Daughter of Captain John and Mary (Witter) Parke. Married Christopher Avery December 19, 1704 in Preston, New London, Connecticut.
Children;
1. John, who m. Anna Stanton
2. Abigail, who m. Robert Allyn Jr
3. Christopher, who m. Eunice Prentice
4. Nathan, who m. Hannah Stoddard
In 1888, some of Christopher Avery's descendants set up a brown-stone obelisk on the east side of Avery Hill, Ledyard (formerly the North Parish of Groton) not far from his former home. (Now called Hale Cemetery). The front bears this inscription: Christopher Avery, 1680 - 1753. His Four Wives. His Daughter, Temperance, and her husband William Morgan were buried in the same lot.
Children;
1. John, who m. Anna Stanton
2. Abigail, who m. Robert Allyn Jr
3. Christopher, who m. Eunice Prentice
4. Nathan, who m. Hannah Stoddard
In 1888, some of Christopher Avery's descendants set up a brown-stone obelisk on the east side of Avery Hill, Ledyard (formerly the North Parish of Groton) not far from his former home. (Now called Hale Cemetery). The front bears this inscription: Christopher Avery, 1680 - 1753. His Four Wives. His Daughter, Temperance, and her husband William Morgan were buried in the same lot.
Daughter of Captain John and Mary (Witter) Parke. Married Christopher Avery December 19, 1704 in Preston, New London, Connecticut.
Children;
1. John, who m. Anna Stanton
2. Abigail, who m. Robert Allyn Jr
3. Christopher, who m. Eunice Prentice
4. Nathan, who m. Hannah Stoddard
In 1888, some of Christopher Avery's descendants set up a brown-stone obelisk on the east side of Avery Hill, Ledyard (formerly the North Parish of Groton) not far from his former home. (Now called Hale Cemetery). The front bears this inscription: Christopher Avery, 1680 - 1753. His Four Wives. His Daughter, Temperance, and her husband William Morgan were buried in the same lot.
Children;
1. John, who m. Anna Stanton
2. Abigail, who m. Robert Allyn Jr
3. Christopher, who m. Eunice Prentice
4. Nathan, who m. Hannah Stoddard
In 1888, some of Christopher Avery's descendants set up a brown-stone obelisk on the east side of Avery Hill, Ledyard (formerly the North Parish of Groton) not far from his former home. (Now called Hale Cemetery). The front bears this inscription: Christopher Avery, 1680 - 1753. His Four Wives. His Daughter, Temperance, and her husband William Morgan were buried in the same lot.
Inscription
Avery obelisk
Side 1
Christopher Avery
1680 1753
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His four wives
Side 2
1. Abigail Park
2. Prudence S
Wheeler
Side 3
Erected 1888
Side 4
Esther H
Prentice
Susanna
*Note I couldn't tell if they were numbered as the other two wives were due to lichen
~ Inscription courtesy of Northern Neighbors
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