books.google.com - In 1723 a number of Palatine families were allowed to take up lands in the Mohawk Valley of New York. Those settling in the bounds of the present county of Herkimer were known as the Burnetsfield Patentees, after the name of the grant made by New York Governor William Burnet, and are the subject of this...http://books.google.com/books/about/Early_Families_of_Herkimer_Country_New_Y.html?id=NYPCUJQvP6UC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareEarly Families of Herkimer Country New York