This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Myers, Moyers, Meyers, Meyer, Myer, Miejer, Moyer, Holmes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HU2.2ACIB/204.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: He could very well have come from either MD or VA prior to going to OH. I'm inclined to believe that he may have come from MD, NY or PA. There is a very interesting story I'm trying to find the truth behind. So it goes: an ancestor of Peter's was a crew member of the notorious Pirate Captain Kidd. He purportedly jumped ship in New York w/ treasure in hand or knew the location of some of the treasure. Either way he skidaddled and supposedly there was a last name change in the process. The story has it that some of this treasure was used in part to help fund the beginnings of the F.E. Myers & Brothers Company of Ashland, OH (which still is in business today).