Jim, there were quite a few Averys marrying into Bedford families. Unfortunately, most of the published sources I own cover mainly the settler families of Bedford, and neither Avery nor my family falls into that category. Have you contacted the Bedford Historical Society? Elizabeth W. Knowlton > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 13:43:05 EDT > From: LocalHistoryNut@aol.com > Subject: [NYWESTCH] Blodgett > To: NYWESTCH-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <c72.106fc374.33429aa9@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > I have found out that a Charles Blodgett was born in Bedford NY, probably > ca. 1780. He married Deborah Avery b. ca 1785 per 1850 census. Would like to > find out if this Deborah Avery was from Westchester Co NY as well. She may have > had a brother Jacob Avery b. ca 1786. They were both in Bradford Co PA. > > Jim Avery > > ****************************************