Hi Di Martin "Fitz Michael" Switzer was a sonof Michael Schweitzer, original immigrant to Ireland in 1709. Martin b. ca 1712 Court Matrix d. 1787, married a woman known as Mary Elizabeth. Martin's eldest son was named Martin Jr. Martin "Fitz Christopher" Switzer was also called Martin "ye younger". He was a son of Johann Christopher Schweitzer, original immigrant to Ireland in 1709 and a younger brother of the Michael Schweitzer above. This Martin d. 1796 and married Anna Barbara Legier in 1744 and married (2) Catherine Kennedy in 1788. The two "Fitzes" were first cousins so the Fitz would have been used to identify which was which. -----Original Message----- From: JMcIntyre <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, April 08, 2001 4:18 PM Subject: Re: [IP] Palatine manuscript >I hope the answer to this will be posted to the list. I'm not a Switzer >expert either, but I am a descendant. I also wondered about the "Fitz". > JMcIntyre > > >> >> Please forgive me asking another question about this interesting incident >> (below). I notice two of the defendants below, are named: >> >> Martin Switzor FitzMichael >> Martin Switzor Fitz-Christopher >> >> Does anyone understand more about these names? I understand in Ireland that >> "Fitz" at the beginning of a name originally meant "Son of" ("Fitz" being a >> variation of the modern "Fils" in French). In this instance, was the first >> man literally the son of a Michael Switzer and the second the son of a >> Christopher Switzer - or is my imagination leading me astray? I'm not a >> "Switzer" expert!! >> >> Di Mitchell > > >==== IRL-PALATINE Mailing List ==== >Try to do little things in an extraordinary way. > >