\Sue and Sheila, The KORNEGAY's according to the article in the BIBB EAGLE came from the area of southeast Germany which inludes the wine regions of the Rhine and Moselle Valleys and the Black Forrest and some of the loveliest country found on earth----a homeland to leave with reluctance. It it also says they came ashore March 1710 It goes on to say that all the people travelling with Baron Christopher de Graffenried . They were in London, England and they originally spelled the name KNEGE and GNAGI is another variation of the name. The settlers were killed by the Tuscaroras INDIANS in September 1711 with the exception of George KORNEGAY and George KOONCE. They captured the 2 young children and were held for 3 month when the militiament rescued them. Jacob Miller, a swiss schoolmaster, and justice of the peace at New Bern, raised the two boys. Both boys grew up and became landowners in Craven and surrounding counties. Many KORNEGAYs live in Duplin, Wayne, Sampson Counties. Sue, by chance would you have the parents names of Penelope and Luke WARD and where they were born? Do appreciate any help with this line. Gayle W. Licari Tarheel@Heart Prozak0304@aol.com wrote: > Sue, > You are right, I have only done a small amount of looking at time periods > after I got the email from Eddie Davis and will take more time to ponder it > further. I do believe that the Palatinate part is correct and the family did > come to England from some part of Germany. What I meant about blowing the > theory out of the water, was my perception of the journey the Kornegay family > took in route to North Carolina. I also feel like Latvia may have been part > of the Upper Palatinate. I guess that since I didn't have a clue to where > Talsen was I was searching in the Lower Palatinate and now that theory no > longer holds true. I now have a new direction to search. Ya'll keep in > touch. > Sheila