Job Averill (abt. 1671 - abt. 1726)

Born about 1671 in Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Preble) Averill — married 25 Apr 1701 in Boston, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 5 Jul 1726 at about age 55 in York County, Maine

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Biography

Job Averill was born at York, Maine, c1671, the son of Thomas Averill and Frances Collins; died there, 5 Jul 1726; married at Boston, 25 Apr 1700, Mary Preble, daughter of Joseph Preble of England, Scituate and York about 1701, the marriage rites being performed by Cotton Mather. She died at York before 16 Oct 1745. ^[1]

Children, all born at York: ^[2]

1. MARY b. Dec. 11, 1701.
2. Joseph, b. Oct. 24, 1704; unm.; d. Nov. 16, 1723-4, at York, aged 19 yrs.
3. Lydia S b. Jan. 26, 1706-7; d. Oct. 14, 1723, aged 16 yrs.
4. Samuel, b. Apr. 18, 1709; m. Edith Hutchins.
5. Job, jr., b. Mar. 2, 1710-1; unm.; d. Sept. 21, 1732, at York. His Estate was administered by his brother Samuel
6. Abigail, b. Feb. 10, 1713-4; m. John Matthews. Both were living at N. Yarmouth, Me., Oct. 6, 1747 (see York Deeds, Alfred, Me.).
7. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 8, 1715-6.

Research Notes

A lot of info can be found here: Averill Family Project]

Father might be William Averill?^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Avery, Clara Arlette, The Averell-Averill-Avery family : a Record of the Descendants of William and Abigail Averell of Ipswich, Mass., in Two Volumes (Evangelical Publishing House, Cleveland, Ohio, 1914) Vol. 1, pp. 145-146
2. ↑ Avery, op. cit., pp. 148-149
3. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/lineagebookofnat14wash/lineagebookofnat14wash_djvu.txt

• Birth and date of death, York County Maine Records.
• Marriage date Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Ancestry.com
• Lineage book of the National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America https://archive.org/stream/lineagebookofnat14wash/lineagebookofnat14wash_djvu.txt
• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F43H-8SH : 14 January 2020), Job Averill in entry for Joseph Averill, 1704.
• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F43H-8S6 : 14 January 2020), Job Averill, 1710.
• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F43H-898 : 14 January 2020), Job Averill in entry for Abigail Averill, 1713.
• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F43H-89X : 14 January 2020), Job Averill in entry for Elisabeth Averill, 1715.
• "Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DQ-K9Y : 16 January 2020), Job Averil, 1726.