When Robert Averill was born about 1745, in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States, his father, Captain Joseph Averill, was 27 and his mother, Mary Symonds, was 28. He married Anna in 1770, in Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He registered for military service in 1776. He died on 10 September 1828, in Shelburne, Chittenden, Vermont, United States, at the age of 84.
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English:
apparently from the name of the month (April), Middle English averil, Old French avrill, Latin aprīlis, perhaps with reference to freshness of temperament, or youth, or possibly to the changeable weather of the month.
perhaps occasionally a habitational name from Haverhill in Suffolk, with loss of initial H-. The placename derives from either Old English hæfera ‘oats’ or hæfer ‘he-goat’ + hyll ‘hill’. Compare Avery .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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