The Reverend John Avery and Anne Hazard were married April 2, 1782. Further research is necessary to clearly identify Ann Hazard Ripley as his wife; however, she and the death 1830 date are so designated in The Groton Avery Clan.
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"450. John Avery (Charles, Jonathan, Thomas, James, Christopher) was b Oct. 9, 1752, at Norwich; m. April 4, 1782, at Westport, Ann Hazard, dau. of John and Mary (Wakeman) Hazard. She was b. about 1764, at Green Farms. John Avery was graduated at Yale, 1777; pastor of the Congregational church, Stamford. He d. Sept., 1791, at Stamford; his widow m. David Ripley; she d. Dec. 26, 1830, at Saugatuck.
Children of John and Ann (Hazard) Avery, b. at Stamford:
John Hazard, b. April 3, 1783; d. Jan. 30, 1867, at Wooster, O.; unm.
Samuel, b. Sept 5, 1785
Charles, b. March 25, 1788; dl. Nov. 27, 1807, at Kingston, Jamaica
Edward, b. Feb. 20, 1790 (The Groton Avery Clan, Vol. I., p.316)
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Because the Reverend Avery was pastor of the First Congregational Church of Stamford from 1782 to 1791, his memorial was placed in this cemetery (http://www.fccstamford.org/about/history).
Rev. John Avery, 1782-1791
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Thanks go to Findagrave volunteer, Mike Perry, who reported October 2012 that he walked the entire cemetery and could not find the requested stone. The headstones are in generally poor condition due to weather, acid rain, cold and heat that have caused a number of stones to be illegible. Other stones have fallen and have been placed on their faces in hopes of preserving the engravings. Many stones have gotten overgrown by vegetation and are not currently visible. Finally at least one stone has been embedded in the trunk of a tree and has been crushed into several pieces -- none readable. It's possible that this marker will be located in the future. A clean-up of the cemetery is under way now.