Unnamed  Avery

• Ancestry tree: Avery Family Tree
• Age at death: 28
• Date of death: 06/12/1791
• Master / Mistress: Mr. John Avery
• Most recent residence: Hartford, CT
• Notes: Drowned. Age not provided in the newspaper, but is in the church record. Census: appears as the 1 slave of John Avery. This enslaved man worked for the owner of a tavern and inn. US Supreme Court Justice John Jay stayed at the inn while riding circuit. Jay's diary has entries for Oct. 11, 13-15 and 17.
• Bibliographic sources: Hale; "Article 8 -- no Title." Connecticut Courant (1791-1837), Jun 13, 1791; Federal Census of 1790; CTCHRec, Reel 505, records and papers, 46; Doc Hist of Sup. Ct., 2: 99 fn 1.

Drowned. Age not provided in the newspaper, but is in the church record. Census: appears as the 1 slave of John Avery. This enslaved man worked for the owner of a tavern and inn. US Supreme Court Justice John Jay stayed at the inn while riding circuit. Jay’s diary has entries for Oct. 11, 13-15 and 17.

• Confidence Level - confidence_level - Highly Confident
• Ethnicity/Race/Tribal Affiliation: Black  (defined as Unknown origins, but listed as a person of color )
• Gender: Male