My Dutch ancestors Peter Bowman and Capt. Peter Scholl moved to VA from the Readington NJ area in the mid 1700's and they were connected with the Presbyterian Church of Cooks Creek near Dayton VA. However, at the same time Capt. Peter Scholl was made the guardian of the son of a Dutch Reformed minister who died in that area of VA after having moved from NJ. I can't recall right now the name of the minister. The fact that these previous members of the Dutch Reformed church in NJ went to Presbyterian Churches in VA may have something to do with the language that they spoke. It is a hint that while there parents or grandparents may have spoken only Dutch, they on the other hand were probably speaking mainly English. If they had wanted to attend a church in that area that spoke German they could have associated with the Peaked Mountian German Reformed Church. <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> Check out free AOL at http://free.aol.com/thenewaol/index.adp. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, millions of free high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and much more.