New England in the life of the world; a record of adventure and achievement . blished themselves also at points innorthern New Jersey. But it was upon central and western New Yorkthat the touch of New England was most like Oneida and Onondaga continue to thisday to reflect in their external aspects and the char-acteristics of their inhabitants the New England fromwhich most of their sturdiest settlers came. Hereare just a few of the many groups. In 1783 Nan-tucket and Marthas Vineyard sent thirty stalwartfishermen, including both Quakers and Puritans, toHudson to plant the
New England in the life of the world; a record of adventure and achievement . blished themselves also at points innorthern New Jersey. But it was upon central and western New Yorkthat the touch of New England was most like Oneida and Onondaga continue to thisday to reflect in their external aspects and the char-acteristics of their inhabitants the New England fromwhich most of their sturdiest settlers came. Hereare just a few of the many groups. In 1783 Nan-tucket and Marthas Vineyard sent thirty stalwartfishermen, including both Quakers and Puritans, toHudson to plant the one New England settlementon the Hudson River. A year or two later begana little exodus from Plymouth, Ct., to Kirkland,N. Y., that eventually included five families, whowith families from Brimfield, Mass., became the NEW ENGLAND AND NEW YORK 31 backbone of the town. In 1799 twenty heads offamilies and two single men who had been livingin Fairfield County, Ct., journeyed to Stamford,N. Y. Lafayette, N. Y., was founded in 1804 byMassachusetts people from Berkshire and Hamp-. SAMPLE MIGEATIONS FKOM NEW ENGLAND TO NEW YORK FEOM the close of the Revolutionary War on into the middle of thenineteenth century various streams of New Englanders were pouringinto the Empire State. The arrows show the route pursued by differentparties: (1) Nantucket, Mass., to Hudson, N. Y., (S) Brimfield, Mass.,and Plymouth, Ct., to Kirkland, N. Y., (S) Fairfield, Ct., to Stamford,N. Y., {4) Windsor, Vt., to Marcy, N. Y. shire Counties. Eleven years later, seven Connecti-cut, one New Hampshire, one Vermont and severalMassachusetts towns had contributed of their popu-lation to the founding of Binghamton. I^rom Wol- 32 NEW ENGLAND IN THE LIFE OF THE WORLD cott, N. H., in 1803, thirty-eight persons went toGenesee, N. Y. They filled seven wagons and weretwenty-one days on the road. Lowville in LewisCounty was originally a compound of settlers fromConnecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Islandand Vermont.
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