Ancestry of
John D. Rockefeller

Founder of the Standard Oil Company

Miles Avery

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• • Great-grandfather of John D. Rockefeller — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 10 
  • Father:
  • Solomon Avery 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah Punderson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 5 Sep 1760 
  • Birth Location:
  • Norwich, New London, Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 27 Jun 1850 
  • Death Location:
  • Great Barrington, Berkshire, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Muddy Brook Cemetery, Great Barrington, Berkshire, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Malinda Pixley
  • Marriage Date:
  • Nov 1783 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Great Barrington, Berkshire, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Lucy Avery (Ahnentafel No:5 )

• Sources for Miles Avery

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/21/2017).
  • ² NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1987, Vol. 4, p. 71.
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1982, Vol. 136, p. 327.
  • ⁴ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #92955, Membership application for Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller.
  • ⁵ Western Massachusetts Families in 1790, Vol. William Pixley, p. 4.
  • ⁶ Avery, Elroy McKendree and Catharine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, The Groton Avery Clan, Cleveland: n. p. (1912), Vol. 1, pp. 226, 358-359.
  • ⁷ Sweet, Homer De Lois, The Averys of Groton, Syracuse, New York: Rice-Taylor Print. Co. (1894), 565, 577-578, 604.
  • ⁸ Wikipedia, "William Rockefeller, Sr.", _Sr., (accessed 11/23/2012).