I would like to correspond with the people who put this on please. How do I go about it? Skip Myers in Idaho I have signed up, but know not how to reply to persons who post these items.. On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:18:04 -0000 "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> writes: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.myers/6471.3.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > My Myers family is from Pittsburgh I know I have Myers family > members in Baltimore. I have four people that were killed in the > Baltimore Fire of April 14 1857 that are buried in my family plot > here in Pittsburgh. My family ran riverboats out of Pittsburgh in > the late 1700's. > > I have at least some family paperwork we are somehow connected to > Gov Alexander Spotswood the Royal Governor of Virginia in 1700's. > His family is married into the Washington's, the Lewis's and the > Henrys. > > Then Meirwether Lewis left Pittsburgh in a brand new boat Aug 30 > 1803 to pick up Willaim Clark in Kentucky. Patrick Henry signed > over 250 Kentucky land grants to the Myers family. The Myers family > is noted in Alexander Spotswood's will recored in Kentucky. > > There seems to also be a connection to William Penn. I have at least > some records that William Penn came to America in the ship called > "WELCOME" sometime around 1680. That ship was said to be owned by > the Myers family. That family is reported to be from France but > later moved to Holland in the 1650's. > > LDS records show Jacob Myers born in Pittsburgh in 1750 was from > France. > > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MYERS > ********* > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry MYERS Message Board are > gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of > gatewayed messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to > gatewayed messages by clicking on the link and replying on the > board. > ************ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MYERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > Donna's Place - Idaho City, Id 83631 (208)392-6000 My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog thinks I am.? Why don't blind people like to sky dive? Scares thier dog too much!!!