My gggrandfather, Samuel French, bought land and moved to Chemung Township in 1830. I have wondered many times iof he moved there because of family ties. He is listed in the 1850 census as being born in Mass. His first two children were born on Long Island. He then moved to Chemung and had 4 more. I haven't made any progress on his roots. I joined the DNAFrench project and have made some connections. I have a 24/25 match and a 25/25 match. Both of the French's are from Mass. We still haven't put it together yet. Iwas hoping that more French males would enter the DNA project and see what happends. Charlie French