Hi Linda, Jacob was probably born around 1730-1749, in the Palatine area of Germany (HRE) and died 1808, in Jackson Co., Ga. Abraham was born around 1790, Philadelphia, Pa., and died aroun 1840 in Walker Co., Alabama. John F. Myers lived in Floydada, Texas in the 1940s. He wrote, A Short History of A Group of The Myers Family, June 1942, Floydada, Texas. His little ten pages has been the starting point for many people researching theJacob Myers family. He tells the same story that my grandfather told.. A 86-year-old and a 96-year-old cousin have confirmed much of the information. Bobbye