-------- Original Message -------- Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [NCJOHNST] Esther Avera Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 21:34:00 -0800 From: "gsctx" <gsctx@msn.com> Organization: Microsoft Corporation To: <NCJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com> References: <OE37BoicYq6VWvEkCNY00004432@hotmail.com> Thanks for the info,Franklin.I actually don't know anything at all about Esther Avera,except that she is my 4th gr grandma,married to Col.Hillory Wilder.They are listed on a GEDCOM that I have,but there is no other info about Avera people. Gary. ----- Original Message ----- From: "FW I" <f_w_i@msn.com> To: <NCJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 11:22 PM Subject: Re: [NCJOHNST] Esther Avera > As a long-term Avera, Avery, Averyt, et. al. researcher. I would not put much stock in how the surname is spelled in the various generations. That has proven to be a misleading criteria for establishing descendancy charts. > > There seem to be certain exceptions to this. For example, the spelling of Averyt is often, though not always, associated with Alexander Averyt and his younger brother Daniel Averyt of Johnston Co NC and not with other Avera/Avery lines. > > However, you mention Jacob Avera and Daniel Averyt in your first query. They were actually brothers. I know a lot about Daniel Averyt's Revolutionary War experience because he was in the Continental Line and because some detail is given about him and his brother Alexander in the rejected Pension application of a Nahor Norris. I know nothing about Jacob Avera/Averyt except who he married and the fact that he was the brother of Alexander Averyt and Daniel. > > Perhaps, Phyllis Mistrot has researched your family line from your grandmother Esther Avery and know how Esther connects to the Averas, Averies, and Averyts that you mention in your first query--all of whom seem to be from Johnston Co NC. If this is true, I can help you fill in some blanks about them. I did not offer to help you before because I had no idea who Esther Avery was or how she connected to the Revolutionary War eara folks. > > How far back can you reliably track your Avery/Avera line? That is the key to getting you question answered. > > In the meantime you might want to know that William Avera, the son of Thomas Avera, Sr, testator of 1761, married Elizabeth Ingram, the daughter of Richard Ingram, and not a Sarah Pritchet. Also, one must be cautious about using DAR data for Avera/Averyt/Avery Patriots from Johnston Co NC. I have found a number of significant errors in this particular material. > > Right now I am tracking a family who seemed to have preferred the spelling of Avery in the earlier generation but preferred Avera in the later generations. They started out Avery in Johnston Co NC but wound up Avera bu the time of the Civil War in GA and KY. > Franklin > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gary Corbett > Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 6:21 PM > To: NCJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NCJOHNST] Esther Avera > > > Phyllis Mistrot has informed me that my grandma Esther was actually an > AVERA,not an AVERY. > Still would appreciate finding out anything about the Averas. > Thanks. > > Does anybody know if my JoCo granny Esther Avery is related to Rev War > soldiers 1.Jacob Avera 2.Thomas Avera m. Mary 3.William Avera m. Sarah > Pritchet 4.Daniel Averyt m. Patience. > Thomas and William Avera were sons of Thomas and Judith Avera. > Thanks.<br clear=all><hr>Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : <a href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p> > > > ==== NCJOHNST Mailing List ==== > Johnston County, North Carolina NCGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncjohnst/index.htm > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >