Family of Thomas Minor

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1. THOMAS⁴ MINOR (CLEMENT³ MYNER, THOMAS², WILLIAM¹)^1,2 was born April 23, 1608 in Chew Magna, Somerset, England, and died October 23, 1690 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He married GRACE PALMER April 23, 1634 in Charlestown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of WALTER PALMER and ELIZABETH BREWSTER. She was born May 09, 1612 in Yetminster, Dorset, England, and died October 31, 1690 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

Notes for THOMAS MINOR:

HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 507, 466, 467.

THOMAS MINOR DESCENDANTS, by John Augustus Miner, pp. 15, 17.

He embarked for the Colonies aboard the Lyon's Whelp, sailing from Gravesend, EN on 25 Apr 1629, and arrived at Salem, MA in the middle of July 1629.

Very shortly after his arrival in Salem (then called Pequot harbor),there was a serious outbreak of Typhus, and Thomas moved on to Watertown. His stay there was brief also; from Watertown, Thomas moved on to Charlestown where in 1632 he became a founder of the First Church, his name appearing 34th on the roll. Two years later was granted four acres of land at the line of Newtown (now Cambridge), and by 1637 owned a 10 acre plot.

On 4 March 1633/34, Thomas was made a freeman, and on 23 April 1632 he married Grace Palmer, daughter of Walter Palmer of Charlestown. Two years leter in 1636 the young couple moved once again settling in Hingham, MA, where they remained until 1645.

In 1645 Thomas joined John Winthrop Jr.'s colony of Massachusetts Puritains in the settlement of New London, Conn.

WALTER PALMER, by Doris Palmer Buys, page 48, 49. 50.

TM was appointed military sergent; and was one of the first deputies to the General Court from his area, in 1650 and 1651. In May of 1649 by Colonial appointment he served as a magistrate, or justice, in the Town of New London and thereafter when he resided in Stonington he held these same positions representing that Town.

In 1652 TM took up a tract of land east of and adjoining the Wequetequock Cove, on which he erected a house in the area which became known as Stonington.

Grace and Thomas Minor apparently removed to Stonington after the birth of their 9th child, Samuel, who was born 4 mar 1653/3 in New London; their 10th and last child, Hannah, was born 15 Sept 1655 in Stonington.

By the arrival there in 1653 of Grace's father, Walter Palmer, the town was firmly established and thus the foursome, William Chesebrough, Thomas Stanton, Thomas Minor and Walter Palmer, became forever known as the "founders of Stonington".

TM was captain of the Stonington Militia in 1665 and a lieutenant in the Narragansett Campaign of King Phillip's War in 1675-76 and took part in the "Swamp Fight" near Kingstown, RI. In Stonington he received grants of acreage which were given to those who had performed distinguished public service; his land there totalled at least 150 acres.

He was Chief Military officer of the Mystic Trainband in July 1665. He previously had been granted 200 acres of land in Pequot (New London) by the Court. He was selected Commissioner in dealings with the Indians and settlers inasmuch as he had mastered the language of the Indians so he could act as interpreter in dealings between them and the white settlers.

ONE BRANCH OF THE MINER FAMILY, by Lillian Lounsberry (Miner)Selleck, page 4.

A PLANTING OF NEW ENGLAND, by John A. Miner, p. 21.

Thomas Minor died at Stonington, CT, on 23 Oct 1690. He is buried in the Wequetequock Cemetery. Lying on his grave there is a long granit rock with an inscription reading;

"Here lyeth the body of Lieutenant Thomas Minor aged 83 years. Departed 1690."

Nearby stands a monument commemorating his services to Stonington and that of his associates Chesebrough, Stanton and Palmer. Grace, wife of Thomas, died 31 December 1690.

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Sources: Thre Great Migration Begins; The Groton Avery Clan; The Averys of Groton.

Migration: Has five pages on Thomas and his family, beginning on page 1262. Lists his 10 children.

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1. Thomas was baptized "Thomas Mynor".

2. The ancestry of Thomas Minor, or Myner (1608) presents a major problem for some. The "Heraldical Essay Upon the Surname of Miner" was accepted as authentic for over 300 years. This manuscript is held by the Connecticut Historical Society. It is a work of art, but probably is a work of creativity. Research in 1979 failed to substantiate it. Therefore, all claimed ancestors of Thomas prior to those listed below are at best questionable:

Clement Myner -- father

Thomas Myner -- grandfather

William Myner -- great-grandfather

3. Thomas, the immigrant, spelled his name "Minor" when he arrived in the colonies in the "Lyon's Whelp" June 14, 1630. When he later received the "Essay", for some time he changed the spelling to "Miner" to conform to the spelling in the "Essay". Some of the descendants changed the spelling, some didn't. Spelling frequently changed back and forth. He apparently finally settled for "Minor" as his gravestone, mentioned below, indicates.

4. Thomas was of Charlestown, Massachusetts 1632. He was one of the church founders in Frothingham and Budington, freeman March 4, 1634, removed to Pequot, New London in 1643 and then to Stonington soon after 1645 where he was Deputy to the General Court 1650. William Chesebrough induced him to join William in 1652 and Thomas removed to Mystic in 1653 where he spent the rest of his days. He is buried with his wife under a large wolf stone from his house, on which is cut:

"Here lyes the body of Liutenant Thomas Minor aged 83 -- departed 1690"

5. Thomas was successively Magistrate, Deputy, Selectman, Chief Military Officer and Town Clerk. As Captain of Militia he did good service in the Indian Wars.

6. General and President Ulysses S. Grant is a lineal descendant through Thomas' son, John Miner.

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More About THOMAS MINOR:

Burial: Wequetequock Burying Ground, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut

Notes for GRACE PALMER:

HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 507.

WALTER PALMER, by Doris Palmer Buys, page 44.

THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, THE AVERYS OF GROTON.

VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON, CT., Vol. 1, page 78.

Minor, Grace, Mrs., d. Dec. 31, 1690.

REFERENCES: Genealogy:PG/p. 20---Dr. BS{/p. 2---PF/pp. 9, 10---Savage/Vol. 3, p. 216---HIST. STON./1916, pp. 466, 507.

Grace Palmer was born in England between 1608 and 1610. She became a member of the First Church in Charlestown, Middlesex Co., MA on 1 Jun 1632 with her father and setep-mother, Rebecca. She married Thomas Minor who was born in Chew Magna, Sommerset Co., England on 23 Apr 1608. He came in John Winthrop's fleet which landed at Capt Ann, now Salem, Essex Co., MA on 12 Jun 1630.

Thomas Minor received lot 18 in the first division of land at Mystic side, now Charlestown, MA. on the sixth of the first month 1637. His future father-in-law Walter Palmer, receiving lot 15. From Charlestown Thomas Minor migrated, first to Hingham, where four of his children were born and thence to Stonington, New London Co., CT. where he bought a large tract of land lying on the border of Wequetequock Cove, in 1652. He thereon built his house. In 1645 he went to New London, CT, where he had a grant of one home lot and built a house, but sold the whole to settle at his final abode in Stonington, where he met with some difficulty. By the fact that a grant of three hundred acres of land from the town of New London to Governor Haynes and sold later to his father-in-law being found to cover Thomas Minor's lot. He, however, signed the coveyance, qualitfing it by the reservation that he should inhabit the place until he should have time to erect another dwelling at Mistupet, he held a very prominent place in all the stirring events which ensued in the settlement of this plantation where he died 23 Oct 1690. Grace also died in Oct 1690, and is said to have been born in the same year as her husband. A long stone of rough granite lies in the Ancient Burial Ground at Wequetequock, hwich bears the inscription "Here Lyeth the Body of Lieut. Thomas Miner, aged eighty three years, departed 1690". Thomas Minor and family located themselves at Quimbog and at Tongwonk.

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More About GRACE PALMER:

Burial: Wequetequock Burying Ground, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut

More About THOMAS MINOR and GRACE PALMER:

Marriage: April 23, 1634, Charlestown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts

Children of THOMAS MINOR and GRACE PALMER are:

i. JOHN⁵ MINOR³, b. August 30, 1636, Charlestown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. September 17, 1719, Woodbury, Connecticut; m. ELIZABETH BOOTH, October 19, 1658, Connecticut.

More About JOHN MINOR and ELIZABETH BOOTH:

Marriage: October 19, 1658, Connecticut

ii. CLEMENT MINOR³, b. Bef. March 04, 1638/39; d. October 08, 1700, New London, New London Co., Connecticut; m. FRANCES BURCHAM, November 26, 1662, Hingham, Plymouth, MA; b. Abt. 1640, Lynn, Essex, MA.

Notes for CLEMENT MINOR:

Clement died 8 Oct 1700 and is buried in the Olde Burying Yard in New London CT with a plain, rough shaped granite stone lying flat on a foundation, marked simply, "C M 1700".

More About CLEMENT MINOR:

Burial: Olde Burying Yard, New London, New London Co., Connecticut

Christening: March 04, 1637/38, Hingham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts

More About CLEMENT MINOR and FRANCES BURCHAM:

Marriage: November 26, 1662, Hingham, Plymouth, MA

iii. JR. THOMAS MINOR³, b. Bef. May 10, 1640; d. April 1662, Narragansett, Rhode Island.

More About JR. THOMAS MINOR:

Christening: May 10, 1640, Hingham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts

iv. EPHRAIM MINOR ³, b. April 27, 1642; d. May 16, 1724, Narragansett, New London Co., Connecticut; m. HANNAH AVERY³, June 20, 1666, New London, New London Co., Connecticut; b. October 11, 1644, New London, New London Co., Connecticut; d. August 22, 1721, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

v. JOSEPH MINOR³, b. Bef. August 25, 1644, Hingham, Plymouth County, MA; d. February 01, 1711/12, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; m. (1) MARY AVERY, October 23, 1668, New London, New London Co., Connecticut; b. February 29, 1647/48, New London, New London Co., Connecticut; d. February 02, 1707/08, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; m. (2) BRIDGET CHESEBROUGH, December 07, 1709, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; b. March 15, 1668/69, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; d. November 28, 1720, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

Notes for JOSEPH MINOR:

Sources: The Groton Avery Clan; National Society, Daughters of Colonial

Wars.

Clan: Joseph Minor, baptized 25 Aug. 1644 at Hingham, MA. Lived at

Stonington, farmer and physician, served in King Philip's War.

Col. Wars: Joseph Miner.

More About JOSEPH MINOR:

Burial: Taugwonk Cemetery, No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut

Christening: August 25, 1644, Hingham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts

Notes for MARY AVERY:

THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. Found in the DAR Library, Washington DC. Page 102.

Was born Feb. 19, 1648, at Gloucester, Mass. She married Oct 23, 1668, at New London, Conn., Joseph Minor, son of Thomas and Grace (Palmer) Minor, of Stonington, Conn. He was baptized Aug. 25, 1644, at Hingham, Mass. He lived at Stonington and was a farmer and physician. He became a freeman 1669; deputy to the general court, 1696, 1706; selectman, 1694-98, 1704, 1709, 1719. He served in King Philip war and for his services received arable land cedar swamp in Voluntown.

Thomas Minor records in his diary, March, 1667/8: "wensday the 18, we made an End between Jossepth and Marie Averie."

On the Stonington town books in the following:

Joseph, son of Thomas Minor and Marie, daughter of James Averie of New London, married the 23d of October [1668] by Lieut. James Averie.

Joseph Minor and his wife, Marie, were admitted to the church at Stonington, April 11, 1675. She died Feb. 2, 1708, at Stonington. Dec 7, 1709, he married Bridget Chesebrough, widow of William Thompson, by whom he had a daughter, Bridget, who was bap. In March, 1711, and m. Nov. 4, 1730, at Stonington, Jonathan Chesebrough. Joseph Minor died Feb. 1, 1711/2, at Stonington. He was buried beside his wife Marie, at Taugwonk.

Sources: Savage; Groton Avery Clan; Averys of Groton; National Society,

Daughters of Colonial Wars.

AG: Mary Avery. Married Joseph Miner Oct. 28, 1668, in New London. Seven

children.

Savage: Mary Avery, born 19 Feb. 1648.

Clan: Marie Avery, born 19 Feb. 1648 at Gloucester, MA; died 2 Feb. 1708 at

Stonington. Married Joseph Minor of Stonington 23 Oct. 1668. On the New London

record of births, her name was spelled Mary. On later records it was spelled

Marie.

More About JOSEPH MINOR and MARY AVERY:

Marriage: October 23, 1668, New London, New London Co., Connecticut

Notes for BRIDGET CHESEBROUGH:

AMERICAN MARRIAGE RECORDS BEFORE 1699, page 210.

More About BRIDGET CHESEBROUGH:

Christening: November 15, 1674

More About JOSEPH MINOR and BRIDGET CHESEBROUGH:

Marriage: December 07, 1709, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut

vi. JUDAH MINOR, b. 1646.

vii. MANASSEH MINOR³, b. April 23, 1647, New London, New London Co., Connecticut; d. August 12, 1720, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; m. LYDIA MOORE; b. October 06, 1645, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

More About MANASSEH MINOR:

Burial: Wequetequock Burying Ground, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut

viii. ANN MINOR³, b. April 28, 1649, New London, New London Co., Connecticut; d. August 13, 1652, New London, New London Co., Connecticut.

ix. MARIA MINOR³, b. May 05, 1651, New London, New London Co., Connecticut; d. January 24, 1665/66, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

x. EUNICE MINOR, b. May 05, 1651.

xi. SAMUEL MINOR³, b. March 04, 1651/52, New London, New London Co., Connecticut; d. 1682; m. MARIA LORD, December 15, 1681.

More About SAMUEL MINOR and MARIA LORD:

Marriage: December 15, 1681

xii. ELIZABETH MINOR, b. 1653, Stonington, New London Co., CT.

xiii. HANNAH MINOR³, b. September 15, 1655, New London, New London Co., Connecticut; d. 1692, Montville, New London Co., Connecticut; m. THOMAS AVERY³, October 22, 1677, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; b. May 06, 1651, New London, New London Co., Connecticut; d. January 05, 1736/37, Montville, New London Co., Connecticut.

Notes for HANNAH MINOR:

VITAL RECORDS OF NEW LONDON, NEW LONDON CO., CONN.

Hannah Myner, daughter of Thomas and Grace Miner - born ye 15th of Sept. 1655.

VITAL RECORDS OF NEW LONDON, NEW LONDON CO., CONN.

Thomas Avery sonn of Capt. James Avery was marryed unto Hannah daughter of Thomas Miner of Stonington the 22nd of October 1677.

THE HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 467.

THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Avery & Avery, page 103.

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Sources: The Groton Avery Clan; Montville; National Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars; The Great Migration Begins.

Clan: Hannah Minor, born 15 Sept. 1655 at Stonington, to Lt. Thomas and Grace (Palmer) Minor. Died about 1692.

Montville: Hannah Miner, had six children: Thomas, Samuel, Ephraim, Hannah, Jonathan and Abraham.

Migration: Hannah Minor, born Stonington 15 Sept. 1655 and married 22 Oct. 1672 to Thomas Avery. She was the youngest of 10 children. Named in her father's will.

Notes for THOMAS AVERY:

THE HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Richard A. Wheeler, page 202.

THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. Found in the DAR Library, Washington DC. Pages 78 & 103 & 104.

He was in King Philip's War and was a successful Indian interpreter. During the latter part of his life he removed to Montville, Conn.

Thomas-3 Avery may have for a short time at Stonington, but most of his life was spent at New London, forst on the east side of the river in what is now Groton, and later in the North Parish, now called Montville. May 12, 1681, he was made a freeman of New London; May, 1693, he was commissioned captain of the train band on the east side of the river, New London; in 1694, he was deputy ot the general court.

It is evident that James Avery and Thomas Minor had a clear understanding concerning the marriage portions to be given to their children. One the twenty-sixth of December, 1677, Captain James Avery and his wife, Joanna, executed a deed which was owned and subscribed before Thomas Minor as commissioner. The deed ran as follows:

This prsnt writing witnesseth to all it doe or may concerne that I James Avery of the couonty of New London, in ye Collony6 of Connecticott for divers good reasons & considerations known to myself and with my wife Joane Avery's consent fully give to my sonn Thomas Avery and his wife Hannah Avery my whole right of my parcell of land that I borght of Amos Richardson of Stonington be it more or less wh formerly was laide out and bounded to Mr. Obadiah Bruen of New London and also thirtie acres of upland upon Poquanys Plaine as it was formerly bounded to me from the swamp to the river, moreover one halfe of one hundred acres of upland and meadow as it was carried out and bounded and recorded to me at Pachauge next to Mr. Thomas Stanton, sen., his land. Also a piece of land joyning to Mr. Nehemiah Smith his playne lying betwixt Nehemiah Smiths land & ye comon I say all and every of these tracts and parcels of land I I doe give grant pass over alyeanate & confirm all my whole right and title to my sonn Thomas Avery & his wife Hannah Avery with all the privilledges & appurtenances to them belonging to them their heirs, executors and assigns forever to have & to hold possess & enjoy to use & improve for their best advantage provided that if either he or she shall have occasion to sell any one or more of these particular tracts or parcells of land they shall first make tender of it to the said Thomas Avery's Brothers and if they accept of the profer to give a rational price for it to sell it to no other person I doe hereby bind my other sonnes to make him or her the like tender upon the same terms and to the ture performance of and to every particular hereof we set our hands & seals this 26th of December, 1677.

Signed seaaled and delivered

in the presence of James Avery

William Mead Joane Avery

Jonathan Avery

(New London Deads.)

Thomas Minor and Grace his wife had already deeded, Dec. 17, 1677, 150 acres of land to their daughter Hannah and her husband, Thomas Avery:

To daughter Hannah Avery, during her natural life and to her husband Thomas Avery during his natural life although my said daughter should die before him and in case my daughter shall have any child or children at the time of her departure then living it shall be theirs forever to have and to hold possess and enjoy to use and improve with all the meadows joining to it, I say all the one hundred and fifty acres of upland and meadow as it was laid out to me with all the privileges & appurtenance belonging thereunto. And in case my daughter should die without any child then she shall have by deed full power to dispose of it to any one or two of my son Clement Minor, his sonnes as she shall see meet. Provided it shall not prevent her husband of it during his natural life if she die before her husband. I say my one hundred and fifty acres of upland and meadow lying at Anagomenacunuck as it was laid out to me and bounded and recorded at Hartford and in Stonington books of records. And hereinto we set our hands and seals this seventeenth day of December one thousand six hundred and seventy and seven.

Witness

James Noyes Thomas Minor

Samuel Avery Grace Minor Acknowledged before James Avery Commissioner.

(New London Deeds, 5:34)

Thomas Avery probably built upon one of these plots of land, as the following would indicate:

March, 1667-8. "the 23. Thomas Averys house was raysed."

June, 1668. Tuesday 25, Hannah went to her owne house."

(Minor's Diary.)

Thomas-3 Avery received his share of his grandfather's estate by deed from his father, James Avery, April 1, 1685, and three weeks later sold it to his brother, Samuel. He also owned other land in New London. He was in the King Philip war of 1675, and, for his services, hat lot No. 10 of arable land and lot No. 154 of cedar swamp allotted to him in Vol.untown. He was in the illfated Fitz-John Winthrop expedition of 1690 which was to advance from Albany by way of Lake Champlain to Montreal. In his diary, Winthrop gives an account of the difficulties that they encountered. Under the date of Aug. 4, 1690, is found the following:

"I consulted with the officers & twas concluded to march forwards, & then devided our provition, wch was about 35 cakes of bread for each souldr, besides pork, which was scarce eatable. At this post (Saratoga) i left Liut Tho. Avery with some souldrs tp gaurd our provition to us wch was coming up the river". (The Winthrop Papers, Massachusetts Hist. Col., Fifth Series, 8:314).

For an account of this expedition, see Avery's "History of the United States and Its People," vol. 3, pages 263, 264.

The latter part of his life he lived near the Mohegan Indian reservation. On the 22d of June, 1720, Capt. Thomas Avery and his brother Capt. James Avery were appointed interpreters for the Mohegans in a suit then pending before the governor and council. In 1721, Caezer, the sachem of the Mohegans, conveyed to Thomas Avery 160 acres of land in consideration of the kindness shown them by Captain Avery and his family. Upon this land Thomas Avery lived; the house he built there is still standing. About ten years before his death, in consideration of love and good will and on account of the infirmities of age, he conveyed this land to his son, Abraham.

The last entry of accessions to the church of New London during Mr. Bradstreet's ministry reads: "Sept. 10, 1682, Thomas Avery and wife were added to the Church." They were among the organizers of the church of the North Parish, afterward called Montville. Their names appear first on the list of original covenanters. Before the North Parish could enjoy religious services, a long-standing quarrel had to be settled. October, 1721, the parish petitioned the general court for liberty to form a separate church. The first name on the petition was that of Thomas-3 Avery, the third was that of Abraham-4 Avery. (Connecticut Ecclesiastical Archives, 2:251.)

Finally, Jan. 17, 1721, it was agreed that the meeting-house should stand on Raymond Hill, land being given for the purpose. In his church record, Mr. James Hillhouse, the first minister, says:

"I was installed October the 3d day, 1722.

Mr. Adams preached from Acts 16:9. There were seven that belonged to the Church at my installment - Capt. Avery, Capt. Denison, Mr. Nathl Otis, Mr. Allen, Mr. Vibber, Charles Cambell and one Deacon."

Thomas-3 Avery died at Montville, Jan. 5, 1736. His widow died Jan. 28, 1742, at Norwich.

It has been found very difficult to arrange the record of the children of Thomas Avery by his two wives. Thomas Minor died Oct. 23, 1690. The following items are taken from his diary:

1655, Oct. "Satterday the 15 my wife was delivered of hana"

"Tho: Averie and Hanah Minor was maried the 22 of october 1677."

1679, April. "20 day Hanah son was borne."

1680, Nov. "Monday the 15, hanahs second sonn was borne."

The second of October 1682 Tho: Averys daughter was borne."

1684, Aug. "Tuesday the 12, Thomas Avery his childe was buried."

Hanah Avery her children.

Tho Avery

Samuell Avery

Ephriam Avery

Hanah Avery."

This last item has no date but must have been written shortly before his death. The births of Thomas and Samuel are recorded on the New London town-books. The baptisms of Thomas, Samuel, Abraham, Joshua, and a "child" (Oct. 25, 1704) are recorded on the books of the First Church of New London; the baptisms of Hannah and Ephraim are found on the books of the First Church of Stonington; those of Charles, isaac and Peter appear on the books of the First Church of Norwich. Mr. Baker, in his history of Montville, says that Jonathan was b. Dec. 9, 1691, but he was not able to give any satisfactory authority for that statement and it is hardly possible that Jonathan could have been born in December, 1691, and Abraham baptized March 6, 1692.

Dec. 2, 1736, Samuel Avery, Abraham Avery and Hannah (Avery) Minor seem to be the only surviving children of Thomas-3 and Hannah (Minor) Avery. At that time, in connection with Thomas Minor, the husband of Hannah (Avery) Minor, they sold the 150 acres of land that came to them from their honored grandfather and his wife, Grace. This land had been given by Thomas Minor and his wife, Grace, to his daughter, Hannah Monor Avery, and her husband Thomas-3 Avery for their life. When both were dead, the land was to revert to Hannah Minor Avery's surviving children. (See deed). The children, Ephraim and Thomas, were dead. Samuel, Abraham and Hannah, as heirs-at-law, sold the land. Jonathan Avery was, at this time, very much alive, but he did not join in the sale. It seem improbable that he was the son of Hannah (Minor) Avery.

(Preston Land Records, 5:7).

Thomas-3 Avery had a daughter Mary by his second wife Hannah Raymond. Mary (Smith) Raymond, widow of Samuel Raymond, and daughter of Nehemiah Smith, made a will May 8, 1705. This was probated at New London. She mentioned cousin Hannah Avery, Elizabeth Avery, daughter of cousin Martha Ransford deceased, and cousin Mary Avery. She was the aunt of Hannah Raymond Avery. Thomas and Hannah (Raymond) Avery probably had a daughter Elizabeth, as an Elizabeth Avery was maarried to Sylvester Baldwin, at Montville, May 9, 1724, by the Rev. Mr. Hillhouse.

DENISON GENEALOGY, by E. Glenn Denison, Josephine Middleton Peck, Donald L.

Jacobus, The Pequot Press, Inc. Stonington, CT, 1963. Page 15.

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Sources: Groton Avery Clan; Averys of Groton; Montville; Savage; National

Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars; AF.

AG: Thomas Avery, born in the part of New London that is now Groton, Conn.

AG: Married Hannah ______ Oct. 22 1667.

Montville: Thomas Avery, born 6 May 1651, married (1) Hannah Miner and

(2) Hannah Raymond, born 8 Aug. 1668, daughter of Joshua Raymond and Elizabeth

Smith.

Savage: Thomas Avery, born 6 May 1651.

More About THOMAS AVERY and HANNAH MINOR:

Marriage: October 22, 1677, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut