Dear Jerry: On page 409 of the History of Cayuga County by Elliot Storke 1789-1879 under the Town of Ledyard/Aurora Village/Cayuga Lakes Adademy at Aurora it states: On the 23rd of March, 1801, the Regents granted their certificate of incorporation, with the following named persons as first Trustees, viz: Seth Phelps, Benjamin Ledyard, Walter Wood, Seth Sherwood, John Tillotson, Thomas Hewitt, Silas Hutchinson, Jonas Whitney, Silas Halsey, Benjamin Dey, Wilhemus Mynders, Thomas Mumford, John L. Hardenbergh, Ezekiel Sales and Elijah Price. I hope this information is helpful. Susan Corcoran, Cayuga County Co-Coordinator NYGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycayuga In a message dated 7/7/99 6:48:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, moosie@flash.net writes: << Subj: AURORA Date: 7/7/99 6:48:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: moosie@flash.net (moosie) To: NYCAYUGA-L@rootsweb.com My gr gr uncle JONAS WHITNEY taught school in Aurora between 1833-1836 after graduating from Dartmouth College, NH. He also taught in Seneca Falls. Is there any way of confirming this thru records? Thank you, Jerry Forman >>