A History of Cleveland and Its Environs, Vol. 2
Avery, Elroy Mckendree Excerpt from A History of Cleveland and Its Environs, Vol. 2: The Heart of New Connecticut, BiographyIn the Battle of Groton Heights, September 6, 1781, it is recorded that eleven Averys were killed and seven wounded. No Avery was a Tory. Yet Lucy Avery's great-great-grand mother, Susannah Palmes, wife of Samuel Avery of New London, Connecticut, was of royal descent, being the granddaughter of John Humfrey, who married in England the Lady Susa...