Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: REV. JOSEPH AVERY8. . JOSEPH AVERY', third son of William7, born Oct. 14, 1751, married Mary Allen, a ueice of Gov. Samuel Adams. Children :— i. Mary9, b. Sept. 12, 1778, m. June 4, 1798, Aaron White, Jr., d. May 26, 1860. ii. Joseph9, b. Dec. 3, 1779, in. Aug., 1815, Sarah Thaxter, d. 1822. iii. Bethiah9, b. Oct. 13, 1781, m. 1804, Jonathan Grosvenor, d. 1833. iv. Nancy9, b. May 15, 1783, m. Jan. 1, 1807, William White. v. Catharine9, b. Feb. 3, 1788, m. March, 1816, Samuel B. Bent. vi. Samuel9, b. Feb. 3, 1788. Rev. Joseph Avery8 graduated from Harvard College 1771, when but twenty years old, and became a minister of Holden, Mass. Ordained 1774. He died March 5, 1824, after nearly fifty years pastorate, aged 72 years, 4 months. His widow, Mary, died April 1, 1842, in her 88th year. WHITE.—Boylston, Mass. Mary Avery0, eldest daughter of Rev. Joseph and Mary (Allen) Avery, born in Holden, Mass., Sept. 12, 1778, married Jan. 4, 1798, Aaron White, Jr., son of Aaron and Elizabeth (Cheney) White, and had a family of seven sons and three daughters, all of whom came to years of maturity. Children:— i. Aaron10, b. Oct. 8, 1798. ii. Joseph Avery10, b. May 15, 1801. iii. Thomas10, b. Feb. 9, 1804. iv. Isaac Davis10, b. March 20, 1806. -tFfvr-t'rT-e,---,--,-.--.—. -,"'. . . . rV -): -'.?=."' -. -'.' .. - .. - " Joseph Avery. Born 1751; Died 1824. -t. . v. Elizabeth10, b. Sept. 27, 1808. vi. William James10, b. March 11, 1811. vii. Mary Avery10, b. Dec. 4, 1813. viii. Caroline10, b. April 8, 1816. ix. Samuel Charles10, b. April 27, 1820. x. Francis Adams10, b. April 19, 1824. From " Genealogical Sketches of the White Family," kindly furnished by Thomas White, of Brooklyn, N. Y. we learn that Mrs. Mary (Avery) W...