Alethea (Avery) Allyn (bef. 1714 - abt. 1776)

Born before 25 Jul 1714 in Groton, New London County, Colony of Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of James Allyn — married 17 Dec 1729 in Ledyard Center, Ledyard, New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died about Feb 1776 after about age 61 in Ledyard Center, Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Alethea Avery was baptized 25 July 1714 in Norwich First Church. She was the 5th child of Samuel Avery and Elizabeth Rainsford.

Note spelling of given name Alethea per The Groton Avery Clan. This contrasts with the name on her grave marker, Althea.

Alethea Avery married James Allyn 17 December 1729 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut Colony.^[1] They had 12 children, all born at Groton.

Althea (Avery) Allyn passed away circa Feb 1776 in Ledyard, New London County, Colony of Connecticut. Her grave is in Allyn-Spicer Cemetery, Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut, USA ^[2].

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Volume: Groton, page 9. (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB414/i/13152/9/234509254)
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #6477028

• The Groton Avery Clan (Avery & Avery, 1912), p. 135, 194, no. 112

https://archive.org/stream/grotonaveryclan01aver#page/135/mode/1up; https://archive.org/details/grotonaveryclan01aver/page/194/mode/1up

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 24 February 2021, 23:29), entry for Althea Avery (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L7QW-HJ6 )

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