Asa Avery

Brief Life History of Asa

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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Family Time Line

Asa Avery
1721–1789
Lucretia Williams
1723–1790
Benajah Avery
1743–1811
Zipporah Avery
1746–1804
Lucretia Avery
1748–1761
Edward Avery
1750–1752
Eunice Avery
1750–1752
Asa Avery
1752–1753
Asa Avery
1754–1754
Esther Avery
1756–
Major Daniel Avery
1758–1822
Mary Avery
1760–1855
David Avery
1762–1823
Edward Avery
1764–1786

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    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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