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."

Wethersfield, March 13, [1693]
This may certify whome it may concerne that Mr. Thomas Avery & Mrs.
Hannah Bulkley both of New London in their Majesties Colony of Conn
in New England married at Weathersfield, afor'sd on the said day of
the date of these presents
By or before me--
John Chester
Justice of Peace.

Information on this page comes from the Groton Avery Clan vol 1; Elroy McKendree Avery and Catharine Avery 1912

Thomas Avery had a daughter Mary by his second wife Hannah Raymond. Mary (Smith) Raymond, widow of Samuel Raymond, and daughter of Nehemiah Smith, made a will May 8, 1705. This was probated at New London. She mentioned cousin Hannah Avery, Elizabeth Avery, daughter of cousin Martha Ransford deceased, and cousin Mary Avery. She was the aunt of Hannah Raymond Avery. Thomas and Hannah (Raymond) Avery probably had a daughter Elizabeth, as an Elizabeth Avery was married to Sylvester Baldwin, at Montville, May 9, 1724, by the Rev. Mr. Hillhouse.

1. Mary AVERY
2. Joshua AVERY b. Bef 25 Aug 1695; c. 25 Aug 1695.
3. 1. Jonathan AVERY b. Bef 25 Oct 1704; c. 25 Oct 1704.
4. Charles AVERY b. Bef 27 Oct 1706; c. 27 Oct 1706.
5. Isaac AVERY b. Bef 17 Jul 1709; c. 17 Jul 1709.
6. Peter AVERY b. Bef 5 Aug 1711; c. 5 Aug 1711.

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. 2. 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.

1. Joshua RAYMOND b. 18 Sep 1660, New London County, Connecticut.
2. Elizabeth RAYMOND b. 24 May 1662, New London County, Connecticut.
3. Anna Smith RAYMOND b. 12 May 1664, New London County, Connecticut; d. 8 May 1705, New London County, Connecticut; bur. May 1705, New London County, Connecticut.
4. Ann RAYMOND b. 12 May 1664, New London County, Connecticut.
5. Martha RAYMOND b. Abt 1666, New London County, Connecticut.
6. 3. Hannah RAYMOND b. 8 Aug 1668, New London County, Connecticut; d. 28 Jan 1742, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut; bur. Jan 1742, New London County, Connecticut.
7. Richard RAYMOND b. 7 Apr 1670, New London County, Connecticut.
8. Mary RAYMOND b. 12 Mar 1672, New London County, Connecticut.
9. Experience RAYMOND b. 20 Jan 1673, New London County, Connecticut.
10. Mehitabel RAYMOND b. 19 Dec 1675, New London County, Connecticut.

Christopher Avery left his wife in England and came with one of theWinthrops in either 1630 or 1631. He was a land owner in Gloucester in1642. In 1649 he bought a home in Boston near the current site of PostOffice Square. In 1665 he moved to New London, Connecticut.

1. 4. James AVERY, Sr. b. Bef 22 Apr 1621, , Lincolnshire, , England; d. 18 Apr 1700, , , Connecticut.

[Spicer Family File.FTW]

He was in Plymouth, New England before 6 Mar 1637/38 when he with others applied to be made a freeman of the colony. He is believed to have been the first religious teacher at Marshfield, MA where on 5 May 1640 he was on a committee to measure some land. He sailed to Stratford, CT in 1644. He was
granted land at New London, CT in 1652. About 1655 he settled on a farm at Smith Lake, Poquomock. He had many grants of land and raised sheep extensively. He wove cloth from the wool.

: Smith, Nehemiah, by Miss Thomas thought to be first
religious teacher at Marshfield, I hear no more of, excc. that in an eminently
confusing obituary on page 82 of Geneal. Reg. XIV, Ann, a daughter of the first
Thomas Bourne, is said to marry Rev. Nehemiah Smith in 1639.
Nehemiah, New Haven, had Sarah, and Mary, born 1642; Hannah,, 1644, all
baptised 14 December 1645; Mercy nad Elizabeth 1645, both baptised 22 February
1646; all in right of his wife Sarah; kept the sheep of the town 1644-9 and
removed soon after to New London, and about 1660 to Norwich, freeman 1669, died
1686, leaving wife Ann and four daughters, Mary, wife of Samuel Raymond; Ann,
Wife of Thomas Bradford; Elizabeth wife of Joshua Raymond; and Experience, who
married 1 November 1677, Joshua Abel.

!History of Norwich, New London County, Connecticut , Frances Manwaring Caulkins, 1976, page 200: From an entry in the records of the county court in 1666, we learn his age: "Nehemiah Smith of Norwich declaring himself above 60 years of age and his brother John declaring the same at his earnest desire is freed from training." He died in 1686. His only son, Nehemiah, born in 1646, at New Haven,
settled in Groton, where he was generally designated, from the office that he
held, Mr. Justice Smith.

Dennis Family Records:
The Rev. Nehemiah Smith was born in England about 1605 and was in Plymouth, New England before 6 mar 1637/38 when he with others applied to be made a freeman of the colonly. He died about 1686. On 21 Jan 1639/40 he married Anne (called Sarah in the church records) Bourne. He is believed to have been the first religious teacher at Marshfield MA where on 5 May 1640 he was on a committee to measure some land. He sailed to Stratford CT in 1644. He was granted land at New London CT in 1652. About 1655 he settled on a farm at Smith Lake, Poquomock. He had many grants of land and raised sheep extensively. He wove cloth from the wool.

1. Mercy SMITH b. 22 Feb 1645, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; c. 14 Dec 1645; d. 1685, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; bur. 1681, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut.
2. Sarah SMITH b. Bef 14 Dec 1645, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; c. 14 Dec 1645; d. 25 Jul 1674, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; bur. Jul 1674, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut.
3. Hannah SMITH b. Bef 14 Dec 1645, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; c. 14 Dec 1645.
4. Mary SMITH b. Bef 14 Dec 1645, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; c. 14 Dec 1645; d. May 1705, New London County, Connecticut; bur. May 1705, New London County, Connecticut.
5. Nehemiah SMITH b. 15 Oct 1646, Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts; c. 24 Oct 1646; d. 8 Aug 1727, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut; bur. Aug 1727, New London County, Connecticut.
6. 7. Elizabeth SMITH b. 22 Feb 1647, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; d. 1 May 1712, New London County, Connecticut; bur. May 1712, Connecticut.
7. Ann SMITH b. 22 Feb 1647, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut.
8. Experience SMITH b. Abt 1653, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut.
9. Mehitable SMITH, , 9 b. 4 Jul 1655, Norwich Township, New London County, Connecticut; d. 14 Mar 1684, Norwich Township, New London County, Connecticut; bur. Mar 1684, Norwich Township, New London County, Connecticut.