Genealogical and biographical record of New London County, Connecticut, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the early settled families, Part 125

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Publication date: 1905
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(III) Lieut. James Avery was born Dec. 16, 1646, in Gloucester, and was married Feb. 18, 1669, to Deborah, daughter of Edward Sterling, of Stall- yon. Like his father, Mr. Avery was an important man of affairs. Their names are first in a list of those who were in full communion in the church of Groton. Mr. Avery was lieutenant in the Colonial forces during the frontier wars. He and his wife were buried in the West burying-ground at Poquo-


nock. His death occurred Aug. 22, 1748, a thers March 27, 1729.


(IV) Christopher Avery (2) was born 23, 1679, and was four times married, first on ] . 19, 1704, to Abigail Park, who died Feb. 12, 17 He married (second) Mrs. Prudence ( Payson) \' eler, and (third) Esther Prentice, widow of muel Prentice, and daughter of Nathaniel Hamm 11.


(V) John Avery, born Oct. 26, 1705, n of Christopher and Abigail (Park) Avery, w fmar- ried Feb. 19, 1732, to Anna Stanton, born g. 6, 1708, a daughter of Joseph Stanton. John very for his second wife married Mrs. Rachel Pa: ; for ore) his third wife he married Mrs. Phebe Burrows. His death occurred Aug. 21, 179


(VI) John Avery (2), son of John an Anna (Stanton) Avery, born Dec. 6, 1732, died : 23, 1794. He married Jan. 22, 1752, Mary Par w110 died Jan. 14, 1769, and for his second wife İmar- ried his cousin, Experience Stanton.


(VII) John Avery (3), grandfather of vight Avery, was born Dec. 14, 1755, and died NI. 10, 1815. He was a clockmaker, and also made fives and spoons, being quite skillful along these 1 |s for his day, and was recognized as an excell, me- chanic. Among his specialties were the clfash- ioned tall clocks. His residence was in wha | 110W Griswold, and there he died. On Feb. 25, 9, he was married to Miss Lucy Ayer, who w . born July 21, 1759, and died Oct. 28, 1846. The fllow- ing children came to this marriage: A dighter born Jan. 9, 1780, died in infancy. John, fler of Dwight, was born Nov. 23, 1780. Elisha, bel Jan. 4, 1783, maried Melinda Barnum ; he was : physi- cian, located first in Pompey, N. Y., later ¿Cato, same State, and still later for a short time i York, N. Y., but subsequently he migrated to S. flusky county, Ohio, and was a pioneer there; st he removed further west, to Williams county finally later, locating in Steuben county, Ind., where he d . Feb. 23, 1864, leaving a family in that locality. Lucy, born March 17, 1785, died July 3, 1863, un rried. Anna, born April 2, 1787, married Samue Alex- ander, and died Dec. 18, 1849. Hannah, bha Jan. 19, 1789, married a Mr. Park. Betsey, bo:| April 18, 1791, married Silas Reade, of Lisbon


Conn., and died April 20, 1876. Cynthia, born 0. 22, 1793, married Charles Cook and died in iroton. Maria, born June 22, 1795, died Feb. 2, 179f


(VIII) Capt. John Avery (4), father of wight Avery, was born Nov. 23, 1780, in Prestc (now Griswold), and in his early life assisted hi father in clockmaking. Soon after the death of t |latter Capt. Avery abandoned the clock trade, Id, re- maining upon the homestead, devoted his gention to farming for the remainder of his life. F, farm of about 160 acres was located in the east 1 part of the town. He died Feb. 2, 1859, and waburied in the cemetery at Pachaug. In his younger tys he was captain of a local military company, : 1 was serving in that capacity during the war 1812


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when |; company was at Stonington, at the time hat ple was threatened by the British. Capt. Avery as a Whig, and later a Republican ; he never spired o public office. For many vaers he was a nembe of the Pachaug Congregational Church, nd to an active part in its affairs. He was a suc- armer, and a man highly esteemed by a :le of friends.


essfu. arge On Iay 28, 1812, Capt. Avery was married to Irs. ( rissa Halsey, daughter of Elisha and Hope Fannig) Ayer. Five children were born to them : ohn


Thatson, born Feb. 14, 1813, married Louisa Campl 1; he was a hatter by trade, and first resided t Gro n, from which place he moved to Chapin, ter to Kansas City, finally returning to where he died. Susan, born Sept. 30, 1814, William Harris, and died in Groton, Sept.


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William Pitt, born Oct. 2, 1816, married intington ; he was a Congregational minis- ched at one time in Bozrah, Conn., later county, N. Y., and in Iowa, and died in [owa. Henry W., born Dec. 20, 1818, mar- ied Sah Hills Taylor ; he is a retired tailor and esidest Springfield, Mass. Joseph was born Dec. , 182 Ca Avery for his second wife married, Dec. Abigail Williams, who was born Sept. 24, 1 died June 14, 1867. She was a daughter and Elizabeth (Williams) Williams. Two came to this marriage : Seth W., born Oct. , 182 782, f Set hildre 9, 18 , married Elizabeth M. Taylor; for many ears 1 Íass.,


was engaged in handling hats at Springfield, here he now lives retired. Dwight was born 0, 1828.


Dv/ ht Avery was born at Griswold, and re- eived s education in the public schools and at the hmou Plainfield Academy, where he spent three At the age of fifteen years he left home and years was a clerk in a store in Groton.


or fo rom ere he went to Springfield, Mass., and for year as clerk in the store of his brother, Henry y. His parents by this time were growing . AT ld, a


were unable to continue managing the trm, 1 as he was the youngest of all the children, only one unmarried, it fell upon his shoul- nd th ers t return home and look after matters. He full charge of the farm, and for four years orked be W :mair ncer t during the summer, teaching school in er, in his native district. During the r of their lives the aged parents were cared for by this dutiful son, who ud salificed his own future to add to their info:


Avery remained upon the home farm until en he disposed of it and purchased a farm ifield Street, residing there for nineteen until 1885, at which time he bought his property, on West Town street, Norwich f George R. Bestor. This farm was then s the "Elting place," and consisted of a 130 acres, upon which, as soon as he charge, Mr. Avery began extensive im-


provements. He commenced to do market garden- ing, and built up a large and prosperous business in that line, continuing in the active management of the property until 1895, when he retired and was succeeded by his sons Frank S. and Dwight W., who do business under the firm name of Avery Bros. They conduct the largest business in their line in the county, and in addition to the trade in garden produce are extensive dealers in milk, ice and fertilizers.


On March 24, 1858, Mr. Avery was married, in Bozrah, Conn., to Harriet Chamberlain Stark, who was born Jan. 8, 1838, a daughter of Lathrop and Fanny (Saxton) Stark, an account of whom is given elsewhere in this volume. Harriet C. Stark grad- uated from the Normal Seminary at Norwich, Conn., and taught very successfully for four years in Greenwich, Conn. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Avery: Frank Stark, born Feb. 8, 1863, was married in 1896 to Fanny Hyde, of Lis- bon, and three children have been born to them, one that died in infancy, Sidney and Arthur. Mary, born Jan. 30, 1865, was married June 29, 1892, to Rev. Frank Averill Fuller, a Congregational clergy- man. Dwight Williams, born Sept. 26, 1869, mar- ried Alice Barrows, and their children are Ruth, Gertrude and Helen; Mrs. Alice Avery is a daugh- ter of Rev. John O. Barrows, who with his wife served eleven years in missionary work in Turkey. Helen Saxton, born March 22, 1878, died May 5, 1879.


In politics Mr. Avery is a Republican, and dur- ing his residence in Griswold he served two years as town tax collector ; in Plainfield he served on the town school board. At the age of twenty-two years Mr. Avery united with the Pachaug Congregational Church in Griswold, later transferring to the church at Plainfield, and when he located in Norwich he became a member of the church at Norwich Town. He has always taken a deep interest in church affairs, and isone of the most liberal supporters of his denomination in the locality. Mrs. Avery be- came a member of the Congregational Church at Bozrah at an early age, and subsequently transferred her membership by letter to the several towns in . which she has resided. Like her husband, she is very prominent in the church, and takes great pleas- ure in her church connections. The family are all members of this church, and Dwight Williams Avery is one of the deacons in the church at Nor- wich Town. The Averys have always been noted for religious work, and the present members are 110 exception to the general rule. They are all most highly esteemed, not only in the church itself, but throughout the several communities in which they reside. For many years the Avery home has been a delightful gathering place for the family friends, who enjoy the charming hospitality shown to every one by the courteous host and hostess, and all unite in praising the good management of Mrs. Avery, as well as the genial manner of both herself and her husband.


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WELCOME H. LARKIN, whose death took place Feb. 22, 1903, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Lillian M. Browning, in Lebanon, was one of the prominent and substantial farmers and most highly respected citizens of Franklin. The Larkin family is an old and honorable one of Rhode Island, and has many distinguished representatives in dif- ferent parts of the Union.


William Larkin, grandfather of the late Wel- come H. Larkin, was born Feb. 12, 1776. He resided in early life in Hopkinton, and later at Richmond, R. I., the latter place being his home at the time of his death. His remains were interred at Woodville. He married Bathsheba Webster, and they had born to them a family of five sons and five daughters, of whom the following are still surviving at present (1904) : Sarah, widow of Joseph Maxon, resides at Oneida, Ill .; Julia A., widow of Robert C. Gard- ner, resides at Richmond, R. I .; and Elias is a re- tired tailor of Boston, Massachusetts.


William Larkin (2), son of William and father of Welcome, was born Feb. 8, 1801, in Rhode Isl- and, and was there educated in the district schools. He was reared to farm work, and lived at home until he was married, assisting his father in the work of the farin until the age of twenty-one years. After his marriage he rented farming land in Richmond, but later removed to South Kingston, where he lived on a rented farm for five years. Later, he rented another and cultivated it for twelve years, and then he purchased a farm of nearly 100 acres about one and a half miles from Narragansett Pier, and was there engaged in farming the remainder of his life, dying on that property in June, 1882, from an at- tack of pneumonia. His burial took place at Wake- field, R. I. Mr. Larkin was an excellent business man, careful, saving and prudent, and thus pros- pered, although he was for years so afflicted with rheumatism that he was made lame. In early life he belonged to the Whig party and later became identified with the Republicans.


On March 18, 1824, William Larkin (2) mar- ried Lucy Mowry, born July 30, 1798, a native of Hopkinton, daughter of Augustus Mowry. She died April 1, 1882. They had born to them the fol- lowing children: Lucy A., who died at the age of twenty-one years; William S., who married Eliza- beth Cook, and is engaged in farming at Roberts, Ill. ; Alfred A., who married Mary J. Gardner, and engaged in farming at Lebanon, Conn., where he died ; Ephraim, a spinner who died at Wakefield, R. I., leaving a wife, formerly Mary Whitford; Albert, a farmer in Kingston, R. I., who married Abby F. Whitford, and is now deceased; Elsie, re- siding at Narragansett Pier, widow of Thomas E. Hazard, a farmer and carpenter in West Kingston ; Bradford, who married Prudence A. Adams, and is a farmer in Windham; Welcome H., of this sketch ; and Eliza, who married James H. Steadman, a har- ness maker in Lebanon.


Welcome H. Larkin was born March 8, 1839, at Narragansett Pier, R. I. He attended the dis-


trict school until the age of eighteen yea the winter seasons, the long summers bein glevoted to the exhausting but necessary work on : farm "gave fierwise


At the age of eighteen, his father generol him his time," which the law did not give until the age of twenty-one, and then paidhim the wages he would have paid an outsider. Thus by 20 per fon had working long hours he was able to earı month, and had his home and board, and accumulated what, in those days, was cusidered sufficient capital upon which to marry. In the spring of 1862 he went to Lebanon, Cf1., and rented a farm in the north part of the tov where furning he resided one year, at the end of that time to Narragansett Pier, and renting a farm fere for five years. Three years later he dispose of the lease to Governor Sprague, of Rhode Isl 1, who had purchased the farm from its own Larkin then returned to Lebanon, and red the farm now occupied by John Sherman. after he rented a neighboring farm, ea fof the le year former one and lived upon it five years. ¡le hac continued to prosper at his work, and no found himself able to own a farm of his own. Ac .dinghy he purchased a farm about one-half mi to the west of his old home in Lebanon, and live ipon it for six years, and after two years' residenc ft Leb- anon street, one year of which time he dove the mail wagon between Lebanon Station and Je post office at the Centre, he removed th farm now occupied by Ezekiel Browning and he resided there for two years, and then ent t Onarga, Ill., for a few months. In 1883 he turned to Connecticut, and purchased his farm Nort Franklin, a tract of 120 acres, which was owned by George E. Hewitt. He greatly


rmer !! proved the same and was engaged in farming and fairying until 1899, discontinuing the latter in that yr. H. had been extensively interested, keeping as any a twenty-five cows.


In 1902 Mr. Larkin completed the erecon of . comfortable farm residence, one in which he had taken the greatest interest, planning its m | com forts and conveniences, and assisting in its hstruc tion. That he was not permitted to enjoyong it comfort is a matter of the deepest regret, bot onl to his devoted family, but to all who knew m as . hard-working, honest, upright man, good ighbo and kind and trusty friend. His death wa cause by a combination of goiter and grippe. Th unera services were conducted from the home of hi daughter by Rev. R. E. Turner, pastor of e Leh anon Baptist Church, and his remains we lai away in the Windham cemetery. In politiche wa a Republican, and he was one of the me in th offic H community on whom the responsibilities naturally fell on account of eminent fitne justic served in the most satisfactory manner as of the peace, assessor, grand juror and on t


boar of relief in Franklin. He was also postnster o North Franklin for two years, a position he signe in 1902.


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C Nov. 21, 1860, Mr. Larkin was married, at Colcl ter, Conn., to Mary E. Adams, daughter of P. Adams, born Sept. 17, 1842; she died Dec. 1', 1890, and was buried at Windham. The Id of this marriage is Lillian M., born July >5, who married, May 1, 1889, Abial T. Browng, and has two children: Lucius Abial, born eb. 28, 1890; and Mary Ethel, born May 4,


B WNING. The Browning family, of which Abia .. Browning is a descendant, is an old one in Rh le Island.


Ajal Tripp Browning, father of Abial T., was born ay 12, 1831, at South Kingston, R. I., and spent is early life there, learning the many duties perta


ng to farm work, and obtaining his educa- tion i the district schools. His services were given at ho : until his marriage, when he began farming on afented farm in the south part of the town, whernie lived until later, with his brother William T., h :ought a farm of 750 acres, the property be- ing )wn as the "Champlin Farm," which they opera 1 for some years, the brother event- buying Abial's interest. The latter re- to Lebanon, and rented there the farm s now occupied by George Hoxie. He re- main a ten the V nity, where he farmed three years. Re-


ually move which there for some years, and then removed to ent farm owned by Dr. Charles Sweet, in


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to his father's farm in South Kingston, owning bought out the other heirs, settled on theId home place, and lived there sixteen years. He Brow Plain farm. n sold the property to a cousin, Abijah g, and purchased a farm of 130 acres, at ill, in the town of Norwich, called the Morse There he followed market gardening, and had ; milk route, and there his death occurred, June King crat, 1, 1894. His burial took place at South n. In political sympathy he was a Demo- It he never desired public office. Mr. Brown- a member of the Baptist Church at Kings- was a most worthy man.


Browning was married (first) to Mary E. on, born in South Kingston, daughter of and Mary (Champlin) Holberton ; she died st, 1870, aged thirty-six years. Mr. Brown- rried (second) Sarah C. Sherman, of Kingston, daughter of Samuel and


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er, 1890, aged forty-three years. The


born to the first marriage were the g : Hattie E., who married Edward E. arpcer, of Allentown, R. I., and they have two ·hildlı lora lied gred


Grover Cleveland and Mary Blanche ; L. and Horatio, twins, the former of whom the age of nineteen years, and the latter, leteen months; George M., who died at the ixteen years; Abial T., of this sketch ; and 1., wife of Charles C. Carpenter, a teamster town, R. I., and the mother of two children, . and Bertha L. The children of the second


marriage were: Wallace S., who married Lottie Lawton, and is a resident of Wickford, R. I. ; Ros- coe Launcelot, of Wickford, R. I .; and George S., who resides with his brother, Abial T.


Abial T. Browning was born Oct. 3, 1865, in Lebanon, in the house in which George Hoxie now lives, and he attended the district schools of Leb- anon and the Green Hill school at South Kingston. His school days closed when he was seventeen years old, and he remained at home assisting his father on the farm until the age of twenty-three, when he married and came to Franklin, Conn. He began farming his father-in-law's property, remaining a year, and then rented the Thompson farm on Plain Hill, Norwich, where he was engaged three years, following farming and teaming. For two years he rented land from Mr. Larkin, and in 1896 pur- chased a farm in Lebanon. It was a part of the estate of Henry Throop, and contains IIO acres, which Mr. Browning put into a fine state of culti- vation. He settled on the property in 1897, and there resided until March, 1903, when he removed to the farm of his late father-in-law in Franklin, where he is engaged in the raising of stock, much of it blooded, and is conducting a very satisfactory dairy business.


Mr. Browning is a Democrat in National issues, but in local matters, votes for the best man. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Work- men. Religiously he leans toward the Baptist Church. He is well and favorably known in the town, and is considered a first-class citizen in all the term implies.


MRS. MARY TRACY (FIELDING) STORY, wife of William T. Story, of Groton, Conn., is a descendant in the fifth generation from Joshua Occom, father of Samson Occom, the noted Indian preacher, and one of the founders of the Brother- town Indians, of Oneida county, New York.


Joshua Occom was a counselor of Ben Uncas, the noted Mohegan chief, and died in 1743, leaving his widow, Sarah, and the following children: Joshua, born in 1716; Samson, in 1723; Jonathan, in 1725 ; and Lucy, in 173I.


Lucy Occom married John Tantaquidgeon, and died in 1830 at Mohegan, Conn., aged ninety-eight years. They became the parents of: Lucy, who married Peter Tocomwas, and had Eliphalet ; Cyn- thia, who married Isaiah Hoscott ; and Sarah, who married Jacob H. Fowler.


Cynthia Tocomwas married Isaiah Hoscott, and had one daughter, Rachel.


Rachel Hoscott married Francis Fielding, and they had a daughter, Mary Tracy, the youngest of eleven children.


Mary Tracy Fielding was married in 1859, at East Douglass, Mass., to William T. Story, and the following children were born to this union: Alice M., who married Eugene Hamilton, resides at Montville, Conn. ; Estella, who died in Boston,


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Mass., where she was employed as manager of a stationery store in Back Bay; Laura M., who married George Baughn, of New York; Eva S., who married William B. Froleigh, of New York City; William S., who died at the age of four years ; Harriet S., who married John A. Morgan, of Poquonnock Bridge, Conn .; Edith B., who married Charles Grey, of Groton ; Herbert Valentine; and Delana E., who married Charles Sumner Bishop, of Boston, Massachusetts.


WILLIAM THOMAS STORY, a well-known resi- dent of Groton, was born Oct. 10, 1837, at Norwich, Conn., a son of William James Story, a native of Montville and son of William Story, who was born at Preston.


William Story, the grandfather of William Thomas, lived during the greater part of his life at Preston and Montville, passing his closing years at the home of his son in Norwich. He married Mary Nobles, of Montville. His occupation was that of shore fisherman.


William J. Story, father of William T., was educated at Preston, and during his early life was an engineer on the Norwich line of steamers, but later in life engaged in the market business at Norwich. He married Laura Brown, of Bozrahville, who died when our subject was seven years of age. The children of this union were: Harriet B., who married Elisha P. Slocum, of Norwich ; Annie, deceased, who married Arthur Sherman; William T. Mr. Story married (sec- ond) Hannah Dowd, and their children were: Sam- uel B., who married Emma Johnson, and resides at New London ; Frank, deceased ; and Hannah Sybil. Mr. Story died in February, 1866.


William T. Story spent his boyhood days in Nor- wich, and there he began his business career, ped- dling papers in 1847, being the first boy to peddle papers in that place. He worked in hotels until 1860, when he went to Waterbury, Conn., and was employed there in a hotel for three years. After something over a year in the hotel business in New York City, Mr. Story went in the same line to Newport, where he remained three years, and then came to New London, and was engaged in the old "Steamboat Hotel." For several years he was en- gaged in oystering for G. M. Long & Co. Mr. Story was also engaged as steward on a number of fine private yachts, but in 1885 he decided to em- bark in business for himself, selecting Groton as his home, and confectionery, ice cream and fruits as his line of trade. In this he has met with great suc- cess, his long experience in hotels making him a fine judge of this line of goods, and a careful and eco- nomic buyer. Mr. Story is now ranked with the substantial business men of Groton. For many years he has been active in public affairs, and is a stanch Republican. He belongs to Ledyard Council, No. 31, American Mechanics, and also to the Jib- boom Club. In his family life Mr. Story has


met with much happiness, and he is the be ged grandfather of sixteen grandchildren, and ha: Lvo great-grandchildren.


JOEL HARRISON DAVIS, who is ensted in the grocery business on Laurel Hill avenue, for- wich, is a self-made man. He is a native of the (m of Brookhaven, Suffolk Co., Long Island, an ne family is one of the oldest and most numero of the town.


(I) Benjamin Davis, the first ancestor in Ajer- ica, located first at Plymouth, Mass., and latere- moved to Brookhaven, where he died. He wa ffc- companied by two brothers, one of whom settl in New Jersey, and the other in Connecticut. Sor of the land owned by Benjamin Davis remained i ne family name until 1902, when it was disposed oby our subject. The line of descent from Benjam is given below :


(II) Benjamin Davis, Jr., was born about 14. (III) Silas Davis was born in 1734.


(IV) Elisha Davis, born about 1776, wa farmer, and resided in that part of the tow bof Brookhaven called Mt. Sinai. He was a large id holder and a man of considerable prominence in he town. He died in April, 1843. He married Juli ha Hulse, and they had children that grew to mat fty as follows: Lucy, born March 8, 1801, who ma-ed Joseph Hawkins, and died at Stony Brook, Ing Island ; Goldsmith, born Nov. 21, 1802, who va seafaring man, and died Dec. 8, 1855, while res'hg in Brookhaven ; Joel, born Oct. 13, 1805, fath of Joel H .; Cherry, born Dec. 8, 1808, who ma fed David Hudson, and died at Mt. Sinai, Aug 15, 1841; Simeon, born July 30, 1813, who died 8, 1837.


(V) Joel Davis, father of Joel H., was born t. 13, 1805, in Brookhaven, and spent all his day the homestead. He was a prosperous farmda large land holder, and a man of means. In po cs he was a Republican. He had a remarkably pd voice, with a range of three octaves, and was w 'ly known as a vocalist; he taught singing scho in early life, and for twenty-seven years was choiler of the large Congregational Church at Mt. Sai, and later of the church at Port Jefferson. Ing Island, where he officiated for many years. .r. Davis was married first to Sarah Maria Turne of Brookhaven, Long Island, daughter of Wim Turner, who was the owner of Artists Lakeon Long Island. She died Dec. 14, 1846, aged tl |y- four years, the mother of five children. Susar 1., born in September, 1839, became the wife of (t. Ellsworth Carter, who resides at Brooklyn, NI .. , a retired sea captain. Amelia M., born in Jantry, 184I, is the wife of Erastus Brown, a farmdat Miller's Place, Long Island. Elisha, born Jun 0, 1842, resides at Miller's Place, Long Island, as is a retired sea captain. John, born Dec. 6, 1843, ed at Mt. Sinai ; he was a well-known sea captain ad




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