This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4Yk.2ACIB/731.753.771.848.1 Message Board Post: HELLO....MY ANCESTOR WILLIAM RUFUS HYDE AVERY WAS BORN IN 1796 JEFFERSON CO. NY. HIS MOTHER WAS ------HYDE. FIRST NAME UNKNOWN. WE HAVE INFO THAT HIS MOTHER'S MOTHER DIED WHEN WM's MOTHER WAS 5 AND THAT SHE WAS RAISED BY THE GOVERNOR OF NY. HAVE YOU EVER RUN ACROSS ANYTHING LIKE THIS? IT CERTAINLY IS A CHORE FOR ME TO RESEARCH. DARLENE LEWIS, HANCOCK CO. OH