In a message dated 6/27/99 6:17:42 PM !!!First Boot!!!, FLYFISHW@AOL.COM writes: << Were the Teacheys long time residents here, or what? >> It is believed the Teachey families were long time residents of Duplin Co, NC and came over with: SWISS-PALATINES TO NEW BERN: A LIST OF KNOWN PERSONS WHO LEFT SWITZERLAND AND GERMANY TO SETTLE NEW BERN, N. C., IN 1710, Daniel TETCHEY. could be DICHTLI above; 1714 Claims List (as DITEIIY); 1747 petitioner. Steve Pearsall