Person:John Avery (34)
Rev. John Avery
b.4 Feb 1685/86 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.23 Apr 1754 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
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  • H.  Rev. John Avery1685/86 - 1754
  • W.  Ruth Little1686 - 1732
m. 23 Nov 1710
  1. John Avery1711 - 1796
  2. Rev. Ephraim Avery1713 - 1754
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  • H.  Rev. John Avery1685/86 - 1754
  • W.  Ruth Knowles1694 - 1745
m. 26 Jun 1734
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  • H.  Rev. John Avery1685/86 - 1754
  • W.  Mary (add)
m. 24 Jun 1748
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Name Rev. John Avery
Gender Male
Birth[1][4] 4 Feb 1685/86 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Christening[5] 27 Jun 1686 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 23 Nov 1710 to Ruth Little
Marriage 26 Jun 1734 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United Statesto Ruth Knowles
Marriage 24 Jun 1748 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary (add)
Death[2][3][4] 23 Apr 1754 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Dedham (Massachusetts). Town Clerk; Julius Herbert Tuttle; Benjamin Fisher; and Don Gleason Hill. The early records of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts. (Dedham, Massachusetts: Dedham Transcript Press, 1886-1936)
    1:22.

    1686. John, the son of Robert & Elizabeth Auery, was borne the 4 : 12.
    [This would normally be interpreted as 4 Feb 1686/87 except that reported baptism 27 Jun 1686 would imply it is really 4 Feb 1685/86].

  2. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest, and Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Vital Records of the Town of Truro, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1933)
    4.

    the Rev'nd mr John Avery the first Pastor of the Chh : of Christ In Truro dyed in Truro the twenty third day of April In ye year 1754 Recorded by Moses Paine town clerk.

  3. ↑ "Records from the Old North Cemetery, Truro, Mass.", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
    12:4.

    Avery, John, Rev., died 23 April, 1754, in his 69th year; in the 44th year of his ministry; the first pastor ordained in Truro.
    [Age 68, so born about 1686.]

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Carter, Jane G. Avery (Jane Greenough Avery), and Susie P. (Susan Perry) Holmes. Genealogical Record of the Dedham Branch of the Avery Family in America. (Plymouth, Mass.: Winslow W. Avery, 1893)
    82, 107-141.

    Rev. John Avery, 2nd son and fourth child of Robert Avery, born in Dedham, Feb. 4, 1685-6 [Note: this date comes from p. 117, typo on p. 82 gives date 4 Feb 1684/5]. Died of paralysis 23 Apr 1754. Married (1) 23 Nov 1710 Ruth Little [mother of all his children], d/o Ephraim Little and Mary Sturdevant, m. (2) 3 Jul 1733 [sic] Ruth Knowles, d/o Samuel Knowles and Mercy Freeman, m. (3) Boston 24 Jun 1748 Mrs. Mary Rotch, widow of William Rotch. Graduated Harvard 1706, ordained 1 Nov 1711.

  5. ↑ First Church (Dorchester, Massachusetts). Records of the First Church at Dorchester in New England, 1636-1734. (Boston, Massachusetts: G. H. Ellis, 1891)
    197.

    [16]86 John ye Sonne of Robert Avery of deadham baptized ye 27 4 86 [27 Jun 1686] by vertue of Com[m]union of Churches they haveing none to to administer y't ordinance.

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