Rebecca (Stevens) Avery (1748 - abt. 1792)

Born 1748 in Montville, New London County, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Abraham Avery — married 27 Nov 1771 in Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died about 4 Sep 1792 at about age 44 in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Identity of parents: Two of the sons of Benjamin Stevens and Dorothy Olmsted did not have children. The distribution of the estates of those two sons establish Rebecca Stevens wife of Abraham Avery as a member of this family.

Epaphras Stevens did not marry, and distribution of his estate was made to his brothers and sisters on 25 September 1778: Benjamin Stevens, George Stevens, Alice wife of Matthew Miller, Rebekah wife of Abraham Avery, Isaac Stevens, William Stevens, and Dorothy Stevens.^[1] Son Benjamin Stevens (son of Benjamin Stevens and Dorothy Olmsted) did not marry, and his estate was administered by William Stevens of Glastonbury and Isaac Stevens of Weathersfield with bond made 12 March 1788. The distribution of the estate included heirs-at-law William Stevens, George Stevens, Isaac Stevens, Alice Miller wife of Matthew Miller, Rebecah Avery wife of Abraham Avery, and Dorothy Stevens.^[2]

REBECCA STEVENS, b. at Glastonbury, 1748 daughter of Benjamin and Dorothy (Olmsted) Stevens; d. at Glastonbury, 4 Sep 1792; m. at Glastonbury, 27 Nov 1771, ABAHAM AVERY, b. at Montville, CT, 18 Jul 1744 son of Abraham and Jane (Hill) Avery; Abraham d. at Glastonbury, 24 May 1817.

Abraham Avery was a tanner and saddler. The family lived in Montville, Bolton, and Glastonbury, Connecticut.^[3] Rebecca Stevens and Abraham Avery were parents of nine children.

i WILLIAM STEVENS AVERY, b. at Montville, 1773; d. 1830. William did not marry.^[4]

ii ASHBEL STEVENS AVERY, b. at Montville, 8 May 1775; d. at Shoreham, VT, 29 Mar 1829; m. at Becket, MA, 12 Aug 1800, EUNICE ALLEN, b. 1776 whose parents are not identified;^[5] Eunice d. at Spring Arbor, MI, 17 Oct 1854. Eunice was living with her daughter Sarah and her husband David Chapel at Spring Arbor in 1850.^[6]

iii NATHAN AVERY, b. at Montville, 23 Jan 1777; d. at Hudson, NY, 30 Dec 1834; m. at Glastonbury, 1803, his first cousin, SARAH MILLER, b. at Glastonbury, 22 Aug 1775 daughter of Matthew and Alice (Stevens) Miller;^[7] Sarah d. at Pennfield, MI, 6 Jan 1851. Sarah was living in Pennfield in 1850 with her daughter Sarah Maria Avery with her.^[8]

iv ANNA AVERY, b. at Montville, 24 Jun 1780; d. at East Hampton, CT, 19 Jun 1851; m. 13 Nov 1800, ISAAC BEVIN, b. 11 Oct 1773 son of Isaac and Sarah (Clark) Bevin; Isaac d. at East Hampton, 8 May 1870.

v ABRAHAM AVERY, b. at Montville, 22 Jun 1782; d. at Wilbraham, MA, 8 Oct 1853; m. 1st at Wilbraham, 20 Oct 1808, ELIZABETH BLISS, b. at Wilbraham, 29 Jan 1788 daughter of Abel and Elizabeth (Bartlett) Bliss; Elizabeth d. at Wilbraham, 27 Dec 1851. Abraham m. 2nd at Wilbraham, 6 May 1852, CORDELIA BELINDA BREWER, b. at Wilbraham, 5 Aug 1805 daughter of William and Jemima (Bliss) Brewer; Cordelia d. at Wilbraham, 15 Nov 1877.

vi REBECCA AVERY, baptized at Bolton, CT, 3 Jan 1784; d. at Gray, ME, 16 Jul 1805; m. 14 Oct 1804, DAVID YALE, b. at Norwich, 9 Apr 1781 son of Joseph and Lydia (Sanger) Yale; David d. at Leicester, NY, 19 Jun 1827. David married second Olive Woodman on 8 Feb 1807.

vii DOLLY AVERY, b. about 1785; m. at East Hampton, 31 May 1804, Maj. GEORGE SELLEW, b. at Glastonbury, 27 Jul 1773 son of John and Sarah (Smith) Sellew; George d. at Savannah, GA, 19 Jul 1821.^[9]

viii SAMUEL AVERY, b. at Bolton, 1786

ix THOMAS AVERY, b. about 1788; d. (burial at Glastonbury), 14 Feb 1819.

Connecticut Deaths and Burials

Name Rebecca Stevens Avery

Gender Female Burial Place Connecticut, U.S.A.

Death Date 1792

Birth Date 1748

Marital Status Married

Spouse's Name Abraham Avery ^[10]

Memorial

Rebecca Stevens Avery

Birth: 1748

Death: Sep. 4, 1792 Glastonbury Hartford County Connecticut, USA

Family links:

Spouse: Abraham Avery (1744 - 1817)*

Children:

Anna Avery Bevin (1780 - 1851)*

Abraham Avery (1782 - 1853)*

Rebecca Avery Yale (1784 - 1805)*

Thomas Avery (1788 - 1819)*

• Calculated relationship

Burial: Green Cemetery Glastonbury Hartford County Connecticut, USA

Created by: Frank & Shirley Hankins (Credit) Record added: Nov 07, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 16538963 ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut Wills and Probate, Hartford, Town of Glastonbury, Estate of Epaphras Stevens, Case 5213.
2. ↑ Connecticut Wills and Probate, Hartford, Town of Glastonbury, East Windsor District, Estate of Benjamin Stevens, Case 2916
3. ↑ Avery, E. M., & Avery, C. H. (1912). The Groton Avery Clan, Volume I. Cleveland, OH: Privately printed. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/grotonaveryclan01aver, p 199
4. ↑ Avery, E. M., & Avery, C. H. (1912). The Groton Avery Clan, Volume I. Cleveland, OH: Privately printed. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/grotonaveryclan01aver, p 199
5. ↑ Eunice has been reported as the daughter of Jonas and Ruth (Jones) Allen; however, the daughter Eunice of Jonas and Ruth was born in 1766 and was wife of David Taft which can be established by the 1822 probate of Jonas Allen which includes heirs Eunice and David Taft. Worcester County, MA Probate, Case 1358
6. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Spring Arbor, Jackson, Michigan; Roll: 352; Page: 234a
7. ↑ The 1819 probate of Matthew Miller of Glastonbury includes a distribution to daughter Sarah Avery; Connecticut Wills and Probate, Hartford District, Town of Glastonbury, Estate of Matthew Miller
8. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Pennfield, Calhoun, Michigan; Roll: 348; Page: 174b
9. ↑ U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930
10. ↑ [("Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7N5-6P2 : 3 December 2014), Abraham Avery in entry for Rebecca Stevens Avery, 1792; citing , reference v16,p29; FHL microfilm 3,334.)]
11. ↑ [(http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16538963)]

• Pedigree Resource File. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MWBT-PC1 : accessed 2016-05-17),

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