J. Michael Snider/Snyder b. 23 Jun 1760 Frederick Co., Md. d. 5 May 1846 Carroll Co. married: Mary Magdalene Long b. 30 Oct 1771 Frederick Co., Md. d. 6 Nov 1841 Carroll Co., Md. lived on their Westminster farm/passed on to son Jacob (1796) and wife Julia Ann Myers (1793) in about 1820. J. Michael's parents may have emigrated from Pa. to Md. before 1760, or were born in Md. WHO WERE THEY? (1720 - 1735) J. Michael Snider purchased (between 1783 - 1792) a large part of "Brown's Vexation", a land grant 4 miles north of Westminster, at the same time George Snider and William Stansbury purchased the rest of the property. George and Michael were related. Father? Brother? (William Stansbury was an uncle of J. Michael's wife Mary M. Long. Her mother was a Stansbury.) WHO WERE J. MICHAEL SNYDER'S BROTHERS and SISTERS? ...and their spouses? They would have been born 1750 - 1776 approx. Some possibilities: George, Jacob, Michael, Samuel, John, Henry, Levi, Christian, Mary, Susannah, Elizabeth, Ann, Rebecca, Rachel, Catherine, and Sarah are names of Snider/Snyders included in the 1776 Maryland Census and used in subsequent family generations. Allied families: Stansbury, Long, Myers, Miller, Lippy, Byers, Reese, Schroeder, Stonesifer, Huber, Hoover, Yingling and others, in Carroll, Frederick, and Baltimore counties. Any help, information, will be greatly appreciated. Thanks! James Stansbury Snyder Jim Snyder ( jss1@sanctum.com )