Hi- According to family lore, Samuel Church Hooker was born in "Bennington, New York" in 1834, while his family was traveling from Hartford CT to the western edge of Lake Erie in Ohio. His parents were Nathaniel Eggleston Hooker and Fannie Church. I'm not sure how this family ended up in Bennington unless they had relatives there. Since the child was named "Samuel Church," I'm guessing that one of the relatives who put them up was named Samuel Church-perhaps a father, uncle or grandfather of Fannie Church, the child's mother. And I'm not even sure if "Bennington, New York" would be the same as Bennington, Vermont. I understand there was a VT-NY border change, but I don't understand much more about it. If the two are one and the same, when was there a change, and which state's Bennington would I search? Thanks very much! Maureen P.S. Does anyone know if there is there a Bennington, New York in existence?