Born in Groton, New London, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Christopher Avery Jr.
and Eunice (Prentice) Avery
Sister of
Christopher Avery, Eunice Avery, Lucy (Avery) Allyn, Nathan Avery, Thomas Avery, Anna Avery, Samuel Avery, Prentice Avery, Oliver Avery, Abigail (Avery) Stoddard, Sarah (Avery) Hewitt and Hannah Avery
Wife of
Daniel Williams
— married
17 Mar 1757 in Groton, Connecticut
Descendants 
Mother of
Asa Williams, Lucretia (Williams) Whelpley, Daniel Williams, Esther (Williams) Beach, Cyrus Williams, Prentice Williams and Sarah (Williams) Walkley
Died
at age 78
in Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
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| Created 4 Oct 2011
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Biography
Esther Avery, the first child of Christopher Avery Jr. (1709-1778) and Eunice (Prentice) Avery (1717-1796), was born in Groton, Connecticut on April 14, 1736 [1].
She married 17 Mar 1757 in Groton, Connecticut, Daniel Williams (1736-1818) [2]. They had 7 children:
- Asa Williams (1758-1846)
- Lucretia (Williams) Whelpley (1759-1796)
- Daniel Williams (1762-); married 1) Martha Coles; 2) Miriam Hickox
- Esther (Williams) Beach (1764-); married Rice Beach
- Cyrus Williams (1767-1841); married 1) Fanny West; 2) Sarah Huntington
- Prentice Williams (1773-); married 1) Clarissa I. Rogers; 2) Amelia West
- Sarah (Williams) Walkley (1777-); married Simeon Walkley
This family moved to Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Esther (Avery) Williams died 18 Aug 1814 at Stockbridge. Her grave is in Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA [3].
Sources
- ↑ Barbour Collection, Connecticut Town Birth Records (pre-1870) - . (Ancestry on-line database), page 592
- ↑ Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #94446841
- The Groton Avery Clan (Avery & Avery, 1912), p. 176, 280, no. 329: https://archive.org/details/grotonaveryclan01aver/page/176/mode/1up; https://archive.org/stream/grotonaveryclan01aver#page/280/mode/1up
- Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 206, no. 142: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n228/mode/1up
- Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.
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