This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Byers/Boyers Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.byers/289.308.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Does anyone know about a David Byers who was born approximately in 1800 or 1795 and married Martha Brewer in Washington County Maryland in 1824? Somewhere I read that his father was named John Byers but I cannot find any information about them. Is it possible that the name was originally Boyers?