Early SettlersEarly Settlers
Swedish Migration
New England Migration
Belgian Migration
English Migration
Surname Settled In Year Settled Origin
| Adams | Aurora | 1862 | Chemung Co. NY |
| Allen | Aurora | 1854 | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Anderson | Campton | Shien, Norway | |
| Annis | Blackberry | 1852 | |
| Arvedson | Carpentersville | 1855 | |
| Averill | Batavia | 1840 | Rensselaer Co, NY |
Backus Hampshire 1882 Windham Co. Conn.
Baker Virgil 1851 England
Baldue Aurora 1864 Detroit, MI
Ball Aurora Madison Co. NY
Barber Campton 1843 St.Lawrence Co, NY
Barrett Campton 1864 Detroit, MI English
Baumann Dundee 1859
Beaupre 1883 Canada
Bergland 1865 Sweden, direct
Beverly Maple Park 1844 Oneida Co. NY wheelwright
Bishop Aurora 1854 Leicester, MA - England
Bossworth Dundee 1838 Elgin, 1867, NY Saratoga Co>England
Bowdish Ostego Co. NY
Bowne St. Charles 1840 Tompkins Co., NY
Bowron Aurora 1857 Clinton Co., NY
Boyce Big Rock 1854 Vermont
Boyce Big Rock 1854 Springfield, NH
Bradley Geneva 1846 Lee, MA
Bradley Aurora 1855 MA
Brady Big Rock/Aurora 1836 Westchester Co. NY
Britton Plato 187? Cheshire Co. NH
Brown St. Charles 1838 Warren, MA
Brown Aurora 1845 Jefferson Co. NY (Scot-Eng)
Brown Batavia 185? New York
Brown Elgin 1872 Concord, NH
Brown Aurora 1875 Rockingham Co. NY (English)
Brownell St. Charles 1857 NY>WI 1839>
Burnham Batavia Vermont (English)
Burnidge Plato Market Harbor, ENG
Burr Batavia 1857 Wyoming Co. NY
Burton Plato 1863
Burton Aurora 1871 Norwich, VT
Burton Aurora 1873 Anderson, IN
Butler Aurora Jefferson Co. NY
Calkin Sugar Grove Washington Co., NY
Calkin Sugar Grove 1846 Steuben Co., NY
Card Aurora 1842 Wyoming Co., NY
Carlson St. Charles 1873 Langeland, Sweden. Scanda.
Carpenter Dundee 1837 Uxbridge, Mass
Cary Kaneville 1860 Orleans Co., NY
Chaffee Campton 1841 Windham Co., VT
Chase Aurora 1868 Geauga Co., OH, & WI
Chipp Virgil 1878 England
Clayton Aurora 1867 NYC
Clifford, Rev Erie Co., NY
Coffin Batavia 1852 Lincoln Co. ?E
Colton St.Charles 1863 Rutland Co.VT
Cranston St.Charles 1863 Delaware Co, NY
Crawford St.Charles 1848 Belfast, Scotch-Irish
Crego Blackberry 1851 Chenango Co., NY
Dale Big Rock 1852 England direct
Dauberman Kaneville 1862
Davidson Elgin 1854 Hillsboro Co, NY - Eng
Davis Big Rock 1847 Wales & OH, 1844
Day Aurora
Day Aurora 1859 Otsego Co., NY
DeWolf St.Charles 1841 Connecticut, OH, French
Doherty St.Charles 1852 NY, Ireland, 1820
Downing Virgil 1868 Queens Co, NY
Downing 1868 Queens Co., NY
Dunton Aurora 1846 NY
Durant St. Charles 1845 Springfield, VT
Durant St. Charles 1854
Dwyer Rutland 1841
Dwyer Rutland 1844
Eakin Rutland 1847 County Londonberry, Ireland
Eastman Plato 1840 Orange Co., VT
Eaton Elgin 1838 Otsego Co., NY
Edwards Dundee 1839 Chautauqua Co.,NY; Welsh
Eitelgoerge Aurora 1854 German
Evans Aurora 1841 Welsh (Penn. Canada)
Evans Sugar Grove 1861 Wales direct. Welsh
Everts. Geneva 1851 Berkshire Co, MA
Fasmer 1863 Prussia
Fassett Hampshire 1865 Otsego Co., NY
Fedou Elgin 1886
Ferson St.Charles 5-1834 Sullivan Co., NH
Fikes Sugar Grove 1842 Montgomery Co., NY - German
Fink Kaneville 1851 Onondago Co., NY
Fisher Campton 1869 Hesse-Cassel, German
Fitchie Plato 1885 Perthshire, Scotland
Foley St. Charles 1864 Irish
Fox Aurora 1857 Chenango Co., NY
Frace Kaneville 1852 Morris Co., NY - German
Frazier Batavia & Aurora 1866 Onondaga Co., NY
Frederick Kaneville 1846 Fulton Co, NY - German
Freiler Elgin 1883 Hartford, Conn
Frisbee Aurora 1874 Cortland Co., NY
Gage ..........Rutland.............. 1872 ...........................Plato
Gale ...........Aurora................ 1865...... Onondago Co., NY
Gannon....... Kaneville............ 1847............... Ireland direct
Garfield ......Campton............ 1841........... Rutland Co., VT
German...... Geneva.............. 1836........ Montgomery Co., NY Scot-Eng
Gilbert ........Aurora............... 1869............................ MA
Gleason ......Burlington........... 1840........ Genesee Co., NY
Godfrey .....Batavia ...............1839............ Orange Co., VT
Goding.......Aurora................ 1864...................... England
Griffith....... Batavia ...............1846 ......................England
Guild .........Aurora................ 1860 ...................Wayne, IL
Hagelow .......Elgin ................1864 .Wurtemberg, Germany
Hall ...............Big Rock � ............(NY City), 6 VT - Orphan
Hall ...............St. Charles .......1844 ........Herkimer Co., NY
Halloway ......St. Charles....... 1853 ........Dutchess Co., NY Scotch-English
Hanson..........Sugar Grove..... 1873 .............Kendall Co., IL
Hardy ............Aurora.............. 1860 .........Oneida Co, NY - English
Hardy ................................ 1871 ...........Grafton Co., NH - English
Harris ...........Aurora .............1862 ............Sussex Co., NJ
Harris ...........Big Rock......... 1874.............. Welsh-English
Harter ...........Kaneville Centre Co., PA; Ger-Penn. Dutch
Hatch ............Elgin ...............1834 .....................New York
Hawley.......... Dundee........... 1850
Heath ............Elgin................1871..... West Hartford, Conn
Hemmens...... Elgin............... 1858
Hinds ............Aurora............. 1842 Westernville, NY Eng.- Sc-Irish
Hines ............Virgil............... 1845 .................Erie Co., NY
Hinman........ Dundee............ 1883 ............Oneida Co., NY
Hirsch ...........Aurora............. 1861......................... French
Hitchcock .....Aurora............. 1855 ....West Springfield, MA
Hodder .........Aurora............. 1854..... Dorsetshire, England
Holden .........Aurora............. 1857............ Sullivan Co., NH
Holmes .........Aurora .............1863....... Fairfax, VT Scotch - Irish
Hooker ........St. Charles ......1839 .Canada English-Scotch
Hopkins ........Aurora ..............1870 .......................Native
Howard .......St. Charles ........1837 ....Chautauqua Co., NY Eng-Irish
Hoyt ..............Aurora.............. 1840 Maine. Danbury, MA - Ohio
Hoyt .............Kaneville............ 1884......... New Hampshire. English
Hubbard ........Aurora...............1855......... Oneida Co., NY
Hubbard .......Aurora.............. 1865 ........Madison Co., NY
Hughes ..........Big Rock.......... 1845 ...Pennsylvania. Welsh
Huls .............St. Charles..........1855 .........Seneca Co., NY Dutch-Welsh
Hunt .............Dundee ..............1842................... New York
Hunt .............Kaneville............... Chenango Co., NY
Hyde ............Batavia............... 1845
Ingham ........Sugar Grove........ 1839
Irwin ...........St. Charles ..........1884............ Lewis Co., NY
Isbell ...........Aurora
Isbell ..........Aurora................. 1853................. Lenox, MA
Jones ...........St. Charles............ 1838 Washington Co., VT
Jones. ..........Big Rock ...............1868........... Wales direct
Joslyn .........Elgin .......1850 Nunda 1837, Geneseco Co.NY
Keefe ..........Virgil ..........1845 ...........New Brunswick, Irish
Kelley ..........Elgin .........1860 ................Schenectady, NY
Kibling .........Blackberry. 1855............................. Vermont
Kilbourne ...Elgin ..........1871.................... Orange Co., VT
Kimball ......Elgin ..........1834 ...................Grafton Co., NH
Kimball ........Elgin ..........1836
Kimball ........Elgin ..........1838
Knickerbocker .Aurora.... 1857.............. Dutchess Co., NY
Lakin ........Virgil.......... 1861 .....................Essex Co., NY
Lamson Big Rock 1836 New York City. MA. American
Lamson Aurora 1867 Windsor, VT
Langworthy Aurora 1873 Marengo
Lee Plato 1835 Westchester Co., NY
Lee Kaneville 1844 Middletown County
Lemon Campton 1842 MA
Leydon, Rev. Aurora 1885 Catholic priest
Lockwood Batavia 1853 Westchester, NY
Long Franklin Co., MA
Long Big Rock 1840 Greenfield, MA
Long Big Rock 1840 Shelbourne, MA
Lord 1865 Genesee Co., NY - English
Loser Aurora 1852 Luxemburg, Germany
Lowrie Elgin 1882 Berwickshire, Scotland
Mallory Batavia 1852 Milo, Yates Co, NY - Scotch
Mann Elgin 1850 County Westmeath, Ireland
Mann Elgin 1867 Sweden
Marme Aurora 1866 Neuwied, Prussia
Marx Aurora 1857
Mason Aurora 1849 Canada
Mathews Aurora 1868 Kendall Co., IL - English Irish
Maurer Naperville 1853 France direct
McCarty Aurora 1834 Morris Co., NJ Scotch-English
McClellan Batavia 1869
McClure Elgin 1846 Stueben Co., NY - Scotch-Irish
McDole Sugar Grove 1835 Chemung Co., NY Scotch-Eng
McDole Sugar Grove 1839
McDole Sugar Grove 1852 Chemung Co., NY
Meredith Big Rock 1843 Welsh, direct from Wales
Meredith Aurora 1867 Welsh, native of Wales
Meredith Aurora 1870 Montgomeryshire, Wales
Merrill Kaneville 1853 New Hampshire -English
Meyer Aurora 1871 Saxony
Mighell Sugar Grove 1837 Rutland, VT
Miller CA 1842 Scotland direct
Miller Aurora 1842 Tompkins Co., NY
Miller Elgin 1854 Hesse-Cassel, Germany
Miller Dundee 1871 Wurtemberg, Germany
Miner Kaneville 1842
Mimium Kaneville 1844 Crawford Co., PA
Montony Aurora 1846 Elmira Co., NY German-Irish
Moody Campton 1865 New Brunswick - Scotch
Morris Blackberry 1865 Monmouth Co., NJ
Moulding Campton1 853 Lancashire, England
Munger Dundee 1873 Addison Co., VT
Newman .......Elgin .........1863 .........Hertfordshire, England
Newton ..........Batavia ......1854 .........
Newton ..........Batavia .......1854 ............Wyoming Co., NY
Nimmo ..........Elgin ...........1854 .........................Scotland
Norris ..........Blackberry ...1844 .........................New York
Norris ............Aurora .........1853 ............Chemung Co., NY
Norton ...........Dundee ........1861 ............Herkimer Co., NY ...................................................................Eng.-German
Oppenheimer ......Elgin ...........1876 ........Fort Wayne, IN
Osborn .............Kaneville � ......Auburn, NY England 1823
Outhouse .........Elgin ............1883 ......Campton Township
Owens ...............Kaneville .......1857 .....New York - English
PaDelford .....Elgin ...............1842 ...................Buffalo, NY
Parker ..........Dundee........... 1858 .............................MA
Paull ............Sugar Grove .....1841 ...........Medina Co., OH
Paull ............Aurora .............1881 ...........Medina Co., OH
Pease ...........Plato ..............1860 .......Tolland Co., Conn - ............................................................................English
Peck .............Plato ..............1883............ Ontario Co., NY
Perry .............Big Rock........ 1845.............................. NY
Phillips .........Aurora ...........1849 .......Litchfield Co., Conn
Pingree .........Rutland......... 1811 .........Plymouth Co., MA
Pond ...............Aurora.......... 1872 .........Addison Co., VT ....................................................................Scotch-Eng.
Powell ..........Aurora ...........1864 ..........Delaware Co., NY
Pratt ..............Aurora ............1853 ..........Cortland Co., NY
Prentiss, Rev ...East Aurora .1884 ...........Steuben Co., NY
Prindle ..........Aurora ...........1876 .......Litchfield Co., Conn
Probert .........Elgin............. 1843..Rochester, NY - English
Quackenbush ...Dundee... 1849... Otsego Co., NY - Holland
Quereau ..........Aurora ......1859 ...............Cayuga Co., NY
Ravlin, Rev .....Kaneville .....1845 ...............Essex Co., VT ...............................................................Irish-Scotch-Eng
Raymond .......Kaneville .....1843 .......Middleboro, Plymouth ...........................................................................Co., MA
Reed .............Plato ...........1877 ................DuPage Co., IL
Reese ...........Aurora ..........185- .................German
Reese ...........Dundee .........1863 .....Cook Co., IL - German
Reeves ........Elgin ............1848 ...............Wayne Co., NY
Reid ...............Hampshire ...1865 Kingston, Upper Canada - .............................................................................Scotch
Reising ..........Aurora ..........1855 .....Hesse-Darmstadt, ..........................................................................Germany
Reynolds ......Sugar Grove ....1836..... Ulster Co., NY - ............................................................................English
Rice .............Aurora ............1843 ........Merrimack Co., NH
Riddle .........Aurora ............1856 .....................Keene, NH
Riser ............Aurora ............1855 ................Hartford, Conn ...................................................................Swiss-German
Roberts ......Aurora .............1882 ...............Kendall Co., IL ...........................................................Scotch-Welsh-Eng.
Root ............Elgin ...............1845 ...........Genesee Co., NY
Roots ...........Blackberry ......1848 ..................Lockport, NY
Rovelstad .......Elgin ............1872 .................Scandinavian
Ryan .............Elgin ..............1849 ........Ireland direct. Irish
Safford Aurora 1862 Washington Co, NY - Scotch
Satterfield Aurora 1857 Washington Co., NY
Schairer Burlington 1867 Prussia
Schickler Aurora 1856 (NY, 1853) Bavarian
Schmahl Aurora 1868 Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany
Schmidt Elgin 1857 Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany
Schoeberlein Aurora 1857
Schultz Elgin 1869 Prussia
Scott Campton 1844 Madison Co., NY
Scott Plato 1872 California
Seapy Plato 1852
Shaw Campton 1870 Oneida Co., NY
Shedden Plato 1842 Scotland direct
Shellhorn Kaneville 1885 Wurtemburg, Germany
Shepard Blackberry 1852 New York.Ger.& Hol.-Dutch
Sherman Elgin 1838 Dutchess Co., NY
Sholes Hampshire 1887 Burling. Township
Simmons 1857 Pennsylvania. Irish-English
Simpson Aurora 1850 Bureau Co., IL
Sisley Hampshire 186- Geneva
Skinner Hampshire 1846 Seneca Co., NY
Skinner Plato 1853 Essex Co., NY
Smailes Elgin 1852 England
Smith Hampshire 1837 Baden, Germany
Smith Burlington 1841 Caldwell�s Manor, Canada
Smith Sugar Grove 1844 Rutland Co., VT
Smith Carpentersville1878 Cabot, VT
Snow Batavia 1856 Orange, NJ, England, 1851
Snyder Kaneville 1846 Lancaster Co., PA
Solfisburg Aurora 1861 Direct from Sweden
Southworth Aurora 1871 LaSalle Co.
Spencer Kaneville 1862
Spooner Batavia 1870 Raleigh, NC
Squires Aurora 1855 Cortland Co., NY
Sterling Batavia 1868 Montgomery Co., NY
Stevens 1865 Onondaga Co., NY
Stewart St. Charles 1855
Stolp Aurora 1842 Onondaga Co., NY Germany 1738
Stone Elgin 1852 Bakersfield, VT
Stone Aurora 1868 Bradford Co., PA Scotch-Irish
Stone Elgin 1877 Belvidere, IL
Struch Burlington 1871 Germany direct
Sturges Virgil 1854 England direct
Sylvester Aurora 1874 Whitehall, NY -Canadian
Tarble ...........Aurora .........1846 ........Sacketts Harbor, NY
Thies ..............Plato ...........1874 ........................Germany
Thompson .......Sugar Grove. 1845 ..........Windham Co., VT
Treadwell .........Elgin ...........1851
Trumbull ........St. Charles... 1840 ...........Windsor Co., VT
Tyler ...............Aurora ..........1862 ............St. Charles, IL
Van Fleet ......Aurora .......1846
Van Liew ......Aurora ........................................Holland
Van Nortwick..Batavia....... 1835....... New Jersey - German
Van Norstrand .Elgin......... 1843............ Somerset Co., NJ
Van Patten ......Elgin .........1878 ..............Cortland Co., NY
Wade .......Aurora ...........1857 .......Tioga Co., NY - English
Wagner ....Aurora ............1871............ Consdorf, Germany
Waite .......Sugar Grove ....1868.............. Jefferson Co., NY
Walker .....Aurora............ 1868 ......Oswego Co., NY 1854, ...........................................................................England
Ward ........Campton ........1835 ..............Genesee Co., NY
Warford .....Geneva ..........1844 ............................England
Waterhouse.. Aurora ........1862 .......Middlesex Co., Conn. - English
Watson ....................1853 .........................New Jersey
Watson .........Elgin .........1874 ..................DuPage Co., IL
Watts ...........Aurora ........1871 Knox Co., ME Scotch English
Weld ............Elgin........... 1841
Wells .........Geneva ........1846 ..............North Adams, MA
Wells ............Kaneville ......1866 .............................MA
Werthwein ...Hampshire .....1881 .....Newark, NJ - German
Westgarth ...Campton ......1852 .............Geneva. - English
White ............Elburn ..........1875 ...Geneva Scotch-German
White �.�................................Norfolk Co., MA - English
Whitford .......Elgin � ...................................Medina, Ohio
Whitford ........Elgin ...............1840 .............Colchester, VT
Whitney .......Campton......... 1839......... Tompkins Co., NY
Widmayer...... Hampshire...... 1870
Wilcox ...........Elgin ...............1842 ....Mongomery Co., NY - ...........................................................................English
Wilcox .......St. Charles....... 1883 ............Broome Co., NY
Wilder ..........Aurora ..............1837 ....................New York
Willard ........Aurora ..............1867 ....Conn. French-Scotch
Williams ........Geneva............ 1886 .........Madison Co., NY
Wilson .........Elgin ...................1841 .....Genesee Co., NY - .............................................................................English
Wilson ...........Sugar Grove ......1856
Winteringham .St. Charles ......1864 ....................England
Wright ............St. Charles .......1859 .......Madison Co., NY
Young Blackberry 1843 Orange Co., VT
Young Kaneville 1871 Orange Co., VT
Source: Kane County History by Joslyn & Joslyn 1908
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