In a message dated 98-09-04 12:32:22 EDT, you write: << Can you post the names of Jacob's siblings? Do you know where he was from & any approximate years? >> Sure...Jacob Layman was a descendent of John Layman who emigrated from Germany in 1616 and settled in what is now Lancaster Pa. Jacob served in the Revolutionary War (Philideplphia Co. Militia)...he then went to Seiver Co. Tn after the war. Married a french woman named Nancy. The siblings I have listed for him are George, Michael, Philip, and Nancy. Jacob and Nancy had 9 children. Michael (Iowa), John, Martha, George (b 1805), Nancy, Jacob (B 1810), Absolem (who spelled the last name Laymon), Ambrose (AK), and Preston. Jamie