This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cjtay51 Surnames: Schouten,Scouten,Pittsley,Gilbert,Chapin,Willey,Baker Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.crofoot/77.80.86.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: yes, I am researching and helping another person who thinks our Schoutens may be related from the Cortland Cty area. I have a great grandmother who was living with the Pittsleys in 1870. She was born in 1864/65. Her name at that household is Viola Tompkins. She was married once before she married my great grandfather,Benjamin Isaac Schouten. I believe the person she married had the surname of Chapin. She was full blooded Native American from the Seneca. At the time she was small, she lived in Broome Cty with the Pittsleys. I think her father may have been Levi Tompkins. There are many Schoutens early on in the Cortland and Broome Cty area, it seems. Somewhere along the line, my Aunts and Uncles began dropping the "h" in their surname. Don't know why. I believe that I have relatives currently living in the Cicero area in Onondaga Cty. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.