Humphrey and S. G. Avery

Humphrey and S. G. Avery, two old settlers of Stark county, are the sons of Colonel Miles Avery, who was the son of Cyrus, son of Solomon, son of Humphrey, son of Humphrey, son of Samuel, son of James, son of James who was the son of Christopher Avery, who came from England in the seventeenth century and settled at Gloucester, Mass. He was a selectman there between 1646 and 1654. In 1665 he moved to New London, Conn; bought the home lot of Robert Burrows; was made freeman in 1669; died and was buried March 12, 1679. His only child, James, born in 1620, in England, was married in England, November 10, 1643, to Joanna Grumedade, and to them nine children were born, their second child being James A very whose father settled at New London prior to the settlement of Christopher there; was chosen selectman in 1660, and held the office twenty-three years. He was an ensign, lieutenant, and captain of the only armed company in the town; served in and commanded a troop of Pequots during King Philip's war; was at the fort fight in 1675, and stormed the fort at the head of his command; for twelve years he was deputy to the grand court; was in the commission of the peace from 1658 to 168 and was assistant judge of the county court. He moved to Pequonoc, next to New London, and thence to Groton, where he died at an old age.