To help those who may have a problem identifying where their ancestors originated, the name Jager/Yeager is not only found in Germany and Switzerland, but is found, with slightly different spellings, in Czechoslovikia, Austria, Poland, Hungary, and in France as Chausseur (I Think). People from each of those countries, except possibly the French, adopted the English translation of their native name. A substantial number of the German Jager/Yeager families adopted the english translation of their Germanic name and became Hunters. This is particularly prevalent in those Yeager/Jager families that arrived before the Revolution. If you have a Pennsylvania, Virginia or NC Hunter who arrived before the Revolution there is some possibility you should be looking for a German ancestry. This is equally true of a number of other names. For instance, many with the name Zimmerman became Carpenter, Vogel became Bird, etc. For those descended from Charles Hunter who settled in Rowan county NC about 1756 there is record of a Charles Hunter arriving on a ship load of Germans sometime about 1754. He's called Charles Hunter on the ship passenger list. I have the date and ship name somewhere, but I'll let you descendants research it. It's more fun when you do it yourself. It is extremely unlikely an English/Scottish person would arrive on a ship load of Germans. It just did not work that way. Don't be fooled by the ship arriving from Cowles in Engand. English law required that all ships arriving in the American colonies could only originate in an English port, therefore the ships with German/Swiss passengers usually loaded and departed from Rotterdam, Holland and stopped at Cowles, England only long enough to pay the tax and get their papers stamped. This Charles Hunter possibly adopted the English translation of his Germanic name upon arrival. If this was my family I would pursue that possibility. A clue to his European origins may be found from the passengers who arrived on the ship with him. It was usual that a substantial number of people from a particular locale emigrated together and arrived on the same ship. Look for a Carl or Karl Jager back at the origins of these passengers. Hope this helps someone. Bill Hunter