Hello Oneida Co Researcher's~ I am looking for ties to my ggg grandfather. James SARGENT(SERGEANT) I know very little about him. I know he was probably born in Schoharie or Chenango Co, NY in 1802. He grew up in Butternuts Otsego Co, NY just barely across the Unadilla River from South New Berlin, Chenango Co. In between his birth and his marriage he had to have spent some time in Oneida Co, in the Camden/Florence/Tabourg. in Oneida Co area as he met my ggg grandmother here in Oneida Co. Her name was Fanny HALE, daughter of Daniel HALE and Polly BARTLETT. She was b. 1805, but her father does not show up in Oneida Co in Camden Township until the 1820 census. I don't know if the Sargent's had family and friends there and that is where James met her or what? The thing is they next appear to be living in S. New Berlin, Chenango Co in the 1830 and 40 census's. I have found 4 of their young children's gravestones at the Riverside Cemetery in South New Berlin in Chenango Co. By 1846, They (according to my gg grandfather's obit) left NYS by means of the 5 great Lake waterways and landed in Milwaukee Port in the Early Spring of 1846. They then went overland by oxcart to Jefferson Co, WI where they settled, and raised their 5 children. Many of the descendant's(like myself) still remain in the SE area of WI. Some migrated North and south. It has been my knowledge in my research to note that when a family went west by ship or boat(Great Lakes waterways) They were many pioneers that went together..Did any other families out there go west about this time from NY? Their Children: Descendants of James Sergeant 1 James Sergeant b: August 15, 1802 in S New Berlin, Chenango Co., NY .. +Sarah Fanny Hale Father: Daniel Hale Mother: Polly Bartlett? b: April 09, 1805 in MA ........ 2 James Giles Sergeant b: July 06, 1826 in South New Berlin, Chenango Co., NY ............ +Jane Smith b: September 13, 1833 in Oneida Co., NY ........ *2nd Wife of James Giles Sergeant: ............ +Mary Smith b: Unknown in Oneida Co., NY ........ *3rd Wife of James Giles Sergeant: ............ +Julia Sergeant ........ 2 Harley Sergeant b: 1829 ........ 2 Harley Sergeant b: 1830 in S New Berlin Chenango Co., NY ........ 2 Andrew Sergeant b: March 26, 1831 in New Berlin, Chenango Co., NY ............ +Emiline Graham Father: Abraham Graham Mother: Ann Graham b: 1838 in PA ........ 2 Deloss Sergeant b: April 13, 1835 ........ 2 Helen Marion Sergeant b: August 11, 1837 in Chenango Co., NY ............ +William Franklin Reynolds Father: William Reynolds Mother: Susan Dodge b: May 01, 1836 in Madison Co., NY ........ 2 Daniel Sergeant b: 1841 ........ 2 Daniel Delos Sergeant b: May 23, 1844 in New Berlin Chenango Co., NY ............ +Helen Roselthe Brown Father: George Brown Mother: Urana Tuesaw b: January 24, 1854 in Richmond, Walworth Co., WI ........ 2 Emily Eliza Sergeant b: May 23, 1844 in South New Berlin, Chenango Co., NY ............ +Simon Wright Bailey Father : L.B. Bailey Mother: Eunice Wright? b: 1840 in VT Do any of these names look familiar? Thanks for any replies, and check out my website below. Penny Kresl - Wm & Penny Kresl e-mail: kresl@elknet.net Penny's Genealogy: http://www.elknet.net/kresl/Penny/penny.html Delavan, WI.USA.Earth