Esther (Avery) Williams (1736 - 1814)

Born 14 Apr 1736 in Groton, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Williams — married 17 Mar 1757 in Groton, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 14 Aug 1814 at age 78 in Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Esther Avery, the first child of Christopher Avery Jr. (1709-1778) and Eunice (Prentice) Avery (1717-1796), was born in Groton, Connecticut on April 14, 1736 ^[1].

She married 17 Mar 1757 in Groton, Connecticut, Daniel Williams (1736-1818) ^[2]. They had 7 children:

1. Asa Williams (1758-1846)
2. Lucretia (Williams) Whelpley (1759-1796)
3. Daniel Williams (1762-); married 1) Martha Coles; 2) Miriam Hickox
4. Esther (Williams) Beach (1764-); married Rice Beach
5. Cyrus Williams (1767-1841); married 1) Fanny West; 2) Sarah Huntington
6. Prentice Williams (1773-); married 1) Clarissa I. Rogers; 2) Amelia West
7. Sarah (Williams) Walkley (1777-); married Simeon Walkley

This family moved to Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

Esther (Avery) Williams died 18 Aug 1814 at Stockbridge. Her grave is in Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA ^[3].

Sources

1. ↑ Barbour Collection, Connecticut Town Birth Records (pre-1870) - . (Ancestry on-line database), page 592
2. ↑ Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #94446841

• The Groton Avery Clan (Avery & Avery, 1912), p. 176, 280, no. 329: https://archive.org/details/grotonaveryclan01aver/page/176/mode/1up; https://archive.org/stream/grotonaveryclan01aver#page/280/mode/1up

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 206, no. 142: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n228/mode/1up

• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.