I find this possibility intriguing. My Peter Schermerhorn, b. Dutchess co. 1790 whose parents are unknown to me as yet, married Rachel Edmonds, of Edmonds and Kennedy lines. Both these lines came during the mid 1700s to CT, I think, from northern Ireland but originally, again I think, from Scotland. I don't know whether the two Scots-Irish families came into Dutchess Co. and just married Dutch spouses because of opportunity or what. It's a very interesting and new idea to me!!! Sally Chirlin