The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 11 Parke Avery (1741-1821) took part in the siege of Boston and was lieutenant in Wadsworth's brigade at Harlem Heights, White Plains and the fall of Fort Washington. He turned out for the defense of Fort Griswold while at home on a furlough. He was born and died in Groton, Conn.

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Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Smith.
DAR ID Number: 10365
Born in Connecticut.
Wife of Joseph Washington Smith.
Descendant of Rev. Parke Avery, Ens. Ebenezer Avery, Col. Oliver Smith, of Connecticut.
[p.143] Daughter of Nathaniel Denison Smith and Eliza Williams, his wife.
Granddaughter of Jesse Williams and Elizabeth Avery, his wife; Denison Smith and Waity Smith,
his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Ebenezer Avery and Elizabeth Green, his wife; Oliver Smith and Mary
Noyes Denison, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Parke Avery and Mary Lathan, his wife.
Ebenezer Avery turned out at the New Haven Alarm in Capt. John Williams' company. He served in
the defense of Fort Griswold, where he was severely wounded. His house, at the foot of the
Heights, was where the wounded and dying were taken. He died in 1828 at Groton, where he was
born in 1747.
Park Avery served on the Committee of Inspection and as a member of the Assembly. His six sons
were in the army and two were killed at Fort Griswold. He died at Groton in 1796, aged eighty-six.

Parke Avery, Jr., (1741-1821), served as lieutenant in the New York campaign and was at the
surrender of Fort Washington. He lost an eye by a bayonet thrust at Fort Griswold and his son
Thomas, a lad of seventeen, was killed fighting by the side of his father.
Also Nos. 2333, 3849, 4171, 5030, 6245.
Oliver Smith entered the service in 1775, and was captain of a company when the British ship
“Rose” bombarded Stonington. He commanded a regiment in the New York campaign.
Also Nos. 2300, 4758, 5033, 6239, 8331.