Born in Groton, New London, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Theophilus Avery I
and Elizabeth (Billings) Avery
Sister of
Elizabeth (Avery) Williams, James Avery, Abigail (Avery) Leonard, Sarah (Avery) Brewster and Theophilus Avery II
Wife of
Roswell Parke
— married
18 Apr 1753 (to 1762) in Stonington, Connecticut
Wife of
Joseph Brewster II
— married
after 1764 [location unknown]
Wife of
Silas Parke
— married
after 8 Apr 1779 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Desire (Parke) Edgecomb, Asael Parke, Roswell Parke, Content (Park) Bill, Deborah (Brewster) Avery and Sarah Parke
Died
at age 93
in Preston, New London, Connecticut, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Mar 2015
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Biography
Deborah AVERY was born 27 May 1735 in Groton, New London, Connecticut. She was the second child of Theophilus Avery and Elizabeth Billings.
She married first, 18 Apr 1753 @ Stonington, Connecticut, Roswell Parke [son of Robert & Elizabeth (Benjamin) Parke; bapt. Sept. 26, 1731, First Church of Preston; d. 1762 in expedition to Havana]. They had 4 children:
- Desire (Parke) Edgecomb (1754-1826), b. 9 Jun 1754; married David Edgecomb
- Asael Parke (1756-1805), b. 9 Mar 1756; married Prudence Stanton
- Roswell Parke (1758-1847), b. 1 Jul 1758; married 1) Eunice Starkweather; 2) Mrs. Sarah Maynard Bellows; 3) Mabel Williams
- Content (Park) Bill (1760-1845), b. 4 Feb 1760; married Benajah Bill
After the loss of her husband during the British expedition vs. Spain at Havana, Deborah married second, to Joseph Brewster (his second wife). He died 10 Jul 1775.
Debora married third, 8 Apr 1779 @ Preston, Connecticut, Silas Parke [son of Hezekiah & Margery (Dyke) Parke, b. 10 Mar 1726 @ Preston, CT], as his second wife. They had one child:
- Sarah Parke (1780-), b. 1 Jan 1780
Deborah (Avery) (Parke) (Brewster) Parke died 10 Feb 1829 at Preston. She is buried at Brewster's Neck Cemetery, Preston, New London, Connecticut [1].
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #18553942
- The Groton Avery Clan (Avery & Avery, 1912), p. 165, 252, no. 280: https://archive.org/details/grotonaveryclan01aver/page/251/mode/1up
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~3.12%
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