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Mary Rogness's - Second cousin 8 times removed

1. Alithea ALLYN b. 4 Apr 1731, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 19 Sep 1816, Ledyard , New London , Connecticut.
2. Deborah ALLYN, [infant] b. 18 Feb 1733, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. Jan 1734, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
3. Deborah ALLYN b. 23 Dec 1735, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 23 Feb 1755, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
4. Lois ALLYN b. 20 Mar 1737, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. WFT Est. 1751-1831.
5. James ALLYN, Jr. b. 17 Jul 1739, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 13 Oct 1825, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
6. Sarah ALLYN b. 20 Mar 1741, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
7. Lydia ALLYN b. 15 Jan 1743/1744, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 1774.
8. Ephraim ALLYN b. 18 Jun 1747, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 28 Dec 1816, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
9. Elizabeth ALLYN b. 9 Nov 1749, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 20 Sep 1833, Hartland , Windsor , Vermont.
10. Jerusha ALLYN b. 5 Jul 1749, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
11. Hannah ALLYN b. 14 Feb 1755, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
12. David ALLYN b. 23 Oct 1759, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 17 Mar 1841, Montgomery , Massachusetts.

1. 1. Alethea AVERY c. 25 Jul 1714, Norwich , New London , Connecticut; d. Feb 1776, Ledyard , New London , Connecticut; bur. Allyn Burying Ground , Ledyard , New London , Connecticut.

VITAL RECORDS OF NEW LONDON, NEW LONDON CO., CONN.
Thomas Avery sonn of Capt. James Avery was marryed unto Hannah daughter of Thomas Miner of Stonington the 22nd of October 1677.



Thomas Avery and his sister Hannah Avery Miner's descendants married
Thomas Avery‘s granddaughter Anna Avery married his sister Hannah Avery Miner‘s son Sylvanus Miner

Thomas Avery, ^ b. May 06, 1651 Hannah Avery, ^ b. May 04, 1686
+Hannah Miner, ^ b. September 15, 1655 +Thomas Miner, ^ b. September 20, 1683?
>Thomas Avery II, ^ b. April 20, 1679 >Sylvanus Miner I, ^ b. March 03, 1708
+Ann Shapely, ^ b. August 31, 1685 + Anna Avery, ^ b. May 12, 1707
> Anna Avery, ^ May 12, 1707
+ Sylvanus Miner I, ^ b March 03, 1708

Sept. 19, 1717, Capt. Thomas Avery, Capt. James Avery, Capt. John Avery, and Samuel Avery, "out of love," deeded land to their sister Rebecca Potts, and to her husband, William Potts (Groton Deeds, 1:830). Jan. 4, 1727, William and Rebecca Potts deeded land to their loving son-in-law, Joshua Bill, husband of their daughter, Joanna, deceased and to their heirs. They reserved the right to cut firewood on this land during their natural lives (Groton

The following information comes from the Groton Avery Clan vol 1; Elroy McKendree Avery and Catharine Avery 1912

Dec. 17, 1677 Thomas & Grace Minor a deeded 150 acres of land to their daughter Hannah and her husband, Thomas Avery:

To daughter Hannah Avery, during her natural life and to her husband
Thomas Avery during his natural life although my said daughter
should die before him and in case my daughter shall have any child or
children at the time of her departure then living it shall be theirs forever
to have and to hold possess and enjoy to use and improve with all
the meadows joining to it, I say all the one hundred and fifty acres of
upland and meadow as it was laid out to me with all the privileges &
appurtenances belonging thereunto. And in case my daughter should
die without any child than she shall have by deed full power to dispose
of it to any one or two of my son Clement Minor, his sonnes as she
shall see meet Provided it shall not prevent her husband of it during
his natural life if she die before her husband. I say my one hundred
and fifty acres of upland and meadow lying at Anagomenacunuck as it
was laid out to me and bounded and recorded at Hartford and in Stonington
books of records. And hereinto we set our hands and seals this
seventeenth day of December one thousand six hundred and seventy
and seven.
Witness
James Noyes Thomas Minor
Samuel Avery Grace Minor
Acknowledged before James Avery Commissioner.
(New London Deeds, 5:34)

On the December 26, 1677, Captain James and Joane Avery executed a deed which was owned and subscribed before Thomas Minor as commissioner. The deed ran as follows:

This prsnt writing witnesseth to all it doe or may concerne that I James
Avery of the county of New London, in ye Collony of Connecticott for
divers good reasons & considerations known to myself and with my
wife Joane Avery's consent fully give to my sonn Thomas Avery
and his wife Hannah (Miner) Avery my whole right of my parcell of land that
I bought of Amos Richardson of Stonington be it more or less wh formerly
was laide out and bounded to Mr. Obadiah Bruen of New London
and also thirtie acres of upland upon Poquanys Plaine as it was formerly
bounded to me from the swamp to the river, moreover one halfe of one
hundred acres of upland and meadow as it was carried out and bounded
and recorded to me at Pachauge next to Mr. Thomas Stanton, sen.,
his land. Also a piece of land joyning to Mr. Nehemiah Smith his
playne lying betwixt Nehemiah Smiths land & ye comon I say all and
every of these tracts and parcels of Land I doe give grant pass over
alyeanate & confirm all my whole right and title to my sonn Thomas
Avery & his wife Hannah Avery with all the privilledges & appurtenances
to them belonging to them their heirs, executors and assigns
forever to have & to hold possess & enjoy to use & improve for their
best advatage provided that if either he or she shall have occasion to
sell any one or more of these particular tracts or parcells of land they
shall first make tender of it to the said Thomas Avery's Brothers and
if they accept of the profer to give a rational price for it to sell it to
no other person I doe hereby bind my other sonnes to make him or her
the like tender upon the same terms and to the true performance of
and to every particular hereof we set our hands & seals this 26th of
December, 1677.


Signed sealed and delivered
in the the presence of James Avery
William Mead Joane Avery
Jonathan Avery
(New London Deeds.)

Thomas was in the illfated Fitz-John Winthrop expedition of 1690 which was to advance from Albany by way of Lake Champlain to Montreal. In his diary, Winthrop gives an account of the difficulties that they encountered. Under the date of Aug. 4, 1690, is found the following:

"I consulted with the officers & twas concluded to march forwards, & then devided our provition, wch was about 35 cakes of bread for each souldr, besides pork, which was scarce eateable. At this post [Saratoga] I
left Liut Tho. Avery with some souldrs to gaurd our provition to us wch was coming vp the river" (The Winthrop Papers, Massachusetts Hist. Col., Fifth Series, 8:314). For an account of this expedition, see Avery's History of the United States and Its People, vol. 3, pages 263, 264.

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

The last entry of accessions to the church of New London during Mr. Bradstreet's ministry reads: "Sept. 10, 1682, Thomas Avery and wife were added to the Church." They were among the organizers of the church of the North Parish, afterward called Montville. Their names appear first on the list of original covenanters. Before the North Parish could enjoy religious services, a long-standing quarrel had to be settled. October, 1721, the parish petitioned the general court for liberty to form a separate church. The first name on the petition was that of Thomas3 Avery, the third was that of Abraham4 Avery. (Connecticut Ecclesiastical Archives, 2:251.) Finally, Jan. 17, 1721, it was agreed
that the meeting-house should stand on Raymond Hill, land being given for the purpose. In his church record, Mr. James Hillhouse, the first minister, says:

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

1. Thomas AVERY b. 20 Apr 1679; d. 11 Nov 1711.
2. 2. Samuel AVERY b. 15 Nov 1680, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 25 Feb 1749, Montville, New London, Connecticut.
3. daughter AVERY b. 2 Oct 1682.
4. Ephraim AVERY c. 18 Oct 1685.
5. Hannah AVERY b. 4 May 1686; d. 9 Dec 1762.
6. Elizabeth AVERY b. 9 Dec 1691, New London,New London,Connecticut; d. 17 Jul 1728, Stonington,New London,Connecticut.

Capt. James Avery was a grantee of lands in Pequot (New London,Connecticut) in 1650. He and his father Christopher became Freemen 14 Oct1669. He is an ancestor of John D. Rockefeller. He served as a Lieut. in1669 and a Captain in 1675 in the army for battles with Indians.

1. Hannah AVERY b. 12 Oct 1644, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts; c. 13 Jun 1686, Stonington, Ct. u.S.a.; d. 22 Aug 1721, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; bur. Taugwonk, North Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
2. James AVERY, Jr. b. 16 Dec 1646, Gloucester, Essex, Ma; d. 22 Aug 1728, Groton, New London, Connecticut; bur. 24 Aug 1728, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
3. Mary AVERY b. 19 Feb 1648, Gloucester,Essex,Massachusetts; d. 31 Jan 1707/1708, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; bur. 2 Feb 1707/1708, Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
4. 4. Thomas AVERY b. 6 May 1651, Groton, New London, Connecticut; c. First Church of New London; d. 5 Jan 1736, Montville,New London,Connecticut; bur. Jan 1737, New London County, Connecticut.
5. John AVERY b. 10 Feb 1654, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 17 Apr 1724, North Groton, New London, Connecticut.
6. Rebecca AVERY b. 6 Oct 1656, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
7. Jonathan AVERY b. 5 Jan 1658, Groton, New London, Connecticut; bur. 15 Sep 1681, , New London, Connecticut.
8. Christopher AVERY b. 30 Apr 1661, New London, New London, Connecticut; d. 8 Dec 1683, , New London, Connecticut.
9. Samuel AVERY b. 14 Aug 1664, Gloucester, Essex, Ma; d. 1 May 1723.

Thomas Minor said on Lyons Whelp from Gravesend 23 April 1629. hearrived in Salem July 1629. Then he moved to Watertown, then Charlestown.He became a freeman 4 Mar 1633/4. In 1636 he settled in Hingham,Massachusetts. In 1645 he went with John Winthrop to new London,Connecticut. in 1649 he was listed as the Sargeant in the town of Pequot.

immigrated in 1629
Thomas Miner/Minor was born in Chew Magna Somersett County,Engl
and on 23 April 1608, son of Clement Miner. He emigrated aboar
d the Lyon's Whelp (and not the Arabella as often said) which sa
iled from Gravesend,England on 25 April 1629, passed Land End o
n 13 May, and arrived at NaumkeagHarbor (Salem, Massachusetts
) on 29 June 1629.
He stayed briefly on Salemand Satertown before moving on to Cha
rlestown, Massachusetts where in 1632 hebecame a founder of th
e First Church. He married Grace Palmer on 23 April 1634 in Cha
rlestown, M.A. She was born in 1614, the daughter of Walter Pal
mer of Charlestown and their first child, John, was born in Char
lestown, and then in 1636 they moved to Hingham, MA where more c
hildren were born in 1645,they joined John Winthrop Jr. and com
pany in the settlement of New London, Ct. On 15 Oct 1652 Thoma
s sold his home lot in New London located at the headof Close C
ove and was settling in Stonington, Ct. with William Chesebrough
.Thomas Stanton, and his father-in-law, Walter Palmer.
There is a monument tothese founders (dedicated 31 August 1899
) located in the Wequetequock Cemetery with one side dedicated t
o Thomas. In 1653 he bought some land from CaryLatham and move
d from the Wequetequock area to the west side of the mouth ofQu
iambaug Cove near Mystic, CT and began one of the feeeew (abou
t 17) diaries to survive from this period. This diary covers t
he period from 1653 through 1684 and was published as a book i
n 1899.
He is the Thomas Miner who wrote back to England about 1683/4 an
d received a document which explores the Miner versus Minor spel
ling of the name and traces the Miner ancestry back to the 1300s
. The information in this document including the coat of arms i
t presents are believed to be false. After receiving this docum
ent, Thomas andhis descendants generally used the Miner spellin
g of the name although some retained the Minor spelling especial
ly his son John of Woodbury, CT.
He diedin Stonington, CT on 23 October 1690, and his wife die
d there on 31 Dec 1690.Both are buried at Stonington in the We
quetequock Cemetery under a prone inscribed granite slab which r
eads "HERE LYES THE BODY OF LIUTENANT THOMAS MINOR AGED 83 -- D
eparted 1690"
One Year in the Life of Thomas Minor, Connecticut Farmer, 1668.
Thomas Minor was born in England and came to New England in 1630
. By 1668, when this selection from his journal was written, Min
or, hiswife Grace, and their children were living in what is no
w Stonington, a townon the Connecticut coast. Indians lived nea
rby, and the journal shows Minor and his family interacting wit
h them. Minor was a farmer, and he also had a number of public r
esponsibilities. These included town treasurer, leader of themi
litia, selectman, and brander of horses. He also participated i
n churchand in town meetings. This selection records one year i
n Minor's life. He began the year in March, as people in Englan
d and New England did until the mid-eighteenth century. While hi
s spelling is idiosyncratic and therefore difficult to read, th
e journal is a valuable record of how written English looked a
t that time-and probably also of how Minor pronounced his words
.
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1668
The ffirst month is march & hath .31. d: sabath day the first an
d in the first year after the leap yeare and from the Creation .
5617. and the yeare. 1668. andthe 20th yeare of the reinge of o
ur lord Kind Charels the second the .6. dayThomas Tracie and le
affingwell was heare the .7. dai I branded .2. Coults [colts
] I sowed hemp & pease in the orchard sabath day the .8. day: sa
bath daythe 15. The 13. I was at mr palmes I had A barell of ma
llases [molasses] wensday the 18. we made an End between Jossept
h & Marie Averie monday the 30 dayI ffecthed [fetched] my wife
s mare and 26. day

Relationship to Ulysses Simpson Grant.
Thomas Miner( Minor) b 23 Apr 1608 married Grace Palmer
John Miner b 1636 brother to Joseph Miner b 1644
Grace (Miner) Grant b 1669 1st cousin of Benjamin Minor b 1673
Noah Grant b 1693 2ndcousin of Clement Miner b 1706
Noah Grant, Jr. b 1718 3rd cousin of Benjamin Miner b 1742
Noah Grant III, b 1748 4th cousin of William Bott Miner b 17
70
Jesse Grant b 1794 5th cousin of James Miner b 1805
Ulysses S.Grant b 1822 6th cousin of Helen (Miner) Wilder Sch
illing b 1882
Please not: As remarkable as it seems, when my great grandmothe
r Helen (Miner) Schilling was born, her father James Miner was 7
7 years old. Her grandfather, Benjamin fought in the American R
evolution (Sources Schilling/Miner family Bible. HIstory of St
onington, Ct. by Richard A. Wheeler

1. John MINOR b. 3 Aug 1635, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts; c. 30 Aug 1635, Charlestown Ma. u.S.a.; d. 17 Sep 1719, Woodbury, Connecticut..
2. Clement MINOR b. 1638, Hingham, Ma; c. 4 Mar 1638, Hingham, Ma; d. 8 Oct 1700, New London, Connecticut..
3. Thomas MINOR b. ABT. 10 May 1640, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
4. Ephraim MINOR b. ABT. 1 May 1642, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts; c. 1 May 1642, Hingham, Ma; d. 16 May 1724, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; bur. Taugwonk, North Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
5. Thomas MINOR b. Abt 1642, Hingham,Ma; c. 1 May 1642, Hingham,Ma; d. Apr 1662, Narragansett,R.I..
6. Joseph MINOR b. 25 Aug 1644, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts; c. 25 Aug 1644, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England; d. 31 Jan 1711, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; bur. Stonington, New London, Connecticut, New England.
7. Manassah MINOR b. 28 Apr 1647, New London, Connecticut.; d. 29 Apr 1728, Stonington,New London,Ct..
8. Judah MINOR b. ABT. 1646, hingham, Ma.
9. Ann MINOR b. 28 Apr 1649, New London, Connecticut.; d. 13 Aug 1652.
10. Marie MINOR b. 4 May 1651; d. 24 Jan 1659/1660.
11. Samuel MINOR b. 4 May 1653, New London, Connecticut.; d. 1682.
12. 5. Hannah MINOR b. 15 Sep 1655, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. ABT. 1692, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
13. Eunice MINOR b. Abt 1651, New London, Connecticut..
14. Mary MINOR b. 5 May 1651, New London, Connecticut.; d. 24 Jan 1666, Stonington,New London,Ct..