The Avery Family: The Ancestors and Descendants of Christopher Avery

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Maureen Alice Taylor
Newbury Street Press, 2004 - Reference - 112 pages
Christopher Avery, son of Christopher Avery and Joan, was born in about 1590 in Ipplepen, Devon, England. He married Margery Abraham Stevens, daughter of Robert Abraham, 28 August 1616 in Abbotskerwell, England. They had two children. Margery died in 1626. He married Alice Berdon, daughter of John Berdon, in 1630. He emigrated with his son, James, in about 1641 and settled in Gloucester, Massachusetts. James married Joanna Greenslade in 1643. They had nine children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Connecticut. Includes Bulkeley, Chesebrough, Minor, Potts and related families.

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New England Beckons
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Second Generation in America
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Avery Family and the Native Americans
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