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

There was a large Lawyer family in Montgomery or Schoharie County, New York (not quite sure where the boundary is). They lived in Lawyersville, which is now a crossroads near Cobleskill (Schoharie County). That area wasn't settled until the early 18th century, so the dates are right. I don't think they were either Dutch or Palatines, the main settlers of the area, so have no idea when whence they got there. Debbie Freeman <freeames@comcast.net> wrote: 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 Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. Historian, genealogist and attorney 155 Polifly Road Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 (201) 567-9440 office BarbaradeMare@yahoo.com (home) http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/

There are Loyer/Lawyer families in York and possibly Lancaster Co. PA. One family of Loyers came from York Co. PA to Erie Co. PA about the same time as the Throne/Trone family made the same move. Elsie Wilson At 10:39 AM 3/20/2007 -0700, you wrote: >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 Elsie H. Wilson 5620 Harris Cir. Fitchburg, WI 53575 (608) 835-6791 ehwilson@charter.net

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 >