan D. Williams, Oct. 1, 1863. Children : i. Bertha Loomis 12 , b. Oct. 13, 1864, m. Edw. A. Metcalf. ii. Howard Williams 12 , b. April 30, 1869. iii. Spencer Miller 12 , b. May 23, 1872, d. July 27, 1872. iv. Susan Belle 12 , b. July 28, 1873. v. Ray Clark 12 , b. Aug. 18, 1874, d. July 12, 1875. vi. Ethel May 12 , b. Dec. 30, 1875. vii. Le Roy Austin 12 , b. Oct. 20, 1879. 58 A VER Y GENEALOG Y. LEAVITT. Sarah Miller Dickenson 11 , eldest daughter of Sarah (Miller 10 ) and Aaron Dickeuson, married Nov. 28, 1867, Joshua Leavitt, born July 4, 1842. Had one child, Chloe May 12 , b. March 30, 1869. Again married Aug. 21, 1870, Edw. H. Leavitt, born Nov. 11, 1838. Children : i. Mary Betliiah 12 , b. Feb. 15, 1872. ii. Sarah Alice 12 , b. Jan. 2, 1875. DICKENSON 11 . Samuel Fowler 11 , third son and fourth child of Sarah (Miller 10 ) and Aaron Dickenson, married March 16, 1870, Martha A. Bliss, who died June 9, 1872, leaving one child, Martha Bliss 12 , b. May 31, 1872. LEAYITT. Mary Miller 10 , second daughter and third child of Bethiah (Ware 9 ) and Eev. Moses Miller, married June 8, 1831, Hon. Hart Leavitt, born December 18, 1808, died April 15, 1881. Mary (Ware) Leavitt died December 2, 1833. They had one child, Mary Miller 11 , b. March 11, 1833. Hon. Hart Leavitt died April 15, 1881. LEONAED. Hannah B. 10 , third daughter and fourth child of Bethiah (Ware 9 ) and Eev. Moses Miller, married Nov. 19, 1839. Eev. Samuel Leonard. Children : i. Abbie Bethiah 11 , b. Nov. 16, 1842, m. Horace Haskell. ii. Mar} 7 Ware 11 , b. Sept. 24, 1844, m. Frank Ricfl. iii. Frances Hannah 11 , b. July 25, 1846, d. Nov. 4, 1865. iv. William Miller 11 , b. Nov. 26, 1848, d. Nov. 2, 1849. v. Alice Sarah 11 , b. Oct.* 9, 1850. AVERT GENEALOGY. 59 NICHOLS. Bethiah Avery 10 , fourth daughter and fifth child of Bethiah (Ware 9 ) and Rev. Moses Miller, married Sept. 25, 1838, Eev. W. A. Nichols. She died Nov. 11, 1865. Children :- i. Thomas Spencer 11 , b. June 15, 1843, d. Sept. 18, 1851. ii. William Adams 11 , b. Sept. 13, 1845, d. Aug. '23. 1846. iii. Dwight Miller 11 , b. July 30, 1852, d. Sept. 13, 1853. Eev. W. A. Nichols married Sarah A. Bonney, May 7, 1867. No children. MILLEB 1 ". Samuel Fisher 10 , fifth son and ninth child of Bethiah (Ware 9 ) and Eev. Moses Miller, married June 18, 1851, Charlotte Howe. She died Nov. 25, 1863. Children : i. Annie 11 , b. July 15, 1852. ii. Mary 11 , b. April 2, 1854, d. Sept, 11, 1855. iii. Walter Howe 11 , b. March 11, 1857, m. Roweua P. Fobes. iv. Thomas Spencer 11 , b. April 25, 1859, m. Hattie M. Ruggles. v. Samuel Fisher 11 , Jr., b. Sept. 19, 1861, m. Marion E. Sleeper. vi. Sidney Walker 11 , b. Jan. 23, 1863, m. Ida B. Ketz. Samuel R Miller, in. Alma F. Emerson, Aug. 27, 1867. No children. DAYIS. Mary Miller Leavitt 11 , only child of Mary (Miller; and Hon. Hart Leavitt, married Feb. 9, 1854, Lory C. Davis. Children :- i. Hart Cornelius 12 , b. April 9, 1855, m. Grace Holmes. ii. Dora Augusta 12 , b. Dec. 19, 1858, m. Lowell Mason, iii. Flora Adalade 12 , b. Dec. 19, 1858, m. Edvv. S. Dickenson. iv. Lory Leavitt 12 , 1). Dec. 5, 1862. 60 AVERT GENEALOGY. Lory C. Davis died on his way home from the army, July 1, 18(55. Mary (Miller) Davis married Sept. 27, 1870, William Hillman. No children. DICKENSON 11 . Rev. Samuel Fowler Dickenson 11 , third son and fourth child of Sarah (Miller 10 ) and Aaron Dickenson, married Aug. 25, 1875, Ella A. Massey. Children : i. Ray Massey 12 , b. Oct. 19, 1878. ii. Emma Miller 12 , b. Dec. 12, 1880. iii. Esther Harriet 12 , b. Sept. 14, 1884. HASKELL. Abbie B. Leonard 11 , oldest daughter of Hannah (Miller 10 ) and Rev. Samuel Leonard, married Nov. 22, 1870, Horace Haskell, b. Oct. 20, 1841. Children : i. Hattie Alice 12 , b. March 23, 1872, d. Jan. 1. 1875. ii. Frank F. 12 , b. Jan. 10, 1874. d. Jan. 11, 1875. iii. Frank Humphrey 12 , b. July 20, 1875. Alice (Leonard) Haskell died May 18, 1877. Horace Haskell afterward married Catharine Stickle. One or two children. RICE. Mary Ware Leonard 11 , second daughter of Hannah (Miller 10 ) and Rev. Samuel Leonard, married Oct. 9, 1866, Lieut. Francis R. Rice, and died March 16, 1867, leaving no children. MILLER 11 . Walter Howe 11 , first son and third child of Charlotte (Howe) and Samuel F. Miller, married October 16, 1879,. Rowena P. Fobes. Children : i. Charlotte Rowena, b. Aug. 19, 1880. ii. Walter Fobes, b. April 3, 1882. AVERT GENEALOGY. 61 MILLER 11 . Thomas Spencer 11 , second son and fourth child of Charlotte (Howe 10 ) and Samuel F. Miller, married Jan. 1, 1885, Hattie M. Buggies. One child : Margarite, born Dec. 10, 1888. MILLER 11 . Samuel Fisher Miller, Jr. 11 , third son and fifth child of Charlotte (Howe 10 ) and Samuel F. Miller, married May 4, 1886, Marion E. Sleeper. One child, Gladys Edward, b. Sept. 22, 1887, died Dec. 22, 1888. MILLER 11 . Sidney Walker 11 , fourth son and sixth child of Charlotte (Howe 10 ) and Samuel F. Miller, married July 11, 1883, Ida B. Ketz. DAYIS 12 . Hart Cornelius 12 , oldest child of Mary (Leavitt 11 ) and Lory C. Davis, married April 2, 1885, Grace Holmes. MASON 12 . Dora Augusta 12 , twin daughter of May (Leavitt 11 ) and Lory C. Davis, married Dec. 28, 1881, Lowell Mason. DICKENSON. Flora Adelade 12 , twin daughter of May (Leavitt 11 ) and Lory C. Davis, married Dec. 28, 1881, Edw. S. Dickenson. Children : i. A son 13 , b. Aug., 1882, d. Aug., 1882. ii. Bessie May 13 , b. May 2, 1884. METCALF. Bertha Loomis 12 ,-oldest daughter of Susan (Williams) and Rev. C. E. Dickenson 11 , married Sept. 4, 1888, Edw. Artel Metcalf. 62 AVERT GENEALOGY. REV. JOSEPH AVERY 8 . T^EV. JOSEPH AVEBY", third son of William 7 , born \ Oct. 14, 1751, married Mary Allen, a neice of Gov. Samuel Adams. Children : i. Mary 9 , b. Sept. 12, 1778, m. June 4, 1798, Aaron White, Jr., cl. May 26, 1860. ii. Joseph 9 , b. Dec. 3, 1779, m. Aug., 1815, Sarah Thaxter, d. 1822. iii. Bethiah 9 , b. Oct. 13, 1781, m. 1804, Jonathan Grosvenor, cl. 1833. iv. Nancy 9 , b. May 15, 1783, m. Jan. 1, 1807, William White. v. Catharine 9 , b. Feb. 3, 1788, m. March, 1816, Samuel B. Bent. vi. Samuel 9 , b. Feb. 3, 1788. Bev. Joseph Avery 8 graduated from Harvard College 1771, when but twenty years old, and became a minister of Holden, 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 9 , eldest daughter of Bev. 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) White, and had a family of seven sons and three daughters, all of whom came to years of maturity. Children : i. Aaron 10 , b. Oct. 8, 1798. ii. Joseph Avery 10 , b. May 15, 1801. iii. Thomas 10 , b. Feb. 9, 1804. iv. Isaac Davis 10 , b. March 20, 1806. JOSEPH AVERY. BORN 1751 ; DIED 1824. AVERT GENEALOGY. 63 v. Elizabeth 10 , b. Sept. 27, 1808. vi. William James 10 , b. March-ll, 1811. vii. Mary A very 10 , b. Dec. 4, 1813. viii. Caroline 10 , b. April 8, 1816. ix. Samuel Charles 10 , b. April 27, 1820. x. Francis Adams 10 , b. April 19, 1824. From " Genealogical Sketches of 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 fire 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 64 AVERT GENEALOGY. .about five years, and then removed to Boylston, purchasing 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 Court." He died April 7, 1846, aged nearly 75 years. AAEON WHITE 10 , THOMPSON, CONN. Aaron White 10 , eldest son of Aaron and Mary (A very 9 ) "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 Roxbury, Mass., and in Yergennes, Vi, then entered the law office of Hon. Horatio Seymour, in Middlebury, Yt. In 1820 he removed to Providence, R. 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 himself 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 Rhode Island, in place of that of the old Charter of King Charles the Second, which practi- cally lodged all power in the hands of land owners, he found it necessary to remove from the state to Connecticut in July, 1842, to avoid arrest and incarceration under the operation of martial law, then in force in Rhode Island. He took up his abode in Thompson, where he married AVERT GENEALOGY. 65 Feb., 1843, Miss Cordelia Parke Barnes. A happy union, but too soon severed by the most afflictive and untimely death of his wife, March 18, 1844, leaving a son born two days before the mother's death." At Washington, in 1844, he assisted Hon. Edmund Burke, representative from New Hampshire, in preparing his " Report on the Interference of the Executive in the affairs of Rhode Island." "At the Antiquarian Hall, in Worcester, he studied the question of the origin of the American Indians. He was well versed in botany and mineralogy, and spent much time at his homestead in cultivating a garden and experimenting with the tea plant," 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, buying and selling coins. He died at Thompson, April 15, 1886, aged 87 years. 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 political 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 AVERY WHITE 10 , FKAMINGHAM, MASS. Joseph Avery White 1 ", second son of Aaron, Jr., and Mary (Avery 9 ) White, born May 15, 1801, was " educated at the common schools and Leicester Academy, and assisted 5 66 AVERY GENEALOGY. in work on the farm and in the store until his seventeenth year, when he took a place as clerk in the store of his uncle, Stephen Brighain, in Boston, of the firm of Brigham & Bigelow, wholesale grocers. After his uncle's 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 with a previous employer, William M. Stedman, under the firm of William M. Stedman & Co., and taking another partner, the firm of William M. Stedman, White & Co. He was also associated with other partners, and finally, in 1860, retired from mercantile life, and purchased an elegant country seat and farm in Framingham. With changes from larger to smaller farms, he still continues to have his home at Framingham Centre. " He married June 10, 1844, Miss Charlotte Partridge of Templeton, who died July, 1852, leaving one child, Charlotte 11 , who married Jan. 21, 1869, Charles William Kennard, a jewelry merchant in Boston. They have three young daughters." THOMAS WHITE 10 , BROOKLYN, N. Y. Thomas White 10 , third son of Aaron, Jr., and Mary (Avery 9 ) White, was born in Boylston, Mass., Feb. 9, 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, had abundant opportunity, excepting the eldest, who was sent to college, for physical training, in clearing off forests, chopping and splitting wood for fires in house and store,f or which purposes about forty cords were annually con- ^umed, also in plowing, planting, hoeing and harvesting AVERY GENEALOGY. 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 months each per annum, which was all that the town taxes could afford in those days. The farmers in that agricultural town, who 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 up 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 Stnithfield, 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, E. I., studied law with Gen. George 68 AVERY GENEALOGY. Leonard Barnes, and continued his connection with, that office "until the spring of 1828, (with the exception of a few months teaching in the winter 1827,") when " he joined the law 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 law school, he was admitted to practice as attorney and counsellor by the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, March term, 1829. 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 business of school teaching in the western part of New York.) In June, 1830, he opened his law office in Provi- dence, E. I., and pursued his work for ten years, occupying a place in the city justice's court four years, also the office of police justice, two years. Librarian of Providence Bar Library for several years and secretary of the Athaneum Board of Directors soon after its organization. During the earlier part of his career, while attending store for his father, he began the study of stenography, and became quite proficient in the art, " which rendered his services ver} T desirable as a reporter of proceedings in the Rhode Island General Assembly for the Providence newspapers." In 1840, he removed to New York, and was subsequently admitted to practice as attorney and counsellor at law and solicitor in chancery. Since '47 a chemical manufacturing business has engrossed his attention, and since 1852 in company for nearly thirty-five years with the late Samuel C. White, a younger brother, who died Nov. 26, 1886. Mr. White was married June 2, 1841, at Boylston, AVERT GENEALOGY. 69 to Miss Harriet Sawyer of that town, " and their house- keeping was begun the next day in the city of New York. They had one child, Salome Elizabeth, born at Port Rich- mond, Staten Island, Aug. 26, 1854." His family residence " was in Bergen now Bayonne, N. J., for thirteen years, near his works at Bergen Point, until 1868, when he removed to the present residence, 135 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, N. Y." Mr. White has in his possession the silver seal already referred to in the pre- ceeding pages, which was formerly the property of his grandfather, the Eev. Joseph Avery" of Holden. ISAAC D. WHITE 10 , BROOKLINE, MASS. Isaac Davis White", fourth son of Aaron, Jr., and Mary (Avery 9 ) Whi!}3, born March 20, 1836, received a common school education at Boylston, and worked with his brothers 011 his father's farm, until sixteen years of age, when he went to learn the tanner's trade at Eoxbury, 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 Roxbury, and continued it with success until he retired in 1851, his younger brother, Francis A. Whits, and Mr. Frederick Guild, becoming his successors. He married at Paxton, May 18, 1841, his cousin, Elizabeth Hall Grosvenor. They settled in Roxbury, where he had erected a fine mansion on the Dedham turnpike for his occupation. From Roxbury he removed to Enfield, Ct., in the year 1853, 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 years later " he removed to Brook- 70 AVERT GENEALOGY. line, where lie purchased several acres on which he erected another convenient dwelling and cultivated the land, largely devoted to fruit growing. The great enterprise of making a boulevard by widening Beacon Street, on which his place was 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 White, Jr. 11 , born Aug. 13, 1842, settled in business in Worcester as a hardware merchant, married Nov. 16, 1876, to Caroline E. Gilbert. (They had three children.) ii. Harriet Frances 11 , b. Sept. 18, 1844. Hi. Elizabeth 11 , b. March 7, 1847, d. June 5, 1848. iv. Caroline Louisa 11 , b. Aug. 5, 1849. v. Mary Aveiy 11 , b. Nov. 27, 1858, vi. Grace Grosveuor 11 , b. July 29, 1865. ELIZABETH (WHITE 10 ) CONANT, FRAMINGHAM, MASS. Elizabeth White 10 , eldest daughter and fifth child of Aaron, Jr., and Mary (Avery 9 ) White, was born Sept. 27, 1808, and married at Boylston, Mass., April 17, 1833, to Benjamin Kilburn Conant, son of Eev. Gaius Couant of Paxton. They settled in Worcester, Mass., and had seven children, five of whom came to years of maturity. The children who lived to grow up were : i. Myron 11 , b. March, 1834, "migrated to Texas in 1857, joined the expedition of the filibustering adventurer, Walker, against Nicaragua in 1857, and perished in that ill designed and ill fated enterprise." ii. Benjamin Whitman 11 , b. Dec. 29, 1835, " settled as a druggist in Boston, where he died in 1881. He married in 1865 Elizabeth Babbitt of Roxbury. Had no children." iii. Francis Adams 11 , b. Feb. 28. 1838, d. at Evansville, Ind. An assistant surgeon in the U. 8. army. iv. Mary White 11 , b. Oct. 13, 1840. m. Sept., 1868, Charles Franklin Harriman, and settled in Somerville, Mass. Mr. AVERT GENEALOGY. 71 Harriman died Dec. 27, 1876. Their five children, all of whom are living, (1889) are : i. Edward Avery 1 *, b. Dec. 13, 1809, graduate Harvard College, 1888, when in his nineteenth year, said to be "a remarkably bright youth, became a student of law in Boston, and is sufficiently advanced to be admitted to practice were he of age." (1889.) ii. Mary Adams 12 , b. Jan. 17, 1872. iii. Frank Whitman 1 ^, b. Aug. 5, 1874. iv. Cora Elizabeth 1 ' 2 . / . v. Charles Conantur June2 ' 187( '- Mrs. Mary W. (Connnt 11 ) Harriman has her home in Framing- ham Centre, Mass. v. Edward Davis 11 , b. May 25, 1846, m. 1872, Anneta Chapin, and settled in Worcester, now in business in Boston as real estate loan broker. Have four children, now living, two having died in infancy. Mrs. Elizabeth (White 10 ) Conant died at Framingham, April 4, 1877, aged 68 years. WILLIAM JAMES WHITE 10 , WORCESTER, MASS. William J. White 10 , sixth child of Aaron, Jr., and Mary (Avery 9 ) W T hite, was born March 11, 1811, graduated at W T illiams College 1839, and studied for the ministry, graduating at Andover in the class of 1842, 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 Keed Eames of West Boylston. Children : i. John William 12 , b. d. ii. Aaron Avery 12 , b. Aug. 30, 1857, resides with his parents and employed by his cousin, I. D. White, Jr., in the hardware business in Worcester, Mass. MAEY AVEEY (WHITE 10 ) DAVIS, WORCESTER, MASS. Mary Avery White 10 , seventh child of Aaron, Jr., and Mary (Avery 9 ) W 7 hite, born Dec. 4, 1813, married Eev. 72 AVERT GENEALOGY. Elnathan Davis of Holden, May 26, 1843, " and thereupon accompanied him to the West, where he had charge of several societies as stated supply in Indiana and Michigan. They returned to Massachusetts in 1845. Mr. Davis subse- quently became the settled pastor of churches in Ashburn- ville, Fitzburg and Auburn. He died at Auburn, April 9, 1881, aged seventy-three." Children: i. Thomas White 11 , b. Nov. 1, 1844, "graduated at Williams College, 1866, m. 1872, Amelia Sylvester, and settled in Belmont, Mass. At present (1889) is head master of a public school in Cambridge, Mass." They have: i. Ralph Sylvester 112 . ii. Etta Lincoln 1 ' 2 . ii. Francis Gordon 11 , b. March 9, 1851, "married Carrie E. Gossof Worcester, June 3, 1878, now (1889) settled in Water- town, N. Y., as superintendent of the large carriage manufactory of the H. H. Babcock Company." They have : i. Alice Mary 1 -. ii. Grace Avery 12 . CAKOLINE WHITE 10 . Caroline White 10 , eighth child of Aaron, Jr., and Mary (Avery 9 ) White, born April 8,1816, and "had her home with her parents until they died, her father in 1846, her mother in 1860. She continued in charge of the old home one year longer, when in the Spring of 1861 it was broken up, house, land and furniture all sold. She afterward made her home principally with her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Conant, until her death in 1877, but assisting always the families of brothers and sisters, who by reason of sickness or other causes required her care. She now resides in Worcester with her sister, Mrs. Mary A. W. Davis." SAMUEL CHAKLES WHITE 10 . BERGEN POINT, N. J. Samuel C. White 10 , ninth child of Aaron and Mary (Avery 9 ) White, born April 27, 1820, "was educated in the AVERY GENEALOGY. 73 common schools and in Andover Academy. Entered the employment of Henshaw, Ward & Co., wholesale druggists in Boston, when sixteen years of age. Left their service when twenty-two years old, and opened a store for himself in Worcester in 1842, relinquishing the same in 1852 to to accept a position as co-partner with his brother Thomas, who was 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 Ashburnham, 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 Maria 11 , b. March 19, 1852, m. George H. Gale, Oct. 6, 1880, and settled at Bergen Point, ii. Louisa Barrett 11 , b. Dec. 8, 1857. iii. Edward P'rancis 11 , b. April 6, 1862, graduated at the Stevens' Polytechnic School of Hoboken. iv. Harriet Stone 11 , b. Oct. 21, 1868. 74 AVERT GENEALOGY. FRANCIS ADAMS WHITE 10 . BROOKLINE, MASS. Francis A. White 10 , tenth and youngest child of Aaron Jr. and Mary ( Avery 9 ) White, born April 19, 1824, " received his education at the town schools and as a private pupil of Rev. Wm. H. Sanford, 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 Roxbury, 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 firm of Guild & 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 greatly 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,) whom he married at Newport, N. H., June 25, 1851. She was born Febi 15, 1828. Children : i. Charles Frederick 11 , b. May 27, 1856, graduated at Worcester School of Technology, m. June 18, 1883, Louie Dean, of St. Louis, Mo., and now resides at Dunkirk, N. Y., where he has charge of a manufactory of machinery. ii. William Howard 11 , b. Sept. 4, 1858, graduated at Harvard 1880, studied law and practices in Boston. iii. Francis Winthrop 11 , b. Dec. 17, 1860, graduated at Harvard, 1885. iv. Sophia Buckland 11 , b. Dec. 16, 1862. AVERT GENEALOGY. 75 HOWLAND. Grace Avery*, third daughter and sixth child of William 7 and Bethiah (Metcalf) Avery, born August 17, 1755, married June 1, 1786, John Howland 5 . * Children : i. Asa 9 , b. Oct. 25, 1787, died June 24, 1870. ii. John 9 , b. June 8, 1789. iii. Grace 9 , b. Oct. 29, 1791. iv. William Avery 9 , b. May 17, 1796. v. Timothy Metcalf 9 , b. vi. Allen 9 , Grace (Avery 8 ) Howland died February 12, 1841, aged 86 years. * John Howland 5 (Job 4 , John 3 , John' 2 , John 1 ,) was born March ol, 1757. As will be seen, he was the fifth descendant of John Howland 1 , who came from England in the Mayflower, and died February 2o, 1(>72. He was one of the forty-one signers of the Compact, in the cabin of the Mayflower, while that ship la.v in Provincetown Harbor, November 11, KJ20. His tombstone in Plymouth 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, 1(520. They had four sons and six daughters, from whom are descended a numerous posterity." "1072, February 2od. John Howland, of Plymouth, deceased. He lived to the age of eighty years. He was the last man that was left of those that came over in the shipp called the Mayflower, that lived in Plymouth." 76 AVERT GENEALOGY. DEA. JOHN AVERY 8 . JOHN AVEKY S , fourth son of William 7 and Bethiah (Metcalf) A very, born Sept. 9, 1758, in Dedham ; married May 26, 1784, Mary Cusliman, born June 24, 1755. Children : i. John 9 , h. Jan. 9, 1780, m. Ann Paine, Nov. 14, 1827. ii. Mary 9 , 1). Sept. 29, 1787, d. Dec. 8, 1829. iii. Joseph 9 , b. Aug. 30, 1789, m. Sylvia Clary, Dec. 5, 1817. iv. Lendemine 9 . b. April 7, 1791, m. James Bond. v. Rebecca 9 , b. Nov. 30, 1793, in. Silas Hawks, Nov. 16,, 1826. vi. William 9 , b. Sept. 16, 1705, m. Maria Rowland, d. April 25, 1853; vii. Bethiah 9 , b. Feb. 20, 1800, in. Benj. Bond 1825, d. Jan.. 13, 1834. Mary (Cushman) Avery died May 25, 1825. Dea. John Avery 8 , married for second wife Beulah Briggs (born April 9, 1771.) She died 1862, aged 91 years. Dea. John Avery 8 moved from Dedham to Conway, Mass. Joseph Avery 9 , second son of Dea. John and Mary (Cushman) Avery, b. 1789, married Sylvia Clary, December 5, 1817. Children : i. Mary 10 , b. Dec. 13, 1818, m. Rev. R. M. Loughridge r Dec., 1*47, died Jan. 1850. ii. Joseph Clary 10 , b. Feb. 1, 1823, d. 1862, aged 39 years. iii. Caroline 10 , b. Jan. 20. 1825, m. Norton A. Halbert, Jan. 1850. Had one child, Frank 11 , b. Sept., 1856, d, iv. William Fisher 10 , b. Dec. 4, 1826, m. Eunice Smith Wright, Sept. 19, 1854. One child: William Godell 11 , b. May 31, 1856, in. Elizabeth Benson Hall of Rock- land, Me., Nov. 1, 1882. Had William Frederick 12 , b. Nor. 27, 1887. AVERT GENEALOGY. 77 v. Amelia 10 , b. July 22, 1829, d. Aug., 1829. vi. Pauline 10 , 1). Jan. 14, 1831, m. Rev. O. L. Woodford and had Pauline 11 , b. Jan. 13, 1858, adopted by Norton A. Halbert. Mrs. Pauline (Avery 10 ) Woodford, d. Feb., 1858. vii. John 10 , b. Sept. 18, 1837, m. Cornelia M. Curtiss. One child: John Whitney 11 . John Avery 10 , became a celebrated Oriental scholar and professor in Bowdoin College. He died at North Bridgton, Me., September 1, 1887, aged 50 years. The following notice, which appeared in a Boston daily at the time of his death, will be of interest : A SCHOLAR GONE FUNERAL OF PROF. AVERT, OF BOWDOIN, THE ORIENTALIST. The funeral of Prof. John Avery, LL.D., of Bowdoin College, was held at Brunswick, Me., September 4, 1887, being conducted by W. De Witt Hyde, D. D., president of the college, and Rev. William P. Fisher, pastor of the church. Prof. Avery was born at Conway, Mass., in 1837, and was graduated at Amherst College in 1861. He was professor of Greek in Bowdoin 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 51 , third daughter of Dea. John 8 and Mary (Cushman) Avery, born Nov. 30, 1793, married Nov. 16, 1826, Mr. Sila;* Hawks. Children : i. Cushman Wright 10 , b. Dec., 1828, d. April, 1832. ii. Cushman Wright 10 , b. April, 1832, d. March, 1833. iii. William Avery 10 , b. Jan. 1, 1834. 78 AVERT GENEALOGY. FAMILY AND GENERATIONS OF ROBERT AVERY, 5 DEDHAM, MASS. T^OBERT AYERY 5 , second son of Dr. William 4 and *A Margaret Avery, baptised in Barkham, Berks, Eng- land, December 7, 1649, as before stated, came to America with his parents. He was, at the time, an infant, con- sequently 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 Representative at General Court. According to the Dedham town records their children were : i. Elizabeth 6 , b. 10 ber (Dec.) 21, 1677. ii. Rachel 6 , b. 1 day, 7 m (Sept.) 1679. iii. Robert 6 , b. 28 day, 9 m , (Nov.) 1681 ; was killed by the falling of a tree, Aug. 21, 1723. iv. John 6 , b. 4 day, 12 m , (Feb.) 168 4 / 5 . v. Jonathan 6 , b. Jan. 20 th , 169 4 / 5 . vi. Abigail 6 , b. May 8 th , 1699. Robert Avery 5 died (per records) Oct. 3, 1722. His stone in Dedham cemetery is inscribed thus : "Here Lyes Buried y e Body of Ensigne Robert Avery, who Dec (1 Oct. y e 4 th 1722 in y e 73 d year of his age." His widow, Elizabeth (Lane) Avery, died in 1746, leaving five children, thirty grand-children, and fifty-two great AVERT GENEALOGY. 79 grand-children and two great, great grand-children. Her tombstone reads as follows : t; Here lyes Buried y e Body of Mrs. Elizabeth Avery Widow of Ensign Robert Avery. She died Oct y e 21 6t A. D. 1746 in y e 91 st year of her age." The inventory of Robert Avery 's estate was as follows : Personal, 189 18 11 Real 36 acres, j 4 do., and saw mill divided, ) 163 352 18 11 Inventory of personal estate of Robert Avery 5 , taken December 27, 1722. Smith's tools, Anvill, Vice, Grindstone and crank. Great Seal Beam, three great hammers, a number of tongs, shears, 3 small hammers, Mandrill old tools Bellows. 22.15. Cattel 2 Oxen, a mare, 2 Heffers coming 4 years old, 2 more coming 3 years, 5 cows, 2 young heff, a sow, a pigg, 12 piggs. 54.10.0. Michael Dwight, his son-in-law, was administrator of the estate. Robert Avery 5 , in his deed of gift of most of his property to his eldest son Robert 6 , mentions " two parcels of Land both lying within the township of Dedham one parcel contains eighteen acres," etc., " bounded upon the swamp commonly called the Dead swamp towards the South," etc. "The other contains fourteen acres and a h'alf," etc., etc., " and is bounded w th land of Benjamin Onion towards the South ; land of said Robert Avery, Jr., East and West ; and AVERY GENEALOGY. with the church land and land of Joseph Wight towards the North, or however otherwise bounded," etc., etc. The deed, from which the above are only extracts, bears date (Feb. 13, 171 YS) "thirteenth day of February, Anno Domini 1712, in the tenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Ann, of Great Britain, Queen." The Historical Society of Dedham, Mass., has many relics of the Avery family. Among them an Ensign's flag, of silk, probably belonging to Ensign Robert 5 , also an ancient anvil, documents and books, which have belonged to the family for years. Children of Robert 5 and Elizabeth (Lane) Avery : BULLARD. Elizabeth Avery , eldest daughter of Robert 5 and Elizabeth (Lane) Avery, born December 21, 1677, married August 6, 1697, Mr. William Billiard of Dedham, Mass., "born May 19, 1673. Children : i. William 7 , b. May 10, 1698, d. Sept. 19. 1737, aged 39 years. ii. Elizabeth 7 , b. Nov. 8, 1699, m. Dea. Nathaniel Kingsbury, and died Dec. 29, 1751, aged 52 years. iii. Jcminia 7 , b. March 4, 1702, m. March 8, 17_3Yaj S. Bullard. iv. Anna 7 , b. May 28, 1705, m. Jan. 27, 172 5 / 6 , Jonathan Whiting. v. Isaac 7 , b. April 4, 1709, m. August 6, 1847, Grace Deane. Elizabeth (Avery 6 ) Bullard died Jan. 28, William Bullard died Feb. 9, 174y 7 . Thus within a few days was the hand of Death laid upon -each. " In death they were not divided." AVERT GENEALOGY. SI Near to the tombstone of Mrs. Elizabeth (Lane) Avery is the stone of the daughter, with that of her husband and son, which read as follows : " Here Lyes interred y e Body of Mrs. Elizabeth Billiard y e wife of Mr William Bullard. Aged 69 years 1 month and 7 da} T s. Died Jan. 28, 1746." The next one reads : " Here lyes Interred the body of Mr William Bullard Aged 73 years 8 mos. and 21 days'. Who died Feb r . y e 9, 1746." (174' ; /7-) DWIGHT. Kachel Avery , second daughter of Kobert Avery 5 , born Sept., 1679, married May 14, 1702, Michael Dwight of Dedham, son of Capt. Timothy and Anna (Flint) Dwight. Children : i. Samuel 7 , b. 1703, d. about 1771, aged about 68 years. ii. Rachel 7 , 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. Daniel 7 , b. Oct. 28, 1707, H. C. 1726, d. July 12, 1747, unmarried, aged nearly 40 years. iv. John 7 , b. Feb. 25, 1705, died in early manhood. v. Anna 7 , b. about 1711, m. Dec. 21, 1742, Benj. Lyond, 1775. vi. Lydia, b. June 10, 1712, m. (as per record) Jona. H. Cobb. Rachel (Avery'') Dwight is said to have been " a woman of piety and strong powers of mind." She died 1775, aged 96 years. 6 82 AVERT GENEALOGY. Mr. Michael Dwight, died 1761, aged 82. He was administrator of Robert Avery's estate, and " as an incident of the times," the record says : "on May 2, 1723, Michael Dwight, administrator of estate of Eobert A very of Ded- ham, deceased, paid for gloves for the funeral of said Avery, to Benj. Fitch of Boston 7. 13s. ($38.) * BEV. JOHN AVEKY 8 . Second son and fourth child of Robert Avery 5 , born in Dedham, Feb. 4, 168'/ 5 . JONATHAN AVERY*, third son of Robert 5 and Elizabeth (Lane) Avery, born in Dedham, Jan. 20, 169 4 /5, married Feb. 1, 1727-2, Lydia Healy. Children : i. Jonathan 7 , b. Sept. 18, 1722, (settled in 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 7 , m. (by Rev. John Bass) Hannah Humphrey, Dec. 6, 1749, in Warrenville, Conn. Child: Jonathan 8 , b. , d. July 2, 1750. ii. Robert 7 , b. Nov. 21, 1723, (went to sea.) iii. David 7 , b. May 13, 1726, (went to sea, probably.) iv. Lydia 7 , b Jan. 6, 172 7 /, s , m. Deacon Medina Fitch, Dec. 19, 1744. Had one son Jonathan 8 , v. Elizabeth 7 , Aug. 6, 1729. vi. John", b. April 21, 1731, (died in Ashford.) vii. Mary 7 , b. Nov. 23, 1732, d. Jan. 16, 173 4 / 5 . JOHN A VERY 7 , (Jonathan 6 , Robert, Dr. William*,) born in 1731, married Dec. 11, 1751, Sarah Bicknell. Children : i. Sarah 8 , b. July 23, 1753, d. Aug. 21, 1753. ii. Hannah 8 , b. Aug. 3, 1754. iii. John 8 , b. March 5, 1756. * As the limits of this Genealogy were originally intended to include only the family and descendants of John Avery 6 , who became the first settled minister in Truro, Mass., and the progenitor of a large and intelligent pos- terity, it has been thought best to place the record by itself as Part II of this book. AVERY GENEALOGY. S3 iv. Lyclia 8 , b. March 20, 1757, I Twins, Jonathan d. June v. Jonathan 8 , b. March 20, 1757, f 12, 1761. vi. Robert 8 , b. Aug. 6, 1758. vii. David 8 , b. Aug. 4, 1760, d. Jan. 1, 1764. viii. Jonathan 8 , b. June 26, 1762. ix. Sally 8 , b. Sept. 6, 1765. x. Matilda 8 , b. April 13, 1767. xi. Melinda 8 , b. Feb. 7, 1769. John Avery 7 , died June 5, 1772, Ashford, 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 : r . . Ephraim Avery, from John Avery, ( ?) Rev. Ephraim 7 , and Rev. John . Ephraim Avery from John Avery, 55 acres. Ephraim Avery from Jacob 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. " " l ' Amos Babcock. Jonathan Avery from Elsander Ewing. * " " " Oxenbridge Davis. " " Ephraim Bemis. 1773. Jonathan Avery, Jr. from Jonathan Avery. 1773. " " John Bass. 1762. Hariah & Solomon Avery from Eben Penderson. 1769. Hannah and Lydia Avery from John Avery." 84 AVERT GENEALOGY. RICHABDS. DEDHAM, MASS. Abigail Avery 6 , youngest daughter of Kobert' and Elizabeth (Lane) Avery, born May 8, 1699, married June 5, 1722, John Eichards. Children : i. John 7 , b. March 19, 172 2 /3, m. Nov. 27, 1746, Rebecca, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Herring. Had six daughters and two sons. He died June 13, 1772. ii. Edward 7 , b. Oct. 16, 1724, m. July 21, 1756, Mary, daughter of James and Hannah Fisher, and had four sons and two daughters. iii. Nathan 7 , b. Nov. 26, 1726, m. May 4, 1752, Mehitable, daughter of James 3 , (Nathaniel 2 , Edward 1 , who was one of the proprietors of Declham, 163 fi / 7 ,) Richards. He died Sept. 27, 1798. She died May 6, 1785. They had three sons and six daughters. iv. Job 7 , b. 1729 (?), m. May 10, 1757, Mary Gay, d. April 2, 1798, age 69. She died June 7, 1797, in 66th year. v. Abiathar 7 , b. 1730, m. May 31, 1753, Elizabeth (b. Nov. 9, 1730, with twin brother) daughter of James- 1 and Hannah (Metcalf) Richards and had five sons and four daughters. He died Sept. 30, 1803. She died Aug. 3, 1814. vi. Abel 7 , b. June 1, 1738, m. Jan. 5, 1764, Hannah, daughter of Ebeuezer and Elizabeth Newell. They had one son and four daughters. His wife died Dec. 6, 1775. He married 1777, Mary, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah White. They had five sons and two daughters. He died Jan. 18, 1832. His widow, Mary, died May, 1845. vii. Nabby 7 , b. - , ID. Dec. 2, 1762, Dr. Josiah Dean, of Upton, and probably removed to Petersham. AVERT GENEALOGY. 85 FAMILY AND GENERATIONS OF DR. JONATHAN AVERY 5 , DEDHAM, MASS. JONATHAN AVEEY 8 , third sou of Dr. William 4 and J Margaret Avery, was born May 26, 1653, in Dedham, the first child born in their new American home. He became a physican, like his i'ather. He married, July 22, 1679, Sybil, daughter of (Sec'y) Nath'l and Patience (Newman) Sparhawk, of Cambridge, Mass., born about 1655. Children : i. Margaret 6 , b. Nov. 9, 1681, d. Nov. 27, 1681. ii. Sybil (i , b. Aug. 11, 1683, m. Dr. Thomas Graves. * iii. Margaret 6 , b. August 20, 1686, cl. Nov. 10, 1694. as per tombstone in Bell Rock Cemetery, at Maiden, Mass. : "Margaret Avery died November 10 1694 & in y e 9 year of her age." iv. f Dorothy 6 , b. July 4, 1688, (record says 1687) m. * Mr. W. R. Deane says: " There was a large Parchment Deed of Thomas Graves of Charlestown , Physician, and Sybil (Avery) his wife, and Dorothy Avery, Spinster, the only two daughters of Jonathan Avery, of Dedham, deceased, who sell to Win. Avery of Dedham, blacksmith, for 250, house and land in Dedham, 4th April, 1710. Witnesses. Signed. Eleazer Thos. Graves, William Bullard, Sybill Graves, Robert Ward. Dorothy Avery." Recorded, Suffolk, 1765, book 10(5 (or 156,) page 256. t Mrs. Dorothy Angier 6 , after the marriage of her daughter, Dorothy, to Rev. Gad Hitchcock, D. D., of Pembroke, now Hanson, Mass., went to reside with them. Her slate stone bears the following inscription: " Here lies Buried y'e body of Mrs. Dorothy Angier, ye wife of Mr. Samuel Angier of Cambridge, who Died at Pembroke September 14th 1759, N. S. Aged 64 years and 2 months." 86 AVERT GENEALOGY. Samuel Angler 4 , of Cambridge, (son of Rev. Samuel Angier and grandson of Rev. Urian Cakes, President of Harvard College, 1675 to 1681, when he died. He was considered by Prof. Tyler, we are told, to have been one of the most wonderful writers of his day, or of almost any day. Cotton Mather's Magnolia has a long account of him, and in Tyler's American Literature there are two accounts. Children : i. Dorothy", b. 1713, d. 1792. ii. Hannah 7 , b. 1715, m. Rev. Ebenezer Gay, of Hingham, and died April, 1762. iii. Sybil 7 , b. 1718, m. 1749, Daniel Farnham, of Ne\vbury. HITCHCOCK. Dorothy Angier 7 , eldest daughter of Samuel and Dorothy (Avery 6 ) Angier, born 1713, married 1748, Rev. Gad Hitchcock, D. D., b. 1769, who, while a student in college, boarded with her mother. Eev. Gad Hitchcock, who was pastor of the Second Parish of Pembroke, (now Hanson, Mass.,) for about fifty- five years, was son of Capt. Ebenezer and Mary (Sheldon) Hitchcock of Springfield, Mass., and a descendant of Hon. William Pynchon, the founder of Springfield, and one of the patentees of the Mass. Colony, and of Gov. George Willis, Conn. Rev. Gad and Dorothy (Angier) 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 preacher 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, which we copy from the Rockland (Mass.) Standard, kindly furnished by Mr. Calvin T. Phillips, of Hanover, a descendant, will not be inappropriate here : AVERT GENEALOGY. 87 "One hundred and fifteen years ago today, May 25th, 1774, Rev. Dr. Hitchcock, of Pembroke, west parish, now Hanson, stood in the Old South Church 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 people 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, but those of posterity to the latest generation. * * * * jf j am nO mistaken in supposing plans are formed and executing, subversive of our natural and charter rights and privileges, and incompatible with every idea of liberty, all America is mistaken with me." Boldly defending the right of revolution, he said that whether the distress and suffering of the country was caused " b} 7 the operation of ministerial unconstitu- tional measures, or the public conduct of some among ourselves, is not for ine to determine ; it is, however, certain that the people mourn. 1 " The inference was plain. A VERY GENEALOGY. The Rev. S. I. Prime writes of this sermon that it " filled Gov. Gage, who was present, with great wrath, on account of the boldness of the positions, not to say the air of defiance that pervaded it." Dr. Hitchcock's own characteristic comment on it in later years was that lt it was doubtless a most moving dis- course, inasmuch as it moved many of the congregation from the house." Referring to some of the governor's party leaving the church in their indignation. Tradition says that Samuel Adams, then Clerk of the House, was particularly pleased by the sermon, and we can readily believe in the satisfaction it gave to that fiery patriot, who. in his own Harvard thesis, a few years before, argued the affirmative of the question, " Whether it is lawful to resist the supreme magis- trate, if the commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved." There was no " uncertain sound " in the preacher's answer to the question. To quote again from Headley, " Such sermons had something to do with the Revolution, as well as the appointing of committees and the drawing up of resolutions." Kev. Gael Hitchcock, D. D., died 1803. Dorothy (Angier 7 ) Hitchcock, died 1792. Gad Hitchcock, M. D. s , son of Eev. Gad and Dorothy (Angier 7 ) 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 five sons and seven daughters. Dr. Gad Hitchcock 8 , died Nov. 29, 1835, his wife, Sage (Bailey) Hitchcock, having preceded him twenty-five years before, dying in 1810. Their first son, Gad 9 , fifth child, was born April 10, 1788, and also became a physician. He married Mary Lincoln Thaxter, a great granddaughter of Major Gen. Benj. Lincoln, who received Lord Cornwallis' sword at Yorktown, and settled in Maine. He died Nov. 17, 1837. AVERT GENEALOGY. 89 TILDEN. Catharine Hitchcock", the third of the seven daughters, born June 8, 1783, married December 23, 1804, Dr. Calvin Tilden, of Marshfield, a descendant of Elder Nath'l Tilden, who came from Tenterden, Kent, Eng., in 1634. They had six sons and five daughters. Catharine (Hitchcock*) Tilden, died Sept. 22, 1852. Dr. Calvin Tilden, died 1832. One son, Hon. Junius Tilden" born 1813, married 1838, Zeruah Kich, (b. 1813, died, 1854,) and died 1861. PHILLIPS. Catharine Hitchcock Tilden 9 , eldest daughter and second child of Dr. Calvin and Catharine (Hitchcock) Tilden, born 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 10 , b. March 3, 1836, m. Oct. 31, 1865, Maria Evelyn Josselyn. No children. ii. Catharine 10 , b. May 14, 1842, d. Dec. 30, 1843. iii. Morrill Allen 10 , b. Feb. 27, 1844. iv. Charles Follen 10 , b. April 21, 1846, d. Jan. 30, 1885. Graduate of Boston University Law School. v. Alfred Tilden 10 , b. Nov. 16, 1849, d. March 5, 1850. PHILLIPS 10 . Morrill Allen Phillips 10 , married July 7, 1879, Sophia Richmond Simmons, daughter of Perez Simmons, Esq., of Hanover. Children : i. Catharine Tilden 11 , b. Aug. 13, 1880. ii. Adaline Simmons 11 , b. Nov. 7, 1881. iii. Sophia Richmond 11 , b. July 11, 1785. iv. Fanny Hitchcock 11 , b. Sept. 18,1888. 90 AVERT GENEALOGY. AVERT. Catharine Hitchcock Tilden 10 , eldest daughter of Hon. Junius Tilden, of Monroe, Michigan, who married Zeruah Eich, married July 2, 1870, Elroy McKendree Avery, Ph.D., of Cleveland, Ohio. By this marriage the houses of Dr. William Avery, 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 Robinson, 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 step has been made by his own unaided efforts." He served in the civil war until his services were no longer needed, during which time he was correspondent of the Detroit Tribune, and his articles were widely 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 works on chemistry, modern electricity and magne- tism, technics and physics. He is the author of " Words Correctly Spoken," which has 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 remaining years of his literary life. AVERT GENEALOGY. 91 HANCHETT. Augusta Lovia Tilden 1 ", second daughter of Hon. Junius 1 " and Zeruah (Kich) Tilden, born Feb. 21, 1849, at Dundee, Mich., married George William Hanchett, Oct. 31, 1870, at Wayland, Mass. Eeside at Hyde Park, Mass. Children : i. George Tilden 11 , b. Sept. 4, 1871, sophomore at Boston Institute of Technology, 1890. ii. Junius Tilden 11 , b. Aug. 28, 1873 ; 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 A very 5 , the first child of our ancestor, Dr. William 4 , who was born on American soil. He died in early life, probably Sept. 14, 1690, (although Dedham records say Sept. 14, 1684,) not having passed much beyond his thirty-fifth birthday. His will was proved, and "Inventory of Estate of Jonathan Averv, lately deceased," taken May 13, 1691. We give the will below : COPY OF WILL of Jonathan Avery 5 , in his own hand- writing, on file Probate Olfice, Boston : I, Jonathan Avery, resident in Dedham in the county of Suffolk of the Massachusetts Colony in New England, Practitioner in Physick and aged about 35 years. Being through God's goodness of sound judgment and memory yet weak in Bod} 7 and expecting ray great change quickly, Doe constitute and ordain this my last Will and Testament following, viz : Imprimis. That after my decease my body shall be with decent buriall interred, at the discretion of my Executrix and all my just debts and funeral expenses shall be duly and seasonably paid. Item. I give unto m} 7 dear and loving wife Sybill 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 AVERT GENEALOGY. for her and the bringing up of my three children by her, or such as may be their guardians till they shall come of age. But if she should marry again then y e whole estate be improved to y sole benefit of y e children. Item. I do give to my daughter Sybill one third of my hous- ings and lands also one third of y e cattell and moveables and the same to my daughter Margaret and Dorothy each and if either of the three children die before coming of age the Estate be divided equally- between the survivors. My whole estate of Housing and Lands, shall be kept entire and not divided nor sold, nor any Alienation made, but improved together for the benefit of each child until the youngest come of age. Item. I appoint my Dear Wife Sole Executrix and my brother William Avery, and Jonathan Metcalf, 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 year of our Lord one thousand and six hundred and eighty-nine (1639.) In presence of us (Signed) Jonathan Avery. Daniel Pusher Amos Fisher .John Fisher. The Inventory of the Estate of Jonathan Avery, as it was made and taken on the 13th day of May, 1691. Total, 371.11.00 Book debt (difficult) 29. 4. 6 % Other, 20.00.00 By Dr. Jonathan's death Mrs. Sybil Avery was left a widow, quite young in years, with three young children to care for. Situated as she was, one would scarcely expect an offer for her hand and heart at an early date, but such was the fact. In less than six months, the Rev. Michael Wigglesworth sent her a letter desiring to know whether a visit in person would be welcome. Her answer was favorable to his suit, and the progress of the courtship was the occasion for more letters, so peculiarly interesting in sentiment and style that we are sure we shall be doing our AVERY GENEALOGY. 93 readers a favor by inserting them. They are taken from New England Hist, and Genealogical Register, vol. xvii. Rev. Mr. Wigglesworth was the celebrated author of the "Day of Doom." He was born Oct. 18, 1631, 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 his esteemed friend, Mrs. Avery, widow at her house in Dedham. Mrs. Avery : I heartily salute you in the Lord, giving you many thanks for your courtesies, when I was at yo r house last October, (her husband died Sept. 14,) since which time I have had many 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 r widdowhood and be at Liberty or free from any engagements, that a man may visit you without offence. 31y. And if you be free, whether a visit from me in order to some further acquaintance would be 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, being ready to wait upon you by a visit y e first oppor- tunity if you encourage me so to doe. Not else at present but with my hearty Prayers for yourself and yours. I respectfully Yo r loving Friend, MICHAEL WIGGLESWORTH. ' ' 4 'Maiden, Feb r . 11 th 169%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 upon what errant he is sent," etc. 94 AVERT GENEALOGY. A speedy answer must have been returned with an invita- tion to pay her a visit, which he accepted, as will be seen by the following letter : " Mrs. Avery and my very kind friend : I heartily salute you in y e Lord with many thanks for yo 1 ' kind entertainment when I was with you March 2nd. I have made bold to visit you once more with a few lines in y e 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 r 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 e enclosed to yo r serious thoughts. I commend both it and you to y e Lord and wait for an answer from Heaven in due season. Meanwhile I am and shall remain "' Yo r true Friend and well wisher, MICHAEL WIGGLES WORTH." " Maiden, March 23, 1691." He writes again : "I make bold to spread before you these following considera- tions which Possibly may help clear up yo r way before y e return an answer unto y e motion w ch I have made to you," etc., etc. " 21y. Be pleased to Consider that although you may Peradven- ture have offers made you by Persons more Eligible you can hardly meet with one that can love you better 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 may make you instrumental 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 e 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 time as it is possible for me to do," etc. " Ob. And for AVERY GENEALOGY. 95 y e other objection from y e number of children (he had six and she three,) and difficulty 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 have 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." "lathe 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 fourpence, 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 Eev. 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, Orthodoxus Mauldonatus. 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 Fngit Mori Mora." 96 AVERT GENEALOGY. u Here lyes buried y e body of that faithful servant of Jesus Christ, y e Reverend Mr. Michael Wiggles worth, Pastor of y e Church of Christ at Maulden years, who finished his work and enter' 1 Apon an eternal Sabbath of rest on y e Lords day June y e 10 1705 in y 1 ' 74 th year of h is age. Here lies inter' 1 in silent grave below, Maulden's physician for soul and body too." A street in Maiden perpetuates his memory. Rev. Edward, son of Rev. Michael and Mrs. Sybil Wigglesworth, was the first Hollis professor of Theology in Harvard College. RACHEL (AVERT 5 ) SUMNER. Rachel Avery 5 , the fifth child, but first daughter born in their American home, was daughter of Dr. William 4 and Margaret Avery. She was born Sept. 20, 1657, in Dedham. Of her character, history is silent. We only know, that at the age of twenty, she married (May 22. 1677,) Mr. William Sumner, and died before Oct. 15, 1683, as she is not mentioned in her father's will. Mr. Sumner married again and moved to Middletown, Conn., and was Lieut., Deacon, and Deputy to General Court, 1701-2-3. Died in Middletown, July 20, 1703. Had four sons and two daughters. HANNAH (AVERY 5 ) DYAR. Hannah Avery 5 , daughter of Dr. William 4 and Margaret Avery, was born in Dedham, Mass., Sept. 27, 1660, (per records) married May 22, 1677, on the same day as her sister, Rachel, to Mr. Benjamin Dyar, of Boston. AVERT GENEALOGY. 97 How full of promise did the future look to these two sisters, Kachel 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, were 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 e body of Hannah Dyar wife to Benjamin Dyar of Boston aged 18 years. Died Septy 6 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 5 , the youngest son and seventh child of Dr. William 4 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. Rowland ( whose record should have appeared in our pages as a descendant of Capt. William Avery 6 , but which we were unable to trace) informs us that he possesses interesting relics, descended to him from his great-grandmother, Katharine (Avery 8 ) Fisher, born 1746, among which are the gold lace worn by Capt. William Avery 6 , as an officer of the Governor's Life Guard, and the old ink-horn and sun-dial of William Avery 7 . 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 9 , born 1772, (see page 52), who married Job Howland, of Conway, Mass., 1792, and had ten children. His father was Job Fisher Howland, born in Conway, 1808. AVERY GENEALOGY. 99 NOTE. We received too late for insertion in its proper place (page 47), a brief continuation of the record of Jemima Draper 8 , fourth daughter of Sybil (Avery 7 ) and Ebenezer Draper, born Nov. 7, 1756. She married, (date unknown), James Turner. They had four children : Joel 9 , who died unmarried ; Danford 9 , died when a small boy ; Ebenezer 9 , who married Sally Draper, of Roxbury, Mass. ; Nancy 9 , who married Nathaniel Sumner ; and Eliza 9 , who married Col. Luther Eaton, of Dedham, Mass. Mrs. Jemima (Draper 8 ) Turner lived 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 (Mrs. Turner's) daughters, Nancy, attained to ninety-one remarkable 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 hands 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 9 ) and Col. Luther Eaton, (date of marriage unknown), had one child, Luther Augustus 10 . Nancy (Turner 9 ) and Nathaniel Sumner married in May, 1816, had three children. James Turner 10 , born Feb. 10, 1820, Nathaniel, Jr. 10 , who was drowned April 30, 1853, (year of birth not given), and George Fred 10 , born June 7, 1830. James Turner 10 married in May, 1843, Sarah E. Gerold. They had four children, Sarah Draper 11 , Laura Wentworth 11 , P^liza Ann 11 and Alice Maria 11 . He died Sept. 8, 1884. George Fred 10 married Oct. 27, 1853, Maria Tucker, of Canton, Mass. They have had five children: George Nathaniel 11 , born Sept. 6, 1854, Fred Walter 11 , born Oct. 29, 1855, Charles 11 (date of birth not given), Helen Maria 11 , bora March 21, 1860, and May Avery 11 , born June 21, 1865. Fred Walter 11 married Eliza R. Noyes, of Canton, Mass. Charles 11 married Dec. 31, 1884, E. R. Kelley, of Haverhill, Mass. They have two children, Annie May 12 , born in Nov., 1885, and James Batcheller 12 , born Oct. 18, 1887. Helen Maria 11 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 Introductory to Part II of these Records, and dedicated more especially to the Descendants of Rev. John Avery 6 . BY JANE GREENOUGH AVERT CARTER. If we could stand upon some hight sublime And backward look 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 swayed 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 kingly 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 4 . 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 the 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 uplift 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 unblessing, and unblest. Such was not he, who from that trial hour Walked humbly, as before a Higher Power; On Hampshire's hills his ardor daily grew, And Hampshire's rills his deep soul-yearnings knew ; * George Avery 8 . AVERT GENEALOGY. 105 There lived he 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, as they gave back earth to earth, " 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, All-conquering Time ! We launch on thy wide sea, We smile, we love, we weep, and cease to be ! But stay ! Live we not countless lives in one? And does life cease when this brief race is run ? He who has given the reins to man's weak hand, To use his powers at his own command, Has he not given more? Who can define The limit of transmitted force? Divine How far some light, enkindled ages back Shall send its gleam along the future's track? Here flashing out in gleams of wisdom's gold, And there displayed in fancy's lighter mold? In sweet-strung measures from the poet's lyre, Or love of art with its ambitious fire ? In 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 yet, 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 bright T While happy cheer shuts out the somber night, While mirth goes round, in its provoking flow, 106 AVERT GENEALOGY. And wit, no stranger in the " long ago," While with wild tales the very rafters quake, Or peals of laughter slumb'ring echoes wake, What links of " auld acquaintance " might we find ! What sweet, familiar touch of mind with mind ! What quickened currents through the pulses fly ! What 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 future 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 ; To 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 Time 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 spirit freed from mortal care. There shall no tale be kept 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 grand, unlimited, and deathless age, Where none but God may keep the record page. PART II. As we have before intimated in a note on page 82 of Part I, the scope of this Avery Genealogy was at first intended to be confined wholly to the direct lineal descendants of Rev. John Avery 6 , so long the honored minister at Truro, Mass., grandson of Dr. William Avery 4 , of Dedham, 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 very 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 AVERT GENEALOGY. well as the soul, is still spoken among the people. And not only did they 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 blacksmiths. 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 : CAP*] 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 marirfer 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 West 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 here before. Bancroft confidently asserts that Cape Cod was the " first spot in New England ever trod by Englishmen." On the 14th of May, Gosnold made land and the next day found AVERT 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 services. 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 Mayflower, commanded by Capt. Jones, and arrived 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 undertaken 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 mutually, 110 AVERY GENEALOGY. in the presence of God and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance 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 llth day of November, in the year of the reign of our sovereign lord, King James of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth, anno Domini 1620." This was agreed to and subscribed in the following order : t NO. IN fNO. IN FAMILY. FAMILY. 1. Mr. John Carver, * 8 22. John Turner, 3 2. Mr. William Bradford, * 2 23. Francis Eaton, * 3 3. Mr. Edward Winslow, * 5 24. James Chilton, * 3 4. Mr. William Brewster, * <> 25. John Crackston, 2 5. Mr. Isaac Allerton, * (> 26. John Billiiigton, * 4 6. Capt. Miles Stamlish, * 2 27. Moses Fletcher, I 7. John Alden, 1 28. John Goodman, 8. Mr. Samuel Fuller, 2 29. Degory Priest, 9. Mr. Christopher Martin. * 4 30. Thomas Williams, 10. Mr. William Mullins, * 5 31. Gilbert Winslow, 11. Mr. William White, * 5 32. Edmund Margeson, 12. Mr. Richard Warren, 1 33. Peter Brown, 13. John Howland, 34. Richard Butteridge, I 14. Mr. Stephen Hopkins, * 8 35. George Soule, 15. Edward Tilley, * 4 36. Richard Clarke, 1 16. John Tilley, 3 37. Richard Gardiner, 1 17. Francis Cooke, 2 38. John Allerton, 1 18. Thomas Rogers, 2 39. Thomas English, 1 19. Thomas Tinker, * 3 40. Edward Dotey, 20. John Ridgdale, * 2 41. Edward Leister. 21. Edward Fuller,* 3 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 * brought their wives ; those in italics were in their graves before the end of March. Of the one hundred and one English settlers, were twenty females accompanying their husbands, and forty-two children and servants. Freeman's Hist. Cape Cod. Vol. 1, page 65. AVERT GENEALOGY. Ill next day being the Sabbath they observed it as a day of rest. On Monday, Nov. 13, says Bradford's Journal, " our people went ashore to refresh themselves, and our women to wash as they had great need." Thus was Monday duly inaugu- rated as the washing day of New England by the matrons and maidens of the Mayflower. 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 prin- 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 AVERT GENEALOGY. 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 Mayflower) 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." History Cape Cod. Vol. 2, p. 535. The following is the original Act of Incorporation of the TOWN OF TRURO. Province of the Massachusetts Bay, SS. An act for making Pawmet a District of Eastham, within the County of Barnstable, a township to be called Truro. *Peregrine White, son of Mr. William and Susannah White, " the first <3hild born of English parents in New England," died at Marshfield, Mass., July 20, 1704, aged 83 yrs., 8 uios. AVERY GENEALOGY. 113 Whereas, there is a certain tract of land known by the name of Pawmet. at present a District of Eastham, and under the con- staolerick of that town, consisting of about forty families, and daily increasing the said land extending about fourteen miles in length from the Province lands at the extremity of Cape Cod reserved for the Fishery, 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 running 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 carry on their civil and religious concerns and enjoy the like powers and privileges as other towns in this Province have and do by law enjoy. Be 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 hereby is erected into a township and made a distinct and separate town, and shall be called by the name of Truroe, 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 respectively by the selectmen or assessors of Eastham. 8 114 AVERT GENEALOGY. Boston, July 16th, 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 Avery 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 e public worship of God amongst them, it was unanimously agreed upon and voted to invite Mr. John Avery (who had for some considerable 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 Mr. 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 friends. Attest, THO : 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 proposed 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 have five and thirty acres of land at Tashmuit alias Clay Pounds. THO: PAINE." AVERY 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 provided 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. John 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 : Where- 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 AVERT GENEALOGY. of Truro agreed as followeth : that is to say, the above named Mr. John Avery doth agree for himself that he will, God assist- ing him thereto, settle in the work of the Ministry 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 with the merchant in common traffic) at or upon the twenty-ninth day of March annually ; and twenty pounds of like money toward his building, to be added to his salary, on that year, that he, the said Mr. Avery, shall see cause to build himself a dwelling- house 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 Truro, have hereunto set their hands. Signed, JOHN AVERY i THOMAS PAINE, THOMAS MULFORD, JOHN SNOW. "June 27, 1710." "Aug. 13, 1711, the town granted ten pounds to defray the expenses of entertainment of elders, messengers, scholars and gentlemen, at Mr. Avery's ordination, and Lt. Constant Freeman. Hez. Purington and Thomas Paine were appointed to superintend the arrangements, and agree with a meet person to provide. It was also ordered that Mr. Thomas Paine shall have three pounds to reimburse him for money spent in securing the Act of Incor- poration, and the services of a minister." Mr. Avery was ordained November 1, 1711, as pastor of the First Church in Truro. The charge was given by Rev. Mr. Nathaniel Stone, of Harwich ; the right hand of fellowship by the Rev. Mr. Ephraim Little, of Plymouth, (brother-in-law to Mr. Avery), who was prolocutor ; hands imposed by Mr. Little, Mr. Stone, and Mr. Joseph Metcalf, of Falmouth, (who was also AVERT GENEALOGY. 117 a family connection of Mr. Avery) ; the ordination sermon was preached 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. Rev. John Avery 6 , who we see was the first ordained minister, in the historic town of Truro, the son of Robert 5 and Elizabeth (Lane) Avery, of Dedham, Mass., and grandson of Dr. William 4 and Margaret Avery, who emigrated from England 1650, and settled in Dedham, was born Feb. 4, 1685-6, and baptized Apr. 27, 1686, by Eev. 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 birthday), Ruth Little, youngest daughter of Mr. Ephraim and Mary (Sturdevant) Little, of Marshfield, and great- granddaughter of Mr. Richard Warren who came in the Mayflower, 1620. Ephraim Little, of Marshfield, was the son of Thomas Little, of Plymouth, and Ann (Warren) Little, who was daughter of Richard Warren, the Mayflower 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 by referring to the " Compact," that Richard Warren, was one of the ten desig- 118 AVERT GENEALOGY. nated, by Bradford, by the title of "Mr." of the forty-one signers. The Journal of the Pilgrims says " Kichard Warren was one of three from London and one of the ten principal men who, with Capt. Staiidish, two mates, one gunner, and three Saylers, set out in the Shallop 6 th Dec., 1*620, on their final trip of discovery, and who first landed on the Rock in Plymouth, Monday, Dec. 11 th ." Prince in his Chronology says : " 1628. This year dies Mr. Richard Warren, a useful instrument and bore a deep share in the difficulties attending the first settlement of New Plymouth." His widow Elizabeth died 1673. Plymouth Colony Records say : " Mistress Elizabeth Warren, an aged widdow, aged above 90 years, deceased on the second day of October, 1673, whoe haveing lived a Godly life, came to her grave as a shoke of corn fully ripe. She was honorably married on the 24 th of October aforesaid." It would seem, coming from such ancestors as did Mrs. Avery, (who were among the founders of our Commonwealth,) and Mr. Avery from an ancestry equally as intelligent and honorable, that the union of these two, so well suited to each other by birth and station, might be productive of great good to the church ; and not to the church only, but to AVERY GENEALOGY. 119 the community as well ; their influence tending toward the spiritual, as well as the intellectual and moral, elevation of the people ; 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 Kuth 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. Around this small band of Christians centred all the moral power and religious influence of the new town. "Just where the first meeting-house was built or where it stood, does not clearly appear ; but tradition says it stood in the neighborhood of the present Union Church in Pond Village, 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 Cape Cod. Rich 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 generally quite full, they are silent as the grave touching positively the first house of worship. Hence Mr. Freeman, and others, have accepted 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 by people of the last generation, and that there has always been a tradition that they were of persons who died before the public 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 nearly two years later : Feb. 12th and 13th, 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 through Tash- muit neighborhood where Hev. Mr. Avery resided. " At a meeting May 22, 1713, voted that the selectmen should take care to have a convenient piece of ground cleared on the north side of the meeting-house in Truro, for a burying place, and the charge be paid out of the Town Treasury." The following is the last reference to the first Truro meeting-house : " At a meeting convened and held for the choice of town officers and other business notified in the warning for said meeting in March 23, 1719, said town granted liberty to Nathaniel Atkins, Thomas Smith and Jeremiah Bickford, and such others as shall go in with them, to build upon their own cost and charge, three galleries in the 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 builders. Witness, THO : PAINE, Clerk for the time." A VERY GENEALOGY. 121 Thus it will be seen by these 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 any 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 necessary 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 year 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 where stood the first house. Aug. 14, 1721, the town voted 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 IN TBURO. 122 AVERT GENEALOGY. The cut on previous page represents the 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 History, sa}^s : " It stood near the south-west corner of the present graveyard, 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 1840, 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 were 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 the handles of the tankards which are of pewter is inscribed: "Ruth Avery to Truro C h ", 1721." The cups, which are of solid silver, are inscribed : " This belongs to y e Church in Truro, 1730." There are six of these cups, but when the Congregational Church at South Truro was organ- ized, they took four of them as their share. The pewter plates are very large, thirteen inches in diameter, and heavy, bearing the stamp of " W. Ellwood, London," but no date. ''-,'- ' -1- f^v"' > "\- :; ".- -c :: ,. AVERY GENEALOGY. 123 No doubt the whole service was imported, as nearly every- thing was at that early period. Mrs. Joanna Paine, widow of Deacon Samuel Paine, in whose possession are the Bible and plates, can remember when both were heaped with 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 : 14 The gift of Mr. John Trail Merchant in Boston, to the Church of Christ in Trtiro whereof the Rev. Mr. John A very is pastor. Dated in Boston N. E. April 27, 1738." The inscription on the outside of the Bible, seen in the ut, is the same as is on the fly 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 1 C 24 AVERT GENEALOGY. faker's coat unto him " said, "he girt his fathers coat," &c. r 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 Word, of God should ever be handled reverently, it gave us a new sense of veneration to realize that this was the very book which our remote ancestor had handled also ; from which he had often read to his people. Then we fell to wondering- 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 pulpi't. But of this, history 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 Rev.. James Freeman, D.D., of King's Chapel, a native of Truro,, and for many years Secretary of the Massachusetts Histor- ical Society, in 1796 wrote, in his description of Truro, o Rev. Mr. John Avery, the following : "The inhabitants of Truro that personally knew Mr. Avery speak of him in very respectful terms. As a minister he wa& greatly beloved and admired by his- people, being a good and useful preacher, of an examplary life and conversation. As phj 7 - sician he was no less esteemed. He 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 known as Highland, near the well-known spring from which the " ten principal men " whom the Pilgrims sent out to explore the land " drank their first New England water." This, then, was the home to which the young pastor brought his, AVERT GENEALOGY. 125 ~bride. A singular coincidence that brought this young lady to this historic spot, where the feet of the Pilgrims had trod, and she herself a direct descendant of Richard Warren, one of that band of heroic people. This land at Tashmuit, which in Indian language signifies a spring, had been reserved ten years before for the min- istry, as we learn from the following record : 44 At a meeting of the proprietors of Pamet lands on October 3, 1700, said proprietors taking into serious consideration the great inconveniency that doth and yet may further accrue to the inhabitants of Pamet, by reason /of their living so remote from the place of the public worship of God" (which was at Eastham) i4 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 way for the same, and also knowing that whatever person shall be employed in that good work must be accommodated and supported for a considerable substance here, Have therefor for that purpose laid out a parcel of upland at the back side of said Pamet, at a place commonly 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 for watering and least damage to the land. This above tract of land is by 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, THO : PAINE, Clerk. "The ^astern boundary of this lot was 561 feet by the bank, and 2871 feet (more than half a mile) east and west." 126 AVERT GENEALOGY. TASHMUIT OR CLAY POUNDS. This first record found soon 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, would take off his leather apron, wash his hands and perform the ceremony. How unlike the AVERT GENEALOGY. 127 clergy of this nineteenth century ! He was not only a blacksmith, but lawyer, doctor and farmer. His must have been 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 with 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. John 7 , b. Aug. 24, 1711. H. C. 1731, became " the Boston Merchant." ii. Ephraim 7 , b. Apr. 22, 1713. H. C. 1731, settled in the work of the ministry at Brooklyn, Ct. iii. Ruth 7 , b. July 26, 1715, m. Rev. Jonathan Parker, iv. Elizabeth 7 , b. Mar. 5. 1716-7, m. John Draper, of Boston, v. Robert 7 , b. May 26, 1719, removed to Lebanon, Ct. vi. Job 7 , b. Apr. 6, 1721, d. May 9, 1722. vii. Job 7 , b. Jan. 14, 1722-3, inherited the homestead. viii. Mary 7 , b. Jan. 19, 1724-5, m. West. ix. Abigail 7 , b. June 1, 1727, m. Elisha Lothrop, Norwich, Ct. x. Ann 7 , 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 AVERT GENEALOGY. the v eight remaining, we have been fortunate in tracing the records of seven. That of Mary, who married Mr. West, we cannot trace. Mr. Avery's salary 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 was 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 practice 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 tho' 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 e vote," showing that they were not hurried in voting upon important measures." "At a meeting of the church in 1726, 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 AVERT GENEALOGY. 129 not be looked upon by the church as offenders and accord- ingly dealt with. (Being 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 denned 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. Rev. 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 Christian Life. A DISCOURSE Delivered at Truro, October 8, 1732, Occasioned by the much lamented Death Of The virtuous and pious Consort Of the Reverend Pastor of the Church of Christ there; Who deceased October 1, L732 In the 46 th year of her Age. 9 " 130 AVERT GENEALOGY. BY BENJAMIN WEBB, M.A. And Pastor of the second Church of Christ in Eastham. PSAL. xxxvn : 37. Mark the perfect man and behold the Upright, for the end of that man is peace. Printed at Boston in New England 1733. The following are extracts from the sermon : u * And thi s in particular, may serve to correct or prevent any excessive Sorrow on the Account of that Handmaid of the Lord, the lately deceased Yoke-Fellow of my Reverend Father and 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 and Industry in governing her Household. * * * But what I principally Aim at is, that she was a Person of serious Piety. I may say without Flattery or Partiality, that in my acquaintance with her and 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 and Love of the Divine Majesty within her ; that Christ dwelt in her Heart by Faith and was in her the Hope of Glory ; and that she was truly concerned to promote his Honour. This I take to have been manifest in her Life and Conversation ; for she was one who was very observably careful to mind the Duties of Religion in a Serious and Solemn manner ; to enter into her Closet and Pray to her Father which sees in secret as our Saviour has commanded, Matt. 6 :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. Euth (Little) Avery's life ; nothing further could be found. Mr. Avery married July 3, 1733, for his second wife Ruth, 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, 1745, 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 " Mich's History :" 132 AVERT GENEALOGY. ' ; In 1749 it was voted in Sandwich to extend a call to Mr. Abraham Williams, at a yearly salary of 400 pounds O. T., or the payment in mill dollars of 2.5 per dollar. So in 1749, one hundred pounds were worth about $44.00, or eleven per cent." June 24th, 1748, Mr. Avery married Mrs. Mary Botch, widow of William Botch, late of Boston, formerly of Provincetown. The ceremony was performed in Boston, by Bev. 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 Bev. Increase Mather. "It has been said that this facetious old Divine used to amuse his friends by occasionally repeating this epitaph on himself : 1 Here lies the renowned Increase Mather. Here lies his son 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 advisable 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 agreed to give him 10 old tenor for the present year, he giving up the right to the parsonage property, both wood and improvement." The months slipped by and still Mr. Avery was without an assistant. In 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 Upham or Mr. 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 80 per annum, either in money or merchantable pay as it shall pass with the merchant, in common traffic and the improvement of the AVERY GENEALOGY. 133 parsonage lands, for the support and encouragement of an- orthodox minister regularly called and settled in the Gospel Ministry in this place, provided he allow Rev. Mr. A very 13.68 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 months." " 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 uninterrupted 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 e Rev'd Mr. JOHN AVERY, Who Departed this life y e 23 d of April 1754: in the 69 th year of His Age, and 44 th 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 AVERT 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 1 st 1732; in the 46 th year of her Age." And another, next to the latter, inscribed : " Here Lyes Buried y e Body Of Mrs. Ruth Avery y e Second wife of y e Rev'd Mr. John Avery : She died Nov. 1, A. D. 1745 in y e 51 st 3 T ear 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." Rich's History. It is a fitting place here to insert the Will of Rev. John Avery 6 . By the Will of God, Amen, the eighteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty-four, I, John Aveuy of Truro, in the County of Barnstable, in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New England, Clerk, being in a weak and low condition as to bodily health, yet thanks be to God, for that measure of understanding and memory that I yet enjoy, therefore calling to mind what the servant of God says ; Job 30 : 23 I know that thou wilt bring me to Death, and to the house appointed for all Living. I think it therefore proper for me to settle the affairs of my body and soul, that when my great change cometh, I may have only this to say, viz., to resign my soul into the hands of God, whose I am, and with whom I Desire AVERT GENEALOGY. 135 to dwell forever, I do therefore make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament, that is to say, In the first place I give and recommend my Immortal Soul into the hands of the Great God, my Creator and Redeemer, hoping through the Active and Passive Obedience of Christ my Redeemer, to Obtain forgiveness of all my sins, the Justification 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 seminally 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 Mary 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 ; and as to my beloved children my will is that they take care above all things to get ready for a dying day ; that they don't cumber themselves so about worldly 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 my Mother forsake me then the Lord will take me up. And 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 Executors hereafter named, and as to the Remainder of My Estate after Debts and funeral Charges paid, I give and bequeath as followeth ; In the first place I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Mary Avery, (over and above what she p to have out of my Estate by my agreement with her before marriage) the use and Improvement of my westerly bedroom and my Study appertaining thereto and the use and Improvement of my Woodland on the Easterly side of the High- way that leads from Neighbor Eldreds to the Meeting-house in said Truro, these privileges for her so long as she Continues to be my Relict or Widow, and shall think fit. 2 ndl >'. I give and bequeath to my beloved son John Avery, to him, his heirs, and assigns forever, my Silver Tankard, and forty- three pounds sixteen and eight-pence lawful money, which he has 136 AVERT 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 Tennor is three hundred twenty-eight pounds fifteen shills : and 4d. 3 r(lly . I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Ephraim A very 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 thly . I Give and bequeath to the children of my 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. 5 tllly . I give and bequeath to my well beloved daughter Eliza- beth Draper, all the goods and household stuff she hath already received together with my Indian girl Sarah, who now lives with her, to her, her heirs and assigns forever. 6 tllly . To my son Robert Avery I have already given by deed of Gift my interest in the Town of Lebanon in the Colony of Connecticut. 7 thly . To my son Job Avery I have already given by deed of Gift my Lands in this Town of Truro my Dwelling-house and buildings appertaining thereto, my Pew in the meeting-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. 8 thly . I give and bequeath 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 pence lawful money to be paid to her out of my personal estate, to her, her heirs and assigns forever, gthiy j gj ve an( j 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. Finally. And all the remainder of My Personal Estate I Do give to my children above named, to be divided into nine shares, AVERY GENEALOGY. 137 and my will is that my son John A very 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 A very Parker, receive the other half share, equally between them, and my other six shares to my other children, above named, in Equal Divisions. Moreover I do constitute and appoint my well-beloved sons John Avery and Job A very, to be my Executors 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 Executors 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 Further it is My Will that pronounced and declared by my two negroes Jack and Hope the said John Avery, as his have the Liberty to ehojse their last Will and Testament, in Master among all my children, presence of us the Subscribers. and they with whom they choose SAMUEL ELDREDG, to live, give nothing for them, MOSES PAINE, and that they shall not be sold NATHANIEL BREED, from my children to any person BARZILLAH SMITH. whatsoever, and this was added before I signed this Will and Testament. JOHN AVERY. (FACSIMILE JOHN AVKBY'S SEAL.) The following is the " Inventory of the Estate of Eev. John Avery of Truro, in Probate Office, Barnstable." Inventory and Appraisments of Sundries belonging to the Estate of the Rev'd John Avery taken at Truro May 3, 1751 : s. d. 3 Feather heels, 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 porringers, buttons, buckels, broken silver 11 11 10 138 AVERT GENEALOGY. 1 Eight Day Clock 794 2 tables, 1 Joynt Stool, 1 pr. worsted combs, hechel & tin ware 1 18 8 3 looking glasses, 2 Gtmnes, 1 Cutlass, Canes, Scrap 2 & Spear 499 An old box with Drams, a pr. Spurrs, lanthorn, painted box, 5 Mugs, Spoon mold 8 1 18 old chairs, 2 arm chairs, pr. Andirons, tongs, fenders, Gaffing dish & Crane 174 1 pr. Tobacco Tongs, 1 pr. Flat Irons, Grate, a toaster, pr. bellows, &c 14 7 Earthern ware, 1 oval table, a pr. Dogs, a warming pan, 3 butter tubbs, a case bottles 1 10 8 25 Sheets, 15 Pillow Cases, 7 table cloaths, 9 towels, 6 napkins 7 16 2 6 shirts, 3 neck cloaths, 5 necks, 7 bands, 5 caps, 2 handkerchiefs 1150 6 leather chairs, 6 caine chairs, 1 large ditto, chest Draws & Table 5 16 8 A pr. brass top Andirons, Shovell & tongs 7 4 3 wheels, 1 Reel, 1 swift asaster loom, a cutting Knife 13 Ibs feathers 115 A Malt Mill, Lamp mortars-, house bell, Some old Cask & Lum- ber 11 9 bushels Rye, 24s.; 20 bushels Corn 34s. 4d. 314 A frying pan, Iron bason, 2 Iron Skillets, a dish kettle 1 large ditto, 15 4 2 Iron potts, 1 Iron pudding pan, Skewers, Choping Knife, 5 candlesticks 7 7 Wood Ware, Earthern Ware, a Spit, hoe ( ?), Pestles, 2 half bushels 11 8 2 mortars & pestles, 3 boxes, to nails & lumber 13 9 A crane & hooks, tongs, Andiron, 1 lamp, 8 2 pillions, part of a side saddle, a saddle and two bridles 1 6 1 old Great chain, a bedstead, and Straw (?) bed, lObroomes, abed pan, 9 4 1 pr. Steelyards, 1 pr. brass Scales, 2 old Scale beams & old Iron 9 4 Ibs. Window lead (?), 2 caggs, 1 wood bowl. 3 Stone Juggs, 2 doz. bottles 13 6 2 pr. old Cards, 1 chest, boxes, and Cash, remnant of bedtick, 35 Ibs. logwood, 9 6 4 powdering tubbs, 3 old bags sheeps wool, powder & horns, shot & bullets 12 9 3 Razors, a hone & Straps, pepper mill, Tooth drawers & Siindries 7 3 2 penknives, 3 lancets, soap, 2 tinder boxes, 1 Dial, a brass lock and flints, 6 A box, 3 brushes, Ivory ( ?), boox beeswax, lead, waits and fishing leads 8 11 Small scails & nails, Iron pipe, Reed, pipe, Knives and forks 6 8 2 pair saddle bags, Tow yarn, a small tramaell(?), 2 chests, soap, tubbs, &c 13 9 2 hats and Cue (?), 2 great coats, a cloak & a gown 388 4 boats, 4 Jackets, 2 pr. breeches 428 A Doctor's chest, Case Drawers, Instruments, bottles & Medi- cenns 568 2 Riding caps, 2 caps, 7 pr. Hose, 3 wigs & box 1 6 AVERT GENEALOGY. 139 A Riding chair 3 4 hogs, 29 sheep & lambs 8 19 8 3 oxen, 4 cows & calf, 5 steers & heifers 19 14 8 A mare 9 8 38 1 135 3 10 The Library 13 1 4 Appraised by us 148 5 2 MOSES PAINE, ] ISAIAH ATKINS, : DANIEL PAINE. ) Through the kindness of Mr. Walter T. A very, we are furnished with a copy of the original deed of gift of land "by Eev. John Avery, of Truro, to his son, Rev. 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 years of age, taken from the original document which was found among some old family documents left Mr. Avery by his father, John Smith Avery, who was grandson of Rev. Ephraim, to whom the deed was given. Mr. Avery 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 : " Know all men by these Presents that, I, John 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 but more especially for the love I bear to my son, P^phraim Aveiy of Pomfret in the County of Windham in the Colony of Connecticut in New England, Clerk, do hereby Quit Claim and Release unto my said son his Heirs and assigns forever, all my right, Title and Interest in and unto a Certain 140 AVERY GENEALOGY. Tract and Parcel of Land which I have a Right too in the Town of Ashford in said County of Windham by Vertue of a Deed of Sale under the Hand and Seal of Isaac Pierce ( ?) of P^astham in said County of Barnstable ; which said Deed is Recorded in said town of Ashford that is to say all my right which I ought to have by said Pierce ( ?) Deed except two pieces of land which 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 Dy Quit Claim and Release unto my said son. To Have and Hold to Him the said Ephraim Avery his Heirs and Assigns forever and in Confirmation of the Premises, I, the said John Avery, do for myself, my Heirs, Executors and Administ 1 ' 8 hereby Engage to stand by and Defend my said son, his Heirs and Assigns in the Quiet and Peaceable Possession of my said Right as abovesaid from all Lawfull Claims and demands whatsoever from all Persons by 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 by the Grace of God of Great Britain King etc. Signed, Sealed and ^ Delivered in Presence of $/f*/f *// ^> / On the back of the foregoing deed is endorsed the follow- ing in the handwriting of Rev. Ephraim Avery : " By virtue of this Deed I got 300 acres of land laid out and Recorded and sold to y e Rev. Jacob Eliot of Lebanon, but found afterwards that about 100 acres of it was laid upon another man's Lot and accordingly I satisfied him y e said Eliot for it and he by an Instrument acquitted me from warranting of it, which is Recorded in Ashford, after this I sold the Remainder of my Right and gave a Deed of Quit Claim of it to John Bugbee of Woodstock w ch was Dated Jan 24, 1748/<). (Signed) Eph m Avery." AVERT GENEALOGY. 141 It may be interesting to give here the list of Harvard students of the A very line : CLASS. DIED. 1706. John 6 of Truro, 1754. 1706. Joseph 6 of Holdeu, 1770. 1731. John 7 of Boston, 1796. 1731. Ephraim 7 of Brooklyn, Ct., 1754. 1759, John 8 , Sec'y of Mass., 1806. 1771. Joseph 8 of Holdeu, 1824. 1793. John 9 , Sec'ys sou, 1801. 1819. John 10 of Lowell, 1861. 1850. John 11 of Youkers, N. Y., 1884. 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 AVERT GENEALOGY. FAMILY AND GENERATION OF JOHN AVERY 7 . (REV. JOHN 6 . ROBERT 5 , DR. WILLIAM 4 .) JOHN AVERY 7 , BOSTON MERCHANT. BORN 1711; DIED 1796. AVERT GENEALOGY. 143 JOHN AVEEY 7 , eldest son of Eev. John 6 and Kuth (Little) Aveiy, was born in Truro, Mass., Friday, Aug. 24, 1711, three months before his father's ordination as pastor. His childhood days 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 went 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 Kev. Thomas Prince, to Mary Deming, of Boston, (born 1706). Children : i. Mary 8 b. Apr. 13, 1735, (Sunday), m. John Collins. ii. Ruth 8 b. Oct. 26, 1737, (Wed.), m. -- Pi-ice. iii. John 8 b. Sept. 2, 1739, (Sunday), m. Mary Gushing. iv. Hannah 8 b. May 10, 1742, (Monday), m. - Jackson, and had a daughter born between Nov. 9th and 16th, 1765, as per letter of Elisha Avery 8 . v. - b. Dec. 6, 1743. vi. Samuel 8 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 7 died 1796, aged 85 years. The following is an extract from the original will of John Avery 7 , 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 in 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 sou, John Avery, whom he makes residuary legatee and sole Executor. (Signed,) Will proved Apr. 12, 1796. 144 AVERT GENEALOGY. FAMILY AND GENERATIONS OF JOHN A VERY 8 . (JOHN 7 , REV. JOHN 6 , ROBERT 5 , DR. WILLIAM 4 .) SECRETARY OF MASSACHUSETTS. 1778-1804. BORN 1739; DIED 1806. JOHN AVEEY 8 , third child and only son of John 7 and Mary (Deming) Avery, of Boston, and grandson of Kev. John 6 and Euth (Little) Avery, of Truro, was born Septem- ber 2, 1739. He graduated (1759) at the age of twenty, and ^married April 18 or 20, 1769, Miss Mary Gushing, daughter of Hon. Thomas Gushing (born 1749. *) Children : } * Elisha Avery 8 to his brother Samuel wrote, April 22, 1769: " Cousin John Avery, of Boston, was last Tuesday evening married to Polly Gushing." AVERY GENEALOGY. 145 i. Mary 9 , b. April 21, 1770, m. Luke Baldwin ii. Sarah 9 , b. October 4, 1771, in. July, 1795, John A. Collins, and diedJJanuary 12, 1802. iii. Deborah 9 , b. July 19, 1773, m. Robert Moody, and died Jan. 7, 1848. iv. John 9 , b. Feb. 13, 1775, m. Harriet Williams, v. Betsey 9 , b. Aug. 6, 1777, m. Thomas Williams, vi. Lucy 9 , b. Oct. 25, 1781, died 1782. vii. Peggy Gushing 9 , b. April 27, 1783, died May 27, 1783. Lucy 9 , b. April 1, 1780, died Oct. 12, 1831, unmarried, ix. Mary A. Smith 9 , b. Oct. 17, 1788, in. Isaac Mansfield. x. Thomas Hancock 9 , b. Aug. 10, 1792, died Feb. 15, 1793. JOHN A VERY* after serving acceptably as Deputy Secretary of Massachusetts for a number of years, and Secretary twenty-six years, died June 7, 1 806, at tbe age of 66 years. WIFE OF JOHN AVERY, SEC'Y. BORN 1749 DIED 1823. IO 7 JS 146 AVERT 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 Mahogany hair bottom chairs $18.00 2 do. card tables 7.00 1 Piano forte and music books 50.00 1 Large looking-glass 30.00 3 Prints, Washington &c 6.00 2 Kidderminster carpets 21.00 1 Sideboard and Painted floor carpet 30.00 2 Mahogany bedsteads and curtains 75.00 Chairs, cabinet, Lamps &c &c 129.20 Beds, carpets, chairs &c 210.50 Bed and table linen 150.00 China, crockery, glass ware $70 and books $15 85.00 141 oz. 7 pwts Plate, at $1.10 cts 155.51 , $967.21 House, out houses and land in Marlborough St., Boston ' $10,000.00 2 parcels of land in Northborough containing 27 acres $1,200.00 $11,200.00 Amount of household goods 967.21 $12,167.21 Boston, Aug. 11, 1806. AVERY GENEALOGY. 147 A Malacca cane, with ornamented gold head, about four feet long, which belonged to Secretary John Avery 8 , is now in possession of young John Avery 12 , of New York, a lineal descendant. On the head is inscribed, " Coll. Littlehales to Thos. Hancock," and " The gift of Gov. Hancock to J. Avery, Jr." Mrs. Mary (Gushing) Avery, widow of Secretary John Avery 8 , 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, 1766. 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 Cartouch box, knapsack and blanket, or instead of a bayonet, a Hatchet or Tomahawk." Passed in concurrence, July llth, 1776, and consented to by major part of ye Council, and attested by [FACSIMILE.] 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 A VERY GENEALOGY. store stands on the place, and a large picture of the tree is on the front of the store. They hung effigies of British stamp officers on the tree, and when the British took pos- sesion of Boston they cut it down." BALDWIN. Mary Avery 9 , eldest daughter of Secretary John" and Mary (Gushing) Avery, born April 21, 1770, married at the age of nineteen (September 8, 1789,) Luke Baldwin. Children : i. Mary Avery 10 , b. Nov. 25, 1790, m. Phineas Upham. ii. Luke 10 , b. Feb. 27, 1792, died young, iit. John Avery 10 , b. Dec. 20, 1793, m. Sarah Collins. iv. LuCy Parkman 10 , b. Sept. 17, 1795, died September 5, 1796. .v. Luke 10 , b. June 5, 1797, m. Elizabeth Orne, daughter of Thomas and Catharine S. P. O. Gushing, had four children. vi. Eliza 10 , b. June 6, 1799, died Aug. 22, 1800. vii. Henry 10 , b. Feb. 5, 1801, m. June 25, 1835, Julia A. Bowes, of Cincinnati. He died April 7, 1872. viii. Sarah Collins 10 , b. March 12, 1803, m. June, 1823, Samuel Stillman. She died leaving two children. ix. Thomas Williams 10 , b. March 18, 1805, m. Nov. 13, . 1834, Margaret J. Bacon. Had two or three children. He died Nov. 1, 1874. x. Elizabeth Williams 10 , b. June 11, 1807, m. Dr. Amos Stevens, Oct. 17, 1849. xi. Samuel Parkman 10 , b. Oct. 31, 1809, died Sept. 7, 1832. xii. Lucy Ann 10 , b. Nov. 17, 1811, m. Aug. 27, 1837, John Collins. xiii. Edward 10 , b. Jan. 26, 1815, m. Aug. 8, 1815, Ellen W. White. Mary (Avery 9 ) Baldwin died in Boxbury, May 31, 1837, at the age of 67. AVERY GENEALOGY. 149 UPHAM. Mary A very Baldwin 10 , eldest daughter of Luke and Mary (Avery 9 ) Baldwin, born Nov. 25, 1790, m. Jan. 24, 1811, Phineas Upham. Children : i. George 11 , b. died young. ii. Charlotte 11 , b. - - m. Dr. William Cutter, died . iii. Mary A. 11 , b. m. Dr. Charles Gordon, three children. iv. Harriet 11 , b. m. John P. Putnam. v. Lucy 11 , b. - m. Henry Tooke Parker. Two children. vi. George Phineas 11 , b. m. Sarah Sprague. Two children. Mary Avery 10 (Baldwin) Upham died in Boston, May 28, 1872, aged 81 years. PUTNAM. Harriet Upham, third daughter of Phineas and Mary Avery 10 (Baldwin) Upham, married John P. Putnam. Children : i. Mary 12 , b. m. Charles Fearing, N. Y. ii. Harriet 12 , b. - - m. Horace J. Hayden. iii. Sally 12 , b. . iv. John P. 12 , b. - BALDWIN 10 . John Avery Baldwin 10 , second son (third child) of Luke and Mary (Avery 9 ) Baldwin born December 20, 1793, mar- ried October 16, 1826, Sarah Collins 10 , (grand-daughter of Secretary John s and Mary (Gushing) Avery, and daughter of Sarah (Avery 9 ) and John A. Collins. Children : i. Mary A. 11 . ii. Lucy 11 , iii. John Avery 11 . iv. Marion 11 . 150 AVERT GENEALOGY. John Avery Baldwin 10 died in Nashua, N. H., Apr. 10, 1873, in the 80th year of his age. EDWAKD BALDWIN 10 . Edward Baldwin 10 , seventh son (thirteenth child) of Luke and Mary (Avery 9 ) Baldwin, born Jan. 26, 1815, m. Aug. 8, 1839, Ellen Watson White, dau. of Miles W. and Marcia White, born in Brighton, Mass., Sept. 21, 1818. Children : Edward D. 11 b. 1840, St Francesville, -La., died 1841. Mary Ellen 11 , b. Aug 13, 1841, St Francesville, La. Sarah D. 11 , b. Jan 24, 1844 in Boston, m. Charles, son of Wm E. and Caroline (Carter) Laight of N. Y. Had i. Ellen Baldwin 12 Laight, b. Vevey, Switzerland, Nov 10, 1880. iv. Alice W. 11 , b. Boston, Aug 27, 1845. v. Edward 11 , b. Milton, Mass. May 31, 1847, m. Oct 22, 1874, Ella, dau. of John and Angelina Combe of Philadel- phia. Had i. Edward 12 , b. Sept 11, 1876, Riverdale- on-Hudson, N. Y. Edward Baldwin 10 , died Dec. 24, 1870, aged 55 yrs, 11 mos. Ellen W. (White) Baldwin, died July 31, 1875, aged nearly 57 yrs. WILLIAMS. Betsey Avery 9 , fourth daughter (fifth child) of Sec'y John" and Mary (Gushing) Avery of Boston, born Aug 6, 1777, married 1803, Thomas Williams. Children : i. Mary Elizabeth 10 , b. May 3, 1808, m. Oct 28, 1845, Rev. Amos Smith, ii. Harriet Ardelia 10 , b. Mar. 13, 1810, m. Oct 13, 1831. Henry Howell Williams Sigourney. They had four children : 1. Henry H. W. Jr. 11 , b. Aug 28, 1832. 2. Harriet Avery n ,b. Feb 16, 1834, died Dec. 6, 1884. 3. Eliza Williams 11 , b. Oct 24, 1838. 4. Thos. Williams 11 , b. Oct 3, 1840, d. June 12, 1853. Hi. Thomas Henry 10 , b. Feb 10, 1812, m. Sept 1, 1836, Emily F. Beach. They had one child, Andrew Sigoumey 11 , b. 1840. Thos. H. 10 , died June 7, 1873, aged 61. AVERT GENEALOGY. 151 iv. Nancy 10 , b. Nov 1,1816, m. July 10, 1845 Joseph R. Gordon. Betsey (Avery 9 ) Williams died in Leominster, Mass, Aug. 12, 1851, aged about 74 years. MANSFIELD. Mary A. Smith Avery 9 , eighth daughter (ninth child) of Sec'y John" and Mary (Gushing) Avery, born Oct. 17, 1788, married Isaac Mansfield (July 9, 1812.) Their only child, had Mary Mansfield 10 , b. Apr. 7, 1818, m. Joseph Patterson. Mrs. Mary A. S. (Avery 9 ) 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 10 , born Apr. 7, 1818, m. Apr.4, 1842, Joseph TV. Patterson, the Treasurer of Inst. Savings, merchants clerk (1877). Children :- Caroline Romans 11 , b. Feb 9, 1843. Albert Mansfield 11 , b. Mar. 24, 1845. m. June 3, 1869, Elizabeth Tracy Brown. Had 1. Albert Mansfield Jr. 12 , b. Oct 20, 1874. 2. Francis Gordon 12 , b. July 7, 1876. 3. Eleanor 12 , b. Sept 19, 1878. iii. Alice Mary 11 , b. Aug 15, 1848, m. Apr 26, 1871, William Greenough, and had 1. Alice 12 , b. Mar 24, 1872. 2. William 12 , b. July 15, 1874. 3. Marian 12 , b. Oct 17, 1877. 4. Edith 12 , b. Sept 13, 1881. 5. Carroll 12 , b. Jan 30, 1883. iv. Josie 11 , b. Jan 1, 1857. Joseph W. Patterson died June 8, 1881. Mrs. Mary (Mansfield 10 ) 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, Mi. 57." (She was the wife of John Avery 7 , the Boston merchant, and great grandmother to Mrs. Pat- terson.) A similar 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 Island, who died May 19, 1764, as per "Magazine of American History," Jan. 1885. JOHN AVERY 9 . (SEC'Y JOHN 8 , JOHN 7 , REV. JOHN 6 .) JOHN AVERY 9 , the only son who grew to manhood, of Sec'y John* and 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 married 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. This house, however, was burned during the Revolution to prevent its falling into the hands of the British, and Gen. Washington gave Mr. Williams the barracks, which, it is thought, were at Cambridge, out of which he built another house on the island. About a year after their marriage, John Avery 9 sailed in a new vessel of his own, named "Ardelia," for Ardelia Williams, accompanied by his wife. They sailed from Norfolk, October or November, 1801, for England, leaving JOHN AVERY. BORN 1775. LOST AT SEA 1801. AVERT GENEALOGY. their only child John 10 , then ten months old, to the care of their parents. Nothing was ever heard of the ship or any one on board of her. The child was brought up by the Williams family, the Secretary dying soon after. He married, and settled in Lowell, Mass. Through the kindness of Mr. John E. Sanborn, of New York City, a great grandson of John Avery 9 , we are able to give copies of a few of the original letters, written nearly a century ago, which passed between the Secretary and hi& 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, 1791. MY DEAR CHILD : When a Parent hears of the good Conduct of a child, the most agreeable sensations arise in his breast, and they are better felt than expressed, as was the case yesterday, when I had the agree- able pleasure of hearing the report of the Hon'ble and Rev'cl 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, 2nd, 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, such 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 reputation 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 affectionate Father, Mr. John Avery. JOHN AVERY, JUN. 154 AVERT GENEALOGY. Copy of a letter in answer to the foregoing one by the Secretary, written by his son, from Harvard College : CAMBRIDGE, JUNE 25, 1791. HONORED SIR : The narrowness of my genius will not permit me to express words adequate to pleasure that arise in my breast upon reading your last letter. I assure you that nothing could afford me happiness than meet- ing with the approbation of a parent, whom I am bound, by all the ties of nature and affection, to please for the great care and tenderness he has always shown to rne. My heart was never formed to repay with ingratitude the cares and anxieties of a tender parent, and it has always been my chief aim in endeavoring to meet with your approbation, to gain your esteem, and as I have done it, I feel a happiness arising in my breast which I 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 behave well. I know it must cause great un- happiness 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 make him a gentleman which I have always considered, and accord- ingly have endeavoured to please you, and as I have met with your approbation I think myself well rewarded, and I hope I shall never give you an occasion to alter your present oppinion con- cerning Your dutiful Son J. A VERY. My cold is much better than it was, and I have been led to believe what I could never believe before, that my cough was parti} 7 owing to habit, but with great difficulty I have restrained myself, and I think it is much better by it. My love to all the family. The next letter is dated, Newport, Sept. 5th, 1795, written to his sister, from which we give a few extracts. The spell- ing and punctuation are like the original : AVERT GENEALOGY. 155 "DEAR SISTER: It is witli great pleasure I embrace this opportunity, by Mi- Williams who sets out today or tomorrow. I really wish you had been with us as we have had rare fun ever since we left home yesterday I was invited to dine with the officers of the militia who paraded & made a most noble appearance, three out of fifty had guns 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 eaeily quieted. One of them called him a " powder'd headed stranger." He continues : " This has afforded me more fuu 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 expect us till we enter the House. Our family here are all well send theire love to grandpapa" (John 7 ) "papa" (John 8 ), "and each & all of your worthy family accept my wishes for your health & happiness & believe me your affectionate Brother JOHN AVERY JR." Copy of a letter from John A very 9 , son of Secretary A very, to his father : LIVERPOOL, AUG. 7, 1797. DEAR FATHER : Since writing to you from London, I have been with my friend Mr. Wainwright thro* many of the manufacturing towns, where I have been able to make many agreeable acquaintances I have nearly accomplished the whole of my business in regard to loading the Brig sent me from Carolina. I shall leave this in a few days for London where I shall hand Mary Ann on 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 regret. Considering the many difficulties I have had to encounter, I must say I have been more fortunate than I expected. Times have been unpleasant 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 coining round, & that Amer- icans will endeavor to retrieve their former Character which their Wild unmeaning Speculations have almost lost them. Whenever I should recommend a man to ruin, I shall advise him to take an American Speculation for a pattern, & he is sure of gaining his end. In fact, I am 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. Men infatuated with extension Credit, & blinded by the glittering prospect before them thought not of misfortune, but drowned in the sweets of their imagination have gone headlong to ruin, deranged every system of regular negotiations and deviated (some thro' 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 mother & which I hope will be agreeable to her mind. This I think will be the last letter you will receive from me dated iu Europe, for I hope not many months after this reaches you, to be safely landed on my native shores. Should this ship not sail till Sunday, I shall be able to send you my representative, which I hope you will know. With best love to my mother, sisters, brothers & friends, believe me Your Ever Affectionate Son JOHN AVERY. JOHN AVERY 10 . (JOHN 9 , JOHN 8 , JOHN", REV. JOHN 6 .) LOWELL, MASS'. JOHN AVERY'", only child of John 9 and Harriet Howell (Williams) Avery, born Jan. 5, 1800. At the age of nine- teen (1819) he was graduated from Harvard College. Nine years later (Mar. 6, 1828), he married Sarah, dau. of Samuel G. Derby of Weston, and settled in Lowell, where he engaged largely in manufacturing. Children : AVERY GENEALOGY. 157 Harriet 11 , b. Nov 26, 1828, ra. Dr. Eben K. Sanborn. John 11 , b. July 15, 1830, m. Anna C. Hodges. Sarah Derby", b. Nov 2, 1831, d. Sept 17, 1848. Ardelia 11 , b. Jan 6, 1835, d. May 8, 1838. John A very 10 died 1864. SANBORN. Harriet Williams Avery 11 , eldest daughter of John 10 and Sarah (Derby) Avery of Lowell, Mass., was born Nov. 26, 1828, married in Lowell, Oct. 10, 1855, Dr. Eben Kimball Sanborn, Surgeon U. S. A. Children : i. Charles Derby 12 , b. Aug 8, 1856, died in Webster, Colorado, Oct. 13, 1880. ii. Emily 12 , b. Oct 8, 1858, d. scarlet fever, Jan 17, 1863. iii. John Eben 12 , 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 Eegiment, 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 son of Dr. John Hilton Sanborn, of New Hampshire. JOHN AVERY 11 . (JOHN 10 , JOHN 9 , JOHN 8 , JOHN 7 . REV. JOHN 6 .) YONKERS, N. Y. JOHN AVERY 11 , only son of John 10 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 in New York. He married Anna Corinne Hodges. Children : 158 AVERT GENEALOGY. i. John 12 b. Sept 11, 1870. ii. Robert Livingston 12 , b. died soon. iii. Stanley Robert 12 , b. Dec 14, 1879, bap. May 15, 1881. John Avery 11 was run over by a locomotive Jan. 30, 1884, being at that time 54 years of age. The following is an extract from a N. Y. daily at the time : ENGINEER JOHN AVERY KILLED ON THE HUDSON RIVER ROAD. 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 up freight train, and he stepped on the down track. At the same instant the Poughkeepsie special, due in New York at 9.20, struck him and 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 been struck, thought they had run over a dog at Lud- low, but the fog was so thick he could not say positively. Mr. 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 employed 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 at one time was A VERY GENEALOGY. 159 President of the Blooming Park Association, which owns a large reserve in Pike County, Penn. Among those who knew him best he was esteemed a thorough 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 John Avery of direct line who have been graduated from Harvard College. John A. Avery 11 , son of John Avery 10 of Somerville, Mass., is a graduate of Harvard, class of '91, who is also a descendant in the direct line from Job, the fifth son of Rev. John Avery 6 . His son John 12 , sixth in descent from Rev. John Avery 6 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 12 , his brother, is also spoken of as a promising boy. 160 A VERY GENEALOGY. FAMILY AND GENERATIONS OF REV. EPHRAIM AVERY 7 . BROOKLYN, CONN. . EPHRAIM AVEEY 7 , second son of Kev. John 6 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, Ct., was the first minister ordained there, Sept. 24, 1735. He married Miss Deborah Lothrop (born Jan. 9, 1716-7, daughter of Samuel and Deborah (Crow) Lothrop. In Chandler's copy of Records in Pomfret, Conn., is recorded : " A marriage was solemnized between y e Reverend Ephraim Avery and Miss Deborah Lothrop, Sep. 21, 1738." Children : John 8 , b. July 14, 1739, (Sat.) m. Ruth Smith. . / Ephraim 8 , b. Apr 13, 1741 ( MOD. )m. Hannah Pratt. '' | Samuel 8 , b. " " " " died soon. Samuel 8 , b. Nov. 7, 1742, (Sun.) m. Mrs. Mary (Fillis) Ackincloss, N. S. v. Elisha 8 , b. Dec. 3, 1744, (Mon.) m. Eunice Putnam, vi. Elizabeth 8 , b. Dec. 5, 1746, ^"Fri:) m. Rev. Aaron Putnam. vii. Septimus 8 , b. July 21, 1749, (Fri.) died Oct. 10, 1754. viii. Deborah 8 , b. July 5, 1751, (Fri.) m. Dr. Joseph Baker, ix. Ruth 8 , b. Jan. 13, 1754, (Sun.) m. Dr. John Brewster Hampton. Of his call to settle in the work of ministry, we learn from Miss Larned's "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 succeeded in securing Mr. Ephraim Avery AVERY GENEALOGY. 161 of Truro, Mass., then residing in Cambridge, who was graduated from Harvard, *731. The difficulties and differences now vanished and all parties were satisfied with the gifts and abilities together with the conversation of the young candidate (in his 22nd year) and gladly united in calling him to settlement. Capt. Joseph Cleveland, Deacon Williams and Henry Cobb were appointed by the society to treat with Mr. A very who in view of the fluctuations in currency then prevailing, agreed "To pay him yearly six pence upon the list of all the polls and ratable estate, until it amounts to one huudivd and twenty pounds in money or bills of public credit to be fixed with respect to the following commodi- ties viz: wheat, lye, Indian corn, beef, pork, sheep's wool or flax ; or that the salary vary according as the price of them shall rise or f;dl from the present year. These terms being accepted by Mr. Avery the prices of the commodities were thus settled June 17, 1735: wheat ten shillings per bushel, rye-seven, Indian corn 5, beef 4 pence, flax Is. wool 3 shillings, pork 6 pence half penny. The church concurred with the call given by the society. 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 place 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 (1874) Cong, house of worship). Mean- while a body of seats was set up and the house made ready for the ordination of Mr. Avery (Wednesday) Sept. 24, 1735. All the neighboring ministers participated in the service on the occasion. The Rev. Mr. Coit of Plainfield gave the charge, Mr. Wadsworth the right hand of fellowship, Mr. Cabot the last prayer. The ser- mon was preached by the father of the young divine Rev. John Avery of Truro, from 2 Tim. Ic, 11 v "Whereunto I am appointed 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 Blackwell's Brook, 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 pleuratic 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 A VERY GENEALOGY. In Brooklyn where it raged with great violence about seventy deaths were reported. Rev. Mr. Ephraim Avery still apparently the only medical practitioner 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 this excellent min- ister was greatly mourned." *.***," He left a widow and seven children" (his son Septimus having died Oct. 10th, only ten days before his father.) OBITUARY. Extracts from sermon at the funeral of Rev. Epliraim Avery : ''MOURNING PIECE." " At Brooklyn in Pomfret, at the funeral of Rev. Ephraim Avery, Oct. 22ud, 1754, by Ebenezer Devotion, A. M. Printed by John Draper, Boston 1755." " Job XVII-13 '* The grave is mine house." 'Concerning him the Rev. Mr. Ephraim Avery, formerly of Truro, Mass., Pastor of this flock." " During the time of his public ministry which was the time of my very intimate acquaintance with him. he appeared with a pecu- liar 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 several of the liberal sciences. In private 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 father. As a Christian, those who have been most intimately acquainted with him, are witnesses of that humanity, temperance, AVERT GENEALOGY. 163 sobriety, gravity, sincerity, openness, honesty, benevolence, and charity which have appeared in him. As a minister of Christ, he was an example to his flock. His preaching was judicious and pungent, well adapted to enlighten the understanding, convince the judgment and reform the life. It was his study and his care to feed his people with knowledge and understanding." It is a singular fact, that father, son and grandson all died the same year. Rev. John Avery 6 died in Truro, Mass., April 23rd, 1754, aged 69. Rev. Ephraim Avery 7 , died in Brooklyn, Ct., Oct. 20, 1754, aged 41, and Septimus Avery 8 , died Oct. 10, 1754, aged 5 years. In the southwest corner of the old cemetery in Brooklyn, Ct., is his tombstone inscribed thus : " In memory of y e Rev (l Mr Ephraim Avery Pastor of y e Church of Brooklyn in Pom fret, Who departed this life Oct 20 th 1754 in y e 42 nd year of his age and 20 th of his ministry. " The poor worm calls us for his inmates there and round us Death's inexorable hand, Draws y e dark Curtain close." An inventory of the Estate of Rev. Mr. Ephraim Avery, taken by the appraisers under oath, Jan. 2 n<1 , 1755, shows him to have been worth 8,984, 8s. 8d. The following are a few extracts from the Inventory : 41 Case of Drawers & Desk & Dressing table 66. 00. " Library 271. 2. 8. Bed & furniture 323. 5. . 594. 7. 8 " Wearing apparel 244. 5. " Silver vessels 60. 0. " 2 Brass Kittles 33. 0. 164 AVERT GENEALOGY. 44 Fire slice ; Toungs 30s. 1. 10. 4i a watch 70. 0. 0? kt 3 looking glasses 45. 0. " 27 Chairs 23. 15. tk 3 spinning wheels 8. " Saddle Baggs 18. 16. 44 Chair & Furniture & Runners GO. 44 1 yoak of oxen 120, 4 Cows 170 290. 44 4 Heiffers 120, 3-2 years old 60 180. " 2 year old 20, 6 Swine 39 59. 44 20 sheep 55, Ox yoak, Clevis & Pin 3 58. 44 Cart 50, Sled 8, - - & vvedue GOs 61. 44 2 Mairs & Colt 220, 1 young horse 40 260. 44 Horse taklin 3, Drags 43. Rakes 20s. 47. 44 House land and other buildings 6,200. 44 WoodLott 300. Mrs. Deborah (Lothrop) A very, who was left a widow Oct. 20, 1754, at the age of thirty-eight, with seven children, mar- ried, Nov. 21, 1755, for her second husband, Mr. John Gardiner, 5th Proprietor of Gardiner's Island. The cere- mony probably took place at the house of his 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 blessed 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 Rev. Mr. Josiah Whiting," who had been called to be pastor of the church, over which her late husband, Rev. Ephraim A very, had presided, "at the society's charge, receiving a hundred pounds for this service." " Mr. Whiting was a native of Windham Co., born in Plainfield, Aug. 11, 1731. Yale 1752." AVERY GENEALOGY. 165 Feb. 4, 1756, was the day appointed for the ordination, " The day being very fine and the congregation much too large for the; meeting house, the ordaining services were held on the Green, ladies using their fans as freely as at mid-summer. All the neighboring ministers were present on this memorable occasion." Mrs. Deborah Avery Gardiner was living at Gardiner's Island, Sept. 1764, 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 was solemnized between Col. Israel Putnam and Mrs. Deb- orah Gardiner, June y e 3, 1767." Miss Lamed, in her "History of Windham County," Yol. 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 drew throngs of visitants. Every soldier passing through Windham County would go out of his way to call upon his beloved Colonel." 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 (1777) when burdened with public cares, that Gen. Putnam was called again to experience the heaviest of domestic afflictions in the loss of his wife. She died at his 166 AVERT GENEALOGY. quarters about a week after his removal to Fishkill " (and about ten days after the loss of Forts Montgomery and Clinton), " and it is not improbable that her death was has- tened, if not caused by the exposure and fatigue incident to this sudden change." In recounting Putnam's evacuation of West Point and the cause, viz : his forces having been greatly reduced, and by a division of a council of his officers that it would be impossible to maintain the Post against superior numbers, Cutler says, " it was determined to retire with the troops to Fishkill, a Post twelve miles up the river and to commence immediately the removal 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, and sym- pathize with you upon the occasion. Remembering that all must die and that she had lived to an honorable age," (her 61 st year) " I hope you bear the misfortune with that fortitude and compla- cency of mind that become a man and a Christian. I am Dear Sir with great esteem Yours &c GEO. WASHINGTON." Cutler says : " In the same dispatch which communicated these afflicting tidings to the Commander-in-Chief, Gen. Putnam announced the surrender (Capitulation signed Oct. 14, 1777, at 8 P. M., as per Gov. Clinton's letter to Gen. Putnam, dated Albany, loth Oct., 1777), of Burgoyne, and the retaking of Peekskill and the Highland passes on the east side of the river." "Bolton in his "Hist, of the Prot. Epis. Church of West- chester County, N. Y., says, "Mrs. Putnam died at the AVERT GENEALOGY. Highlands, North River, and was buried in Col. Beverly Robinson's family vault." Gen. Putnam died May 9th, 1790. JOHN AVERY 8 . (REV. EPHRAIM 7 , REV. JOHN 6 .) JOHN AVERT 8 , eldest son of Rev. Ephraim 7 and Deborah (Lothrop) Avery, was born in 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 in 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 was born May 5, 1741, and baptized by Rev. Ebenezer Prince, May 31, 1741. Children :- i. Son 9 , b. Feb. 3, 1774, died in infancy, ii. Sally 9 , b. Jan. 24, 1776, died Sept 4, 1776. iii. John Smith 9 , b. Dec. 28, 1777, bap. by Rev. Ebenezer Prince. John Avery 8 died Aug. 20, 1779. His widow, Ruth (Smith) Avery, soon followed, she dying Oct. 4, 1779. The will of John Avery s bears date Feb. 10, 1773, and reads as follows : "In the name of God Amen. I, John Avery of Huntingtcn, in Suffolk County, this tenth Day of February Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Three, being weak in Body but of Perfect mind and memory, and calling to mind the Mortality of my Body and Seeing that I must shortly yeald to Death, I do make and Ordain this roy last will and testament in the following manner and form : 163 AVERT GENEALOGY. ( -" Ini primiit. I will & order that all my Just Debts & Funeral Charges be first paid, out of my Estate, by my Executors, Here- after named and to Receive all my Just Debts. Item. I give aud bequeath unto my Loving Wife, Ruth, the whole of my P^state, to be at her Disposal as she thinks Propper, and I do constitute and appoint my Brother, Ephraim Avery, my Wife Ruth Avery and my friend Joseph Lewis to be my Sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, giving and Granting unto them, or Either of them, full power and authority to Execute this my Last Will and testament, and Every Article and Clause therein Con- tained the Day and year above Written." Signed, Sealed (Signed) JOHN AVERY. \_seal~] Published, Pronounced and Declared to be my Last Will and Testament In the Presents of Thomas Brush Ju 1 '. Elizabeth Brush. The following shows the disposal his widow. Mrs. Ruth (Smith) Avery, made of her property and child : "Personally appeared Before me, Mrs. Hannah Platt, and maketh oath on the Holy Evenjalis of almighty God : that on the 23 d of Sept. 1779, as She was With Mrs. Ruth Avery : she heard Mrs. Avery tell her sister, Kessiah Smith, that it Was her desire she Wood take her Child and Bring it up and to inable her to do so, she Gave her all that she left, after Paiug her dets. Sworn the 9th of October 1779. Before me Zophar Platt, Justice. (Signed) HANNAH PLATT." JOHN SMITH AVERY 9 . John Smith Avery 9 , the only son (who came to years of maturity) of John 8 and Ruth (Smith) Avery, born Dec. 28, 1777, was left an orphan in the second year of his age, (as stated above) and was brought up by his aunt, Mrs. Kesia (Smith) Titus, the wife of Joseph Titus of New York. He AVERT GENEALOGY. 169 married Feb. 11, 1813, (by Eev. Edward Mitchell), Amelia Titus, daughter of Israel and Temperance (Norton) Titus, of Huntington, L. I, New York, (born Dec. 8, 1774). They had one child : Walter Titus Avery 10 , born Jan. 18, 1814. John Smith Avery 1 ' 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 1816, when they were joined by Kobert 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 th year of his age. His widow, Amelia (Titus) Avery, died Jan. 6, 1863, in the 89 th year of her age, both at Old Mill, near Bridgeport, Conn., at the house of their adopted daughter, Mrs. Mary Amelia (Avery) Ireland, (clau. of Walter and Mary Titus), wife of Joseph Norton Ireland. Mr. and Mrs'. Avery are buried in Greenwood cemetery, where 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 complexion, of fine personal appearance even in old age. The following lines, in refer- ence to her, were written soon after her death, by her friend, Mrs. Lathrop, and published in the Bridgeport Standard: THE ARM CHAIR. BY MRS. K. A. B. LATHROP. It stands in the cosiest corner, In the charming family room, Where Christinas wreaths, books, and pictures. Cheat the winter days of their gloom. 170 AVERT GSXSALOIY. It faces the western window, Where age-bedimmed eyes could see, Through the bars of sunset splendor, A glimpse of the glory to be. 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 duty, She graciously took what was due, One who had worthily traveled, Almost a century through. Still in its cosiest corner, The chair has no tenant to-night, We miss the charm of a presence, As we draw round the evening light, We talk as on other evenings, But voices take tenderer tone, And eyes 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, I venture to weave one of mine. I think of her fav'rite lily, That lay on her mot ion less breast, As folded down in her casket, Sublimely she entered her rest. One of the royal old painters Placed a lily in Mary's hand, As she announced her glad tidings To one of the angelic band. Next to the message of Mary, What welcome new^s could one bear. Than almost a cycle of duty. Well done, to the angel of prayer. AVEHY GENEALOGY. 171 WALTER T. AVERT 1 ". Mr. Walter T. A very 10 , Esq., of New York, the only son of John Smith 9 and Amelia (Titus) A very, was born in that city 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 ba 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 184 /" 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 fri3nd, as Importers and Commission Merchants, under the firm of H. E. Blossom , m. - - Church (?),. who died in West Indies, per letter of Elisha L. 9 to Sam'l 8 , Dec. 15, 1799. iii. John William 9 , 1). May 24, 1767, lived in Stratford, Conn, iv. Elisha Lothrop 9 , b. Nov. 27, 1768. v. Joseph Platt 9 , 1). Mar. 24, 1771. vi. Deborah Putnam 9 , b. June 1, 1773. Bolton, in his "Hist, of Prot. Episcopal Church" in West- chester County, N. Y., says: "Soon after the Rev. Ephraim Avery 8 left college, he went to- New Jersey and taught school, at a place called Second River, in the township of Newark. Rev. Isaac Brown, Newark, in his let- AVEKY GENEALOGY. 173 ters of Oct. G, 1762, and Apr. (5, 1703. wriUs, "that Mr. A very, a young gentleman graduated from Yale College, has taken care of the school at Second River from Dec. 1, 1761." While there he turned his attention to theology, and was considered a very promising young man. He then went to England, and was ordained Deacon and Priest ly Dr. Hinehman, Bishop of London, 1765, being well recommended ly the clergy of New Jersey and others, and found worthy by the Lord Bishop of London, was appointed to the vacant mission of Rye, N. Y., by Gov. Cadwal- lader Golden, Sept. 9, 1765, Rector of Grace Church of the Parish of Rye, including Mamaroneck and Bedford. In 1767, Mr. A very received the degree of Master of Aits from King's College, N. Y., a literary honor which he richly deserved." * * * 1774. "Soon nfter this, the Clergy of the Church of England fell upon troublous times, which tried to the utmost the firmness of men. The Revolutionary War broke out, threatening an utter disrup- tion of the ties which had so long bound 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 an} 7 other class of men " ***** " they went on steadily with their duty in their sermons ; without touching on politics, using their influence to allay political heats and cherish a spirit of loyalty among their people. This conduct, however harmless, gave great offence. They were everywhere threatened, and often reviled, and sometimes treated with brutal violence." * * * * "At Rye, Mr. A very was a principal sufferer. His horses were seized, his cattle driven off, and his property plundered. His death, supposed by some, to have been occasioned by these losses, happened soon after." The Society's Abstracts for 1776 say: "By a private letter received from Mr. Ingles, it appears that Mr. Avery was murdered in a most barbar- ous manner, on the fifth of last November, for refusing to pray for Congress, his throat having been cut and his body shot through and thrown in the public highway." * * "Tradition, however, 'reports that Mr. Avery was murdered by one Hains, an Irish Jesuit, who kept p. private school which stood upon or near the site now (1855) occupied by a carriage shed, directly opposite the Church at Rye. It is said that frequent discussions on religious 174 A VERY GENEALOGY. topics had taken place between them ; on these occasions Mr. A very was always observed to maintain his argument with great coolness and moderation, \\hile his antagonist, who was of a vio- lent temper, would betray the worst feelings. Under the garb of liberty, the murderer waylaid and shot the innocent and defence- less victim, cut his throat and dragged his body into the highway. But the conscience stricken murderer found no rest, and finally 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 broke 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." kt Related on the testimony of Mrs. Wetmore and other aged inhabitants of the Parish, who have heard their parents speak of Hains, and remember 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 burying ground belonging to the church, on the opposite side of Blind Brook." The inscription on her tombstone is as follows : ' 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 e 13th Day of May, A. D. 1776 in y e 39th year of her Age. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." REV.(?) JOHN WILLIAM AVERY 9 . (REV. EPHRAIM 8 , REV. EPHRAIM 7 , RP:V. JOHN 6 .) STRATFORD, CONN. JOHN W. AVEEY 9 , eldest son (third child) of Eev. Ephraim" and Hannah (Platt(?) Avery, was born in Eye, N. Y.(?), AVERY GENEALOGY. 175 May 24, 1767, m. Sarah Fairchild of Stratford, Conn. Children: i. John William 10 , b. 179-. In early life was lost at sea in the Jeannette. Samuel Putnam 10 , b. Jan. 1797, m. Haninh Parke. Sarah Elizabeth (Betsey) 10 , b. , m. E. R. Dupignac. Elisha Lothrop 10 , b. 1799, m. Jane Gunning. John William A very 9 died in 1799, aged 32 years We have been unable to gather anything touching his life and character. A grand daughter remembers of having been told that he was a clergyman. 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 10 . (JOHN W. 9 , REV. EPHRAIM 8 , REV. EPHRAIM 7 , REV. JOHN 6 .) NEW YORK CITY. ^AMUEL P. AVERY 10 , b. Jan. 1797, son of John William 9 f3 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 years, as is inscribed on his tombstone, yet standing in good preservation in old Trinity church yard, New York city). Children : 176 AVERT GENEALOGY. i. Samuel Putnam 11 , b. Mar. 17, 1822, m. Mary A. Ogden. ii. Hannah Stanton 11 , b. Oct. 12, 1824, m. Charles R. Cornell. iii. Susan Jane 11 , b. Dec. 11, 1826, m. Stephen A very, iv. Benjamin Parke 11 , b. Nov. 11, 1828, m. Mary A. Fuller. v. Mary Rebecca Halsey 11 , b. Aug. 10, 1830, m. Rev. T. De. Witt Talmage. vi. Charles R. Cornell 11 , b. Oct. 1832, d. Aug. 5, 1833. Mr. Sam'l Putnura A very 1 ", 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 River Mansion House," where he died of cholera, in 1832, aged 35 years. Hannah A. (Parke) Avery was but two years of age when her father died. Her husband dying when her children were small, their training devolved upon her, and it is evi- dent that she must have been a woman of noble character, in her influence upon her children, one of whom, Benj. Parke, often referred to her as the "polar star" of his life, and to the high principles of honor which she inculcated in her family. After the death of Mr. Avery, she married John N. Coyne, and after his death, married in 1858, John Owen Rouse, of Jersey city, who survives her. She died June 26, 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. AVERY GENEALOGY. 177 SAMUEL P. AVERY 11 . open to the Methodists of Provincstown, that they, with the band of Methodists in Wellfleet, united in building this house of worship the passage to it by the Provincetown parties, being made mostly in boats. CAPT. PETER LOMBARD AVERY 9 . (JOB 8 , JOB 7 , RKV. JOHN 6 .) PROVINCETOWN, MASS. TJETER L. AVERY 9 , son of Job* and Jerusha (Lombard) * Avery, born at Truro, Feb. 18, 1793, married March 18, 1817, Betsey, bom May 23, 1796, youngest child and only daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Lombard) Chap- man, of Truro. Children : i. Mary 10 , h. Oct. 8, 1817, m. Joshua Lewis. ii. Jerusha 10 , b. Feb. 4, 1820, m. Franklin Damon. iii. Betsev 10 , b. July 11, 1822, m. Hiram Holmes. iv. Hannah Paine 10 , b. Aug. 31, 1824, d. unmarried. v. Nancy 10 , b. Mar. 18, 1827, m. Hiram Holmes. vi, Peter 10 , b. Nov. 29, 1828, m. Hannah K. Smith. vii. Mehitable Freeman 10 , b. Nov. 16, 1830, m. Daniel F. Lewis. The early life of Peter L. Avery 9 was similar to that of the average Cape-codder. At an early age he doubtless, commenced a seafaring life, first as cook, then as one of the crew, until he had advanced to the position of master of a fishing vessel. During the later years of his life he pursued AVERT GENEALOGY. 269 the general freighting business 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, when they, with their two children, removed to ProvincetowTi, 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 i& related by an aged person, who at one time in his youth went on a mackerel trip with him, that Mr. Avery one dny 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 was said, but the next morning, and ever afterward when they met on deck, Capt. Avery, ever familiar with Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, pleasantly 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 paralysis, 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 AVERT GENEALOGY. His funeral discourse was delivered by the pastor, Rev. 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 AVERT GENEALOGY. 271 which, owing to her feebleness, she testified her patriotic devotion, by 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 by 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. AVERY GENEALOGY. The roof caught fire, but no great damage was done, owing to prompt assistance. Two years before her death, her youngest daughter, who occupied with her husband, a portion of her house as their iiome, 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 anniversary of her wedding day, she went to join the loved ones gone before, at the age of 74 years. While the son and daughters, loyal to the principles she had taught them, had reason to mourn the loss of a dear mother, yet, two years later, when the son found a grave 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, Rev. Charles Young, who preached her funeral sermon : "Fifty years she lived in the Methodist Episcopal Church. She often said God manifested Himself to her in great clearness and power, filling her sonl unutterably full with unclouded hope, unwavering faith, and in full assurance of Divine favor.. She walked out of the earthly house, to possess the ' house not made with hands ' eternal in the heavens." She was buried beside her husband. The following lines are inscribed on the stone erected to her memory : ' This languishing head is at rest ; Its thinking and aching are o'er ; This quiet, immovable breast Is heaved .by .affliction no more." AVERY GENEALOGY. 273 LEWIS. MALDEN, MASS. Mary 10 , eldest daughter of Peter L. 9 and Betsey (Chapman) Avery, born Oct. 8, 1817, married July 23, 1843, Capt. Joshua, born Oct. 18, 1815, son of George and Mary (Snow) Lewis, of Provincetown, Mass. Children : i. George Wilbur 11 , b. July 4, 1844. ii. Marietta Francena 11 , b. Oct. 23, 1846. iii. Olin Merritt 11 , ) . ' \ twins, b. Aug., 1848, died m infancy, iv. Joshua Merrill 11 , ) v. Ida Fillmore 11 , b. Mar. 8, 1852. vi. Joshua Francis 11 , b. Feb. 19, 1854. vii. Hannah Willard 11 , b. Oct. 5, 1856. viii. Lawrence Beecher 11 , b. Mar. 5, 1860. Mrs. Mary (Avery 10 ) 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 sufncient 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 18 274 AVERT 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. GEORGE W. LEWIS 11 . MALDEN, MASS. George W. 11 , the eldest son of Joshua and Mary (Avery 10 ) 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 Westfield, 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 were 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. n , eldest daughter of Joshua and Mary (Avery 10 ) Lewis, born Oct. 23, 1846, was educated in the public schools of Provincbtown, Mass. She married, Dec. 24, 1868, Capt. Lyman H., son of William and Diadema (Harriman) Rich- ards, of Bristol, Me. They have no children. After engag- AVEUY GENEALOGY. 275 ing for a number of years successfully, in 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 Keform for the city. Both are members of the Center M. E. Church. IDA F. LEWIS 11 . Ida F. n , second daughter of Joshua and Mary (A very 10 ) Lewis, born March 8, 1852, was graduated from the Prov- incetown 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 11 . Joshua F. 11 , son of Joshua and Mary (Avery 10 ) Lewis, born Feb. 19, 1854, was educated in the public schools of Prov- incetown, and High School at Ware. Also attended Wesley an 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 AVERT GENEALOGY. when he removed with his family to Hyde Park. During his residence in Maiden, he was a member of the School Board. He married, June 26, 1887, Madelene S. Howes, daughter of Capt. Barzilla and Kebecca (Carlo) Howes, of Brooklyn, N. Y. They have one daughter, Lena Starr 12 , born Dec., 1888. HANNAH W. LEWIS 11 . Hannah W. 11 , born Oct. 5, 1856, educated in the schools of Provincetown, also High School at Ware, Mass. Resides with the family at Maiden. L. B. LEWIS 11 . Lawrence B. 11 , born March 5, 1860, was educated in the public schools of Provincetown, and High School at Ware. Later entered the employ of Farley, Harvey & Co., Boston. Then entered the firm of Shepard, Norwell & Co., where he -was salesman for four years. In 1886 he became salesman in the wholesale department, for Coleman, Mead & Co., which position he holds at present writing, (1890). Besides .at Maiden. JERUSHA (A VERY 10 ) DAMON. SCITUATE, MASS. Jerusha 10 , second daughter of Peter L. 9 and Betsey .(Chapman) Avery, born Feb. 4, 1820, married Sept. 4, 1842, Franklin, son of Henry and Annie (Cook) Damon, of Scitu- ate, Mass. Children: i. Hannah Avery 11 , b. Jan., 1844, died young. ii. Ella Franklin 11 , b. Sept., 1845. iii. Hannah Avery 11 , b. Sept., 1850. iv. Frank Waldron 11 , b. Apr. 7, 1855. v. Marilla Butler 11 , b. July 19, 1857. vi. Addison Childs 11 , b. May 21, 1860. vii. Gorham Lee ]] , b. Mar., 1864. AVERT GENEALOGY. 277 Mrs. Jeruslia (A very 10 ) 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 ready 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 official visits. The noble work of charity bestowed by this worthy 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 AVERT GENEALOGY. such was her power of self-control, that no one realized how firm a hold 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 sweet 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 expect 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 memory. Mr. Frank- lin Damon is a prominent member of the M. E. Church at South Boston. LAPHAM. Ella F. 11 , daughter of Franklin and Jerusha (Avery 10 ) Damon, born in Sept., 1845, married Feb. 12, 1867, Elisha W. Lapham, of Hanover, Mass. Children : i. Cora Belle 12 , b. Dec. 10, 1867, m. Mar. 13, 1889, George V. Fabian, of Dorchester, Mass. One daughter, Belle Franklin 13 , b. Apr. 11, 1890. 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 12 , b. Nov. 10, 1871, resides with her parents at Milton, Mass. LAWLEY. Hannah Avery 11 , third daughter of Franklin and Jerusha (Avery 10 ) Damon, born in Sept., 1850, and educated in the schools of her native town, married Feb. 14, 1872, George F., son of George and Martha (Ainge) Lawley, of Scituate, Mass. After their marriage they lived in Scituate, Mass., until 1874, when they removed to South Boston, Mass. Mr. L. is junior partner of the firm of George Lawley & 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 Mayflower, Puritan and others. One son, Fred. Damon 12 , born July 9, 1878. DAMON 11 . Frank W. 11 , eldest son of Franklin and Jerusha (Avery 10 ) 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 12 , b. July 3, 1876. ii. Grace Allen 12 , b. Oct. 13, 1879. iii. Jeannette Ames 12 , 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 they now reside. His posi- tion is that of Inspector of the West End horse car railroad. TUENEE. Marilla B. 11 , daughter of Franklin and Jerusha (Avery 10 ) 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 12 , born April 19, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Turner reside in Scituate. DAMON 11 . Addison C. 11 , son of Franklin and Jerusha (Avery 10 ) Damon, born May 21, 1860, married first, Sept. 3, 1883, Nellie J., daughter of James and Harriet (Litchfieid) Brown, of Scituate, who died Sept. 25, 1884, 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 Caldwell 12 , b. Apr. 27, 1889. ii. Ernest Avery 12 , b. Jan. 17, 1891. 280 AVERT GENEALOGY. Mr. and Mrs. Damon reside in South Boston. He is in the employ of G. Lawley & Son. DAMON 11 . Gorham L. 11 , youngest son of Franklin and Jerusha (Avery 10 ) 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 12 , born June 13, 1891. Mr. and Mrs. Damon reside in South Boston. Mr. Damon is in the employ of Geo. Lawley & Son. BETSEY (AVEEY 10 ) HOLMES. PROVINCETOWN, MASS. Betsey Avery 10 , daughter of Peter L. 9 and Betsey (Chap- man) Avery, born at Provincetown, July 11, 1822, married June 4, 1843, Capt. Hiram Holmes, of Provincetown. Children : i. Elizabeth Avery 11 , b. Sept. 4, 1847, m. D. H. Newcomb. ii. Bessie 11 , b. Dec. 10, 1849, died in infancy. Mrs. Betsey (Avery 10 ) 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 succumbed to disease. December 14, 1849, surrounded by loving friends, with an eye of faith hat seemed to pierce the vale beyond, she turned to her AVERY GENEALOGY. 281 mother, and with 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. Kev. E. B. Bradford attended 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 yrs 5 mos. Sleep on 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 In heaven is now thine own. NEWCOMB. Elizabeth Avery Holmes 11 , daughter of Hiram and Betsey (Avery 10 ) Holmes, born Sept. 4, 1847, married Feb. 10, 1868,. David Hildreth, born July 5, 1845, son of Harley and Koxanna D. (Hartwell) Newcomb, of Greenwich, Mass. Children :- i. William Kendall 12 , b. at Provincetown, Dec. 12, 1868. ii. Ralph Holmes 12 , 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. N. is a member of the police force of that 282 AVERT GENEALOGY. city. He enlisted in the war of the Rebellion at the age of sixteen; member of Co. D, 19th Mass. Yols., 2nd Army Corps. W. K. Newcomb, the eldest son, is in the railroad employ at Springfield. HANNAH PAINE AVERT 10 . Hannah P. 10 , fourth daughter of Peter L. 9 and Betsey (Chapman) Avery, born at Provincctow n. 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. PROVINCETOWN, MASS. Nancy 10 , fifth daughter of Peter L. 9 and Betsey (Chap- man) Avery, born March 18, 1827, married Nov. 10, 1851, Capt. Hiram, son of Shubsel and Deborah (Small) Holmes, of Provincetown. Children, born at Provincetown : 1. Susan Perry 11 , b. June 14, 1856, d. May 6, 1892. Was a member of the Center M. E. Church, uniting in 1872. Much of the labor of compiling this work devolved upon her. ii. Hiram Wallace 11 , b. Oct. 19, 1858, d. Aug. 21, 1860. Hi. Hiram Clifford 11 , b. Aug. 26, 1861, m. Jan. 16, 1890, Mary E., b. Sept. 4, 1862, eldest dau. of Capt. William and Mary (Taylor) Dyer, of Provincetown. Mr. H. Clifford Holmes, after eleven years' experience in the business in which his father was engaged, March 1, 1888, purchased the stock of his father and con- tinued the business successfully until Jan., 1890, when he sold out to accept a lucrative position which had AVERY GENEALOGY. 283 previously been tendered him in the firm of " Wilcox, Crittenden & Co.", manufacturers, at Middletown, Conn. He graduated from the Commercial Depart- ment of Weyleyan Academy at Wilbraham, Mass., and is considered a thorough business young man, honorable and upright in all his dealing. He united with Center Church in 1884, and from that time lias proved an earnest worker, filling several official posi- tions in the church, beside positions of trust outside of it. Mrs. H. was a graduate of the Provincetown High School, class of '81, and successfully engaged in teaching until her marriage. She united with the Methodist Church in 1883. Present residence, Mid- dletown, Conn. iv. Hettie Freeman Lewis 11 , b. Oct. 15, 18G4, m. Aug. 28, 1891, Fred M., son of John and Harriet Lee, of New Brunswick, New Jersey. One sou : Clifford Avery 12 , b. 1892, d. 1892. She united with Center Church in 1881. In 1883 she graduated from the Provincetown High School and was successfully engaged in teaching until her marriage. Present residence, New Bruns- wick, N; J. Capt. Hiram Holmes, the husband of Nancy Avery 10 , for occupation followed 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 Montezuma (1858- 59) he was shipwrecked, barely escaping with his life and the lives of his crew. In 1861-' 65 he commanded the schooner G. W. Lzwis and was fortunate in, although barely, escaping seizure by the privateer Alabama which destroyed so many Provincetown vessels, as well as others during the years of the Avar. 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 AVERY GENEALOGY. previous to his death, which occurred Aug. 6, 1888, at the age of 69 years. From an article in the local paper at the time of his decase, we clip the following : " Although not a native of this place he has long been known and recognized by all its permanent residents as a man of sterling integrity, of indomitable industry and perseverance, as a competent sea captain, a skilful mechanic, a kind neighbor, an intelligent, upright citizen, and as a sincere, earnest supporter of his opinions and convictions upon all religious, political and local questions." At one time in his earlier life, he was a skilful dentist, practicing in Providence, R. I., and Proviiicetown, and during the later years was often called upon to exercise his skill in dentistry although not in the regular business. He was a member of the Methodist Church about forty years previous to his death. Mrs. Nancy (A very 10 ) 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 united with Center Church. AVERT GENEALOGY 285 SUSIE PERRY HOLMES 11 . BORN 1856; DIED 1892. The publisher of this genealogy, with feelings of deep emotion, would add a tribute to the sweet-spirited and lovely character of SUSIE PERRY HOLMES". Thrown into her society by 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 AVERT 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 U . Slowly she faded, Meekly and sweetly ; All her work finished, Fair and completely. Her life was all love, Love was sweet duty ; Giving and cherishing, Haloed with beauty. AVERT 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 AYEEY 10 . PROVINCETOWN, MASS. Peter 10 , only son of Peter L. 9 and Betsey (Chapman) 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 11 , b. Sept. 3, 1855, d. in Sept., 1856. ii. Emily Atkins 11 , b. Sept. 7, 1857, d. Jan. 10, 1858. iii. Infant, b. Oct. 2, 1863, d. soon. Peter Avery 10 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 AVERT GENEALOGY. being master, bound for the Bay of Chaleur 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 1861, when he made his first voyage for whales, as first officer of the schooner G. W. Leivis, Hiram Holmes, (brother-in-law), master. He sailed from home May 24, 1861, 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 them, and in a short time a tiny flame shot up from the brig, which was soon enveloped in one mass of flames. Capt. Avery 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 officers 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. Maffitt 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 19 290 AVERT 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 Vineyard, 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 bidding "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, 1863. 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 Watchman, 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, 1864, he sailed for the Banks in the Carrie Pitman. 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, and the voyage the next year ('65), making two of his most prosperous voyages. In April, 1866, AVERY GENEALOGY. 291 having become part owner of the schooner Emeline ffaight, he engaged in the coasting or general freighting business, and continued this until 72. The winter 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 keep Capt. A.'s light in sight during the night, as a rough sea was raging at the 292 AVERY GENEALOGY. time, and the Andrews being so deeply loaded, they 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 Andrews light was visible in the distance a little later it had disappeared. It was supposed after- ward that that was the time 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- town had dreamed t\\ice 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 : 44 Schr. Wm. H. Andrews, Capt. Peter Avery, which sailed from Philadelphia about April 2nd, for Portland, Me., with a cargo of corn in the hold and iron on deck, foundered on the 9th, Barnegat bearing West about 12 miles and all hands were lost. The W. H. A. hailed from Provincetowu, was partly owned by parties in Woonsocket, R. I., 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. "But their sleep in the heart of the ocean ' Is sweet and all is well ; Though 110 funeral train attended, Nor tears at their hurial fell, God brooded over their dying And made them a royal tomb, Where the choiring stars in golden bars Sang anthems through the gloom." A VERY GENEALOGY. 29 CAPTAIN PETER AVERY 11 . BORN 1828; LOST AT SEA 1873. Capt. Avery is said by many friends to have been a man of integrity, true in his social as wall as business relations of life ; of indomitable perseverance and energy ; fearless as he was ambitious ; free-he artod 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 AVERT GENEALOGY. years. A favorite expression of his was "we will anchor bye and bye in heaven's broad bay." " Yes ; in the " broad bay of heaven " 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 Kev. J. H. James, pastor, from Romans, 14th chap., 7th and 8th verses King. Hiram's Lodge of F. & 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 10 from Provincetown leaving no descendant ; and July of the same year his cousin, Geo. W. Avery 10 , of North Truro, dying, left no male descendant there. LEWIS. PKOVINCETOVN, MASS. Mehitable F. 10 youngest daughter of Peter L. 9 and Betsey (Chapman) Avery, born Nov. 16, 1830, married Feb. 15, 1859, Daniel Francis, born Oct. 16, 1834, youngest son of George and Mary (Snow) Lewis, of Provincetown. No children. Mehitable, or "Hetty," as she was more familiarly known, was the youngest of the family and pet of the household. As a young lady she was highly esteemed by her associates. Always of a cheerful disposition, looking on the bright side of life, coupled with a winning manner and fine musical voice, inherited from her mother, (the Avery s not possessing AVERT 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 up 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 which she was held. Rev. 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 AVERT GENEALOGY. JOHN AVERY*. (JOHN 8 , JOB 7 , REV. JOHN .) TRUKO, MASS. JOHN AVERT 9 , youngest son of Job 8 and Jerusha (Lom- bard) A very, born at Truro, Nov. 6, 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. Gay and 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 'I Pray what is that?" "What we use to roast? Englishmen on," was the quick retort. From Halifax he was taken to Dartmoor prison. Who can describe the feelings of this youth and his companions, so long accustomed to the free, roving life of a sailor, when they first beheld Dartmoor, prison walls towering- above them ! Dartmoor is described as " one of the great desolate moors 1500 feet above the sea level on the south coast of England and Devonshire, and fifteen miles from the AVERY GENEALOGY. 297 great naval station at Plymouth, remarkable for its wild and rugged scenery, and towering rock-capped hills, and takes its name from the river Dart which flows through 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 by a double line of high walls which enclose a military road nearly 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 they 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 way, but the unfortunate ones who had only what food was allowed them by the govern- ment which was barely enough to sustain nature, were in a very deplorable condition. Some went 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. 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 they first entered Dartmoor, (but they had not been there very long bafore the shrewd "yankees" had their pockets enriched with French money,) 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 how 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 Tseef bone, made by one of young John's companions, (also a relative of the writer), is now in the possession of the writer, probably the only memento of Dartmoor fancy work now in existence. It is said that it took more soldiers to guard seven hundred "yankees," than fifteen hundred Frenchmen. Put an American where one may, he will AVERT GENEALOGY. 299 always want a Fourth of July 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. They 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 horns, 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. after this attempt to escape that the prisoners one day were ordered out into the yard and the soldiers fired upon them, killing and wounding thirty-six of their number. John was among the wounded, but the wounds did not prove fatal. How much longer he remained there we do not know, but some of his Truro companions were fortunate enough, with other American prisoners, to be 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 when 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. He continued however his sea voyages. Often on his return from a voyage and landing in Boston, he took passage for Provincetown, and if it were night when he arrived there, he was accorded a welcome at the house of an old friend of his childhood days, 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 him. In spite of his experience at Dartmoor he was 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 cup of poor coffee "water bewitched and coffee begretched, for it is not fit to drink as water and surely I begretch the wasted coffee." It has been erroneously said by some one that John Avery never married. He however married a lady of Halifax, and they had two children. He died of a fever in the hospital at Newport, B. I., Jan. 1833, at the age of thirty-seven. Some years after his decease his widow and two daughters visited North Truro. But nothing further was known of them by the Avery family. AVERY GENEALOGY. 301 FAMILY AND GENERATIONS OF MAJOR THATCHER AVERY 8 . (JOB 7 , REV. JOHNS.) CASTINE, ME. TT7HATCHEK AVEEY 8 , fourth son (seventh child) of Job -* and Jane (Thatcher) Avery was born at Truro, Mass. Feb. 15, 1757. At the age of twenty-two (Aug. 19, 1779) he married Hannah, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Staples) Atkins, of Truro. Children : i. Hannah 9 , b. June 4, 1780, Truro, m. Wm. Freeman. ii. Mary 9 , b. Truro, Apr. 3, 1783, m. Sylvanus Upham. iii. Thatcher 9 , b. Feb. 14, 1785, Me., died unmarried, iv. Jane 9 , b. Jan. 12, 1787, m. John Bloclgett. v. Prudence 9 , b. Sept. 14, 1790, d. Sept. 23, 1799. vi. Betsey 9 , b. Apr. 23, 1793, d. at Frankfort, Nov., 1863. vii. Ruth 9 , b. Apr. 10, 1795, m. Elisha Chick; d. Jan. 15, 1886. viii. Samuel 9 , b. Mar. 22, 1797, lost at sea Aug 1, 1811. ix. Sally 9 , b. Apr. 2, 1799, m. Oliver Parker. x. John Atkins 9 , b. Feb. 20, 1802, d. 1873. . xi. Isaiah 9 , b. Feb. 16, 1806, d. at Exeter, Me., Aug. 16.1872. Thatcher Avery 8 , 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 " Avery 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 302 AVERT GENEALOGY. Mrs. H. N. Abbott, a granddaughter of Major Thatcher, 8 ahead}*" alluded to, for her kind painstaking in our behalf. Through her, also, we are able to present the portrait of Miss Betsey 9 , the only unmarried daughter of the major. She lived to an advanced age, and is well remembered in the vicinity of Castine for her bright ways, although, as one of the family has said, she was sometimes " mercilessly sarcastic." She frequently made visits among her relatives, in this, as in some other characteristics, singularly resemb- ing a cousin of hers, a lineal descendent of Rev. John Avery 6 , who bore the same name (Betsey Avery,) and lived to an advanced age in Truro. MISS BETSEY AVERY 9 . BORN 1793; DIED 1863. AVERT GENEALOGY. 303 Mrs. Abbott says of the picture we give, that it does not do her justice, being copied from an oil painting nearly sixty years old, and in speaking further of the characteristics of the Avery family in Maine, says : "The family of Major Thatcher 8 was considered a very hand- some family, Major John 9 ', 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 grey eye. These features are marked in very many of the pictures- of our forefathers, modified, of course, in many cases, but very frequently sufficiently prominent to attract attention at once. There are several interesting relics among the descendants of Major Thatcher 8 . 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 8 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. During the war of 1812 Castine was occupied by the British troops and a number of the officers were ' quartered ' upon Major Avery, who became a great favorite with them personally, on account of his hospitality and good fellow- ship." The old 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 arbitrary close." FREEMAN. Hannah 9 , first child of Major Thatcher 8 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 9 ) Freeman died Sept. 26, 1799. McINTIRE. Mary Avery 10 (Freeman) (Hannah Avery 9 , Maj. Thatcher 8 ) born Dec. 25,*1798 ; married Mar. 22, 1818, Theodore B. Mclntire (born Aug. 9, 1792, died Jan. 23, 1864.) Children : i. Caroline Avery 11 , b. Dec. 25, 1818. ii. Mary Frances 11 , b. Nov. 6, 1820, d. Aug. 17, 1886. iii. William Freeman 11 , b. Nov. 18, 1823, d. Dec. 13, 1843. iv. Charlotte Maranda 11 , b. Nov. 15, 1826. v. Harriet Webster 11 , b. Apr. 4, 1828, d. Jan. 23, 1876. vi. Theodore ^Augustus 11 , b. Apr. 6, 1830, d. May 10, 1841. vii. George Horace 11 , b. Nov. 11, 1834, d. June 28, 1864. viii. Charles Franklin 11 , b. Dec. 7, 1835, d. Mar. 19, 1836. ix. Isabel 11 , b. Oct. 6, 1837, d. Nov. 25, 1837. AVERT GENEALOGY. 305 x. Helen Maria 11 , b. Jan. 8, 1840, d. Sept. 1840. xi. Adelaide Elizabeth 11 , b. Mar. 28, 1842. TKEAT. Caroline Avery Mclntire 11 , (Mary Avery Freeman 10 , Han- nah Avery 9 ,) married Amos B. Treat of Frankfort, Me. Children : i. Augustus 12 , not living, ii. Mary 12 , resides at Frankfort, Me. iii. Silas P. 12 , resides near Boston, Mass. EICH. Mary Francis Mclntire 11 , (Mary Avery Freeman 10 , Hannah Avery 9 ,) married Capt. Henry Rich, Bangor, Me. Children : i. Thomas 12 , resides near Boston, Mass, ii. Susan 12 , m. - - Buck, of Bucksport, Me. ; not living. DODGE. Charlotte Maranda Mclntire 11 (Mary Amy Freeman 10 , Hannah Avery 9 ,) married John Dodge, of Chelsea, Mass. UPHAM. Mary 9 , second daughter of Major Thatcher and Hannah (Atkins) Avery, 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. Hannah 10 , b. May 17, 1803, who married John Clifton, of Salem, where she died aged 35 years. Children : 1. Hannah Upham 11 , (wife of Benj. P. Ware, of Marblehead), b. at Castine, Sept. 16, 1823. Keeps " Clifton House." 2. Sarah Helen 11 , (wife of John Payne, of Conn.) One daugh- ter: Helen 12 , wife of E. B. Taylor, architect, of Boston, b. at Salem Nov. 8, 1828. 3. John Quincy Adams 11 , who died in Boston, 1885. 20 306 AVERT GENEALOGY. ii. Jeremiah 10 , b. , m. Oct. 27, 1831, at Castine, Cor- nelia Crawford. Children : 1. Cornelia Adams 11 , married James B. Osgood, of Ellsworth, Me., and lives at Washington, D. C. 2. Susan 11 , died in Boston, Dec., 1878. 3. James Crawford 11 , born about 1839, living at Sydney, Cape Breton, N. S. Capt. Jeremiah Upham 10 , master of merchant vessel, died at Zanzibar Island, Africa, 184-. Cornelia, his wife, died at Castine. iii. Sylvanus Kidder 10 , 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 Scituate, Mass.) In the earlier years of his life, Mr. Upham had been a member of both the Congregational and Pres- byterian church, 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 Sewell, who survived him. 1. Margaret Barker 11 , (dau. of Sylvanus Kidder 10 ,) born at Castine, Nov. 19, 1839, married Nov. 22, 1859, Dr. Zalmon J. McMaster, of Auburn, N. Y. They had one child. Dr. McMaster died at the age AVERY GENEALOGY. 307 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 young man of unusual ability, and very popular with members of the Chicago press. He died Sept. 10, 1869. Margaret (Barker 11 ) 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 Lois 12 , 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: Albert 13 , b. Feb. 10, 1888. 2. Charles Henry Conrad 12 , b. at Chicago, Nov. 16, 1869, 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 Cambridge Tribune. (1891.) Frank Kidder 11 , 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 years 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 famil} 7 . 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 Illinois, but went to sea when quite young, and was shipwrecked on the coast of Nova 308 AVERT GENEALOGY. Scotia, after crossing the Atlantic in the winter time. As early as the age of eighteen, he crossed the plains by the overland route to California with his uncle, Noah Brooks. (The 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 early mining excitement in Nevada, where he was part owner in a quartz mine. It was about this time that Mr. Upham was frequently in the society of Benjamin Parke A very, (of whom a notice will be found elsewhere) and though knowing nothing of their common ancestry, was filled with admiration for him " as a man singularly pure and uucorrupted 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 by the President a Lieutenant of Cavalry in the regular army, and has since passed through the regular grades to the rank of Captain which he has held for some years. On the 5th of Nov., 1887, he commanded the troop of cavalry which killed the Crow Indian medicine man, called the " Sword Bearer," an encounter which, it will be remembered, attracted some attention at the time in the eastern papers. Children : 1. Frank Brooks 1 -, b. Sept. 7, 1872, at Fort Apache, Arizona. He entered the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Mary- land, as a cadet from Montana, Sept., 1889. 2. John Southworth 1:2 , b. at Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter., Nov. 5, 1881. 3. Ethelberta 12 , b. at San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 9, 1883. 4. Edith^, b. at Fort Walla Walla, May 17, 1884. lii. Annie Gay 11 , b. at East Boston, Mass., Aug. 20, 1845. m. Edward Utley, at Dixon, III., Nov. 27, 1866, d. at Dixon, June 12, 1867. iv. Charles Clifton 11 , b. at Woburn, Mass., May 5, 1852, a civil engineer. In 1887 was chief engineer of Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad, living at St. Paul, AVERT GENEALOGY. 309 Minn. Married at Drxon, 111., Dec. 18, 1883, Anna St. John Eells, (b. at Dixon, Nov. 6, I860,) dau. of Samuel C. and Anna E. Eells. BLODGET. Jane Avery 9 , (fourth child and third daughter of Major Thatcher 8 ,) born at Castine, Me., Jan. 12, 1787, married John King Blodget. Children : i. Jane Thatcher 10 , b. Dec. 3, 1809, m. and lives in Brooks- ville, Me. ii. Prudence Atkins 10 , b. Sept. 5, 1811, in. and lives in Brooks- ville, Me. iii. Mary George 10 , b. Oct. 6, 1813. iv. Hannah Avery 10 , b. Dec. 2, 1815. v. Irene Emerson 10 , b. Dec. 21, 1817. HATCH. Mary George Blodget 10 , married Otis Hatch, Castine, Me., Feb. 2, 1834. Children : i. Mary J. 11 , b. Nov. 6, 1834. ii. Adelia 11 , b. Feb. 12, 1837. iii. Lucy H. 11 , b. Aug. 11, 1839. iv. William W. 11 , b. Jan. 30, 1842. v. Marietta 11 , b. Dec. 31, 1845. vi. Clara 11 , b. Aug. 7, 1849. vii. Edward F. 11 , b. Jan. 22, 1852. Lucy H. Hatch 11 , married Henry B. Bobbins, Jan. 19, 1863. Children : i. William E. 12 , b. Oct. 27, 1863. ii. Charles C. 12 , b. July 2, 1867. iii. May B. 12 , b. Jan. 8, 1872. William W. Hatch 11 , married Ella M. Webber, March 8, 1875. Children : 310 AVERY GENEALOGY. i. Alice B. 12 , b. Oct. 19, 1875. ii. Ernest M. 12 , b. Feb. 3, 1877. iii. Mary E. 12 , b. Nov. 1, 1881. iv. Percy W. 12 , b. Aug. 29, 1887. Marietta Hatch 11 , married J. Hatch Parker, May 3, 1870. Children : i. Bertie P. 12 , b. March 15, 1871. ii. Lucy B. 12 , b. Aug. 14, 1873. iii. Nellie M. 12 , b. April 16, 1876. iv. Otis H. 12 , b. Sept. 23, 1877. v. Carrie E. 12 , b. Sept. 13, 1879. Clara Hatch 11 , married John K. Bo well, Nov. 2, 1878. Children : i. Mabel 12 , b. Dec. 9, 1879. ii. Clemmie Hatch 12 , b. Oct. 10, 1881. iii. Ethel K. 12 , b. March 16, 1888. MATHER Hannah Avery Blodget 10 , married John Mather, of Castine, Me. No children. Irene Emerson Blodget 10 married Israel I. Mather, July 5, 1840. Children : i. Albert I. 11 , b. Brooksville, Me., April 10, 1842. ii. Mary J. 11 , b. New Brunswick, Nov. 4, 1846, m. April, 1871, Jacob R. Stuart. No children. Albert I. Mather 11 , married Nov. 13, 1866, Augusta C. Cunningham. They have one child, Harry A. 12 , born at Bockland, Me, May 14, 1872. CHICK. Buth 9 , sixth daughter of Major Thatcher 8 and Hannah (Atkins) Avery, was born in Castine, Me., April 10, 1795, died Jan. 15, 1886, the last surviving child of Major Avery. AVERT GENEALOGY. 311 Jan. 12, 1824, she married Elisha Chick, Jr., of Frankfort, (now Winterport, Me.,) becoming the mother of a large, intelligent and well educated posterity. Children : i. Harriet Newell 10 , b. May 2, 1825, m. Charles Abbott, M. D., Dec. 23, 1851. ii. Henry Franklin 10 , b. Nov. 24, 1826, died Nov. 4, 1830. iii. Ellen Augusta 10 , b. Dec. 22, 1828. iv. Ruth Avery 10 , b. March 26, 1832. v. H. Frances 10 , b. July 3, 1834. vi. Jane M. 10 , b. Feb. 28, 1836. ABBOTT. Harriet Newell Chick 10 , (Kuth Avery 9 , Major Thatcher 8 ,) married Dr. Charles Abbott, of Winterport, Dec. 23, 1851. Children : i. Maria 11 , b. July 9, 1854. ii. Edmund 11 , b. March 12, 1857, now Edmund Abbott, M. D., of Providence, R. I. iii. Harriet 11 , b. April 21, 1860. iv. Daisy 11 , 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 11 , married Jan. 12, 1873, Tobias J. Thomp- son, of Union, Iowa. Children : i. Lydia 12 , b. Dec. 2, 1873, d. April, 1874. ii. Katherine P. 12 , b. March 6, 1875. Present address, Hay Springs, Neb. Harriet Abbott 11 , married Dec. 20, 1884, James C. Dahl- man, Chadron, Nebraska. One child, Ruth Irwin 12 , born Sept. 18, 1885. 312 AVERT GENEALOGY. LEWIS YOSE. Ellen Augusta Chick 10 , married first, June 16, 1849, Free- man Atwood Lewis. One daughter, Emma Freeman 11 , born July 11, 1852. Married second, Nov. 16, 1859, Thomas Vose, a prominent lawyer in Bangor, Maine. Children : i. Marion Lewis 11 , b. May 4, 1862, d. Apr. 2, 1864. ii. Elisha Chick 11 , b. Mar. 1, 1864, now married and in Signal service, Chicago. SKINNER Ruth Avery Chick 10 , married June 5, 1856, Kev. Alfred L. Skinner, of Bucksport, Maine. Children : i. Charles Loring 11 , b. Oct. 27, 1857. ii. Fanny Chick 11 , b. Mar. 14, 1864. Charles L. m. July 14, 1888, Alice M. Russell, Water- ford, Me. Fanny C. m. Charles M. Hosmer, Bucks- port, Me., Oct. 18, 1888. Kuth Avery (Chick 10 ) Skinner died at Bucksport, May 22, 1884. HOLBKOOK. H. Frances Chick 1 J , married April 30, 1857, Edwin W. Holbrook, New York city. Children : i. Edwin Chick 11 , b. Nov. 13, 1858. ii. Grace 11 , b. Oct. 12, 1861. iii. Wellington 11 , b. Sept. 30, 1868. iv. ' John Byers 11 , b. July 12, 1872. PARKER. Sarah 9 , seventh daughter and ninth child of Major Thatcher 8 and Hannah (Atkins) Avery, married Oliver Parker, of Frankfort, Me., died in Bangor, Nov. 18, 1850. Children : i. Sarah Avery 10 , b. Jan. 1, 1821. ii. Laurette 10 , b. Oct. 3, 1823. AVERY GENEALOGY. 313 iii. Susan H. 10 , b. Apr. 13, 1826, died Sept. 13, 1846. iv. Ann Judson 10 , b. Mar. 27, 1829, died Aug. 14, 1846. v. Helena 10 , b. Nov. 8, 1833. Sarah Avery 10 , oldest daughter of Sarah Avery 9 and Oliver Parker, married Alfred C. Cogswell, M. D. Children : i. Alfred Roby 11 , b. Feb. 1, 1860, m. Sept. 20, 1887, Hulah . Blond, of Halifax, N. S. ii. Arthur W. 11 , b. Jan. 12, 1862, now Dr. A. W. Cogswell. Halfax, N. S. JOHNSON. Laurette 10 , second daughter of Sarah Avery 9 and Oliver Parker, married July 21, 1846, Isaac S. Johnson, of Bangor, Me. Children: i. Annie Mary 11 , b. Dec. 9, 1847. ii. Laurette Elizabeth 11 , b. Nov. 15, 1855, missionary to Van Turkey, iii. Harriet Sargent 11 , b. Jan. 16, 1858. Annie Mary Johnson 11 , married Edward H. Clark, of St. John, N. B. Present residence, Dorchester, Mass. Children : i. Eleanor Parker 12 , ii. Aura Warwick 12 . Harriet Sargent Johnson 11 , married Edward Steinbach, of Crefield, Germany. Present residence, Orange, N. J. One child, Edward Sargent 12 . STUDLEY. Helena 10 , fifth daughter of Sarah Avery 9 and Oliver Parker, was born Nov. 8, 1833, married Sept. 15, 1853, Theodore E. Studley. She died Aug. 13, 1866. Children : i. Theoline Frances 11 , b. Mar. 4, 1857, d. June 8, 1863. ii. Annie Parker 11 , b. Oct. 7, 1859. iii. Theodore Alfred, b. May 15, 1866, d. July 30, 1866. 314 AVERT GENEALOGY. MAJOR JOHN ATKINS AVERT . John Atkins 9 , known as Major John A. Avery 9 , tenth child 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. 10 , b. Jan. 24, 1824. ii. George Thatcher 10 , b. Feb. 9, 1825. iii. Jane E. 10 , b. June 28, 1827. iv. Hannah E. 10 , b. Nov. 20, 1829. v. Georgianna 10 , b. June 4, 1830, probably died young. vi. Mary T. 10 , b. Jan. 27, 1832. vii. Lucy F. 10 , b. Dec. 6, 1834. viii. Tempie S. 10 , b. Nov. 11, 1836. ix. Sarah P. 10 , b. Nov. 27, 1838, d. 1850. x. John Atkins, Jr. 10 , b. Nov. 9, 1840. xi. Phebe P. 10 , b. Jan. 22, 1843. Major John A. Avery 9 was a second time married to a Mrs. Jones. Had two daughters and one son, not now living. Samuel S. 10 , oldest son of Major John Atkins Avery 9 , (Major Thatcher 8 ,) born June 24, 1824, married Lydia Per- kins, Oct. 3, 1845. Died at sea Aug., 1849. AVERT 10 . George Thatcher Avery 10 , second son of Major John 9 , (Major Thatcher 8 ,) died at Newburyport, Mass., Sept. 20, 1884. He married, Mar. 4, 1857, Augusta G. Rohde, Knei- clerkaufungen, Germany. Children: i. George F. 11 , b. Castine, Me., Dec. 21, 1858. ii. William H. 11 , b. Kneiderkaufuugen, Germany, 1863 ; now a member of the firm of Saul & Avery, leading gro- cers of Tacoma, Wash. Ter. iii. Edward Whitney 11 , b. Indian Ocean, Dec. 21, 1866, on board ship J. P. Whitney ; now engraver at Tonte M'f 'g Co., Newburyport. iv. Frank Atkins 11 , b. Newburyport, 1868; now with W. H . Avery, in Tacoma, Wash. Ter. AVERT GENEALOGY. 315 AYERY 11 . George F. n , oldest son of George Thatcher Avery 10 , 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. 12 , b. Jan. 17, 1883. ii. Charles de R. 12 , b. July 30, 1885. GRINDLE. Jane E. 10 , oldest daughter of Major John Avery 9 , married Joseph Grindle, of Penobscot,'Me., Nov. 4, 1852. Died May 18, 1874. Children: i. Meluor W. n , b. Jan., 1855, m. Oct., 1881, Emor Ward- well ; now captain of schooner. ii. Edward 11 , b. July 26, 1857 ; captain of schooner, iii. Jennie D. n , b. Nov., 1859, m. M. Doulen, of Camden, Me. EMERSON. Hannah E. 10 , second daughter of Major John Avery 9 , mar- ried Charles F. Emerson, Nov., 1856. Resides in Dixon, 111. WESTCOTT. Mary 10 , fourth daughter of Maj. John Avery 9 , married Sept., 1857, Capt. Geo. Westcott, of Castine, Me. Children: i. George F. 11 , b. May, 1856; engaged in flour business, Buffalo, N. Y. Has brother in same business at Port- land, Me. ii. Josie M. 11 , b. May, 1864. iii. Archie 11 , b. 1866. iv. Paul 11 , b. Feb., 1868. George F. Westcott 11 , married Ellen Bent, of Paris, Me. Children: 1. Otis B.12, b, Oct. 31, 1881. 2. Gladys Averyi^ b. Feb. 14, 1889. 316 AVERT GENEALOGY. PARKER. Lucy F 10 ., fifth daughter of Major John Avery 9 , married Charles Parker. Children : i. Sarah E. 11 , b. Sept. 17, 1863, d. Apr. 17, 1869. ii. John M. 11 , b. Mar. .21, 1877; residence, Brooksville, Me. WILSON. Tempie S. 10 , sixth daughter of Major John Avery 9 , mar- ried John B. Wilson, of Portland, Me., who is not now living. AVERY 10 . John Atkins, Jr. 10 , third son and tenth child of Major John A. Avery 9 , 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. in , youngest daughter of Major John Avery 9 , married Jan. 1, 1866, Capt. Geo. S. Wilson, of Portland, Me. One child, Carrie C. n , born May 14th, 1875. COL. ISAIAH AVERY 9 . Isaiah Avery 9 , fourth and last son of Major Thatcher Avery 8 , (Job 7 , Rev. John 6 ) b. Feb. 16, 1806, at N. Castine, Me. ;. married Feb. 9, 1826, Miss Sarah Hooper, and settled in Exeter, Me. His wife died May, 1844, and in 1845, he married Hester Ann Benjamin. He was a pro- minent man in the community, both in business and politics, was a staunch Democrat, held many public offices, and in 1849 was elected representative to the Legislature. For several years he was connected with the state militia, holding the position of Colonel. He took great interest in AVERT GENEALOGY. 317 military tactics, and would undoubtedly have done dis- tinguished service for his country 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 10 , b. May 17, 1826. ii. Sarah Talten 10 , b. Nov. 25, 1829. iii. Hannah Jane 10 , b. Aug. 11, 1830. iv. James Thatcher 10 , b. July, 19, 1833. v. Mary Ann 10 , b. May 13, 1834. vi. George F. A. 10 , b. Feb. 15, 1836. vii. Ada Augusta 10 , b. Oct. 3, 1837. viii. Lauretta Susan 10 , b. Aug. 11, 1841. ix. Lizzie 10 , b. 1843. Died very young. Children, by second marriage : i. Ruth Chick 10 , b. Jan. 21, 1851. ii. Anna Pierce 10 , b. Sept. 30, 1856. Hester Ann (Benjamin) Avery died July 20, 1876. AVERT 10 . Isaiah Hooper 10 , eldest son of Col. Isaiah Avery 9 , married Sept. 17, 1848, Lydia H. Howard, Strafford, N. H. Children : i. Jesse Wallace 11 , b. Oct. 2, 1849. ii. Frederick Augustus 11 , b. Dec. 31, 1852, d. Jan. 3, 1854. iii. George Franklin 11 , b. April 3, 1854, d. 1885. iv. Lydia Jane 11 , b. April 29, 1855. v. Mary Ellen 11 , b. Dec. 4, 1858. vi. James Albert 11 , b. March 19, I860, vii. Emma Isabelle 11 , b. March 16, 1863. Unmarried, viii. Dillie Frances 11 , b. May 28, 1866. 318 AVERT GENEALOGY. AYEBY 11 . Jesse Wallace 11 , oldest son of Isaiah Hooper Avery 10 , born at Exeter, Me., Oct. 2, 1849, married at Boston, Mass., 1869, Marianna P. Winslow. Children : i. Lillian Blanche 1 ' 2 , b. July 5, 1871. ii. Winslow 12 , b. July 3, 1874. Hi. Bessie May 12 , b. Jan. 29, 1877. iv. Louie Clarence 12 , b. Apr. 3, 1879. v. Jesse Wallace 12 , Jr., b. July 30, 1881. Their present residence is in Cambridgeport, Mass. AYEBY 11 . George Franklin 11 , third son of Isaiah Hooper Avery 10 , 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 12 , born Nov. 28, 1878. George F. Avery died Nov. 3, 1885. CUBTIS GOODBICH. Lydia Jane 11 , oldest daughter of Isaiah Hooper Avery 10 , born Apr. 27, 1855, married first, Dec. 24, 1879, Thomas C. Curtis, of Boston, Mass., who died Sept. 15, 1883. Married second, Frederick L. Goodrich, Chelsea, Mass., Apr. 21, 1886. BBAY. Mary Ellen 11 , second daughter of Isaiah Hooper Avery 10 , born Dec. 4, 1858, married Aug. 31, 1882, Frank M. Bray, of Waldoboro, Me. One child, Frank M. Bray, Jr. 12 , born July 22, 1883, died July 16, 1884. AYEBY 11 . James Albert 11 , fourth son of Isaiah Hooper Avery 10 , born Mar. 19, 1860, married Apr., 1883, Lizzie Jordan of Boston, AVERT GENEALOGY. 319 Mass. Present residence, Chicago, 111. One child, James Albert, Jr. 12 , born Nov. 16, 1884 JONES. Dillie Frances 11 , eighth child, fourth daughter of Isaiah Hooper Avery 10 , born May 28, 1866, married Sept. 6, 1885, George A. Jones, of Auburn, Me. Lydia (Howard) Avery died Aug. 21, 1868. Isaiah Hooper Avery 10 married as his second wife, Maria L. Tash. Children : i. Ernest Lynza 11 , b. Feb. 9, 1870. ii. Esther Edna 11 , b. Aug. 6, 1872. iii. Arthur Lewis 11 , b. Aug. 19, 1874. iv. Leslie May 11 , b. Nov. 18, 1879. CHAPMAN. Sarah Talton 10 , oldest daughter of Col. Isaiah Avery% married Nov. 6, 1853, E. D. Chapman, Exeter, Me. Children : George Sumner 11 , b. May 28, 1857, died young. Isaiah 11 , b. June 28, 1863. Mary Elvena 11 , m. Feb. 22, 1888, Henry W. Peaks, Charles- town, Me. One daughter: Sarah Rebecca 12 , b. Dec. 6, 1888. WEBSTER Hannah Jane 10 , second daughter of Col. Isaiah Avery 9 , married Mar., 1867, Daniel "Webster, who died at Exeter, Me., Oct. 10, 1867. AVEEY 10 . James Thatcher 10 , second son of Col. Isaiah Avery 8 , mar- ried Nov. 27, , Ann W. Densmore, of Exeter, Me. One son, John Densmore 11 , born Nov. 19, 1857. Ann (Densmore) Avery died Dec. 18, 1863. James Thatch- er Avery 10 died June 31, 1883. 320 AVERT GENEALOGY. PORTER 10 . Mary Ann 10 , third daughter of Col. Isaiah Avery 9 , married Benj. F. Porter, Dixmont, Me. She died at Dixmont, July 24,1869. Children: i. Fred Augustus 11 , b. Mar. 25, 1862, m. Mrs. Aurissa L. Palmer. One daughter : Marjorie Tibbetts 12 . ii. Laura Jane 11 , b. Oct. 16, 1863. AVERT 10 . Capt. Geo. F. A. 10 , third son of Col. Isaiah Avery 9 , mar- ried August 21, 1864, Maria P. Eaton, of Newburgh, Me. Children : i. Mary Emma 11 , b. July 15, 1865. ii. Irving Abbott 11 , b. 1871, residence Exeter, Me. LUFKIN 10 . Ada Augusta 10 , fourth daughter of Col. Isaiah Avery 9 , married Oct. 24, 1858, Moses H. Lufkin, of Sedgwick, Me. Children : i. Clarence W. 11 , b. Feb. 9, 1860, d. Apr. 7, 1860. ii. George Edgar 11 , b. Mar. 27, 1861. iii. Grace Glenwood 11 , b. June 28, 1863. HOOPER. Laurette Susan 10 , fifth daughter of Col. Isaiah Avery 9 , married Sept. 1, 1865, Frank Hooper, Castine, Me. Children : i. Gertrude Frances 11 , b. June 6, 1867. ii. Frank Edward 11 , b. Dec. 7, 1874, d. June 22, 1875. PRESCOTT. Ruth Chick 10 , first child of Col. Isaiah Avery 9 (by second marriage,) married April 11, 1874, Frank G. Prescott, Exeter, Maine, GEORGE AVERY. BORN 1759; DIED 1856. AVERY GENEALOGY. 321 FAMILY AND GENERATIONS OF GEORGE AVERY 8 . /TEOKGE AVEKY 8 , eighth child and fifth son of Job 7 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 9 , which appeared at the time of his death, which occurred within two days of his ninety-eighth birthday, 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 21 322 AVERY 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 3 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. We 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. I was an unsteady youth and leaving strict discipline, seemed to be set more at liberty from its yoke. This was in the time of the Revolu- tionary War that separated the American provinces from Great Britain. I was a soldier, stationed at Medford, Ct., that winter. The next summer in August I was in Sharon, Vt., clearing land, intending to be a farmer. A giddy youth with vain expectations to be something in the world. I 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 Sabbath, forgetting the day of the week, we were at work husking corn. An old lady passed by us with solemn countenance agoing to meeting. She neverjchid us, but I began to think there was something wrong, and told my mates I guessed it was Sabbath day. Why? they replyed. My reply was the old lady had on her Sabbath 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 I was brought up, which caused some reflections on my past conduct and AVERT GENEALOGY. 323 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 morning I went to a neighbour, for our bread, while my mates cooked breakfast. 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 cloaths 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 they 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 26 prisoners. The Indians made fiers 324 AVERT GENEALOGY. and shelters of Hemlock boughs to encamp by for the night, as many as 20 or more. The prisoners had different masters at different camps. The prisoners were stripped of outer garments by their masters and collected at the chief officers' encampment. We stood huddled together, the fier between us and the officers. An Indian came to a prisoner, took him by the hand to lead 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 this 1 was frightened. Then others were led off in the same way. I think my turn might be about the 6 or 7th. Judge, reader, if you can, my feelings, for I am not able to express them in an}' other way but by confusion in thoughts like one to die violently. I expect I became quite frantick. When I was led a short distance through woods to the camp where the 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." Soone, however, they brought a strong belt to bind me, aimed it at my body to put it around me, then took me to a booth (or shelter.) I 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 I was staked to the ground ! To look up, there were long Indian knives fastened to the boughs. This condition looked frightful, but I had gone through the greatest. Still here is no safety. They gave me here of their supper, but I cannot tell the relish of it. That night after supper 4 Indians lay on my belt that tied me to the stakes, two upon each side of me so that I could no move but that they all would feel the belt move. When I looked at the fier there was the guard, an Indian smoking. In the morning the Vermont Militia routed them. They fired on the Indian outguard. The Indians in confusion and rage unstaked their prisoners. My belt was taken and put round my neck, and tied to a sapling, another I saw bound to a tree, while they packed up. Their eyes looked like wild fire, one uttered to his prisoner, "bumpy! bumpy?" (death at hand.) After they were ready to march, I was loosed from the sapling, loaded with a pack, and led by the halter on my AVERT GENEALOGY. 325 neck by my leader with a tomohok in his hand, we followed after the file leader. Each master of a prisoner, (as I learned afterwards), had orders to kill his prisoner, if closely pursued, and then they could take their flight from their enemies in the woods. In this case, no one could predict the result. Life and death are set before us. Here must follow a multitude of thoughts which none can know save by experience. Many vain wishes I had in this unreconciled state. u Oh, that I were nothing, that they could not torment my body !" Then, again, tw Why is it thus with me?" (It seemed, according to the circumstances when I was taken, I might have got out of the way.) Now my dreams rushed into my 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 his hand a guilty sinner. I compared myself like unto a bullock, unaccustomed to the yoke. Such feelings I never had before. My sins rolled over me as the waves of the sea roll one wave after another, till I was over- whelmed. It seemed " He told me all that ever I did." I felt the evil of my life, and the Divine Justice of Providence. I was still as to murmuring against God. I was calmed in mind. I saw these circumstances were overruled by God, the Indians could do no more than they were permitted to do by Him. I felt that even if they were permitted to kill me, I could look them calmly in the face. I had at this time the Holy Bible and Watts' Hymn book in my bosom, which I took from a house that the Indians burned in Royalton. The other prisoners and myself used often GO 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 applicable to our case that we shed many tears. We had no where to lo jk but to God in our trouble. I traveled with the Indians five days, having been taken by them on Monday, Oct. 16. We came to Lake Cham plain on Fri- day, the 20th, at Colchester, and crossed over to Grand Isle that day. On Saturday we went down the Luke from Grand 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 rny head poked through a hole in 326 AVERT GENEALOGY. the middle, the blanket hanging in folds round my body, a high peaked cap on my head, and my face painted with red streaks. With my complexion dingy from their smoky fires, I looked very 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 replies, " No, his hair is not Indian." On this day, Sabbath the Indians take up their march, many of them very drunk. I was taken by my Indian master to Cahnawagoga, his home. We arrived on Monday or Tuesday. I tarried at my keeper's two or more 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 the 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 I was to rnn the gauntlet, or meet some other evil. But my suspense soon ended. I was led off by an Indian lad past the spectators to the doore of a house, and met by squaws with a blanket and hat, and water and soap 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 through. lie said he did, that he had experienced the same, and that, by this cere- mony, we had both been adopted to fill the places 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, which was a very affecting sight. I lived with the Indians something like six or seven weeks, when my owner belonging to another tribe came for me, and took me to Montreal in order to get his bounty for me. I was dressed decently to follow him by 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 they covered me with an old thin blanket (this was in the last of November) 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 Grant'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 night. I never drew rations on the Island. I complained to the officers 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 man} 7 disappointments. 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 I 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 scalped for by mistake my name had been returned and published as dead. I tarried at Windsor through that summer and wrote to my 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. D. 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. AVERT." The children of George 8 and Mary (Sanborn) Ayery, were twelve in number, all born at Plainfield, N. H. : i. Samuel 9 , b. June 17, 1787. ii. Joseph 9 , b. Jan. 14, 1789, d. Sept. 20, 1805. . iii. Thatcher 9 , b. Aug. 17, 1790. iv. Mary 9 , b. Oct. 15, 1792. v. Betsey 9 , b. May 26, 1795. vi. Ruth 9 , b. Oct. 8, 1796, d. Sept. 24, 1801, when about 5 years old. 328 v AVERT GENEALOGY. i vii. George 9 , b. March 24, 1798. viii. Sarah 9 , b. Nov. 20, 1800. ix. Salome 9 , b. July 21, 1802. x. David 9 , b. Feb. 17, 1804. xi. Jonathan 9 , b. July 11, 1806. xii. Ebenezer 9 , b. Sept. 28, 1808. SAMUEL AVERY 9 . Samuel 9 , oldest child and son of George 8 and Mary (San- born) Avery, (Job 7 , Rev. John 6 ,) married Nov. 29, 1821, Mercy Wood, born at Cornish, N. H., March 4, 1797. Children : i. Emily M. 10 , b. Plainfield, N. H., June 30, 1823. ii. Susan W. 10 , b. Plainfield, N. H., Jan. 15, 1825. iii. Julia Ann 10 , b. Plainfield, May 7, 1827. iv. Samuel Atkins 10 , b. Plainfield, Oct. 16, 1830. v. George Thatcher 10 , b. April 16, 1836. Samuel Avery died at the old homestead in Plainfield, N. H., March 28, 1864. Mercy (Wood) Avery died at the same place, Aug. 9, 1862. PEICHAED. Emily M. 10 , oldest daughter and child of Samuel 9 and Mercy (Wood) Avery, married Nov. 15, 1849, Henry A. Prichard, born at New Ipswich, N. H., April 10, 1816. Children : i. Charles H. 11 , b. Newton, Mass., Oct. 3, 1850. Unmarried, ii. James F. 11 , b. Newton, April 16, 1852, d. Dec. 15, 1867. iii. Walter R. 11 , b. Brookline, Mass., Feb. 24, 1855, d. Oct. 9, 1868. iv. Amelia B. 11 , b. Green Garden, 111., Oct. 15, 1857, d. Sept. 3, 1858. v. Susie L. 11 , b. Green Garden, March 22, 1860, m. Samuel W. Clark, Cornish, N. H. ; June 12, 1879, has two children : i. Leon D.12, b. July 17, 1880. ii. Maurice 12 , b April 25, 1889. A VER Y GENEALOG Y. 329 RUSSELL. Susan W. 10 , second daughter of Samuel 9 and Mercy (Wood) Avery, married Nov. 25, 1846, Samuel C. Kussell, born at St. John, N. B., Aug. 4. 1823. Children : i. Emily A. 11 , b. Cambridgeport, Mass., Sept. 7, 1847, d. Aug. 9, 1849. ii. Samuel A. 11 , b. Cambridgeport, July 22, 1850. iii. Mary J. 11 , b. Green Garden, III., Nov. 10, 1856. iv. John W. 11 , b. Green Garden, 111., Nov. 16, 1860. v. Emma L. 11 , b. Green Garden, 111., Jan. 2, 1868. Susan W. (Avery 10 ; Kussell died at Clarion, Iowa, Sept. 23, 1890, aged 65 years. Samuel A. 11 , oldest son of Samuel and Susan (Avery 10 ) Russell, married Nov. 22, 1877, Abbie Meacham, of Wilton, 111. Children : i. Charles S. 12 , b. Jan. 28, 1880. ii. Susan 12 , b. May 7, 1882. Mary J. BusselP 1 , married Charles Andrew, Green Gar- den, 111., Oct. 23, 1879. Children : i. Susan E. 12 , b. Oct. 23, 1880. ii. Samuel W. 12 , b. Feb. 10, 1882. iii. Mabel E. 12 , b. May 3, 1884. iv. Grace L. 12 , b. Aug. 30, 1887. John W. Russell 11 , married Emma J. Heath, Lake Iowa, March 17, 1886. Children : i. Bertram A. 12 , b. Nov. 28, 1886. ii. William G. 12 , b. Aug. 3, 1889. Emma L. Russell 11 , married John H. Braden, Dayton, Iowa, April 8, 1886. Children : i. EarlH. 12 , b. Feb. 13, 1887. ii. Eva E. 12 , b: Nov. 19, 1888, d. July 15, 1889. 330 AVERT GENEALOGY. HEBABD. Julia Ann 10 , third daughter of Samuel 9 and Mercy (Wood) Avery, married Aug. 29, 1860, Norman Hebard, born at Lebanon, N. H., Sept. 16, 1819. Children : i. Ellen C. 11 , b. Cornish, N. H., August 1, 1861. ii. Abbie R. 11 , b. Cornish, N. H., July 24, 1870. Ellen C. Hebard 11 , married Daniel O. Eaton, Dec. 25, 1879. One child: Guy H. 12 , born 1881. SAMUEL A. AYEKY 10 . Samuel A. 10 , fourth child and oldest son of Samuel 9 and Mercy (Wood) Avery, married Sept. 5, 1855, Frances Wight- 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. 10 died at Chicago, April 23, 1861. GEOKGE T. AYEEY 10 . George T. 10 , fifth child and second son of Samuel 9 and Mercy (Wood) Avery, married May 31, 1860, Helen M. Eggleston, born at Plainfield, N. H., Oct. 23, 1835. One child, Willie H. 11 , born at Plainfield, Sept. 23, 1867, married Nov. 27, 1890, Maud N. Davis, born at Plainfield, N. H., Aug. 2, 1869. Have a daughter, Alta M. 12 , born Oct. 21, 1891. THATCHER AVERY 9 . Thatcher 9 , third son of George 8 and Mary (Sanborn) Avery, (Job 7 , Eev. John 6 ,) married April 18, 1825, Juliann Lyman, born June 22, 1807. Children : i. Lyman 10 , b. Apr. 29, 1826, d. Sept. 11, 1827. ii. Elijah L. 10 , b. Aug. 17, 1828, d. Nov. 16, 1831. AVERT GENEALOGY. 331 iii. Mary S. 10 , b. Mar. 6, 1830, d. Nov. 12, 1831. iv. George 10 , b. Aug. 18, 1832. v. Sarab 10 , b. July 4, 1834, d. Mar. 4, 1839. vi. Irene L. ]0 , b. Oct. 6, 1839. vii. Hollis L. 10 , b. Dec. 13, 1841. Thatcher Avery died at Strongsville, April 27, 1875, aged nearly 85 years. His wife, Juliann (Lyman) Avery, died Sept. 3, 1889, aged 82. Mr. Avery left his native New Hampshire hills when means of locomotion were so limited that he traveled the distance from there to Ohio with 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 early settlers of the township, was born in Plainfield, N. H., in 1790. Late in the Fall of 1817, he came to Strongs- ville, which had been surveyed a year or two previous, and a few families preceded him some months. He, with Wheeler Cole, a young man who came in with him, took up land, built a cabin, and kept house together in true pioneer style. In 1825, he married Juliann 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 son to another part 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, always 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 him 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 number of calls, remarking to his wife that he should probably ride with her not man}- more times. He took his supper as usual, and about mine o'clock retired for the night. Half an hour or more after, 332 AVERT GENEALOGY. his wife went to the .room for the purpose of retiring to rest, andi saw that he seemed quietly sleeping, but thinking that he looked paler than usual, she went to him, and found him gone. The eyes- and mouth were closed as in natural sleep, and he had passed away apparently without a struggle or a groan. u Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." GEOKGE AVEEY 10 . George 10 , third son of Thatcher 9 and Juliann (Lyman) Avery, married Mar. 5, 1861, Elecia S. Fleming, born Aug. 26, 1836. Children : i. EllaG. 11 , b. Nov. 30, 1861. ii. Hollis F. 11 , b. May 15, 1863. iii. Harrison B. 11 , b. July 17, 1865. Elecia (Flenfing) Avery died Feb. 28, 1880. George A. 10 was again married Jan. 30, 1883, to Frances Goodrich, born May 24, 1842. Present residence, Herscher, 111. Ella G. Avery 11 married Feb. 17, 1885, John Charles Slater, born Jan. 28, 1860. They have one son, Earl Charles 12 , born Dec. 6, 1886; Hollis F. Avery 11 married Oct. 21, 1888, Maggie Ann Slater, born Aug. 25, 1868. CAEPENTEE 10 . Irene L. 1() , third daughter of Thatcher 9 and Juliann (Ly- man) Avery, married May 7, 1868, Samuel Carpenter, Kan- kakee, 111. She died Sept. 11, 1871, leaving no children. HOLLIS L. AVEEY 10 . Hollis L. 10 , fourth son of Thatcher 9 and Juliann (Lyman) Avery, married Nov. 13, 1869, Emily O. Holbrook, of Colum- bia, Conn. Children : i. Josephine Estelle 11 , b. Feb. 10,. 1871. ii. Bertha Irene 11 , b. Feb. 13, 1875. iii. Mabel Ruth 11 , b. Dec. 10, 1882. Present residence, Hadley, Pa. A VERY GENEALOGY. 333 SOUTHER. Mary Avery 9 , oldest daughter of George and Mary (San- born) Avery, (George 8 , Job 7 ), born Oct. 16, 1792, married May 29, 1814, at Plainfield, N. H., David Souther, born at Cohasset, Mass., Mar. 11, 1781. Children : i. Nathan 10 , b. July 25, 1816. ii. . Joseph 10 , b. Jan. 14, 1818. iii. Mary A. 10 , b. Apr. 9, 1820. iv. George F. 10 , b. Feb. 5, 1823. v. Salome A. 10 , b. Feb. 28, 1824. vi. Samantha 10 , b. May 11, 1828. Mary (Avery 9 ) Souther died June 12, 1872. David Souther died April 4, 1852. SOUTHER 10 . Nathan Souther 10 , son of Mary (Avery 9 ) and David Souther, married July 4, 1843, Harriet Cole, b. May 6, 1823. Chil- dren: i. Ellen 11 , b. at Lowell, Vt., June 7, 1844. ii. Daniel Foster 11 , b. at Lowell, Vt., Oct. 14, 1847; died young. iii. Wilbur 11 , b. at Lowell, Vt., June 21, 1849. iv. Sarah Lucelia 11 , b. at Lowell, Vt., June 18, 1855. v. Darwin Winfield 11 , b. at Lowell, Vt., Mar. ll/, 1859. vi. Edith Alma 11 , b. at Lowell, Vt., Aug. 13, 1861. Nathan Souther 10 died at Lowell, Vt., Jan. 18, 1877. Ellen Souther 11 , oldest daughter of Nathan 10 and Harriet (Cole) Souther, married Oct. 6, 1869, E. C. Fowler, and died May 25, 1881, leaving one child, tlester Alma 12 , born Oct. 9, 1876. Wilbur Souther 11 married Nellie C. Case, Mar. 2, 1881. Had one child, Wilman A 12 ., born May 1, 1885. Nellie (Case) Souther, died May 3, 1885. 334 AVERY GENEALOGY. Sarah Lucelia Souther 11 , married June 29, 1874, C. M, Perkins. Children : i. Ada M. 12 , b. Nov. 27, 1875. ii. Lena May 12 , b. June 16, 1878. iii. Ralph 12 , b. Feb. 16, 1885. Darwin Winfield Souther 11 is now living at Fort Logan, Montana. Edith Alma 11 married Nov. 16, 1887, W. B. Bisbee. SOUTHEB 10 . Joseph A. 10 , son of Mary (A very 9 ) and David Souther, mar- ried first, at Lowell, Vi, Nov. 18, 1846, Mary A. Woods. One child, Lucy A u , 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. 11 , b. Nov. 15, 1854. ii. C. Hartley 11 , b. April 19, 1869. Married third, Mrs. Maria S. (Whitaker) Holt, of Derby, Yt., Oct. 15, 1883. No children. SOUTHER 11 . George H. 11 , son of Joseph A. 10 and Hannah (Albee) Souther, married Zelta L. Hines, of Lowell, Yt., Sept. 30, 1880. One child, Florence G. 12 , born July 18, 1881. George H. 11 , died May 6, 1883, and his wife Zelta L. died Feb. 12, 1887. Their daughter resides with her grandfather at Mor- risville, Yt. EATON. Mary A. Souther 10 , daughter of Mary (Avery 9 ) and David Souther, married April 14, 1849, Orville T. Eaton, born Feb. 27, 1816. Children : AVERT GENEALOGY. 335 i. Charles 11 , b. Nov. 4, 1852 ; died May 18, 1865. ii. Emma A. 11 , b. Oct. 25, 1855. iii. George Freddy 11 , b. Nov. 24, 1857 ; d. July 6, 1858. iv. Exom 11 , b. Nov. 23, 1860. Emma A. 11 married Elmer J. Moulton, Jan. 18, 1887. One son, born Oct. 28, 1888. Exom 10 , son of Mary A. 10 (Souther) and Orville T. Eaton, married June 8, 1892, Lurretta L. Cobb, born Oct. 12, 1869. SOUTHEE 10 . George Fred 10 , son of Mary (A very 9 ) and David Souther, married Sept. 15th, 1846, Fidelia E. Johnson, b. Dec. 29, 1820, of Cornish, N. H. Child : i. Lucia A. 11 , b. Plainfield, N. H., April 23, 1848, m. Jan. 2, 1890, Forest E. Burke, Sharon, Vt. Mr. Souther took up his residence in Randolph, Vt., over thirty years ago, where he still resides, a well-to-do thrifty farmer. JOHNSON. Salome A. Souther 10 , daughter of Mary (Avery 9 ) and David Souther, married Oct. 29, 1844, William P. Johnson. Children : i. Jane L. 11 , b. Feb. 26, 1846. ii. Arabelle F. 11 , b. Nov. 30, 1848. iii. Frank L. 11 , b. Sept. 24, 1852. iv. Eddie E. 11 , b. Aug. 5, 1858. Jane L. 11 , daughter of Salome A. 10 (Souther) and William P. Johnson, married Sept. 12, 1871, Freeman A. Johnson. Children : i. Alvah F. 12 , b. July 26, 1872. Ji. Eben M. 1 '^, Feb. 1, 1874. *iii. Mary S. 12 , b. May 14, 1876. 336 AVERT GENEALOGY. Frank L. 11 , married Dora A. Chase, Dec. 25, 1876. One daughter, Marjorie May 12 , born May 7, 1882. Ed. E. Johnson 11 , married Annie Isabelle Lear, Nov. 26, 1885. Children: i. Darwin B. 12 , b. Oct. 1, 1886. ii. Charles Wm. 12 , b. Feb. 8, 1890. COLE. Samantha Souther 10 , daughter of Mary (Avery 9 ) and David Souther, married Sept. 14, 1846, George L. Cole, of Plain- field, N. H. Children : i. Willis George 11 , b. Plainfield, N. H., Nov. 21, 1848. ii. Mary E. 11 , b. Plainfield, N. H., June 19, 1854. iii. ipe M. 11 , b. Plainfield, N. H., August 9, 1856. iv. Julia S. 11 , b. Plainfield, N. H., Nov. 10, 1857. v. Elmer S. 11 , b. Cornish, N. H., May 28, 1865. vi. Bnrt S. 11 , b. Cornish, N. H., March 7, 1871. Unmarried. Willis G. 11 , son of Samantha 10 (Souther) and George L. Cole, married June 12, 1870, Julia Huggins, who died March 11, 1879. Children : i. Frank C. 12 , b. June 2, 1871. ii. Edith May 12 , b. Dec. 14, 1876. Married second, June 29, 1879, Meridan, N. H., Nizula Bixby. Children : i. Elmer E. 12 , b. Feb. 28, 1882. ii. Flossie Ethel 12 , b. Jan. 15, 1886. Mary E. 11 , daughter of Samantha 10 (Souther) and George L. Cole, married June 19, 1876. Children : i. Lou 12 , b. Aug. 25, 1885, d. March 2, 1887. ii. May Isabel 12 , b. June 17, 1887. Eeside at Chesterfield, N. H. AVERT GENEALOGY. 337 Julia S. 11 , daughter of Samantha 10 (Souther) and George L. Cole, married Jan. 7, 1873, Lucien T. Spaulding. One child, Maud E. 12 , born Feb. 4, 1876. Elmer S. n , son of Samantha 10 (Souther) and George L. Cole, married Dec. 25, 1885, Erne Hart. Children: i. Alice May 12 , b. Jan. 16, 1887. ii. Rutli H. 12 , b. May 15, 1888. iii. Herman S. 12 , b. Jan. 3, 1892. MORGAN. Betsey 9 , fifth child and second daughter of George 8 and Mary (Sanborn) Avery, married May 7, 1820, Samuel Morgan. Children : i. Ann B. ]0 , b. Mar. 2, 1821. ii. Tbatcher Avery 10 , b. Cornish. N. H., Oct. 10, 1823. iii. Henry Bryant 10 , b. Cornish, N. H., Aug. J9, 1826. iv. Rnth A. 10 , b. Cornish, N. H., Aug, 25, 1828. v. David Avery 10 , b. at Cornish, N. H., Oct. 12, 1830. vi. George Frank 10 , b. at Cornish, N. H., May 29, 1839. Samuel Morgan died Nov. 15, 1848. Betsey (Avery 9 ) Morgan afterward married David Stone. She was fatally injured while changing cars at Dover, N. H., Nov. 23, 1859, and died the next day. SANBOKN. Ann B. 10 , oldest child of Betsey (Avery 9 ) 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, dying on the 5th of July, 1848. MOEGAN 10 . Thatcher Avery 10 , second child and first son of Betsey (Avery 9 ) and Samuel Morgan, (George 8 , Job 7 ), married March 7, 1848, Anstis M. Pellet, of North Brookfield, Mass., born Jan. 25, 1823. Children : 22 338 A VERY GENEALOGY. i. Charles Henry 11 , b. at No. Brookfield, Apr. 3, 1850 ; d. Apr. 3, 1851. ii. Sarah Elizabeth 11 , b. at No. Brookfield, Sept. 10, 1852 ; d. at Oakham, Mass., Mar. 7, 1872. iii. Jessie A very 11 , b. No. Brookfield, Apr. 23, 1856. iv. Lucy Edmands 11 , b. at Oakham, Dee. 10, 1860. v. John Pellet 11 , b. at Oakham, May 14, 1863 ; d. Aug. 15, 1864. Thatcher Avery Morgan 10 died at Oakham, Mass., Feb. 9, 1884. Jessie Avery Morgan 11 , 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 11 is a teacher in the public schools of Massachusetts. MORGAN. Henry Bryant 10 , second son of Betsey (Avery 9 ) and Samuel Morgan, married Martha A. Jones, at Lawrence, Mass., Feb. 17, 1855. Children: i. William Henry 11 , b. at Tnftonboro, N. H., Oct. 5, 1855. ii. George Edwin 11 , b. at Tuftonboro, N. H., Nov. 8, 1857. iii. Fred Avery 11 , b. at Tuftonboro, N. H., Aug. 13, 1859. iv. Lizzie Ella 11 , b. at Newton Lower Falls, Mass., Sept. 27, 1862. v. Minnie Cora 11 , b. at East Wilton, N. H., June 25, 1864. vi. Frank Vaughn 11 , b. Newton Lower Falls, Apr. 30, 1867. Martha (Vaughn) Jones died at New Ipswich, N. H., March 27, 1869. Henry B. Morgan married Mrs. Eliza Turner, at Newton Lower Falls, Mass., Dec. 25, 1875. No children by second marriage. AVERY GENEALOGY. 339 William Henry Morgan 11 , born at Tuftonboro', N. H., Oct. 5, 1855, died at Cape Horn Mills, Cal., Jan. 18, 1883. George Edwin Morgan 11 , 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 11 , born Aug. 13, 1859, married Dec. 26, 1888, Lizzie A. Hanscomb, at Portsmouth, N. H. One child, Horace Bay 12 , born Jan. 7, 1890, at Sacramento, Cal. Lizzie Ella Morgan 11 , born Sept. 27, 1862, married Dec. 27, 1882, Arthur M. Weston, at Sacramento, Cal. Children : i. Eva Lillian 12 , b. Dec. Ifi, 1883. ii. Idella May 12 , b. Mar. 19, 1886. iii. Henry Vernon 12 , b. Dec. 3, 1888. iv. Ina Morgan 12 , b. Feb. 7, 1891. Minnie Cora Morgan 11 , born June 25, 1864, married Chas. B. Strong, Sacramento, Cal., April 22, 1885. Children : i. Warren Ray 12 , b. Nov. 27, 1886 ; d. Jan. 1, 1887. ii. Clyde Bertram 12 , b. April 2, 1889. McCOLVIN. Buth A. 10 , fourth child and second daughter of Betsey (Avery 9 ) 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. MOBGAN 10 . David A. 10 , fifth child of Betsey (Avery 9 ) and Samuel Morgan, married Fannie M. Manchester, Feb. 23, 1860. No children. Besidence, Meriden, N. H. MOBGAN 10 . George Frank 10 , sixth child of Samuel and Betsey 340 AVERY GENEALOGY. (Avery 9 ) Morgan, married Eliza A. Bodge, of "Wolfboro, N. H., Nov. 24, 1860. Children: i. Dana E. 11 , b. Dec. 2, 1862 ; d. Oct. 3, 18G3. ii. George D. 11 , b. March 31, 1865. iii. Lillian M. 11 , b. Dec. 23, 1867; d. Aug. 1, 1890. iv. Flora A. 11 , b. Oct. 23, 1871. v. Fred S. 11 , b. Jan. 28, 1874. vi. Harry E. 11 , b. Nov. 20, 1876. vii. Gracie May 11 , b. Sept. 30, 1881. GEORGE AVERY 9 . George Avery 9 , fourth son of George 8 and Mary (Sanborn) Avery, (Job 7 , Rev. John 6 ) married Jan. 8, 1827, Delilah Cum- mings, born at Cornish, N. H., Jan. 6, 1803. Children: David C. 10 , b. at Mqrristown, Vt., Oct. 16, 1828. Thatcher G. 10 , b. at Morristown, Vt., Oct. 20, 1829 ; d. May 20, 1834. iii. Phebe 10 , b. at Morristown, Vt., Feb. 20, 1831. iv. Mary 10 , b. at Morristown, Vt., Mar. 23, 1833. v. Albert 10 , b. at Morristowu, Vt., Aug. 19, 1834; d. Feb. 1, 1875. vi. George 10 , b. at Lowell, Vt., May 20, 1836. vii. Henry 10 , b. at Lowell, Vt., Apr. 29, 1838. viii. Sarah G. 10 , b. at Lowel), Vt., Dec. 20, 1839. ix. Lucia J. 10 , b. at Lowell, Vt., Dec. 10, 1,841. x. Juliaett 10 , b. at Lowell, Vt., Sept. 7, 184-1 ; died Aug. 5, 1878. Delilah (Cummings) Avery died at Wakefield, Kansas, July 9, 1876. AVERT GENEALOGY. 341 m GEORGE AVERY . BORN 1798; DIED 1889. George Avery died Sept. 29, 1889, at Wakefield, Kansas, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Lucia (Avery 10 ) 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, with a remarkable degree of his early vigor attending him till his latest days. AYEEY 10 . David C. 10 , oldest son and child of George Avery 9 and Delilah (Cummings) Avery, (George 8 , Job 7 ) married at West 342 AVERY GENEALOGY. Millbury, Mass., April 25, 1854, Diantha M. Stowe, of Thompson, Conn., born April 2, 1836. Children: i. Lizzie E. 11 , b. at W. Millbury, Aug. 24, 1855 ; d. Jan. 20, 1871. ii. Frank F. 11 , b. at W. Millbury, Oct. 13, 1857. iii. Walter C. 11 , b. at W. Millbury, July 16, 1859. iv. Lucy B. 11 , b. at W. Millbury, July 16, 1861. v. George L. 11 , b. at W. Millbury, Nov. 7, 1866. vi. John H. 11 , b. at W. Millbury, April 15, 1870 ; d. July*22, 1870. vii. Stella D. 11 , b. at W. Millbury, July 29, 1871 ; died Sept. 12, 1872. David C. Avery 10 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 10 ) Watkins. 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. AVERT 11 . Frank F. Avery 11 , married at Caryville, Mass., Nov. 12, 1879, Ada F. Cutler, born at Caryville, Oct. 24, 1858. Chil- dren : i. Clara Louise 12 , b. at South Framingham, Feb. 2, 1881 ; d. at South Framingham, Jan. 6, 1882. ii. Marion Frances 12 , b. at South Framingham, July 23, 1882 ; d. at South Framingham, Dec. 21, 1882. iii. Helen Cutler 12 , b. at South Framingham, Aug. 15, 1883. iv. Raymond Cummings 12 , b. at South Framingham, Nov. 23, 1884. v. Dorothy Frances 12 , b. April 12, 1892. Walter C. Avery 11 , married at Clay Center, Kansas, Aug. 11, 1881, Mary M. Hoag. Children : A VERY GENEALOGY. 343 i. Lucy D. 12 , b. at Bala, Kan., May 29, 1882; d. Oct. 9, 1883. ii. Minnie M. 12 , b. Sept. 15, 1883. iii. Stella D. 12 , b. Apr. 21, 1885. iv. David C. 12 , b. Oct. 16, 1886. v. Walter B. 12 , b. June 14, 1888. Lucy B. Avery 11 , married at Clay Center, Kansas, Nov. 6, 1884, Benjamin Watkins. Beside at Bala, Kansas. George L. Avery 11 married at South Framingham, Mass., June 23, 1891, Edith B. Maxfield, born at Lewiston, Me., Aug. 6, 1871. One child, George Bernard 12 , born at South Framingham, May 1, 1892. HINDS. Phebe 10 , third child and oldest daughter of George Avery and Delilah (Cummings) Avery, (George Avery 8 , Job 7 ) mar- ried at Eden, Vt., Dec. 19, 1857, Joel Hinds. Children: George E. 11 , b. at Eden, Vt., Feb. 5, 1859. Mabel S. 11 , b. at Eden, Vt., Aug. 26, 1860; d. Jan. 22, 1875. iii. Martin H. 11 , b. at Eden, Vt., Apr. 26, 1862. iv. Frank W. 11 , b. at Eden, Vt., Jan. 12, 1863. v. Silas E. 11 , b. at Eden, Vt., Nov. 12, 1865. vi. Delilah L. 11 , b. at Eden, Vt., June 30, 1867. vii. Effie L. 11 , b. at Eden, Vt., Nov. 14, 1870. viii. Bertou F. 11 , b. at Eden, Vt., Mar. 23, 1874 ; d. at Eden, July 31, 1875. The. death of Joel Hinds occurred at Broughton, Kan., July llth, 1891, and was caused by being run into by an express train, while crossing railroad tracks. George E. Hinds 11 , married at Clay Center, Kan., April 10. 1888, Loucin Beed. One child, Etta 12 , born Feb. 23, 1891. Martin H. Hinds 11 , married Clara Hapgood, at Clay Centre, Kan., Feb. 22, 1887. Children: 344 AVERY GENEALOGY. i. Gladys Irene 12 , b. May 8, 1888. ii. Mabel Irene 12 , b. March 17, 1890. iii. Joel Henry 12 , b. Aug. 7, 1891. Silas E. Hinds 11 , married at Clay Center, Kan., Oct. 28, 1891, Annie Fisher. Delilah L. Hinds 11 , married at Clay Centre, Kan., April 6, 1886, J. W. Keed. Children: i. Clinton J. 12 , b. June 5, 1887. ii. Minnie M. 12 , b. Aug. 20, 1888. Effie L. Hinds 11 , married at Clay Center, Kan., March 1, 1892, Miletus P. Fisher. STKEETER Mary A. 11 , fourth child and second daughter of George Avery 9 and Delilah (Cummings) Avery, (George Avery 8 , Job 7 ) married Mar. 17, 1850, Lucas A, Streeter. Children: i. Charles A. 11 , b. at Westfield, Vt., Aug. 22, 1851. ii. Alfred C. 11 , b. Lowell, Vt., Oct. 20, 1853. iii. Abbie J. 11 , b. at Lowell, Vt., Oct. 6, 1855. iv. Arthur G. 11 , b. at Eden, Vt., May 20, 1865. Lucas A. Streeter died at Eiley Centre, Kan., Aug., 1889. Charles A. Streeter 11 , married June 2, 1878, Alice E. Fullington. Children : i. Annie L. 12 , b. at Milford, Kan., Apr. 23, 1879. ii. John 12 , b. at Milford, Kan., 1881, died very young, iii. Lyman B. 12 , b. at Milford, Kan., Feb. 25, 1884. iv. Grace F. 12 , b. April 14, 1885. Alfred C. Streeter 11 , married Almeda J. Keed, Jan. 12, 1881. One child, Ethel 12 , died 1883, at the age of about five months. Abbie J. Streeter 11 , married at Milford, Kan., Jan. 15, 1880, George C. Moses, of Canton, Conn., born NOT. 29, 1856. Children : i. Clyde E. 12 , b. at Manhattan, Kan., June 27, 1882. ii. Flora E. 12 , b. at Manhattan, Kan., June 13, 1884. iii. Abbie R. 12 , b. at Clay Center, Kan., June 9, 1887. AVERT GENEALOGY. 345 ALBERT AYERY 10 . Albert 10 , fifth child and third son of George 9 and Delilah (Cummings) Avery, (George 8 , Job 7 ,) married Alice Calista Whitemore, at Batcheller, Kan., May 19, 1859. One child, Albert C. 11 , born at Clay Center, Kan., Feb. 17, 1861. Alice (Whitemore) Avery died Feb. 17, 1861. Albert Avery 10 married, second, Rosaline Farnham, at Troy, Yt., Sept/ 10,. 1862. Children: i. Dustin 11 , b. at Eden, Vt., Aug. 5, 1863. Walter 11 , b. at Eden, Vt., Aug. 21, 1865. George 11 , b. at Gatesville, Kan., Mar. 30, 1866, d. Aug. 5 r 1868. iv. Mary W. 11 , b. at Wakefield, Kan., Mar. 31, 1870. v. Infant son 11 , b. Aug. 18, 1873, d. Sept. 25, 1873. vi. Elvira D. 11 , b. at Wakefield, Nov. 8, 1874. Albert Avery lj died at Wakefield, Kan., Feb. 1, 1875. Albert C. Avery 11 , married at Great Bend, Kan., Mary Moore, Feb. 28, 1887. AYERY 10 . George 10 , fourth son and sixth child of George 9 and Delilah (Cummings) Avery, (George 8 , Job 7 ,) married at Lowell, Yt., Miss E. J. Smith, Apr. 7, 1863. Children: George E. 11 , b. Feb. 9, 1865. Minnie L. 11 , b. Feb. 22*, 1866. Albion J. 11 , b. April 30, 1867. Irving L. 11 , b. July 26, 1869. Inis F. 11 , b. Mar. 19, 1871. Charles S. 11 , b. June 25, 1873, d. Oct. 23, 1887. MelvaF. 11 , b. Jan. 11. 1879. viii.f Henry A. 11 , b. Jan. 5, 1881. ix. irBernice D. 11 , b. May 26, 1884. Minnie L. Avery 11 , married Feb. 25, 1892, Loren E. Butz- bach. 346 AVERY GENEALOGY. AVERT 10 . Henry Avery 10 , fifth son and seventh child of George 9 and Delilah (Cummings) Avery, (George 8 , Job 7 ,) married Feb. 25, 1865, Orpha Farnham. Children : - i. Fred H. ]1 , b. Dec. 15, 1866. ii. Herman W ", 1 in. Herbert F. 11 , ) iv. Ellen D. 11 , b. Nov. 16, 1876. Henry Avery 10 is the owner of a large stock farm at Wake- field, Kansas, where he has been very successful in raising fine breeds of horses and cattle. His sons, Fred H. 11 and Herman W. 11 , 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. 11 was three years at the Kansas State Agricultural College, one year at the Kansas State University, and completed his education by 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 11 , married at Menoken, Kan., April 10, 1889, Hattie McConnel Children: i. lone 12 , b. Jan. 14, 1890. ii. Henry 12 , b. March 5, 1892. ' RICHARDSON. Sarah G. 10 , seventh chiltjr and third daughter of George 9 and Delilah (Cummings) Avery, (George 8 , Job 7 ,) married at Lowell, Yi, Dec. 25, 1860, William C. Richardson. Chil- dren : i. Berton L. 11 , b. Westfield, Vt., Nov. lf>, 1861. ii. H. Elsie 11 , b. at Stowe, Vt., Sept. 16, 1869. iii. Florence A. 11 , b. at Wakefield, Kan., Jan. 4, 1879. AVERT GENEALOGY. 347 ELKINS. Lucia J. 10 , eighth child and fourth daughter of George 9 and Delilah (Cummings) Avery, (George 8 , Job 7 ,) married at Lowell, Vt , Feb. 5, 1865, Riley A. Elkins. Children : i. Alice M. u , b. at No. Troy, Vt., Dec. 9, 1865. ii. Eugene W. 11 , b. at Gatesville, Kan., Oct 28, 1868. iii. Bertha L. 11 , b. at Gatesville, Kan., July 20, 1870. iv. Howard A. 11 , b. at Gatesville, Kan., Dec. 20, 1871. v. Maurice E. 11 , b. Nov. 9, 1873, <1. Dec. 21, 1886. vi.. Clonden J. 11 , b. Jan. 4, 1876, d. Feb. 11, 1882. vii. Orpha C. ]1 , b. Feb. 14, 1878, d. Mar. 11, 1882. viii. Mabel E. 11 , b. Apr. 2, 1883. LAWRENCE. Juliaett 10 , tenth child and sixth daughter of George 9 and Delilah (Cummings) Avery, (George 8 , Job 7 ,) married at Albany, Vt., Oct. 20, 1866, A. P. Lawrence. Children: i. Mabel R. 11 , b. at Clay Center, Kan., Mar. 25, 1876. ii. Ida B. 11 , b. at Clay Center, Kan., Oct. 23, 1877. Juliaett (Avery 10 ) Lawrence, died at Wakefield, Aug. 5, 1878. LEAVITT. ' Sarah Sanborn 9 , fourth daughter and eighth child of George 8 and Mary (Sanborn) Avery, (Job 7 , Rev. John 6 ,) mar- ried in 1834, Nathaniel Leavitt, of Sanbornton, N. H., who was born Dec. 10, 1806, died Jan., 1887. Children : i. Jeremiah 10 , b. Feb. 27, 1835. ii. Abigail 10 , b. Mar. 30, fl|37, and d. Dec. 25, 1837. iii. Ruth Hunkins 10 , b. April 27, 1839. iv. Moses 10 , b. Jan. 12, 1842, d. 1847, aged 5 years. v. George Avery 10 , b. Jan. 11, 1847. Mrs. Leavitt died Feb. 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 AVERT GENEALOGY. 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. LEAVITT 10 . Jeremiah Leavitt 10 married Julia Lynch, of Galena, 111., May 15, 1860, who was born in Ireland in 1837. Present residence, Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri. Children: i. Nathaniel 11 , b. May 3, 1861, d. May 10, 1861. ii. Sarah 11 , b. Aug. 8, 1863, d. Oct. 23, 1863. iii. John S. 11 , b. Sept. 21, 1864, d. July 29, 1866. iv. George A. 11 , b. June 29, 1867. v. Frank 11 , b. Nov. 19, 1869. vi. Abigail 11 , b. Aug. 1, 1872. vii. William S. 11 , b. Nov. 22, 1874. viii. Moses 11 , b. Nov. 27, 1877. LEAVITT". George A. 11 , son of Jeremiah Leavitt 10 , married Dicy M. Hallo way, born in Kirksville, Adair Co., Mo., Sept. 26, 1864. One child, Edith 12 , born Aug. 25, 1888. FKYE MITCHELL. Butli H. Leavitt 10 , married first, Jonathan J. Frye, of Grantham, N. H., Oct. 6, 1860, born at Medford, Mass. y Aug. 11, 182 7, and killed at the residence of wife's father at Sanbornton, N. H., by the breaking of a well-sweep, a part of which fractured his skull in falling, living but forty-eight hours after the accident, Aug. 12, 1868. Children : i. Sarah Marion 11 , b. Nov. 24, 1861. ii. Simeon Cheney 11 , b. Apr. 26. 1865. Married second, Nathan Cheney Mitchell, April 27, 1871, of Magog, P. Q., Canada East, born Aug. 26, 1861. Present residence, Laconia, N. H. Children: i. Edward 11 , b. at Laconia, N. H., May 4, 1872. ii. Mary Josephine 11 , b. at Magog, P. Q., Jan. 29*, 1874. iii. Nathaniel Leavitt 11 , b. at Magog, P. Q., Mar. 3, 1879-. AVERY GENEALOGY. 349 Sarah Marion Frye 11 , married Oct. 1, 1892, at Danbury, N. H., Eld. Frederick S. Kansom, of Danbury, born at Woodstock, Vt., third son of Polly (Doten) and Eld. Cephas Hansom. Simeon Cheney Frye 11 , married Jan. 28, 1890, at Laconia, N. H., Emma Taylor Ladd, youngest daughter of Hannah and John C. Ladd, of Laconia. LEAVITT 10 . George Avery Leavitt 10 , married Alice Woodman, of San- bornton, N. H., Feb. 7, 1877, born May 30, 1851. Kesidence, on old Leavitt homestead, in Sanbornton. P. O. address, Laconia, N. H. Children : i. Grace Ethel 11 , b. Nov. 16, 1879. ii. Guy 11 , b. Feb. 4, 1882. iii. Ira Woodman 11 , b. Sept. 19, 1884. iv. Nat, 11 , b. Sept. 1, 1887. v," Van Eaiie 11 , b. Sept 19, 1891. HAYNES. Salome", fifth daughter and ninth child of George 8 and Mary (Sanboru) Avery, (Job 7 , Eev. John 6 ,) married T. C. Haynes, M. D., born 1792. Children: i. George A. 10 , b. Plainfield, N. H., Aug. 2, 1826. ii. Lewis 10 , b. July, 1829 ; d. Wakefield, Kan., July 6, 1890. iii. Trustam C. 10 , 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, Vt., 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 through Vermont 350 AVERY GENEALOGY. SALOME (AVERT 9 ) HAYNES. BORN 1802; DIED 1854. Salome (Avery 9 ) Haynes died at Hardwick, Vt., May 29, 1854 HAYNES 10 . Captain George A. 10 , oldest son of Dr. T. C. and Salome (Avery 9 ) Haynes, married Jan. 18, 1859, Augusta S. Joslyn, born May 2, 1834. Children : i. Beatrice S. 11 , b. Dec. 22, 1863, d. Oct. 18, 1874. ii. Lewis A. 11 , b. Dec. 4, 1866. iii. Susie A. 11 , b. Dec. 28, 1873, d. Jan. 6, 1*874. Lewis A. Haynes 11 , married March 7, 1888, Minetta Eobinson, who died Nov. 18, 1889. AVERY GENEALOGY. 351 HAYNES 10 . Trustam C. 10 , youngest son of Dr. T. C. and Salome (Avery 9 ) Haynes, married in 1864, Lusena B. Bacon, born at Wardsboro, Vi, Jan. 6, 1834 One child, George C. 11 , born at St. Johnsbury, Yt., Nov. 18, 1873, died Oct. 7, 1874. Trustam C. Haynes 10 , for nearly thirty years, was in business as photographer at St. Johnsbury, Vi, a man of excellent mental powers and business capacity. He died at that place, Oct. 6th, 1889. AVERY 9 . David 9 , fifth son and tenth child of George 8 and Mary (Sanborn) Avery, (Job 7 , Rev. John 6 ), 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 9 . Jonathan 9 , sixth son and eleventh child of George 8 and Mary (Sanborn) Avery, (Job 7 , Eev. John 6 ), married April 18 y 1833, Eunice L. Arnold, daughter of Deacon Joseph and Elizabeth Arnold, of Roxbury, Mass., born April 30, 1811. Children : i. John 10 , b. in Roxbury, Mass., May 19, 1835. ii. George 10 , b. in Roxbury, Mass., Nov. 26, 1836. . iii. Jane Greenough 10 , b. in Roxbury, Mass., Aug. 4, 1838. Eunice (Arnold) Avery, died at Newton, Mass., Dec. 27, 1842. Jonathan Avery 9 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 9 married Oct. 9, 1862, Dorcas Richardson, daughter of Jere- miah and Elizabeth R., of 'Newton, born March 7, 1816. No children. 352 AVERT GENEALOGY. JONATHAN AVERY 9 , BORN 1806; DIED 1875. Jonathan Avery 9 died at Highlandvile, Mass., April 19, 1875. He was a man of earnest, energetic spirit, and early left his native hills in New Hampshire, for busier scenes near Boston, Mass. He first settled in Newton, but in 1855 removed to Needham, on the line of the Boston, Hartford