Born in Groton, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ebenezer Avery II
and Phebe (Denison) Fish
Wife of
William Morgan
— married
7 Jan 1784 in Groton, Connecticut
Descendants 
Mother of
Lucy Morgan, William Morgan, Phebe (Morgan) Hussey, Polly (Morgan) Williams, Elias Morgan, Erastus Morgan, Dudley Morgan, Elisha Morgan, Elizabeth (Morgan) Avery, Ebenezer Morgan and Frederick Denison Morgan
Died
at age 78
in Collins, Erie County, New York
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Dec 2014
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Biography
Lucy Avery was born 24 Apr 1766. She was the second child of Ebenezer Avery and Phebe Denison of Groton, Connecticut.
She married 7 Jan 1784 @ Groton, Connecticut, William Morgan [b. 7 Sep 1758 @ Groton, Connecticut, son of Mary (Walsworth) & Solomon Morgan; d. 21 Sep 1840]. They had 11 children; their first seven were born at Groton, the others at Scipio and Collins, New York, where they resided in close proximity to extended family:
- Lucy Morgan (1784-1809); unmarried
- William Morgan (1785-); married Rebecca Bacon; d. 12 Apr 1827 @ Collins, NY
- Phebe (Morgan) Hussey (1787-); married Reuben Hussey; d. 8 Jun 1855 @ N. Collins, NY
- Polly (Morgan) Williams (1789-); married Russell Williams; d. abt. 1859 @ Parkman, OH
- Elias Morgan (1791-); married 1) Lydia (Avery) Morgan (1805-1831); 2) Julia (Avery) (Spaulding (1793-1853); d. 26 Mar 1880 @ N. Collins, NY
- Erastus Morgan (1793-1865); married Nancy (Spaulding) (1815-1901); d. 28 Feb 1865 in Crawford County, PA
- Dudley Morgan (1795-); married Ann Shaw; d. 1832 in Ohio
- Elisha Morgan (1797-); married Celina R. Town
- Elizabeth (Morgan) Avery (abt.1800-1871); married Abel Franklin Avery (1806-1887)
- Ebenezer Morgan (1803-); married Rebecca Maria (Spaulding) (1813-1872)
- Frederick Denison Morgan (1806-); married Fidelia Ann White
Lucy (Avery) Morgan passed away in Collins, New York, 20 Jul 1844.
Sources
- The Groton Avery Clan (Avery & Avery, 1912), p. 249, 387 no. 694: https://archive.org/stream/grotonaveryclan01aver#page/249/mode/1up; https://archive.org/stream/grotonaveryclan01aver#page/387/mode/1up
- 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. 827: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/29/mode/1up
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lucy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lucy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lucy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lucy:
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~0.78%
Melanie (Corner) Patt-Corner
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23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member MPattCorner
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~0.78%
Andrew Spencer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A816415 [compare], Ancestry member AndrewHSpencer
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~0.78%
C Hakes :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T122619 [compare], FTDNA kit #399114
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