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| The Hive of the Averys. About 1656 Captain James Avery (1620-1700) built a house in the area that would eventually become Groton, Connecticut. The home became known as "The Hive of the Averys". It was occupied by Captain James's decedents for a stunning (proximate) 238 years! Sadly on July 20, 1894 a spark from a passing locomotive started a fire on it's roof and the home was destroyed.
Picture from Avery Notes February 1898. |
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| Ruins of the Hive. From the ashes of the James Avery house the Avery Memorial Association was formed.
Photo from The Grotan Avery Clan. |
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| Avery Memorial Park. The first major project of the Avery Family Association was the creation the James Avery monument. Located on the very site of the Avery house. Some of the ruined foundation and chimney are still there.
The monument is a 23-foot-high polished granite column topped off with a bronze bust of James Avery. The bust was designed by famed sculptor Bela Lyon Pratt who is the 7X great grandson of James Avery.
Photo from The Grotan Avery Clan |
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| Avery Memorial Association Resolution. The Groton Avery Clan Volume II, page 1353. By Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery. Self published, Boston, 1912. |
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| Avery Memorial Association Incorporation. The Hartford (Connecticut) Courant, Thursday, March 21, 1895 page 6. Excerpted from a larger article entitled "The General Assembly". |
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| Avery Memorial Dedicated. The Brooklyn (New York) Daily Eagle, Thursday, July 12, 1900 page 18. |
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| The Avery Memorial Will Be Dedicated. The New York Times, Saturday, July 14, 1900 page 2. |
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| The Avery Memorial. The New York Daily Tribune, Saturday, July 21, 1900 page 11. |
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| Avery Family Reunion 1902. The Hartford (Connecticut) Courant, Monday, July 21, 1902 page 8. |
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| Engagement announced at the 1910 Edward Avery Memorial Association Meeting. The Norwich (Connecticut) Bulletin, Friday, September 30, 1910 page 8. |
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| Avery Association 1911. Norwich (Connecticut) Bulletin, Monday, July 24, 1911 page 7. |
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| Avery Association 1912. The Norwich (Connecticut) Bulletin, Wednesday, July 17, 1912 page 7. |
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| Avery Association Officers 1912. Norwich (Connecticut) Bulletin, Monday, July 22, 1912 page 5. |
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| Avery Association 1913. Norwich (Connecticut) Bulletin, Friday, July 5, 1913 page 5. |
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| Avery Association 1914. Norwich (Connecticut) Bulletin, Saturday, July 18, 1914 page 13. |
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| Edward Avery Association at Old Homestead 1914. The Hartford (Connecticut) Courant, Saturday, October 3, 1914. |
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| Avery Family Reunion. Norwich (Connecticut) Bulletin, July 17, 1915 page 7. |
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| Land Taken 1916. The Norwich (Connecticut) Bulletin, Friday, April 14, 1916 page C3. |
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| Capt. Avery's Descendants Held Yearly Meeting. Norwich (Connecticut) Bulletin, Monday, July 24, 1916 page 8. |
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| Avery Reunion 1918. Norwich (Connecticut) Bulletin, Friday, July 19, 1918 page 5. |
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| Avery Clan Elects Officers. Norwich (Connecticut) Bulletin, Saturday, July 20, 1918 page 10. |
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| Avery Memorial Society Holds It's 24th Annual. Norwich (Connecticut) Bulletin, July 19, 1919 page 8. |
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| Avery Family Hold Their 26th Reunion. Norwich (Connecticut) Bulletin, Monday, July 19, 1920 page one. |
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| Avery Family Reunion 1921. The Norwich (Connecticut) Bulletin, Thursday, July 14, 1921 page 9. |
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| Avery Memorial Association 1930. Hartford (Connecticut) Courant, Sunday, August, 17, 1930 page 6. |
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| Avery Association to Meet 1933. The Hartford (Connecticut) Courant, Friday, July 21, 1933 page 8. |
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| Fort Restoration Considered. The Hartford (Connecticut) Courant, Tuesday, June 20, 1972 page 21. |
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| Avery Association Meets 1972. The Day, New London, Connecticut, Monday, July 24, 1972 page 13. |
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| Avery Association Selling Tract. Hartford (Connecticut) Courant Sunday, January 5, 1975 section C, page11. |
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| Avery House Group to Display Artifacts. The Record-Journal, Meridian, Connecticut, Sunday, July 27, 2014 section A, page 3. |
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| Avery Reunion 2020. |
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| Avery 2020. The Day (newspaper) of new London, Connecticut. October 1, 2021. |
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| Old Avery Homestead China. The Anna Warner Baily Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution commissioned a china pattern that was made by the Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Company. |
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| Old Avery Homestead China The china pattern featured a likeness of the James Avery house |
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| Old Avery Homestead China I am still researching the details. The circular makers mark seen on the china was used from 1940 to 1961. |
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| Old Avery Homestead China The pattern was available in blue or red. If you want to own a piece it may take some searching but, occasionally you can find them on internet auction sites or places that specialize in replacement pieces for obsolete china patterns. |
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