Merna: I have Hoff cousins from eastern Ohio, but it's quite plausible that your Nancy could be some distant (or not so distant) relation. Mason County, WV is right across the river there and I know that they traveled back and forth quite readily. As for the PA connection: My first Frazier ancestor (John d. 1755 Augusta Co., VA) that I know anything about may have been born in PA. I know that he met his wife, Isabelle Moody there and that her parents Robert and Isabelle Moody had property there. It's the whole Scots-Irish thing...they [Scots] were the late comers, the Germans, Quakers, etc. had already established political and religious ties to the area and the Scots, especially those who had spent one or two generations in Ulster Ireland, had picked up some fiery religious beliefs and didn't like that PA wasn't providing them with a nice little niche to begin an American journey. The Shenandoah Valley was there, and it needed people. It was the frontier, so the Governor made the land available. My John Frazier and Isabelle settled in Augusta County, VA and lived there for 2 generations, serving as constable, surveyors, etc. It is just after the revolution that Samuel Frazier, his wife Ann (Gay?) and their family bought land in WV (Virginia) and moved over the mountains to start afresh. So, could there be other Fraziers who didn't move from PA when John and Isabelle heard the call....Damn Straight. So, I'm guessing that this just stirs the pot, right!!!! I love genealogy, just when I think I know something....well, I just don't know it, do I?? Let me know what you think. Constance