Sarah (Avery) Adgate (1769 - abt. 1822)

Born 26 Sep 1769 in Montville, Connecticut

Ancestors

Died about 21 Dec 1822 at about age 53 in Montville, Connecticut, United States of America

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Biography

Sarah Avery, born 26 Sep 1769 at Montville, Connecticut, was the fourth child of Thomas Avery (1730-1815) and his first wife, Sarah (Miner or Mason, uncertain).

She married Asahel Adgate [b. 2 Sep 1767 @ Montville, Connecticut, son of Thomas Adgate IV (1734-1777) & Ruth (Leffingwell) Adgate (1736-aft.1786)]. They had 6 children, born at Montville:

1. Thomas Avery Adgate, b. 2 Jan 1791; married Lois Perkins; d. Mar 1875
2. Mary Hart Adgate, b. 31 May 1794; married Jedediah Willett
3. Anna Adgate, b. 22 Oct 1796
4. Ruth L. Adgate, b. 15 Jun 1798
5. Sarah M. Adgate, b. 15 Jun 1798; married Marvin Baker
6. Caroline L. Adgate, b. 25 Jun 1810; married George Bradford

Sarah (Avery) Adgate died at Montville, Connecticut, however the date is equivocal. The Avery genealogy published it to be 28 Jul 1821, however her online grave memorial presents it as 21 Dec 1822, based upon the inscription carved into her grave marker ^[1]. Her grave is in Raymond Hill Cemetery, Oakdale, New London County, Connecticut, USA.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #46988957

• The Groton Avery Clan (Avery & Avery, 1912), p. 197, 311, no. 429: https://archive.org/details/grotonaveryclan01aver/page/197/mode/1up; https://archive.org/stream/grotonaveryclan01aver#page/311/mode/1up