I've seen many Lawyers in Delaware Co., NY. There's also always the danger of confusing lawyer and sawyer, especially in the occupation column. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lilly Martin" <malik@scs-net.org> To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Lawyer Families? > Dear Debbie, > > My ancestor named Jacob Brower b. 1772 named one of his sons as LAWYER > Brower b. 1805 NY. > > I had wondered why in the world he would pick that name? I did study the > Lawyer family in Schoharie Co NY, to see if there was a Brower-Lawyer > marriage, which would cause the name to be such. > > I did not find any Lawyer-Brower marriages. And I found that my Brower > family did not live in Schoharie Co NY. I finally concluded that they > must > have had a friend who was named Lawyer, and they used the name in honor of > that person. > > I remember that I subscribed to the Schoharie Co NY mailing list, and > there > was a researcher there who was very involved with the Lawyer name. As I > recall, this was a GERMAN immigrant ancestor. > > My suggestion, to subscribe to the mailing list there and ask for help, or > go to www.rootsweb.com family trees section, and find a posting, or > several, > of people named Lawyer in Schoharie Co NY, probably places like > Cobleskill, > and then email them and ask for some help or advice. > > I also found a large LAWYER family in early New Jersey. Since the Brower > family was also big in early New Jersey, I had considered that might be > the > connection for me, but finally I found my Brower ancestry was in New York > and not New Jersey, so I gave up on that idea. > Best regards, > Lilly Martin > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Debbie Freeman" <freeames@comcast.net> > To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 7:39 PM > Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Lawyer Families? > > >> Hello, >> >> I sure could use some help or guidance. I have come across a puzzle. >> >> I am trying to locate the family (parents, siblings) of a Jacob Lawyer >> (B about 1757 D 1821 in Ohio), or where he came from. >> >> I have a Jacob Lawyer mentioned in his father-in laws probate. >> >> Adam Kline born possibly in Germany, Died in Frederick Co., VA in 1799. >> >> There is also a John Adam Lawyer B about 1750-55 in PA who died in 1799 >> in Frederick Co., VA. >> >> Now my puzzle. >> >> There seems to be a lot of Lawyers in Schoharie, Albany Co., NY and >> Northcumberland Co., and Mixed Twp., York Co., PA. >> >> Has anyone come across any of the the Lawyer families? Does anyone see a >> migration pattern? There is a possibility that the NY Lawyers were >> Loyalist to the English Crown. >> >> Any Help would be appreciated. I am unsure where to go from here. >> >> Thank You, >> Debbie Freeman >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >