David
Avery
Born in Groton, New London, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of James Avery IV
and Elizabeth (Smith) Avery
Brother of
James Avery, Elizabeth (Avery) Starr, Peter Avery, Prudence Avery, Hannah Avery, John Avery and Aaron Avery
Husband of
Lydia (Lord) Perkins
— married
29 Jun 1763 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut
Died
at age 53
in Fort Griswold, Groton, New London, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Aug 2018
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Biography
David Avery served with Col William Ledyard's Co at Fort Griswold, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.
David was born 11 Feb 1727/28, son of James Avery and Elizabeth Smith.
Married 29 Jun 1763 @ Bozrah, CT, Lydia Lord (daughter of Eleazar & Zerviah Lord; bapt. 2 Dec 1733, first Church of Norwich, CT); they had no children
He was a member of the first Groton committee of inspection, Dec. 12, 1774; also on the committee, 1776 and 1777. He was on the committee to care for the families of soldiers and to obtain clothing for those in the field, 1777, 1778 and 1780. He was killed at Fort Griswold, Sept. 6, 1781, while defending the fort against British forces during the Revolutionary War [1]. His remains were buried in Poquonock burying-ground.
His memorial reads:
- In memory of
- David Avery, Esq.
- who having performed the endearing
- Offices of Friendship and Religion
- in Social Connection
- And usefully and honorably
- served the Public in various Characters
- Nobly risk'd his life in defence of
- Fort Griswold & American Freedom
- And fell a Victim to British Inhumanity
- Sept. 6, 1781, in the 54th
- Year of his Age.
Sources
- ↑ Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park Foundation, Inc., The Defenders, Killed, Wounded and Captured: https://www.fortgriswold.org/defenders-2/
- The Groton Avery Clan (Avery & Avery, 1912), p. 159, 242, no. 262: https://archive.org/details/grotonaveryclan01aver/page/159/mode/1up; https://archive.org/details/grotonaveryclan01aver/page/242/mode/1up
- Caulkins, Frances Manwaring. The Stone Records of Groton (Free Academy Press, Norwich, Conn., 1903) Page 79
- Find A Grave Index [1]
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Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup T2b5a, FTDNA kit #395953, MitoYDNA ID T17681 [compare]
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