Charlie: Could you understand the spelling of Aufpan if you said it out loud? "Auf..." says "off" and "...pan" might really have been "...par". Therefore you would have "Offpar". I don't think it is too far fetched to think the recorder of the Churchhill data could have miss understood a handwriting and read "pan" in stead of "par", do you? And along these lines what is your thinking about the spelling in Natchez for HOFFPAUIR as HOFFPAVER and HASPOWER? It seems in land records of 1806 Thomas signed his name HOFFPAUIR and it appears in several places. He was very inventive to come up with a name like this out of the blue. Looks like he could have chosen a name that other could spell correctly and the same with out fail, don't you think? Why wouldn't he just start calling himself Thomas Huff? Would that have been easier. Hey, Thomas; why didn't you do that? Or, do you think it could be HOFFELBAUER? There were two HOFFELBAUERs who came to PA in 1748 from Rotterdam. There might be a possibility that Thomas was a descendant of one of these two. It might explain the connection to Marie Charlotte PERRILLARD too, since PA is a lot closer in proximity to Quebec. Any thought? Just thought I would put me two cents in and stop lurking :o) Sure wish we could solve this "mystery of the man from under a rock". Sincerely, Anna Marie Hayes