The Averill/Averell Project

Discovering our American, Canadian and European Ancestors

Will of William Averell of Ipswich, Massachusetts

People of Interest in these Family Trees

General William Woods Averell, general in the American Civil War and Inventor of an Improvement of Asphalt Pavement

*Clara Arkette Avery, compiler of the Averill, Avery Family books in the early 1900's tp which we all owe a great deal of gratitude.

Sarah Averell, a Salem witch.

Elizabeth Jackson, a Sale witch.

William Averell Harriman, an American Diplomat.

Howard Earl Averill, a baseball Hall of Famer.

Esther H Averill, an American writer known for the children's Cat Club books.

Gage Averill, a musicologist.

Samuel Averill Hill, an architect in Chile.

Welcome!

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Goals of this Project

A. To Identify the descendants of immigrant William Averell "of Ipswich, Massachusetts, born c1595 and died c1652.

B. To identify Averill/Averell lineages not related to William "of Ipswich."

C. Place on one web site all of the available Averill/Averell surname information.

The baseline for most Averill research is the Averell-Averill-Averill Family" a Record of Descendants of William and Abigail Averell of Ipswich, Massachusetts in two volumes, complied by Clara A, Avery, published August 1, 1906. Clara's 1000-page manuscript was retyped to form the foundation for this projec. This site hopes to pprevent duplication of efforts by allowing the sharing of information and documentation by researchers. To request to receive our semi-annual Email Updates contact Gordon (contact information is at the bottom of this page).How You Can Help

Please send us photographs of your ancestors, copies of any original documents, letters, and items you feel need to be preserved.

In Clara Avery's original book, she did a wonderful job in preserving family narratives. Birth,Death, and Marriage documentations are available from government sources. ***What we are losing is the narrative portion of our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents' lives - of why they moved, how they met their spouses, where they were educated. Where they worked, commmunity involvement, and what the family did for entertainment. These narratives can be brief as a few sentences, or a multi-page biography. Also, please help us with the femaile lines, which are much more difficult to trace than the male lines, for obvious reasons. This is one major area often omitted in research, in that most research books only for Averill surname. It has been our goal to locate as many of these female lines as we can. Your help in this effort is very much appreciated.

We are actively seeking new participants for the Averill Project. We encourage uou to email to b24b24@aol.com the following information for your grandfather, your great grandfather, your great, great grandfather , etc., so that your family heritage for our future geneerations is preserved.

For EACH ancestor we need:Full Name

Date and Place of Birth

Date and Place of Marriage

Full Name of Spouse

Date and Place of Death

Our other website for this project is averillproject.com

For more information:

If you wish to provide information or inquire about the Averill Project contact:

Webmaster - Tresa Tatyrek: tresatatyrek@gmail.com, Gordon Stevenson, son of Marie Averill, site owner, or Administrator = Toni Stevenson; toni.schmid@gmail.com

Mailing Addrewss on Request

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William Averill Jr with daughters Selena and Martha

Great Grandfather of Gordon Stevenson