Avery's Rest Site is an

archaeological site An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or recorded history, historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline ...

located near Rehoboth Beach,

Sussex County, Delaware Sussex County is a county in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware, on the Delmarva Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 237,378, making it the state's second most populated county behind New Castle and ahead of Ke ...

. It is the site of the 17th century colonial plantation of Captain John Avery, who moved to this site from Maryland in 1675. Avery served as Captain of the Militia and Governor

Edmund Andros Sir Edmund Andros (6 December 1637 – 24 February 1714; also spelled ''Edmond'') was an English colonial administrator in British America. He was the governor of the Dominion of New England during most of its three-year existence. At other ...

appointed him a justice of the peace of Whorekill Court in 1678. He eventually had 800 acres of land on

Rehoboth Bay Rehoboth Bay is a body of water in Sussex County, Delaware. It is connected to the Broadkill River by the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal. It is part of Delaware's inland bay system, along with Little Assawoman Bay and Indian River Bay. Of Delaware ...

and lived here until his death in 1682. The archaeology suggests the site was still lived at after his death. The site was excavated in 2007–08. It was listed on the

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in 1978.

References

External links

The Archaeological Society of Delaware: Avery's Rest
Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Geography of Sussex County, Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Sussex County, Delaware {{Delaware-NRHP-stub