When Hannah Avery was born on 7 October 1727, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Jonathan Avery, was 46 and her mother, Elizabeth Bill, was 42. She married Benjamin Brooks on 26 March 1744, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 5 January 1748, at the age of 20.
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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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