The AVERY Family |
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The history of my Avery family in New England starts with Christopher and his son James. Christopher was born in Salisbury, England, about 1590. He was a weaver by trade. He cameto this country in 1630 on the Arabella, was located first in Gloucester, Mass., where he was selectman in 1646, 1652 and 1654. On June 29, 1692, at a court in Salem, he took the freeman's oath, and was chosen clerk of the band, constable, and clerk of the market. His wife did not come to this country. In 1658, he sold his lands in Gloucester and bought a small lot in Boston. He stayed there only a few years. March 22, 1663, he sold this land and soon followed his son James, to Conn. On Aug. 8, 1665 he bought a house and orchard in New London. He was getting old by this time, about 75, and asked in June 1667, to be exempt from watch and training. He was made a freeman of that town, Oct. 1669 and he died March 12, 1670. His only son Capt. James Avery was born about 1620. He also lived in Gloucester for several years. Some time in the fall of 1650, when the Rev. Blinman, who was their minister in Gloucester, was preparing to become minster to the Pequot Plantation, a number of his friends decided to move with him, Capt. James was among them. In 1676, he was captain of one of the four companies which protected the frontier, and for twenty-three years an officer of the town, and twelve times deputy to the General Court, 1656-80; also an Assisting judge in the Prerogative Court, and was most prominent in matters relating to the church, as references to him in such connections are numerous. |
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