Judy & all, My apologies also to list members here. I go in circles between only four states: MD, DE, PA and NJ. Some NY but not much upstate. None of my direct ancestors ever went south or west --although some siblings clearly did, mine all remained in these few states. *sigh too* Judy, you mention two questions here that I had wanted to ask, but didn't. --questions about EYERS / AYERS, and the Ap RHYS / REES / PRICE question. Thank you. I will do a search of NJ-List archives, since a whole series of early land records has transcribed and been posted to there, this year. I was part of that project, proofreading and adding all-caps to the surnames in them. These old NJ records also exist now in USGenweb archives for NJ. I think I do remember that name in NJ land records, I believe this family was in Cohansey, Salem County NJ. I would be very interested in your LARKINS, sometime. I have almost nothing on mine, although my Mary LARKIN (daughter of Jonathan) is my 4th great-grandmother. Since her husband had come from Monmouth NJ, but lived in Pencader Hundred, it's been confusing. Even more confusing were records of my grandmother and of her sister, who had been working on this back in the 1940's and 1950's, more or less, who gave these records to me but often lacking in place-names. Grandmother clearly know where these folks had come from, but hadn't noted the places for all of these. So when I started, I had no clue except that they had to be from either NJ, or else from Delaware, or Maryland, or from the greater Philadelphia area. Anyway, we're moved off to the side of the original post, and it's a holiday now. So probably we can regroup and consider what to do next. Meanwhile, perhaps list members here who are interested in this (if any) would express that. I'll try to stick to Cecil County here, but can only say that several old Swedish and Dutch families were connected in these same states I mention, and the Welsh settlers also seem to have moved freely between, so there's flow between states and a fair amount of overlap in list posts. These early migrations are maddening sometimes. If I find something pointing INto or out from Cecil County, I hope it would be appropriate here. But I do have plenty of questions germane to this list here. Thanks again, Judy. Wishing everyone a nice Thanksgiving... back soon. Liz J