Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Avery was born about 1764, in Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, Charles Avery, was 34 and her mother, Mary Thompson, was 31. She died from 1753 to 1846.
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1772 · The Gaspee Affair
On June 9, 1772, colonists that are angry with the trade restrictions that Britain put them under, board the HMS Gaspee and set it ablaze. This was the first act of violence against the British on the North American continent.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English and Anglo-Norman French personal name Aevery, a Norman form of Alfred . Among the 17th-century Puritan settlers in New England, there was some confusion with Averill . Compare Averett .
Altered form of French Canadian Hévey (see Hevey ). Compare Avey 3.
History: Christopher Avery emigrated from England to Salem, MA, in or before 1630. — William Avery (alias Averill) was one of the Puritan settlers who emigrated from England to Ipswich, MA, in or c. 1637. — Some of the American bearers of the surname Avery are descendants of Nicolas Hévé/Devé from France, who was in QC by 1672 (see Hevey ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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