GENEALOGY OF AVERILL FAMILY IN MONT VERNON NH

Information from a web site "History & Genealogy of Mont Vernon, New Hampshire"
located at http://www.nh.searchroots.com/HillsboroughCo/Montvernon/

Source: HISTORY of the TOWN of MONT VERNON, New Hampshire;
Blanchard Printing Co., Boston, Mass. 1907

Disclaimer: We are not responsible for typographical errors, nor do we claim 
that these genealogies are accurate.


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AVERILL

John Averill, the ancestor of all the name in Mont Vernon, was b. in 
Middleton, Mass. June 2, 1740, m. Mary Bradford, dau. of William and
Mary Lambert Bradford (Bradford was the ancestor of the Mont Vernon
Bradfords).  She was b. in 1741.  They came to what is now Mont Vernon
in 1763.  Their children were:
1. Naomi
2. *Daniel
3. Mary m. Benjamin Simonds of Mont Vernon, whither he removed to 
Antrim in 1793.  They had eight children of whom four were born in
Mont Vernon and four in Antrim.
4. Anna, m. -- McAllister.
5. *John Jr., b. Oct 13, 1767
6. *Jesse, b. 1772, d. March 2, 1840, aged 67
7. *Levi

Daniel Averill, son of John and Mary (Bradford) Averill, m(1) April 24,
1783, Mary*, dau of Daniel and Mary (Hartshorn) Weston. She was b. in
Mont Vernon, February 20, 1766.  He m(2) April 26, 1827, Mrs. Manning.
He was a revolutionary soldier, and d. in Barre, Vt., April 21, 1848,
aged 86 years.  He lived on the Odell farm in West District (now J.
Hazens).  He had several ch. all by first wife, of them:
1. Mary, b. Oct 26, 1783, m. May 16, 1805, *David Smith of Mont Vernon,
d. Aug 25, 1864
 Of his sons:
 David W., m. Aug 27, 1809, Submit French (sister of Abraham and Dolly
French).
 Daniel, m. July 17, 1809, Dolly French (sister of Abraham and Dolly
French).
 Both sons settled in Barre, Vt. and among their descendants are
prominent merchants of that city.
 Sylvia, a dau. m. Nov 11, 1824, *Timothy Baldwin. She d. March 28,
1867, age 62 years, 6 months.

John Averill, Jr., son of John and Mary Averill, b. Oct 13, 1767,
d. Oct 26, 1844, m. Anna, dau of James and Hannah (Trask) Woodbury.
She was b. Aug 4, 1774, d. May 9, 1858.  They lived in the west part
of the town near Beech Hill.  Their children were:
1. Nancy, b. Feb 19, 1792, m. Asa Wallace of Milford, Aug. 16, 1814,
who d. in Tennessee, Feb 5, 1815.  Mrs. W., afterwards m. William
Bradford of Goshen, and d. Aug 13, 1837, aged 45, leaving one child,
Asa Wallace.
2. Betsey, b. Feb. 7, 1794, m. Levi Trow of Mont Vernon, May 5, 1812.
They moved to Goshen.
3. *John b March 10, 1796
4. Bernard, b. April 26, 1798, m. Harriet Richardson, Nov. 4, 1829,
settled and d. in Farmington, N.H. leaving five daughters and two sons.
5. Hannah, b. May 13, 1800, d. July 23, 1803.
6. Mary, b. July 13, 1802; m. Nathaniel Cutler of Jaffrey, N.H.,
October 11, 1827.
7. Hannah, b. Jan 7, 1805, m. William Butterfield of New Boston,
Dec. 26, 1835.  She d. Oct 13, 1890, leaving four children.
8. Fanny, b. June 5, 1807, d. June 6, 1814.
9. Lucretia, b. March 5, 1809, m. Joel W. Duncklee of Milford,
March 8, 1832.  She d. Aug 25, 1844, leaving seven children.
10. *Trask Woodbury, b. March 20, 1841.

Jesse Averill, son of John and Mary (Bradford) Averill, b. 1772, 
d. March 2, 1840, age 67 years.  He d. at small house near Henry F. 
Dodge's old farm.  He m(1) *Sarah, dau Andrew Leavitt.  He m(2)
Dec. 4, 1825, Abigail* Swinnington (sister Elisha and Job Swinnington).
Children by first wife:
1. Joseph, settled in Lowell [MA]
2. *Jesse, b. 1799
3. Franklin, m. -- Flanders, 4 children; three daughters and one son.
4. Chili, b. 1805, d. Coburg, Ontario, Oct 11, 1884, aged 78 yrs.
5. William, d. Merrill, Wis., 1885, age 78
6. Chandler, d. Mont Vernon July 6, 1853, aged 43.  He was a soldier in
the Mexican War. He left one son.
7. Jonathan, d. Mont Vernon, May 28, 1831, age 19 years, 4 months.
8. A dau, Sarah of Jesse and Sarah (Leavitt) Averill, m. Dr. Abram
McMillen of New Boston
9. Miles, d. July 4, 1847, aged 26
10. Rensalear, left home when about 18, and was never heard from.

Levil Averill, youngest son of John and Mary (Bradford) Averill, m.
Mary Jones of Wilton.  He lived in the West District on the place now
occupied by George Stearns.  He d. Aug. 31, 1868, age 85.  She d.
November 28, 1864, age 80.  Their children were:
1. Mary Bishop, b. Feb 19, 1804, m. Thomas Dunlap of Antrim. He d.
Aug 17, 1865, aged 62.  She d. June 18, 1874, age 70.  They had
thirteen children.
2. Hiram, b. Oct 21, 1805, d. Warren, R.I. Feb 1, 1886, aged 80.  He
was a brush manufacturer in Charlestown, Mass, of the firm of Averill
and Hunting.
3. Lucinda, b. Sept. 8, 1809, m. Nov 16, 1829, Alexander Jameson of
Antrim. She d. Nov 26, 1843, aged 34, leaving three daughts, viz:
  (1) Mary R., m. D.F. French of Washington NH, d. 3 weeks after
      marriage
  (2) Anne W. m. Harris E. Cutter, lives in Chicago
  (3) Emily S., d. 1869, aged 27
4. Lucy, m. Sumner French, lived in Milford
5. Mark, settled in Tewksbury, Mass.
6. and 7. Nancy and Hannah, twins.  Nancy m. -- Carter, lived in 
Somerville, Mass. Hannah m(1) -- Clough; (2) -- Seaver of Enfield NH
8. John P., graduated Dartmouth College, was for many years principal
of the Chapman School, East Boston, Mass., is now living in Concord
NH. Has two children.
9. Thomas, lived in New Boston and Francestown; d. in Francestown.
10. Levi, b. April 1821, d. May 26, 1892.

John Averill, son of John and Anna (Woodbury) Averill, b. March 10,
1796, m(1) Dec. 15, 1825, Hannah, dau of Abraham and Naomi French.
She was b. Mont Vernon Jan 9, 1804, d. July 10, 1855.  He m(2)
Dec 1856, Dorcas Smiley.  She d. March 21, 1885, age 71.  He d. May 3,
1883, age 87 years.  He lived on the farm, now of Henry H. Trow,
but moved to the village, where he died.  His children all by his first
wife were born in Mont Vernon:
1. Charles Frank, b. Nov 4, 1826, now living unm in California, where
he emigrated in 1850
2. *George Woodbury, b. March 10, 1829.
3. Harriet Frances, b. Dec 31, 1830, d. April 16, 1850, unm.
4. Caroline S., b. Nov 15, 1832, m. Sept. 22, 1859, *Benjamin F. Davis,
resides Mont Vernon

Trask W. Averill, youngest son of John and Anna (Woodbury) Averill, b.
March 20, 1811, m(1) Hannah W., dau of Joseph and Sally (Smith)
Perkins, April 9, 1835.  She was b. April 24, 1816, d. May 2, 1849.
He m (2) Oct. 11, 1849, Hannah, dau of Silas and Martha (Farnum)
Wilkins.  She was b. May 11, 1816, d. Feb 28, 1900.  He d. May 26,
1899.  He resided in the North District for many years.  His children
by first wife were b. in Mont Vernon:
1. Sarah Frances, b. March 24, 1836, m. Oct 19, 1858, Capt. Brown
Flanders of Boston.  She d. ept 15, 1881.  She left one dau Lilla.
2. Nancy Maria, b. May 21, 1838; m(1) *Plumer Jones, by whom she had
one son.  She m(2) his brother *Solomon Jones, by whom she had one
dau and two sons.  She d. Nov 16, 1876.
3. Emily Caroline, b. Jan 3, 1840, m(1) Mr. Hutchinson, m(2) Frank H.
Hopkins.  She d. Feb 15, 1900, leaving no children.
4. *Woodbury T., b. Sept , 1841
5. Josephine Eliza, b. Sept 23, 1843, m(1) 1867, *Stephen G. Clement;
m(2) Frank Brooks of Greenfield, Sept. 23, 1892.  She d. Greenfield,
May 20, 1901, leaving one daughter, Gertrude E. Clement.
6. Mary Henrietta, b. May 27, 1846, m. Samuel Leadbetter of East
Boston, Mass. They had one son, William.  She d. Aug 27, 1882.
7. Franklin Perkins, b. Apr 6, 1849, now (1902) resides in Mont Vernon
and has spent many years in California.
By his second wife
8. *Charles Eugene, b. Aug 6, 1855

Jesse Averill Jr., son of Jesse and Sarah (Leavitt) Averill, b. 1799,
m. 1820, Eliza, dau of Lot Conant.  He d. May 24, 1850, aged 51 years.
She d. May 21, 1872, age 67.  Their children were:
1. Joanna G., b Jan 12, 1821, m. 1843, Jeremiah O. Pulsifer of
Manchester.  She d. July 22, 1855, no children.
2. Eliza M., b 1824, m. *Newell D. Foster, June 10, 1846, d. June 5,
1852, age 28, three children.
3. Charlotte W., b. Sept 6, 1827, m. George H. Chandler of Manchester.
She d. January 3, 1854.
4. *Joseph Woodbury, b. Dec 1, 1829.
5. George G., b. Feb 8, 1831, m. March 9, 1868, Sarah I., dau of
Benjamin F. and Betsey (Bass) Marden.  She was b. May 9, 1835, no ch.
He was in the 13th NH Reg't in Civil War. Farmer, resident Mont Vernon
Village.
6. Almira J., m. James Gilmore of manchester, not living
7. Mary M., b. July 1840; m. Orville B. Stevens, d. May 1, 1870,
age 29 years 9 months.  He d. Jan 30, 1869, age 29 years, 5 months.
8. Angelia M., b 1835, m. Jonathan F. Williams of Lowell. She d.
April 15, 1898, age 53 years, 11 months; one son, George.

George Woodbury Averill, son of John and Hannah (French) Averill,
b. March 10, 1839, m. Nov. 10, 1857, Nancy E., dau of William and
Serviah Lamson.  She was b. Oct 7, 1827.  He has been repeatedly
elected selectman of this town and is an industrious and skillful
farmer.  Their children are:
1. Ella Augusta, b. Nov 2, 1858, attended Wellesley College two years,
was for three years a teacher in South Africa, m. Dec. 25, 1889,
Henry F. Robinson of Hancock, has four children, resides in Hancock.
2. Carrie Frances, b. Aug 24, 1861, m. *Charles H. Trow of Mont Vernon,
Dec. 19, 1882, one son.
3. George Franklin, b. April 18, 1866, m. Oct 26, 1893, Fanny L., dau
of John A. and Amanda (Wilson) Carleton of Mont Vernon.  He is an
enterprising and successful merchant of Milford N.H.

Woodbury T., son of Trask W. and Hannah (Perkins) Averill, b. 
Sept. 6, 1841, m. Rebecca, dau of George Jones of New Boston.  She
d. West Medford, Mass., March 23, 1885, age 35.  He lived in Hancock
from 1873 to 1877, went to Manchester, thence to Boston, where he d.
Feb. 23, 1895, age 53.  He was a massage physician, also a great
hunter and fisher.  Their children were:
1. Belle, b. Mont Vernon, July 31, 1867, m. Albert Shepard of Ipswich,
Mass.
2. Alonzo W., b. Hancock, Nov. 14, 1868, resides in Boston.
3. Willie, b. April 4, 1877, d. Dec 26, 1895

Charles E. Averill, son of Trask W. and Hannah (Wilkins) Averill,
b. Aug 6, 1855, m. Sept 1, 1875, Ruth A., only child of Almus and
Lydia A. Fairfield of Antrim.  She was b. Nov 12, 1853.  He d. Nashua,
Sept. 20, 1883 leaving one son, Ernest.

Joseph W. Averill, son of Jesse and Eliza (Conant) Averill, b. 
Dec. 1, 1829, m. Sabrina F., dau of Timothy and Sylvia (Averill) 
Baldwin, Dec 3, 1857.  She was b. March 15, 1836, d. June 16, 1896.
He has been five years selectman and is respected by all.  They had
one son.
1. Chester B., b. Jan 17, 1867; m. Oct 19, 1892 to Edith Leonard of
Warren NH.  They reside in Warren NH and have one daughter.

James J. Averill, son of Ebenezer and Anna (Johnson) Averill, b.
Milford, Aug. 6, 1778, m. March 3, 1807, Lucy Wallace Burnham of
Milford, b. March 20, 1785, d. Jan 10, 1855.  He lived for many years
in the South District on the farm known as "Chas. H. Raymond's old
farm." He d. here July 11, 1867. Children:
1. Mary Ann, b. Milford, June 1, 1809, d. unm in Mont Vernon, 
May 24, 1883.
2. Lucy B., b. Oct 4, 1816 in Mont Vernon, m. 1844, *Stephen C. 
Langdell. She d. Feb 9, 1902. Four children.
3. Helen M., b. Mont Vernon, March 15, 1827; m. March 28, 1847,
*Joseph Fitch Crosby.  She d. Milford, Nov. 14, 1879.

Granville C. Averill, b. Mont Vernon, Dec 21, 1832, was reared in the
family of his grandparents, James Hopkins; m. 1867, Nancy Jane, only
ch. of George and Hannah P. (Stearns) Green.  She was b. Feb 8, 1843,
d. Dec. 4, 1900.  He d. June 24, 1901.  They lived in the West
District.  Their children were:
1. *Edward G., b. April 6, 1808, New Boston
2. Rufus G., b. Jan 6, 1876, resides Mont Vernon
3. Hannah J., b. June 29, 1878, m(1) Dec 15, 1895, *Walter J. Blanchard
by whom she had one son; m(2) George Page, 1901, d. July 18, 1901.

Edward G. Averill, son of G.C. and N.J. (Green) Averill, b. April 6,
1868 at New Boston, m. March 9, 1892 Mrs. Abbie M. (Pollard) Pease.
She was b. Jan 27, 1871.  They reside in Mont Vernon. Ch:
1. Eva Belle Pease (Mrs. Averill's ch. by first husband), b.
Epping Feb 2, 1890
2. Ina May, b. Mont Vernon Oct 1893.

Moses Averill Jr., was a son of Moses, who was a son of Ebenezer,
who was the first Averill to settle in Milford.  He was b. in Mont
Vernon Jan 26, 1785.  Came from New Boston to Milford in 1824, d.
Milford July 14, 1861; m. Sally Odell June 6, 1811.  She was b. in
Mont Vernon Feb 21, 1787, d. Milford Nov 30, 1873.
Children:
1. Sophronia, b. Mont Vernon, Nov 4, 1811; m. Oct 11, 1832, John B.
Wilson of Canaan, d. Oct 18, 1897.
2. Sarah L., b. Sept 16, 1813,; m 1834 Joseph P. Myrick, resided in
Cleveland, Ohio, d. March 1891.
3. Clementine, b. Aug 9, 1815, resided Valrico, Fla.
4. Abby L. O., b. New Boston, May 5, 1820; m 1859, resided Cleveland,
Ohio
5. Calvin H., b. New Bosotn Dec 29, 1822; Came to Milford in 1824 
with his father, was a matchmaker, m. Sept 1848, Mary B., dau of
Amos and Mary (Burns) Gutterson, b. Milford, March 27, 1831, d.
April 30, 1865, one dau.
6. Clementine Elexene, b. Milford March 9, 1850; m. Herbert O. Lilly,
resided in Cleveland, Ohio
 
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