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 > >