To all, Sorry for the duplicate and triplicate emails on this virus, however I got it on both computers and it is not picked up by my Norton antivirus software. It's easily removed by the instructions below and be sure to forward an email to all in your address book about this virus. I'll bet this is clogging the email airways! Again, I apologize for the inconvenience. John ----- Original Message ----- From: Deborah Van Steen To: John Van Steen Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 10:36 PM Subject: Fw: IMPORTANT VIRUS NOTIFICATION ----- Original Message ----- From: laurence jones To: Alberto Siri ; Amy Elizabeth Diehl ; Anne Maletta ; art scheffer ; Carmen Diaz ; Courtney Fint ; Deborah Van Steen ; Denise Kelly ; elena pinto simon ; elodie ; Emily Thompson ; Erik Sigge ; Erika Webb ; Heather Horgan ; Jacqueline Peu-Duvallon ; John Stubbs ; Kirsten Brinker ; Kyle Killian ; Lynn Jones ; Margaret Minard ; Melinda Jones ; melissa baldock ; Mick(Margaret) Minard ; Pamela Jerome ; Polly ; Robert Bruegmann ; Roxanne Ryce-Paul ; Sarah Garlinghouse ; Tenzing Lobsang ; Thaddeus Kulkowski ; William George Sommer ; Lobsang Tenzing Gyaltso ; Gordon Young Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 1:44 PM Subject: Fw: IMPORTANT VIRUS NOTIFICATION Hello friends....I received this caution this morning from my close friend in London. My system had the virus as well, this a.m. Thanks, Laurence ----- Original Message ----- From: Hilary Scarlett To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 9:05 AM Subject: FW: IMPORTANT VIRUS NOTIFICATION Please see the note below re a virus. It did get into my system and I do have a virus checker, so it is worth checking your system. I hope the virus hasn't reached your computer. Hilary -----Original Message----- From: Brian Waring [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 09 January 2003 10:32 To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Subject: IMPORTANT VIRUS NOTIFICATION I am very sorry about this, but a virus may have been passed on to my computer by a contact. My address book may be in turn infected. Since you are in my address book, there is a good chance you may find it in your computer too. The virus called jdbgmgr.exe is not detected by Norton or McAfee anti-virus systems. The virus sits quietly for 14 days before damaging the system. It is sent automatically by messenger and by the address book, whether or not you sent e-mails to your contacts. Here is how to check for the virus and how to get rid of it. YOU MUST DO THIS: 1.Go to Start, Find or Search option 2. In the filefolders option, type the name jdbgmgr.exe 3. Be sure you search your C:drive and all subfolders and any other drives you may have 4. Click "find now" 5. The virus has a teddy bear icon with the name jdbgmgr.exe DO NOT OPEN IT 6. Go to Edit (on menu bar), choose "select all" to highlight the file without opening it 7. Now go to File (on menu bar) and select Delete. It will go into the recylce bin IF YOU FIND THE VIRUS, YOU MUST CONTACT ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK SO THAT THEY CAN ERADICATE IT. To do this: 1. Open a new email message 2. Click the icon of the address book next to the @"TO" 3. Highlight every name and add to the "BCC" 4. Copy this message...enter subject...paste to email...send

Please check your system for this virus. ----- Original Message ----- From: laurence jones To: Alberto Siri ; Amy Elizabeth Diehl ; Anne Maletta ; art scheffer ; Carmen Diaz ; Courtney Fint ; Deborah Van Steen ; Denise Kelly ; elena pinto simon ; elodie ; Emily Thompson ; Erik Sigge ; Erika Webb ; Heather Horgan ; Jacqueline Peu-Duvallon ; John Stubbs ; Kirsten Brinker ; Kyle Killian ; Lynn Jones ; Margaret Minard ; Melinda Jones ; melissa baldock ; Mick(Margaret) Minard ; Pamela Jerome ; Polly ; Robert Bruegmann ; Roxanne Ryce-Paul ; Sarah Garlinghouse ; Tenzing Lobsang ; Thaddeus Kulkowski ; William George Sommer ; Lobsang Tenzing Gyaltso ; Gordon Young Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 1:44 PM Subject: Fw: IMPORTANT VIRUS NOTIFICATION Hello friends....I received this caution this morning from my close friend in London. My system had the virus as well, this a.m. Thanks, Laurence ----- Original Message ----- From: Hilary Scarlett To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 9:05 AM Subject: FW: IMPORTANT VIRUS NOTIFICATION Please see the note below re a virus. It did get into my system and I do have a virus checker, so it is worth checking your system. I hope the virus hasn't reached your computer. Hilary -----Original Message----- From: Brian Waring [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 09 January 2003 10:32 To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Subject: IMPORTANT VIRUS NOTIFICATION I am very sorry about this, but a virus may have been passed on to my computer by a contact. My address book may be in turn infected. Since you are in my address book, there is a good chance you may find it in your computer too. The virus called jdbgmgr.exe is not detected by Norton or McAfee anti-virus systems. The virus sits quietly for 14 days before damaging the system. It is sent automatically by messenger and by the address book, whether or not you sent e-mails to your contacts. Here is how to check for the virus and how to get rid of it. YOU MUST DO THIS: 1.Go to Start, Find or Search option 2. In the filefolders option, type the name jdbgmgr.exe 3. Be sure you search your C:drive and all subfolders and any other drives you may have 4. Click "find now" 5. The virus has a teddy bear icon with the name jdbgmgr.exe DO NOT OPEN IT 6. Go to Edit (on menu bar), choose "select all" to highlight the file without opening it 7. Now go to File (on menu bar) and select Delete. It will go into the recylce bin IF YOU FIND THE VIRUS, YOU MUST CONTACT ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK SO THAT THEY CAN ERADICATE IT. To do this: 1. Open a new email message 2. Click the icon of the address book next to the @"TO" 3. Highlight every name and add to the "BCC" 4. Copy this message...enter subject...paste to email...send

You can see all eight sheets of the Auburn 1904 map at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycayuga/maps/1904/index.html The rest of the atlas can be viewed at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycayuga/maps/1904/ These are big files

I am looking for Isaac Brown, baptised 1 Jan, 1784 in Stillwater, NY. He was the son of Wright S. Brown and Hannah Newland.

This little bit of history is taken from a narrative of the Farmington area and is based on research for the period 1788-1934; A HISTORY OF NEW SALEM AND ITS IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS by Charles H. Gardner "In the year 1788, pursuant to an Act of the Ontario County Court of Sessions, the townships throughout this County were formed, and the Town of Farmington was number eleven of the third range. It derived its name from the Town of Farmington, Connecticut. It was purchased from the Phelps and Gorham propriety by a company of Massachusetts citizens, mostly from Berkshire County, who were members of the Old and reliable Society of Friends, whose resolve was to change their possessions in old New England and take up their abode in anew, unsettled section known as the Genesee Country. The purchasers were Nathaniel Comestock, Benjamin Russell, Abraham Lapham, Edmund Jenks, Jeremiah Brown, Ephraim Fish, Nathan Herendeen, Nathan Aldrich, Stephen Smith, Benjamin Rickerson, William Baker and Dr. Daniel Brown. Nathan Comestock and Benjamin Russell appear to have been the leaders in this enterprise, as the conveyance of the town was made individually to them. The town had been previously surveyed and mapped into 144 lots, which were all numbered, each lot containing 160 acres of land. The purchasers had no choice of lots. Slips of papers were numbered and placed in a hat, and whichever number they drew, was the number of their lot. Lots fell to them promiscuously and were conveyed to them by deed and according to their allotted number so drawn. Nathan Comstock drew number 133, and in the following spring of 1789, he and his two sons, Otis and Darius, came and took possession of the purchase. It was located in the northwest corner of the town, bounded by the town line of Perinton on the west and the town line of Macedon on the north.......... The Comestocks commenced clearing and crashing down old forest trees, and the vigorous strokes of the Pioneers axe were heard throughout the neighborhood....................Otis (Comestock) remained in the lone dwelling, caring for and protecting the stock against wild animals of which the prowling wolves were numerous, and looking for spring to come when he would again associate with his relatives. On the 14th of February, 1790, all preparations being made, the Comestock family started for Farmington. It consisted of Nathan and his wife, Darius, Nathan Jr., Jared, Joseph and John. Their meeting with Otis was wonderful and Otis was filled with great joy at seeing his family once more............." This is but a small excerpt from Charles H. Gardner's narrative on our town of Farmington. I might add, that I live in my family homestead (fifth generation) which is located on the very same property that Nathaniel Comestock pioneered in 1789. In other research, I have read that Otis spent many cold nights that first winter listening to the wolves howling in the dark. If we can imagine it, our pioneer ancestors lived in an area that was not as hospitable as we live in today. Thanks everyone for the narratives on the Phelps Gorham purchase. William Allen Farmington, NY

Your pardon please........my message was aimed at Dick Dryer, or anyone else who might know of a connection

"Apparently John Salisbury was so taken with this area, he later came to the Phelps, NY area to settle around early 1800. John and many others, including his mentor, Jonathan Oakes were from Conway, Mass" My gr gr grandfather was Edward Salisbury Randolph of Seneca Falls, NY. born 22 June, 1812 in Oneida county. His father was Daniel Randolph, of Lee, Oneida County born 1789 in Lee, and mother was Elizabeth Taft, born supposedly in Lee, also. Her father was from Uxbridge Mass. My question is about the Salisbury connection..........does your John Salisbury have any connection with either Randolphs or Tafts? Dave Randolph, Charlottesville Va

THE OWEGO RECORD. Tioga County News. March 22, 1900 OWEGO PERSONAL. W. J. CATLIN was in Ithaca Friday Scott HARRIS was in Binghamton today. C. J. EVELYN of Spencer was in town yesterday. Miss Clara NEWELL has returned from Albany. Rev. W. J. GREGORY of Nichols was in town Tuesday. Mayor COLBY went to Albany Tuesday afternoon Frank C. DEYO of Weltonville was in town Saturday. J. S. GROSS, Esq., was in Waverly Friday afternoon. A. S. BEERS made a Business trip to Elmira Tuesday Contractor Ralph D. GREENE is out after an illness of a week. L. T. GOODRICH has gone to Kasson, Minn., to visit relatives. F. A. DARROW, Esq., was in Ithaca Tuesday on legal business. Mr. and Mrs. F. CORTWRIGHT passed Sunday in Newark Valley. C. S. MALLERY of Owego spent yesterday in town. - Ithaca News. W. A. BURTON of Owego was in the city Tuesday.- Ithaca Journal. John F. WARD of the Awaga House is very ill with pneumonia. Jesse LEE of Port Jarvis is visiting his brother, A. S. LEE, this week. J. W. HOUK went to Owego this morning. - Ithaca News, Monday. Miss Clara McGIRR of Auburn was a guest over Sunday of Miss Nina PURPLE. Mrs. N. H. HUTCHINSON left this noon on the Lackawanna for Trumansburg. William McHENRY and family of Sayre went to Owego Tuesday. - Athens News. John A. BOOMER was in Virgil this week to secure a tenant for his farm. Mrs. TELLOCK has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Leroy NEARING at Maine, NY. Misses MABEE are at Albany passing a few days with their father, F. N. MABEE. M. L. COMFORT went to Syracuse yesterday to attend the State Association of Opticians. Jack MORONI of Scranton was a guest Sunday at P. CUNEO'S 14 Front street. George FORSYTH of Lestershire is in town assisting his father, H. T. FORSYTH in painting. Mrs. Alice A. BURNETT left Thursday for a visit in Baltimore and Washington. Mrs. John JONES is in Ithaca for a few days, the guest of her daughter, Mrs. G. S. TARBELL. Charles T. ELLIS has been at home from New York, ill with grip, but was able to be out Monday. E. D. MANCHESTER of Potterville made a pleasure trip to Owego on Sunday. - Towanda Review. Rev. Edward SCARBORO was in Elmira Friday to attend the funeral of Rev. Thomas K. BEECHER. George J. CARTER, representing the Unitype company, was a welcome caller at the RECORD office, Friday Charles BARTON of Owego was in town Sunday, the guest of friends on the eastside. - Sayre Times. A. J. BALLOU will move from Canatonk, April 1, to the MILLER & MACKEY farm northeast of the village. Dr. D. A. HASTINGS, A. F. F. BURGER, A. W. PARMALEE and H. C. BROWN were in Binghamton Friday night. Leonard FOSTER is at home after passing a few days in New York on his return from Gloria, Cuba. J. S. NOSSER and Norman CHURCHILL of Greene were guests over Sunday of W. H. TUTTLE, 92 Adaline street. Dr. W. L. HILL was in New York over Sunday attending the "Ben-Hur" at the Broadway Saturday evening. Miss Lydia WOOD of 133 Temple street had the misfortune to fall Tuesday and fracture one of her legs. Rev. M. D. FULLER, D, D. went to Scranton Monday afternoon on the Lackawanna train 6, returning yesterday. Miss Elizabeth FRAWLEY of Owego is visiting her sister, Miss Katherine FRAWLEY of this place. - Waverly Advocate. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. CORDES and daughter of Tioga Center will leave tonight on Erie train 5 for Spokane, Washington. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. MEEKER of Danby drove to Owego Sunday afternoon for a visit with relatives, returning Monday. W. D. LAWRENCE of Sayre was in town this afternoon on business connected with the United States Express company. Samuel CRANCE of Owego was a guest Monday and Tuesday at the home of John BEECH in this place. -Van Etten Breeze. Miss Pitcher arrived last Friday via the Lackawanna from Omaha and Lincoln, Neb., where she has been passing some time. Mrs. Emma SWARTWOOD of New York is in town for a few weeks, visiting her mother, Mrs. R. W. CORTWRIGHT, 54 West Main Street. Lewis H. LEONARD has returned from Brooklyn, where he was called by the illness and death of his mother, Mrs. W. B. LEONARD. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. THOMAS and two sons arrived in town Monday noon from Reno, Nevada and are being welcomed home by their many friends. Mrs. Jane LIVERMORE of 113 North avenue, who was so ill at the time of the death of her sister, Mrs. Louise SEYMOUR, is improving quite satisfactorily. Mrs. C. S. Adams of Watertown is visiting her mother, Mrs. A. ORCUTT, 45 Fox street. Mr. ADAMS, who is business manager of the Watertown Standard, is expected to pass Sunday here and return home with his wife the first of next week. John TRUCK was convicted at Cortland Friday of murder in the first degree for killing F. W. MILLER of Virgil a year ago. Officer ALLEN took the four school house tramps to Syracuse Saturday to serve 60 days each at the Onondaga county penitentiary. Sheridan BIXBY of Morse's Lane is driving and collecting on the Wells Fargo Express company in place of Loren KYLE, who is ill. The formal announcement has been made of the engagement of John M. DAVIDGE and Miss Isabelle McCloud WINANS of Binghamton. C. S. BALLOU has purchased of O. T. GORMAN, a thoroughbred Guernsey bull; also a pair of bay geldings, weight 2,400 pounds, of J. C. ARMSTRONG. W. E. HARVEY who has been at Newark Valley for some time, is in town at the Birdsall House and had a bad time Tuesday afternoon with his lungs. We understand that J. Seth SMITH has rented the Wm. WILLIAMS place, just south of the village, and will move here from Owego. - Newark Valley Herald. WANTED AT ALBANY. Chief FOSTER of Albany reports that last Thursday two men entered a store between 11:30 and 12 in the morning and while one engaged the attention of the proprietor the other stole a large amount of money from the safe. In making his escape this man drew a revolver, which he pointed at the proprietors head. One of the men is described as about 29 or 30 years old, five feet ten inches in height, weighing about 155or 160 pounds and slim built. He had a short black mustache, and wore a short gray mixed coat, no overcoat and a dark, soft "cigarette" hat. His completion is very shallow. His partner is described as from 40 to50 years of age, five feet eight or nine inches tall, of stout build. he has a sandy moustache and florid completion and wore a dark blue overcoat with velvet collar, dark trousers and a dark derby hat. He has a very red face. A similar job, the notice said, was committed by the same men yesterday. Bill Grummons @ [email protected] Much more news of Tioga county may be gleaned at: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytioga/index.htm

I have been also interested in this conversation on why all of the sudden many people migrated to the Western NY area of Ontario and other surrounding counties. My Gr Gr Gr Grandfather John Salisbury first came to the area of today's town of Phelps, NY Ontario County with Jonathan Oakes, they were on an expeditionary surveying mission into the newly opened Phelps-Gorham Purchase around 1796. Apparently John Salisbury was so taken with this area, he later came to the Phelps, NY area to settle around early 1800. John and many others, including his mentor, Jonathan Oakes were from Conway, Mass. Many of the former residents of Conway came to settle and live in Phelps, NY Ontario County at that time. When we all stand back and think about this.............isn't it amazing to think that it was only a relatively short time ago,,,,,,,,,,200 years, that this all happened in NY State......prior to then, this part of our State was Indian land, and literally un-inhabited by the white man. It shows you how young this Country really is in so many ways. Dick Dryer Endicott, NY

This has been a very interesting thread! The research that I have done for my ancestors supports several of the theories. First, the eldest son would receive the homestead (in my case in PA) so the other sons needed to go further afield. Sullivan's campaign acquainted many soldiers with the unspoiled, fertile, beautiful land in upstate NY so when the land became available for purchase, many returned or those they had told of it went. The vast majority of the land in the military tract was not settled by the NY soldiers who were granted the land patents. Land speculators bought most of these patents and, in turn, sold the land to eager settlers. My ancestors (Lerch) settled in Fayette, Seneca Co. from Northampton County, PA. Many of the names of the German settlers from PA (on the Seneca Co. website from the Centennial History of Fayette - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyseneca/egle.htm ) are found in the same area of Northampton and nearby counties in PA. Diane Diane Lerch Kurtz [email protected] http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyseneca List Moderator for NYFingerLakes-L, NYSENECA-L and LERCH-L

It is know as the Phelps Gorham Purchase, which took in the western part of New York State. It took in land from the PA border to Lake Erie and Ontario and went west from the Preemption Line near Geneva. The biggest land purchase in New York state. And the land office was in Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY. Lanah

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ny/nyfiles.htm < http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ny/cayuga/wills/lee-abner.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ny/oneida/military/revwar/pensions/staats-abraham.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ny/oneida/wills/birdsey-linus.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ny/washington/military/revwar/pensions/parish-john.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ny/washington/wills/caldwell-joseph.txt > W. David Samuelsen, New York Archivist/USGenWeb Archives

This is a very brief answer to the migration to Central NY in the 1800's The migration to central parts of the country was the result of (1) the Revolutionary War; the soldiers were given land, or the right to buy land in the interior because the ex-colonies (states) had a big war debt to pay off and needed the money, and all this "empty" land that had been under the control of the crown was now available. and (2) because the coast areas were getting overcrowded. Each statehad conflicting rights to the West. These rights were the right to negotiate to buy the land from the Native Americans. Massachusetts grant was from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. But New York had settled up the Hudson to past Albany. Without the British crown controlling the the area and the need for money to repay their debt the States of New York and Massachusetts agreed that the lands West of the New York-Massachusetts boundry would be under the New York State Government, but that the right to deal with the Indians was to be controlled by Massachusetts. Massachusetts sold the 'Negotiation Rights" to a large tract up to the Genesee River to Phelps, The Phelps Purchase, who in turn sold the right to land companies, speculators, who bought the land and retailed it to the people in the coast areas. The Native American Indians came out very poorly in the deals. There are some very good write ups on the Internet on the Phelps Purchase and other land deals. R.E. Elden ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Rosenbaum" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 2:24 PM Subject: [NYFL] Need a history lesson! > Hi researchers, > I need a history lesson. Why was there such a influx of settlers > into this area around the early 1800's? I have 3 families that > relocated from NJ to Ovid and Trumansburg right after the turn of the > century.

Another point to consider is the large size of the families. Your chances of inheriting the family farm were small if you had 8 siblings! Here's a great site from the Bureau of Land Management where you can search your ancestor's name on land deeds and view a scan of the original deed. Very often it was the father that purchased cheap land in the territories for his children to settle. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/Default.asp? Sherry ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Rosenbaum" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 5:24 PM Subject: [NYFL] Need a history lesson! > Hi researchers, > I need a history lesson. Why was there such a influx of settlers > into this area around the early 1800's? I have 3 families that > relocated from NJ to Ovid and Trumansburg right after the turn of the > century. > The families I am researching are; > Creque----Abraham b NJ d Trumansburg NY--Believe father of Frances > (need more proof) > Creque---Frances b 1807 NJ d 1871 Trumansburg NY > > DeMund/Demun/Demunn----Cornelius b 1805 NJ d 1881 Seneca Co. NY > Dunun---- John L. b 1829 NY d 1917 Ovid, NY (son of Cornelius) > > Bryant---- John K. b 1800 NJ d 1873 Seneca Co. NY > his wife > Thurston----Mary b 1822 Indiana or Ohio d 1896 > > If anyone can share more info on these families---I'm all ears:-) > > May God Bless > Deb >

Another reply that make sense, although none of this transportation was in operation when William & Caty Lever made their journey in 1807. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr Gerry" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 8:50 AM Subject: Re: [NYFL] Need a history lesson! There is a country song that says, "Railroad, Steamboat, River and Canal" Two of those are very likely reasons. There were both Railroads and Canals being built. The land was being developed - much of New Jersey and New England was over populated for people that were predominately farmers. Trees - for building wood - were rapidly disappearing and the 'good' land was all gone. Like today the kids grew up and were leaving home, with no place to go. Time to move on. Gerry Eberwein Naco AZ BOLGER, BURGESS, CLARK, FELTON, MACK, METCALF, SLAYTON, WHITNEY, WATKINS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon J. Lever" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 5:26 PM Subject: Re: [NYFL] Need a history lesson! > I also have relatives that came from N.J. in 1807 and died in Seneca Co. in > the mid 1800's. > They may have had ties to the Castner line in Penn Yan ?!? (not sure) > I also have noticed that there are many people that moved from New England > and Penn. > (Hence the name Penn Yan). > I too wonder what motivated them to move to this area > Gordon > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Rosenbaum" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 5:24 PM > Subject: [NYFL] Need a history lesson! > > > Hi researchers, > I need a history lesson. Why was there such a influx of settlers > into this area around the early 1800's? I have 3 families that > relocated from NJ to Ovid and Trumansburg right after the turn of the > century. > The families I am researching are; > Creque----Abraham b NJ d Trumansburg NY--Believe father of Frances > (need more proof) > Creque---Frances b 1807 NJ d 1871 Trumansburg NY > > DeMund/Demun/Demunn----Cornelius b 1805 NJ d 1881 Seneca Co. NY > Dunun---- John L. b 1829 NY d 1917 Ovid, NY (son of Cornelius) > > Bryant---- John K. b 1800 NJ d 1873 Seneca Co. NY > his wife > Thurston----Mary b 1822 Indiana or Ohio d 1896 > > If anyone can share more info on these families---I'm all ears:-) > > May God Bless > Deb > >

Surnames: SMITH, BALLARD The names Deb is searching are unfamiliar to me and yet the pattern of migration is the very same as that of my 4g grandfather John B. SMITH, b 1768, Hopewell, New Jersey, and his brother Andrew SMITH. John Berrian [Berian, Berryan, Baryann, Barrian, Burian, Berrion] SMITH became a resident of Ovid, Seneca, New York in 1834. There is a Rev. War marker on John's grave. Andrew was living in Romulus, Seneca, New York, as early as 1800. Andrew was a Rev. War veteran and I had assumed that he received bounty land. John's son, Cornelius SMITH, married Mary BALLARD who was also born in New Jersey. They were married 2 Apr 1812 (I believe in New York state.) The BALLARD family may have followed the same migration pattern but I know little of them. Mary's father may have been named Nathaniel. I, too, am very interested in the "history lessons" other members may offer. Especially if it sheds some light on these families. Many thanks to all those who share!! Sally Bailey [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Rosenbaum" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 4:24 PM Subject: [NYFL] Need a history lesson! > Hi researchers, > I need a history lesson. Why was there such a influx of settlers > into this area around the early 1800's? I have 3 families that > relocated from NJ to Ovid and Trumansburg right after the turn of the > century. > The families I am researching are; > Creque----Abraham b NJ d Trumansburg NY--Believe father of Frances > (need more proof) > Creque---Frances b 1807 NJ d 1871 Trumansburg NY > > DeMund/Demun/Demunn----Cornelius b 1805 NJ d 1881 Seneca Co. NY > Dunun---- John L. b 1829 NY d 1917 Ovid, NY (son of Cornelius) > > Bryant---- John K. b 1800 NJ d 1873 Seneca Co. NY > his wife > Thurston----Mary b 1822 Indiana or Ohio d 1896 > > If anyone can share more info on these families---I'm all ears:-) > > May God Bless > Deb >

There is a country song that says, "Railroad, Steamboat, River and Canal" Two of those are very likely reasons. There were both Railroads and Canals being built. The land was being developed - much of New Jersey and New England was over populated for people that were predominately farmers. Trees - for building wood - were rapidly disappearing and the 'good' land was all gone. Like today the kids grew up and were leaving home, with no place to go. Time to move on. Gerry Eberwein Naco AZ BOLGER, BURGESS, CLARK, FELTON, MACK, METCALF, SLAYTON, WHITNEY, WATKINS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon J. Lever" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 5:26 PM Subject: Re: [NYFL] Need a history lesson! > I also have relatives that came from N.J. in 1807 and died in Seneca Co. in > the mid 1800's. > They may have had ties to the Castner line in Penn Yan ?!? (not sure) > I also have noticed that there are many people that moved from New England > and Penn. > (Hence the name Penn Yan). > I too wonder what motivated them to move to this area > Gordon > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Rosenbaum" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 5:24 PM > Subject: [NYFL] Need a history lesson! > > > Hi researchers, > I need a history lesson. Why was there such a influx of settlers > into this area around the early 1800's? I have 3 families that > relocated from NJ to Ovid and Trumansburg right after the turn of the > century. > The families I am researching are; > Creque----Abraham b NJ d Trumansburg NY--Believe father of Frances > (need more proof) > Creque---Frances b 1807 NJ d 1871 Trumansburg NY > > DeMund/Demun/Demunn----Cornelius b 1805 NJ d 1881 Seneca Co. NY > Dunun---- John L. b 1829 NY d 1917 Ovid, NY (son of Cornelius) > > Bryant---- John K. b 1800 NJ d 1873 Seneca Co. NY > his wife > Thurston----Mary b 1822 Indiana or Ohio d 1896 > > If anyone can share more info on these families---I'm all ears:-) > > May God Bless > Deb > >

Saw an article (below) that Bill Grummons posted from the Tioga County News. I have been researching my LEVER family and have a Elizabeth (Betsy) Lever who married a Daniel Hough in 1823. They seem to disappear from then on. Does anyone have Dan and Betsy in their family line ?? Thanks in advance, Gordon Lever MRS. J. J. HOUGH. Owego friends have received the news of the death of Mrs. Sarah J. HOUGH, widow of Rev. J. J HOUGH of Berkshire. She died at the home of her nephew, Prof. Edward BURGESS at 11 West Eighty-eighth street in New York City, Friday, March 16, 1900, of pneumonia, after an illness of four days. He remains have been placed in a receiving vault in New York for a time and will be taken to Berkshire and be interred beside those of her husband. Owego Cor. - Binghamton Republican. Saw an article that

I am looking for others who might be part of this family. Looking for Patrick Green (husband of Ann Green) we believe he died sometime around 1858 maybe in Owego? FROM 1860 US CENSUS 25th Aug 1860, Owego, Tioga County, NY Ann Green, age 40, female, born Ireland Mary Green, age 14, female, born Ireland Margaret Green, age 7, born NY Patrick Green, age 5, born NY Hannah Green, age 2, born NY Elizabeth Green, age 12, female, born Ireland Thanks Rob Lowery Smithsburg, Maryland

Is anyone else getting double emails tonight or is it just my email provider??