Thanks. There are a lot of common names here to many of us in the Dover line. I did enjoy a visit to England about 10 years ago and I was able to find the Dover name wherever I went (there is a Dover Hall in the Cotswolds). My husband is descended from the Lanier line, and his ancestor, Nicholas the Younger (Lanier) had his portrait painted by Van Dyke. The last I was able to find on this, the portrait was in the library at Oxford, but I was unable to find the portrait while I was in Oxford. If you should run across this type of information, I'd love to know the location of the painting. We appreciate your postings. If you run into any information on passengers leaving England in the early years (1600-1800's) which contain Dover names, we'd love to have that information from the English side. Thanks again.