Chrystie, I do think that your line and my line are connected at some point, because like you say, they are interestingly similar. This Myers family was so prolific, it was as if an atomic bomb was dropped and they scattered everywhere! My line was the one that went west through Ohio and into Indiana. Some of them went further west, but my direct line stayed in Indiana. Funny though, my dad ended up moving to Tennessee, where I was born and still live! I live just 30 minutes north of Nashville. My dad moved to TN because he thought it was such a beautiful state. It would really be neat if you or I found the connection of our two lines! Marilyn -----Original Message----- From: chrystiem <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, April 09, 2001 5:02 AM Subject: Re: [MOYERS] Re:Myers in Rockingham Co. VA >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 > > >==== MOYERS Mailing List ==== >Post Your Queries Often! >Chrystie MYERS - MOYERS List Adm. > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

Hi all, I'm really starting to read (more indepth) about "migration patterns" that or ancestor's used. Wow, it's a whole new can of worms to open. But, one excellent reference point regarding migration is that it's fair to assume that "they" only used certain trails and paths. That's the good news. The bad side of this tangled coin is that many of these new americans traveled back and forth from PA to OH down into what is now WV (VA), into KY - sidetracked into N Carolina only to return back again into NY NJ MD and PA. Poor Bobbyee, it's no wonder her "Jacob MYERS/MOYERS" has her tracing him all over this country. He probably did just that because there just weren't that many people here in America in the 1700's. A few good rules of thumb: 1 - ca1700's - most settlers realized that areas of PA in counties such as Lebanon, Lancaster, York (a few others too) were the only comfortable "flatlands" to travel in and around. But they were busting at the seams. So, settlers started to travel out of PA and head for whatever direction they were told was good prospects for land. I'd say most of the very early pioneers came in through either what is now NJ, NY, PA shores and/or VA. 2 - Staunch Germans hung around the Germanna Colonies of VA (there were 4). One group came in from Wurtemberg areas 1714. 2nd group came into VA in 1717 arriving on the SCOTT ship - this ship is somewhat infamous because it wrecked killing over 100+ people (might have been 170) I have to re-read again. And yes, there was a Georg MYERS, seen as MAJER in Germany, called MAYER once hitting VA; then written as MAIER MIER and MOYER. This Georg(e) MAYER had at least two sons, "Michael" whom though lived in VA, migrated into North Carolina where he married and migrated back into VA. His father Georg(e) is known to be involved in militia type battles having been arrested in PA. Again, he later shows up back in the 2nd Germanna colony to once again face offf in courts against a man (who's name escapes me at this moment) because this George MAYER/MYERS was and identured slave. But the man dies and another files suit for poor George's "7" year tender. Another son is named, "Christopher"! So... it's very certain by the major historians that this Christopher was the grandfather of Dr. Christopher MOYERS/MYERS father "Christopher" MOYERS. Dr. Christopher m. a Susannah ? and they were in Greene Co., Tn - eventually settlings in the White Pine area of Jefferson Co., TN. Their son was James David MOYERS/MYERS m. to Mary Polly BLACKBURN. 3 - Historians say that Michael MYERS/MOYERS (above) the other son went back into PA; then later he and his wife migrated back into Rowan Co., NC where they settled having at least 7 children. Now, already you can see how even in those rough trying times, families split up and this is just one of at least 4 MAYER/MAJER'S families that I've traced so far here in with MD/PA/OH/VA/WV/KY/IL/MO/NC and TN. One group came in through Annapoilis, MD settling in the Frederick areas of Frederick Co., MA and Carroll Counties of MD. Frederick is very close to the PA line. (I live in MD and know that area fairly well). There is a MYERSVILLE and a MYERSTOWN in MD - in PA there is a MYERSTOWN too. This line had siblings that either stayed in MD; headed for PA; 2 went down to NC. Another MEYER family that was came in thru PA is now being traced into OHIO and WVA. Still another MIER line that was in MA broke apart from the 1700 to 1800's and though they have the above towns named after them are no longer there at all! Now, my research of our MOYERS/MYERS/MAIERS/MEYERS shows me that many settlers out of PA went one of two ways; either straight down (north) into the Carolina's where from there they headed westerly through TN; from there they either put their stakes down or headed into KY, land grants were issued out before the Indians territory was even taken from them. Many were issued these land grants west of the Alleghanys from Haywood Co., Co for areas of TN years before they could legally lay claim to them. While the tohers in PA wanted to get away from the growing masss of immigrants (even back then) so some headed for what is now WV - Wetzel, Tyler and Harrison Counties are right next to PA if you look on a map. You'll also see straight up from these counties - into PA keep look looking north and there lies the Great Lakes at Erie PA. Again, many headed into what is now OHIO near the OHIO River. But think of timeframes. Before ferries would built pioneers stayed mostly in old VA, now WVA. Which explains why alot of MYERS/MOYERS are still in Randolph county today. I think once a ferry was built - settlers headed into OH. They were always looking to get one step further west, where they heard the land was better and religion could be practiced less staunchly. Some by this time were hearing of the KY/TN areas; still prob. under either the old Mississippi Treaties and North Carolina. Even areas of Georgia were under this landmass area. My point is that if there were easy answers to finding our MYERS connections, we wouldn't all be here discussing this. Kinda sad but I do believe in my heart that most of us come from one of "3" common ancestor if you can trace your line back to the 1700's. Now, if they immigrated in in the 1800's - who's to say. -- Chrystie MYERS - ROOTSWEB.COM List Administrator - [email protected] BROOKOVER, COWGER, KRABAL, MOYERS, MYRES, SWECKER > Chrystie, I do think that your line and my line are connected at some point, > because like you say, they are interestingly similar. This Myers family was > so prolific, it was as if an atomic bomb was dropped and they scattered > everywhere! > My line was the one that went west through Ohio and into Indiana. Some of > them went further west, but my direct line stayed in Indiana. > Funny though, my dad ended up moving to Tennessee, where I was born and > still live! I live just 30 minutes north of Nashville. My dad moved to TN > because he thought it was such a beautiful state. It would really be neat > if you or I found the connection of our two lines! > Marilyn