I had the same thing happen--Cowan to Cowen and back to Cowan. Joseph Skiles Cowen's neadstone reads with an "E"....evidently his children all disagreed with the spelling and said it should have been spelled with an "A". Joseph Skiles Cowan is John Cowan's son, John Cowan is very probably a son of David Cowan (one of the four immigrant brother's.) No real proof has been found yet to substantiate this information, but rather was a "process of elimination" which was assumed by Reverend Fleming in his book. I tend to agree because of research I have done myself and places and dates and names match on various sources and the Cowan's close proximity to the Graham's. Anyway, to date I have never seen my cowan line ancestors last name ever spelled with an "I". eeyore <eeyoresan@comcast.net> wrote: In my line I've never seen the Cowin spelling, with an i. But do have a change from a to e: Cowan to Cowen. ==== COWAN Mailing List ==== If you wish to unsubscribe to this list, the correct address is: COWAN-L-Request@rootsweb.com (or COWAN-D) Leave subject line blank. In body of message, type only: unsubscribe Turn off auto. addresses.