Hi Bob, A lot of my other relatives ended up in Wisconsin and that area. The main impetus seemed to be 1) the War of 1812 for my military relatives and 2) the building of the Erie Canal. The War moved people across the St Lawrence and the Great Lakes with many of my relatives later sending for their families and staying there. One started a brewery business in Milwaukee since that had been the family business in New York City for the previous 200 or so years. Other relatives helped build the Erie Canal and dates I have seen have varied but run between 1820 and 1860ish, from New York State and across the state to the Buffalo NY area and then to points west along the water. I subscribe to the theory that the Kendall, NY Rob(b)lees were somehow involved in the canal building since the time coincides. I'm open to contradiction though! Phyllis Reed