John Avery, Jr.

John Avery, Jr.
1st Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth^[1]
In office January 1,^[2] 1780^[1] – June 7, 1806^[1]
Preceded by	Samuel Adams^[1] (as Secretary of the Province of Massachusetts Bay)^[2]
Succeeded by	Jonathan L. Austin
Deputy Secretary of the Province of Massachusetts Bay^[2]
In office June 21, 1776^[2] – January 1, 1780^[2]
Preceded by	John Lowell^[1]
Succeeded by	None
Personal details
Born	September 2, 1739^[1]
Died	June 7, 1806^[1] Boston, Massachusetts^[1]
Alma mater	Harvard College, 1759^[1]

John Avery, Jr. (September 2, 1739 – June 7, 1806) was an American politician who served as the 1st Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Avery had served as Deputy Secretary of the Province of Massachusetts Bay under Samuel Adams.^[2] Avery defeated Adams at the polls to be the first Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth.^[2]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Roberts, Oliver Ayer (1901), History of the Military company of the Massachusetts, now called the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts 1637–1888. Vol. II – 1738–1821, Boston, MA: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, p. 196.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1922), The Acts and Resolves, Public and Private, of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Volume XXI, Boston, MA: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, p. 498.

Political offices
Preceded by Samuel Adams	1st Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth January 1, 1780 – June 7, 1806	Succeeded by Jonathan L. Austin