Hi. I am Cynthia Wilson from Atlanta, Ga. Ready for this story? I signed up for this list on a whim because of a letter I have written by my grgrandfather Raymond Dipboye (in 1953 at age 75) in which he tries to explain to a niece the story of the family name. He recounted it being spelled this way as far as he could remember but an uncle had once told him that he thought it had originally been Dubois. His story was that 3 brothers ran from France etc. etc. His grgrandfather Jonathan (born in 1819 VA) told his story to a biographer in Madison Co., INdiana and I have that story. It goes that Jonathan's grandfather was a George M Dipboye who came with 2 brothers from France prior to the war of independence and settled in PA. George supposedly fought in the war , was a prisoner and escaped. Jonathan's father Abraham was born there about 1787 and married a RoseAnna Goodyear (from Germany). They had 3 children there and then moved to VA and then on to Indiana. Since I started my searching, I have found that it has been spelled several ways, including Deboy, Dapboy, Dipboy, Dipberg, Dipboyle. The way my family has always pronounced it has been Diboy (p and e silent). I have not found any trace of George or Abraham in PA to this point , first I can find them is in 1830 on the NewMarket VA census, spelled Abraham Deboy. He was a plasterer by trade according to Jonathan. When I received this letter today about the different spellings, I had my first hope that maybe this was a tie, as we have Jesses, Jonathans, Abrahams, etc. Sorry for the length of this response, but sure hope this looks vaguely familiar to someone on the list. Thanks for your time. Cynthia