William Avery

1793 - 1840  (47 years)

• Name	William Avery
  Born	16 Aug 1793	Herkimer, Herkimer County, NY   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	TF1D-SM
  Died	16 Nov 1840	Athens, Menard County, IL   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I26313	Day Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2006

  
  

  Father	Ebenezer Punderson Avery,   b. 21 May 1765, Groton, New London County, CT ,   d. 10 Sep 1840, Great Barrington, Berkshire County, MA  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Lovina Barnes,   b. 10 Mar 1767, Great Barrington, Berkshire County, MA ,   d. 30 Mar 1847, Oran, Onondaga County, NY  (Age 80 years)
  Married	15 Dec 1786	Great Barrington, Berkshire County, MA   [2]
  Family ID	F9566	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eunice Hart,   b. 5 Feb 1799,   d. 12 Jun 1888  (Age 89 years)
  Married	24 Nov 1815	Pompey, Onondaga County, NY   [1]
  Children	1. Eliza Avery,   b. 12 Sep 1818,   d. 2 Sep 1836  (Age 17 years)   2. Cynthia Avery,   b. 17 Jun 1821,   d. 28 Mar 1831  (Age 9 years)
  Family ID	F16345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Aug 1793 - Herkimer, Herkimer County, NY Married - 24 Nov 1815 - Pompey, Onondaga County, NY Died - 16 Nov 1840 - Athens, Menard County, IL  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Invented and patented the rotary engine. In 1822 he built a small steamboat which operated on Lake Cazenovia, and finally on the Erie Canal. He was the first white man to navigate the St. Lawrence River from Kingston to the Sault Rapids. In 1837 and 1838 the state of Illinois awarded him the contract to take the rock out on the summit of the Illinois and Michigan Canal.

  
  

• Sources

  [S103] Ancestry.com. [S18] Thomas Barnes of Hartford, CT 1615-1994, by Frederic Wayne Barnes, 1994., 81 (Reliability: 3).