In a message dated 7/18/00 2:03:45 AM Pacific Daylight Time, PABRADFO-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << I am researching the Freeman family that descended from Stephen Freeman and Hannah Astwood of the New Haven Colony at Milford, Connecticut. My great grandfather, Samuel Freeman and his wife, Margaret McCutcheon Freeman, migrated from West Milford, NJ, to Chemung, Chemung County, NY, where Margaret's mother, Hettie Mann McCutcheon and her son, William McCutcheon, were living after the death of Hettie's husband, John McCutcheon about 1850. I have never been able to find the date or exact place of his death. My grand father, Walter S. Freeman, was born in Chemung, Chemung County, NY, and moved, with his family to Bradford Co., PA, >> Leslie, My Wygant family went from NJ (Sussex Co.) to Chemung/Tioga Co. NY onto Bradford, Crawford & Venango Co's in PA. One of them, Tobias (b. c1795 NJ m. Rachel Smith c1815) whose ch. were probably b. (according to dates) while they were in Chemung/Tioga Co. NY area had a son named FREEMAN WYGANT. Tobias Wygants family went on to Michigan sometime, I believe c1840 or after. With the migration pattern & the fact that Freeman was used (for the 1st time that I know of) as a given name in the Wygant family, I wouldn't be surprised to find that there is a connection! Sincerely, Sharon Lantzy Wygant SURNAMES: Anderson, Como, Hasselor, Heintz, Kingston, Lamer (Leamer, Lehmer), Lantzy (Lenzi), Lydick (Leidig), McAnulty, McCullough, McLane (McLain,McLean, McLene), O'Cain, Patton, Robertson/Robinson, Shankle, Simpson, Sitter, Steen, Stuchell, Thompson (Thomson), White, Wygant.