This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barringer, Berringer, Gilson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VRB.2ACE/152.605.1 Message Board Post: your ancestor Marytjen Barringer is the older sister of my ancestor Gertjen Berringer. Other siblings include Susanna, Jacob, Catherina, Petrus, and Henrich. I am unsure why some sibs use Barringer and some Berringer. The father's name was Petrus Berringer, who changed the name to Barringer, and some seem to have still used Berringer. They lived in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. My relative, Gertjen, married John Gilson, and lived in New York for a while and then migrated to Michigan. Do not know about Marytgen and who she married.