Updated: 12/26/2024
2025 Reunion Info
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Dates
July 24-27 2025
All cousins are invited
General Information
Registration
Registration will be online soon. With this new option you will be able to reserve lodging at SUNY-Delhi dorm, pay for event meals, signup to participate in various activities, and purchase souvenir tshirts. Availability of the online registration will be announced on this website, the family Facebook, and in the 2025 Spring Journal.
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION/PAYMENT IS 6/15/2025.
Questions should be sent to [email protected].
Lodging + Check-in
O’Connor Hall at SUNY-Delhi campus will likely be the dorm made available to our event. It is adjacent to MacDonald Hall where we have our meals.
O’Connor Hall does not have suites. There are double rooms (two single beds, $xxx.xx per night) and single rooms (one single bed, $xxx.xx per night). The dorm has an elevator, but no air conditioning. There are communal bathrooms on each floor.
- Lodging in the dorm is available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
- Rooms are available for rent from Wednesday night to Sunday morning.
- Checkout is at noon.
- Each room is secure with a swipe card. SUNY staff at the dorm will provide the cards to you when you check-in there.
- If a swipe card is lost, you will have to pay a replacement fee.
- Room fee includes a bath towel, washcloth, bed sheets, pillow, pillowcase, and a blanket for each bed reserved. Linens are not replaced during your stay. In addition to toiletries, you may want to bring hand soap, shower shoes, and a room fan. Windows have blinds but no curtains. Remember, this is a college dorm where students bring everything they need. They are not hotel rooms! Remember that you will be going down the hall to the bathroom.
- WiFi will be provided at no cost on the campus, and passwords will be given when you check in to the dorm.
Event & Dorm Check-in will be open at O’Connor Hall, Thursday 1:00 pm thru 5:00 pm, and Friday from 8:00 am thru 5:00 pm. You will be also be able to collect meal tickets at this location.
On Saturday, activities will be in and around Roxbury for the day. If you have not checked in for the event by Saturday, the registration packets will be in Roxbury so you can go directly there.
Things to know
- We will not provide bottled water so we ask that you bring your own refillable water bottles.
- Bring bag chairs that are easily carried if you would like to be comfortably seated during the cemetery and cabin ruins ceremonies and for the afternoon activities.
- Please be aware that cell service is spotty in the mountainous area around Delhi and Roxbury.
- We will travel in private cars to all events.
T-Shirts
Tshirts will be available for order with your online registration. A limited number (in addition to the online orders) will be available for sale at the event. Online orders can be picked up at the event Check-in. When ordering online, you may opt for them to be shipped to you with an additional charge.
Program
Wednesday, July 23
| All Day | Please check out touring Lyndhurst Mansion on your own. Our cousin Jay Gould (326) built this mansion. Visit www.Lyndhurst.org to purchase tickets and learn more about this. But, also be on the lookout for information about a private tour in the early afternoon. |
| 4:00 pm | Board and Committee Members Check In |
Thursday, July 24
| 7:30 am | Board Meeting |
| 10:00 am | Registration check-in opens—Dorm |
| 4:30 pm | Scotch Tasting |
| 6:00 pm | Line Dinner – MacDonald Hall; elect board members. Wear your colors (get those inserted here). |
| To follow | Evening Program, location TBD |
Friday, July 25
| 7:30 am | Breakfast—MacDonald Hall |
| 8:00 am | Board meeting to elect new officers |
| 9:30 am | Cabin Ruins ceremony We are so fortunate that these ruins are still available to us after all these years. We will gather in the parking lot of MacDonald Hall at 9:30, and drive to the ruins together. We will have a ceremony there (bring chairs), and have some time to take in the site where John and Betty once lived. We’ll then return to our cars and drive to Cooperstown. There we will tour the Jonas House at the Farmers Museum, and see More Family artifacts at the Fenimore Museum . |
| To Follow | Golf Tournament Skit Practice – for children that would like to perform in skits that recreate scenes from the John and Betty stories. Performance will be on Saturday. |
| 6:00 pm | Cocktail Reception hosted by JMA Board members—Farrell Hall |
| 6:30 pm | Grand Entrance for Scottish Dinner Banquet—Farrell Hall |
| 7:30 pm | Skit, dancing, singing—Farrell Hall |
Saturday, July 26
***If you have a Grant Tartan, this is the day to show it off.***
At SUNY-Delhi, NY
| 7:30 am | Breakfast—MacDonald Hall |
| 8:30 am | John More Association meeting during breakfast —MacDonald Hall |
Activities—Kirkside Park, Roxbury, NY
| 10:30 am | Parade from Jay Gould Memorial Reformed Church in Roxbury to the Cemetery Ceremony. The highlight of our time together during the reunion is Saturday morning when we gather in Roxbury at the Jay Gould Reformed Church and parade down the street with our line banners to the cemetery where John and Betty are buried. We’d like you to wear the color of your line: John, green; Robert, light blue; Alexander, red; Jonas, pink; Jean, white; James, dark/royal blue; David, yellow; Edward, lavender. This is a fun and solemn time to remember them and all the cousins we have lost since we last were together. |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 pm | Scottish Games—field |
| 1:00 pm | Choir practice—for those that would like to sing in the choir during Sunday service, meet in the church’s choir loft |
| TBD | Group picture |
Back to SUNY-Delhi
| TBD | DNA lecture by Joe Klett (1.11.21134) On Saturday afternoon cousin Joe Klett (1.11.21134) will give a presentation on his project to document autosomal DNA matches at Ancestry.com between descendants of John and Betty More. Genetic connections have now been confirmed between members of all eight More family lines, an exciting development to report. Joe will give an overview of his findings and will distribute lists of matches to those who are interested. |
| 6:30 pm | Dinner—MacDonald Hall |
| To Follow | Evening program—location TBD Skits |
Sunday, July 27
| 7:00 am | Breakfast—SUNY-Delhi MacDonald Hall |
| 7:00 am – noon | Check out of dorm room and RETURN ALL KEYS |
| 9:30 am | Leave in private cars for church |
| 10:30 am | Sunday Church service at Jay Gould Memorial Reformed Church, Roxbury, NY |
Local Attractions
Consider these for your leisure time
Fenimore Art Museum
See More Family artifacts stored in the museum’s archives! Stay tuned for this plan.
Adults (20-64) $17.50
Seniors (65+) $12.50
Young People (19 and under) FREE
Admission is always FREE for members, active military, and retired career military personnel. Free museum admission is also available for those receiving SNAP benefits—up to 4 people.
Fenimore Art Museum AND The Farmers’ Museum
Adults (20-64) $30.00
Seniors (65+) $22.50
We will be scheduled as a group on TBD , and you are welcome to visit at your leisure at any other time during their operating hours.
Cooperstown Farmer’s Museum
www.harvestofhistory.org/village/more-house
May 3 – October 11
Open Daily, 10:00 am–5:00 pm
Museum Store: open daily, 11:00 am–5:00 pm
Crossroads Cafe: open daily 11:00 am–4:00 pm
Tickets only available at the door. No online tickets sold.
Adults and Teens (13-64): $17.50
Seniors (65+): $12.50
Juniors (7-12): $10.00
Children (6 and under): FREE
Admission is always FREE for members, active military, and retired career military personnel. Free museum admission is also available for those receiving SNAP benefits—up to 4 people. Free to NARM members.
Lyndhurst Mansion
Cousin Jay Gould [] was 3rd owner of this historic estate. It is found in Tarrytown,NY about 2.5 hours from Delhi. See more information at www.lyndhurst.org.
You are welcome to vist at your leisure during their operating hours. Due to the travel time to/from Roxbury, we recommend extending your stay outside of the agenda.
Baseball Hall Of Fame, Cooperstown
Another attraction in the Cooperstown is our National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum.
Stay and see this before/after the reunion: www.baseballhall.org
Catskill Scenic Trail
This is 26 mile trail between Bloomville and Roxbury with several entry points along the way. See www.catskillscenictrail.org for a map and interesting facts about the trail.
With hiking, biking horseback riding and cross country skiing options, this is a ‘plan your adventure’ all by itself.
Platte Kill Mountain
The last family-owned and operated ski resort in the northern Catskills of New York offering skiing, snowboarding and snowtubing. It is found just west of Roxbury. See www.plattekill.com for more details.