| 词条 | James Avery (American colonist) |
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|name=James Avery |image = James_avery_bust.jpg |caption = Bust of James Avery |birth_date={{BirthDeathAge|B|1620|||1700|4|18}} |birth_place=Cornwall |death_date={{BirthDeathAge| |1620|||1700|4|18}} |death_place=Groton, Connecticut, U.S. |occupation= |notable role= |spouse= Joanna Greenslade (1622–1697)}} James Avery (b. 1620 – April 18, 1700) was an American colonial landowner, legislator, and a military commander in King Philip's War. Early lifeAvery was born in Cornwall, England and emigrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony as a child with his parents.[1] As an adult he received several land grants in the vicinity of New London, in Connecticut. PioneerAvery was among Stonington, Connecticut’s early settlers, for whom Avery Point is named. A monument stands on the location of his 1656 home in Groton, called The Hive of the Averys. The home burned down in a fire started from an ember of a passing train on July 20, 1894. General AssemblyHe was Deputy to the General Court 12 times from 1656 to 1680.[2] He also served for 20 years as a town selectman. Military serviceAvery was a captain in the colonial militia. In the Great Swamp Fight, a battle at Kingston, Rhode Island on December 19, 1675, Avery commanded a group of allied Pequot Indians. Avery served as a captain in command of forty Englishmen from Stonington, Lyme, and New London in 1676. He also served as captain of one of four companies which protected the frontier.[1] DescendantsAvery has millions of living descendants. Among his descendants are John D. Rockefeller, Sr., Governor and Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, Senator Jay Rockefeller, Academy Award-winning screenwriter & director Roger Avary. References1. ^1 {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cmIMAAAAYAAJ|title=A Modern History of New London County, Connecticut|author=Benjamin Tinkham Marshall|year=1922|publisher=Lewis Historical Printing Company}} 2. ^{{cite book | last = Avery | first = Elroy McKendree | title = The Groton Averys, Christopher and James | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PSIfAAAAMAAJ | year = 1893 | pages = 9–10}} External links
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