Bob Do you have know a reason for this? It was rough times in these area during settlement when the borders were being disputed. My husband had an ancestor killed in the Indian massacre in northern PA, then the husband moved to the Finger Lakes area. One year he had a good harvest and the NY State militia came and burned it. He committed suicide as a results. My Hyatt family apparently came out of Sussex County, NJ and Orange County NY which was during the time of another disputed boundary to the Finder Lake area. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert and Tracie Lefler" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 7:23 AM Subject: Re: [NJSUSSEX-L] Shoemaker, Isaac - Elizabeth Brink - Swartwood connection? > Listers- I know as a matter of record that many families of NJ who went to > the Finger Lakes forgot completely that they had family in NJ,(and via > versa) and even families in the Finger Lakes were forgotten by those who > went down to Tioga Co,Pa, area. Bob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan Molye" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 6:46 AM > Subject: Re: [NJSUSSEX-L] Shoemaker, Isaac - Elizabeth Brink - Swartwood > connection? > > > > My Minisink family was Abram WESTBROOK (currently parentless, married to > > Rhoda MEEKER), who moved from the Newton, New Jersey area to Tioga/Steuben > > Co., New York some time between the War of 1812 and 1825. There were > > already numerous WESTBROOKs in that region. My husband has SCHOONMAKER > and > > DE PUY. > > > > Susan M. > > > > At 07:15 PM 2/9/05, you wrote: > > >Are there others on the lists whose Minisink families made the same > > >migration to Tioga and Chemung Co's NY between 1785-1800? > > > > > >Helen Graves > > > > > >