Welcome to The Avery Advocate home page. The Avery Advocate is a meeting place for the genealogical information exchange of all Avery branches and their related families. The purpose of THE AVERY ADVOCATE is to help trace all Avery Family roots, collect that information and present it in readable form. We also print feature stories of interest to Avery family members. By working together, we can all help solve the puzzle of our past, much like a group of people working together to solve a jigsaw puzzle... with everyone providing a piece of the puzzle. The Avery Advocate is a 12 to 14 page newsletter printed quarterly (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter) since 1992 by Stephanie Lantiere.  Starting in the summer of 2000, the newsletter is published by Tim Stradtman.  Email may be sent to advocate@stradtman.net.

The English surname Avery is patronymic in origin, belonging to that group of surnames derived from the forename or Christian name of a father. In this case, the surname comes from the Old English "aelf ric," meaning "elf ruler," and is a varient of the Germanic forename Aubrey of the same meaning. The original bearer of this surname would have been the "son of Avery" and would have passed this surname on to his own children, thus making the surname hereditary.

Early records of this surname date back to the thirteenth century, when one Hugo Filius Averey is found in the Hundred Rolls of Nottinghamshire in 1273 A.D., and one Ralph Averey is found in the Rolls for Oxfordshire, together with one Nicholas Auverey in the Worcester Rolls and one William Auure in the Warwick Rolls. In 1279 A.D., one Cust Alvere and one Edmund Avered are mentioned in the Rolls for Cambridge and one Walter Avery in the Rolls for Oxford. This surname first appeared in 1630 when Christopher Avery (a weaver, born in England circa 1590) settled in Massachusetts, bringing his only son, James. His descendants were prominent members of the army and Guardians of the Pequot Indians. In April 1635, one Thomas Avery, aged 18, sailed to the New World. In June 1635, Joseph Averie, aged 20, sailed for Virginia.

Question: What 1941 movie featured Avery Farm as a recreation area?

Answer: "REMEMBER THE DAY" starring Claudette Colbert and Shepperd Strudwick.

The discovery that the father of John D. Rockefeller, William Avery Rockefeller lived a double life has led genealogical sharps to delve still further into the Rockefeller ancestry and has brought out the fact that the famous John D. is not only of New England stock, but can trace his ancestry right back to blueblooded Boston itself, and that his ancestors were members of the famous Avery family of Groton. It also develops that John D.'s grandfather 34 generations back was King Egbert of England and that he can claim 16 different kings of England for his family tree.

Higginson Books of Salem, Massachusetts is offering two books ("The Groton Avery Clan" and "Avery Notes and Queries") to Avery Advocate readers at special prices. For information how to order these books, click here.

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