Family |
John Avent, b. 1642, Malborough, Devon, England |
Married |
29 Sep 1662 |
St. Werburgh's Church, Wembury, Devon, England |
Notes |
- The webmaster was recently (August 2021) matched up with a DNA relative on Livingdna (a UK based company specializing in British DNA). This connection was born in Devon from a Devon-based family and according to her records she is a 10X great granddaughter of John Avent and Suzan Luckrofte (grandparents of John Avent/Avant).
The webmaster believes that this is pretty conclusive proof that his immigrant ancestor Thomas Avent was from Devon and is the same person as the one listed in the St. Werburgh’s Church baptism record of 1670/71.
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This is speculative and is based on the 1670 birth record for Thomas Avent. Note that there are two Thomas Avents listed on that record: one the son of Thomas and Anne and the other the son of John and Julian (Julie Ann). We know our Thomas was not the son of Thomas and Anne because that Thomas later married a Mary Browning in Devon around 1702 and died there around 1728 (per British genealogist Peter Wilson Coldham). So the best guess is our Thomas was the son of John Avent and Julian, whose last name was ‘Ewens’.
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Children |
+ | 1. Thomas Avent, b. ca. 1671, Devonshire, England (?) , d. 31 Oct 1757, Sussex Co., VA (Age ~ 86 years) |
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Last Modified |
8 Aug 2021 |
Family ID |
F1403 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |