Marilyn, Your lineage is interestingly famliar. It looks an awfully lot like my Hans Georg MAJER of the Palatines - Germany, surname written as MAYER upon entry into the Americas ca 1714 settling at first at the 2nd Germanna Colonies, later traveling into PA; later returning - one of his son's name was Christian or Hans Christian MAYER; seen spelled as MOYER MAIER MIER and MEYER, as well as MAYER. This line, as many "german colonist did", ended up spelling their surname as MYERS upon the arrival of the year ca1800 or so. Their was another son recorded as Michael whom m. in Rowan, north Carolina, later returning to VA; and Christopher or Christoph. Later their ancestors migrated into Greene Co., Tn - my line headed for Jefferson and still later in Sevier Tn. I believe some stayed and or headed for the Carolina's - some headed westerly into OH IL MO and other's might have went northerly to PA where more estab. settlements were. Chrystie MYERS at [email protected] The List Administrator of the MOYERS MYRES SWECKER COWGER BROOKOVER and KRABAL Rootsweb Newsgroups