Cemetery Inscription at Old Dutch Burying Ground, Sleepy Hollow N. Tarrytown, NY
"IN MEMORY OF THADEUS AVERY
WHO DIED NOV.16, 1836
AGED 87 YRS, & 17 D'S.
"HE MET HIS LAST ENEMY WITH CHRISTIAN FIRMNESS AND RESIGNATION:
REJOICING IN HOPE OF THE GLORY OF GOD."
GRAVE - K3-385
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Thaddeus Avery was b. Oct. 30, 1749, in Tarrytown, Westchester County, N.Y., m. July 19, 1779, in Westchester County, Elizabeth Underhill, dau. of Isaac and Abigail (Lespenard) Underhill. She was b. Aug. 8, 1762. He was a farmer. His descendants say that he was a captain of cavalry in the Revolutionary war. He was the paymaster for Westchester County. His home, still standing, has it's fireplace marked with a tablet that states that Capt. Thaddeus Avery was branded with hot irons in this room, and his wife threatened with death by the Hessians, when they refused to divulge the hiding place of money for the Continental army. In his will, dated Dec. 13, 1827, and recorded Dec. 9, 1836, he mentioned wife, Elizabeth; children, Esther, Lawrence, Alpheus, Mary Davis, Charles, Israel, Phebe, William Augustus, Abigail Lespenard Van Zandt, Caroline Scidmore, Harriet Sutton, Ludilla Elmira Brown, Eliza Ann, and Emeline Twitching (Surrogate's Office, Westchester County, Liber F, p. 517). He d. Nov. 16, 1836, at Mount Pleasant, Westchester County; she d. May 22, 1841, at Mount Pleasant.
Reference:
The Groton Avery Clan
Volume I, Chapter IX
Page 352
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DAR PATRIOTS INDEX, page 100.
AVERY, Thaddeus: b. 10-19-1749 CT d. 11-16-1836 NY m. Elizabeth Underhill PMGen NY
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son of Joseph Avery and Mary Honeywell (burials unknown)
"IN MEMORY OF THADEUS AVERY
WHO DIED NOV.16, 1836
AGED 87 YRS, & 17 D'S.
"HE MET HIS LAST ENEMY WITH CHRISTIAN FIRMNESS AND RESIGNATION:
REJOICING IN HOPE OF THE GLORY OF GOD."
GRAVE - K3-385
________________
Thaddeus Avery was b. Oct. 30, 1749, in Tarrytown, Westchester County, N.Y., m. July 19, 1779, in Westchester County, Elizabeth Underhill, dau. of Isaac and Abigail (Lespenard) Underhill. She was b. Aug. 8, 1762. He was a farmer. His descendants say that he was a captain of cavalry in the Revolutionary war. He was the paymaster for Westchester County. His home, still standing, has it's fireplace marked with a tablet that states that Capt. Thaddeus Avery was branded with hot irons in this room, and his wife threatened with death by the Hessians, when they refused to divulge the hiding place of money for the Continental army. In his will, dated Dec. 13, 1827, and recorded Dec. 9, 1836, he mentioned wife, Elizabeth; children, Esther, Lawrence, Alpheus, Mary Davis, Charles, Israel, Phebe, William Augustus, Abigail Lespenard Van Zandt, Caroline Scidmore, Harriet Sutton, Ludilla Elmira Brown, Eliza Ann, and Emeline Twitching (Surrogate's Office, Westchester County, Liber F, p. 517). He d. Nov. 16, 1836, at Mount Pleasant, Westchester County; she d. May 22, 1841, at Mount Pleasant.
Reference:
The Groton Avery Clan
Volume I, Chapter IX
Page 352
__________________
DAR PATRIOTS INDEX, page 100.
AVERY, Thaddeus: b. 10-19-1749 CT d. 11-16-1836 NY m. Elizabeth Underhill PMGen NY
__________________
son of Joseph Avery and Mary Honeywell (burials unknown)
Cemetery Inscription at Old Dutch Burying Ground, Sleepy Hollow N. Tarrytown, NY
"IN MEMORY OF THADEUS AVERY
WHO DIED NOV.16, 1836
AGED 87 YRS, & 17 D'S.
"HE MET HIS LAST ENEMY WITH CHRISTIAN FIRMNESS AND RESIGNATION:
REJOICING IN HOPE OF THE GLORY OF GOD."
GRAVE - K3-385
________________
Thaddeus Avery was b. Oct. 30, 1749, in Tarrytown, Westchester County, N.Y., m. July 19, 1779, in Westchester County, Elizabeth Underhill, dau. of Isaac and Abigail (Lespenard) Underhill. She was b. Aug. 8, 1762. He was a farmer. His descendants say that he was a captain of cavalry in the Revolutionary war. He was the paymaster for Westchester County. His home, still standing, has it's fireplace marked with a tablet that states that Capt. Thaddeus Avery was branded with hot irons in this room, and his wife threatened with death by the Hessians, when they refused to divulge the hiding place of money for the Continental army. In his will, dated Dec. 13, 1827, and recorded Dec. 9, 1836, he mentioned wife, Elizabeth; children, Esther, Lawrence, Alpheus, Mary Davis, Charles, Israel, Phebe, William Augustus, Abigail Lespenard Van Zandt, Caroline Scidmore, Harriet Sutton, Ludilla Elmira Brown, Eliza Ann, and Emeline Twitching (Surrogate's Office, Westchester County, Liber F, p. 517). He d. Nov. 16, 1836, at Mount Pleasant, Westchester County; she d. May 22, 1841, at Mount Pleasant.
Reference:
The Groton Avery Clan
Volume I, Chapter IX
Page 352
__________________
DAR PATRIOTS INDEX, page 100.
AVERY, Thaddeus: b. 10-19-1749 CT d. 11-16-1836 NY m. Elizabeth Underhill PMGen NY
__________________
son of Joseph Avery and Mary Honeywell (burials unknown)
"IN MEMORY OF THADEUS AVERY
WHO DIED NOV.16, 1836
AGED 87 YRS, & 17 D'S.
"HE MET HIS LAST ENEMY WITH CHRISTIAN FIRMNESS AND RESIGNATION:
REJOICING IN HOPE OF THE GLORY OF GOD."
GRAVE - K3-385
________________
Thaddeus Avery was b. Oct. 30, 1749, in Tarrytown, Westchester County, N.Y., m. July 19, 1779, in Westchester County, Elizabeth Underhill, dau. of Isaac and Abigail (Lespenard) Underhill. She was b. Aug. 8, 1762. He was a farmer. His descendants say that he was a captain of cavalry in the Revolutionary war. He was the paymaster for Westchester County. His home, still standing, has it's fireplace marked with a tablet that states that Capt. Thaddeus Avery was branded with hot irons in this room, and his wife threatened with death by the Hessians, when they refused to divulge the hiding place of money for the Continental army. In his will, dated Dec. 13, 1827, and recorded Dec. 9, 1836, he mentioned wife, Elizabeth; children, Esther, Lawrence, Alpheus, Mary Davis, Charles, Israel, Phebe, William Augustus, Abigail Lespenard Van Zandt, Caroline Scidmore, Harriet Sutton, Ludilla Elmira Brown, Eliza Ann, and Emeline Twitching (Surrogate's Office, Westchester County, Liber F, p. 517). He d. Nov. 16, 1836, at Mount Pleasant, Westchester County; she d. May 22, 1841, at Mount Pleasant.
Reference:
The Groton Avery Clan
Volume I, Chapter IX
Page 352
__________________
DAR PATRIOTS INDEX, page 100.
AVERY, Thaddeus: b. 10-19-1749 CT d. 11-16-1836 NY m. Elizabeth Underhill PMGen NY
__________________
son of Joseph Avery and Mary Honeywell (burials unknown)
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