Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry




Thomas Avery 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1790 - Portsmouth, Hampshire, England 1485
    Christening: 
          Death: After 10 Jun 1869 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1015
         Burial: After 10 Jun 1869 - Witless Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1015
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Religion: Roman Catholic, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. All his non-familial bequests were to RC clergy and institutions. 

•  Property: Mortgage of property near Kings Bridge, 18 Feb 1853, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.  (Party) 

•  Property: Took a loan from Thomas Avery against his property on Gower St., 1 Aug 1853, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.  (Party) 

•  Residence: 125 Military Rd., 10 Jun 1869, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Will: 10 Jun 1869, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: Avery
         Mother:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Johanna Hynes 1015 
    Partnership:
Notes
General:
220913:

Will of Thomas Avery from Newfoundland will books volume 3 pages 122 to 125 probate year 1869

In re Thomas Avery deceased.

In the name of God Amen. I Thomas Avery of St. John's Gentleman being of sound mind and good bodily health but mindful that it is appointed for all men once to die do make this my last will and testament and

Firstly I will and bequeath my soul to Almighty God who gave it and my body to be buried in the burying ground of Witless Bay as near as may be to the last resting place of Daniel and Mary Hynes with a suitable headstone to be erected to my memory valued about £20 with a decent funeral suitable to a person of my rank in life.

Secondly I will and bequeath to my loving niece Elizabeth Winsor the house No. 125 wherein I now live with the sum of £250 of the assets enumerated below

Thirdly I will and bequeath to my loving friend Johanna Hynes the sum of £200 from the assets enumerated in a paper below with the house in the Military Road No. 127.

Forthly, I will and bequeath to my loving friend Elizabeth Winsor Driscoll the house No. 129 situated on the Military Road with the sum of £200 from the assets enumerated below.

Fifthly I will and bequeath to my loving nephew Thomas Avery Winsor the sum of £200 from the assets enumerated below with all my interest in a house in Lion Square built by Mr. Hamelin Fleming.

Sixthly I will and bequeath to my loving niece Ann Winsor the parlor part of the house in Torbryan I having advanced the money £200..0..0 to her father to pay for the whole house.

Seventhly I will and bequeath to my loving niece Amelia Winsor the kitchen part of the house in Torbryan, I having advanced the money £200 to her father to pay for the whole house.

Eighthly I will and bequeath to my loving friend Ann Driscoll wife of Michael Driscoll of Mobile £100 out of the funds enumerated below.

Ninthly I will and bequeath to my loving friend Thomas Driscoll of Mobile son of Michael and Ann Driscoll the sum of £50 out of the funds named below with all my books and also books of accounts to be destroyed with all letters which are not to be opened, and I do request that he will be in attendance in my house at my death and burial.

Tenthly I will and bequeath to my loving friend Michael Patrick Driscoll the sum of £100 out of the funds named below with a request that he will when he becomes a priest, and I hope that he will be a good priest, offer up the Holy Sacrifice for the rest of my soul.

Eleventhly, I will and bequeath to the Rev. Dean Cleary £25, to the Rev. Jeremiah O'Donnell £25, to the Revd. Michael Walsh £25, to the Revd. Father Murphy £25, Ferryland, to the Revd. _____ Forrestal, Ferryland, £25, to the Revd. Richard Brennan Fortune Bay £25. to Revd. Richard O'Donnell, St. John's, £25, to the Revd. John Conway, St. John's, £25 out of the funds enumerated below to offer for me at the altar the Sacrifice of the Mass.

Twelfthly, I will and bequeath to the Sisters of Mercy Convent the sum of £100, to assist the orphans of that Institution.

Thirteenthly, I will and bequeath to Convent of Mercy in Belvedere the sum of £100. for to provide for the Orphans of that Institution and to be paid out of the funds enumerated below.

Fourteenthly, I will and bequeath to Catholic Cathedral the sum of £100. to assist in repairing the building out of the funds enumerated below.

Fifteenthly, I will and bequeath to St. Patrick Church the sum of £100. to assist in finishing the Church, out of the funds enumerated below.

Sixteenthly I will and bequeath to my loving friend Johanna Hynes all my fee simple property in Witless Bay called Brooks Plantation with all the rights appertaining thereto with this express condition that the said Johanna Hynes out of the proceeds of the said fishing room pay the priest of the parish for the time being £5 for my intentions.

Lastly, I will and bequeath to my loving niece Elizabeth Winsor her heirs executors and assigns all the rest residue of my property whatever the same may be and not before disposed of after paying all my just debts all the above legacies, all my funeral expenses, the cost of my headstone the expence of proving this will, to pay £20 each to my executors hereafter named and I hereby appoint my trusty and well beloved friend the Revd. John Conway and my trusty friend Thomas R. Smith of the firm of C.T. Bernett & Co. to be my executors of this my last will and testament, and I hereby order and declare that the above legacies shall not be paid untill six months after my death, and I do hereby desire that this is my last will and testament, revoking all and every my former wills and testaments and I hereby request the above named executors to undertake executorship and also the above named £20 as a small recompense for their trouble- In witness whereof I have to this last will and testament set and subscribed my hand and seal this 10th day of June 1869, Thomas Avery (LS) Witnessed by us this 5th day of August 1869, John Conway, Admr of St. John's, P.G. Little

Legacies in the will. 1. Headstone 20. 2. Elizabeth Winsor 250. 3. Johanna Hynes 200. 4. Elizabeth Winsor Driscoll 200. 5. Thomas Avery Winsor 200. 6. Ann Winsor, house in Torbryan, 7. Amelia Winsor, do. 8. Ann Driscoll, Mobile 100. 9. Thomas Driscoll 50. 10. Michael Driscoll 100. 11, 8 Clergyman 200. 12. Sisters of Mercy Convent 100. 13. Do. Belvedere 100. 14. Catholic Cathedral 100. 15. St. Patricks Church Riverhead 100. 1720. Amount of legacies 1720, Executors 40, - 1760.

Amount of assets, Commercial Bank 1000. James & Peter Rogerson 400. Henry LeMessurier 150. Peter Weston Carter 150, St. John's Water Company 300. - 2000. Premium on Coml. Bank 100, - 2100. Saint John's, 10th June 1869. Thomas Avery.

Certified correct, D. M. Browning Registrar

Note: The wills in those will books are NOT actual wills. They are either hand-written copies or in later years typed copies of a, "last will and testament," written or typed by the court clerk, after the death of the testator, when the executor presented them to the court for probate. The court clerk didn't list the signatures at the bottom, he (or she) just put them in the book in whatever order they were in, on the original document, no spacing most of the time, no punctuation. The originals were kept by the executor.

We who have typed these wills, have made every effort to include all the errors that were on the microfilm, in order to avoid destroying the integrity of the originals, where ever they may be.

Page Contributed by Judy Benson & Ivy F. Benoit

Page Revised by Ivy F. Benoit (Wednesday February 20, 2013 AST)

290114 from Bob Hopkins:

Similarly, Thomas Avery Winsor, a prosperous merchant in Exploits, is named after his uncle Thomas Avery a business man who operated out of St. John's and Portsmouth England in the eighteen hundreds.

010419:
Thomas Avery was wealthy enough to be able to loan large sums of money to other prominent citizens including Henry Le Messurier and Peter Weston Carter on security of their properties for short terms. That said, in the case of Henry Le Messurier, he never did repay the loan until required to do so after the death of Avery by his executors so it seems Avery was also wealthy enough to set aside loans when he felt like it and not pursue repayment.

Frederick William Aves 
      Sex: M
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Events

•  Emigration: Bef 1853, Huron, Huron, Ohio, United States of America.
Spouses and Children 
1. *Frances Elizabeth Damerel 856 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Bishop Henry Dameral Aves
Bishop Henry Dameral Aves 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 10 Jul 1853 - Huron, Huron, Ohio, United States of America 856
    Christening: 
          Death: 20 Sep 1936 - Seabrook, Harris, Texas, United States of America ( at age 83) 856
         Burial: 
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Events

•  Ordination: Bishop of Mexico, Cir 1904, Mexico.
Parents 
         Father: Frederick William Aves 856
         Mother: Frances Elizabeth Damerel 856
Bridget Aylward 
      Sex: F
AKA: Bridget Alyward 315
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1848 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 315,1491
    Christening: 
          Death: 8 Jul 1916 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 68) 1491
         Burial: After 8 Jul 1916 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1491
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Alt. Death: 1916, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Spouses and Children 
1. *Michael O'Brien 315 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. William Joseph O'Brien
                2. William Joseph O'Brien
                3. James Joseph O'Brien
                4. Mary Joseph O'Brien
                5. John Joseph O'Brien
                6. Sarah Margaret O'Brien
                7. Thomas O'Brien
                8. Stephen O'Brien
                9. Mary Ann O'Brien
Catherine Aylward 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1794 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 92
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Events

•  Census: 1800 Census of family of John and Margaret Aylward, 1800, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.  (Household Member)
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother: Living
Catherine F. Aylward 
      Sex: F
AKA: Kate Aylward 1493
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir Nov 1862 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1492
    Christening: 
          Death: 12 Feb 1943 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America ( about age 80) 1492
         Burial: After 12 Feb 1943 - New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States of America 1494
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Parents 
         Father: John Aylward 92,895
         Mother: Living
Spouses and Children 
1. *Richard Saunders 1492 
       Marriage: 7 Jan 1885 - Renews, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1492
       Children:
                1. John William Saunders
                2. Mary Frances Saunders
                3. Laura Belle Saunders
                4. Clotilda Saunders
                5. Capt. Herman Rupert Saunders
                6. Ellen Saunders
Gerald Aylward 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Aug 1917 - Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1495,1496
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          Death: 
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Events

•  Census: 1945 Newfoundland Census of Household of Gerald Aylward, 1945, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Downloaded from FamilySearch and corrected so that right and left pages match

All members of this household were RC
. 

•  Occupation: Filleting Fish, 1945, Cape Broyle, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: Maurice Aylward 1495
         Mother: Catherine Hartery 1495
John Aylward 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1792 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 92
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Events

•  Census: 1800 Census of family of John and Margaret Aylward, 1800, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.  (Household Member)
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother: Living
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
       Children:
                1. Catherine F. Aylward
Living 
      Sex: M
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
       Children:
                1. Mary Aylward
                2. William Aylward
                3. John Aylward
                4. Catherine Aylward
                5. Thomas Aylward
John Joseph Aylward 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1885 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 437,481
    Christening: 
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Events

•  Occupation: Seaman, 23 Jun 1906, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Residence: At time of marriage, bachelor, Princes St. ., 23 Jun 1906, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Living: 292 Water St., 13 Nov 1909, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Parents 
         Father: Joseph Aylward 437
         Mother:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Marion Maria Wheeler 1275,1497,1498 
       Marriage: 23 Jun 1906 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 437,481

Marriage Events

•  Minister/Priest: G. R. Godden, 23 Jun 1906, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 

•  Witnesses: Edward Pearce, Statia Aylward, 23 Jun 1906, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 
Marriage Notes 




140705:

June 23, 1906, St. Thomas's, John Joseph Aylward, 21, bachelor, Seaman, Princes St., Joseph Aylward, Cook, and Maria Wheeler, 18 Spinster, ___, Signal Hill, Joseph Wheeler, Turnkey, by G. R. Madden, Edward Pearce, Statia Aylward, No. 125

I found out about this marriage from the church records. Mom was not aware of it. She always knew this person as Miriam, or more often Mims, never Maria. And she only knew of her marriage to a man named Steeves from Hillsborough. She was unaware of this prior, presumably very brief, marriage. I don't know whether the marriage ended in divorce or if the seaman died or whatever but he obviously was quickly and deliberately forgotten and omitted from family oral tradition for whatever reason.

140318:
Just discovered a will to which he (or a man by the same name) was a witness dated Nov. 13, 1909. By then Marion was married to McCoubrey in NB so it appears she must have divorced her first husband or the marriage was annulled. There is no record of this available unfortunately.

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