List: I have a book here and it gives a brief migration pattern of the settlers who went to Vermont: " 40 towns in Vermont bear names directly borrowed from towns in Connecticut.......in the early days of Vermont settlements......the state was often referred to as "The New Connecticut". "There were 2 distinct streams which flowed northward simultaneously.....eastern Vermont was settled from eastern Conn and western Vermont from western Conn. .......and the difference between the 2 stocks were evident: "the EASTERN people came mainly from Tolland and Windham counties......the settlers settled both sides of the Connecticut River in Vermont and New Hampshire.......most were old friends and neighbors. Most were law abiding and conservative. there were a few college graduates and also men of wealth. For the most part they(settlers) were orthodox Calvanist.......also there were 21 Congregational churches by 1780.........19 were east of the (VT) mountains ! " " folks west of the mountains were less conservative.......they came from "newer parts of Connecticut".....like Canaan, Salisbury, Cornwall, goshen, Milford and the other hill towns in western Connecticut.......many from Litchfield County Conn... they were sectarians and doubters in religious matters...some were Baptist and others adhered to the Church of England...and yet there were others who were seperatist who opposed the connection between church and state.and couldnt care less if there was a Sunday service." Both streams of migrations to settle in Vermont had similar motives: Land.......good and cheap There were lesser migrations to Vermont from other states which "cross-fertilized" the main Connecticut stocks..........settlers from Massachusetts , New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Many towns of Vermont have towns named after Mass towns........ Western Vermont was also settled by New York settlers......these NY settlers, their ancestors had migrated from Dutchess County were actually Connecticut settlers before they settled in Dutchess County..... Migrations to NY started around 1800-1812.....the towns of western NY settled by Vt folks are: Windsor, Royalton, Hartland, Lyndon, Vermont,....in the Holland Purchase of western NY. **Collins in Erie County was settled by folks from Danby, Vermont **Elliott in Chautauqa County settled by Wardsboro folks **Gains in Orleans County settled by Rutland and surrounding towns **Danville in Steuben County settled by Orwell folks If any of you have ancestors who migrated from Mass-Conn-RI-NH to Vermont and then to New York and Ohio and so on...should try to get a hold of the book: Migrations FROM Vermont: Vt Historical Society; Lewis Stilwell; 1948. Cynthia Moderator of : Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com VTWindso-L@rootsweb.com CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com to research posted information on towns and counties in the mailing list go to http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl (put name of mailing list in the first box and in the 2nd box put what you are looking for) http;//archiver.rootsweb.com/Ct-River-Valley-L/ http:archiver.rootsweb.com/VTWindso-L/ http//archiver.rootsweb.com/CTHartfo-L/