Rachel (Starr) Avery (1705 - 1791)

Born 15 Sep 1705 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Raymond Denison — married 14 Nov 1726 in New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 4 Feb 1791 at age 85 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Rachel Starr, born 15 Sep 1705 @ Groton, Connecticut, was a daughter of Mercy Morgan & Thomas Starr.

She married 14 Nov 1726 in New London, Connecticut, Daniel Denison. They had 10 children, as profiled.

After the death of Daniel Denison (2 Feb 1748/49) Rachel married (2nd) on 21 Nov 1759 Ebenezer Avery.

Rachel (Starr) Denison died 4 Feb 1791 at Groton, Connecticut. She is buried in the Ledyard Cemetery in Groton.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave: Memorial #72999850.

• Morgan, Nathaniel Harris. Morgan Genealogy: A History of James Morgan, of New London, Conn. (Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1869) Page 24

• Denison Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison; E. Glenn Denison, Josephine M. Peck and Donald L. Jacobus; Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1993 [Originally published, Pequot Press 1963; Reprinted, Baltimore, MD 1978, 1982, 1993], no. 84: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/11/mode/1up

• "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch [(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:37ZT-5JQ] : accessed 2017-01-12), entry for Rachel Starr.

• Starr, Burgis. A History of the Starr Family of New England (The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn., 1879) p (17)

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 341 no. 82: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n363/mode/1up

• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com

• Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934. (Ancetstry.com) Died on Feb. 4, 1791, age 85. Spouse Ebenezer Avery.
• Barbour Collection p. 410. (Ancestry.com) Married Daniel Denison Nov. 14, 1726.
• Groton Vital Records, p. 69. (Vol. 1 p. 131.) Avery. Rachel, wife of Col Ebenezer Avery died Feb. 5, 1791.
• Groton Avery Clan. p. 162. She was Ebenezer's 2nd wife. Two of her children married two of his.