Jacob Averill (1702)

Born 17 Aug 1702 in Topsfield, Ma

Ancestors

Husband of Priscilla (Wilde) Averill — married about 1727 in Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

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Biography

Jacob4 Averill (Nathaniel3 , William2 , William1 ), b. Aug. 17, 1702 (Topsfield, T. R.) ; bap. Aug. 23, 1702; m. Feb., 1728 (?), Priscilla Wilde, dau. of Ephraim3 Wilde (John-), who was therefore a descendant of Sarah (Averell) Wilde. She was born May 3, 1706, at Topsfield, and d. there either May 17, or 22, 1799, aged 94 years. Mr. Averill passed his life in Topsfield and d. there the 14th or 15th of June, 1791, in the 89,h year of his age. The Salem Gazette of July 5, 1791, states that he died leaving a number of children and grandchildren, and that his wife was then in her 86,h year, with whom he had lived 63 years and 4 months. Children (all b. and bap. at Topsfield; T. R.) : 150. i. JACOB5 , b. Mar. 18, 1728-9; m. Nov. 23, 1752, a t Topsfield, Hannah or Johanna Bryant. He was prob. in Arundel, Me., 1747. [See under Stephen, No. 36.] He was a cabinet maker and joiner. 151. ii. DANIEL', b. Dec. 3, 1730; m. Joanna Hood. 152. iii. DOROTHY", b. Feb. 24, 1731; m. Nov. 8, 1752, at Topsfield, David Prichard. They were prob. the parents of Dolly, bap. Nov. 25, 1753 (Ch. R.), and Eli, bap. Dec. 7, 1755 (Ch. R.). See Topsfield, V. R. 153. iv. LYDIA5 , b. July 2, 1735; m. by Rev. Mr. Emerson, Jan. 15, 1767, to Richard Potter, Jr., of Ipswich. 154. v. MARY , b. Aug. 1, 1739; m. Feb. 14, 1771, by Rev. Mr. Emerson, to Stephen Town, Jr. (Topsfield T. R.). 155. vi. PRISCILLA5 , b. July 1, 1742; d. Mar. 29, 1781. 156. vii. AMOS*, b. Mar. 25, 1747; d. 1805 (Topsfield H. S. R.). He m. Nov. 6, 1774, Lydia Batchelder of Wenham, Mass. He was a minute man at Lexington, in North Ward Co., under Capt. Stephen Perkins, on the 19th April, 1775; and in service a t Charleston and Cambridge (Mass.); under Capt. John Dodge, Col. Jacob Gerrish's Regt. of Guards, Dec. 1, 1777-8 [Mass. Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution]. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.gengophers.com/book.html#/book/55105?page=599&given=cyrus&exactGiven=false&surname=Averill&exactSurname=false&exactRels=false

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