Ancestry of
Nelson Rockefeller

41st U.S. Vice-President

Christopher Avery

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Nelson Rockefeller — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 234 
  • Father:
  • James Avery Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Deborah Stallion   
  • Birth Date:
  • 23 Jan 1679/1680 
  • Birth Location:
  • Groton, New London, Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
  • 28 Feb 1679/1680 
  • Christening Location:
  • First Church, New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
  • Death Date:
  • 20 Jan 1753 
  • Death Location:
  • Groton, New London, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Prudence Payson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Apr 1714 
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  • Child:

  Temperance Avery (Ahnentafel No:117 )

• Additional marriages for Christopher Avery

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  • Spouse:
  • Abigail Parke
  • Marriage Date:
  • 19 Dec 1704
  • Marriage Location:
  • Preston, New London, Connecticut

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  • Spouse:
  • Esther Hammond
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Jan 1735

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  • Spouse:
  • Susanna Baker

• Sources for Christopher Avery

  • ¹ Avery, Elroy McKendree and Catharine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, The Groton Avery Clan, Cleveland: n. p. (1912), 102, 124-126, 175.
  • ² Cutter, William Richard, ed., New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of . . . Volume 2, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1914), 1001.
  • ³ Morgan, Nathaniel H., Morgan Genealogy: A History of James Morgan, of New London, Conn., and His Descendants; From 1607 to 1869, Hartford: Press of Case, Lockwood and Brainard (1869), 45.