Thank you very much. Yes, I'm aware of this George Keyser who moved across from Upper Mt. Bethel (PA) some time before 1830. His father was Michael Keyser and grandfather Frederick Keyser, from Bucks Co. There may be some relationship back at that generation, but all the Keysers from George's generation and his father's generation are accounted for...and William isn't one of them. This family seems to be represented in Monroe Co. PA also. The family that William is from is - I believe - one where the names Henry and Nicholas are used more than once. I believe that Nicholas is probably his father (his 1830 census record for Luzerne Co. shows 7 young males, of whom, I believe, William is one) Further, I believe that Nicholas' father was Henry Kizer, Sr. But I have only circumstantial proofs connecting them. There was a family in Macungie Twp., Northampton/Lehigh Co., PA, where these given names were also used and may be the origin, but I haven't been able to prove it. That period 1785-1815 in NJ - about which the other poster was asking re Wass - is very hard to research without census records. I have Sussex Co. grantor records for Henry Sr. selling his property around 1810-1812 but lose them thereafter, and the names are pretty common. Thanks, ----- Original Message ----- From: MARYALIBOCKM@cs.com To: msouders@nyc.rr.com Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] Adam Wass / Anna On the Oxford Church ( presently hamlet of Hazen in White Township) map in the 1871 Beers County Atlas, a George Keyser is shown as the second house on the left, coming up the hill toward Oxford Furnace. As a kid that was always called Keyser's hill. Possibly a variation of your Kiser.