Tell us about your central New York immigrants. The time period is irrelevant, but please include it in your post. Do not give just names and dates please. TELL us about your people - none living, though. My FIELD/S came to Onondaga County sometime around 1815 from Massachusetts, probably the Taunton area. Charles and Subrana FIELD had their first three children in Massachusetts, and their last three in Onondaga. They were all farmers, as far as I know. Charles and Subrana had six children: Charles, Subrana, and Louisa (all born in MA), and Alson (my gggrandfather), Minerva, and Enos (all born in Onondaga). Alson married Elizabeth GOODMAN, b. 1822 in England. She was the daughter of Charles and Lucy GOODMAN of Somerset, England, who arrived in Onondaga before 1840. Many people came from the county of Somerset to work in the teasel industry, so Charles may have been one of these. Charles and Lucy GOODMAN also had a son named Francis who died in Washington, D. C. from injuries received in the Civil War. He was "a victim of the late slaveholders' rebellion". Elizabeth and Alson FIELDS were only married 10/11 years when she died in 1855 in Onondaga. She is buried there in Walnut Grove Cemetery. Alson took 4 of his five children and moved to Heath Twp., Allegan Co., MI 1858-1859. The second child, George, was apparently left behind, as he is not mentioned in the 1860 census for Allegan Co., MI. I don't know if he died or was left with a relative or what happened to him. Alson was apparently illiterate since he made his mark on land records. I don't know about Elizabeth. I also have ancestors in Clinton Co., NY. If that area is included in central NY, I will be glad to discuss them too. Judy Schor Kirkland, WA