Carolyn In the early 1800s there were two lines of Byers/Boyers in Washington Co MD. One line was Conrad and the other John. They may have been brothers. Both lines were of German origin. My wife's maiden name was Byers. Her ggf, her gggf and her ggggf (the immigrant) were all named John. The name Boyer was used until about 1800 and then many of the family switched to Byers. The name David is not found in my data. BobHoP Visit our home page http://bobhopkins0.tripod.com/ Hopkins File http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bobhopkins0 Byers File http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bobhopkins1 Major family names- Abel, Adams, Anders, Bellisfield, Brock, Byers, Davis, Dement, Field, Guffey, Hancock, Hockaday, Hopkins, Irvine, McClanahan, Scarbrough, Shipley, Strother, Stonestreet, Wade, Wampler, Westlake
Hi Bob: I hope that your wife has a Byers cousin so we can test out your theory about Conrad and John being brothers. I see your John Byers Birth: 12 SEP 1779 in Shepherdstown, Berkeley Co, VA on your WorldConnect webpage. Do you correspond with anyone descended from Conrad Boyers/Byers? Are these families listed in the "American Boyers" books? We have started a Boyer DNA test for the German lines and we are trying to figure out all of these family connections. See our website at: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Boyer/ The Y-DNA test is a very simple sponge swab of the inside of the cheek of the person being tested. The test participant must be a man who is a direct line descendant of your John Byers. Often times we can sign on a cousin who will be willing to do the test as long as we pay for it. You can see the results that we have now on the webpage and we have five new tests on order. We are hoping to combine a lot of the family records that are in the "American Boyers" books. Sometimes we just can't find that vital piece of evidence to tie us to another family and with the DNA we can prove a relationship. Gwen Boyer Bjorkman gwenbj@seanet.com -----Original Message----- From: byers-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:byers-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of BOBHOP@aol.com Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 5:40 AM To: BYERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BYERS] Byers/Boyers Carolyn In the early 1800s there were two lines of Byers/Boyers in Washington Co MD. One line was Conrad and the other John. They may have been brothers. Both lines were of German origin. My wife's maiden name was Byers. Her ggf, her gggf and her ggggf (the immigrant) were all named John. The name Boyer was used until about 1800 and then many of the family switched to Byers. The name David is not found in my data. BobHoP Visit our home page http://bobhopkins0.tripod.com/ Hopkins File http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bobhopkins0 Byers File http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bobhopkins1 Major family names- Abel, Adams, Anders, Bellisfield, Brock, Byers, Davis, Dement, Field, Guffey, Hancock, Hockaday, Hopkins, Irvine, McClanahan, Scarbrough, Shipley, Strother, Stonestreet, Wade, Wampler, Westlake