Benjamin AVERY

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From various documents we learn that he lived at Norwich and at Preston, in that part now called Griswold. October 24, 1750, his father deeded to him certain land, through love (Norwich Deeds, 12:112), Feb. 8, 1754, Benjamin Avery, with his sisters, Tabitha and Lucy, and their husbands, deeded land to their brother, Joseph Avery (Norwich Deeds, 13:1). Benjamin Avery served in Capt. Ebenezer Billing's company from April 9th to Dec. 10th, 1756, at Fort William Henry; also in Capt. John Perkin's reg't which was raised in 1757 for the relief of Fort William henry and marched from Norwich (French and Indian War Rolls, 1:107, 236).

In his will, made May 27, 1776, he mentioned wife, Elizabeth; sons, Roger, Benjamin, and Gardner; daughters, Hannah Mills and Lucy Avery. The will was probated July 1, 1776; a partial settlement was made May 10, 1779 (Norwich Wills, 6:383). May 4, 1781, Elizabeth Avery, widow of Benjamin Avery, made application to the probate court that "Freeholders may be appointed to divide & Set out her dower or Thirds." Feb. 11, 1783, Elizabeth Avery widow, and Roger, her son, sold certain lands in Pachaug (Griswold) to Nathan Taylor (Norwich Deeds, 20:335).

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Gardner Avery was a Revolutionary soldier; marched to Roxbury, 1775, where he remained until the British left Boston, when he went to New York; re-enlisted in 1776, under Capt. Ball, Col. Larned; was in the siege of New York; was a pensioner under the law of 1818 (Conn. Men in the Rev'n, and Pension Application). He was a farmer at Monson, Mass., but moved to Sauquoit, New York in 1810.

Family/Spouse: Ama NEWELL. Ama was born on 26 Jun 1756; died on 27 Dec 1831. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]