Avery-Hanson Genealogy - Person Sheet
Avery-Hanson Genealogy - Person Sheet
Spouses
Marriagebef 1736, Poughkeepsie, NY USA
ChildrenMeyer2 (Le Meyer, Nehemiah) (<1736-)
Peter1 (Petrus) (<1739-ca1823)
Anatche (<1742-)
Susanna (ca1745-)
Nicholas (ca1752-)
Notes for Meyer1 (Le Meyer, Nehemiah) AVERY/EVERY (EPHRE, EYVERIE)
26May 1739 Baptism of son, Petrus (Peter) 144
1738/9 -> June 1748: Taxed in Crum Elbow.
13 Dec. 1753: mentioned in land transfers among Livingstone family members
Settled on 215-acre farm in Lot 17 (Livingston) at intersection of Freedom Rd. & Traver Rd.
Feb 1753: Taxed in Beekman
1757: Taxed in Beekman
June 1762 -> 1762: Taxed in Crum Elbow
His widow m. 29 Nov. 1764 widower James Auchmoody which would indicate the death of Nehemiah Avery about 1762-3. 250
Edward AVERY (person ID 622) who m. Johannah ROSE on 3 June 1699 in New London, CT have been suggested as the parents of Meyer AVERY but reference source 256 which lists their children has no children with names like Meyer. I do not place much credibility in that relationship.
1738/9 -> June 1748: Taxed in Crum Elbow.
13 Dec. 1753: mentioned in land transfers among Livingstone family members
Settled on 215-acre farm in Lot 17 (Livingston) at intersection of Freedom Rd. & Traver Rd.
Feb 1753: Taxed in Beekman
1757: Taxed in Beekman
June 1762 -> 1762: Taxed in Crum Elbow
His widow m. 29 Nov. 1764 widower James Auchmoody which would indicate the death of Nehemiah Avery about 1762-3. 250
Edward AVERY (person ID 622) who m. Johannah ROSE on 3 June 1699 in New London, CT have been suggested as the parents of Meyer AVERY but reference source 256 which lists their children has no children with names like Meyer. I do not place much credibility in that relationship.
Research notes for Meyer1 (Le Meyer, Nehemiah) AVERY/EVERY (EPHRE, EYVERIE)
The following fragments are collected from a series of Email messages from Sharilynn Whitaker <sharilyn@northcoast.com> regard Myer AVERY and various spellings of that name.
“I have worked for many years on a man named Le Meyer Every, who is seen in many variations of name and spelling, and sometimes as Meyer or Nehemiah Every or Avery. This man married a woman named Dorcas Fredericks. Their first known son, Le Meyer, Jr., was baptised in Kingston DRC in 1736, with sponsors from the Tarrytown area for this baptism (and for others). I have estimated the DOB for this Le Meyer Every at circa 1710. Both Le Meyer and his wife remain unidentified, despite much research effort.”
“LeMeyer EVERY and Dorcas FREDERICKS later lived on the Nine Partners Patent in northern Dutchess County, and when she was widowed and remarried, Dorcas married JAMES AUCHMOODIE and returned to Ulster County. Their records are in New Paltz.”
In response to my questions - Are there records, possibly Dutch Reform Church, that support the spelling of Myer and Nehemiah as being the same person? Specifically, what are the reference sources for the birth (or baptism) and death dates for Nehemiah/Myer/LeMyer Every and his children?, Sharilyn wrote:
“I believe that his true name was Le Meyer Every. All of the known church records support that form of his name. He is NEVER seen as "Nehemiah" in a church record.”
“He is recorded with the exact spelling Le Meyer when he baptised his first known son, at Kingston DRC, who was given his father's name, Le Meyer.”
“Register of the Dutch Church at Kingston 29 August 1736 Baptism by Domine Vas, Hoes # 4651”
“Le Meyer Inening
Dorothe Frederiks Child: Le Meyer Sponsors: Jan Kankely, Annatche Storm”
“At the baptism of your ancestor, the son Pieter, he is seen as "Meyer" which I think is a shortened version of Le Meyer.”
“Poughkeepsie DRC (Worden version))
Meyer Iodry Petrus Jacob Bookhout
Dorihar Fiedricks 27 May 1739 Susanna Hankley”
“Kelly typescript of records of same church
1739
5.26
Myer Ivery Petrus Jacob Bockhout
Dorikas Frederick Zuzanna Kankely”
“At the Poughkeepsie DRC baptism of daughter Anatche he is seen as "Emeyer", again I believe mangled version of the name Le Meyer.”
“Baptised 13 February 1743 in Poughkeepsie
Emeyer Ephere, Dorckas Frederick, Anache,
sponsors Marya La Roye and Michael Seely or in another version Maria Le Roy and Michael Feele”
“I believe that this unusual given name came from the Palatine surname Lahmeyer, which is a very long story indeed!”
“He is called "Nehemiah Avery" on Dutchess County tax lists. The information given about him by Frank J. Doherty in his "Settlers of the Beekman Patent Series" is erroneous in many respects, and he is called there "Nehemiah Avery". And, the son is called Nehemiah in Revolutionary War records.”
“I believe the name Nehemiah was very likely the closest common male name to Le Meyer. The diminutive version of Nehemiah is "Miah", which in New York would be heard with a final "r sound. Since Le Meyer went by Meyer, I believe the name Nehemiah was probably in some cases assumed, as in the tax list, if his unusual full given name was not explained. But there is no proof of which version is correct, so I chose to include both versions in my FTM.”
From another Email conversation, Sharilyn says: “We know also, from the available baptismal records for the children of Meyer/Le Meyer Every/Avery that he used sponsors that appear in the Tarrytown records.”
“I think it is a safe bet that he was tied in some fashion to the Tarrytown Every/Avery family. Now here I want to launch into a long discussion of what information there is of a connection, and also the connections to Johannes Lahmeyer, but without a careful step by step examination you will simply be confused by all of this, so I won't go into it unless and until you feel you want to hear that part of my research.”
“I have worked for many years on a man named Le Meyer Every, who is seen in many variations of name and spelling, and sometimes as Meyer or Nehemiah Every or Avery. This man married a woman named Dorcas Fredericks. Their first known son, Le Meyer, Jr., was baptised in Kingston DRC in 1736, with sponsors from the Tarrytown area for this baptism (and for others). I have estimated the DOB for this Le Meyer Every at circa 1710. Both Le Meyer and his wife remain unidentified, despite much research effort.”
“LeMeyer EVERY and Dorcas FREDERICKS later lived on the Nine Partners Patent in northern Dutchess County, and when she was widowed and remarried, Dorcas married JAMES AUCHMOODIE and returned to Ulster County. Their records are in New Paltz.”
In response to my questions - Are there records, possibly Dutch Reform Church, that support the spelling of Myer and Nehemiah as being the same person? Specifically, what are the reference sources for the birth (or baptism) and death dates for Nehemiah/Myer/LeMyer Every and his children?, Sharilyn wrote:
“I believe that his true name was Le Meyer Every. All of the known church records support that form of his name. He is NEVER seen as "Nehemiah" in a church record.”
“He is recorded with the exact spelling Le Meyer when he baptised his first known son, at Kingston DRC, who was given his father's name, Le Meyer.”
“Register of the Dutch Church at Kingston 29 August 1736 Baptism by Domine Vas, Hoes # 4651”
“Le Meyer Inening
Dorothe Frederiks Child: Le Meyer Sponsors: Jan Kankely, Annatche Storm”
“At the baptism of your ancestor, the son Pieter, he is seen as "Meyer" which I think is a shortened version of Le Meyer.”
“Poughkeepsie DRC (Worden version))
Meyer Iodry Petrus Jacob Bookhout
Dorihar Fiedricks 27 May 1739 Susanna Hankley”
“Kelly typescript of records of same church
1739
5.26
Myer Ivery Petrus Jacob Bockhout
Dorikas Frederick Zuzanna Kankely”
“At the Poughkeepsie DRC baptism of daughter Anatche he is seen as "Emeyer", again I believe mangled version of the name Le Meyer.”
“Baptised 13 February 1743 in Poughkeepsie
Emeyer Ephere, Dorckas Frederick, Anache,
sponsors Marya La Roye and Michael Seely or in another version Maria Le Roy and Michael Feele”
“I believe that this unusual given name came from the Palatine surname Lahmeyer, which is a very long story indeed!”
“He is called "Nehemiah Avery" on Dutchess County tax lists. The information given about him by Frank J. Doherty in his "Settlers of the Beekman Patent Series" is erroneous in many respects, and he is called there "Nehemiah Avery". And, the son is called Nehemiah in Revolutionary War records.”
“I believe the name Nehemiah was very likely the closest common male name to Le Meyer. The diminutive version of Nehemiah is "Miah", which in New York would be heard with a final "r sound. Since Le Meyer went by Meyer, I believe the name Nehemiah was probably in some cases assumed, as in the tax list, if his unusual full given name was not explained. But there is no proof of which version is correct, so I chose to include both versions in my FTM.”
From another Email conversation, Sharilyn says: “We know also, from the available baptismal records for the children of Meyer/Le Meyer Every/Avery that he used sponsors that appear in the Tarrytown records.”
“I think it is a safe bet that he was tied in some fashion to the Tarrytown Every/Avery family. Now here I want to launch into a long discussion of what information there is of a connection, and also the connections to Johannes Lahmeyer, but without a careful step by step examination you will simply be confused by all of this, so I won't go into it unless and until you feel you want to hear that part of my research.”