Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Avery was born about 1545, in Burwash, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Avery, was 20 and her mother, Madam Avery, was 22. She married Simon Conny in 1562, in Burwash, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 30 December 1628, in her hometown, at the age of 84, and was buried in Burwash, Sussex, England, United Kingdom.
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- England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
- East Sussex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
- Geneanet Community Trees Index
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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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