When Asa Avery was born in 1752, in Groton, New London, Connecticut, United States, his father, Asa Avery, was 31 and his mother, Lucretia Williams, was 29. He died on 4 January 1753, in his hometown, at the age of 1.
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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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