Last summer my sister and I made a trip to Cayuga County. My gggGrandfather, Charles Babcock and his family moved there from Columbia County in 1797. They first lived in Scipio. We visited Auburn, also where we visited the William H. Seward mansion, which was really fascinating. There is possibly a family connection to the Sewards. We visited the Rose Hill Mansion where we found the name of a Henrietta Babcock and a Joseph Strong carved under the eaves of the veranda. I haven't found exactly what family Henrietta (Babcock) Strong belonged to. From the Census it looks like her father's name was Alvin. The Babcocks first settled in MA, RI and CT in the 1600's. The Babcocks comprise a really large clan today and they are all related if you can trace back far enough. They migrated before and after the Revolutionary War to the East and West side of the Hudson River and then to Central NY and then out West. Laurien Babcock Fan