Ensign Ebenezer Avery

1746 - 1828  (~ 81 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Ebenezer Avery
  Title	Ensign
  Christened	17 Aug 1746	Preston, New London, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Library book: The Groton Avery Clan	00302
  Military Service	6 Sep 1781	Continental Army, American Revolution
  		Ensign Ebenezer Avery. Excerpt from "The Battle of Groton Heights: a Collection of Narratives, Official Reports, Records, etc., of the Storming of Fort Griswold, and the Burning of New London by British troops, Under the Bommand of Brig.-Gen. Benedict Arnold, on the Sixth of September, 1781; with an Introduction and Notes by William W. Harris" by Charles Allyn. Published by the author, New London, Connecticut 1882. Page 252.
  		Ye Ebenezer Avery House. A post card depicting the Ebenezer Avery House. It was to this house the British brought the wounded after the Fort Griswold Massacre. In 1973-1975 the house was moved and restored. It was relocated from it's original location to the Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park.
  		Ye Ebenezer Avery House Sign. Ye Ebenezer Avery House Sign.
  		The Fort Griswold Massacre (17) The fort Griswold Battle was one of the last of the American Revolution. It occurred September 6, 1781 in a fort by the town of Groton, Connecticut. Eighty-eight brave men lost their lives. Most of them were slaughtered after the fort was surrendered. It was particularly costly to the Avery family which took a huge blow. Killed: Captain Elijah Avery Captain Elisha Avery Captain Samuel Allyn (Son of Hannah Avery) Captain Hubbard Burrows (Husband of Sarah Avery) Captain Youngs Ledyard (Son of Mary Avery) Lieutenant Ebenezer Avery Ensign Daniel Avery Sergeant Christopher Avery Sergeant Jasper Avery Sergeant Solomon Avery David Avery Thomas Avery Simeon Morgan (Son of Dorothy Avery) Elisha Perkins (Husband of Sarah Avery) Christopher Woodbridge (Son of Susannah Avery) Henry Woodbridge (Son of Susannah Avey) Wounded: Ensign Ebenezer Avery Lieutenant Park Avery Amos Avery Taken Prisoner: Sergeant Rufus Avery Caleb Avery Captain Peter Avery
  Died	11 Jan 1828
  Buried	Colonel Ledyard Cemetery, Groton, New London, Connecticut, United States
  Siblings	8 siblings
  1. Abigail Avery,   c. 15 May 1737, Groton, New London, Connecticut ,   d. 18 Feb 1790
  2. Dorothy Avery,   c. 26 Aug 1739, Groton, New London, Connecticut ,   d. 19 Oct 1828, Groton, New London, Connecticut
  3. Parke Avery, Jr,   b. 22 Mar 1741,   d. 20 Dec 1821, Connecticut
  4. Jasper Avery,   c. 21 Oct 1744, Preston, New London, Connecticut ,   d. 6 Sep 1781, Groton, New London, Connecticut
  5. Eunice Avery,   c. 13 Nov 1748, Groton, New London, Connecticut
  6. Stephen Avery,   b. 10 May 1751,   d. 15 Jul 1827
  7. Simon Avery,   b. 30 Oct 1753,   d. 1 Aug 1809
  8. Elisha Avery,   b. 1755, Groton, New London, Connecticut ,   d. 6 Sep 1781, Groton, New London, Connecticut
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  Person ID	I35834	Nagel
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Parke Avery,   b. 9 Dec 1710,   d. 4 Mar 1797  (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Latham,   b. Abt 1716,   d. 11 Jun 1773  (Age ~ 57 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	Abt 1735
  Family ID	F11431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Green,   b. 16 Sep 1749,   d. 2 Oct 1784  (Age 35 years)
  Married	17 Aug 1768
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Avery,   c. 16 Jul 1769  [Birth] + 2. Ebenezer Avery,   b. 4 Mar 1771, Groton, New London, Connecticut ,   d. 12 Dec 1844, Collins, Erie, New York  (Age 73 years)  [Birth] + 3. Lydia Avery,   b. 4 Apr 1773,   d. 14 Sep 1797  (Age 24 years)  [Birth]   4. John Green Avery,   d. 22 Sep 1777   5. Elisha Avery  [Birth]
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2019
  Family ID	F12219	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Smith,   c. 6 Oct 1751, Groton, New London, Connecticut ,   d. 2 Oct 1789  (Age ~ 37 years)
  Children	+ 1. Frances Avery,   b. 4 Aug 1787  [Birth]
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2019
  Family ID	F12220	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Elizabeth Coleman,   d. 21 Jan 1797
  Children	+ 1. John Coleman Avery,   b. 18 May 1792  [Birth]   2. Orlando Avery,   b. Abt 1769,   d. 18 Sep 1821  (Age ~ 52 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2019
  Family ID	F12221	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 4	Mrs Elizabeth Elderkin
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2019
  Family ID	F12222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Christened - 17 Aug 1746 - Preston, New London, Connecticut Buried - - Colonel Ledyard Cemetery, Groton, New London, Connecticut, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents

  Corporal Ebenezer Avery Service. Corporal Ebenezer Avery Service. Per the dates this record belongs to Ensign Ebenezer.